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‘Star Wars: Resistance’ Plays It A Little Too Safe With “The Mutiny” By Caroline Cao/Jan. 6, 2020 11:00 am EST The end is near for Star Wars: Resistance and there’s a new problem aboard the Colossus. As foreshadowed in “Hunt on Celsor 3,” Captain Kragan (Gary Anthony Williams) and his Warbird pirates are set on committing mutiny on the Colossus. Defying the lockdown orders, Kragan and his gang, sans their token renegade Synara, travel to an asteroid where the Captain makes a dealing with the red-clad Sidon Ithano, part of the Crimson Corsair (whom movie-verse viewers will recognize as the being who offered safe passage for Finn in the Force Awakens to flee the First Order)....

‘The Magicians’ Raises More Questions Than Answers With “Garden Variety Homicide,” But That’s Okay By Vanessa Armstrong/Feb. 27, 2020 7:00 am EST The Dark King’s gotta go. That’s what the gang in Fillory decide at the beginning of “Garden Variety Homicide,” this week’s latest installment of The Magicians. One member of the gang, however, is more conflicted about the planned assassination than the others. I’m talking, of course, about Eliot, who has gone and caught feelings for Seb (AKA the Dark King) and now can’t handle the thought of killing him....

‘The Platform’ Trailer: A Vertical Prison Drives A Twisted Allegory About Greed And Gluttony By Ethan Anderton/March 6, 2020 12:30 pm EST There are countless science fiction films that serve as provocative allegories about society at large, ranging from Fritz Lang’s classic Metropolis all the way back in 1927 to Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 from 2009 and plenty more in between and beyond. Netflix is bringing us another one from Spain by way of director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia....

‘The Post’ Review: Steven Spielberg Directs The Most Important Film Of The Year By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 6, 2017 6:30 am EST Steven Spielberg’s latest film, The Post, once again proves that the acclaimed filmmaker hasn’t lost his touch. In less than a year, Spielberg has put together an expertly crafted film. Even more than that: he’s made what might just be the most important film of 2017. In tackling an historical story focused on the importance of a free press, Spielberg is holding a mirror up to today, reminding us what’s past is prologue....

‘Watchmen’ Trailer: Who Watches The Watchmen (TV Series)? By Chris Evangelista/July 20, 2019 11:06 am EST Watchmen finds new life on HBO with a series from Damon Lindelof. Rather than make another screen adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s comic, Lindelof has instead come up with something else – a story set decades after the events of the original comic. We’ve seen bits and pieces of the new Watchmen show for the last few months, as well as a tantalizing teaser....

Alex Garland’s Stunningly Ambitious ‘Devs’ Will Only Be One Season, But The ‘Annihilation’ Director Hints At More [New York Comic-Con 2019] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 5, 2019 3:19 pm EST Like much of its lauded creator’s filmmography, Devs is cloaked in mystery. The eight-episode sci-fi series created, written, and directed by Alex Garland is still a big question mark, and it remains much of the same even after the FX show’s New York Comic-Con panel this Saturday....

Broadway’s Hermione, Noma Dumezweni, Reads The Second Chapter In The ‘Harry Potter At Home’ Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 8, 2020 4:30 pm EST The Harry Potter franchise wouldn’t be the global phenomenon it was today without the book that started it all, Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone (The Philospher’s Stone when it was first published in the U.K.). And while we’re all stuck in quarantine, everyone has taken to revisiting things they love....

Cool Stuff: HasLab Reveals Unicron Action Figure, The Largest Transformers Toy Ever By Ethan Anderton/July 17, 2019 6:00 am EST Earlier this week, we featured a new HasLab project asking collectors to crowdfund the creation of a life-size Cookie Monster replica. But the Hasbro collector initiative has a completely different toy that is vying for even more money in your wallet. It’s The Lord of Chaos, The Planet Eater, The Chaos Bringer....

Disney World’s Polynesian Resort Closed For A Year For ‘Moana’-Inspired Renovation By Ben Pearson/Aug. 31, 2020 4:00 pm EST Walt Disney World’s Polynesian Resort, one of the best and most popular hotels in the Disney stable, was slated to reopen this October. But now Disney says the resort is staying shuttered until next summer, and it’s all because of Moana. Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort has been closed since mid-March, when the coronavirus pandemic caused basically the entire world to pause....

Global Release Of James Bond Film ‘No Time To Die’ Moved From April To November Due To Coronavirus By Ben Pearson/March 4, 2020 9:34 am EST No Time to Die, the 25th James Bond film, has become the first major Hollywood tentpole film to delay its global release because of the coronavirus outbreak. The movie, which was slated to premiere in London later this month and open globally in early April, has been pushed all the way back to November 12, 2020 in the U....

Here Is A Complete Calendar Of The Movies Still Opening In 2020 At This Point By Chris Evangelista/April 3, 2020 2:00 pm EST The movie release calendar for 2020 is in constant flux right now thanks to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Films are being shuffled and pulled left and right, and right now, everything in 2020 is currently up in the air. In an attempt to make sense of it all, I went ahead and compiled a list of movies that are still opening in 2020 – for now....

Here’s Why Paramount Got Nervous About Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ By Chris Evangelista/May 29, 2020 10:30 am EST Martin Scorsese’s upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon has the great director working with two of his most famous collaborators, Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio. You’d think that would be enough to sell any studio on the project, but Paramount had serious issues with Scorsese’s $200 million-plus budget. In order to get the film made, Scorsese took the movie to Apple, who will pay the budget in full while Paramount remains involved only as a partner....

Jared Harris And Lee Pace Join Apple’s Adaptation Of Isaac Asimov’s Sci-Fi Classic ‘Foundation’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 23, 2019 2:30 pm EST Hollywood has been trying to adapt Isaac Asimov’s seminal sci-fi classic Foundation for years, but it looks like Apple might just succeed with its highly anticipated series from David S. Goyer. Apple TV+ has tapped Jared Harris and Lee Pace to lead the Foundation cast in the 10-episode drama series based on Asimov’s epic sci-fi saga....

Jason Bateman To Direct ‘Clue’ Remake, And He Plans To Star Alongside Ryan Reynolds By Ben Pearson/Sept. 25, 2019 2:48 pm EST Early last year, Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds threatened to remake the beloved murder mystery adaptation Clue, which is hands down the best board game movie ever made. (Not that it has much competition in that department, but it’s also just a great movie – period.) Updates about the new version have been relatively scarce since then, but it seems like the project is moving forward because it has now found a director in Jason Bateman, who just won an Emmy this past Sunday night for his directing work on season 2 of his Netflix series Ozark....

Knotts Berry Farm Extending All 2020 Annual Passes Through 2021 By Ethan Anderton/April 6, 2020 9:30 am EST Like all theme parks across the United States, Knott’s Berry Farm is currently closed due to the efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus. It’s undoubtedly a necessary precaution, but it does short change those customers who purchased annual passes for 2020. Thankfully, Knott’s Berry Farm is going the extra mile to make sure their annual passholders don’t get screwed by what will likely be several months of closure....

Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, And More Surprise New Graduates On John Krasinski’s ‘Some Good News’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 4, 2020 2:30 pm EST With the state of the world getting more dire by the minute, John Krasinski made it his mission to bring good news to the masses. With his new online show Some Good News, a charming homemade YouTube series that Krasinski uses to deliver heartwarming news stories and stage mini The Office reunions, the director of A Quiet Place is achieving that....

Pixar SparkShorts Trailer There’s nothing like the magic of watching a Pixar animated short, a medium the studio would frequently use to experiment with new technologies and give a creative playground for rising directors. Now there’s a whole program for doing that with Pixar’s SparkShorts, which will debut on Disney+ upon the streaming platform’s November launch. Three of the SparkShorts shorts got a theatrical and YouTube debut earlier this year, but this new SparkShorts trailer previews all six the new shorts, which include Float, Purl, Smash and Grab, Kitbull, Wind, and Loop....

Quibi Offering 90-Day Free Trial For Potential Subscribers By Chris Evangelista/March 6, 2020 5:30 pm EST The time of Quibi is almost at hand. The streaming service devoted to short-form content – or “quick bites”, if you will – is set to launch on April 6. And when Quibi arrives it will be bringing with it 50 shows – and that’s not even all of their content. There’s more to come, but unlike the launch of Apple TV+, Quibi has a whole slew of stuff ready from the jump....

Robert Zemeckis Helped Revolutionize Visual Effects – And Then Visual Effects Ruined Robert Zemeckis By Josh Spiegel/Nov. 2, 2020 10:00 am EST Nine days before Halloween 2020, with very little pomp or ceremony, the streaming service HBO Max released a new adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel The Witches for the hopeful viewing pleasure of its subscribers. The film boasted Academy-Award winning talent both behind and in front of the camera. Playing the Grand High Witch, that nefarious sorceress who wants to turn the children of the world into mice, there was Anne Hathaway chewing the scenery up and down with a blonde wig and an accent located somewhere north of Transylvania....

Sequel Bits: The Matrix 4, Spiral: From The Book Of Saw, Magic Mike 3, Bill & Ted 4, And More By Ben Pearson/Oct. 2, 2020 5:00 pm EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Another franchise veteran jacks into The Matrix 4 Spiral director gives a tiny hint about Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson’s characters This Jurassic Park franchise actress has never been approached for a sequel Which one of the erstwhile Kings of Tampa would refuse to return in a possible Magic Mike 3?...