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The Best Brian Dennehy Movies You’ve Never Seen By Rob Hunter/April 27, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. This week we look back on the career of a late, great acting talent!) We lose people everyday, but while most of us will be lucky to live on in other people’s memories, actors have a chance at immortality through their films....

The Morning Watch: ‘The Mandalorian’ Finale Easter Eggs, Fact-Checking Weapons In Movies & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 30, 2019 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, take a deep dive into some of the Easter eggs from the first season finale of The Mandalorian, including that shocking final scene....

The Walt Disney Company Will Give $5 Million To Support Social Justice Causes By Ben Pearson/June 3, 2020 3:00 pm EST Joining several other major Hollywood companies and productions in taking a stand for social justice, The Walt Disney Company has announced that it will be donating $5 million to nonprofit organizations that advance social justice causes – starting with a $2 million donation to the NAACP. But is that enough?...

Weekend Box Office: ‘Jumanji’ Dethrones ‘Frozen II’ For The Top Spot As Everyone Waits Around For ‘Star Wars’ By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 16, 2019 5:00 pm EST It’s Star Wars week! Which means in a few days, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is going to climb to the top of the box office charts. But first, let’s talk about the most recent weekend box office numbers. After two weeks at number one, Frozen II finally fell to second place thanks to the release of Jumanji: The Next Level....

When Will The Rest Of The Marvel And Star Wars Movies Arrive On Disney+? By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 13, 2019 12:30 pm EST The launch of Disney+ yesterday brought a plethora of content from The Walt Disney Company, including most of the movies from the Star Wars and Marvel Cinematic Universe franchises. But there are still some titles from each franchise that aren’t available on Disney+ just yet. That’s because there’s still a holdover streaming deals that Disney has to run out with Netflix before they get the streaming rights back for themselves....

‘Birds Of Prey’ Dethrones ‘Bad Boys For Life’ To Top The Box Office, But Opens Below Projections By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 10, 2020 9:30 am EST Bad Boys for Life has been dominating the box office since arriving in theaters in the middle of January, but the ladies of Birds of Prey took Will Smith and Martin Lawrence down a peg with some DC Comics action. However, even though the movie starring Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn ended up Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with an 81% critical score, it only ended up with roughly $33....

‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Trailer: David Byrne And Spike Lee’s Concert Film Is Not The Same As It Ever Was By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 24, 2020 2:30 pm EST David Byrne’s American Utopia is the kind of once-in-a-lifetime Broadway show experience that will not leave you the same as you ever were. But you can experience it on the small screen with Spike Lee’s dazzling concert film, coming to HBO and HBO Max....

/Filmcast Ep. 561 - Bloodshot (GUEST: Patrick H Willems) By Slashfilmcast/March 30, 2020 8:36 pm EST As social-distancing continues, David, Jeff, Devindra stay in to watch Bloodshot with guest host Patrick H. Willems. Was the latest Vin Diesel action flick worth the $20 rental? Stay safe everyone! Check out Patrick’s main Youtube channel and his second Youtube channel Patrick Willem Presents. Thanks to our sponsor this week: Light Stream. Get an additional interest rate discount to save even more by visiting Lightstream....

‘Homecoming’ Season 2 Will Star Janelle Monáe By Chris Evangelista/July 23, 2019 1:30 pm EST TV Line reports that Homecoming season 2 will star Janelle Monáe. Monáe plays “a tenacious woman who finds herself floating in a canoe, with no memory of how she got there — or even who she is.” Season 1 star Julia Roberts remains an executive producer on the series, but only ever intended to star in one season and not return for more....

‘Inside’ Remakes One Of The Best Horror Movies Of The Past Decade…and It’s A Mess By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 12, 2018 3:00 pm EST The long-delayed Inside (À l’intérieur) remake is finally ready to see the light of day. What this Inside remake review presupposes is…maybe that’s not such a good thing? Who is Inside for? It’s a question that kept running through my head as I watched the long-delayed horror remake....

‘Jurassic World 3’ Title Revealed: Welcome To ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 25, 2020 12:01 pm EST Jurassic World 3 is now filming; in fact, it just started filming – and with that news comes the official title. Are you ready for it? Should I make you wait until after the jump to see it? How much longer can I drag this out? Okay, that’s enough. It’s called Jurassic World: Dominion....

‘Oslo’: Ruth Wilson And Andrew Scott Will Star In New HBO Movie From Executive Producer Steven Spielberg By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 9, 2020 3:00 pm EST Ruth Wilson and Andrew Scott, both of whom appear in HBO’s adaptation of His Dark Materials, are reuniting for another HBO project: Oslo. Based on the stage play by J.T. Rogers, who will also pen the script, the film chronicles the real-life secret back-channel talks that lead to the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords....

‘Parasite’: Writer/Director Bong Joon-Ho Breaks Down Some Key Scenes By Ben Pearson/Nov. 17, 2019 9:00 am EST Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite has become the highest-grossing international film of the year in the United States, and for good reason: the film, which won the Palme d’Or (the top prize) at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, arrived with a level of hype that we haven’t seen in quite some time outside of blockbuster circles....

‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Review: Stranger Stories Have Been Told, But Few As Effortlessly Creepy By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 8, 2019 7:00 am EST Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a title a simple as it is effective — it warns of the unknown lurking in the dark while crooking a finger to invite you in. “Listen, at your own risk,” Alvin Schwartz’s collection of scary stories for children seems to say, welcoming only the most daring of thrill-seekers....

‘The Glorias’ Trailer: Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander And More Play Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 3, 2020 12:30 pm EST Gloria Steinem is an American icon, journalist, and social political activist who became the face of the feminist movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now the story of her revolutionary life is getting an unconventional biopic from Across the Universe director Julie Taymor. Inspired by Gloria Steinem’s biography My Life on the Road, The Glorias will tell the feminist’s story at various stages of her life, from her childhood years to the 1977 National Women’s Conference and several moments in between and beyond....

‘White Snake’ Review: This Chinese Animated Film Is Beautifully Crafted And Surprisingly Sensual By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 19, 2019 2:00 pm EST For all the dominance that China has asserted on the movie industry in recent years, the country has not yet been able to gain a foothold in the animation market. There have been a few Hollywood productions co-financed or co-produced by Chinese studios, but no original films from China have yet to make a mark on outside of the country’s borders....

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Tickets On Sale Now By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 2, 2020 1:00 pm EST Wonder Woman 1984 is making history as a major movie that’s premiering both in theaters and on HBO Max on the same exact day, December 25. And while I think it’s safe to say that most people are going to watch this sequel from the safety of their own homes, those who want a big-screen experience now have a chance to buy advance tickets....

Austin Drive-In Theater Comes To The Rescue Of SXSW Shorts After Festival Cancelation By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 24, 2020 5:30 pm EST The South by Southwest Festival was one of the first major film and tech festivals to be hit hard by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with the city of Austin canceling the event entirely out of abundance of caution. But the cancelation, which came merely a week before the Austin festival was set to run from March 13 through 22, left filmmakers scrambling for a place to showcase their films....

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Movie Casts Kelvin Harrison Jr. As Blues Guitar Legend B.B. King By Ben Pearson/Dec. 31, 2020 4:00 pm EST Kelvin Harrison Jr., who recently played Black Panther activist Fred Hampton in Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, will soon play another larger than life figure in a new movie. Harrison has been cast as blues icon B.B. King in Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann’s movie about Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll....

Comic-Con At Home: ‘The Walking Dead’, Marvel’s ‘Helstrom’, ‘The Simpsons’, And More Panels Announced By Ben Pearson/June 25, 2020 12:30 pm EST San Diego Comic-Con is still happening this year, but guests won’t have to actually make the annual pilgrimage to Southern California because this year, Comic-Con is going virtual. Several Comic-Con at Home panels have been announced for shows like The Walking Dead, Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy, Solar Opposites, a new animated Netflix show from Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and more....