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We’ve Got Your Ultimate Guide To The Characters Of ‘The Suicide Squad’

DC’s The Suicide Squad, Part sequel, part reboot, is here! The movie features a team of obscure supervillains who go on deadly missions in hopes of lowering their incarceration sentence. These expendable criminals make up the black ops team of Task Force X, otherwise known as “The Suicide Squad”. The movie features a massive cast list includes Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Sylvester Stallone who lends his voice to King Shark, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, John Cena, Pete Davidson, Jai Courtney, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, Taika Waititi, Joel Kinnaman, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Steve Agee, Storm Reid, Flula Borg, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga, Sean Gunn, Joaquín Cosío, Mayling Ng, Juan Diego Botto, Julio Ruiz, Jennifer Holland, and Tinashe Kajese. The Suicide Squad opened in theaters and premiered on HBO Max on August 6, 2021, from Warner Bros. To celebrate the release, we’ve got your ultimate guide to the squad with every character from James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, plus their

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 7, 2021
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James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ Scores A Hard “R” For Violence And Gore

James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad will be different from 2016’s movie. For one, it won’t be PG-13 like its predecessor. The movie has just scored a hard “R” from the MPA for “Strong violence and gore, language throughout, some sexual references, drug use, and brief graphic nudity.” The massive cast list includes Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Sylvester Stallone who lends his voice to King Shark, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, John Cena, Pete Davidson, Jai Courtney, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, Taika Waititi, Joel Kinnaman, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Steve Agee, Storm Reid, Flula Borg, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga, Sean Gunn, Joaquín Cosío, Mayling Ng, Juan Diego Botto, Julio Ruiz, Jennifer Holland, and Tinashe Kajese. The Suicide Squad lands in theaters and on HBO Max on August 6, 2021, from Warner Bros. Check out the red band trailer below for a taste of what’s to come.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2021
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‘Love And Monsters’ Celebrates Release With Three New Clips

In celebration of its release, we’ve got several new monster-filled clips and conception art from the fun flick Love and Monsters, from the producer of “Stranger Things”! Starring Dylan O’Brien (“Teen Wolf”), Jessica Henwick (Monster Problems), Michael Rooker (“The Walking Dead”), and Ariana Greenblatt ( Avengers: Infinity War), the movie is set seven years after the Monsterpocalypse. Joel Dawson (O’Brien), along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over the radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee (Henwick), who is now 80 miles away at a coastal colony, Joel begins to fall for her again. As Joel realizes that there’s nothing left for him underground, he decides against all logic to venture out to Aimee, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way. Michael Matthews (Five Fingers For Marseilles) directed from the screenplay penned by Brian Duffield (Insurgent) and Matthew Robinson (Dora and the Lost

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 18, 2020
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New Poster And Trailer Arrives Ahead Of ‘Fantasy Island’ Theatrical Debut

Set sail for Fantasy Island, where visitors go expecting an adventurous vacation getaway only to land in a nightmare in the new trailer. “The Enigmatic Mr. Roarke (played by Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.” Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Rooker, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Charlotte McKinney, and Austin Stowell. Jeff Wadlow directed the action-packed horror flick from the script he penned with, Chris Roach, and Jillian Jacobs. Take a trip to ‘Fantasy Island‘ in theaters on February 14, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2020
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Vacation Turns Into Horror In The ‘Fantasy Island’ Trailer

Take a trip to Fantasy Island this February when a vacation turns into terror for vacationers forced to live out their deepest, darkest desires. The trailer has just landed giving us our first real look at Blumhouse and Sony’s horror movie. In the movie, “the Enigmatic Mr. Roarke (Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.” Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) also stars along with Michael Rooker, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Charlotte McKinney, and Austin Stowell. Truth or Dare’s Jeff Wadlow was in the director’s chair for the film that he co-wrote with Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs, based on the hit series, with a dark twist, that aired through the 70s and 80s. Take a trip to Fantasy Island on February 14, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2019
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Sony And Blumhouse’s Horror ‘Fantasy Island’ Gets A New Release Date

Sony Pictures and Blumhouse is bringing new life to the TV classic “Fantasy Island” in the form of a new horror feature by the same name. News has now come that the movie has a been moved up from its original release date February 28, 2020, to February 14, 2020. Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Pena (End of Watch), who is set play Mr. Roarke, the host of the island. Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy, “The Walking Dead”), Charlotte McKinney (A Girl is a Gun), Parisa Fitz-Henley (“Jessica Jones”), and Austin Stowell (Bridge of Spies) also star. Jeff Wadlow is directing Fantasy Island, written by Wadlow and co-writers Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs who reunited from Truth or Dare. In the original 1977 series, “Fantasy Island was a unique resort in the Pacific Ocean, where there is very little that the mysterious overseer, Mr. Roarke, cannot provide. Visitors can experience adventures that should be impossible, but

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 23, 2019
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Michael Rooker And Sam Strike Star In Amazon’s “The Dark Tower” Series

Two years after Idris Elba starred as the gunslinger Roland Deschain in The Dark Tower, based on the novels by Stephen King, the story is getting a series adaptation from Amazon with Sam Strike (Leatherface) set to star as Roland. The series, which is currently filming, has added “Walking Dead” actor Michael Rooker to the cast. According to Deadline, “The Dark Tower” will be “independent from the film and is meant to be a more faithful retelling of the book than the movie was.” I hear it will take place many years before the events depicted in the film, and will focus on Roland Deschain’s (Strike) origin story – how he first became a gunslinger and got his guns, his first conflict with the man in black, his first love and his first mission as a gunslinger.” Jasper Pääkkönen (BlacKKKlansman), Jarome Flynn (“Game of Thrones”), Ivan Kaye (“Vikings”), Ana Padrão (Cabaret Maxime), Abraham Popoola (Les Misérables), and Joana Ribeiro (The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2019
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Actress Joins ‘Monster Problems’

A few days ago we reported that Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Walking Dead) has signed on to star in Monster Problems alongside Dylan O’Brien. Today we have more casting news, Ariana Greenblatt (Avengers: Infinity War) has also joined the cast and will play the role of Minnow. Rooker plays the role of Clyde, an expert hunter who teaches Joel Dawson (O’Brien) how to survive the Monster Apocalypse. The film is “a coming of age story about a young man living in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by monsters.” Michael Matthews (Five Fingers for Marseilles) is directing Monster Problems, penned by Brian Duffield and Matthew Robin, which is being eyed as a new franchise.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 25, 2019
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Michael Rooker Has ‘Monster Problems’ In New Movie

Michael Rooker has joined the cast of Monster Problems, a coming-of-age film from director Michael Matthews (Five Fingers for Marseilles) that has the potential to become a franchise. Rooker, who starred in Guardians of the Galaxy, HBO’s “True Detective“, and who played Daryl’s brother Merle on “The Walking Dead“, joins previously announced cast member Dylan O’Brien, Deadline reports. Rooker has been cast as Clyde, an expert hunter who teaches Joel Dawson (O’Brien) how to survive the monsters apocalypse. Brian Duffield and Matthew Robinson penned the script for Monster Problems which Shawn Levy will produce for 21 Laps.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 21, 2019
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Blu-ray Review: Bram Stoker’s Shadowbuilder (1998)

A flock of Satanic priests summon a demon made of shadows and charge it with taking the soul of a young boy, Chris (Kevin Zegers) destined to be a saint. Without his soul that lil’ tyke will fling open the doors to hell with wild abandon and unleash all manner of destruction upon our big blue marble. Fret not though because pill-poppin’ Father Vassey (Mary Poppins…err, Michael Rooker), a cross between The Punisher and a preacher, is on the case and after puttin’ a murder on those cray-cray cultists does his damnedest to stop that preternatural blackness from taking his prize…but at least he has time on his side as our murderous monster begins working his way through the citizens of the town in which Chris lives leaving light adverse walking dead and folks(and the occasional dog or two) gone rabid, in his wake as he searches for his prey. Will Vassey, along with the town’s sheriff (Shawn Thompson) and

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DanXIII
Aug 6, 2018

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We’ve Got Your Ultimate Guide To The Characters Of ‘The Suicide Squad’

DC’s The Suicide Squad, Part sequel, part reboot, is here! The movie features a team of obscure supervillains who go on deadly missions in hopes of lowering their incarceration sentence. These expendable criminals make up the black ops team of Task Force X, otherwise known as “The Suicide Squad”. The movie features a massive cast list includes Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Sylvester Stallone who lends his voice to King Shark, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, John Cena, Pete Davidson, Jai Courtney, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, Taika Waititi, Joel Kinnaman, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Steve Agee, Storm Reid, Flula Borg, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga, Sean Gunn, Joaquín Cosío, Mayling Ng, Juan Diego Botto, Julio Ruiz, Jennifer Holland, and Tinashe Kajese. The Suicide Squad opened in theaters and premiered on HBO Max on August 6, 2021, from Warner Bros. To celebrate the release, we’ve got your ultimate guide to the squad with every character from James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, plus their

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 7, 2021
Horror Fuel

James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ Scores A Hard “R” For Violence And Gore

James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad will be different from 2016’s movie. For one, it won’t be PG-13 like its predecessor. The movie has just scored a hard “R” from the MPA for “Strong violence and gore, language throughout, some sexual references, drug use, and brief graphic nudity.” The massive cast list includes Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Sylvester Stallone who lends his voice to King Shark, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, John Cena, Pete Davidson, Jai Courtney, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, Taika Waititi, Joel Kinnaman, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Steve Agee, Storm Reid, Flula Borg, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga, Sean Gunn, Joaquín Cosío, Mayling Ng, Juan Diego Botto, Julio Ruiz, Jennifer Holland, and Tinashe Kajese. The Suicide Squad lands in theaters and on HBO Max on August 6, 2021, from Warner Bros. Check out the red band trailer below for a taste of what’s to come.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2021
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‘Love And Monsters’ Celebrates Release With Three New Clips

In celebration of its release, we’ve got several new monster-filled clips and conception art from the fun flick Love and Monsters, from the producer of “Stranger Things”! Starring Dylan O’Brien (“Teen Wolf”), Jessica Henwick (Monster Problems), Michael Rooker (“The Walking Dead”), and Ariana Greenblatt ( Avengers: Infinity War), the movie is set seven years after the Monsterpocalypse. Joel Dawson (O’Brien), along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over the radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee (Henwick), who is now 80 miles away at a coastal colony, Joel begins to fall for her again. As Joel realizes that there’s nothing left for him underground, he decides against all logic to venture out to Aimee, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way. Michael Matthews (Five Fingers For Marseilles) directed from the screenplay penned by Brian Duffield (Insurgent) and Matthew Robinson (Dora and the Lost

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 18, 2020
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New Poster And Trailer Arrives Ahead Of ‘Fantasy Island’ Theatrical Debut

Set sail for Fantasy Island, where visitors go expecting an adventurous vacation getaway only to land in a nightmare in the new trailer. “The Enigmatic Mr. Roarke (played by Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.” Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Rooker, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Charlotte McKinney, and Austin Stowell. Jeff Wadlow directed the action-packed horror flick from the script he penned with, Chris Roach, and Jillian Jacobs. Take a trip to ‘Fantasy Island‘ in theaters on February 14, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2020
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Vacation Turns Into Horror In The ‘Fantasy Island’ Trailer

Take a trip to Fantasy Island this February when a vacation turns into terror for vacationers forced to live out their deepest, darkest desires. The trailer has just landed giving us our first real look at Blumhouse and Sony’s horror movie. In the movie, “the Enigmatic Mr. Roarke (Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.” Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) also stars along with Michael Rooker, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Charlotte McKinney, and Austin Stowell. Truth or Dare’s Jeff Wadlow was in the director’s chair for the film that he co-wrote with Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs, based on the hit series, with a dark twist, that aired through the 70s and 80s. Take a trip to Fantasy Island on February 14, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2019
Horror Fuel

Sony And Blumhouse’s Horror ‘Fantasy Island’ Gets A New Release Date

Sony Pictures and Blumhouse is bringing new life to the TV classic “Fantasy Island” in the form of a new horror feature by the same name. News has now come that the movie has a been moved up from its original release date February 28, 2020, to February 14, 2020. Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Pena (End of Watch), who is set play Mr. Roarke, the host of the island. Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy, “The Walking Dead”), Charlotte McKinney (A Girl is a Gun), Parisa Fitz-Henley (“Jessica Jones”), and Austin Stowell (Bridge of Spies) also star. Jeff Wadlow is directing Fantasy Island, written by Wadlow and co-writers Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs who reunited from Truth or Dare. In the original 1977 series, “Fantasy Island was a unique resort in the Pacific Ocean, where there is very little that the mysterious overseer, Mr. Roarke, cannot provide. Visitors can experience adventures that should be impossible, but

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 23, 2019
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Michael Rooker And Sam Strike Star In Amazon’s “The Dark Tower” Series

Two years after Idris Elba starred as the gunslinger Roland Deschain in The Dark Tower, based on the novels by Stephen King, the story is getting a series adaptation from Amazon with Sam Strike (Leatherface) set to star as Roland. The series, which is currently filming, has added “Walking Dead” actor Michael Rooker to the cast. According to Deadline, “The Dark Tower” will be “independent from the film and is meant to be a more faithful retelling of the book than the movie was.” I hear it will take place many years before the events depicted in the film, and will focus on Roland Deschain’s (Strike) origin story – how he first became a gunslinger and got his guns, his first conflict with the man in black, his first love and his first mission as a gunslinger.” Jasper Pääkkönen (BlacKKKlansman), Jarome Flynn (“Game of Thrones”), Ivan Kaye (“Vikings”), Ana Padrão (Cabaret Maxime), Abraham Popoola (Les Misérables), and Joana Ribeiro (The

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2019
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Actress Joins ‘Monster Problems’

A few days ago we reported that Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Walking Dead) has signed on to star in Monster Problems alongside Dylan O’Brien. Today we have more casting news, Ariana Greenblatt (Avengers: Infinity War) has also joined the cast and will play the role of Minnow. Rooker plays the role of Clyde, an expert hunter who teaches Joel Dawson (O’Brien) how to survive the Monster Apocalypse. The film is “a coming of age story about a young man living in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by monsters.” Michael Matthews (Five Fingers for Marseilles) is directing Monster Problems, penned by Brian Duffield and Matthew Robin, which is being eyed as a new franchise.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 25, 2019
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Michael Rooker Has ‘Monster Problems’ In New Movie

Michael Rooker has joined the cast of Monster Problems, a coming-of-age film from director Michael Matthews (Five Fingers for Marseilles) that has the potential to become a franchise. Rooker, who starred in Guardians of the Galaxy, HBO’s “True Detective“, and who played Daryl’s brother Merle on “The Walking Dead“, joins previously announced cast member Dylan O’Brien, Deadline reports. Rooker has been cast as Clyde, an expert hunter who teaches Joel Dawson (O’Brien) how to survive the monsters apocalypse. Brian Duffield and Matthew Robinson penned the script for Monster Problems which Shawn Levy will produce for 21 Laps.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 21, 2019
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: Bram Stoker’s Shadowbuilder (1998)

A flock of Satanic priests summon a demon made of shadows and charge it with taking the soul of a young boy, Chris (Kevin Zegers) destined to be a saint. Without his soul that lil’ tyke will fling open the doors to hell with wild abandon and unleash all manner of destruction upon our big blue marble. Fret not though because pill-poppin’ Father Vassey (Mary Poppins…err, Michael Rooker), a cross between The Punisher and a preacher, is on the case and after puttin’ a murder on those cray-cray cultists does his damnedest to stop that preternatural blackness from taking his prize…but at least he has time on his side as our murderous monster begins working his way through the citizens of the town in which Chris lives leaving light adverse walking dead and folks(and the occasional dog or two) gone rabid, in his wake as he searches for his prey. Will Vassey, along with the town’s sheriff (Shawn Thompson) and

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Aug 6, 2018
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