Matt Singer is the editor and critic of the website ScreenCrush.com. For five years, he was the on-air host of IFC News on the Independent Film Channel, hosting coverage of film festivals and red carpets around the world. A member of the New York Film Critics Circle, he’s been a frequent contributor to the television shows CBS This Morning Saturday and Ebert Presents At the Movies, and his writing has also appeared in print and online at The Village Voice, The Dissolve, and Indiewire. His first book, Marvel’s Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectacular, is on sale now.
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Luke Perry, ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ and ‘Riverdale’ Star, Dies at 52
The ‘Riverdale’ actor never recovered from a “massive stroke” he suffered last week.
The Oscars Will Now Air All Categories Live
Reversing their earlier plan to hand out four awards during commercial breaks, all winners will now receive their trophies live on the broadcast.
The Oscars Will Have No Host This Year
For the first time in 30 years, there will be no Oscar host.
Someone Is Edited Out of the ‘Avengers’ Super Bowl Ad – But Who?
There’s some obvious spaces where a hero has been cut from the new ‘Endgame’ trailer. But WHICH hero?!?
A ‘Child’s Play’ TV Series Is Coming to Syfy
Not only is Chucky getting a new film, he’ll star in his own TV series coming soon.
‘Aquaman’ Is Now the Biggest DC Comics Movie Ever, Sequel in Development
Plus, a sequel is in development.
Report: Netflix ‘Would Lose 57 Percent of Their Subscribers If They Added Commercials’
An interesting study reveals the huge impact commercials would have on Netflix’s audience.
‘Assassin’s Creed’ Review: A Refreshingly Strange Video Game Movie
The assassins of Assassin’s Creed have an assassin's creed that they recite repeatedly in Assassin’s Creed. (If that mere fact alone makes you smile, you’re in for a treat.) This creed involves the phrases like “nothing is true” and “everything is permitted” (the assassins are the good guys in this movie, by the way) and concludes with the declaration "We operate in the darkness to preserve the light."
‘Westworld’ Season Finale Recap: A Journey Inward
Okay, so I guess William got that mole of his taken off at some point? Who knew he was so into cosmetic surgery? He should have gotten some plugs for that bald head of his while he was at it.
‘Rings’ and ‘Friday the 13th’ Sequels Both Delayed
It’s not a great time to be a horror sequel. Blair Witch made just $9.5 in its debut in theaters last weekend (less than Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 made in its opening weekend 15 years ago), and now Variety reports that Paramount is pushing back two long-delayed installments in the horror franchises for The Ring and Friday the 13th.
After You Watch These Bill Murray Facts You Will Receive Total Consciousness
By the late 1990s, Bill Murray was one of the biggest comedy stars in the world, commanding a salary per picture of about $9 million. But did you know when Murray agreed to star in Wes Anderson’s Rushmore, he made just $9,000, and when the studio refused to give Anderson the money he needed for a crucial helicopter shot, Bill Murray wrote a check to cover the costs. That’s just one of the facts featured in the last episode of You Think You Know Movies!
7 Classic Gene Wilder Performances Available to Watch Right Now
How to eulogize Gene Wilder? I keep sitting here trying to find words worthy of the man who gave us Willy Wonka and Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and the Waco Kid. None do him justice. The most fitting tribute to Wilder came from Wilder himself, in a classic song from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: When traveling in the world of his creation, what we saw defied explanation...