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Pop Culture Imports: ‘My Brilliant Friend,’ ‘Hero,’ Alfonso Cuaron’s Directorial Debut, And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 29, 2018 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) As we near the end of the year, everyone is scrambling to catch all the movies and TV shows that they missed. But when making your way through year-end lists starts to feel like a chore, why not catch yourself up on their subtitled compatriots, both new and classic?...

The Scene Ant-Man is kind of a heist film. Not as much a heist film as Marvel told us before release, but still more of a heist film than any other Marvel movie. The we’re talking about here begins with Ant-Man arriving at a location where he intends to lift some tech for his grudging mentor, Hank Pym. To everyone’s surprise, the stuff is located at Avengers HQ, and to get it, Ant-Man must fight The Falcon....

Studio Ghibli’s ‘Earwig And The Witch’ Will Hit HBO Max In February Shortly After A Limited Theatrical Debut By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 7, 2021 5:30 pm EST Studio Ghibli’s first CG-animated movie is coming to theaters and HBO Max this February. GKIDS, the North American distributor for Ghibli, has set the theatrical release for Earwig and the Witch for February 3 in select theaters nationwide, with an HBO Max streaming debut set to follow just a few days later....

The Morning Watch: ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Scene Comparison, Stuntmen React To ‘Spider-Man & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 20, 2020 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, see how Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s recreation of an episode of The FBI compares to the original series from 1965....

Trailer Round-Up: ‘Swallow’, ‘Ghost In The Shell: SAC_2045’, ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run’, ‘Blood On Her Name’ By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 9, 2020 12:00 pm EST Let us round up some trailers, shall we? Rather than give these titles their own individual posts, we decided to wrangle them together in one spot. Why? Because they were lonely, and everyone needs a friend. That’s why. Below you’ll see trailers for a Beastie Boys documentary, the indie curiosity Swallow, a new Ghost in the Shell anime, yet another SpongeBob film, and a thriller called Blood on Her Name....

We Are One: A Global Film Festival Launches On YouTube This Weekend With Over 100 Films From 35 Countries By Ethan Anderton/May 27, 2020 4:30 pm EST Since film festivals from South by Soutwest to Cannes have been forced to shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube are teaming up for We Are One: A Global Film Festival, a free online collection of films from around the world that includes live-action narrative and documentary features and shorts, as well as a selection of animated films, festival panels and discussions, VR content, musical performances and more....

Whoa: Warner Bros. To Premiere Its Entire 2021 Slate On HBO Max And In Theaters By Ben Pearson/Dec. 3, 2020 10:31 am EST Whoa. In what has to be the biggest movie news story of the year, Warner Bros. has just announced that it will premiere its entire 2021 slate of films theatrically and simultaneously on HBO Max. This game-changing decision means HBO Max subscribers will be able to see every film from the studio without paying an extra dime, and more importantly, without leaving the safety of their homes during an ongoing public health crisis....

‘Black Adam’ Adds Sarah Shahi To The Cast Of Dwayne Johnson’s DC Superhero Movie By Jacob Hall/Oct. 14, 2020 1:00 pm EST The cast of the Dwayne Johnson-led DC comic book movie Black Adam just found its newest addition. Sarah Shahi, a very busy actress with numerous television and film credits to her name, has joined the ensemble. But unlike most of the other newcomers to the cast, it sounds like she won’t be playing a superhero in this superhero movie....

‘Black Widow’ Special Look: Scarlett Johansson Finally Gets Her Long-Awaited Solo Film By Ben Pearson/Jan. 13, 2020 8:35 pm EST During tonight’s College Football National Championship game, Disney and Marvel Studios released a Black Widow special look which gave us a new glimpse at more footage from director Cate Shortland’s globe-trotting superhero spy film starring Scarlett Johansson. Check it out below. Black Widow Special Look Johansson has long been one of the most celebrated actors of her generation, and she earned even more acclaim this morning with two Academy Award nominations....

‘Cats’ Director Tom Hooper Had Visual Effects Updated Slightly Following First Trailer Reactions By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 1, 2019 10:00 am EST When the first trailer for the big screen adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical Cats debuted over the summer, it became the talk of the web, but not for any good reason. Much of the internet was lambasting the movie for having some nightmare-inducing visual effects used to bring the digitally enhanced cat people to life....

By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 8, 2020 4:00 pm EST Apple TV+ has gone ahead and ordered For All Mankind season 3 ahead of the premiere of season 2. The series follows an alternate history where the space race never ended, and the USSR beat the United States to the moon. Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten, Wrenn Schmidt, Jodi Balfour, Krys Marshall, and Sonya Walger star. Season 2 will premiere in February 2021....

‘Killing Eve’ Clowns Around In Season 3 Photos; Premiere Date Announced By Ben Pearson/Feb. 14, 2020 1:30 pm EST After its surprising season 2 finale, in which one main character left another for dead, the BBC America spy drama Killing Eve is almost back for its third season. Executive producer Sally Woodward Gentle calls it “the most personal” and “the most emotionally rocky” season yet, which says a lot about the dynamic between MI6 agent Eve (Sandra Oh) and unpredictable assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer)....

‘Messiah’ Trailer: Michelle Monaghan Investigates A Modern-Day Christ Figure (Or Is He A Con Artist?) By Ben Pearson/Dec. 3, 2019 3:30 pm EST How would the world react if a modern-day Jesus figure emerged in the era of social media? That’s the basic gist of Messiah, a new Netflix series that stars Michelle Monaghan (Eagle Eye) as a CIA officer investigating the rise of a controversial figure (Mehdi Dehbi) who may be scamming thousands into following him – or he may be the real deal....

‘Space Force’ Featurette: Steve Carell Makes His Long-Awaited Return To Comedy Television By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 26, 2020 3:00 pm EST Ever since Steve Carell turned in his resignation at The Office, the actor hasn’t looked back at the comedy television world that made him famous. But seven years later, the Oscar-nominated actor is making his long-awaited return to comedy TV with Space Force, a new Netflix comedy created by Greg Daniels and Carell....

‘Space Mountain’ Movie In The Works With ‘King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword’ Writer On Script Duty By Ben Pearson/Oct. 9, 2020 2:13 pm EST As Disney continues to plumb the depths of its own intellectual property for more movie material, the company has again turned to one of its theme park rides for inspiration. A Space Mountain movie is officially in development at the studio, and Disney has hired Joby Harold (King Arthur: The Legend of the Sword) as its writer and one of its producers....

‘The Mandalorian’: Pedro Pascal Reveals The Bounty Hunter’s Name By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 13, 2019 8:30 am EST Much of the marketing behind the live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian has really been pushing the idea of this masked bounty hunter without a name. People around the galaxy refer to him as The Mandalorian or just Mando for short, but in an official interview promoting the arrival of the series on Disney+, the man under the helmet, Pedro Pascal, gives up the real name of the character without hesitation or concern....

‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 3 Ordered At Netflix By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 10, 2020 10:30 am EST The Umbrella Academy came back for a second season on Netflix at the beginning of September and immediately topped the weekly streaming charts, greatly surpassing longtime streaming favorites like The Office, Grey’s Anatomy and NCIS. With that kind of success, it should come as no surprise that The Umbrella Academy season 3 has already been ordered by Netflix ,with production slated to start early next year....

‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ Red Band Trailer: It’s Double The Zombies, Double The Gore By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 7, 2019 10:00 am EST You can’t have a Zombieland movie without the proper amount of blood, guts, and excessive cursing from that award-winning cast consisting of Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, and Abigail Breslin. And the new red band Zombieland: Double Tap trailer has all of that in spades. Red Band Zombieland Double Tap Trailer...

Alamo Drafthouse Season Pass Program Now Available At All Theater Locations By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 19, 2020 3:00 pm EST Attention folks lucky enough to live near an Alamo Drafthouse: the Alamo Drafthouse Season Pass program is now available in all 41 locations. The subscription program allows moviegoers one regularly priced ticket per day, with reservations available seven days in advance. It’s kind of like MoviePass, except that it’s better and it still exists....

Arnold Schwarzenegger Will Star In A Spy Adventure TV Series For ‘Jack Ryan’ Showrunner By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 31, 2020 1:30 pm EST Deadline has the scoop on the Arnold Schwarzenegger TV series, which doesn’t have a title yet. All we know for now is that it’s a “global spy adventure with a father (Schwarzenegger) and daughter at the center of the story.” That sounds potentially fun, and Schwarzenegger has some experience blending spy thrillers with familial drama, having done so in James Cameron’s True Lies....