by Alisha Grauso | Jan 13, 2020 | Editorial
If you’ve seen or heard about 1917, then you know it’s getting rave reviews for a reason. Most war movies are gripping and tense just by the nature of the subject matter, but Sam Mendes’ epic is even more tension-fueled than most. Thanks to the...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 13, 2020 | Editorial, Marvel
Today, the teaser trailer for Morbius dropped. With Jared Leto in the titular role, it follows Venom as Sony’s next film to follow a Spider-Man antihero (if not outright villain). As far as teaser trailers go, it was what you’d expect: We got a quick...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 13, 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, 1917 easily ran away from the rest of the pack, but Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker and Jumanji: The Next Level were both solid holdovers from the...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 13, 2020 | Oscars
The nominations for the 2020 Academy Awards were announced this morning and, as with every year, there were surprises and snubs to be had. The first surprise was the film that was most nominated: Joker. I’m not sure even its most ardent supporters could have...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 13, 2020 | Video
Release Date: July 31, 2020 Director: Daniel Espinosa Cast: Adria Arjona, Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Jared Harris, Tyrese Gibson, Chris Dodd Synopsis: One of Marvel’s most compelling and conflicted characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 10, 2020 | Marvel, News
In the 12 years of its existence, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has had a run remarkably free of tumult. Only one major role has ever been recast, with Don Cheadle taking over for Terrence Howard as Tony Stark bestie James Rhodes. And only a few directors have left...
by Seth Freilich | Jan 10, 2020 | Editorial
What’s the big deal about yet another war movie, right? It’s a fair question. In the last few years, we’ve had Dunkirk, Hacksaw Ridge, Midway, The Great War, and the riveting documentary They Shall Not Grow Old. So why is 1917 suddenly out there...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 8, 2020 | Editorial
Coming just in time to be a palate cleanser after the stresses of the holidays, Paramount’s Like a Boss arrives to inject some comedy into theaters. Rose Byrne, who started out gunning for Kiera Knightley’s career before doing a hard swerve to become a...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 8, 2020 | Video
Release Date: February 14, 2020 Director: Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn Cast: Liam Neeson, Amit Shah, Lesley Manville, David Wilmot, Lalor Roddy, Geraldine McAlinden, Melanie Clark Pullen, Vivien Monory, Maggie Cronin, Desmond Edwards Synopsis: Joan and Tom...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 8, 2020 | Video
Release Date: February 21, 2020 Director: William Brent Bell Cast: Katie Holmes, Ralph Ineson, Owain Yeoman, Christopher Convery, Anjali Jay, Natalie Moon, Oliver Rice, Joely Collins, Ellie King, Charles Jarman Synopsis: After a family moves into the Heelshire...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 7, 2020 | Editorial
A new year means a new slate of movies stretching out before us pure and unbroken like a fresh drift of snow. So many possibilities! So much potential! Every single month offers a variety of movies to please the pickiest film lover’s palate. To help you keep...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 6, 2020 | Marvel, News
If there’s one thing Marvel is excellent at, it’s nailing casting for the MCU. Phase 1 was built on mostly unknowns and up-and-comers sprinkled with a few big names and they became household stars. But as Marvel grew in brand awareness and respect, the...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 6, 2020 | Editorial
It’s a brand-new year and that means brand-new special movie events. While January is usually a dead zone for movies, this month there are plenty of legitimately great wide-release movies hitting theaters. But what about the smaller and limited releases? What...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 6, 2020 | Video
Release Date: April 3, 2020 Director: Josh Boone Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams, Antonio Banderas, Alice Braga, Charlie Heaton, Blu Hunt, Henry Zaga, Happy Anderson, Sarah Bennani, Colbi Gannett Synopsis: The story of the New Mutants, a team of mutant heroes...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 2, 2020 | Video
Release Date: January 31, 2020 Director: Oz Perkins Cast: Sophia Lillis, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw, Charles Babalola, Ian Kenny, Samuel Leakey, Abdul Alshareef, Manuel Pombo Synopsis: A dark and horror-tinged twist on the classic fairy...
by Editorial Staff | Jan 2, 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 | Dec 23, 2019 | Editorial
One of the beautiful things about being human is that we get to choose our friends. Hopefully, we find the friends who support and uplift us but who also challenge us to be better versions of ourselves, the ones who keep us from making bad decisions or continuing...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 23, 2019 | Video
Release Date: January 24, 2020 Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Colin Farrell, Henry Golding, Hugh Grant, Jason Wong, Christopher Evangelou, Eliot Sumner, Eddie Marsan Synopsis: From writer/director Guy...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 20, 2019 | Video
Release Date: February 14, 2020 Director: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash Cast: Will Ferrell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Miranda Otto, Zoe Chao, Zach Woods, Kristofer Hivju, Hélène Cardona, Giulio Berruti, Julian Grey, Ammon Jacob Ford Synopsis: Barely escaping an avalanche during a...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 19, 2019 | Box Office, Star Wars
Reviews for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker have certainly been…mixed, to say the least. The final installment of the Skywalker Saga was never going to please everyone, but critics have been divided on how they feel. Still, that’s not stopping it from...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 19, 2019 | Video
Release Date: July 17, 2020 Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kenneth Branagh, Elizabeth Debicki, Michael Caine, Clémence Poésy, Himesh Patel, Andrew Howard, Yuri Kolokolnikov Synopsis: Christopher...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 18, 2019 | Review, Star Wars
When Star Wars: The Last Jedi came out two years ago, it was divisive. A certain toxic corner of the internet raged about it and against writer-director Rian Johnson for daring to do something other than keeping favorite characters (correction: character, i.e. Luke...
by Derek Koehler | Dec 17, 2019 | Editorial, Star Wars
42 years, 9 films, 7.7 billion dollars (soon to be much higher): the Star Wars Skywalker Saga comes to an end on December 20th with the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. After Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, the Star Wars franchise has been more prolific...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 16, 2019 | Video
Release Date: June 26, 2020 Director: Joseph Kosinski Cast: Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer, Lewis Pullman, Glen Powell, Ed Harris, Jean Louisa Kelly, Manny Jacinto Synopsis: Over 30 years since the original, Tom Cruise returns to the...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 16, 2019 | Review
On Christmas, Fox Searchlight will be releasing a new animated family movie, Spies in Disguise. Based on Lucas Martell’s 2009 animated short “Pigeon: Impossible,” Spies tells the story of secret agent Lance Sterling (voiced by Will Smith), the...
by Jon Negroni | Dec 16, 2019 | 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, Jumanji: The Next Level failed to be a level up for many critics, but audiences were certainly game, while the same can’t be said for Richard...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 16, 2019 | Box Office, Disney
Frozen 2 has finally opened, and it’s no surprise that it essentially destroyed the competition in its opening weekend, racking up an impressive $127 million domestic debut. A few months ago, we did a running box office countdown for Avengers: Endgame that our...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 13, 2019 | News
Since the project was announced back in August, things have been moving full steam ahead for The Matrix 4. A number of names have already been added to the cast, most recently Frozen and Mindhunter star Jonathan Groff. So it was reasonable to expect a release to be...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 13, 2019 | Editorial, Star Wars
Quick. Which Star Wars actor has been in more Star Wars movies than any other? Mark Hamill? Nope. Carrie Fisher? No. Peter Mayhew? Again, nope. It’s Anthony Daniels, a.k.a. C-3PO. To date, he’s appeared in nine Star Wars movies; The Rise of Skywalker will...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 12, 2019 | Video
Release Date: June 26, 2020 Director: Jon M. Chu Cast: Stephanie Beatriz, Jimmy Smits, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dascha Polanco, Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Ariana Greenblatt, Marc Anthony, Susan Pourfar, Melissa Barrera Synopsis: A feature version of the Broadway...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 11, 2019 | Interview
This week, Lionsgate’s Bombshell is releasing to a limited number of theaters for a special screening before expanding nationwide on the 20th. The film tells the story of the Fox News sexual harassment scandal, particularly the downfall and removal of Roger...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 10, 2019 | News
Back in August, it was announced that a fourth Matrix movie is on the way with Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss set to reprise their roles as Neo and Trinity, respectively. This time, however, Lana Wachowski will be writing and directing without her sister and...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 10, 2019 | Video
Release Date: April 17, 2020 Director: Scott Cooper Cast: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Grahame Greene Synopsis: In ANTLERS, a small-town Oregon teacher (Keri Russell) and her brother (Jesse Plemons), the local sheriff, discover that a young student...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 10, 2019 | Video
]Release Date: January 3, 2020 Director: Nicolas Pesce Cast: Betty Gilpin, Lin Shaye, Andrea Riseborough, John Cho, William Sadler, Demián Bichir, Stephanie Sy, Jacki Weaver, Frankie Faison, Tara Westwood Synopsis: With a screenplay by Nicolas Pesce and a story by...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 10, 2019 | Video
Release Date: December 25, 2019 Director: Sam Mendes Cast: Teresa Mahoney, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Madden, Andrew Scott, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays, Adrian Scarborough Synopsis: At the height of the First World...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 10, 2019 | Editorial
This week, Jumanji: The Next Level hits theaters. Its predecessor, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, grossed almost a billion dollars two years ago. Thanks to positive reviews and solid worth of mouth, not to mention the star power of its lead quintet, led by Dwayne...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 9, 2019 | Editorial
A brand-new year is upon us and 2020 is opening with a bang. December closed out the decade, and January’s movie releases feature everything from a few horror flicks, to plenty of action, to one big CGI spectacle starring Robert Downey, Jr. The Grudge (Release...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 9, 2019 | Video
Release Date: July 3, 2020 Director: Shawn Levy Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi, Jodie Comer, Channing Tatum, Joe Keery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, Britne Oldford, Owen Burke, Aaron W Reed Synopsis: In Twentieth Century Fox’s epic adventure-comedy “Free...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 9, 2019 | Video
Release Date: July 10, 2020 Director: Jason Reitman Cast: Paul Rudd, Annie Potts, Finn Wolfhard, Bill Murray, Mckenna Grace, Carrie Coon, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Bokeem Woodbine Synopsis: From director Jason Reitman and producer Ivan Reitman,...
by Jon Negroni | Dec 9, 2019 | 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, Frozen 2 remained #1 for the third week in a row, while Playmobil: The Movie debuted with one of the worst opening weekends in box office...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 8, 2019 | Video
Release Date: June 5, 2020 Director: Patty Jenkins Cast: Gal Gadot, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Kristen Wiig, Gabriella Wilde, Kristoffer Polaha, Lyon Beckwith, Ravi Patel Synopsis: Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman’s (Gal...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 6, 2019 | DC, News
It’s now December 2019 and it seems like we will not stop hearing about villain castings for The Batman until shooting begins. Today finds another actor being added to the ever-growing list: Peter Sarsgaard has joined the cast. Director Matt Reeves first shared...
by Julian Bahmani | Dec 6, 2019 | Editorial, Star Wars
With the release of the final installment of the Skywalker Saga looming just around the corner, Kathleen Kennedy and co. at Lucasfilm find themselves faced with an unprecedented (and unenviable) challenge: define the next era of Star Wars storytelling sans the Force...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 6, 2019 | Marvel, News
Tom Holland is a treasure, isn’t he? Every time the young actor gives an interview, he says something that’s quote-worthy and charmingly self-deprecating, whether it’s sharing his anecdote of the time he met Madonna and completely panicked or his...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 5, 2019 | Editorial, Star Wars
Now that it’s only a few weeks from release, the marketing campaign for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is in full-on blitz mode. Three new TV spots have dropped this week, and one of them included a shot that has sent fans into waves of speculation....
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 5, 2019 | News
One of the most fun things on social media is when actors and filmmakers share their excitement and support for other people’s projects. Whether it’s Ryan Reynolds congratulating Joker for beating Deadpool in his own Ryan Reynolds way or Doctor Strange...
by Jonathan Barkan | Dec 5, 2019 | Editorial, Horror
As I sit here typing this out, I find it strange and wonderful that we’re at the end of yet another decade. Soon, the 2010s will be gone and we will begin the journey of the 2020s and all they have to offer. We leave behind a decade that gave us brilliant horror films...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 5, 2019 | Video
Release Date: March 27, 2020 Director: Niki Caro Cast: Jet Li, Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Li Gong, Jason Scott Lee, Rosalind Chao, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Tzi Ma, Ron Yuan, Yoson An Synopsis: Acclaimed filmmaker Niki Caro brings the epic tale of China’s legendary warrior to...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 4, 2019 | Horror, Review
You have to respect a director who is willing to get stylishly weird. There’s always something commendable about a competent director taking a stab at something a little oddball. Unfortunately, sometimes a filmmaker’s knife misses the mark, sometimes by a...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 4, 2019 | 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 Matt Donato | Dec 4, 2019 | Horror, Review
In the pantheon of killer inanimate object cinema (Bed Of The Dead/Rubber/Killer Sofa), Peter Strickland’s In Fabric is a sensually riveting standout, as form-fitting to horror’s salacious allure as it is deranged. Hinted by the film’s title, you’re in store for...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 3, 2019 | Featured
Here at Atom Insider, we love to give love to the movies coming out every month. The month of December is packed full of great movies especially as we get closer to the holidays. But what about the smaller and limited releases? What about special theatrical events?...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 3, 2019 | DC, News
You have to give credit to Zack Snyder – in the early days of the DCEU, he tried something new, especially in how he reimagined the character of Superman. Sometimes you swing and hit, sometimes you swing and miss. By now, most fans agree that making DC’s beacon...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 3, 2019 | Video
Release Date: May 1, 2020 Director: Cate Shortland Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Rachel Weisz, Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, Ray Winstone, O-T Fagbenle, Michelle Lee, Olivier Richters Synopsis: Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 2, 2019 | 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, Frozen 2 froze out all other competition it faced at the box office – and it wasn’t even close. But the second-place winner still...
by Editorial Staff | Dec 2, 2019 | Video
Release Date: January 10, 2020 Director: Destin Daniel Cretton Cast: Brie Larson, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Rafe Spall, Tim Blake Nelson, Rob Morgan, Rhoda Griffis, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Drew Scheid Synopsis: A powerful and...
by Matt Donato | Nov 27, 2019 | Review
Another period World War I dramatization, you say? Sam Mendes’ 1917 transports viewers back to an April spring when French battlefields reeked of rotten death and gunsmoke. The catch? Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins exploit a “one-shot” aesthetic that tracks...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 27, 2019 | Editorial
In honor of Thanksgiving, I thought I’d put together a piece about movies. Specifically, how thankful we are for them. You know how writers do this time of year. Movies have always been a huge part of my life, shaping who I am almost as much as books. I lived...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 26, 2019 | Editorial, Star Wars
Atom may not be a TV-based entertainment site, but when it comes to something like Star Wars, and especially Baby Yoda (as the internet is calling him), certain exceptions can be made. I mean, just look at him: LOOK. AT. HIM. Even though fans are calling him...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 26, 2019 | Video
Release Date: December 20, 2019 Director: Karim Aïnouz Cast: Fernanda Montenegro, Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler, Gregório Duvivier, António Fonseca, Maria Manoella, Marcio Vito, Bárbara Santos, Flavio Bauraqui, Cristina Pereira Synopsis: Rio de Janeiro, 1950. Eurídice,...
