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We have an exclusive clip from the upcoming dance drama Musical Chairs, which debuts in theaters March 23. Leah Pipes stars as Mia, a ballroom dancer confined to a wheelchair after a horrific accident, who discovers the sport of wheelchair ballroom dancing with the help of Armando, portrayed by E.J. Bonilla. Take a look at this scene from Musical Chairs featuring Armando working at his parents’ restaurant. Set against the exciting backdrop of competitive ballroom dancing, Musical Chairs is about Armando a Bronx-bred Latino who aspires to be a dancer but whose only way in is as handyman at a Manhattan dance studio, and Mia, an Upper East Side princess who is the studio’s star performer....

As if there weren’t enough rumors floating around about casting for Thor, here comes another one. Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood Daily recently wrote a bit about possible casting for the film, and mentioned that she had heard that Natalie Portman was up for the female lead in the film. Now, this mention comes at the end of a long list of possible male actors who are up for Thor, including Alexander Skarsgard, who has already been reported by several sources as a strong possibility....

Netflix is expanding its never-ending catalog with another movie. They have tried many times to adapt popular manga/anime in a live-action format, with various degrees of success. Manga live-action adaptations are so tricky to handle, yet not impossible. The instant cancelation of Cowboy Bepop the same day it premiered on Netflix or the insufferable mess that was the American Death Note movie adaptation. Fans of these intellectual properties tend to be very passionate and vocal, having even more arsenal to their arguments because many times the stories they love already have decent adaptations in animated form....

The grand finale of Stranger Things 4 relied on Eleven’s concern that Vecna would kill Max. Eleven’s plan was to piggyback from Max into the mindscape to protect Max there. While Eleven’s plan may be solid, Max’s plan comes to a devastating end anyway. Stranger Things 4 emphasized many friendships throughout the season as the group was split. However, Eleven and Max’s friendship was not one of them, thus creating a slightly emotionally confusing decision by the season’s end....

Here’s some more fuel for that raging format war fire. According to a story from Home Media Magazine that cites a new study, potential HDTV buyers are choosing HD DVD over Blu-Ray for their movie needs. The study shows that 43% of prospective HDTV consumers are leaning towards HD DVD, while just 27% are leaning towards Blu-Ray, with a large 30% undecided. The study claims that the price is the determining factor for high-def rookies....

A popular fan theory links the Christmas classic Home Alone to the grizzly horror franchise Saw in that both protagonists subject their victims to cruel traps. And it may have been on the back of his mind when David Hackl, best known for his work on the {Saw} franchise, set out to make an action thriller in time for the Christmas season. Dangerous is light on the slapstick traps but it does focus heavily on Scott Eastwood’s recently discharged sociopath Dylan ‘D’ Forrester defending a family home from an onslaught....

Warner Brothers has launched the official website for Tim Burton’s upcoming screen adaptation of Sweeney Todd. To check it out, CLICK HERE Johnny Depp and Tim Burton join forces again in a big-screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical thriller Sweeney Todd. Depp stars in the title role as a man unjustly sent to prison that vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment, but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter....

Following the new photo that debuted yesterday, Starz has released the first trailer for Outlander, debuting sometime this summer. Sam Heughan stars as Jamie Fraser, who engages in an affair with Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe), who is transported from 1945 to 1743. Take a look at the first footage from Ronald D. Moore’s series, adapted from Diana Gabaldon’s fantasy novel series. In Outlander, Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) strikes up a passionate affair with Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe), a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743....

With only a few weeks left until the premiere of the fourth and final season of Ozark, we cannot be more excited at the prospect of its return. Almost two years since we last saw them, Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, and Felix Solis are set to return with two parts this year. Normally set in Missouri, the trailer for the new season took us back to the end of season three, when one of the main characters was killed off....

City on the Hill and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds might be streaming on the same service soon. Today, it was announced that Paramount Global is considering merging two streaming service providers, Showtime and Paramount+. MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY Per the WSJ report, the discussions inside the company to fold that service into Paramount+ are still early. For Paramount, combining the two streaming services would likely require the company to engage in complex negotiations with cable and satellite TV providers who currently carry the Showtime TV channel....

Wes Anderson’s latest film, Asteroid City, has finally got a release date: June 23rd, 2023, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Like many of Anderson’s films, it will feature an ensemble cast, but this will be his most extensive star-studded cast yet, with Tom Hanks, Steve Carell, Scarlett Johansson, Edward Norton, Margot Robbie, Willem Dafoe, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody, Jeff Goldblum, and Bryan Cranston, to name a few. No trailer has been released yet, but we do know that that film is set in the 1950s in a small desert town where a Junior Stargazer event is taking place....

It’s no secret that The Lord of the Rings (LoTR) and Game of Thrones (GoT) are two of the most popular fantasy series ever made. Both are in the fantasy realm of magic, enchanted objects, dark forces, and mythical creatures, and utilize popular fantasy elements to tell their stories. Most people, though, perceive the two as very different from each other; this is a good thing, since both are quality series that don’t try to copy one another....

Malcolm McDowell, has joined the cast of Rogue Pictures’ action thriller Doomsday, which is in its final month of principal photography under writer/director Neil (The Descent, Dog Soldiers) Marshall. The silver-maned and silver-tongued genre vet is having a great year, with his key role on NBC’s Heroes (which began its season-ending arc last Monday night) and recently wrapping his turn as Dr. Loomis in Rob Zombie’s Halloween update (slated for an August 31st release)....

Stanley Kubrick is among the handful who come to mind when discussing the greatest directors of all time. Although his career spanned nearly 50 years, he only directed 13 feature films, all of which are considered classics to this day, with titles such as Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket. This year, his unforgettable adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ novel A Clockwork Orange celebrates its 40th anniversary, and Warner Home Video is honoring this occasion by debuting A Clockwork Orange on Blu-ray for the very first time May 31....

Warner Brothers and DC Comics may be having success with their darker, more mature-rated superhero properties, such as The Dark Knight and Watchmen, but that doesn’t seem to be a part of Marvel’s plan going in to the future. According to Entertainment News International, Marvel Entertainment’s Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Peter Cuneo said that Marvel is no longer interested in doing R-rated films. Cuneo was speaking at the Gabelli & Company’s Inaugural Movie Conference in New York City, and during his presentation explained that R-rated films are “off strategy” for them, and that they are only interested in what they call “Triple Threat” movies, or in other words, movies that allow them to make money from toy, video game and other licensing venues....

Stranger Things season 4 featured the series’ highest kill count yet, and fans have still not recovered from some of the brutal deaths. One character’s demise, in particular, left a mark on everyone—the Hawkins outcast and metalhead, Eddie Munson, played by Joseph Quinn. Maya Hawke, who plays Robin Buckley in Stranger Things, recently addressed the show’s growing number of deaths. Hawke is currently busy promoting her Netflix thriller Do Revenge and sat down with Vanity Fair for a lie detector Q & A session....

Pixar has just unveiled character posters for the brand new characters Buttercup and Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear from Toy Story 3, which is set to hit theaters on June 18. Click on these brand new character posters below to access our entire gallery of poster images, plus you can take read character descriptions for these new characters below also. Toy Story 3 stars Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, R....

As a man of 33 years of age, growing up in the 80s and 90s, its hard for me to look at films made in or set in eras past and find any connection to that time frame. Even 80s films, with the short shorts, big hair and corny music, don’t really strike that emotional chord that I was there, living in that time, even though I technically was. It was all about the 90s for me and, aside from the New York-centric (and fantastic) film The Wackness, there haven’t been a whole lot of films that really delved into what the 90s were all about, that is until this wonderful film Middle Men....

We recently caught up with director Mike Cahill, who co-wrote the screenplay with Brit Marling, to chat about the endless possibilities of Earth 2. Here is our conversation. With the concept of Earth 2 comes a thousand different story possibilities. How did you and Brit Marling hit on exactly what type of story you wanted to tell, using Earth 2 as your backdrop? Mike Cahill: It is in the background. That is true....

When a series is suddenly canceled—especially after the first season—fans are often left to wonder what happens to their favorite characters. That’s not a problem for fans of Netflix’s The Midnight Club, which was canceled on Thursday: as promised, co-creator Mike Flanagan took to Tumblr to share an “official second season” of the series. “I’m very disappointed that Netflix has decided not to pursue a second season of The Midnight Club,” Flanagan wrote on his blog Friday....