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No matter what approach a film takes to showing someone struggling with their mental health, almost all have the same core message: battling your demons is never easy. This internal conflict is shown in many different ways with each portrayal impacting their audience to varying degrees, though few movies take it as literally — or as horrifically humorously — as Bobby Miller's The Cleanse. Following a hapless man desperate to change his luck, the film sees him join a suspiciously cult-like "self-help group" and begin facing the worst parts of himself in a way that no viewer could have expected. This plot is hilariously uncomfortable, with the film using humor to cope with its sadder elements in a way that many real people do today, yet is also shockingly poignant.

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of December titles. The Tubi December 2024 slate features new Tubi Originals, TV series, and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller, and Western titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library of over 250,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of exclusive Originals, and nearly 250 live channels.

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Directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier (Dinner in America) from a screenplay by first-time feature writer Tom Dean, a film titled Carolina Caroline is currently in production – but rather than filming in North or South Carolina, it’s being made in Kentucky. When you first look at the cast list as reported by Deadline, you might be led to believe that this is a horror project, because in the lead roles we have genre icons Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner, who has been in the likes of Red, The Haunting in Connecticut, Jennifer’s Body, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Red State, The Walking Dead, The Cleanse, Alien Code, Ghosts of War, Smile, The Passenger; Mother, May I?; and the upcoming Smile sequel. But this one isn’t horror; it’s being described as a romantic crime thriller.

The story centers on a young woman (Weaving) who skips her small town — in...

Season 4 suggests the 43 children never existed in Reginald's timeline, but is unclear and incomplete. The other 43 kids may have been wiped out by The Umbrella Academy's cleanse. Consuming marigold to fight The Cleanse raises questions about the 43 kids' fate.

The Umbrella Academy's final season left a lot to be desired, with questions left unanswered, and a lack of explanation for things like what happened to the other 43 kids with powers in the series. In 2019, the show got off to a great start when it introduced the world to a team of alternative superheroes that were unlike most of those that appear in Marvel and DC. The Umbrella Academy revolved around a group of seven kids, each with distinct gifts, who fell apart years earlier, and find their way back together to fight back the apocalypse.

However, what makes the story more interesting is the intrigue and mystery around these kids,...

The fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy has dropped on Netflix, and whatever you think about it, I'd like to extend congratulations to the cast and crew who poured their blood, sweat and tears into the show these past several years. If nothing else, there was nothing else quite like The Umbrella Academy on TV.

According to showrunner Steve Blackman, the show was always going to end with season 4. “When I started this thing, I sort of knew four seasons of the show,” he told the Hollywood Reporter back in 2022. “I have nothing passed that in my brain, but I’ve sort of kept to a trajectory. So, I have a really good sense of what season four would be, and it should be just as bonkers as the other seasons—what a challenge these superheroes, this family has being powerless.”

However, The Umbrella Academy comics by Gerard Way...

Spoilers are ahead for The Umbrella Academy season 4's ending.

The opening minutes of The Umbrella Academy season 4 reveal a big Jennifer twist that ties her to The Cleanse. Dr. Jean and Dr. Gene showcase artifacts from different timelines, some of which highlight Jennifer's connection to The Cleanse. The suitcase holds evidence of The Umbrella Effect, illustrating the existence of various timelines as well as The Umbrella Academy.

The Umbrella Academy season 4, episode 1, "The Unbearable Tragedy of Getting What You Want," reveals a major twist within the first few minutes of the show's final outing, but it's subtle enough that most viewers will miss the clue on their first watch. Picking up six years after the events of The Umbrella Academy season 3's ending, the fourth outing finds the Hargreeves siblings living their separate, mundane lives. Part of the big timeline reset at the end of the previous season required...

Spoilers are ahead for The Umbrella Academy season 4's ending.

Bizarre plot points that were newly introduced in The Umbrella Academy season 4, like Jennifer's squid connection, are never elaborated on. The show offers very little information or detail about massive plot elements, like the Durango or The Cleanse. With just six episodes, The Umbrella Academy season 4 condenses its many threads, leading to tons of plot holes, inconsistencies, and poorly executed or confusing moments.

The Umbrella Academy season 4 boasts perhaps the most plot holes of the show's installments. Given that the timeline-hopping series becomes its most complex just ahead of the truncated fourth and final outing, the sheer number of plot holes isn't a huge surprise, but it's still disappointing. Based on the comic book series of the same name by writer Gerard Way and illustrator Gabriel B, The Umbrella Academy centers on a dysfunctional family of adopted superhero siblings, all...

Warning: spoilers for The Umbrella Academy season 4.

Abigail accidentally destroyed her and Reginald's home planet. Abigail's actions led to an apocalyptic event called "The Cleanse". The main timeline was restored, erasing the Hargreeves from history, but questions about Reginald's planet remain.

The Umbrella Academy season 4 arrived with a lot of reveals and answers to the biggest questions left by previous seasons, and among them was what happened to Reginalds (Colm Feore) home planet way before the events of season 1. The Umbrella Academy season 3 ended with Reginalds timeline becoming a reality and the Hargreeves and Lila (Ritu Arya) reuniting in it. The Hargreeves found out they no longer had powers, and so season 4 caught up with them six years later as they all tried to live normal lives for the first time.

The Hargreeves teamed up one more time for a rescue mission as they had to find Jennifer (Victoria Sawal...

Warning: spoilers for The Umbrella Academy season 4.

The Umbrella Academy season 4 provided big reveals about the Hargreeves' origins and ended with a twist about Earth's technological development. The Handler was shown in season 4's final scene using a cellphone. The absence of cellphones in The Umbrella Academy added to its mysterious vibe but also added complications for the Hargreeves' urgent communication needs.

The Umbrella Academy season 4 solved some of the biggest mysteries left by previous seasons, and its shocking ending finally explained why there were no cellphones throughout the whole series. The Umbrella Academy has now ended with its fourth season, and it was packed with twists and big reveals, especially about the origins of the Hargreeves. After landing in Reginalds custom-made timeline at the end of season 3, The Umbrella Academy season 4 caught up with the Hargreeves and Lila (Ritu Arya) six years later, as they all lived the most normal lives they ever had.

Warning: spoilers for The Umbrella Academy season 4.

"The Cleanse" was the apocalypse in The Umbrella Academy season 4 that aimed to fix the multiverse by restoring the main timeline. Abigail Hargreeves was key to triggering "The Cleanse" as she created the durango particle that would end the world. Jennifer was crucial to the apocalypse, hosting the durango particle needed to trigger "The Cleanse" that would consume all the marigolds.

The Umbrella Academy season 4 introduced a new apocalyptic event known as The Cleanse and a group known as the Keepers who wanted to trigger it, but there were a couple of twists in their stories. Following the tradition established by the previous seasons, The Umbrella Academy season 4 saw the title team facing a new apocalypse, but this one was different and more personal. After arriving at Reginalds (Colm Feore) custom-made timeline at the end of season 3, The Umbrella Academy season 4 caught up...

Sparrow Ben knew Jennifer but didn't recognize in the season 4 timeline. The "Jennifer incident" affected Sparrow Ben differently and traumatized him, leading to his sketches. Reginald may have manipulated memories in the Sparrow timeline to make the Hargreeves forget traumatic events.

The Umbrella Academy season 4 officially introduced Jennifer (Victoria Sawal), who had a strong connection to Ben (Justin H. Min), but it also left a plot hole as he should have recognized her in the new timeline. The Umbrella Academy has ended with its fourth season, and though it answered the shows biggest questions, it also left many more that might not be answered now. After the end of The Umbrella Academy season 3 saw the Hargreeves and Lila (Ritu Arya) arriving at Reginalds (Colm Feore) new timeline and no longer had their powers, season 4 caught up with them six years later.

The Hargreeves parted ways to try and live normal lives for the first time,...

Note: There are spoilers for “The Umbrella Academy” Season 4 below.

“The Umbrella Academy” just signed off with its fourth and final season, and the Netflix series brought it all to an end with a happy reunion — of sorts. The series ends with a singular, happier timeline created thanks to the Hargreeves siblings’ sacrifice – and it’s full of familiar faces.

After the siblings realize that the marigold giving them their powers is also what’s causing the world to end repeatedly, they agree to let The Cleanse erase them from ever existing. This results in one unified, seemingly much better timeline.

The show ends with a pan around a park where we see a number of familiar faces from the series’ run; all living much better, safer lives. Showrunner Steve Blackman told TheWrap it was a lot of phone calls, but he ended up getting almost everyone he wanted for the scene.

The third season of The Umbrella Academy revealed that Reginald’s planet was destroyed by a catastrophic event in which he lost his beloved wife, Abigail. When I first saw that scene, I thought some kind of epidemic had hit Reginald’s world that even took his wife’s life. But the fourth season shed more light on the mystery as we came to know the real reason behind Abigail’s death. [Spoiler Alert] Ironically, she herself had brought upon her own doom by experimenting with the mysteries of the universe, which she didn’t quite understand. Yes, Abigail’s own experiment killed her or maybe made her terminally ill. To satisfy her scientific curiosity, Abigail had developed a particle from the essence of the universe. She named it Marigold as it sparkled like one. But unknowingly, she had also created another conflicting particle called Durango. Now Durango seemed to be a...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “The Umbrella Academy” Season 4.

“The Umbrella Academy” came to a close with its Season 4 finale this week, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few last threads worth explaining.

The shortened final season still jammed quite a bit into just six episodes and the finale, in particular, was fit to burst. The story followed the Hargreeves siblings facing off once and for all with The Keepers in order to stop The Cleanse from ending the universe. The Keepers’ hope was that The Cleanse would end the many broken timelines once and for all, ensuring the main one was restored.

Five (Aidan Gallagher) learns in the finale — in a diner full of his variants, no less — that the marigold that arrived on Earth with Reginald (Colm Feore) and granted the Hargreeves siblings their powers branched the main timeline into the multiverse. Five is...

The Umbrella Academy ended after four seasons on Aug. 8, 2024, and fans aren't exactly happy with how things turned out for the Hargreeves siblings.

The fourth season only consisted of six episodes, compared to 10 episodes in the previous three seasons. It felt like a sprint to the ending, but then the pace slowed to a crawl before ramping up in an epic season finale.

First, we're going to go through what happened in the final episode, and then we'll share why fans aren't too happy.

The Umbrella Academy season 4 ending, explained The Umbrella Academy. (L to R) Victoria Sawal as Jennifer/Rosie, Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves in episode 406 of The Umbrella Academy. Cr. Courtesy Of Netflix © 2024

After the interesting penultimate episode, which saw Five and Lila fall in love while stuck for seven years looking for a train back to the right timeline, Ben and Jennifer are transforming into something monstrous.

So, it was Reginald Hargreeves’ obsessive pursuit of his lover’s resurrection that broke the timeline. “Strange” enough. His wife, Abigail, one hell of a scientist in her days, had synthesized two new elements called Marigold and Durango. Unbeknownst to her, the physical reaction between these two particles destroyed the world, and Reginald failed to save Abigail. That was the reason why he had released the Marigold Pollens into the world. His plan was to raise seven Marigold-powered superheroes to fight against the deadly guardians, who would ultimately sacrifice their lives to reset the universe. But obviously, things didn’t go as planned. Allison had a change of heart in season 3’s ending, and she killed Reginald before he could finish the process. As a result, the Umbrella Academy survived and walked into the new timeline. And everything was normal until they didn’t get the Marigold back in their bodies.

It’s the last dance for “The Umbrella Academy.” Netflix’s fan-favorite superhero series closes the books on the Hargreeves and their many apocalypses when the final season debuts on Thursday. Season 4 is shorter than usual, and one that fans will probably want to binge-watch in a hurry to avoid spoilers for the always twisty-turny, timey-wimey comic book adaptation — especially how it all ends.

So, if you’re wondering what time the new season drops on Netflix, how many episodes to expect and when, here’s a handy guide to everything you need to know to watch “The Umbrella Academy” Season 4.

When is the Season 4 release date?

The final season of “The Umbrella Academy” will be released on Thursday, Aug. 8, on Netflix.

What time will “The Umbrella Academy” Season 4 drop on Netflix?

Like most Netflix properties, the series will be available on the streamer at 12 a.m. Pt/3 a.m.

The Umbrella Academy Season 4 will premiere on August 8th on Netflix. The final season consists of six episodes and brings the Hargreeves siblings together for the last time. The story picks up where Season 3 left off, with the siblings stranded in a new timeline without their powers, trying to live normal lives.

Grab your time-traveling suitcases for the final chapter of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy. The Netflix series following the super-powered Hargreeves siblings based on comics by Gerard Way premiered on the streaming giant in 2019. The show is coming to an end, but fans have been on a wild ride with the Hargreeves as they try to save the world (and each other from themselves). The Umbrella Academy Season 4 will return in August with more apocalyptic drama that will bring these adopted siblings together one last time.

What Is The Umbrella Academy Season 4's Release Date?

The Umbrella Academy will...

One last season of The Umbrella Academy awaits viewers, but a recipe of a reset timeline, loss of powers and some familiar and new figures have entered the mix before the end.

Created by showrunner Steve Blackman, the action series launched in 2019 on the streamer, and it became one of the Top 3 series of the year. It is based on the comic book series created and written by Gerard Way.

Everything we know about The Umbrella including returning and new cast, plot details, release date, episode count and more can be found below.

When does The Umbrella Academy Season 4 come out?

The Netflix series will come to an end on August 8.

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How many episodes will be in The Umbrella Academy Season 4?

The fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy will contain six episodes. All three previous seasons contained 10 episodes. The episode titles are listed below:

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The Hargreeves siblings are returning for their final go-round this August on Netflix. Based on a comic book series of the same name by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, The Umbrella Academy was created by Steve Blackman. The much-awaited final season of the superhero dark comedy-drama series has a lot in store for the fans, including many secrets, and the siblings are back together fighting their differences out yet again.

The Umbrella Academy Season 4 will see the siblings scattered and powerless in the reset timeline after their battle at Hotel Obsidian in Season 3. They are trying to find their new normal in this world. Without their powers, they must go up against their father, Sir Reginald Hargreeves. He has finally stepped out of the shadows and planted himself at the top as the owner of a powerful and nefarious business empire. So, if you have loved the last three seasons...

Just before Halloween back in 2022, it was announced that Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner – who both have experience working in the Scream franchise, as Fitzgerald was in the Scream TV series and Gallner appeared in the 2022 Scream movie – were set to star in the “cat and mouse thriller” Strange Darling. A few months ago, we learned that Magenta Light Studios will be giving Strange Darling a wide theatrical release in the United States on August 23rd – and now a trailer has arrived online to give us a preview of what this movie will have in store for us when it reaches the big screen in a couple months. You can check it out in the embed above.

Reviews from audience members who saw the movie at Fantastic Fest last year indicate that it will work best if viewers have as little information as possible going in. We previously heard that...

The Umbrella Academy season 4 episode titles hint at a dramatic finale on August 8. Clues in the episode titles and teaser graphics suggest past characters and events may return in the final season. Season 4 will end with a shortened episode count of 6.

All six of The Umbrella Academy season 4 episode titles have been revealed. The Netflix series will release the final installment on August 8, with fewer episodes compared to previous seasons. By the end of season 3, despite preventing another universal catastrophe, the Hargreeves found the present timeline altered, learning that Sir Reginald (Colm Feore) acquired greater influence and that each of their abilities was seemingly gone. Along with Feore, the cast of The Umbrella Academy includes Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castaeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Justin H. Min, and Aidan Gallagher.

In a recent X tweet, The Umbrella Academy account revealed every season 4 episode title, which may have provided clues about the show's upcoming finale.

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!

Ed-209 Plush from Toynk

You are now authorized to use physical force on Ed-209 from RoboCop.

Standing 12″ tall, Tonyk’s plush toy costs $39.99. You have 20 seconds to comply.

The Cleanse Blu-ray from Sony

The Cleanse will be released on Blu-ray on May 21 via Sony. The body horror-comedy premiered at South by Southwest under the title The Master Cleanse in 2016 before being released by Vertical Entertainment in 2018.

Johnny Galecki, Anna Friel, Kyle Gallner, Kevin J. O’Connor, Diana Bang, Oliver Platt, and Anjelica Huston star in the film, which marked the feature debut of writer-director Bobby Miller (Critters Attack).

In Joe Lipsett’s review, he called The Cleanse “an interesting, quirky, funny film with solid creature effects and winning performances.

A year and a half ago, it was announced that Willa Fitzgerald and Kyle Gallner – who both have experience working in the Scream franchise, as Fitzgerald was in the Scream TV series and Gallner appeared in the 2022 Scream movie – were set to star in the “cat and mouse thriller” Strange Darling. Now we know when we’re going to have a chance to see this movie, as Variety has confirmed that veteran producer Bob Yari’s new company Magenta Light Studios has secured the U.S. distribution rights to the film and they’re planning to give it a wide theatrical release on August 23rd.

Plot details on this thriller are being kept under wraps, and Variety notes that reviews from audience members who saw the movie at Fantastic Fest last year ” hint that the film works best with as little information as possible going in.” Apparently it has something...

We’ve seen a couple casting announcements for writer/director Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 horror film Smile (read our review Here, watch the movie Here), which is aiming for an October 18, 2024 theatrical release date. Last month, it was announced that Naomi Scott of Aladdin and Charlie’s Angels has been cast in Smile 2, and yesterday we learned that Lukas Gage of The White Lotus and You is in the cast as well… and when seeing those announcements, I could only wonder, “Where is Kyle Gallner?” A genre regular, Gallner had a role in Smile, and his character made it through the whole movie. So why wasn’t his presence in Smile 2 being confirmed? Well, thankfully, now it has. The Wrap reports that Gallner will be reprising the role of police detective Joel in the film. Also joining the cast is Rosemarie DeWitt, whose previous credits include La La Land...

Genre regulars Kyle Gallner and Holland Roden star in the horror psychological thriller Mother, May I?, which will be receiving a theatrical and VOD release from Dark Sky Films this Friday, July 21st. With that date just a few days away, we’ve gotten our hands on the trailer for the film, and you can check it out in the embed above.

The feature writing and directing debut of Laurence Vannicelli, Mother, May I? has the following synopsis: Emmett wants to clean and flip his recently deceased mother’s house: get in, get out, and avoid any trauma still lingering from when she abandoned him as a young child. Anya, his fiancé, see’s this as an opportunity to finally force Emmett to deal with his trauma because she believes it is preventing him from being the partner she needs. So she convinces him to take mushrooms to get him to let go.

Blumhouse Television and MGM+ have a deal to produce eight original films together. A House on the Bayou, American Refugee, Torn Hearts, Unhuman, The Visitor, There’s Something Wrong the Children, and Unseen were part of this deal. The eighth film in the series is The Passenger, which Paramount Home Entertainment will be giving a digital and VOD release on August 4th, with an MGM+ release to follow later in the year. With the release date swifty approaching, a trailer for The Passenger has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.

Directed by Carter Smith (The Ruins) from a screenplay by Jack Stanley, who has had multiple scripts featured on the Black List, The Passenger follows the journey two flawed, complex characters embark on after a sudden life altering event leads them to confront the troubles in their past to right the wrongs in their lives before time runs out.

About fifteen months ago, we heard that genre regular Kyle Gallner – whose credits include Red, The Haunting in Connecticut, Jennifer’s Body, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Red State, The Walking Dead, The Cleanse, Alien Code, Ghosts of War, Scream, and Smile, among others – had signed on to star in the dramatic thriller The Passenger for Blumhouse Television and MGM+. Now it has been announced that Paramount Home Entertainment is planning to give the film a digital and VOD release on August 4th, with an MGM+ release to follow later in the year.

The film is part of the Blumhouse Television and MGM+ deal to produce eight original films together. A House on the Bayou, American Refugee, Torn Hearts, Unhuman, The Visitor, There’s Something Wrong the Children, and Unseen were also part of this deal.

Directed by Carter Smith (The Ruins) from a screenplay by Jack Stanley, who has had...

Wellmania is a series created by Benjamin Law, starring Celeste Barber. It is based on a novel by Brigid Delaney.

Wellmania is a fun Australian comedy about health based on the novel by Brigid Delaney in which health is the most important thing, but seen through the eyes of a girl who has not thought about her health once in her life and who, upon discovering this new world, is like some of us when we see a bicycle and ask ourselves: and what’s this supposed to do?

Wellmania About the Series

A nice comedy in the Australian style, starring a great Celeste Barber who is given one of those “roles of her life” and who knows how to take advantage of it with wit and style.

As for the series: it has the restrained wit of intelligent humor, very literary, the smooth pace of a novel, and well-profiled characters that,...

Just four months ago, we heard that genre regular Kyle Gallner and Holland Roden had signed on to star in horror thriller Mother, May I? Now teaser trailer for Mother, May I? has arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above.

Dark Sky Films has acquired the North American distribution rights to Mother, May I? and are planning to release the film sometime in the spring or summer. Collider has confirmed that the project is being presented to potential international distributors at the European Film Market.

The feature writing and directing debut of Laurence Vannicelli, Mother, May I? shows what happens when a man’s fiancée starts behaving like his recently deceased mother, leading him to confront his deepest traumas to free her from the bewildering possession.

Gallner and Roden are joined in the cast by Chris Mulkey (Cloverfield), Michael Giannone (Don’t Look Up), and Daphne Gaines...

Six acclaimed film producers will reveal details behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Oscar contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to be published on Wednesday, January 20, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a group chat with Daniel and all of them together.

RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.

This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Oscar contenders:

“I’m Your Woman” (Amazon Prime): Rachel Brosnahan and Jordan Horowitz

Brosnahan is an Emmy winner and four-time nominee as an actress. Horowitz...

The Crites are back at Fantasia 2019 with the world premiere of the fifth feature in the Critters franchise, Critters Attack!, from the writer/director of the 2016 festival hit The Cleanse (Aka The Master Cleanse), Bobby Miller. One of the strangest franchises around, Critters has had a recent renaissance with a re-release on home video from Shout! Factory of the original four-film series, and the Shudder original series, Critters: A New Binge. While the series opened to a lukewarm response, I'd be willing to bet that old school creature feature fans will be much more enthusiastic about Critters Attack! Fresh out of high school, Drea is struggling to keep her spirits up after having been rejected from her school of choice...

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What you see on screen can be scary, but the right music can make an unsettling scene ten times more terrifying. In this golden age of horror, viewers have been treated to eclectically spooky scores from a wide range of talented composers, and at the 50th annual San Diego Comic-Con, some of the most mesmerizing composers will gather for a panel to discuss the making of their memorably haunting music.

Hosted by IndieWire's Steve Greene and featuring Christopher Young, Michael Abels, Carl Thiel, Gregory Tripi, Russ Howard, and Nick Soole, the "Sounds of Horror: Inside Hollywood's Most Terrifying Film Scores" panel will take place in Room 9 from 8:00pm–9:00pm on Friday, July 19th.

Read on for additional details, and check our Comic-Con online hub to keep up to date on all of our coverage of the 50th annual Comic-Con!

"From the spine-tingling scores for “Us”, “Get Out...

As some of you fellow horror movie fans out there might already know, this summer an all-new Critters movie is headed our way on digital and Blu-ray starring the original film's actress Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial). And today Wallace spoke a bit about what enticed her to return to the franchise all of these years later for director Bobby Miller's Critters Attack!.

"I was so happy when they sent me the reboot of Critters. My first question was is this going to be CGI? And they said no, [they] were going to use a lot of the original design of the puppets. It's all going to be puppets. And I went, 'oh, let me read the script.' I liked the script, and I liked my part in it - she's a real ball-buster - but my first concern was if this was going to be CGI. Because in a film like that,...

Following IGN's trailer reveal that proved the Krites are returning to Earth and "everyone is on the menu" in the new horror comedy Critters Attack!, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has now announced a July 23rd Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital release date for the fifth Critters film, and we have a look at the cover art and list of special features ahead of its ravenous release:

From the Press Release: Burbank, CA – The feeding frenzy begins! Critters Attack!, the newest entry in the bloody, live-action, horror/sci-fi film series lands on earth on July 23, 2019, from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital for $24.98 / $19.98 / $19.99 Srp. Fans can also watch the fur-ocious creatures’ television debut on Syfy, scheduled to air in October.

Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), who starred in the original Critters as Helen Brown, will sink her teeth into the franchise for a second time...

The feeding frenzy begins! Critters Attack! the newest entry in the bloody, live-action, horror/sci-fi film series lands on earth on July 23, 2019, from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital for $24.98 / $19.98 / $19.99 Srp. Fans can also watch the fur-ocious creatures' television debut on Syfy, scheduled to air in October.

Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), who starred in the original Critters as Helen Brown, will sink her teeth into the franchise for a second time in the mysterious role of Aunt Dee. Inspired by the film series from the '80s and '90s, Critters follows 20-year-old Drea (Tashiana Washington), who reluctantly takes a job babysitting for a professor of a college she hopes to attend. Struggling to entertain the professor's children Trissy (Ava Preston) and Jake (Jack Fulton), along with her own little brother Phillip (Jaeden Noel), Drea takes them on a hike, unaware that mysterious...

The first trailer for Critters Attack is here. The little deadly creatures have been away from the pop culture landscape for nearly three decades now. However, in the modern age of Hollywood, everything old is new again. As such, this particular franchise is getting revived in a big way this year as we're not only getting the recently revealed Critters: A New Binge series over on Shudder, we're also getting this brand new movie, which brings back original franchise star Dee Wallace.

It's a trailer that should delight fans of the series. It starts off with a familiar premise, as the little creatures crash land on Earth and quickly begin devouring unsuspecting humans. Dee Wallace seems to be playing a role similar to that of Jamie Lee Curtis from the most recent Halloween, waiting and preparing for these aliens to return. Based on what we see here, she's more than ready for them.

Last week the first trailer was released for a new sci-fi/horror comedy series called Critters: A New Binge, which is coming to Shudder. Now, we learning that the SyFy Channel secretly shot a new Critters movie based on director Stephen Herek’s 1986 cult film.

According to JoBlo, the project has already finished production. It was shot in South Africa and it was directed by Bobby Miller (The Cleanse). The best part of this is, the original film’s lead actress Dee Wallace is also said to star in the film! She hinted at her involvement with the film in an interview with Bionic Buzz, which you can watch below.

There are no details about the new Critters movie, and there were a bunch of production photos posted on Instagram, but many of those photos have since been removed after word got out.

The original 1986 movie centered on a family...

The lovable little carnivorous creatures from director Stephen Herek's 1986 horror-comedy Critters have been getting a lot of love recently and I for one am not complaining. First, there is Shudder's Critters: A New Binge series coming next month, which we all know about by this point in time.

But let's not forget that SyFy is also shooting a new Critters movie, which may or may not star Dee Wallace. And speaking of the latter, today we have word that the new movie has wrapped principal photography in South Africa.

Cinematographer Hein de Vos (Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell) shared a batch of vague behind-the-scenes images from the filming of his new Critters movie that revealed February 6th was the last day of filming - and if you look closely you can see the infamous ball-o-Critters getting ready to rock and roll down an epic flight of stairs. Not only that,...

Beat the back-to-school blues with new movie titles like “13 Going on 30” and “Sixteen Candles” hitting Hulu on Sept. 1, as well as new and favorite fall TV series.

The Hulu original series “The First,” starring Sean Penn and Natascha McElhone, is about a group of astronauts attempting to be the first humans on Mars. It premieres on Sept. 14, and new episodes of Sarah Silverman’s “I Love You, America” will arrive on Sept. 6.

Fall TV also arrives next month, and you’ll be able to watch premieres of network hits like “This Is Us” on Sept. 26, “9-1-1” on Sept. 24 and “Grey’s Anatomy” on Sept. 28. New shows will also become available after they premiere, like “Manifest” on Sept. 25, “New Amsterdam” on Sept. 26 and “A Million Little Things” on Sept. 27.

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Wait no longer, boils and ghouls! Today is the day you’ve been waiting for; today is the day we sink our teeth into 2018’s The Cleanse! What’s that? You’ve never heard of The Cleanse?! Well, neither had we, but horror releases are slim pickings right now, so we take what we can get. At least we can […]

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Johnny Galecki promises there will still be some laughs in his new movie “The Cleanse,” but the “Big Bang Theory” and “Roseanne” star tells TheWrap that this fantasy goes deeper into the universal human struggle to “kill your inner demons before they kill you” than his current TV sitcoms.

Written and directed by Bobby Miller, “The Cleanse” stars Galecki as Paul, a man who struggles immensely with social anxiety and decides to go on a retreat that promises to cleanse one’s inner demons.

Joined by three others, he is instructed on the retreat by their guide, Lily (Anjelica Huston), to drink a special cleansing potion when he arrives.

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But after the potion triggers a sudden bout of sickness, Paul and the others discover that the retreat’s promise was quite literal, as they cough up small demons that are the embodiment of their deepest flaws as human beings.

“I don’t want to put out the misconception that it’s a slasher film,” Galecki told TheWrap. “It’s a bit of a comedy and a bit of a love story too and that’s one of the things I loved about it when I read it.”

“The Cleanse” is in theaters and available on VOD now.

See more of Galecki’s thought on the film in the clip above.

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“Roseanne” made waves when it returned to ABC after 21 years for diving head first into the U.S.’ current political divide. Johnny Galecki, who came back as David Healy last month, credits the revival’s embrace of politics as a reason for its success.

“It’s always been a show that was very contemporary and very honest about what families go through … what families argue about,” the actor told TheWrap while promoting his new indie movie “The Cleanse.”

The show, namely because of series star Roseanne Barr’s real-life politics, has been lauded by the conservative community for promoting their values and showcasing working-class, middle America. “I don’t know that a lot of shows are doing that,” the “Big Bang Theory” star said.

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For Galecki — who joined Season 4 in 1992 — the show also has a personal connection, as he remembers watching the first episode when he was growing up in Chicago. “My parents said, ‘It’s like the writers are peering through our windows,'” he recalled, adding that the original series “governed when my family ate dinner.”

Galecki said he wasn’t surprised that the “Roseanne” revival has been successful. “I was one of the people who couldn’t wait for it to return,” he said.

While he had kept in touch with Barr, Laurie Metcalf and Sara Gilbert (who had a recurring role on “The Big Bang Theory”) over the years, Galecki said when he was on set for the revival, it was the first time he had been with the entire cast in one sitting.

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“Except for some sort of award the cast was given, maybe nine years ago, we’ve never all been in the same room together,” he explained.

Watch the video above.

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The Magnolia Pictures-Participant Media documentary Rbg already has lured crowds with targeted buyout screenings and looks ready for a strong debut as it begins its regular run in theaters this weekend. Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s Sundance premiere about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is opening Friday in nearly three dozen locations, ready to peel off some audiences looking for an alternative to the second weekend of Avengers: Infinity War and other big holdovers. New limited releases this weekend also include foreign-language fare. Music Box Films is opening The Guardians, a drama starring Nathalie Baye from French filmmaker Xavier Beauvois that begins its stateside run with an exclusive showing in New York this weekend before heading to select markets. And KimStim is opening Vivian Qu’s Angels Wear White at New York’s Metrograph before heading to other cities. The film was the only feature...

“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats. Oftentimes they fail miserably.

You can thank Avengers: Infinity War spill over and May’s most anticipated blockbuster Solo (open May 25) for leaving the four week month rather spare where it concerns studio pictures despite being the start of summer. I’d steer clear of the month if I were an executive too—heck, three of the posters highlighted below aren’t even “true” theatrical releases (two hit Netflix with the third making its bow on HBO).

As any cinephile knows, however, there are always a few strong pictures banking on the oft-discussed counter-programming position.

Johnny Galecki embarks on a retreat to cleanse negative toxins from his body – only to be presented with a strange new problem. The befuddling trailer for The Cleanse sets up this premise, and throws some gooey creatures in the mix. Watch The Cleanse trailer below. Just what the heck is this? The Cleanse trailer is quite strange, […]

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Love Gremlins? Adore The Big Bang Theory? Then you're definitely going to want to settle in for The Cleanse. Johnny Galecki takes a rare turn on the big screen in this 80s-style monster movie that is sure to tickle your spine and punch you in the gut, weirdly going out of its way to make you cringe in the process. This is not for the squeamish.

Johnny Galecki (TV's Big Bang Theory) plays Paul Berger, an unemployed, down and out, heartbroken man searching for happiness. When Paul sees an ad for a spiritual retreat promising to restart your life, he immediately signs up, hoping to cleanse himself and fix his broken existence. But after only a few days, he discovers the cleanse is releasing more than just everyday toxins...A lot more.

Also starring Anna Friel, plus Oliver Platt and Academy Award Winner Anjelica Huston (Best Supporting Actress, Prizzi's Honor,...

Formally known as The Master Cleanse, Bobby Miller's The Cleanse, starring Johnny Galecki (Roseanne, Big Bang Theory), will see a theatrical and digital release this May from Sony Pictures Entertainment, and a new trailer has been unveiled ahead of the movie's release.

Sony Pictures Entertainment will release The Cleanse in theaters and on digital platforms beginning May 4th.

"Johnny Galecki (TV’s “Big Bang Theory") plays Paul Berger, an unemployed, down and out, heartbroken man searching for happiness. When Paul sees an ad for a spiritual retreat promising to restart your life, he immediately signs up, hoping to cleanse himself and fix his broken life. But after only a few days, he discovers the cleanse is releasing more than just everyday toxins… a lot more. Starring Oliver Platt and Academy Award® Winner, Anjelica Huston as the leaders of the retreat, The Cleanse is a darkly humorous, weird, and soulful...

Let’s get pure… “Big Bang Theory’s” Johnny Galecki not only took on Samara in Rings, he’s also starring in Bobby Miller‘s body horror comedy/fantasy The Cleanse (formerly The Master Cleanse), from Vertical Entertainment in limited theaters and on VOD platforms May 4, 2018. Patrick Cooper reviewed the film out of Fantasia, calling it “an emotionally honest body horror comedy.” In the […]...

With the film due for release next month, here’s the trailer and poster for the fantasy comedy drama The Cleanse, which was written and directed by Bobby Miller, and stars Johnny Galecki, Anna Friel, Kyle Gallner, Anjelica Houston, and Oliver Platt.

The Cleanse centers on a heartbroken man who attends a spiritual retreat, only to discover that the course releases more than everyday toxins and traumatic experiences.

The Cleanse is set for release on May 4th.