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| Eli Roth unleashes 'Ice Cream Man,' murderous children | The Horror Section released the teaser trailer for Ice Cream Man on Monday. The film opens August 7 in theaters. Ari Millen stars as an evil ice cream man whose treats turn children into murderers. The trailer shows gangs of kids chopping up adults. Director Roth launched The Horror Section last year, allowing fans to invest in horror movies. Ice Cream Man is the first release under The Horror Section. Roth made a name for himself in horror with his debut Cabin Fever and follow-ups Hostel and Hostel: Part II. His previous release was 2023's Thanksgiving for which he is also developing a sequel. |
| Billie Eilish performs in trailer for 'Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour' | Paramount Pictures released a new trailer for the concert film from Billie Eilish and James Cameron Monday. The teaser for Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) opens with Cameron's voice. "It's your show. It's your creative vision. This is gonna blow people's minds," he says. The preview also shows snippets of Eilish, 24, as she prepares for various performances. "The day of a show is, for me, it just feels like any day at all. I just feel like I'm like going to hang out with my friends," she says. The film, directed by Eilish, 24, and Cameron (Avatar), arrives in theaters May 8. |
| President Snow threatens Haymitch in 'Hunger Games' prequel trailer | Ralph Fiennes and Jesse Plemons were among the stars to appear in a trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, which dropped Monday. The preview features Fiennes as President Snow. "If you disobey me, we shall open the bloodbath with the longest, most drawn-out death your people have ever seen," he threatens in the clip. The upcoming film is a Hunger Games prequel, set before the events of the movies released in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2023. "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping revists the world of Panem 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell," an official synopsis reads. |
| Movie review: Jackie Chan still kicks up laughs in 'Panda Plan 2' | Panda Plan was Jackie Chan's Die Hard in a zoo. Unlike Bruce Willis, the same thing can't happen to the same panda twice so Panda Plan 2: The Magical Tribe, in theaters Friday, takes the action back to the panda's natural habitat. Chan returns Jackie, as he's often been named in movies since the '90s. Since panda Hu Hu was returned to the jungle after the zoo, Jackie travels to visit him. An indigenous tribe chases Jackie and Hu Hu through the jungle and believes Hu Hu was foretold to climb Awe Summit and save them from an impending catastrophe. Since Jackie is friends with Hu Hu, the tribe believes he is the messenger sent with Hu Hu. |
| Geena Davis encounters the 'impossible' in 'The Boroughs' teaser | Netflix is giving a glimpse of the new series The Boroughs. The streaming service shared a teaser trailer for the show Monday featuring Geena Davis and Alfred Molina. The Boroughs is a sci-fi series executive produced by the Duffer brothers, the creators of Stranger Things. The show follows "a group of unlikely heroes" living in "a seemingly picturesque retirement community." In the trailer, Molina's character is seen moving into The Boroughs, where he and other residents encounter the "impossible," including monsters. Alfre Woodard, Bill Pullman, Clarke Peters and Denis O'Hare also star. |