It was while discussing the latter element that both Reeves and Batman actor Robert Pattinson told us about a surprising touchstone they shared for their new movie: Alan J. Pakula’s 1971 neo noir classic, Klute. “Klute was super important,” Reeves says when talking about the early development stages of The Batman. “When I was writing, I watched a bunch of noirs… and there was something in that movie that spoke to me when I was writing about Batman and Selina Kyle....

Though the next season of The Boys is unlikely to arrive on our screens anytime soon – the realities of production in the middle of a global pandemic being what they are – we can still make a few educated guesses about what it might contain. The Boys Get Back Together The Boys season 2 ends with most of The Boys going their separate ways for what appears to be the foreseeable future....

The Boys creator Eric Kripke will return for season 3 as showrunner, writer, and executive producer. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Preacher) also continue on as executive producers. Just like the show’s first two seasons, The Boys season 3 will feature eight episodes. No release date has been announced yet but when the third season premieres it will be available in all of Prime Video’s international markets in addition to the U....

Though The Flash Season 7 episode “Timeless” is a largely forgettable mishmash of bad time travel logic and mixed messages about whether the “Forces” that have dominated this season to date are powerful god beings or sadly manipulated humans in need of quasi-parental love from Barry and Iris, it is memorable in one aspect: Theoretically, it is the last gasp of Harrison Wells. Sure, we’ve said goodbye to at least a half dozen versions of Wells over the years only to see a new one pop up several episodes later, like a multiverse-spanning game of Whack-a-Mole....

The Flash Season 4 Episode 10 I’m going to start with what I liked about “Trial of the Flash” lest I lose myself and my readers too quickly. We finally got some genuine character development out of Ralph Dibny in way that felt completely earned, and it’s something that I hope will be built on in future episodes. Candice Patton was absolutely brilliant in this episode, whether Iris was required to sit quietly in a courtroom or to confront a supervillain and call her out on her bullshit, she absolutely killed....

The Flash Season 4 Episode 20 So, for starters…sorry about last week, folks. A DVR mishap kept me from handling “Fury Rogue” in a reasonably timely fashion, and then a little indie movie came out that ended up taking up all of my time. I doubt you’ve heard of it. It’s about an angry environmentalist looking to bring balance to the universe by any means necessary. If it comes to your town, do go see it....

There were doubtless ruder nicknames, but ‘Buccaneers’, as Edith Wharton styled them in her 1870s-set novel of the same name, and ‘Dollar Princesses’ were the popular terms for the moneyed Americans who were married off into British nobility. Both parties got something from the deal. Old titles met new money in a contract that meant English castles could finally afford to repair their leaking roofs while heiresses could call themselves Lady Somesuch and invite the British ruling classes over to murder pheasants....

Before we dive into our thoughts about what certainly seem to be some of the most significant leaked photos from the series’ set so far, take a closer look at the actual photos: Not only do those photos come from what has been a very reliable source, but they are supported by reports that state the series’ cast and crew have recently been seen filming in and around a hospital....

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 5 Over the course of five episodes, it’s become clear what The Rings of Power’s strengths and weaknesses are. One of those weaknesses so far has been the politicking side of things – the show is at its best when it’s depicting huge, dramatic moments of battle or adventure, and at its weakest when examining the various power plays and conflicts between characters....

The Orville Season 2 Episode 13 The latest episode of The Orville demonstrates why I like the series so much. It takes a typical science fiction trope and skillfully uses it to craft something meaningful for us to think about, in a way that is thoughtful, humorous, and relatable. We all have those past loves to reminisce about who we believe could have been the one if we hadn’t screwed it up....

BAFTA-winning Rakie Ayola (who, among many other things, played the Hostess in Doctor Who episode ‘Midnight’) played DS Holland in series one, but this time she’s The Pact’s’ Executive Producer and also takes centre stage as protagonist Christine, a social worker whose family is still recovering from the recent death of her 22-year-old son Liam. As openings go it’s not very promising – we’re in definite scrolling-through-your-phone territory for the first twenty minutes or so as we see a hooded figure break into the family’s home on the Welsh coast just in time for Christine to get back and hear a noise....

With two-thirds of the show yet to air, and two-thirds completed on the production side, executive producer Greg Nicotero is feeling the pressure to bring it on home. The director, writer, and special makeup effects maestro tells us in a recent interview he views the final season as a marathon. Specifically the fact that shooting a 16 episode season for a show of this scale requires considerable stamina. “This isn’t a ‘two people in a room talking’ show,” Nicotero says....

The third episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power sees the show begin to stretch its wings narratively speaking, introducing several characters whose names will sound very familiar to Lord of the Rings fans, such as Isildur and Elendil, while digging deeper into new ones created specifically for the series, like Halbrand, the secret king of the Southlands. (Though I’m admittedly partial to the theory he’ll actually turn out to be the Witch-King of Angmar one day....

Hence when Elba’s incarcerated baddie takes a look at his daughter through prison plexiglass, and she reveals that she too has gotten pinched and is now awaiting a court date for nicking a smartwatch, he has only one question: Why did she get caught for swiping something so stupid? “A year in juvie will do her good,” he sniffs later. “She’s always been a little ditzy like her mother.” Welcome to Gunn’s familiar yet wickedly singular take on a valuable piece of Warner Bros....

“Been pretty hard to keep this a secret,” Burton tweeted. “But I love working with @JDMorgan. I love watching him become #Negan and take on that swagger. And I love the @TheWalkingDead family. They’ve been a part of our family for ages and I’m so grateful for their kindness.” In addition to being an accomplished actress in her own right, Burton is the real life wife of Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who plays Negan on the long-running zombie series....

The Walking Dead series finale, “Rest in Peace,” had to confront some challenges that few other shows will ever face. In addition to wrapping up 11 seasons of storytelling, The Walking Dead‘s final episode had to also leave some room for the future. AMC has made no attempt to hide the fact that The Walking Dead series finale wouldn’t really be the end. Though the flagship show is now over, the franchise will carry on in the form of several spinoffs – some pre-existing fare like Fear the Walking Dead, and even more brand new options like The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and The Walking Dead: Dead City....

What viewers might not know about The Watcher, however, is that it’s actually based on two real life stories melded into one TV show! In episode 3, The Watcher introduces us to John Graff (Joe Montello) , a mild-mannered accountant who once lived at 657 Boulevard Ave. John Graff would go on to, uh…kill his whole family (we didn’t say it was a happy true story). There isn’t a real life figure named John Graff or anyone resembling him in the original Watcher story about the Broaddus (Brannock in the show) family being stalked....

The animated fantasy world of The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf feels trapped in an 83-minute film. No doubt it is lovely to look at as a Netflix Original Anime—a stricter definition of “anime” is stretching it, being applied to the work of a South Korea-based animation company. For as much as Studio Mir’s smatterings of color and movement will please the eye as it did with Legend of Korra and Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, the mission of the story is lost in a haze....

And, oh yeah, the town is suddenly plagued by a series of brutal murder-mutilations that look like nothing less than the work of a werewolf. That’s the premise of The Wolf of Snow Hollow, the second full-length feature from Cummings, who also writes and directs in addition to starring in the picture. If The Wolf of Snow Hollow sounds somewhat like a genre-flavored remake of Cummings’ debut, the micro-budget comedy-drama Thunder Road, that wouldn’t be wildly off-base....

Carter maintains he was caught off-guard by Gillian Anderson’s decision to leave behind The X-Files for good this time, and stated that his intention was to continue the series in some form. However, it’s worth noting that Anderson has on multiple occasions refuted claims of a sudden exit. At New York Comic Con in 2017 and again in various interviews before the series’ 11th season aired in January 2018, Anderson reiterated it would be her final run as Dana Scully....