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Channing Tatum To Romance Sandra Bullock In ‘The Lost City Of D’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 28, 2020 3:30 pm EST The comparisons to Romancing the Stone aren’t lost on anyone, least of all those behind-the-scenes movers and shakers who described the film as being like the Robert Zemeckis 1984 flick following Kathleen Turner’s adventure-romance novelist who ends up in the midst of a real adventure with a swoony Michael Douglas in the Colombian jungle....

Cinema Legend Max Von Sydow, Star Of ‘The Exorcist’ And ‘The Seventh Seal,’ Has Died At Age 90 By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 9, 2020 7:30 am EST Legendary actor Max von Sydow, who left an indelible mark on cinema with his turns in classics like The Exorcist and The Seventh Seal, has died at age 90. The Swedish-born actor, best known for his solemn gravitas and his collaborations with influential director Ingmar Bergman, starred in more than 100 films and TV series through his 70-year career and appeared in recent major hits like Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Game of Thrones....

Cool Stuff: New ‘The Mandalorian’ Merchandise Includes More Toys, Collectibles And Cobb Vanth Gear By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 3, 2020 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Before the second season premiere of The Mandalorian, a bunch of new merchandise for the Star Wars series was revealed to kick of the first Mando Monday. Now that we’ve seen the first episode, the next wave of The Mandalorian merchandise has been revealed, and in addition to more toys and collectibles, there’s also plenty of Cobb Vanth gear to properly pay respect to Timothy Olyphant’s arrival in the Star Wars universe....

Despite The Director And Cast’s Wishes, Warner Bros. Has No Plans To Release The Snyder Cut By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 18, 2019 1:30 pm EST If you were hanging out on Twitter last night you might have noticed that #ReleaseTheSnyderCut was trending. Yesterday marked the two-year anniversary of the domestic release of Justice League, an occasion that inspired Snyder Cut fans to go wild and Tweet the hashtag out. And the cast and director got in on the action with them....

Lupita Nyong’o And Danai Gurira’s ‘Americanah’ Series Not Moving Forward At HBO Max Due To COVID-19 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 15, 2020 3:30 pm EST Americanah joins the growing list of shows that have been axed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira’s TV series adaptation of the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel is no longer moving forward at HBO Max after COVID-19 production delays led to scheduling conflicts for star and executive producer Nyong’o, who was forced to drop out of the series....

Taika Waititi Is Using The ‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ Delays To Perfect The “Really Good” Script By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 29, 2020 1:30 pm EST The coronavirus (COVID-10) pandemic has shut down film and TV productions across the world, and Marvel tentpoles like Thor: Love and Thunder are no exception. But director and writer Taika Waititi is taking advantage of the delays by perfecting the script, which he teases is “really, really good....

The Quarantine Stream: Let Guitar God Eddie Van Halen Melt Your Brain With This Insane Solo By Ben Pearson/Oct. 7, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Video: Van Halen, Live in TorontoWhere You Can Stream It: YouTubeThe Pitch: During a 1995 Van Halen concert in Toronto, rock and roll legend and guitar virtuoso Eddie Van Halen played a ten minute guitar solo which distilled his iconoclastic talent into one sublime video....

This Week In Trailers: Scandalous, Blood Machines, 24/7 College Football, Letterkenny, The Cave By Christopher Stipp/Sept. 28, 2019 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Weezer Teams Up With Wyld Stallyns For A Most Excellent New Song For ‘Bill & Ted Face The Music’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 14, 2020 1:30 pm EST It’s glorious to see Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter back in their roles as the happiest pair of bros, but it’s hard to shake the feeling that Bill & Ted Face the Music is the beginning of the end. To hammer home that feeling is a new Weezer song tied to the upcoming long-awaited sequel, titled — you guessed it — “Beginning of the End....

Zendaya To Play Singer Ronnie Spector In A24’s ‘Be My Baby’ Biopic By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 30, 2020 2:00 pm EST Zendaya recently made history by becoming the youngest winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in HBO’s series Euphoria. Now it sounds like she might be making a run for Oscar gold by playing famed singer Ronnie Spector, first known as Veronica Bennett, the lead singer of the doo-wop girl group The Ronettes, in a biopic about her life in the recording industry and her troubled marriage to record producer Phil Spector....

‘A Goofy Movie’ Honest Trailer: Finally, A Disney Movie Where The Parents Don’t Die By Ethan Anderton/June 25, 2020 6:00 am EST It’s the 25h anniversary of A Goofy Movie this year, and we already celebrated earlier this year with an oral history of the original song “I2I” by the one and only Powerline. But since it’s blockbuster summer, albeit without any summer blockbusters in theaters, the folks behind Honest Trailers wanted to show their love for the delightful animated hit from 1995 by poking fun at it a little bit....

‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Is Tracking For A Not-So-Quiet $60 Million Box Office Debut By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 27, 2020 11:30 am EST A Quiet Place Part II is set to make some noise at the box office when it debuts next month. John Krasinski’s sequel to his surprise 2018 horror hit A Quiet Place is on track to open at the box office to $60 million, surpassing the first film’s $50....

‘Between Two Ferns: The Movie’ Review: It’s More Of The Same, Which Means It’s All Very Funny By Josh Spiegel/Sept. 20, 2019 7:00 am EST As surreal in its own way as the faux talk-show that became a viral sensation on its way to the big screen, Between Two Ferns: The Movie defies description. On the surface, the Netflix film may seem like an unnecessary expansion of a bite-sized idea, a post-modern version of the kinds of movies churned out in the 1990s based on Saturday Night Live sketches....

‘Blindspotting’ TV Show Finds Its Cast; Rafael Casal Reprising His Role From The Movie By Ben Pearson/Dec. 1, 2020 2:00 pm EST The gentrification-themed comedy/drama Blindspotting was one of the best movies of 2018, and it’s been more than a year since we heard that a TV spin-off was in the works at Starz. Now the cast for the Blindspotting TV show has been locked in. We already knew the series would focus on Jasmine Cephas Jones’ Ashley character from the movie, but now we know that Rafael Casal, who co-wrote and co-starred in the film, will be serving as the showrunner and will also reprise his role as Miles in a recurring capacity....

‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’ Gets Four More Seasons From FX By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 11, 2020 12:30 pm EST It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia was recently renewed for season 15 at FX (or FXX), but the cable comedy series is actually sticking around for a lot longer than that. The series created by star Rob McElhenney has officially been renewed for four more seasons, which will be enough to not only break the record as the longest-running live-action comedy series in American television history, but completely shatter it....

‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Spoiler Review: The Park Is Gone, And So Is The Fun By Chris Evangelista/June 25, 2018 9:00 am EST (In our Spoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.) Welcome to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The fifth entry in the Jurassic Park franchise, and the follow-up to 2015’s Jurassic World, doubles-down on all the elements that made the previous film unpleasant, while adding a few twists and turns....

‘Justice League: The Snyder Cut’ Honest Trailer: The Most Incredible Alternate Version Of A Movie Ever By Ethan Anderton/April 1, 2020 6:00 am EST If there’s one miracle that can save us all from the coronavirus pandemic, it’s Zack Snyder’s eagerly-awaited cut of Justice League. Thankfully, Honest Trailers is here to back the rallying cry of fanboys everywhere by deeming #TheSnyderCut of Justice League not just the most incredible alternate version of the movie, not just a miraculously good version of Justice League, but the greatest comic book movie every made....

‘My Spy’ Review: A Good Case For Dave Bautista As A Rom-Com Lead But Not Much Else By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 22, 2020 8:00 am EST It appears to be the unfortunate rite of passage for every sports star who makes the leap to Hollywood: they must star in at least one generic kiddy movie that usually features a precocious prepubescent co-star and maybe a dog. Vin Diesel had the abominable The Pacificer, Dwayne Johnson put on wings for the rotten Tooth Fairy, and most recently, John Cena paid his dues with Playing With Fire....

Self Made Trailer Octavia Spencer already has an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award under her belt, but she may be eyeing an Emmy with her performance in Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker. Spencer stars in the eight-episode Netflix biographical series as Madam C. J. Walker, an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a political and social activist who was considered the wealthiest African-American businesseswoman and wealthiest self-made woman in America at the time of her death in 1919....

‘Space Camp’ Remake In The Works For Disney+ From ‘Saturday Night Live’ Writing Pair By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 11, 2020 9:30 am EST Many children of the 1980s grew up wishing they could be astronauts thanks to the teen space adventure Space Camp. Now the movie could inspire a whole new generation of space travelers as Disney+ is currently developing a Space Camp remake, and they’re surprisingly tapping Saturday Night Live for a pair of writers to tackle it....