by Allie Gemmill | May 3, 2019 | Editorial
Seth Rogen might arguably have the most solid career as a movie boyfriend of any actor working right now. You laugh, but I firmly believe any one of Rogen’s boyfriend or husband characters can go toe-to-toe with any traditionally hunky guy, showing them all up by...
by Phil Pirrello | May 3, 2019 | News
Sonic the Hedgehog fans disappointed with Sonic’s new look? Hollywood has heard you loud and clear. The first trailer for Paramount’s movie based on the SEGA game hit the internet this week and the internet made their passionate and negative reactions to...
by Phil Pirrello | May 3, 2019 | News
Fans of Star Wars and movies in general were saddened yesterday at the news that Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew passed away. Some of Mayhew’s Star Wars costars, along with George Lucas, took to social media or issued statements to pay tribute and honor the late...
by Alisha Grauso | May 2, 2019 | News
Sad news for Star Wars fans and lovers of geek culture everywhere: Actor Peter Mayhew, best known for being the original actor to play stalwart sidekick Chewbacca, has passed away at age 74. Mayhew’s family shared the sad news on Twitter: The family of Peter...
by Allie Gemmill | May 2, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, Editorial
WARNING: Major spoilers ahead for Avengers: Endgame. Avengers: Endgame was never going to be a movie of easy, trouble-free adventure. It clocks in at three hours and that means that directors Joe and Anthony Russo have made sure to pack in as much story as...
by Ariel Fisher | May 2, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, Editorial
WARNING: Before we go any further – well, before we even begin – I’m going to let you know that what lies ahead is completely spoiler-laden. If you haven’t yet seen Avengers: Endgame, turn away now. That being said, if you don’t really care about spoilers,...
by Matt Donato | May 2, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, Editorial
I, much like many of you, watched Jon Favreau’s Iron Man unaware of the cultural reckoning coming. A young(er) college-age Donato had no idea Tony Stark’s origin would become a heralded footnote in Hollywood – er, global pop culture – history. Our...
by Editorial Staff | May 2, 2019 | Horror, Video
Release Date: July 12, 2019 Director: Alexandre Aja Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, Anson Boon, George Somner, Ami Metcalf, Jose Palma, Morfydd Clark, Tina Pribicevic, Annamaria Serda Synopsis: A young woman, while attempting to save her father...
by Kimber Myers | May 2, 2019 | Editorial
With political division seeming to be at a record high in the United States, there’s little that people can agree on these days, that is, beyond the importance of seeing Avengers: Endgame opening weekend. However, we’re all united in our love for a good...
by Jonathan Barkan | May 2, 2019 | Editorial, Horror
For horror fans, May is a month that offers some highly anticipated titles. From home invaders to giant monsters to deranged superheroes, it really does feel like this month is ready to bring a little something for everyone. To help cut through the vast amount of...
by Editorial Staff | May 1, 2019 | Video
Release Date: June 7, 2019 Director: Nisha Ganatra Cast: Halston Sage, Emma Thompson, John Lithgow, Reid Scott, Ike Barinholtz, Hugh Dancy, Mindy Kaling, Amy Ryan, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Max Casella Synopsis: A late-night talk show host suspects that she may soon be...
by Phil Pirrello | May 1, 2019 | Editorial
Another summer movie season, another summer spent full of air conditioning and Hollywood blockbusters. Per usual, May is packed with huge four-quadrant fare (like Disney’s Aladdin and Warner Bros.’ Detective Pikachu) and big genre spectacle, like the...
by Yolanda Machado | May 1, 2019 | Editorial
It’s been almost twenty-four years since Pixar captured our hearts with the endearing story of two toys, Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), who go from rivals to best friends, in the film that put the animation studio on the map, Toy Story. Since its...
by Phil Pirrello | May 1, 2019 | app
Another summer movie season, another summer spent full of air conditioning and Hollywood blockbusters. Per usual, May is packed with huge four-quadrant fare (like Disney’s Aladdin and Warner Bros.’ Detective Pikachu) and big genre spectacle, like the...
by Alisha Grauso | May 1, 2019 | app
In no universe would a woman like Charlize Theron go out with a guy like Seth Rogen – at least, not in the universe of Long Shot, the new comedy by Jonathan Levine that had its premiere at this year’s SXSW film fest. Levine’s resume may not be that long,...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 30, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, Editorial
Back to the Future is horsesh**. That’s essentially what Tony Stark tells Steve Rogers, Scott Lang, and Natasha Romanoff when they show up to his log cabin with an offer to go back and repair the damage Thanos has done. Tony dismisses the rules of time travel...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 30, 2019 | Video
Release Date: November 8, 2019 Director: Jeff Fowler Cast: Jim Carrey, Adam Pally, James Marsden, Neal McDonough, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter, Leanne Lapp, Debs Howard, Elfina Luk, Shannon Chan-Kent Synopsis: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG is a live-action adventure comedy based...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 30, 2019 | app
James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad has added another Marvel actor to its roster. Ant-Man and Blade Runner 2049 actor David Dastmalchian is set to play Polka-Dot Man, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dastmalchian joins fellow Marvel alumnus Idris Elba (Thor) in...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 30, 2019 | app
John Singleton, the groundbreaking director of Boys N The Hood, died Monday at age 51. After suffering a stroke on April 17, Singleton was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he passed away surrounded by friends and family. In a statement to Deadline, his...
by Amelia Emberwing | Apr 30, 2019 | app
WARNING: Every word of this editorial is a spoiler for Avengers: Endgame. Avengers: Endgame came with so many emotions. It truly was a culmination of everything the Marvel Cinematic Universe has worked toward over the past eleven years. I’m a big crier in movies. Is...
by Amelia Emberwing | Apr 30, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, Editorial
WARNING: Every word of this editorial is a spoiler for Avengers: Endgame. Avengers: Endgame came with so many emotions. It truly was a culmination of everything the Marvel Cinematic Universe has worked toward over the past eleven years. I’m a big crier in movies. Is...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 29, 2019 | News
John Singleton, the groundbreaking director of Boys N The Hood, died Monday at age 51. After suffering a stroke on April 17, Singleton was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he passed away surrounded by friends and family. In a statement to Deadline, his...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 29, 2019 | News
James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad has added another Marvel actor to its roster. Ant-Man and Blade Runner 2049 actor David Dastmalchian is set to play Polka-Dot Man, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dastmalchian joins fellow Marvel alumnus Idris Elba (Thor) in...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 29, 2019 | app
Get excited, Muggles: Fantastic Beasts 3 finally has a release date. Warner Bros. Pictures announced Monday that November 12, 2021 is when the third chapter in J.K. Rowling’s series of movies will arrive in theaters. Ron Sanders, President, Worldwide Theatrical...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 29, 2019 | app
SPOILERS: Do not read any further if you have not seen Avengers: Endgame yet. Avengers: Endgame is nothing short of a movie miracle. Not only is it a heist film, a time travel movie and an epic culmination of over a decade’s worth of blockbuster comic book...
by Jon Negroni | Apr 29, 2019 | Box Office, News
Each week on Atom Insider, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. This week saw the widest release ever for just one film, which translated into even more broken records for Marvel’s massive crossover event. This...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 29, 2019 | News
Get excited, Muggles: Fantastic Beasts 3 finally has a release date. Warner Bros. Pictures announced Monday that November 12, 2021 is when the third chapter in J.K. Rowling’s series of movies will arrive in theaters. Ron Sanders, President, Worldwide Theatrical...
by Aaron Pruner | Apr 29, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, Editorial
As I write this, Avengers: Endgame is pummelling the box office. The three-hour onslaught that found our damaged group of heroes — the ones still alive after Thanos (Josh Brolin) snapped half the world’s population into oblivion — attempting to acclimate to this...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 29, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, Editorial
11 years. 21 movies. One dancing Groot. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has pulled off what no Hollywood studio or series of films has ever done before: Connect individual installments of separate franchises into one massive, interconnected universe of serialized...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 29, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, Editorial
SPOILERS: Do not read any further if you have not seen Avengers: Endgame yet. Avengers: Endgame is nothing short of a movie miracle. Not only is it a heist film, a time travel movie and an epic culmination of over a decade’s worth of blockbuster comic book...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 26, 2019 | News
X-Men: Dark Phoenix is Fox’s second attempt to tell the iconic Marvel Comics storyline on the big screen. It’s also the second time a movie about Jean Grey becoming her super powerful, very evil self has hit creative speed bumps — this time, in the...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 26, 2019 | Video
Release Date: May 3rd, 2019 Director: Deon Taylor Cast: Meagan Good, Dennis Quaid, Joseph Sikora, Michael Ealy, Debs Howard, Alvina August, Lili Sepe, Lee Shorten, Caroline Muthoni Muita, Carolyn Anderson Synopsis: Buying a home can be a nightmare, and hopefully...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 25, 2019 | app
Bond 25, Daniel Craig’s fifth (and likely last) James Bond movie, still doesn’t have a title — but as of Thursday morning, it finally has a plot and a cast lead by an Oscar winner. Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) was finally announced as being cast as...
by Alisha Grauso | Apr 25, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, News
The press conference for Avengers: Endgame was held a few weeks ago. While there wasn’t much in the way of news or updates about the actual movie itself (since the cast was under lock and key from those famous “Marvel snipers” and press hadn’t...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 25, 2019 | Video
Release Date: July 12, 2019 Director: Brian Kirk Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Taylor Kitsch, Sienna Miller, J.K. Simmons, Keith David., Stephan James, Shayna Ryan, Gary Carr, Dale Pavinski, Jamie Neumann Synopsis: A disgraced detective in the NYPD is given a shot at...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 25, 2019 | News
Bond 25, Daniel Craig’s fifth (and likely last) James Bond movie, still doesn’t have a title — but as of Thursday morning, it finally has a plot and a cast lead by an Oscar winner. Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) was finally announced as being cast as...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 25, 2019 | Video
Release Date: June 14, 2019 Director: F. Gary Gray Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Rebecca Ferguson, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Rafe Spall, Kumail Nanjiani, Davina Sitaram, Anatole Taubman, Liana Harris Synopsis: The Men in Black have always protected the...
by Alisha Grauso | Apr 24, 2019 | News
We’ve started a weekly 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...
by Lisa Konen | Apr 24, 2019 | app
We’re all about exciting movie content over here on Atom Insider, but once in a while we gotta give a shoutout to the business side of things—aka the Atom Tickets app. After all, that’s what pays the bills and allows us to create all these articles you love to read....
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 24, 2019 | Movies
Hollywood doesn’t make movie stars like Denzel Washington anymore. He is a rare breed of actor who can effortlessly travel between prestige awards contenders (Fences, Philadelphia) and more commercial blockbuster fare — like action movies The Equalizer...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 24, 2019 | News
Another day, another Stephen King book being turned into a movie. Salem’s Lot, a movie based on King’s second published novel, is in the works from producer James Wan (Aquaman, The Conjuring) and screenwriter Gary Dauberman (It), Deadline reports. Wan and...
by Matt Donato | Apr 23, 2019 | Horror, Review
New kid on the butcher’s block Josh Lobo makes his feature debut as a wearer of many hats: writer, editor, and director of the Twilight Zone adjacent mindf&@k I Trapped The Devil. I specifically make the Twilight Zone comparison versus Black Mirror because as...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 23, 2019 | app
The A-Team director Joe Carnahan seemed like a perfect fit to bring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s long-gestating Bad Boys For Life to the big screen. In 2015, he wrote an action-packed script that reunites cops Lowrey and Burnett for more Miami-based gun...
by Jon Negroni | Apr 23, 2019 | app
Each week on Atom Insider, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. This week, the latest superhero movie from Warner Bros. lost its two-week streak as #1 to the latest horror movie from Warner Bros., which is yet another...
by Donnie Lederer | Apr 23, 2019 | app
“We’re in the Endgame now.” That was one of the last things Doctor Stephen Strange said before he faded away into dust along with half the universe in Avengers: Infinity War. On April 26th, the world will finally see what that means when Avengers: Endgame hits...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 23, 2019 | app
It’s finally here. After a decade in the making, Avengers: Endgame, the movie that ties up the entire Infinity Gauntlet arc for the MCU. Thanos, the Infinity Stones, the earthbound and cosmic and mystical forces of the Marvel universe coming together. You know...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 23, 2019 | Video
Release Date: May 31, 2019 Director: Michael Dougherty Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Vera Farmiga, Charles Dance, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, Kyle Chandler, Ziyi Zhang, David Strathairn, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Thomas Middleditch Synopsis: Our favorite giant atomic...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 23, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, Review
It’s finally here. After a decade in the making, Avengers: Endgame, the movie that ties up the entire Infinity Gauntlet arc for the MCU. Thanos, the Infinity Stones, the earthbound and cosmic and mystical forces of the Marvel universe coming together. You know...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 23, 2019 | Video
Release Date: October 4, 2019 Director: Ang Lee Cast: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Douglas Hodge, Benedict Wong, Ralph Brown, Linda Emond, Theodora Miranne, Tim Connolly, Shiquita James Synopsis: An over-the-hill hitman faces off against a younger...
by Donnie Lederer | Apr 22, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, Editorial
“We’re in the Endgame now.” That was one of the last things Doctor Stephen Strange said before he faded away into dust along with half the universe in Avengers: Infinity War. On April 26th, the world will finally see what that means when Avengers: Endgame hits...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 22, 2019 | News
The A-Team director Joe Carnahan seemed like a perfect fit to bring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s long-gestating Bad Boys For Life to the big screen. In 2015, he wrote an action-packed script that reunites cops Lowrey and Burnett for more Miami-based gun...
by Jon Negroni | Apr 22, 2019 | Box Office, News
Each week on Atom Insider, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films opening in theaters. This week, the latest superhero movie from Warner Bros. lost its two-week streak as #1 to the latest horror movie from Warner Bros., which is yet another...
by Amelia Emberwing | Apr 22, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, Editorial
On April 27, 2018, we watched half of our universe get snapped out of existence. Included in those casualties (whether by Snap, or directly by Thanos’ hand), are Black Panther, Shuri, Starlord, Gamora, Groot, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Nick...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 22, 2019 | Avengers Endgame, News
As Marvel fans gird themselves for the arrival of Avengers: Endgame, which will tie up over a decade’s worth of stories told within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it turns out the much-anticipated blockbuster isn’t quite “the end” most were...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 22, 2019 | Video
U.S. Release Date: May 3, 2019 Directed By: Kelly Asbury Starring: Emma Roberts, Janelle Monáe, Bebe Rexha, Nick Jonas, Wanda Sykes, Gabriel Iglesias, Kelly Clarkson, Charli XCX, Blake Shelton, Pitbull, Wang Leehom Synopsis: Unconventionality rules in UGLYDOLLS, the...
by Editorial Staff | Apr 22, 2019 | Video
Release Date: May 10, 2019 Director: Chris Addison Cast: Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson, Tim Blake Nelson, Alex Sharp, Ingrid Oliver, Meena Rayann, Sarah-Stephanie, Celine Abrahams, Emma Davies, Raffaello Degruttola Synopsis: In this female-centric remake of Dirty Rotten...
by Phil Pirrello | Apr 19, 2019 | Horror, News
The Conjuring is the first horror movie franchise to do for scary movies what Marvel did for comic book films. Thanks to James Wan’s original 2013 installment, Warner Bros. and New Line have found a way to create a shared universe around based-on-real-life...
by Matt Donato | Apr 19, 2019 | Horror, Review
You won’t recognize the name of Austrian filmmaker Lukas Feigelfeld, but mark my words, commit it to memory. His beguiling debut Hagazussa is drawn from a witch’s brew of old-world social isolation, pagan folklore whispered throughout Feigelfeld’s childhood, and...
by Lisa Konen | Apr 18, 2019 | Featured
We’re all about exciting movie content over here on Atom Insider, but once in a while we gotta give a shoutout to the business side of things—aka the Atom Tickets app. After all, that’s what pays the bills and allows us to create all these articles you love to read....
by Siddhant Adlakha | Apr 18, 2019 | Review
Set on the precipice of Indian and Pakistani independence, 1940s period-piece Kalank is a far cry from director Abhishek Varman’s debut, romantic-comedy 2 States (2014). His follow-up boasts both an operatic grandeur and an all-star Indian cast, the likes of which...
