by Alisha Grauso | Aug 31, 2020 | Box Office, Editorial
This week, after many release date bumps, some controversy, and the divisive reviews that only a Christopher Nolan movie can generate, Tenet is finally hitting theaters in the U.S. This will be the 10th feature film of Nolan’s career; his very first feature,...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 31, 2020 | Editorial
In September, we’re finally getting a slew of new movies hitting theaters, from Christopher Nolan’s hugely-anticipated next blockbuster to post-WWII revenge thriller to a sweet rom-com. But what about the special theatrical events of September? Those...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 29, 2020 | Editorial
This morning, I woke up with a line from Hamilton echoing through my head: “Why do you write like you’re running out of time?” It was a fitting first thought on a morning in which my immediate second thought was the awareness of Chadwick...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 28, 2020 | Disney, News
Get out your ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night: THR is reporting that a new movie based on the Haunted Mansion ride is in the works at Disney. Ghostbusters writer Katie Dippold is attached to write the script with Dan...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 28, 2020 | Editorial
Theaters are oh-so-slowly opening up again and the month of September offers our first big test and tentpole with Warner Bros.’ Tenet. While the September movie releases outside of Tenet are indies and small-budget films, there are some quality gems getting a...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 27, 2020 | Review
After thirty long years, Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter) and Ted “Theodore” Logan (Keanu Reeves) are reuniting to hit the big screen again. In the in-universe story of Bill & Ted, however, “reuniting” is the wrong word to use: Since the...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 27, 2020 | Interview, Marvel
Being a young actor is hard. Being a young actor who suddenly has the responsibility of shouldering a huge tentpole role is even harder. But that’s exactly what Blu Hunt experienced when she landed the role of Dani Moonstar in 20th Century Fox’s The New...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 27, 2020 | Disney, News
As with virtually every movie in some form production and post-production in the last half-year, Disney’s upcoming animated film Raya and the Last Dragon has had its timeline rewritten. Just as production was ramping up, the coronavirus hit and the team...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 26, 2020 | Interview
After long last, Fox-Disney’s The New Mutants will be hitting theaters. It’s had a bumpy road to release but fans have been patient and loyal to Josh Boone’s film, which is being touted as the MCU’s first horror-action movie. The story follows...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 26, 2020 | News
Some days, there are bits and bobs of news that don’t have quite enough meat on the bone for a full article. Still, they’re cool tidbits worth getting some love. We round them up for you in our Quick Hits column. DC FanDome Drew A Whopping 22 Million Views This past...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 26, 2020 | News
It’s a fascinating trait of men that they so often show their love and affection for friends by doing the complete opposite of what you’d expect and dragging the hell out of each other. Hollywood actors take it a step further and have perfected the...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 26, 2020 | Editorial
BTS is, without a doubt, the biggest band in the world right now. Not Beyoncé. Not Taylor Swift. And not One Direction, ’cause they broke up. Nope. It’s BTS and their fandom, the BTS Army, is the most powerful music fandom. Since their debut in 2013, the...
by Lisa Konen | Aug 26, 2020 | Featured
You might recall that a few months ago, in a pre-COVID-19 world, we launched a fun feature in the Atom Tickets app that lets you share movie plans to Snapchat. You guys loved it so much (before movie theaters had to hit pause), that we decided to take it even further....
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 25, 2020 | Interview
This week, after many long years and numerous reschedules, Fox’s final Marvel superhero movie, The New Mutants, is finally hitting theaters. Billed as Marvel’s first horror-thriller, follows five teenagers with dangerous mutant powers who are sent to a...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 24, 2020 | Editorial, Marvel
Last week, Disney held a virtual press conference for The New Mutants. Hosted by Entertainment Tonight’s Ash Crossan, the press conference featured director Josh Boone and stars Maisie Williams (Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane), Charlie Heaton (Sam Guthrie/Cannonball),...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 24, 2020 | Roundup
To say Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has been massively hyped is an understatement. It hits international markets this Wednesday and will open in the U.S. cities where theaters are reopened on Labor Day Weekend before continuing to roll out to other cities in the...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 24, 2020 | DC, News
1. ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Panel DC FanDome kicked off with the Wonder Woman 1984 panel. It was a fun time with director Patty Jenkins, stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal, with a guest appearance by OG Wonder Woman Lynda Carter. You can...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 24, 2020 | Interview
This week, Sony’s The Burnt Orange Heresy hits home entertainment. Based on the novel by Charles Willeford and directed by Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Capotondi, it stars Claes Bang (BBC’s Dracula) as James Figureas, a disgraced art dealer who is desperate...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 22, 2020 | DC, News
Closing out the DC FanDome virtual event was another of the most anticipated movie panels of the day. Director Matt Reeves took the virtual stage for The Batman. Reeves set the stage by explaining The Batman is incredibly layered as a story: Part detective story, part...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 22, 2020 | Video
Release Date: October 1, 2021 Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, Andy Serkis, Peter Sarsgaard, John Turturro, Jeffrey Wright, Con O’Neill, Max Carver Director: Matt Reeves Synopsis: Matt Reeves’ take on the early years of Bruce...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 22, 2020 | Roundup
One of the biggest bummers about fan conventions being canceled this year, especially San Diego Comic-Con, is the fact we don’t get to see the amazing cosplay that talented fans have spent weeks, sometimes months, putting together. But this weekend’s DC...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 22, 2020 | DC, News
After the Wonder Woman 1984 panel kicking things off for DC FanDome, James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad was the second big movie panel of the day and it delivered. James Gunn took a break from the editing bay to introduce the panel and field some fan questions....
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 22, 2020 | Video
Release Date: August 6, 2021 Cast: Taika Waititi, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Alice Braga, Jai Courtney, Nathan Fillion, Pete Davidson, Michael Rooker, Storm Reid, John Cena, Peter Capaldi, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Steve Agee,...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 22, 2020 | DC, News
The DC FanDome virtual fan event is underway, and the DCEU’s next film, Wonder Woman 1984, kicked things off. Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal all joined Brazilian hosts Érico Borgo and Aline Diniz on a giant video stage to...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 22, 2020 | Video
Release Date: October 2, 2020 Cast: Gal Gadot, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Kristen Wiig, Gabriella Wilde, Kristoffer Polaha, Lyon Beckwith, Ravi Patel Director: Patty Jenkins Synopsis: Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman’s (Gal...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 21, 2020 | Roundup
Twitter Users Share What Movies They’ve Watched Once & Loved But Will Never Watch Again Most of the time, when we see a movie that blows us away, that impacts us, that we know is a masterpiece, we have no problems watching it again. We seek it out, in fact,...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 21, 2020 | News
We have a tradition here on Atom Insider: Giving a shout-out to some of our friends around these here internet parts holding it down in the realm of movie journalism and pop culture. Each week, we’ll bring you a hand-picked selection of the most thought-provoking...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 20, 2020 | News
If ever there were a feature vehicle for Lady Gaga, it’s Ridley Scott’s upcoming Gucci for MGM. Which, according to Deadline, just added about a thousand A-list actors to its cast. Likely being added to the cast are Adam Driver, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino,...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 20, 2020 | Marvel, News
Though it’s been long-speculated and then confirmed in everything but name only, Sony’s Kraven the Hunter movie is officially a go. Deadline is reporting Triple Frontier director J.C. Chandor is in talks to land the directing gig for Sony’s next...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 20, 2020 | News
Some days, there are bits and bobs of news that don’t have quite enough meat on the bone for a full article. Still, they’re cool tidbits worth getting some love. We round them up for you in our Quick Hits column. ‘Annabelle: Creation’ Director David...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 20, 2020 | DC, News
Get excited, Batfleck fans: It has been reported by Vanity Fair that Ben Affleck will be reprising his role as Batman in The Flash. The news comes two months after the news that Michael Keaton would be putting on the cape and cowl for the first time in 30 years and...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 20, 2020 | Featured
Back in May, we ran a survey for our audience about how they feel about going back to the movies and what movies they most want to see. We just did a follow-up to that survey, and the responses came like a flood – over 16,000! They indicate that movie fans are...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 19, 2020 | News
While promoting his new movie, Unhinged, which hits theaters this weekend, Russell Crowe popped up on Late Night with Seth Meyers for a virtual interview. Crowe, who has occasionally been known for being a bit prickly in interviews, is nonetheless one of the more...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 19, 2020 | News
A great bit of news for any Marvel fan today: Deadline is reporting that Olivia Wilde is developing and is set to direct a new female-led project for Sony set in its expanding Marvel universe. That the universe is expanding isn’t a surprise, but Sony clearly has...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 19, 2020 | News
Hollywood was on temporary pause but productions are gearing back up, release dates continue to be tweaked in preparation for theaters reopening, and things are slowly starting to return to normal – or at least, our temporary new normal. Entertainment news has once...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 19, 2020 | Horror, Review
This week, Peninsula, Yeon Sang-ho’s follow-up to 2016’s Train to Busan, hits U.S. theaters in limited release after its distribution being acquired by Well Go USA. The movie has already done big numbers in its native South Korea, helping to revitalize the...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 18, 2020 | Box Office, News
This past weekend, almost two full decades after its release, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone finally joined the billion-dollar movie club. The final box office surge to get it over the threshold comes courtesy of China, where the movie was rereleased in...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 17, 2020 | Editorial
AMC Theatres is the largest theater chain not just in the United States, but in the entire world. Chances are you’ve likely seen a movie at an AMC theater; it’s almost impossible not to at some point. But AMC wasn’t always the mega-theater chain we...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 17, 2020 | Video
Release Date: September 16, 2020 Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Noomi Rapace, Amy Seimetz, Chris Messina, Kadrolsha Ona Carole, Lucy Faust, Victoria Hill, David Maldonado, Jeff Pope, Ritchie Montgomery Director: Yuval Adler Synopsis: In post-WWII America, a woman (Noomi...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 17, 2020 | News
John Hughes was known for his coming-of-age movies in the ’80s, but movies starring the teenage Brat Pack weren’t his only contribution to the movie Hall of Fame. He also had a few straight-up comedies, and one of his most beloved is getting a remake....
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 14, 2020 | Editorial
Five years ago today, Guy Ritchie’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. hit theaters. The film, a remake of the 1960s fictional spy TV series of the same name, featured a solid cast of Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer and Alicia Vikander, with supporting roles from Elizabeth...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 14, 2020 | News
Each year, business-oriented magazine and digital outlet Forbes releases its list of the world’s highest-paid actors. In decades past, it used to be that box office was what filled an actor’s bank. Now, however, actors are diversifying, adding product...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 14, 2020 | News
We’ve restarted a tradition here on Atom Insider: Giving a shout-out to some of our friends around these here internet parts holding it down in the realm of movie journalism and pop culture. Each week, we’ll bring you a hand-picked selection of the most...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 14, 2020 | Horror, News
Zack Snyder has been a busy man since leaving the Justice League project. At some point in the next year, we’ll be getting his cut of Justice League on HBO Max and we’ll get a sneak peek of it this month during Warner Bros.’ DC FanDome virtual event....
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 14, 2020 | Editorial, Marvel
As of the time of writing this – that is, on August 13th – The New Mutants is still scheduled to be released in theaters on August 28th. If you don’t believe The New Mutants will actually hit screens, you’re not alone – seriously, I think...
by Lisa Konen | Aug 14, 2020 | Featured, Promo
Online streaming platform Hotstar is the go-to for the best in Indian entertainment. If you aren’t familiar, it serves up endless hours of bingeable content straight to your TV. From big-budget Bollywood blockbusters...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 13, 2020 | Video
Release Date: Friday, August 21 Cast: Russell Crowe, Jimmi Simpson, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman, Austin P. McKenzie, Anne Leighton, Michael Papajohn, Lucy Faust, Sylvia Grace Crim, Stephen Louis Grush Director: Derrick Borte Synopsis: Unhinged takes an ordinary,...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 13, 2020 | News
A while back, Tom Holland’s first time screen testing opposite Chris Evans for Captain America: Civil War made the rounds. More recently, a new video of Holland’s self-taped auditions, in-person auditions and his screen tests with Evans and Robert Downey,...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 13, 2020 | News
Some days, there are bits and bobs of news that don’t have quite enough meat on the bone for a full article. Still, they’re cool tidbits worth getting some love. We round them up for you in our Quick Hits column. Freddy Krueger Is Getting His Own Coffee Roast There...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 12, 2020 | Horror, News
Earlier this year, Elisabeth Moss and Blumhouse made magic with Leigh Whannell-directed The Invisible Man. Typical of the Blumhouse model, the thriller was made for a trim $7 million and went on to gross over $130 million globally. Moss and Blumhouse are now reteaming...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 12, 2020 | News
Hollywood was on temporary pause but productions are gearing back up, release dates continue to be tweaked in preparation for theaters reopening, and things are slowly starting to return to normal – or at least, our temporary new normal. Entertainment news has once...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 12, 2020 | Editorial
UPDATE (Tuesday, September 8th, 1:00pm): Due to the overwhelming success of the Sony Drive-In Experience, Sony will also be showing The Broken Hearts Gallery on the Thalberg lot from Thursday, September 10 through Wednesday, September 16th and has added showings for...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 11, 2020 | Editorial
Movies can be some of the most profoundly impactful experiences we’ll ever have. For many of us, there are certain film scenes that stick in our minds, even if it’s years after we first saw them, even if we haven’t seen them since. Maybe we were...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 10, 2020 | Video
Release Date: TBD 2021 Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Martin Sheen, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith, Dominique Fishback, Lil Rel Howery Director: Shaka King Synopsis: The story of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 10, 2020 | Disney, News
After 10 long years, Disney is finally moving forward with its next installment in the Tron franchise. After taking that decade to figure out what it wants to do with the franchise, Disney has reportedly tapped Lion director Garth Davis to direct the movie starring...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 8, 2020 | Editorial
This week 34 years ago, Stand by Me hit theaters in its limited U.S. release. Directed by Rob Reiner, it was a hit, making more than $52 million on a budget of just $8 million; since then, it’s become a genuine classic. Part of its success could be attributed to...
by Jonathan Barkan | Aug 7, 2020 | Editorial, Horror
In a regular year, August would be what’s known as a “dump month,” something I’ve written about before. However, with the world in a state of seemingly perpetual flux, and to paraphrase Passover tradition, why is this month different than all other months?...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 7, 2020 | Editorial
Human beings are unique, varied snowflakes, and no two people look exactly alike. Not even identical twins, who still have tiny differences between them. Still, there are a few actors out there that cause face blindness for a number of people. The ones who, when you...
by Editorial Staff | Aug 7, 2020 | News
We’ve restarted a tradition here on Atom Insider: Giving a shout-out to some of our friends around these here internet parts holding it down in the realm of movie journalism and pop culture. Each week, we’ll bring you a hand-picked selection of the most...
by Alisha Grauso | Aug 6, 2020 | Editorial, Featured
On September 24, fans everywhere will be able to see Break the Silence: The Movie. The next BTS special event comes to the big screen to select theaters courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing. Unlike most of their previous special events, Break the Silence: The Movie looks...
