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Superhero Bits: ‘Umbrella Academy’ Scene Breakdown, ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ Beta Testing Reactions & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 5, 2020 6:00 pm EST What are the first impressions of Marvel’s Avengers after the first round of beta testing? Want to see another clip from Deathstroke: Knights & Demons? Did James Gunn have any creative interference on The Suicide Squad? Want to hear the Umbrella Academy cast break down a scene? What’s the latest from Ryan Reynolds about Deadpool 3?...

The Visual Effects Society Has Its Claws Out Over The Oscars’ ‘Cats’ Gag By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 11, 2020 11:30 am EST Everyone got in a good laugh about Cats during the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, but the Visual Effects Society had their claws out. The organization representing visual effects artists released a stern statement condemning the Oscars Cats segment, in which stars James Corden and Rebel Wilson poked fun at the Tom Hooper-directed big-budget catastrophe by dressing up as their characters from the film....

This Week In Trailers: After Truth: Disinformation And The Cost Of Fake News, Anne At 13,000 Ft, Proxima, The Last Blockbuster By Christopher Stipp/March 14, 2020 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?...

TV Bits: ‘The Great British Bake Off’, The Return Of G4, ‘Empire’ Spinoff, ‘NCIS’, And More By Ben Pearson/July 30, 2020 5:00 pm EST Time to pop bottles🍾🍾 The following classic shows are coming to @Netflix (US) Moesha – Aug 1 The Game S1-3 – Aug 15 Sister Sister – Sept 1 Girlfriends – Sept 11 The Parkers – Oct 1 Half & Half – Oct 15 One on One – Oct 15...

Universal Studios Will Remain Closed Through At Least May 31 [Updated] By Ben Pearson/April 9, 2020 2:20 pm EST Update – April 9, 2020: Today, Universal has announced that it is extending the closure of Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood, as well as CityWalk at both locations, through at least May 31. The company will continue to pay its employees at 100% through April 19, but offered this update:...

Vince Vaughn Will Become A Teenage Girl In New Blumhouse Body-Swapping Thriller From ‘Happy Death Day’ Director By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 30, 2019 1:30 pm EST Every once in a while, the movie gods bless us with a concept so wacky that it’s hard to resist. Such is the case with a new Blumhouse body-swapping thriller from Happy Death Day director Chris Landon. The untitled film will find Vince Vaughn playing a serial killer who swaps bodies with a teenage girl, played by Kathryn Newton....

You Can Watch The First 8 Minutes Of ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Online Now By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 31, 2020 10:30 am EST As fast as the furry blue speedster can run, Sonic the Hedgehog was in and out of theaters. That’s not entirely the video game movie’s fault — like many other recent theatrical releases, Paramount dropped Sonic the Hedgehog early on VOD in the face of the ongoing coronavirus crisis. But maybe fans aren’t racing fast enough to watch it, or Paramount just wants to give Sonic fans a little treat today....

‘American Factory’ Trailer Chases The Elusive American Dream By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 14, 2019 3:00 pm EST In 2014, a Chinese billionaire opened a car factory in the remains of an abandoned General Motors plant located in Dayton, Ohio. The plant hired two thousand locals to come work alongside transplanted Chinese workers. The East-meets-West culture clash was almost immediate. The documentary American Factory chronicles the story with potentially powerful results. Watch the American Factory trailer below....

‘Arkansas’ Trailer: Liam Hemsworth Makes An Enemy Of Vince Vaughn By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 12, 2020 5:00 pm EST Hollywood has been trying to make Liam Hemsworth a star for years, casting the hunky Aussie in your garden variety action films, blockbuster sequels, and romances. But maybe all he needed to do to prove his star power was grow a beard and throw himself into a slightly weird crime thriller. Hemsworth stars in Arkansas, a somewhat offbeat crime thriller directed by Clark Duke that follows two petty criminals who find themselves in the crosshairs of a drug kingpin played by Vince Vaughn....

‘Big Mouth’ Season 4 Trailer: The Anxiety Mosquito Arrives Just In Time To Close Out 2020 By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 13, 2020 11:00 am EST This year has been absolute trash thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, and even though COVID-19 isn’t coming to the fourth season of Big Mouth, the new episodes will still bring a shitload of teenage anxiety for Nick (Nick Kroll), Andrew (John Mulaney), Jessi (Jessi Klein), Jay (Jason Mantzoukas), and Missy (Jenny Slate)....

‘Bond 25’ Is Officially Titled ‘No Time To Die’ By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 20, 2019 9:14 am EST After months of speculation, rumors, and false leads, the official title for Bond 25 is finally here: No Time to Die. And what a great title that is! No Quantum of Solace nonsense here, folks. No sir. The Bond 25 title comes with a super brief teaser of Daniel Craig doing his thing. Check it out below, and start getting hyped....

‘Fast And Furious 9’ Is Not Adding Ben Stiller To The Cast [Updated] By Ben Pearson/March 2, 2020 3:22 pm EST Update: Ben Stiller has weighed in on this report, shooting it down by saying it is “not at all true, sadly.” Reports of my Fast and Furiosness are greatly exaggerated. Meaning not at all true, sadly. Though I wish them well with the franchise. Fingers crossed it takes off. #FastAndFurious #PageSixIsAmazing — Ben Stiller (@BenStiller) March 2, 2020...

‘Harry Potter At Home’ Summons Daniel Radcliffe To Read ‘Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone’ By Ethan Anderton/May 6, 2020 12:00 pm EST Daniel Radcliffe will always be thankful for his time spent leading the Harry Potter franchise, but the actor is undoubtedly happy to have moved on from the wizarding world. The multi-billion dollar franchise has afforded him a lot of freedom to take on whatever roles he wants, whether it’s a peculiar indie like Swiss Army Man or a wild action thriller Guns Akimbo....

‘Jackpot’ Movie, Based On Yet Another Spider-Man Universe Character, In The Works At Sony By Chris Evangelista/May 21, 2020 11:07 am EST Sony is hellbent on making their Spider-Man Universe (which they also call the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters – yikes) work. After having great success with Venom without the input of Marvel Studios, Sony is feeling pretty confident about forging ahead with other characters. The latest is Jackpot, a female superhero I’m pretty sure most people aren’t familiar with....

‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ Will Have Sam Neill, Laura Dern, And Jeff Goldblum “Through The Whole Film” By Chris Evangelista/July 1, 2020 11:30 am EST If you needed further proof that the original Jurassic Park cast has more to do in Jurassic World: Dominion than just pop-up in cameos, Sam Neill is here to help. Neill, who played Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park 3, has gone on record saying he and his Park co-stars Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum will be popping-up “all the way through the film” rather than just showing up for blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameos....

‘Man Of Steel’ Alternate Ending Had Different Outcome For Superman And Zod Fight, Screenwriter David Goyer Reveals By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 27, 2020 4:00 pm EST The ending of Man of Steel may go down as one of the most polarizing comic book movie endings. The 2013 film directed by Zack Snyder and written by David S. Goyer offered a freshly realistic (read: grim) take on Superman, with a final battle scene that was a marked departure from the typically non-lethal superhero....

‘One Night In Miami’ Trailer: Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, And Jim Brown Walk Into A Hotel… By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 18, 2020 11:30 am EST What if champion boxer Muhammad Ali, historic activist Malcolm X, renowned singer Sam Cooke, and pro footballer Jim Brown all got together for one night back in 1964? That’s exactly what the new film One Night in Miami imagines. An adaptation of the award-winning play of the same name, One Night in Miami marks the feature directorial debut of Oscar and Emmy-winning actress Regina King, and it has all four of these Black icons gathering in Miami after Muhammad Ali defeated heavy weight champion Sonny Liston, sparking powerful conversations about racial injustice, religion, and personal responsibility....

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Honest Trailer: Making ‘Terminator 2’ Pointless But Also Being Pretty Good By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 12, 2020 6:00 am EST Terminator: Dark Fate is one of many new legacy-quels taking what you loved about the best installments of a franchise, ignoring the movies that were bad, and basically rebooting the whole series by doing it all over again. Unfortunately, audiences didn’t really turn out to see this one in theaters, so we’re not likely to see how the story would have continued....

‘The Mandalorian’ Will Show How The First Order Rose To Power In The ‘Star Wars’ Galaxy By Ben Pearson/Sept. 4, 2019 10:30 am EST We’re a little more than two months away from the release of The Mandalorian, the first live-action Star Wars TV series, and since this is going to be a big deal for the nascent Disney+ streaming service, we expect the promotional cycle to ramp up considerably over the new several weeks....

‘They’ve Gotta Have Us’ Trailer: Netflix’s Doc Series Chronicles The Evolution Of Black Cinema By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 4, 2020 4:00 pm EST The history of Hollywood has been chronicled endlessly in various kinds of feature and television documentaries. But Ava DuVernay’s film collective ARRAY is getting a little more specific with a new documentary series called They’ve Gotta Have Us, focusing on art, activism and race as it pertains to black cinema in Hollywood....