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‘Jojo Rabbit’ Star Thomasin McKenzie On Why Watching ‘Mean Girls’ And ‘Heathers’ Prepared Her For Taika Waititi’s WWII Satire [Interview] By Steven Prokopy/Nov. 7, 2019 12:00 pm EST There is so much more we’re going to learn about New Zealand-born actress Thomasin McKenzie in the coming years. With each new role, we see her abilities tested and our expectations exceeded. After a small role in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies when she was barely even a teenager, she continued working in shorts and local television series, until her breakthrough role in 2018 in Debra Granik’s much acclaimed Leave No Trace, opposite Ben Foster....

‘Reunion’: New Horror Movie From ‘Ready Or Not’ Filmmakers Combines A High School Reunion With A Shape-Shifting Monster By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 8, 2020 5:30 pm EST What’s scarier than a high school reunion? How about a shape-shifting monster? Those two elements will combine in Reunion, the latest from Radio Silence, the filmmaking collective responsible for Ready or Not, and the upcoming Scream sequel/revival. The film finds old friends coming together for a high school reunion only to have to then deal with a creature that sounds straight out of John Carpenter’s The Thing....

By Amelia Emberwing/Oct. 10, 2019 9:00 am EST Kindness feels so abstract nowadays. Everyone’s just trying to get by in a broken world. Survival instincts overload our brains and tell us to take care of ourselves and our respective herd, and to let the rest of the folks sort themselves out. No food for the homeless gentleman on the corner, someone else will take care of him. No help for the new mother with two jobs, because surely she has a family....

‘Star Trek: Picard’ Trailer: Old Friends And New Missions Arrive In January 2020 By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 5, 2019 12:25 pm EST While Star Trek Discovery is jumping ahead 930 years to the future, Star Trek: Picard will be reaching back into the past by bringing back one of the most respected captains that Starfleet has ever seen. Sir Patrick Stewart is back as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, but we find him living a life of retirement on a wine vineyard in the middle of nowhere....

‘Tales From The Loop’ Trailer: The Impossible Is Possible By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 27, 2020 2:30 pm EST What is Tales From the Loop? Well, for one thing, it’s the first TV series to ever be adapted from digital paintings. The show is inspired by the dreamy, surreal sci-fi artwork from Simon Stålenhag, and this adaptation appears to have perfectly captured the nature of Stålenhag’s paintings. In the first Tales From the Loop trailer below, the imagery is strange and tantalizing, drawing you into what is sure to be a unique new series....

‘The Card Counter’ First Look: Oscar Isaac Looks Tense In The New Film From Paul Schrader By Chris Evangelista/June 19, 2020 2:00 pm EST The Card Counter, the latest film from director Paul Schrader, had to shut down production to the coronavirus. But the film is reportedly 90% done, and Schrader plans to film the rest when production resumes in July. In addition to this news comes a Card Counter first look that reveals star Oscar Isaac, looking appropriately tense while clutching a gun....

‘The Witcher’ Season 2 First Look: Henry Cavill’s Geralt Has New Armor With Abs To Match By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 5, 2020 10:30 am EST Toss a coin to your witcher, because he’s got some expensive-looking new armor. Geralt of Rivia has traded his leather armor for a fancy new breastplate that the famously musclebound Henry Cavill hopefully won’t break this time. Get a peek at Geralt’s brand new armor in The Witcher season 2 first look images....

‘Treadstone’ Trailer: The Jason Bourne Spin-Off Series Awakens Sleeper Agents By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 9, 2019 12:00 pm EST The Jason Bourne franchise is slowly proving that it doesn’t even need Jason Bourne to get people to watch. Probably. The new USA Network Bourne spin-off Treadstone has its first trailer and doesn’t once mention Matt Damon’s famous super-assassin, though it is firmly embedded in the world of the films. The series instead follows three new sleeper agents who are awakened at the same time by mysterious forces....

CBS All Access Is Offering A Free Trial For The Next Month, So Here’s Your Chance To Catch Up On ‘Picard’ By Chris Evangelista/March 24, 2020 2:56 pm EST In these trying times, more and more content providers are attempting to make the best of a bad situation. Everyone is stuck inside (well, in theory – plenty of jerks are still going out), which means people are streaming programs in higher quantities than ever before....

Contest: Win ‘Endings, Beginnings’ On Digital For Free By Chris Evangelista/April 22, 2020 9:30 am EST Endings, Beginnings, the latest from Drake Doremus (Equals, Like Crazy), starring Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan, and Sebastian Stan, is now on digital – and we’re giving away three digital copies to you, dear readers. The film follows Woodley’s character over the course of a year as she becomes intertwined with two friends, played by Dornan and Stan....

Coronavirus Entertainment Updates: Tina Fey’s Relief Telethon, Disney Singalong Adds More Performers, Alamo Drafthouse Considering A No-Sneeze Policy, And More By Ben Pearson/May 7, 2020 2:30 pm EST As the coronavirus pandemic rages on and Hollywood considers how to safely ramp up production again on a wide scale, several of the city’s denizens are making headlines for their efforts to help provide some relief to those who need it most. Others are joining family singalong casts to help add some joy for audiences....

FX’s ‘Y: The Last Man’ Series Is Casting A Trangender Character – Here’s Why This Is A Big Deal By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 18, 2019 7:00 am EST Y: The Last Man is one of the most universally lauded comic book series of the past few decades, and it will soon set to receive a star-studded TV series adaptation at FX, simply titled Y. Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s Eisner Award-winning series is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi parable that centered on Yorick Brown, the last surviving male of the human race after a cataclysmic event wiped out all other living mammals with a Y chromosome....

Hank Azaria Explains Why He Quit Voicing Apu On ‘The Simpsons’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 26, 2020 9:30 am EST A month after Hank Azaria announced that he was stepping down from voicing Apu Nahasapeemapetilon in The Simpsons, the actor is opening on his reasons for leaving. Azaria had voiced the character of the Springfield convenience store owner (in addition to numerous other characters) for 30 years, even winning three Emmy Awards for his voice acting performance....

Jim Carrey Addresses ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Movie Delay [TCA 2019] By Fred Topel/Aug. 2, 2019 12:11 pm EST Jim Carrey was on a Television Critics Association panel for the second season of his Showtime dramedy Kidding. He was supposed to have Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog movie premiering this fall, but the film has been delayed until next year as the filmmakers redesign the CGI Sonic character./Film asked Carrey how he feels about the delay and if he’s concerned about the fans having the power to impact and delay his work (even if the complaints were not about his performance specifically)....

Jon Favreau Isn’t Joking About Wanting To Make A New ‘Star Wars’ Holiday Special, Already Has Plans By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 15, 2019 8:30 am EST The 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special has been famously ridiculed — the dated 1970s variety special structure; the hokey musical sequences; the endless Wookie grunts; Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, and Mark Hamill looking absolutely mortified — but for a rare few fans, it holds a special place in their hearts....

Kevin Smith Further Confirms Snyder Cut Of ‘Justice League’ Exists, But Not In The Form Fans Want By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 5, 2019 7:30 am EST It’s been awhile since we last discussed the prospect of Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League. But since there’s a contingent of fans out there who just can’t stop demanding that Warner Bros. Pictures release the director’s original vision for the DC Comics superhero ensemble movie, it’s still a (somewhat) relevant topic of discussion....

Kumail Nanjiani Bails On ‘Conan’ Due To Work Commitment, Leaving Conan Scrambling For Only The Second Time In A Quarter Century By Ben Pearson/July 12, 2019 5:30 pm EST Conan O’Brien is the longest-running late night talk show host in the game right now, and in his more than 25 years experience, he’s only had two instances in which a confirmed guest flaked on him at the last minute. One was Liza Minelli over two decades ago, and the other was Stuber star Kumail Nanjiani, who was slated to appear on TBS’s Conan last night but ended up cancelling just thirty minutes before the show began recording in front of its live studio audience....

Meet The ‘Knives Out’ Characters In New Videos By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 5, 2019 3:30 pm EST Knives Out is one of the year’s most entertaining movies, and it has one of the year’s best casts to boot. Rian Johnson’s whodunnit has Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer all turning in memorable performances as an eclectic cast of characters, many of whom are suspects in a possible murder....

New ‘West Side Story’ Photos Gives Us The Best Look Yet At Steven Spielberg’s Musical Remake By Ethan Anderton/March 16, 2020 8:00 am EST Thanks to the spread of coronavirus, most of the major theatrical releases over the next couple weeks (and probably at least the next month) are being pushed to unknown dates sometime down the road. But when it comes to Steven Spielberg’s forthcoming remake of the classic musical West Side Story, slated for release in December, we probably don’t have to worry that movie getting delayed....

Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Was Originally A Heist Film And Went Through Several Different Story Iterations By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 1, 2020 8:00 am EST Pixar’s Soul is coming to Disney+ on Christmas Day, and as with any movie from the acclaimed animation studio, it’s been a long road to get there. With production lasting several years and a creative workflow that allows for constant changes to be made in order to deliver the best story possible, there were several different iterations of the movie that evolved throughout development....