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The 10 Best Films About Famous Writers

The Center Will Not Hold lands on Netflix today (October 27), an in-depth documentary into the life and work of one of America’s greatest writers, the essayist Joan Didion. Filmmakers have a long-held...

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Benedict Cumberbatch Stops Traffic Filming ‘Melrose’ in Glasgow, Scotland

Some lucky Glaswegians have spotted Benedict Cumberbatch filming Melrose on their streets, but you’d be forgiven for thinking he were somewhere else on the planet. That’s because parts of the Scottish...

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Sally Phillips Reveals Plans for a ‘Miranda’ Film: “We Were All Booked”

In the past year we’ve seen Sally Phillips play Bridget Jones’ best friend “Shazza” and Mrs. Bennet in Pride + Prejudice + Zombies, but it turns out we also almost saw her reprise her role as Tilly in...

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WATCH: Millie Bobby Brown Raps ‘Stranger Things’ Recap

The second season of Stranger Things dropped on Friday (October 27), so if you’re anything like us you binge-watched the entire thing over the weekend. If you didn’t, though, you’re in luck, because...

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Mindy Kaling is Turning ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ into a TV Series

Forget Fargo and Get Shorty: the latest movie to get the TV treatment is bittersweet romcom classic Four Weddings and a Funeral. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project is the brainchild of...

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‘Black Mirror’: Jodie Foster Directs ‘Beautiful and Troubling’ Episode

Black Mirror has already featured some big name guest directors, and this season is no exception with Hollywood A-lister Jodie Foster taking the helm. This wouldn’t be the first time the actress has...

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10 of the Best Movies About Real-Life American Presidents

LBJ opens in theaters today (November 3), featuring an almost unrecognizable Woody Harrelson as the so-called “accidental President” forced to assume office in 1963 when his predecessor John F. Kennedy...

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WATCH: Christopher Eccleston Reunites with ‘Doctor Who’ Fan for Deeply...

Christopher Eccleston has been reunited with a Doctor Who fan who made him cry when the two first met, and if anything, their latest chat got even more personal. Last year, filmmaker Gerard Grove had...

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Nicholas Hoult Joins George MacKay for ‘True History of the Kelly Gang’

A new film is set to dramatize the life of Australia’s most famous outlaw Ned Kelly, starring X-Men‘s Nicholas Hoult and rising star George MacKay. And while this is the latest in a series of...

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WATCH: Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks Team Up in First Trailer for ‘The Post’

Dream team alert! Steven Spielberg‘s highly anticipated new film The Post stars Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, and we’ve finally got a chance to see what all the fuss is about. The first trailer was...

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Netflix Revives Cult Brit Drama ‘Top Boy’ Thanks to Surprise U.S. Backer

A critically acclaimed British crime drama is finally going to get proper recognition in the U.S., thanks in part to the Canadian rapper Drake. The “Hotline Bling” star was watching videos on YouTube...

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WATCH: Jack Black and Cate Blanchett Rock Out on the Set of ‘The House with a...

Jack Black has challenged his The House with A Clock In Its Walls co-star Cate Blanchett to a “battle of the jams,” posting the results to Instagram yesterday (November 9). And that’s not all: he...

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10 of the Weirdest High-Concept Comedy Shows

New comedy Ill Behaviour starts on Showtime today (November 13), and to say its premise is unusual would be an understatement. Imagine the scene: Recently divorced Joel (You’re the Worst‘s Chris Geere)...

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The ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Sherlock’ Universes Collide in Set Photo

#Wholock came one step closer to reality yesterday, when the Twelfth Doctor himself, Peter Capaldi, made a visit to Sherlock’s residency at 221B Baker Street, as revealed in a photo by director Rachel...

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Amazon is Bringing ‘Lord of the Rings’ to the Small Screen

One hundred years since J.R.R. Tolkien invented Middle-earth, Amazon has announced it’s turning Lord of the Rings into a TV series. Deadline reports that the streaming service paid a whopping $250...

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Casting News: Dev Patel Will Play the Lead in ‘The Wedding Guest’

British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom has announced his first feature in three years, and it’ll star the Bafta award-winning star Dev Patel. Variety reports that The Wedding Guest will be Dev’s next...

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WATCH: Jeremy Irons Reveals Alfred is The REAL Superhero of ‘Justice League’

Justice League is out Friday (November 17), and you’d be forgiven for thinking the movie’s stand-out hero would be one of Batman (Ben Affleck), Superman (Henry Cavill), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), The...

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Casting News: Daisy Ridley to Star in a Comedy Superhero Movie

If Daisy Ridley thought she’d escaped Josh Gad‘s constant questioning about the future of Star Wars, then she’s got another thing coming. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Last Jedi star is now...

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10 Surprising Artists Who’ve Released Christmas Albums

Okay, so it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but we’ve already got our eye (or should that be ear?) on Christmas, thanks, in no small part, to Sia. Today (November 17) marks the release of Everyday is...

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WATCH: A Sneak Peek at the ‘Call the Midwife’ Holiday Special

It’s back to a chilly winter for the Call the Midwife ladies, after last year’s trip to sunny South Africa. And not just any winter, either. The winter of 1962 was one of the coldest on record in the...

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