by Alisha Grauso | Nov 25, 2019 | Disney, Editorial
Since the first Frozen came out in 2013 and became not just a movie release but a genuine pop culture event, fans have been clamoring for long-overdue representation on screen. The #GiveElsaAGirlfriend hashtag trended hard after release and again when plans for Frozen...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 25, 2019 | Video
Release Date: January 17, 2020 Director: Todd Robinson Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Bradley Whitford, Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Irvine, Christopher Plummer, Ed Harris, Alison Sudol, William Hurt, Linus Roache, Michael Imperioli Synopsis: THE LAST FULL MEASURE tells the true...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 22, 2019 | DC, News
The casting train for The Batman keeps rolling right along. After a handful of castings in the last month, director Matt Reeves revealed another one today on Twitter: John Turturro will be playing Gotham City crime boss Carmine Falcone: ? I said… #CarmineFalcone...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 22, 2019 | News, Star Wars
Four years ago in 2015, director Colin Trevorrow was announced as the director of Star Wars: Episode IX, the final film in the Skywalker Saga. At the time, the announcement raised some eyebrows: Trevorrow hardly had the amount of experience you’d expect for a...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 22, 2019 | Video
Release Date: November 8, 2019 Director: Alma Har’el Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe, Byron Bowers, Laura San Giacomo, FKA Twigs, Natasha Lyonne, Maika Monroe, Clifton Collins Jr., Mario Ponce Synopsis: From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 22, 2019 | Video
Release Date: February 21, 2020 Director: Autumn de Wilde Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Nighy, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Chloe Pirrie, Miranda Hart, Rupert Graves, Johnny Flynn Synopsis: Jane Austen’s beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending...
by Matt Donato | Nov 21, 2019 | Review
Benny and Josh Safdie, two East Coast filmmaking siblings, could promote themselves as New York City tour guides given their scenic cinema stylings. For how much Good Time relies on Robert Pattinson’s stoner sprint through borough underworlds, Uncut Gems is a jagged...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 21, 2019 | Video
Release Date: April 24, 2020 Director: Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz Cast: Janelle Monáe, Kiersey Clemons, Jack Huston, Jena Malone, Eric Lange, Gabourey Sidibe Synopsis: Successful author Veronica finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 20, 2019 | Video
Release Date: February 21, 2020 Director: Chris Sanders Cast: Karen Gillan, Harrison Ford, Bradley Whitford, Dan Stevens, Wes Brown, Jean Louisa Kelly, Cara Gee, Omar Sy, Colin Woodell, Brad Greenquist Synopsis: Adapted from the beloved literary classic, 20th Century...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 20, 2019 | Disney, Interview
Frozen 2 is one of the best sequels Disney has ever made. I’ll just build that hill right now, climb it, sit on top, and die on it. It continues the subverting of tropes started in the first movie, flipping traditional gender norms around and offering things...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 20, 2019 | Video
Release Date: November 22, 2019 Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee Cast: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Evan Rachel Wood, Sterling K. Brown Synopsis: Disney is taking us back to the winter wonderland of Arendelle. Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel,...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 20, 2019 | Video
Release Date: November 22, 2019 Director: Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck Cast: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Evan Rachel Wood, Sterling K. Brown Synopsis: Disney is taking us back to the winter wonderland of Arendelle. Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel,...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 20, 2019 | Video
Release Date: November 22, 2019 Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee Cast: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Evan Rachel Wood, Sterling K. Brown Synopsis: Disney is taking us back to the winter wonderland of Arendelle. Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel,...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 20, 2019 | Video
Release Date: November 22, 2019 Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee Cast: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Evan Rachel Wood, Sterling K. Brown Synopsis: Disney is taking us back to the winter wonderland of Arendelle. Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel,...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 20, 2019 | Video
Release Date: November 22, 2019 Director: Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck Cast: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Evan Rachel Wood, Sterling K. Brown Synopsis: Disney is taking us back to the winter wonderland of Arendelle. Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel,...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 19, 2019 | Video
Release Date: December 20, 2019 Director: Tom Hooper Cast: Idris Elba, Rebel Wilson, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, James Corden, Taylor Swift, Ray Winstone, Jennifer Hudson, Laurent Bourgeois, Laurie Davidson Synopsis: A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 18, 2019 | Editorial, Star Wars
If you’re not a hardcore Star Wars fan, or even if you are, keeping all the canonical lore straight can be challenging. Add in all the non-canonical stuff, and it can be straight impossible. It’s almost never more confusing than when Force powers are...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 18, 2019 | Video
Release Date: December 25, 2019 Director: Nick Bruno, Troy Quane Cast: Will Smith, Karen Gillan, Tom Holland, Rachel Brosnahan, Ben Mendelsohn, Rashida Jones, Reba McEntire, Masi Oka, DJ Khaled, Carla Jimenez Synopsis: Let’s talk about the pun in the title of...
by Jon Negroni | Nov 18, 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, Ford v Ferrari left all other films in the dust, but that doesn’t mean it’s already a surefire winner financially…yet. This Week’s Top...
by Matt Donato | Nov 15, 2019 | Review
I wasn’t prepared for Trey Edward Shults’ Waves to sweep me up in its current, nor where and when narrative flows would hit their rockiest stretches. One could argue this suburban dissection of a black American family is barbed sharper than Shults’ last film, the...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 14, 2019 | Disney, Review
In 2013, Frozen hit theaters and became a genuine cultural phenomenon, ushering in a new kind of Disney princess and ensuring that “Let It Go” would be stuck in our heads until roughly 2023. Six years later and the sequel is finally arriving. It’s darker and more epic...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 14, 2019 | 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 | Nov 14, 2019 | Video
Release Date: March 6, 2020 Director: Gavin O’Connor Cast: Ben Affleck, Janina Gavankar, Hayes MacArthur, Rachael Carpani, T.K. Carter, Caleb Thomas, Da’Vinchi, Christine Horn, Lukas Gage, Al Madrigal Synopsis: Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck) once had a life...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 14, 2019 | Video
Release Date: December 20, 2019 Director: Prabhu Deva Cast: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Sudeep, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ashwami Manjrekar, Arbaaz Khan, Saiee Manjrekar, Nawab Shah, Abhilash Chaudhary, Pramod Khanna Synopsis: India’s most badass and lovable cop...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 14, 2019 | DC, News
For years – literally years – we’ve been wondering about whether or not a Black Adam movie with Dwayne Johnson was happening. First, he was supposed to be the antagonist in Shazam! Then, he was set to get his own movie. But there was no word on that for quite...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 13, 2019 | Editorial, Review
It’s been two months since I screened Honey Boy for the first time and I’m still thinking about it. I figure that’s the best compliment you could ever give a movie, so that’s how I’m starting this review. Normally, I frame my reviews in...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 13, 2019 | Video
Release Date: December 13, 2019 Director: Benedict Andrews Cast: Kristen Stewart, Zazie Beetz, Margaret Qualley, Vince Vaughn, Jack O’Connell, Jade Pettyjohn, Stephen Root, Anthony Mackie, Robin Thomas, Colm Meaney Synopsis: Seberg is inspired by true events...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 12, 2019 | 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 Alisha Grauso | Nov 11, 2019 | Box Office, DC
Another weekend, and Joker just continues to collect bills at the box office. As Forbes claimed, it’s now the most profitable comic book movie of all time, at least in a pure production cost to box office take comparison (factors like marketing and other...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 11, 2019 | Video
Release Date: May 15, 2020 Director: Tony Cervone Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Zac Efron, Mckenna Grace, Amanda Seyfried, Jason Isaacs, Gina Rodriguez, Kiersey Clemons, Will Forte, Iain Armitage, Frank Welker Synopsis: The first full-length animated Scooby-Doo adventure for...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 11, 2019 | 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 Alisha Grauso | Nov 8, 2019 | Review
In 2013, Stephen King wrote Doctor Sleep as the follow-up to The Shining. A book 36 years in the making, it told the story of Danny Torrance, and what happened to him after the events of The Shining, the adult he became. This weekend, director Mike Flanagan (The...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 7, 2019 | Editorial, Horror
This week, the third Stephen King movie adaptation of the year is hitting theaters. But while Pet Sematary and It Chapter Two are based on two of King’s classic works, Doctor Sleep isn’t as well-known, even to horror fans and readers of Stephen King....
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 6, 2019 | Editorial
December is both the heart of the holiday movie season and peak awards season contention time. This December, there is no bigger movie than Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, but other epic action-adventure movies are also heading our way, including Jumanji: The Next...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 5, 2019 | DC, News
The last month has seen a steady trickle of casting news regarding The Batman, Matt Reeves’ standalone Batman movie with Robert Pattinson in the titular role. Today we get not one, but two bits of casting news: Deadline reports that the movie is eyeballing Colin...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 5, 2019 | Disney, Editorial
A few months ago, I was lucky enough to attend an early media day for Frozen 2. Speaking to the various people involved with making the film, we learned that it was a much more collaborative process than perhaps any other animated Disney movie to date. The animation...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 5, 2019 | News
With the first Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them being a beautiful but divisive endeavor and Fantastic Beasts 2 essentially being one long setup for a third movie on its way to underwhelming fans, the future of the Harry Potter spinoff franchise has been up in...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 5, 2019 | Video
U.S. Release Date: January 17, 2020 Directors: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Joe Pantoliano, Happy Anderson, Charles Melton, Kate del Castillo, Paola Nuñez, Sharon Pfeiffer Synopsis: The Bad Boys Mike...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 5, 2019 | Video
Release Date: December 25, 2019 Director: Greta Gerwig Cast: Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Meryl Streep, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, Saoirse Ronan, James Norton, Bob Odenkirk, Eliza Scanlen, Chris Cooper Synopsis: Based on Louisa May Alcott’s timeless and...
by Jon Negroni | Nov 4, 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, Joker finally said “hasta la vista” to the top spot to make room for Terminator: Dark Fate, which had a far stronger performance overseas than...
by Matt Donato | Nov 2, 2019 | Review
For those Terminator fans left wandering a road paved by lackluster sequels, rest easy knowing Terminator: Dark Fate is the best franchise entry in years. As someone who wouldn’t fry another synapse on Salvation or Genisys, Dark Fate is leaps and bounds ahead of both...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 1, 2019 | Marvel, News
Just after we got the news that a sequel to Into the Spider-Verse is coming our way in 2022 comes more good news for comic book movie fans. The Hollywood Reporter broke that a third Ant-Man movie has been greenlit, with director Peyton Reed set to return. Paul Rudd is...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 1, 2019 | Video
Release Date: February 14, 2020 Director: Stella Meghie Cast: Issa Rae, LaKeith Stanfield, Chelsea Peretti, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Courtney B. Vance, Teyonah Parris, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Lil Rel Howery, Y’lan Noel Synopsis: A sweeping love story...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 1, 2019 | News
Yesterday, the Into the Spider-Verse Twitter account teased that something was coming: Something's up. Our Spidey sense is tingling. RT if yours is, too. ? pic.twitter.com/NCim6Q9YV8 — Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (@SpiderVerse) October 31, 2019 Many of...
by Alisha Grauso | Nov 1, 2019 | News
Remember about a month ago when the internet lost its mind because Tom Holland revealed he’d gone and shaved his head? As I explained back then, it was all for Cherry, the Russos’ new movie, which is currently shooting. It’s an adaptation of the...
by Jonathan Barkan | Nov 1, 2019 | Horror, News
October may be over but if you think that’s gonna put a stop to this horror train we’re currently riding, you better check your final destination. Us horror fans can find a reason to get excited about nearly every holiday season. November and Thanksgiving...
by Alisha Grauso | Oct 31, 2019 | Editorial
November is when we are officially kick off the holiday movie season after October’s spooky scares and awards season opener. This November, two huge sequels are heading our way to open and close the month with Terminator: Dark Fate and Frozen 2. The Stephen King...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 31, 2019 | Editorial
October – which means Halloween – is finally here. A time for horror movies and monsters, the spooky and supernatural. A time for tricks and for treats. Here at Atom, we like to treat our users, not trick them. What’s the best treat of all for a movie lover?...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 31, 2019 | Video
Release Date: December 13, 2019 Director: Jake Kasdan Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Awkwafina, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Madison Iseman, Colin Hanks, Danny DeVito, Nick Jonas, Alex Wolff Synopsis: In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang is back but the game has...
by Alisha Grauso | Oct 30, 2019 | Editorial
This weekend, Terminator: Dark Fate hits theaters. It’s the sixth film in a franchise that started back in 1984, a franchise that most people would argue peaked with the second movie, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Despite the fact there have been three movies...
by Alisha Grauso | Oct 29, 2019 | Editorial
My mom is the reason I’m a film critic. I could (and probably should) be working on any number of things right now. But today is my birthday so I’m giving myself the gift of writing about something solely for my own sake and I want to write about that....
by Editorial Staff | Oct 29, 2019 | Video
Release Date: November 22, 2019 Director: Brian Kirk Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, Jamie Neumann, Taylor Kitsch, J.K. Simmons, Keith David, Gary Carr, Stephan James, Victoria Cartagena, Toby Hemingway Synopsis: 21 BRIDGES follows an embattled NYPD detective...
by Alisha Grauso | Oct 28, 2019 | Featured
Here at Atom Insider, we love to give love to the movies coming out every month. This month, we have a piece dedicated to all the biggest movies hitting theaters in November, as well as the top five November horror movie releases heading our way as the Thanksgiving...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 28, 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 Jon Negroni | Oct 28, 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, we saw a major surprise comeback at the box office, as Disney’s latest live-action remake fell off its throne to make way for the clown prince...
by Alisha Grauso | Oct 25, 2019 | News
Ryan Reynolds has become known for being both one of the most hilarious actors on Twitter. What’s more, he’s also one of the most supportive of his fellow actors, regularly tweeting out congratulations to them after landing big roles or about the success...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 24, 2019 | Video
Release Date: December 6, 2019 Director: Tom Harper Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Himesh Patel, Phoebe Fox, Anne Reid, Tim McInnerny, Rebecca Front, Tom Courtenay, Vincent Perez, Robert Glenister Synopsis: Set in 1862, THE AERONAUTS follows wealthy young widow...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 23, 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 Alisha Grauso | Oct 22, 2019 | Editorial, Star Wars
Who among us has not picked up a stick when we were kids and proceeded to duel our sibling or friend, making the “vrrrrrooom FSH!” noises of a lightsaber? Jedi or Sith, it doesn’t matter. There’s just something empowering about pretending to...
by Editorial Staff | Oct 21, 2019 | Video
Release Date: December 20, 2019 Director: J.J. Abrams Cast: Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, Domhnall Gleeson, Keri Russell, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, Billie Lourd, Lupita Nyong’o, Ian McDiarmid, Richard E. Grant Synopsis: Director J.J. Abrams returns to conclude the...
