While Smile is a horror film that plays for a crowd, and gives us jumps and intense moments, it’s also a story about trauma, and how our past can torment and haunt us just as much as any movie monster. At Fantastic Fest, I was fortunate to speak with director Parker Finn and star Sosie …
Thirteen years have passed since James Cameron’s groundbreaking visual masterpiece, Avatar, flew into theaters. Do you feel old yet? Now, the Na’vi are rising once more to be introduced to a new generation of viewers in a newly remastered 4K re-release of Avatar in theaters on September 23, 2022, for a limited time. The timing …
One of the most hotly-anticipated horror titles of 2022 has quickly become this weekend’s Barbarian, a modestly-budgeted contained thriller that has built up the kind of advanced word-of-mouth most films can only dream to get. Part of the appeal has been early viewers imploring audiences to go into the film as cold as possible, and …
This Friday, August 26 will see a cinematic event that only comes around once in a blue moon: A new film from George Miller. The Oscar-winning Australian helmer best known for the Mad Max, Babe, and Happy Feet franchises has made less than a dozen feature films since his debut in 1979 with Mad Max, …
New Star Wars series Andor is getting set to launch on Disney+ with three episodes on September 21. To get a preview, Vital Thrills talked to executive producer, writer and showrunner Tony Gilroy and the cast about the highly-anticipated show. The 12-episode show takes place prior to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, …
Vital Thrills recently got a chance to talk to the She-Hulk cast and crew, who gave us all the details about the anticipated Disney+ series from Marvel Studios. Present from the She-Hulk cast were Tatiana Maslany and Ginger Gonzaga. They were joined by director and executive producer Kat Coiro and head writer and executive producer …
Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the cast and crew of the highly-anticipated new Prey movie, the newest entry in the Predator franchise coming to Hulu. The film will be available to stream August 5 as a Hulu Original in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ under the Star banner in all other territories. …
With the highly-anticipated film opening in theaters on July 8, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Thor: Love and Thunder cast and crew. Of the Thor: Love and Thunder cast, in attendance were Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Christian Bale and Taika Waititi. Waititi is, of course, the film’s director and …
On July 1st, director Le-Van Kiet’s new film The Princess arrives on Hulu in the U.S. and as a Star Original on Disney+ internationally. To learn more about the movie, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the filmmaker and stars Joey King and Veronica Ngo. An action-packed fight to the death set in …
Vital Thrills got a chance to catch up with the Lightyear cast and crew to chat about the highly-anticipated new Pixar Animation Studios film. The film opens in theaters later today. The definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear, the hero who inspired the toy, Lightyear follows the legendary Space Ranger after he’s marooned on a hostile planet …
Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Ms. Marvel cast and crew. The new Marvel Studios series, starring Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel, is now streaming on Disney+. “I mean this is all very, very trippy,” said writer and producer Sana Amanat. “When Willow [character co-creator G. Willow Wilson] and I were …
On June 3, Disney+ will release Hollywood Stargirl, a sequel to the 2020 film about free spirit Stargirl Caraway (Grace VanderWaal). Caraway is a silver-voiced teenager whose simple acts of kindness work magic in the lives of others. Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the cast and writer/director Julia Hart about the anticipated …
On May 27, Ewan McGregor returns to the iconic role of Obi-Wan Kenobi and we got a chance to talk to the actor, his co-star Moses Ingram, and the director of Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi, Deborah Chow. Ewan McGregor spoke about coming back to play the role he took on in the Star Wars prequels. …
Tonight, Marvel Studios’ latest mammoth cinematic offering, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, begins flickering before audiences who are in for one wild ride. Almost exactly 20 years after the debut of his first Spider-Man movie in 2002, director Sam Raimi returns to the Marvel world by directing Benedict Cumberbatch in the trippy, much-anticipated …
With the series premiering on Disney+ on Wednesday, March 30th, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Moon Knight cast and crew. From the accent to the villain, read on to learn what the Moon Knight cast and crew told us. The series follows Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac), a mild-mannered gift-shop employee who …
Today, Disney+ is launching their new version of the family comedy Cheaper by the Dozen on the streaming service, and we got to hear from the talented cast and crew including actors Gabrielle Union (“Zoey Baker”), Zach Braff (“Paul Baker”), Erika Christensen (“Kate”), Timon Kyle Durrett (“Dom”) and director Gail Lerner. Check out what they …
With the new Pixar film arriving on the Disney+ streaming service on Friday, March 11, Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to the Turning Red cast and crew. Participating in the press day were writer/director Domee Shi, writer Julia Cho, and producer Lindsey Collins, as well as Turning Red cast members Sandra Oh (Ming), …
Vital Thrills got a chance to talk to No Exit director Damien Power and cast members Dennis Haysbert, Danny Ramirez, David Rysdahl, and Havana Rosa Liu. The chilling suspense thriller will start streaming exclusively on Hulu February 25. No Exit is the story of Darby Thorne (Havana Rose Liu), a young woman en route to …
Vital Thrills got a chance to attend an early preview for Turning Red and learned all about the upcoming Disney/Pixar film from director Domee Shi, producer Lindsey Collins, and some of the production team. Turning Red introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the …
Vital Thrills got a chance to chat with the cast and crew of the upcoming Disney+ animated adventure film, The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild. The original movie premieres exclusively on Disney+ January 28. The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild continues the hilarious escapades of the sub-zero heroes as they create more prehistoric pandemonium. …