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‘Iron Man 3’ Gave Us Marvel’s Big Christmas Movie – And An Explosively Festive Final Action Sequence By Evan Saathoff/Dec. 22, 2020 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Great Moments in MCU History, where we fondly recall great little bits that made us fall in love with the MCU.)Normally, the scenes in this column are chosen for their thematic significance or because they briefly display an example of why the MCU has been a gift that’s kept on giving since 2008 (excluding this year, of course)....

‘Lost’ Honest Trailer: After All These Years, The Island Isn’t Done With Us Yet By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 17, 2020 6:00 am EST One of the shows that helped kick off the latest Golden Age of Television, also referred to as Peak TV, was undoubtedly J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi mystery series Lost. What started out as a compelling survival story following an ensemble of castaways turned into a maddening mystery that started raising way too many questions for its own good....

‘Midsommar’ Director’s Cut Coming To 4K Blu-Ray In July By Chris Evangelista/June 30, 2020 1:00 pm EST Ari Aster’s Midsommar was already long to begin with, but the director’s cut clocks in at a whopping 171 minutes. While the director’s cut was previously screened in select theaters and has been available to purchase digitally, it hasn’t been made available on Blu-ray in the U.S. – until now. A24 is releasing a special edition Midsommar director’s cut on 4K in July, complete with new artwork and a written foreword by none other than Martin Scorsese....

‘That Thing You Do’ Watch Party: Cast Reuniting For A Livestream Commentary This Friday By Ben Pearson/April 14, 2020 2:00 pm EST Tom Hanks hosted an unconventional episode of Saturday Night Live this past weekend after recovering from the coronavirus, but there’s even more Hanks-related fun heading your way this week. The cast of That Thing You Do!, Hanks’s feature directorial debut from 1996, is reuniting this Friday, April 17, 2020 to participate in a livestream commentary of the movie....

‘The French Dispatch’ Trailer: Wes Anderson Returns With A Stacked Cast By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 12, 2020 6:13 am EST Wes Anderson is back Wes Anderson-ing with The French Dispatch, a stylish, star-studded affair that will make fans swoon and detractors sigh. This delightful-looking pastiche follows the staff of a newspaper as they publish several quirky stories in all their center-shot glory. Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Adrien Brody, Benicio Del Toro, Jeffrey Wright, Léa Seydoux, and Timothée Chalamet headline a huge cast of familiar – and new – faces....

‘The Gentlemen’ Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Has A Story About A Wise Lion And A Young Dragon By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 23, 2019 10:30 am EST Since we’re almost to the end of 2019, it’s time to start looking forward to the movies of 2020. Normally, January is a dumping ground for some pretty bad movies, but one possible bright spot appears to be director Guy Ritchie’s return to shady crime in London...

‘The Mandalorian’ Casts ‘Twilight Saga’ And ‘Westworld’ Actress Julia Jones By Ben Pearson/Sept. 6, 2019 7:30 am EST The Mandalorian premieres in just over two months, but we’re still finding out about new additions to its cast. The latest: Julia Jones, who you may remember from her role as Leah Clearwater in the Twilight films, has come on board showrunner Jon Favreau’s Star Wars series in a mystery role.Deadline has the news, but couldn’t provide any information about what type of character Jones is playing in the Disney+ streaming show....

‘The Plot Against America’ Review: An Alternative History That Feels All Too Plausible (And Familiar) By Chris Evangelista/March 18, 2020 7:00 am EST Instead, creators David Simon and Ed Burns have brought a stark realism to everything. The world feels lived-in and accurate. Many of the events in The Plot Against America didn’t happen, but they feel as if they could have happened had one or two things turned out differently in history....

‘The Reckoning’, The Latest Horror Film From Director Neil Marshall, Heads To RLJ Entertainment And Shudder For 2021 Release By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 20, 2020 5:00 pm EST The Reckoning, the latest from The Descent director Neil Marshall, has found a home: RLJ Entertainment and horror streaming service Shudder have purchased the film for a 2021 release. The movie, which follows a woman falsely accused of being a witch, has had somewhat of a bumpy road....

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Image: Wonder Woman Shakes Down A Criminal By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 2, 2020 2:00 pm EST Behold Diana, Princess of Themyscira and manhandler of criminals. A new Wonder Woman 1984 image released by Warner Bros. shows Gal Gadot’s titular superhero shaking down a supposed criminal at an ’80s mall, giving a whole new meaning to the Upside Down. See the new Wonder Woman 1984 image below. Wonder Woman 1984 Image...

Cool Stuff: Mark Englert’s ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Prints Watch Over NYC By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 3, 2019 1:30 pm EST Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse blew us away last year. From the fun dimension-hopping story to the stunning comic book-inspired visuals, the movie was outstanding from top to bottom. Now that some time has gone by, pop culture artists are really digging into the movie to deliver their own artwork inspired by Miles Morales and all of his Spider-Friends from other dimensions....

Disney’s ‘Splash Mountain’ Will Be Completely Re-Imagined And Re-Themed Around ‘The Princess And The Frog’ By Jacob Hall/June 25, 2020 9:37 am EST Splash Mountain, one of the most iconic and beloved of all Disney theme park attractions, will soon be “completely re-imagined.” But this isn’t just an ordinary plus-up. The log flume water ride, while lauded for its brilliant storytelling and wild but family-friendly thrills, has roots buried deep within the 1946 Disney film Song of the South, a movie so problematic that the company has chosen to bury it entirely and never make it available on modern home video formats or streaming....

Disney’s Awards Push For ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Doesn’t Seem To Include Robert Downey Jr. For Best Actor By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 3, 2019 11:30 am EST Unless Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker makes a last minute dash for the box office record, Avengers: Endgame will be both the highest grossing movie of 2019 and the highest grossing movie of all time. But that’s not good enough for The Walt Disney Company and Marvel Studios, because they’ll be making a big push for the comic book movie to get some awards love too....

Exclusive ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Clip Goes Behind-The-Scenes On Bringing Sonic To Life By Chris Evangelista/May 18, 2020 1:00 pm EST Sonic the Hedgehog hits Blu-ray this week on May 19 , complete with his last-minute redesign that made the character more visually appealing and less toothy. In honor of the physical media release, we have an exclusive clip that delves into the creation of the movie-version of Sonic. This featurette doesn’t go into the first design – the one that gave everyone nightmares – but instead the final look that ended up in the film, and how it drew on the original video games for inspiration....

Gary Oldman Will Lead Apple Spy Series ‘Slow Horses’ By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 15, 2019 3:00 pm EST Remember Apple TV+? It launched a few weeks ago and then immediately got left in the dust by Disney+. But the Apple streaming service is still kicking, and not ready to instantly throw in the towel. Instead, they’re looking for new material – and they’ve found it. Slow Horses will star Gary Oldman as a leader of a team of British spies, which sure sounds a lot like Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy....

In ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s T-800 Is “Very Different” By Chris Evangelista/July 17, 2019 1:30 pm EST Terminator: Dark Fate hopes to hit the reset switch on the uneven Terminator franchise. Terminator creator James Cameron is involved with the series again for the first time since Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and this new movie ignores every sequel after that. As a result, a whole new timeline has been set up in the world of the films – and that means new Terminators are afoot as well....

Dwayne Johnson Reveals New Black Adam Concept Art THEY NEEDED A HERO. INSTEAD THEY GOT ME⚡️🖤 Excited for the first-ever global celebration of the DC Multiverse – #DCFanDome! This one’s just for you – THE FANS AROUND THE WORLD! Stay healthy, my friends, and I’ll see you all on August 22nd! 🥃 -The Man In Black#BlackAdam pic.twitter.com/m3S4tySYT8 — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) August 7, 2020 At first, the above video looks exactly like the one released by DC, including the list of all the names who will be virtually attending the online experience on August 22....

Nice Guy Rian Johnson Has Nice Things To Say About The ‘Star Wars’ Prequels By Chris Evangelista/July 1, 2020 2:30 pm EST While I don’t know Rian Johnson personally, I think I’m safe in assuming he’s a nice guy. He would have to be – after The Last Jedi came out, Johnson’s Twitter account was bombarded with angry people bemoaning how different his Star Wars movie was. And rather than telling everyone to go pound sand – which is probably what I would’ve done – Johnson has remained polite and even respectful about the entire thing (probably because he knows deep down that he made one of the best Star Wars movies ever)....

Peacock Is Now The Exclusive Streaming Home Of The WWE Network By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 25, 2021 9:00 am EST If Peacock hasn’t tickled your fancy enough by being the exclusive streaming home of The Office, maybe the addition of some good ol’ fashioned wrasslin’ will get you to sign up for the streaming service. Today, Peacock announced that they’ve signed a multi-year agreement to become the exclusive streaming home of the WWE Network in the United States starting in March....

Star Wars Bits: Stormtrooper Beer, Bryce Dallas Howard On The Mandalorian, Kylo Ren Visits Dagobah, And More By Ben Pearson/Sept. 12, 2019 1:30 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Cap off your summer with a Stormtrooper-themed pale ale or pilsner Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is getting its own art book Two prominent Dark Side members visited a children’s hospital Kylo Ren and Supreme Leader Snoke visit Dagobah in a new comic book And more!...