by Alisha Grauso | Feb 2, 2019 | News
Those of you who are fans of seeing Tom Cruise sprint at top speed and jump off increasingly taller things, you’re in luck. Cruise (and therefore Paramount) has announced that the Mission: Impossible franchise will continue with Mission: Impossible 7 and...
by Alisha Grauso | Feb 1, 2019 | News
When a huge movie like Avengers: Endgame gets a title reveal, it’s big news. But when a smaller movie gets a title change, it tends to fly under the radar. Such was the case earlier this week with Seth Rogen’s rom-com Long Shot, which got the official name...
by Alisha Grauso | Feb 1, 2019 | News
Every so often, a movie comes along that makes you go, “Daaaaamn” with each new casting announcement. Legendary’s Dune remake, based on the classic novels by Frank Herbert and directed by Blade Runner 2049’s Denis Villeneuve, is quickly...
by Alisha Grauso | Feb 1, 2019 | Video
Release Date: July 26, 2019 Director: David Leitch Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby, Eiza González, Eddie Marsan, Joe Anoa’i, Teresa Mahoney, Stephanie Vogt, Sonia Goswami Synopsis: A spinoff of The Fate of the Furious, focusing on...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 31, 2019 | News
An avalanche of news regarding the future of the DCEU dropped late in the day yesterday. You might have missed it as it came right as most newsrooms on the West Coast were wrapping up and everyone on the East Coast was well into dinner or their nightly Netflix binge....
by Jon Negroni | Jan 30, 2019 | Box Office, News
Each week on Atom Insider, we’re giving you the heads up on the biggest and most talked about films arriving in theaters. This week, death and violence abound in an action thriller, a survival thriller, and even a horror thriller. Gina Rodriguez Is The New ‘Miss Bala’...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 29, 2019 | Review
Liam Neeson is one of a handful of mid-career Renaissance success stories in Hollywood. Action movies had always been sprinkled throughout his career resume, but in the last decade, he’s remade himself as an action hero with the Taken series and other standalone...
by Lisa Konen | Jan 28, 2019 | Editorial
On the heels of February’s full slate of new releases, March’s variety of tentpole and franchise movies looks to put up promising numbers at the domestic box office. Several highly anticipated titles are set to land in theaters—rounding out Q1—and we have a feeling...
by Jon Negroni | Jan 28, 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, two high-concept genre films struggled to find an audience, as superhero films once again dominated the top of the box office. This Week’s Top...
by Jon Negroni | Jan 28, 2019 | Podcast
It was the greatest party that never happened. We review the dueling documentaries recently released on Netflix and Hulu covering the infamous failure that was the “Fyre festival.” Plus, it’s that time of year again when we obsess over the most prestigious...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 25, 2019 | Video
Release Date: February 8, 2019 Cast: Taylor Schilling, Colm Feore, Brittany Allen, Peter Mooney, Jackson Robert Scott, Olunike Adeliyi, Ava Augustin, David Kohlsmith, Mark Sparks, Ashley Black Director: Nicholas McCarthy Synopsis: A mother concerned about her young...
by Jon Negroni | Jan 25, 2019 | Box Office, News
Each week on Atom Insider, we’re giving you the heads up on the biggest and most talked about films arriving in theaters. This week, we’re gearing up to see a modern fantasy adventure, a well-cast mystery thriller, and an indie “bio-epic.” The Kid In King Arthur’s...
by Allie Gemmill | Jan 24, 2019 | Editorial
It’s been five long years since we were gifted with The LEGO Movie and as such, we are so, so ready for The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part to finally hit theaters on February 8. Thankfully, the first trailers for The LEGO Movie 2 confirm that many of our favorite...
by Allie Gemmill | Jan 24, 2019 | Editorial
We don’t know about you, but we’re quite excited to see What Men Want when it arrives in theaters on February 8. Directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray, The Pacifier) and starring Taraji P. Henson, What Men Want is ready to update 2000’s What Women Want, which starred...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 23, 2019 | News
Being a teacher is a tough job even at the best of times. Educators, mentors, social services, de facto parents, counselors, protectors, teachers have to wear a number of hats and their goal is always to put their students first. The last few weeks have been...
by Amelia Emberwing | Jan 23, 2019 | Editorial
Let’s talk about Hellboy, yeah? The half-demon hero has had a surprising amount of media surrounding him for such a relatively young character, but there’s a lot to love about the big guy. He made his first appearance in 1993, meaning the character was still...
by Jon Negroni | Jan 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 weekend, audiences showed up for two films that critics weren’t sold on, as well as an anime – yes, you read that right – you may...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 22, 2019 | News, Oscars
The nominations for the 2019 Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning (that’s today for those of you not reading this from the future) and as always, there were surprises and snubs. To the surprise of no one, Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma leads the pack with...
by Jon Negroni | Jan 22, 2019 | Podcast
Special guest Chris Evangelista (Slashfilm) joins us this week to talk about Glass, M. Night Shyamalan’s follow-up to Split and Unbreakable starring Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, and James McAvoy. Also, it’s our 100th episode! After our featured review, we answer...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 18, 2019 | Video
Release Date: February 8, 2019 Cast: Alison Brie, Margot Robbie, Chris Pratt, Jonah Hill, Stephanie Beatriz, Tiffany Haddish, Elizabeth Banks, Channing Tatum, Nick Offerman, Will Arnett Director: Rob Schrab, Mike Mitchell, Trisha Gum Synopsis: It’s been five...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 17, 2019 | Video
Release Date: April 12, 2019 Cast: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, Mia Goth, Lars Eidinger, Agata Buzek, Claire Tran, Ewan Mitchell, Gloria Obianyo, Scarlett Lindsey Director: Claire Denis Synopsis: A father and his daughter struggle to survive in...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 17, 2019 | Video
Release Date: May 17, 2019 Director: Chad Stahelski Cast: Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane, Jason Mantzoukas, Asia Kate Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Anjelica Huston, Lance Reddick, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mark Dacascos Synopsis: In this third installment of the...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 17, 2019 | Video
Release Date: March 22, 2019 Director: Justin Baldoni Cast: Cole Sprouse, Parminder Nagra, Haley Lu Richardson, Claire Forlani, Moises Arias, Emily Baldoni, Gary Weeks, Ariana Guerra, Kimberly Hebert Gregory, Sue-Lynn Ansari Synopsis: A pair of teenagers with...
by Jon Negroni | Jan 17, 2019 | Box Office, News
Each week on Atom Insider, we’re giving you the heads up on the biggest and most talked about films arriving in theaters. This week finds a trilogy twenty years in the making coming to an end, and a few intriguing indie films hitting screens. The Unbreakable Sequel...
by Allie Gemmill | Jan 16, 2019 | Editorial
It’s been a minute since director M. Night Shyamalan brought us into his own unique version of the superhero genre via 2016’s Split, which managed to surprise viewers when it was revealed late in the third act that it was actually a sequel to Shyamalan’s 2000...
by Allie Gemmill | Jan 16, 2019 | Editorial
We’re all kinds of excited and intrigued to see how Glass, M. Night Shyamalan’s final installment in his trilogy of films commenting on the superhero genre will turn out. What started in 2000 with Unbreakable and continued in 2016’s Split will be brought to a...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 15, 2019 | News
The first official trailer for Spider-Man: Far from Home dropped earlier this morning, and it was full of Easter Eggs and nods to the comics. As is the case any time Marvel does, er, anything, fans had a lot to say about it on the internet. Twitter really brought its...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 15, 2019 | Featured
The first official trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home dropped this morning and I’ll neither confirm nor deny that I have watched it at least half a dozen times since then…okay, confirm. Hard confirm. This is supposedly the same trailer that debuted at...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 15, 2019 | News
Those of you who are fans of seeing Tom Cruise sprint at top speed and jump off increasingly taller things, you’re in luck. Cruise (and therefore Paramount) has announced that the Mission: Impossible franchise will continue with Mission: Impossible 7 and...
by Jon Negroni | Jan 14, 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 found feel-good movies outpacing the rest, and, naturally, the King of the Seven Seas still going strong. This Week’s Top Earner: ‘The...
by Jon Negroni | Jan 14, 2019 | Podcast
Hold on to your emotions. We’re catching up on one of the best films of the year, If Beale Street Could Talk, with special guest Julia Teti. Later in the show, we also talk about The Upside, a new inspirational drama starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, and Nicole...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 12, 2019 | News
The ’00s Final Destination franchise did for commercial airliners what Jaws did for sharks. For years after the first movie came out, it was impossible to fly in a plane without having it in the back of your mind. It taught an entire generation of us that death...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 11, 2019 | Featured
It’s true that North America churns out some pretty great movies and TV shows. Hollywood movies can be found all over the world, dominating the box office. But while the size of the film industry in most other countries can’t compare, the quality and...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 10, 2019 | News
The team behind the 2019 Oscars is having a hell of a time reimagining the awards ceremony and getting general audiences back on board and interested in the show again. First, there was the ill-received announcement about the special category for popular movies, then...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 10, 2019 | Video
Release Date: April 12, 2019 Cast: Regina Hall, Justin Hartley, Marsai Martin, Issa Rae, Caleb Emery, JD McCrary, Abbie Gayle, Mikey Day, Luke James, Hannah Westerfield, Kayte Giralt Director: Tina Gordon Chism Synopsis: A woman receives the chance to relive the life...
by Jon Negroni | Jan 9, 2019 | Box Office, News
Each week on Atom Insider, we’re giving you the heads-up on the biggest and most talked about films arriving in theaters. We’re still in the middle of the post-holiday lull at the movies; January hasn’t traditionally been a big month at the box office as...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 8, 2019 | Captain Marvel, News
Carol Danvers is crashing to Earth and into theaters in just a few months on March 8th, and in order to start the hype train (hype spaceship?) rolling down the tracks, Marvel has released another trailer for Captain Marvel to announce the ticket presale launch (which...
by Jon Negroni | Jan 7, 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. With only one new movie hitting theaters this week, the pattern at the box office continued to hold from the holidays, with DC’s King of the Seven...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 7, 2019 | Featured
The 2019 Golden Globes aired last night and Hollywood turned out for the first telecast of the awards season. Hosted by Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg, the awards show was full of surprises and some controversial choices made by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. ...
by Jon Negroni | Jan 7, 2019 | Podcast
We’re counting down our Top 10 movies of 2018! But you won’t just hear picks from the regular cast of this show. We reached out to Cinemaholics contributors across the globe to help us figure out the definitive “Cinemaholics movie of the year.” And we’re not just...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 7, 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. With only one new movie hitting theaters this week, the pattern at the box office continued to hold from the holidays, with DC’s King of the Seven...
by Ananda Dillon | Jan 4, 2019 | Featured
There are certain stories that can’t be retold, remade, or adapted too many times. How many versions of Cinderella, Sherlock, Frankenstein, and Robin Hood exist in iterations both exact and, well, frankly far-fetched? A lot, that’s how many. Adaptations–both good and...
by Amelia Emberwing | Jan 4, 2019 | Featured
Year after year we see more reboots and sequels to franchises we grew up adoring. With each new announcement comes another wave of concern about ruined childhoods. It can be hard for sequels to live up to our nostalgic memories of being kids witnessing the originals...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 4, 2019 | Video
Release Date: February 8, 2019 Cast: Taylor Schilling, Colm Feore, Brittany Allen, Peter Mooney, Jackson Robert Scott, Olunike Adeliyi, Ava Augustin, David Kohlsmith, Mark Sparks, Ashley Black Director: Nicholas McCarthy Synopsis: A mother concerned about her young...
by Amelia Emberwing | Jan 4, 2019 | Featured
Professional wrestling has ingrained itself in cultures around the world. Strong independent circuits exist in countless countries, but all are yet to rival World Wrestling Entertainment in terms of impact and success. Though the WWE hasn’t always been the most...
by Amelia Emberwing | Jan 3, 2019 | Featured
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is a revolutionary masterpiece filled with stunning art, sound, and story. There’s no denying how incredible it is, and it’s earned every bit of praise it’s gotten, as well as all the love for its various Spider-people. But, while...
by Alisha Grauso | Jan 2, 2019 | Podcast
Finally, former Vice President and War on Terror cheerleader Dick Cheney has gotten his own comedic biographical film from The Big Short director Adam McKay in Vice. Plus, Netflix has dropped their latest holiday blockbuster, Bird Box, which stars Sandra Bullock along...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 26, 2018 | Podcast
It’s a surf and turf episode! First, we’re diving into the latest DC Comics superhero flick Aquaman. Plus, Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena star in Bumblebee, the latest Transformers film. But this one’s a bit different because it’s a prequel set in the 80s and it’s all...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 26, 2018 | Video
Release Date: March 15, 2019 Director: Jordan Peele Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Lupita Nyong’o, Kara Hayward, Winston Duke, Anna Diop, Duke Nicholson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon, Tim Heidecker Synopsis: A mother and a father take their kids to...
by Yolanda Machado | Dec 22, 2018 | Editorial
What happens when a Power Ranger meets the DCEU? Ludi Lin is what. Lin not only played Zach, the Black Power Ranger in the 2017 Lionsgate release Power Rangers, but he’s now co-starring as Captain Murk in James Wan’s Aquaman, the newest addition to the DCEU...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 22, 2018 | Video
Release Date: December 21, 2018 Director: Travis Knight Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Angela Bassett, Justin Theroux, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Synopsis: Oh you know, just your average “girl makes friends with her car, which is secretly an alien robot in disguise”...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 22, 2018 | Video
Release Date: December 21, 2018 Director: Travis Knight Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Angela Bassett, Justin Theroux, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Synopsis: Oh you know, just your average “girl makes friends with her car, which is secretly an alien robot in disguise”...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 22, 2018 | Video
Release Date: December 21, 2018 Director: Travis Knight Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Angela Bassett, Justin Theroux, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Synopsis: Oh you know, just your average “girl makes friends with her car, which is secretly an alien robot in disguise”...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 22, 2018 | Video
Release Date: December 21, 2018 Director: Travis Knight Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Angela Bassett, Justin Theroux, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Synopsis: Oh you know, just your average “girl makes friends with her car, which is secretly an alien robot in disguise”...
by Yolanda Machado | Dec 21, 2018 | Editorial
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II isn’t quite a household name yet, but he’s definitely someone memorable. Most widely known for his portrayal of Cadillac in the critically acclaimed Netflix series The Get Down, Mateen is a name you don’t want to forget. Having smaller...
by Jon Negroni | Dec 20, 2018 | Box Office, Editorial
Each week on Atom Insider, we’re giving you the heads up on the biggest and most talked about films arriving in theaters that weekend. This week is the big holiday season push with the tentpoles to match. Family Film Tentpoles First, Mary Poppins Returns. Disney’s...
by Alisha Grauso | Dec 20, 2018 | 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 | Dec 19, 2018 | Video
Release Date: April 12, 2019 Director: Neil Marshall Cast: David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Daniel Dae Kim, Sasha Lane, Brian Gleeson, Sophie Okonedo, Penelope Mitchell, Kristina Klebe, Alistair Petrie Synopsis: Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola,...
by Jon Negroni | Dec 17, 2018 | Box Office, News
Each week on Atom Insider, we break down the box office numbers for all of the biggest films that opened in theaters. This week, it was all about splashy, visual stunners with a few awards contenders and one last film from a Hollywood legend. This Week’s Top Earner...
by Jon Negroni | Dec 17, 2018 | Podcast
Special guest Matt Serafini joins this show this week to review Sony’s latest Spider-themed adventure. Later in the show, you’ll also hear reviews for Mortal Engines, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 2, our early reactions to Aquaman, and plenty more. Ep. 95...
