The first clip for Deadpool has been released and you can bet your ass it's hilarious! The clip features Deadpool, Colossus, and Negasonic Teenage Warhead as they attempt their first fight against Angel Dust. I love the opening joke in which Deadpool gets excited about superhero landings.

Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

Deadpool hits theaters on February 12th, 2016. There's going to be a lot more Deadpool goodies to check out on Super Bowl Sunday, so stay tuned!

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— Deadpool Movie (@deadpoolmovie) January 29, 2016

To say that Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World is something of a hot-button topic among movie buffs isn't exactly accurate, because I'm not seeing a lot of discussion about it anymore — a lot of people have decided it's crap and moved on. I seem to be one of the few who actually liked the movie — you can read my review here — but even I forgot about it when the Oscar nominations were announced. It wasn't nominated for Best Visual Effects, and say what you will about the movie as a whole, but I thought the effects were good enough to warrant a nod.

ILM has released a new VFX reel that showcases the artists' work. I love watching these things:

Via: ComingSoon

I’ve been seeing a lot of ridiculously cool body paint cosplay recently. This latest zombie Joker body paint cosplay comes from makeup artist Luvekat and it’s creepy as hell! 

Last one 😂 only because this shit took forever , lmfao #jokermakeup #joker #cosplay #creativemakeup #creeplife #bodypaint #bodyart #facepaint #comicmakeup #dccomics #dcvillains #makeupaddict #makeupartist #makeupgeek #fantasymakeup #instaglam #anastasiabeverlyhills #dressyourface #sugarpill #morphebrushes

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ZOMBIEEEEEE JOKER Babe ... Using: @mehronmakeup paradise body paints ,Shaded with @suvabeauty Cupcakes and Monsters Palette CONTACTS @camoeyes WIG: @rockstarwigs Hologram 32in. in Lime Green (my New Fav)😍#jokermakeup #zombiepopart #cartoonzombie #bodypainting #bodyart #facepaint #cosplay #joker#dccomics#mehronmakeup #wakeupandmakeup #luvekat #batmanvillians#whysoserious FACE inspired by @Jordanhanz

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The SpongeBob Musical is coming to Broadway (and Chicago) and we have some new information that all you SpongeBob fans might be interested in, along with a poster that you can see above!

I think it’s so cool that they are bringing this hilariously crazy character to life in a stage production. The musical is being directed by Steppenwolf member Tina Landau, who also played a part in coming up with the idea to do this. This project has been slowly developing since 2008, when the director was first hired. Now it’s set to premiere in Chicago in June of this year. What have they been doing in preparing for this production all these years? Landau explained to EW:

“Before there was even a story, from very early on we did movement and physical workshops to explore the idea of whether we could really create these characters onstage without using literal representations of what they look like in the cartoon. The DNA is the same but the form is so radically different, we’re not approaching it literally. We’re not trying to take the cartoon and put it onstage. We’re trying to create a live theatrical event.”

I’m really curious to see what exactly they’ve come up with. The play was written by Kyle Jarrow and we also have a synopsis for the story to share with you:

The SpongeBob Musical follows a day in the fictional underwater town of Bikini Bottom, where the citizens have just learned that a nearby volcano named Mount Humongous will erupt at sundown the next day. Amid the antics and fantasies of the community over the ensuing 24 hours, SpongeBob takes it upon himself to save the day and rescue his city from certain destruction. It’s an original story not pulled from the television series, says Landau.

Landau went on to describe the entire production as “scrappy, inventive, and wacky." I wouldn’t expect to see anything less from SpongeBob! The director spoke about the design aesthetic of SpongeBob’s world that they created: 

“It’s the same way that Bikini Bottom is. There’s a bucket, and someone says,‘That’s a restaurant,’ and so it’s [Plankton’s restaurant] the Chum Bucket. In our production, you might have a cluster of pool noodles and someone can say, ‘Look at that kelp,’ and it’s kelp. It’s a lot of unexpected materials that create our own makeshift, colorful, psychedelic world of Bikini Bottom.”

The music that will be used in the production comes from several talented people including Cyndi Lauper and The Flaming Lips, Steve Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Panic! at the Disco, Lady Antebellum, They Might Be Giants, and even a song from late David Bowie. How cool is that!

The SpongeBob Musical will have its world premiere on June 7th at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre. From there, the limited engagement runs through July 3rd, 2016, and a Broadway run is expected in the 2016-17 season.

Indignation is a wonderful period piece set in 1951. The story is based on a book of the same name by Philip Roth. The film follows a boy named Marcus, played by Logan Lerman. He is the atheist Jewish son of a butcher from New Jersey, and he enrolls in a small Christian Ohio college to avoid being drafted into the Korean War and to get away from his overbearing parents. It is here that the character is met with a variety of challenges such as anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing war. 

Marcus is kind of a loner that moves to the beat of his own drum. But he stands up for what he believes in and he doesn't back down from an argument. He is very passionate about his beliefs and what he thinks is right and wrong.

While attending college, he meets a girl who challenges him in ways he's never been challenged before. On their first date, she surprises him with a blowjob and he doesn't know what to make of it. It really confuses the hell out of him and he doesn't know how to process it. The two end up forming a strong relationship and along the way they learn more about each other, but the full past of this girl remains a mystery. One thing we know for sure is that she has some major issues and it's revealed that she spent some time in a mental institute. 

It's a dramatic story but it's sprinkled with some fantastically fun humor and there are moments that are really quite charming. There's one relationship in particular that was incredibly entertaining and that was between Marcus and the dean of the college. There was one scene between the two characters that was incredible. In it they argue about religion, life, and dealing with problems Marcus is confronted with. The scene is 15 minutes long and the exchange of words between these two characters is brilliant. The whole audience roared in applause when it was over.

The writing in this film was smooth, smart, and witty, which is the main reason why I enjoyed this movie so much. On top of that, Lerman gives one of the best performances of his career. He perfectly fits this character and delivered the wonderfully fun dialogue in such a perfectly natural way. I would like to see him nominated for some awards for his performance. 

This movie was directed by first time feature film director James Schamus, but this isn't his first time working on a movie. He has produced several movies over the years and has written scripts for films such as Hulk and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, as well as serving as the CEO of Focus Features for a number of years. He did such a spectacular job bringing this story to the big screen.

Indignation is a fantastic film worth watching. The movie was picked up by Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment so this is sure to get at least a limited theatrical release. Make sure to check it out when it comes to theaters!

The terrifying 1971 book The Exorcist, which was adapted into a classic film in 1973, is getting remade as a TV series. Fox recently ordered the pilot, which will give us a modern reinvention of this horror story. 

The hour-long series is described as “a propulsive, serialized psychological thriller following two very different men tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession, and confronting the face of true evil.”

Jeremy Slater will write the pilot. That’s probably not a good thing, as he is the same guy who wrote the script for Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four. I know that doesn’t spark much confidence in me, but I am a fan of The Exorcist book and film, so I’m curious to see how this turns out.

Source: THR

Now this is a Death Star you can afford, and you can also use the complete and operational battle station to make food! This, my friends, is the Death Star grill! It's perfect for cooking all kinds of meaty goodness.

That’s no moon... It’s the sun! And if it’s hovering over the house it means barbecue season is upon us. But don’t settle for your run-of-the-mill sputniks, dazzle your guests and terrorise the outer rim planets with the Death Star BBQ.

This officially licensed outdoor grill is made from stainless steel – so even if you’ve strafed it with a rebel sausage, it’ll still buff up like new. The intricate detailing isn’t just there for show either. Cleverly disguised as a devastating laser, the lid of the Death Star BBQ has an adjustable thermal vent – perfect for regulating heat. Just keep an eye out for X-wings. 

If you want to buy one it will cost ya £99.99 ($142) from The Fowndry. It’s totally worth it! 

Hot Topic has been a roll with their movie-themed fashion lines, and the stuff they are releasing is pretty awesome! Earlier this week, they unveiled their new collection inspired by the upcoming film Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. As you will see, the line of Victorian-themed clothes are sexy and stylish. This is obviously the perfect attire to go around killing zombies in. If you are interested in buying anything that you see, click here.

To check out some of their previously released geek fashion lines, click on the following links: Awesome DOCTOR WHO Fashion Line For Women, Check Out This New STAR WARS Fashion Collection from Hot Topic, and Tim Burton's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS Gets Its Own Clothing Line.  

When I walked into Other People, I didn’t know that the movie opens on Molly Shannon dying while her family huddles around her and weeps. And I didn’t know that it would then move back in time a year so that we could all watch cancer slowly take over her body together. If I had known, I probably would have skipped it. I watched my brother die of cancer three years ago, and I wasn’t keen to relive the experience, and that’s what writer-director Chris Kelly’s dramady made me do. Maybe it’s because it is semi-autobiographical, but Other People is absolutely the most realistic cancer movie I have ever seen.

Jesse Plemons stars as David, a comedy writer who moves back to Sacramento from New York to help care for his mother, Shannon, who has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. David is also somewhat adrift in his own life — he’s just broken up with his long term boyfriend and a pilot he was developing didn’t get picked up. His year in Sacramento begins at a family New Year’s Eve party where it becomes clear that absolutely no one understands what he does. “I look for you on SNL every week!” “Why? I’m not on it.” And I got my first oh-my-gosh-that’s-so-real moment when David has to smile and nod politely while an acquaintance pitches him some crackpot miracle cure (seriously, don’t do that).

Kelly understands well that life goes on, even while your mother is dying, so cancer doesn’t fill every frame of the movie. There are fun, sweet moments, there are fights, there are embarrassing first dates and hilarious family parties. And interspersed in all that are moments like deciding on funeral arrangements, choosing to stop treatment, buying diapers, watching your grandparents cry, the thousands of cuts that lead to the wound that will never heal.

Other People is never maudlin or over the top. It’s funny and sad and realistic. It underplays the tragedy and lets the comic moments breathe. Shannon and Plemons anchor the film with their strong performances, and Bradley Whitford and John Early are each wonderful, if very different, as David’s father and best friend, respectively, and the rest of the cast give lowkey renditions of people trying to cope.

I’m not sure when in the movie I started crying or the exact moment that triggered it, but I spent a good portion of the movie weeping, trying to be as quiet as possible so that no one would notice I am an emotional basketcase who shouldn’t be allowed out in public. Near the end, though, I realized that the guy sitting next to me was weeping, too. His father died of cancer a year ago. After the film we talked about all the moments we recognized from our experiences and about how awful the whole thing is, and agreed that although Other People was hard to watch, it was really great achievement. It’s the best cancer movie we’ve ever seen.

I knew Fish Mooney would come back! She had to — I never felt her story arc was complete. TV Line reports that Jada Pinkett Smith has signed on to reprise her role on Gotham for several upcoming episodes in Season 2. 

The last time we saw Fish, she was pushed into a supposedly watery grave by the Penguin. Showrunner Bruno Heller hinted shortly after that that the villain could return. Like the comic book, Gotham is very unpredictable. Series star Ben McKenzie recently said:

"Not only can we but we might. I can't say definitively but yes. I'll put it this way: almost nobody that you've seen go away is dead. They are all able to come back."

There's no information on how things will play out with her, but you can bet your ass she is going to go after Penguin. Gotham resumes its second season on Monday, February 29th.

While it might be interesting to hang out with Hollywood power couples like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie or George and Amal Clooney, I'd much rather have a drink with the ones who feel more like normal people instead of embodiments of the A-list. Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are near the top of my list, and this week they did something that sounds exactly like something my wife and I would do: went on a trip to Africa, and created their own music video version of the trip set to Toto's 1982 pop hit "Africa."

I've been obsessed with this song for years. I discovered a few years ago that John Williams' son was their lead singer for a while (he left before re-joining in 2010, and remains their frontman), but he wasn't the original lead singer for "Africa." Kristen and Dax need to work on their lip syncing a little bit, but this looks like it was a lot of fun to put together:

Via: Uproxx

It's hard to really talk about this movie without giving away a spoiler that happens in the first 10 minutes of the film, so beware of light spoilers ahead. The basic plot of the film follows a guy named Josh, who moves forward with plans for a getaway to reconnect with his friends after a tragic event. 

The tragic event involves his fiancé committing suicide, and the plans for the getaway were actually supposed to be for his bachelor party. He couldn't get the money back for their house party rental, so Josh decided to stick with the plan even though it's under strenuous circumstances. 

Believe it or not, this movie is a comedy. It stars Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley) as Josh and he's joined by Nick Kroll, Alex Ross Perry, Brett Gelman, Alison Brie, Adam Pally, Jake Johnson, Aubrey Plaza, and more.

The party turns into a few nights of crazy ridiculous antics of drinking, drugs, strippers, prostitutes, and more. All along the way, they are trying to avoid playing a Dungeons & Dragons-style role-playing game that one of the guys brought along with them. As the story unfolds we learn more and more about the death of Josh's fiancé and all of the insane drama that surrounds it, but it's essentially a guy hangout movie.

I know this doesn't sound like a comedy, but it is and it's a dark one. However, it is appropriately dramatic when it needs to be. It's one of the saddest comedies you'll ever see. I have to say that Nick Kroll is pretty damn funny in it.

The movie has a weird mixture of elements that never seem to come together, though. The characters are never really fully developed, but it was fun watching the comedic actors play them. It's seems to me like there was probably a lot of improv done while shooting the film

The movie was directed by Jeff Baena, who is the director of the zombie romantic comedy Life After Beth, which I enjoyed. Joshy is his second film, and unfortunately, it's not as good, but it did have some fun and interesting moments. If you're a fan of any of the actors that are in the movie, then it's worth checking out.

Artist Juan Esteban Rodriguez is the creator of this beautiful set of posters paying tribute to the Star Wars trilogy. We've already shared with you his prints for A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. The set is now complete with the addition of Return of the Jedi, which features Luke Skywalker's confrontation with Jabba the Hutt in his palace. 

This is Lucasfilm approved art, and it was created for Brooklyn’s Bottleneck Gallery where it went up for sale here.

Rodriguez’s stunning 18 x 24-inch, 5-color screen print is numbered out of an edition of 300 and costs $40 each. There is also a variant edition that is numbered out of an edition of 100 and will cost $50 each. Check out the collection of art below.

A cosplayer who goes by the name of Shiveee Jam portrays Tomb Raider protagonist Lara Croft in Boom Raider, this action/comedy video from Aussie video producers Fury Fingers.

I think the video is a bit too long, but there's some decent choreography and cool special effects on display here, and Shiveee is a solid Lara. It's good enough that Crystal Dynamics gave it their blessing, and you can feel the passion coming from everyone involved in this project make its way onto the screen.

I wanted to like this film. I really did. It had everything going for it. John Krasinski directed and starred alongside a fantastic cast. The writing is witty, the music is good...what's not to like?

John Hollar (Krasinski) is a struggling comic book artist working a boring office job to make ends meet. His girlfriend Rebecca (Anna Kendrick) is pregnant with their first child when John finds out his mother (Margo Martindale) has a brain tumor. He rushes out to the small hometown he grew up in to find his family in dysfunction. In addition to his mother's tumor, the business his father (Richard Jenkins) owns is in financial danger and his brother (Sharlto Copley) is living with his parents, unable to get over his divorce. 

Everyone is forced to face their own inadequacies while trying to cope with tragedy and learning how to communicate as a family. If this plot sounds tired and trite, it's because it is. While the jokes were funny and the characters well-acted, no amount of Charlie Day as an annoying nurse or Josh Groban as a kind-hearted pastor could save this movie from what it was: unoriginal.

Despite how much was seemingly at stake (is Mom going to be okay? Can Dad save his business? Will John be a good father?), there was never a time where I was actually concerned for anyone. For whatever reason, this film was desperately lacking a sense of urgency. While comedy was one of this film's strong suits, a joke often followed or preceded a very dramatic moment, which often downplayed the emotional value of the scene. 

For me, The Hollars was just okay. Although entertaining, it wasn't one that really made me feel much of anything, despite clearly intending to do just that. I was reminded of the film 50/50, a great story about cancer that made me laugh and cry my face off. While The Hollars slightly missed the mark, it's still pretty funny and has appearances from some great actors. I would totally see this again if it was on TV and I couldn't find anything better to watch. 

ScreenRant is back with a new video, this time looking at the real-life endings of movies that are based on true stories. Most audiences don't think twice about what sort of dramatic liberties filmmakers take with these kinds of stories — they think "based on a true story" means "this is how things happened." But discerning moviegoers (probably all of you who are reading this right now) know better than to take things completely at face value; there's always another side to the story that we don't get to see on the big screen. It's obvious why these endings didn't make it into the final cut (or the screenplays in the first place), but it's all in service of telling a larger story with its own themes at play. Take a look below:

Via: Sploid

Universal Pictures is moving forward with the sequel to the Guillermo del Toro-produced Andres Muschietti-directed horror film Mama. I thought the first movie was OK. I loved the first half of the film, but it completely lost me during the second half. 

The studio has hired Starry Eyes filmmakers Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch to rewrite and direct Mama 2, and according to The Wrap, Jessica Chastain is not expected to return.

The original movie only made $71 million domestically, but it did that on a budget of just $15 million. The movie centered on a couple who take in their orphaned nieces after they find the nieces abandoned in the woods for five years.

There's no word on what the sequel will entail, but we'll fill you in on the details when we get them.

Take a look at Jacob Frey's award-winning short film The Present, which is "a thesis short from the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany." I don't want to say anything about it until you have the chance to see it for yourselves, so watch it and then meet me below:

So I know we're supposed to feel all nice and heartwarm-y after seeing that, but the first thing I thought as this short was playing out was: this kid is the worst. Obviously, by the end it's revealed that he's suffering from something that should make him a little more endearing to us, and that recontextualizes his reaction when he first notices the dog's missing paw, but don't you think that someone in his situation would have more compassion for a dog like that instead of less? I mean, this kid freaking kicks a puppy. What do you think? Does this short ring true to you, or were you like me and could never root for the kid after how he treated a disabled dog?

Going into The 4th, I didn't know what to expect. I knew it was about a guy getting lighter fluid, but certainly there must be more than just that? Right? Kinda, but kinda not.

The film is directed by, written by, produced by, and stars Andre Hyland as a guy who forgot to pick up his lighter fluid for his Fourth of July party he is having and doesn't want to go back to the store to pick it up, because it's too long to walk back and too short to drive, especially because he has the perfect parking spot. So he borrows his roomate's bicycle and begins an epic journey of mediocrity and adventure. He meets up with assholes of all shapes and sizes, and eventually makes it home.

This movie was remarkable, because it took something as simple as going to back to a convenience store and turned it into something bigger — not with the usual tropes of high action or overly quirky happenstances, but just the minor inconveniences that, when piled upon each other, make your day so very, very, hard. There are so many recognizable types of people in this movie that we all have had the displeasure of meeting: the guy who is 100% right all the time, the girl who thinks she's God's gift to the Earth, or even the guy who thinks people who are just irritated are completely losing their cool, even though they aren't, everything is fine and they just need to back the hell off! HENRY! It became hard to watch in some moments, because the main character was having such a bad day that you wanted to yell and swear at every person he met.

The director did a great job at making you feel like you were there with the main character, living through all the terrible people that exist. I found my leg shaking in irritation because I was so invested in his struggle. Andre himself was a decent actor as Jamie, a guy just trying to get lighter fluid and get home for his party. He himself had little to decent characterization to him. He was just a guy, which was good and bad: in one way, it allowed the viewer to put ourselves in his shoes and feel like we were there, wondering what we would say in those moments. But it also made him occasionally feel flat. I wanted to know more about his opinions and feelings and drives. I wanted him to be more sarcastic. At first I felt like this movie had a similar feel to Clerks. It's a low budget film about guys who get dumped on by the dregs of society, but the difference is that the Clerks guys were strong characters with strong emotions and feelings towards movies (and Death Star construction workers). Andre was irritated and hated everything that happened around him and to him, but he mostly just let things roll off of him and didn't do anything about it. There is a moment of redemption after the credits — I won't ruin it for you, but it does strengthen his character.

What really made the movie was the overall feel. With great music, and well-crafted shots that still felt indie and homemade but not jittery and distracting. Plus it really did feel like an Odyssey, with the Hero who leaves on a great adventure in honor of his homeland who gets stranded and must face various adversaries to be able to return home to his loved ones. Each jerk he met who gave him problems felt small, but somehow epic at the same time. Each one felt both familiar and totally unrecognizable. I find it most fascinating that it is all taking place on the Fourth of July, a day where we recognize our own homeland and have pride in our patriotism. There are many other similarities between Odysseus and Jamie that kept popping up as I watched the movie that made really enjoy the movie, but I won't spoil them all here.

The main character might be lacking in some ways, but the movie itself is a fun modern day epic of minimal proportions. It's well worth checking out when it comes to theaters and DVD. And Andre himself would be one I'd want to keep an eye out for in the future. His talent as a director is strong in this movie, as shown by its ability to entertain on such a small budget and his understanding of what is funny to audiences. I'd love to see more minimalist epics in the future. It seems like an untapped resource in our modern filmmaking society.

I was browsing through the Vimeo Staff Picks and stumbled across this cool behind-the-scenes footage of an artist named Kylie creating a mash-up of Homer Simpson and a Star Wars stormtrooper. Thanks to the music, it's a surprisingly peaceful video, and it does a good job of showcasing the skill it takes to pull something like this off. It also makes it look pretty appetizing in the process.

"In a small kitchen in Vancouver BC, Kylie cooks up the most delicious art piece this side of a galaxy far, far away…"

Shot over the course of a week, this short provides an intimate insight into Kylie's process, and details the extraordinary ability of Vancouver's premier 3D Cake Designer.