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VOTD: ‘Sesame Street’ Rap Celebrates The Show’s 50th Anniversary With Jimmy Fallon By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 23, 2019 6:00 am EST This year marks the 50th anniversary of Sesame Street. Following their history-making moment as the first television show to celebrated by the Kennedy Center Honors, all of your favorite fuzzy friends fro Sesame Street gathered at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for a rap that has all the fun of the children’s television program and celebrates all of the show’s colorful characters who have helped kids learn so much over the past 50 years....

VOTD: The Honest Trailer For Every Quentin Tarantino Movie By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 8, 2020 6:00 am EST If Quentin Tarantino stays true to his plan, there’s only one more movie that the writer and director wants to make before he retires. Of course, Steven Soderbergh talked about retirement for years, and we all saw how that went, so maybe there’s nothing to worry about. But while we wait for the eventual 10th (and potentially) final film from Quentin Tarantino, why not look back at every single film he’s directed through the lens of Honest Trailers....

‘A.P. Bio’ Season 4 Ordered At Peacock, So Everyone Needs To Start Shutting Up By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 17, 2020 4:30 pm EST A.P. Bio was unfortunately canceled at NBC after two stellar seasons of quirky high school comedy. But the series, created by former Saturday Night Live writer/cast member Mike O’Brien and led by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Glenn Howerton, found a second life. The NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock picked it up for a third season that came and went earlier this year....

‘Belfast’ Will Be Kenneth Branagh’s Most Personal Film And Focus Features Has Picked It Up By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 16, 2020 5:00 pm EST Kenneth Branagh took a break from wearing a big mustache and solving mysteries to make Belfast, a film he describes as his “most personal film.” The film has already wrapped, and now Focus Features has picked up the worldwide rights. Belfast tells the story of one boy’s childhood (presumably in Belfast) during the late 1960s....

‘Birds Of Prey’ Director Cathy Yan On Crafting Old-School Action With The ‘John Wick’ Team [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Feb. 10, 2020 10:00 am EST Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is a movie bursting with personality. It’s poppy and gritty, slapstick-y and visceral, and most striking of all, it doesn’t confine itself to as many boxes or rules as most comic book movies do. It’s a rare comic book movie with an actual sense of freedom and spontaneity....

‘Ghostbusters’ Returning To Theaters For 35th Anniversary With New And Rare Alternate Takes By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 29, 2019 6:00 am EST You’ve probably seen Ghostbusters countless times on the big screen by now after several different milestone anniversaries, but there’s a good reason to catch it back in theaters this fall for the movie’s 35th anniversary. Fathom Events is not only putting Ghostbusters in theaters again in early October to help usher in Halloween festivities around the United States, but the screening will feature newly unearthed and rarely seen alternate takes that have never been made previously available to the general public....

‘Gone With The Wind’ Is Back On HBO Max With Turner Classic Movies Providing Historical Context By Ethan Anderton/June 24, 2020 3:45 pm EST Gone with the Wind was suddenly removed from HBO Max two weeks ago in the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests after a plea from 12 Years a Slave writer John Ridley. The streaming service quickly acted and explained the movie would eventually return with a disclaimer about the inaccurate and insensitive depictions of slavery in the Antebellum South and discussions about the historical context of the classic film from 1939....

‘Nine Perfect Strangers’: Hulu Hires Jonathan Levine To Direct Star-Studded Limited Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 29, 2020 1:00 pm EST Jonathan Levine is set to direct Nine Perfect Strangers, the Hulu limited series starring Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Samara Weaving, and more. Hulu has tapped Levine to helm all eight episodes of the star-studded drama based on Liane Moriarty’s book of the same name. Levine has been put in charge of Nine Perfect Strangers, the highly anticipated Hulu limiteds series starring Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Samara Weaving, Luke Evans, Melvin Gregg, Grace Van Patten, and Tiffany Boone....

‘Queen And Slim’ Trailer: “The Black Bonnie And Clyde” Go On The Run By Ben Pearson/Sept. 12, 2019 5:00 pm EST Since Lena Waithe won an Emmy for writing the touching, years-spanning “Thanksgiving” episode of Netflix’s Master of None, her career has been on fire: she created the Showtime series The Chi, had a supporting role in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, and is about to appear in the third season of Westworld....

‘Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins’ Delayed To 2021 By Ethan Anderton/July 28, 2020 7:30 am EST Paramount Pictures recently pushed back the release of both A Quiet Place Part II and Top Gun: Maverick, two anticipated sequels that already had their release dates delayed previously thanks to the coronavirus pandemic shutting down movie theaters around the world. Now the studio is delaying another one of their major theatrical releases intended for later this year with Snake Eyes: G....

‘The Alienist: Angel Of Darkness’ Trailer: Dakota Fanning Is A Renegade In A Corset By Ben Pearson/July 13, 2020 3:30 pm EST Dakota Fanning, Daniel Brühl, and Luke Evans are back to hunt a new killer – or is that killers? – in The Alienist: Angel of Darkness, TNT’s follow-up to its stylish limited series from 2018. A new trailer has arrived, showing how this trio reunites in an attempt to track a serial killer of children....

‘The Devil All The Time’ Release Date Set For September; Full Star-Studded Cast Revealed By Chris Evangelista/July 16, 2020 5:30 pm EST Netflix’s star-studded adaptation of the Southern Gothic novel The Devil All the Time now has a release date, and a full cast list to boot. The Antonio Campos-directed flick features Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Riley Keough, and more, telling a non-linear storyline focused on a group of severely damaged people drifting in and out of each other’s harsh lives....

‘The King Of Staten Island’ Review: Pete Davidson Takes The Lead In Judd Apatow’s Unfocused Dramedy By Chris Evangelista/June 8, 2020 9:00 am EST “There’s something wrong with me…mentally.” So says Scott (Pete Davidson), a directionless 20-something whose greatest ambition in life is to open a tattoo restaurant and get high all day while still living with his mom. Prone to fits of anger, and seemingly incapable of reading a room, Scott has never gotten over the death of his firefighter father....

‘The Mortuary Collection’ Review: A Gory, Stylish Midnight Anthology Movie More Interested In Humor Than Horror [Fantastic Fest 2019] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 22, 2019 11:00 am EST Loaded with gore sloshed upon gore, blessed with creeptacular practical special effects, and boasting lush, stylish, chill-inducing cinematography, The Mortuary Collection is a feast for the eyes. This horror anthology from writer-director Ryan Spindell started off as one short film – “The Babysitter Murders” – before being expanded upon, and given a neat little wraparound story to tie things together....

By Ethan Anderton/July 7, 2020 4:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s been 15 years since The Office premiered on NBC in 2005, and the show is still one of the most watched programs on Netflix (though it will be heading over to NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service starting next year). Since fans are eager to learn as much as they can about the beloved workplace comedy series, Spotify and one of the show’s executive producers are teaming up to deliver an oral history of The Office in the form of a podcast hosted by Brian Baumgartner, who played the sweet but dimwitted accountant Kevin Malone in every season of the show....

‘The Simpsons’ Showrunner Al Jean On The Passing Of Voice Actor Russi Taylor And Planning Ahead For Seasons 32 And 33 [Interview] By Fred Topel/Oct. 7, 2019 1:00 pm EST The Simpsons just began its landmark 31st season on Fox, who has renewed the show through at least season 32. The Simpsons is now working under the Disney banner thanks to the merger with 20th Century Fox, and the back catalog of episodes will appear on the Disney+ streaming service....

‘Worth’ Review: Michael Keaton And Amy Ryan Measure The Human Cost Of 9/11 [Sundance 2020] By Ben Pearson/Jan. 26, 2020 8:00 am EST Make no mistake: this movie is not an easy watch. There’s real footage from 9/11 and testimonies from both real survivors and actors playing family members of victims that will rip your heart out all over again. But though it grapples with tough subject matter, this boots-on-the-ground, process-driven film is ultimately a rewarding experience thanks to its smart script and great performances from its leads....

Christopher Nolan Pleads For Help For Movie Theaters From Studios, Government And Moviegoers By Ethan Anderton/March 21, 2020 11:00 am EST Christopher Nolan isn’t just a director of major motion pictures like The Dark Knight, Inception, and Interstellar. He’s also a passionate cinephile like a lot of you, and right now he’s worried about what the future of movie theaters will look like when the coronavirus pandemic has run its course....

Disneynature’s ‘Elephant’ And ‘Dolphin Reef’ Trailer Brings The Wild Into Your Home By Ethan Anderton/April 1, 2020 5:30 pm EST Since 2008, Disneynature has released near a dozen and a half documentaries that focus on various ecosystems and the creatures who inhabit them. Traditionally, these movies arrive in theaters around Earth Day. But this year, Disney is bringing nature into your home with two new feature-length Disneynature documentaries arriving on Disney+ this week....

How The Me Too Movement Changed Mulan’s Love Interest [Set Visit] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 27, 2020 9:30 am EST It was a question heard around the world when the casting for Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan came out: Where is Shang? The commanding officer and romantic interest of the 1998 Mulan provided an unexpected LGBTQ element to the film (as well as many a sexual awakening for a young moviegoer). But the hunky character’s name was nowhere to be seen in the cast list....