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Ethan Anderton

TMNT: Mutant Mayhem Director Talks Needle Drops, Sequel Teases, And Fixing A Broken Movie [Exclusive Interview]

We spoke with TMNT: Mutant Mayhem director Jeff Rowe about the struggles making the movie, sequel teases in the credits scene, needle drops, and much more.

Ethan Anderton

TMNT: Mutant Mayhem Director Says Don't Think Too Hard About Superfly's Gnarly Final Form [Exclusive]

TMNT: Mutant Mayhem's villain Superfly mutates into a new form, and it's a David Cronenberg-esque nightmare that director Jeff Rowe absolutely loves.

Ryan Scott

A Major Flash Villain Was Going To Be The DCEU's Thanos, And Then Things Went Wrong

Zack Snyder's DCEU nearly featured a major Flash character from the comics becoming an overarching villain across multiple movies alongside Darkseid.

Chris Evangelista

The Best New Blu-Ray Releases: Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 And More

The best new Blu-ray releases of the week includes Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, So I Married an Axe Murderer, and more.

Ryan Scott

Will The Last Voyage Of The Demeter Sink Or Swim At The Box Office?

Things aren't looking great for Dracula and The Last Voyage Of The Demeter at the box office.

Bill Bria

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Features The Same Villainous Plot As The First X-Men Movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem fits right into the Marvel universe by channeling X-Men.

Rafael Motamayor

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Production Designer On New Tech & Not Tricking Audiences [Exclusive Interview]

We spoke with Patrick O'Keefe about the distinct worlds on display in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Sinister Six easter eggs, Vulture's design, and more.

Valerie Ettenhofer

How Joaquin Phoenix And Vanessa Kirby Got A Real, Unscripted Slap Into Napoleon

One unscripted Napoleon scene between Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby surprised everyone on set.

The Hatbox Ghost is drawn by a sketch artist in 2023's The Haunted Mansion

Eric Vespe

Haunted Mansion's Big Villain Has A Long And Weird Offscreen History

The Hatbox Ghost has a long, complicated history with The Haunted Mansion.

Jeremy Smith

Meg 2 Has Some Classic And Not-So-Classic Monster Movie Inspirations

Ben Wheatley looked to a relatively obscure British monster movie for Meg 2: The Trench.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mutant Mayhem

BJ Colangelo

TMNT: Mutant Mayhem Easter Eggs Pay Tribute To The Ninja Turtles Creators

Director Jeff Rowe and the filmmakers of TMNT: Mutant Mayhem made sure to include a couple of Easter eggs honoring creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

Chris Evangelista

Meg 2: The Trench Review: This Silly Shark Sequel Has No Bite

Our Meg 2: The Trench review looks at the soggy sequel and gets that sinking feeling.

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William Bibbiani

Jaws 3-D Tried To Warn Us About SeaWorld

Jaws 3-D was calling out SeaWorld 30 years before the documentary Blackfish.

BJ Colangelo

One Of Paul Reubens' Funniest Cameos Drew From Buffy The Vampire Slayer (And His Infamous Arrest)

For his cameo on What We Do in the Shadows, Paul Reubens took hairstyle inspiration from an earlier role as a vampire, as well as his widely publicized arrest.

BJ Colangelo

Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Adapting The Warriors As A Stage Musical. We Have Thoughts

Lin-Manuel Miranda is going to write a rap for the Baseball Furies in The Warriors, isn't he?

Valerie Ettenhofer

Talk To Me Prequel Film Based On Opening Scene Has Already Been Shot

The creative team behind Talk to Me has a screen-life prequel ready to go.

Sandy Schaefer

How The Minds Of The Truman Show Helped Bring Greta Gerwig's Barbieland To Life

The Truman Show director Peter Weir had some invaluable advice for Barbie filmmaker Greta Gerwig: don't use studio lights outside.

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Ethan Anderton

TMNT: Mutant Mayhem's Cleverest Easter Egg References A Classic Toy [Exclusive]

TMNT: Mutant Mayhem doesn't force a lot of nostalgic references, but one subtle Easter egg references a classic toy from the '90s.

Jeremy Smith

Ridley Scott Cut Napoleon's Bloody Battle With Hemorrhoids: 'Too Distracting'

Ridley Scott's Napoleon nearly featured a scene in which Joaquin Phoenix's diminutive general experienced an especially uncomfortable moment on the battlefield.

Ryan Scott

Could Meg 2's Brutal Critical Reaction Mean Disaster For Its Box Office?

Poor reviews from critics suggest The Meg 2 will have trouble taking a bite out of the box office this weekend.

Jacob Hall

Meg 2: The Trench Director Ben Wheatley Just Wants You To Enjoy The Monster Mayhem [Exclusive Interview]

Genre chameleon Ben Wheatley spoke to us about making Meg 2: The Trench ... and also a forgotten British Godzilla rip-off called Gorgo.

Drew Tinnin

Ridley Scott Was Forced To Choose Between Blade Runner 2 And Alien: Covenant

Due to a scheduling conflict, Ridley Scott has to choose between directing Alien: Covenant and Blade Runner 2049. Did he make the right choice?

Larry Fried

Every Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Ranked (Including Mutant Mayhem)

"Mutant Mayhem" takes the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in a fresh new direction, but how does it stack up against every other "TMNT" feature film?

Rafael Motamayor

One Fight In TMNT: Mutant Mayhem Was Inspired By Oldboy

Would you believe that Oldboy, a film not intended for kids, actually inspired a fight sequence in TMNT: Mutant Mayhem?

Jeremy Mathai

Meg 2 Director Ben Wheatley Finally Explains Why His Tomb Raider Project Fell Apart

Ben Wheatley has had a fascinating career - one that's led him to Meg 2: The Trench and nearly saw him directing a sequel to Alicia Vikander's Tomb Raider.

Jeremy Mathai

If You Had A Hard Time Hearing Oppenheimer's Dialogue, You're Not Alone

Dialogue that's hard to hear has become a recurring feature of Christopher Nolan's films and Oppenheimer is no exception.

Sandy Schaefer

Dicks: The Musical Trailer: The First Musical From A24 Sings Into Theaters This September

A24's trailer for Dicks: The Musical makes the film look like an R-rated The Parent Trap, but with more singing, Megan Thee Stallion, and 'sewer babies.'