by Alisha Grauso | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured
When it comes to the actor known for being killed off in his roles, most people would guess Sean Bean thanks to the viral videos and running internet jokes about the actor’s numerous deaths. But fans would be surprised to learn that for all of the mortal moments...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 5, 2020 | Video
Release Date: May 15, 2020 Director: Darren Lynn Bousman Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Rock, Marisol Nichols, Max Minghella, Zoie Palmer, Dan Petronijevic, Nazneen Contractor, Morgan David Jones, Edie Inksetter, K.C. Collins Synopsis: A sadistic mastermind unleashes...
by Lisa Konen | Feb 5, 2020 | DC, Promo
**Update: this offer has exhausted as of 3pm PT on Feb. 5, 2020. Gotta be fast to get the goods! The DCEU’s newest film Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) flies into theaters this weekend and, as the title implies, it’s just the type...
by Alisha Grauso | Feb 5, 2020 | DC, Review
When Suicide Squad came out in 2016, the best and breakout part of it was easily Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. The beloved villain-turned-antihero was finally in live-action form, and she was everything audiences had hoped for. Plenty of fans, however, wondered what...
by Alisha Grauso | Feb 4, 2020 | Editorial
In February, there were plenty of excellent special theatrical events, from an intense turn from James McAvoy to one of the most famous ballets in history. But what about the smaller and limited releases of March? What about special theatrical events? Those...
by Alisha Grauso | Feb 4, 2020 | Editorial
The first month of the year saw plenty of legitimately great wide-release movies hitting theaters. And February is set to do more of the same with big titles like Birds of Prey, The Invisible Man and Sonic the Hedgehog all being released. But what about the smaller...
by Alisha Grauso | Feb 4, 2020 | Oscars
The 2020 Oscars are almost upon us, and that means that by now we have the list of presenters. Like last year, the 92nd Academy Awards will have no host, with the festivities being handled by a rotating cast of emcees. The Academy recently tweeted an all-star list of...
by Alisha Grauso | Feb 3, 2020 | Oscars
The 92nd annual Academy Awards are fast approaching and it’s time to start preparing now if you want to make sure that you are all caught up by the time the show airs on ABC on Sunday, February 6th at 8:00pm EST/5:00pm PST. This year’s Oscars have the usual...
by Alisha Grauso | Feb 3, 2020 | Editorial
2020 is in full swing and it feels like movie season never even slowed down after the holidays. January is usually the month where bad movies go to die and be buried by studios, but this year had a handful of solid flicks seeing releases. But what about February? The...
by Alisha Grauso | Feb 3, 2020 | News
I think it’s safe to say that so far, 2020 has been an avalanche of tough news. One bit of news that dropped today, however, is very much the opposite of that – in fact, it’s downright delightful. Lin-Manuel Miranda took to Twitter this morning to bring us...
by Alisha Grauso | Feb 3, 2020 | News
Lucasfilm head and producer Kathleen Kennedy was honored at the BAFTAs this past weekend with the BAFTA Fellowship Award, which is the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The prestigious award is...
by Jon Negroni | Feb 3, 2020 | Box Office
Each week on Atom Insider, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. This week, Bad Boys for Life hit a financial triple (or field goal?), while newcomers The Rhythm Section and Gretel & Hansel failed to make the Top...
by Alisha Grauso | Feb 3, 2020 | News
Every year, the commercials are often the most anticipated part of the Super Bowl. This year’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers featured a spread of great commercials. But more importantly, it featured a ton of great movie trailers...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 3, 2020 | Video
Release Date: May 22, 2020 Director: Justin Lin Cast: Charlize Theron, Jim Parrack, John Cena, Vin Diesel, Helen Mirren, Michelle Rodriguez, Lucas Black, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Michael Rooker, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang Synopsis: The ninth...
by Editorial Staff | Feb 3, 2020 | Video
Release Date: April 10, 2020 Director: Cary Fukunaga Cast: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek, Ralph Fiennes, Christoph Waltz, Naomie Harris, Billy Magnussen, Jeffrey Wright, Ben Whishaw, Lashana Lynch Synopsis: In No Time To Die, Bond has left active...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 31, 2020 | News
Life is busy and content is everywhere. Plenty of news can pass right under our noses, from the big announcements to the small news items that get buried. Allow our weekly roundup of quick-hit news to catch you up on all the bits and bobs you might have missed. The...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 31, 2020 | Editorial
The Fast & Furious franchise is an incredible franchise because its actors commit seriously to their work in a franchise that doesn’t at all take itself seriously. The laws of physics have never applied to Fast & Furious movies. Cars jump insane...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 31, 2020 | Video
Release Date: May 22, 2020 Director: Justin Lin Cast: Charlize Theron, Jim Parrack, John Cena, Vin Diesel, Helen Mirren, Michelle Rodriguez, Lucas Black, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Michael Rooker, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang Synopsis: The ninth...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 31, 2020 | Review
In our most recent resurgence of experimental horror, genre auteurs with distinct styles have broken big, from Jordan Peele’s terror-tinged social commentary to Ari Aster’s psychological brutality to the heartbreaking turn of Issa Lopez’s dark...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 31, 2020 | Video
Release Date: March 20, 2020 Director: John Krasinski Cast: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou, Millicent Simmonds, Wayne Duvall, Lauren-Ashley Cristiano, Ashley Dyke, Okieriete Onaodowan, Blake DeLong Synopsis: Following the deadly events at home,...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 30, 2020 | Review
It’s been a few years since we’ve seen Blake Lively on screen, the actress-entrepreneur having last appeared in 2018’s A Simple Favor. Her new movie, The Rhythm Section, is set to hit theaters this weekend. Based on a book of the same name by Mark...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 30, 2020 | News
Tom Cruise is renowned by movie lovers for doing his own crazy stunts. The lifelong adrenaline junkie has ridden more motorcycles than you can count, been in dozens of car chases, scaled the Burj Khalifa (which happens to be the world’s tallest building),...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 30, 2020 | Video
Release Date: May 22, 2020 Director: Tim Hill Cast: Keanu Reeves, Clancy Brown, Awkwafina, Bill Fagerbakke, Tom Kenny, Lori Alan, Mary Jo Catlett, Rodger Bumpass, Mr. Lawrence, Jill Talley, Carolyn Lawrence Synopsis: This Memorial Day weekend, SpongeBob SquarePants,...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 30, 2020 | Video
Release Date: February 14, 2020 Director: Jeff Fowler Cast: Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Neal McDonough, Tika Sumpter, Ben Schwartz, Debs Howard, Adam Pally, Michael Hogan, Leanne Lapp, Shannon Chan-Kent Synopsis: Based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 30, 2020 | Video
Release Date: February 14, 2020 Director: Jeff Wadlow Cast: Parisa Fitz-Henley, Maggie Q, Portia Doubleday, Lucy Hale, Michael Rooker, Kim Coates, Michael Peña, Charlotte McKinney, Ryan Hansen, Jimmy O. Yang Synopsis: In Blumhouse’s new spin on Fantasy Island,...
by Jonathan Barkan | Jan 29, 2020 | Editorial, Horror
February is the time for love, the month where bouquets of roses are in every store, heart-shaped boxes of chocolates the dessert of choice, and jewelry stores see a significant uptick in sales. Romance is certainly in the air but that doesn’t mean for one...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 29, 2020 | News
The Green Hornet has been around since 1936, but modern audiences mostly know the pre-Golden Age pulp superhero from the 2011 live-action flop starring Seth Rogen in the titular role and Jay Chou as his sidekick, Kato. But one former Marvel exec is hoping to change...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 28, 2020 | Interview
Child stars come and go. For every kid actor who makes it in the business, there are dozens of others who don’t. Rarer still is the very young actor that is so magnetic, they practically steal an entire movie in their first major theatrical role. Sophia Lillis...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 28, 2020 | DC, Editorial
In just a few weeks, Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) will be hitting theaters. The next movie up in the DCEU is currently tracking for a solid $50-55 million opening, though that number will almost certainly jump up if critical...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 27, 2020 | News
The situation with the Transformers franchise is a curious one for Paramount. It is far and away the studio’s most lucrative franchise, with its live-action movies having generated $4.85 billion at the box office for Paramount over the last few years. But the...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 27, 2020 | Celebrity, News
While Dolittle may not be faring well at the box office, one great thing to come out of the press tour is Tom Holland. Because, well, Tom Holland is never not great. More specifically, Tom’s dog, Tessa, stole the show at the London premiere of Dolittle this past...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 27, 2020 | Editorial
Here at Atom, we love movies. We especially love to dive into the behind-the-scenes and how-did-it-get-mades of filmmaking, which is often as fascinating as the films themselves. There’s nothing like watching a movie that captures your attention, moves you,...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 24, 2020 | Horror, News
Prepare yourselves for the squeezy, slithery villain of 1997’s best worst movie to rise once again: THR is reporting that Columbia Pictures has greenlit an Anaconda reboot. The reboot being pitched for the cult classic will actually be a complete reimagining,...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 24, 2020 | News
Life is busy and content is everywhere. Plenty of news can pass right under our noses, from the big announcements to the small news items that get buried. Allow our weekly roundup of quick-hit news to catch you up on all the bits and bobs you might have missed....
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 24, 2020 | Disney, News
Regardless of how you feel about the Disney live-action remakes, there’s no arguing that they’ve been monster hits for the studio and have helped push the studio into a historic box office year in 2019. It looks like the next classic Disney animated movie...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 24, 2020 | News
By now, you might have heard about the coronavirus outbreak, a deadly strain of the disease that has affected almost a thousand people in China and killed over two dozen. Beyond the immediate illness, the coronavirus is causing another global ripple effect in an...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 23, 2020 | Review
After a decade of doing big- to medium-budget tentpoles with Aladdin, the Sherlock Holmes movies, criminally underrated The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and the disappointment that was King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, filmmaker Guy Ritchie is finally returning to his...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 23, 2020 | Marvel, News
Since wrapping up Avengers: Endgame and bringing the Infinity Gauntlet Saga to a close, Marvel hasn’t been in as much of a rush to greenlight sequels. Instead, they’ve taken their time with a few, including Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 23, 2020 | Editorial, Oscars
No matter how many nominees are allowed into the Best Picture race, it’s always the most coveted prize of the night at every Academy Award ceremony. This year, nine pictures will vie to be the top film at the 2020 Oscars. If you’re still playing catch up,...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 22, 2020 | Oscars
The 2020 Oscars are right around the corner and the nominees have been announced. This year, the Best Picture category offered few surprises, but a mostly excellent list of some of the best films released in 2019. Those nine Best Picture nominees are Ford v Ferrari...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 22, 2020 | Video
Release Date: February 7, 2020 Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz Cast: Riley Keough, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone, Jaeden Lieberher, Lia McHugh, Danny Keough, Lola Reid, Katelyn Wells Synopsis: A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé’s...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 22, 2020 | Video
Release Date: January 31, 2020 Director: Reed Morano Cast: Blake Lively, Jude Law, Sterling K. Brown, Daniel Mays, Max Casella, Raza Jaffrey, Richard Brake, Geoff Bell, Jack McEvoy, Jade Anouka Synopsis: Blake Lively stars as Stephanie Patrick, an ordinary woman on a...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 21, 2020 | Marvel, News
Some excellent news on the Marvel front today: Veteran actor Michelle Yeoh is reportedly in talks to join the cast of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Talks are still ongoing and there’s no word on what character she’s circling, but reports from...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 21, 2020 | Celebrity, News
Get ready for one of the cutest celebrity stories ever: Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant hatched a plan to set up McConaughey’s 88-year-old mom, Mary, and Grant’s 91-year-old dad, James, in a meet-cute for the ages. The plan has been brewing for a while....
by Jon Negroni | Jan 20, 2020 | Box Office
Each week on Atom Insider, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. This week, Bad Boys for Life surprised just about everyone with strong critical reviews, enthusiastic audience ratings, and a fiery box office. This...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 17, 2020 | News
After years of it being talked about, it looks like we’re finally getting a long-awaited National Treasure 3. We think. Maybe. We’re pretty sure. THR broke a story that a Bad Boys 4 movie is happening – oh yeah, by the way, that’s happening, too –...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 17, 2020 | Video
Release Date: February 28, 2020 Director: Jason Lei Howden Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Rhys Darby, Ned Dennehy, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Mark Rowley, Hanako Footman, Set Sjöstrand, Colin Moy, Racheal Ofori Synopsis: Miles’ (Daniel Radcliffe) nerdy...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 17, 2020 | Box Office, News
Bird of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is the next comic book movie to hit and box office analysts are putting together early tracking numbers for its opening weekend. The Margot Robbie-led movie is projected to earn between $49-55 million...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 16, 2020 | News, Star Wars
It feels like this news was inevitable: Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi has been approached about developing a Star Wars movie The news was broken by THR, but the piece did caution that it was unclear how far along in talks Waititi was with Lucasfilm....
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 16, 2020 | Marvel, News
Look alive, webheads. Everyone’s favorite friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is swinging back into production this summer. After a short-but-harrowing period of time that saw Spider-Man out of the MCU, then Spider-Man back in when Sony and Marvel finally reached a...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 16, 2020 | Video
Release Date: April 3, 2020 Director: Michael Showalter Cast: Kumail Nanjiani, Issa Rae, Anna Camp, Paul Sparks, Kyle Bornheimer, Joe Chrest, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Moses Storm, Blaine Kern III, Andrene Ward-Hammond Synopsis: A couple (Issa Rae & Kumail Nanjiani)...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 16, 2020 | Video
Release Date: February 7, 2020 Director: Mohit Suri Cast: Aditya Roy Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Disha Patani, Kunal Khemu, Amruta Khanvilkar, Devika Vatsa, Mehak Manwani Synopsis: Advait (Aditya Roy Kapoor), a young introvert, visits Goa where he meets Sara (Disha Patani),...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 15, 2020 | Horror, News
It feels like we’ve been waiting on the Walking Dead trilogy of movies starring Andrew Lincoln to move forward for eons. Well, okay. Only really since Comic-Con this past July, but that’s forever in movie fan years. But, soft! What news through yonder...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 15, 2020 | Video
Release Date: April 3, 2020 Director: Will Gluck Cast: Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki, Rose Byrne, Daisy Ridley, Domhnall Gleeson, James Corden, David Oyelowo, Taylor Ferguson, Neveen Hanna, Dalip Sondhi Synopsis: In PETER RABBIT™ 2: THE RUNAWAY, the lovable rogue...
by Matt Donato | Jan 15, 2020 | Review
With Eddie Murphy’s modernized Dr. Dolittle behind us, Robert Downey Jr. brings the character back into his more whimsical and literary-influenced world. Dolittle is an at-times delightful slice of January cinema which is worth a few more laughs than one might...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 14, 2020 | Editorial
If you haven’t seen Sam Mendes’ 1917 by now, you’ve likely heard of it. Maybe it’s the 10 Oscar nominations it just got, or the crazy good reviews, or the excellent word of mouth. But beyond the solid acting and tense storytelling, the one...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 14, 2020 | Marvel, News
I think we can all agree the start of 2020 has been, uh, a little rough so far. But small, good things constantly happen in the world to counteract the big, scary moments, and such was the case this week. Appearing on Ellen ostensibly to promote his new movie,...
by Jonathan Barkan | Jan 14, 2020 | Horror, News
It’s a new year, it’s a new decade, and, by Jove, it’s the start of a new generation of horror! Something genre fans absolutely adore is talking about their favorite decade of horror, be it the possession-fueled ’70s, the Cold War-era...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 14, 2020 | Video
U.S. Release Date: March 13, 2020 Director: Dave Wilson Cast: Sam Heughan, Guy Pearce, Eiza González, Vin Diesel, Toby Kebbell, Talulah Riley, Lamorne Morris, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Siddharth Dhananjay, Alex Hernandez Synopsis: Based on the bestselling comic...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 14, 2020 | Video
Release Date: March 13, 2020 Director: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin Cast: Britt Robertson, Melissa Roxburgh, K.J. Apa, Gary Sinise, Nathan Parsons, Shania Twain, Abigail Cowen, Cameron Arnett, Nicolas Bechtel, Gregory Hobson Synopsis: From the makers of I CAN ONLY IMAGINE...
