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The Oscars Might Remove A Category In 2021, Potentially Consolidating Sound Editing And Sound Mixing Into One Award By Ben Pearson/Dec. 5, 2019 1:00 pm EST The Oscars is like a living, breathing entity, constantly evolving and seeming to either be skirting or courting controversy with practically every decision its voting bodies make. Let’s introduce the Popular Oscar! Just kidding, that’s not happening. Let’s relegate cinematographer speeches to the commercials! On second thought, we’re including everyone in the broadcast....

‘A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood’ Trailer: Tom Hanks Is Mr. Rogers By Chris Evangelista/July 22, 2019 6:22 am EST Everybody loves Mr. Rogers. Everybody loves Tom Hanks. Therefore it only makes sense that Hanks would play the legendary television host in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, a fictionalized drama inspired by a true story. Matthew Rhys plays a cynical journalist sent to profile Fred Rogers, and wouldn’t ya know it – the endless niceness of Mr....

‘Angel Of Mine’ Trailer: Noomi Rapace Is A Mourning Mother On The Edge By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 15, 2019 3:00 pm EST Parental grief can take many forms, but for Noomi Rapace’s Lizzie in Angel of Mine, it takes the form of deranged stalking and kidnapping. The domestic thriller stars the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo actress as a grieving mother who becomes obsessed with another woman’s daughter after she comes to believe that the girl is her own dead daughter....

‘Birds Of Prey’ TV Spot Offers New Footage, New Plot Details By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 15, 2020 3:30 pm EST Want more Birds of Prey action? This new TV spot might help. What we’re presented with here involves some new footage and even a new plot point – involving a stolen diamond. Just why this particular diamond is so important remains to be a mystery, but it’s clear that Ewan McGregor’s Black Mask really wants to get his evil hands on it....

‘Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian’ Review: This Behind-The-Scenes Look At The Disney+ Series Is Required Viewing By Ethan Anderton/May 1, 2020 9:00 am EST Do you remember Jon Favreau’s talk show series Dinner for Five that aired on IFC from 2001 through 2005? It ran for 50 episodes, with each one finding Jon Favreau sitting down to order dinner with four other celebrities to discuss show business, look at their careers, and share stories from their time in the trenches of Hollywood....

‘Doctor Who’ Makes A Noble Call To Action With A Nonsense Plot In “Orphan 55” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 13, 2020 7:00 am EST After the rip-roaring two-part premiere of Doctor Who, which managed to bring a new level of excitement to the series while filling me with a white-hot fury, the sci-fi series is taking a little vacation. But, this being Doctor Who, that vacation is far from restful. The latest episode, “Orphan 55,” is an ambitious sci-fi epic made on a micro budget in a dumb location — which admittedly is very Doctor Who....

By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 22, 2019 10:30 am EST The Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas movie has tapped Bret McKenzie to write the script and the music for a new take on the 1970s ABC special from the Jim Henson Company. McKenzie is no stranger to Henson-related material, having written the script and the songs for both The Muppets and its sequel, Muppets Most Wanted. This story follows some very poor otters (unlike those fancy wealthy otters) who enter a talent show to win money for Christmas gifts....

‘Fargo’ Season 4 First Look Video Dives Deeper Into The 1950s Gangster Story By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 14, 2020 2:30 pm EST After many delays, both for production and for the premiere, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Fargo season 4 is finally coming to FX. And to celebrate the forthcoming premiere of the fourth installment of Noah Hawley’s anthology black comedy crime series, FX has released a first look video diving deep into the story of this season’s multigenerational gangster epic....

‘Fargo’ Season 4 Trailer: Chris Rock Declares War On The Italian Mob By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 10, 2020 8:30 am EST Eyebrows were raised when Chris Rock, one of America’s most renowned comedians who rarely dips his toes into drama, was cast in Fargo. Noah Hawley’s anthological send-up of the Coen brothers’ classic had some winking humor to it, but was first and foremost a meaty drama into which character actors could sink their teeth....

‘I Lost My Body’ Trailer: A Disembodied Hand Searches For Meaning In This Cannes Darling By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 30, 2019 4:00 pm EST Finding yourself takes on a whole new meaning in I Lost My Body, a critically acclaimed French animated film based on a novel by Amélie writer Guillaume Laurant. A disembodied hand searches for its body and begins to remember its old life when it was once attached to a pizza boy named Naoufel who lived and loved, in beautiful 2D animation....

‘Mrs. America’ Trailer: Cate Blanchett Fights The Women’s Liberation Movement By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 10, 2020 3:30 pm EST Cate Blanchett is gunning for next year’s Emmy and Golden Globe ceremonies with her role as conservative ’70s activist Phyllis Schlafly in Mrs. America. She leads a murderer’s row of character actresses in the FX series about the battle to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by notorious anti-feminist Schlafly....

‘Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels’ Series Premiere Now Available To Stream For Free By Chris Evangelista/April 24, 2020 10:30 am EST Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, a spin-off/reboot/sequel/etc. to the vastly underrated Penny Dreadful, doesn’t make its “official” debut until Sunday. But if you just can’t wait that long, you’re in luck – the series premiere is now available to stream for free, on YouTube. Showtime uploaded the first episode to help drum up hype for their new series, which features a character-shifting Natalie Dormer haunting 1938 Los Angeles....

By Ben Pearson/Nov. 5, 2020 5:00 pm EST Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, Paramount’s upcoming origin movie that hopes to relaunch the G.I. Joe franchise, evidently is taking inspiration from one of the world’s greatest film directors. Hey, might as well aim high, right?Henry Golding, who plays the title character in the new film, explained in a new interview that audiences may spot some Japanese influences in Snake Eyes – including a specific type of sword-fighting style, as well as nods to the work of cinema legend Akira Kurosawa....

‘The Croods: A New Age’ Trailer: The Stone Age Meets A Modern Family By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 21, 2020 10:30 am EST DreamWorks Animation first announced a Croods sequel all the way back in 2013, with promises of a story that would focus on motherhood and “the first chapter of society.” The years passed, and it seemed like the Stone Age movie was dead and gone, but finally the long-delayed Croods sequel is coming to theaters…probably....

‘The Curse’: Emma Stone Will Star In Comedy Series From Nathan Fielder And The Safdie Brothers By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 10, 2020 12:30 pm EST Emma Stone teaming up with Nathan Fielder and the Safdie Brothers? No, you’re not dreaming – it’s really happening. Showtime announced today that it has ordered the comedy series The Curse, which will star Stone. The series was created by Fielder and Benny Safdie, who will both appear in the show as well....

By Ben Pearson/April 27, 2020 5:30 pm EST The Last Narc Trailer The man at the center of this docuseries is special agent Hector Berrellez, who was tasked with finding out what happened to Camarena after he was picked up by the cartel. The show also features interviews with Camarena’s widow, and three Guadalajara Cartel insiders – former drug lord bodyguards who eventually flipped, became informers, and helped Berrellez find out the horrifying truth behind Camarena’s torture and murder....

‘The Matrix 4’ Uploads Priyanka Chopra Jonas To The Cast By Jacob Hall/Jan. 28, 2020 12:02 pm EST The Matrix 4 has found the newest member of its increasingly stacked ensemble. Indian megastar Priyanka Chopra Jonas has joined the cast, but like much of Lana Wachowski’s upcoming sequel, her role remains under wraps.Variety has the news of Priyanka Chopra Jonas joining the cast of The Matrix 4, but as you would expect, “Details about her prospective character are currently under wraps....

‘The New Mutants’ Honest Trailer: The Fourth Best Superhero Movie Of 1995 By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 30, 2020 6:00 am EST Fans have been waiting to see The New Mutants since 2018, and as we’ve all heard in the same joke over and over again, they might as well be called The Old Mutants. But that’s the quality of joke that The New Mutants is worthy of since it’s a totally lifeless limp to the end of the finish line for the X-Men franchise....

‘The Vast Of Night’ Delivers A Slow Burn That Is Both Dazzling And Uniquely Distressful [Fantastic Fest 2019] By Marisa Mirabal/Sept. 21, 2019 2:00 pm EST Certain decades have their own tangible fears. The 1950s possessed a culture of fear that has been explored repeatedly throughout the horror and sci-fi genres. Cold war fears were heavily centered around an aversion to the other, technology, nuclear war, and aliens. There’s a singular simplicity in film and television that captures the emotional impact of these anxieties, allowing filmmakers to enhance metaphors through style, dialogue, and setting as opposed to overt displays of violence and nightmarish imagery....

‘The Witcher’ Season 2 Stops Filming After Multiple Positive Coronavirus Tests By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 9, 2020 2:00 pm EST Production on the second season of the epic fantasy series The Witcher has been underway at Arborfield Studios, west of London, since August. But the Netflix series hit its first snag after resuming production as multiple positive COVID-19 tests were confirmed, forcing the show to stop shooting temporarily. Deadline has news on The Witcher season 2 stopping production after multiple positive coronavirus tests....