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‘Westworld’ Season 3 Premiere Date Set For March By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 13, 2020 8:30 am EST Time to saddle up and go back to the future with Westworld. The third season of the twist-filled HBO show has finally announced its premiere date for March, bringing with it a new teaser that throws off some serious Arrival vibes. After last season essentially blew up the entire premise of the show as we knew it, season 3 looks to be changing things up considerably....

Ben Pearson’s Top 10 Films Of 2020 By Ben Pearson/Jan. 5, 2021 8:00 am EST A common refrain over the past few months has been that 2020, in addition to being a rough year for everyone overall, was also a rough year for movies. But while the pandemic’s impact on the entertainment industry cannot be overstated (and may not truly be known for several more years), and several big-budget movies were bumped further down the release calendar, I’m not ready to relegate the films of 2020 to the same scrap heap that the rest of the year deserved....

J.K. Rowling’s New Children’s Book ‘The Ickabog’ To Be Released For Free Online By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 26, 2020 3:30 pm EST J.K. Rowling has already been letting Harry Potter fans live out their Hogwarts dreams from home with her Harry Potter at Home series, which gave young readers and teachers an online hub to enjoy and share their favorite Wizarding World books and content. Now the author is bringing a new children’s book to young readers starving for something to do while stuck at home....

Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ New Creature Feature Gets ‘Boondocks’ Writer Rodney Barnes To Pen Script By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 9, 2020 4:30 pm EST Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ mysterious monster movie has a writer. The Kong: Skull Island director has been developing a creature feature for New Regency since last year, teaming up with Michael B. Jordan and his Outlier Society production company to produce the movie that will be set in Vogt-Roberts’ hometown of Detroit, Michigan....

Josh Gad Spoiled Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker for Himself Josh Gad is clearly a big Star Wars fan, and under normal circumstances, being invited to the set by his friend Daisy Ridley would have been a real treat. But since Gad was busy filming in London himself, shooting the upcoming adaptation of Artemis Fowl, he kept having to put it off. However, director J.J. Abrams gave permission for Gad to come on the last day of filming, and the scene in question ended up having the biggest spoiler of the finale....

Most Network TV Shows Won’t Finish Their Current Seasons Due To The Coronavirus By Ben Pearson/March 17, 2020 2:00 pm EST As the list of entertainment productions forced to shut down due to the coronavirus continues to grow, a new report says those closures will result in most network TV shows not being able to finish their current seasons. Get the details below. All of our lives have been disrupted in a way that’s unprecedented in modern society thanks to COVID-19, and while we try to self-isolate in our homes to prevent the spread of the virus, we find ourselves with an awful lot of free time on our hands....

The Best Movies Streaming Right Now The Two Popes Now Streaming on Netflix Release Date: 2019Genre: DramaDirector: Fernando MeirellesCast: Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan PryceThe Two Popes is an excuse to watch two great actors – Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce – go head-to-head and sink their teeth into a juicy script. This is a fictionalized (probably very fictionalized) take on the true story of the transfer of power from Pope Benedict XVI (Hopkins) to Pope Francis (Pryce)....

The Art Of Decapitating A Nazi: Exploring The Blood-Splattered Set Of The New ‘Creepshow’ [Set Visit] By Jacob Hall/Sept. 4, 2019 9:00 am EST It’s after midnight and the werewolf can’t quite decapitate the Nazi. I’m on the set of Creepshow in Atlanta, Georgia and it’s a classic case of “hurry up and wait.” The crew stands ready. Actors in werewolf costumes linger off-camera, waiting for their big close-ups. The clock is ticking....

The Morning Watch: Early ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Previsualization, Stuntmen React To ‘Kill Bill’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 1, 2020 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, watch early previsualization animation from Sonic the Hedgehog before the character was given a drastic makeover....

The Paramount Network Is Now The Paramount Movie Network, With Plans To Air A New Movie Every Week By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 22, 2020 4:30 pm EST Before we get to the new and improved Paramount Movie Network, here’s a brief history of the many different names this channel has had over the years. Back in 1983, the channel was created as a partnership between radio station WSM and Westinghouse Broadcasting and named The Nashville Network....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Black Narcissus’ Is Full Of Pent-Up Desire By Ben Pearson/April 25, 2020 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: Black NarcissusWhere You Can Stream It: The Criterion ChannelThe Pitch: A group of nuns try to establish a new convent at an abandoned harem 8,000 feet above a valley in the Himalayas....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Lost’ Is An Intriguing, Game-Changing Piece Of TV History By Ben Pearson/June 15, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Show: LostWhere You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: A plane crashes on a mysterious tropical island, and the survivors quickly realize they’re not alone.Why It’s Essential Quarantine Viewing: Even setting aside the timely aspect of the second season’s quarantine subplot for one of its characters, now is a great time to revisit Lost – or to get into it for the first time....

The Quarantine Stream: Maya Erskine Shines In ‘Plus One’ By Ben Pearson/Nov. 8, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: Plus OneWhere You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: Two friends in their early thirties decide to run the gauntlet of wedding season by being each other’s dates for every wedding, only for them to realize their friendship may be blossoming into something more....

You Can Thank Steven Soderbergh For Helping Get ‘Bill And Ted Face The Music’ Off The Ground By Ethan Anderton/May 20, 2020 10:00 am EST Bill and Ted Face the Music is one of those sequels that people thought would be perpetually talked about but never actually see the light of day. But here we are, with the third installment of the sci-fi comedy series starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter slated for release late this summer....

‘Aya And The Witch’: Studio Ghibli Debuts Images From Its First-Ever Fully CG Animated Feature By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 19, 2020 11:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Studio Ghibli has built a reputation as being the last bastion for 2D animation, one of the final holdouts of that warm, whimsical, hand-drawn style before the entire animation industry succumbs to to the ease of CG animation....

‘Escape Room’ Review: A Surprisingly Fun Thriller That Completely Falls Apart In The End By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 3, 2019 7:00 am EST There’s something extra frustrating about wasted potential, especially when it comes to a movie. A film that’s bad from start to finish is easy to shrug off and forget all about. But the movies that almost get there; that almost stick the landing, only to falter and twist an ankle…those are the films that stick in your craw....

‘Friends’ Sales Rise As The Show Lies In Limbo Between Streaming Services By Ben Pearson/Feb. 20, 2020 5:30 pm EST Breaking news: turns out people still really like watching Friends. The mega-hit NBC sitcom has become a cross-generational juggernaut, resonating with not only the original audience who watched it live, but also with millennials who may not have even been born yet when the show debuted in 1994. Now, with the show having left Netflix and awaiting its arrival on the soon-to-be-launched HBO Max streaming service, fans are still looking for their Friends fix – and they’re getting it by buying the series in huge numbers....

‘Hellraiser’ TV Series Coming To HBO, David Gordon Green To Direct By Chris Evangelista/April 27, 2020 2:00 pm EST Pinhead is about to be very busy. Not only is there a Hellraiser movie reboot in the works, there’s also now a Hellraiser TV series in the works at HBO. The series will be an “elevated continuation and expansion of the well-established Hellraiser mythology,” and Halloween director David Gordon Green is set to direct the pilot and several episodes....

‘Jeopardy!’ Still Has New Episodes With Alex Trebek Through Christmas Day By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 9, 2020 8:30 am EST Over the weekend, longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek sadly passed away at 80 years old after a battle with cancer. Even though this is truly a tragic loss, we’ll all be able to spend a little more time with the gameshow icon. Since Jeopardy! shoots episodes with a fairly long lead time, Sony Pictures Television has banked enough new episodes of the famous quiz show to keep Alex Trebek behind the podium until just before the end of the year....

‘Kindergarten Cop’ Reunion: Arnold Schwarzenegger Surprises The Kids He Told To Shut Up By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 29, 2020 6:00 am EST It’s been 30 years since Kindergarten Cop turned Arnold Schwarzenegger into an undercover cop forced to deal with a kindergarten class of hilariously inappropriate and rambunctious children. At the time, Schwarzenegger was at the height of his action superstar fame thanks to movies like The Terminator, Commando, and Predator, so seeing him tower over a group of wild children was absolutely hilarious....