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‘Sea Fever’ Review: An Enthralling, Character-Driven Sea Monster Movie [TIFF 2019] By Jason Gorber/Sept. 13, 2019 8:00 am EST The open ocean has long been the stuff of nightmares, with suspicion and superstition developed over millennia by seafarers. On old maps they would write “there be dragons”, and the oft-quoted fact is that we know more about the surface of the moon than the deepest waters of our planet. Neasa Hardiman’s Sea Fever trades on the fear, fascination and exploitation of the depths, resulting in a film that’s both harrowing and intelligent....

‘Tales Of Arcadia: Wizards’ Trailer Teases The Conclusion Of Guillermo Del Toro’s Animated Fantasy Trilogy By Ethan Anderton/July 24, 2020 10:00 am EST If you’re not a kid or don’t have kids, you might not be familiar with Guillermo del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia fantasy world that DreamWorks Animation has been bringing to life at Netflix. So far, the world has been comprised of three seasons of Trollhunters and two seasons of 3Below....

Discovery Launching New Streaming Service With Shows From HGTV, Food Network, A&E, History, TLC, Travel Channel & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 2, 2020 10:30 am EST Just when you thought the last of the streaming services had launched, Discovery has announced the launch of yet another in January 2021. The new streaming service is called discovery+, and it will come with the largest-ever content library for a new streaming service at launch....

Disney Wants Taika Waititi To Develop A New ‘Star Wars’ Movie By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 16, 2020 3:07 pm EST The ever-busy Taika Waititi is already part of the Star Wars universe, having lent his voice talents to and directed an episode of the Star Wars series The Mandalorian. Now, Disney and Lucasfilm want more. A report states that the Star Wars proprietors are courting Waititi to develop a new Star Wars movie....

By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 2, 2020 4:30 pm EST Before he was an Oscar-winning actor, Jamie Foxx was a comedian and TV star who had his own titular sitcom. Now, in the age of Peak TV, he’s returning to his small screen roots with a new comedy series inspired by his real life. James Foxx will star in and produced Dad, Stop Embarrassing Me, which has just been given a greenlight by Netflix....

New ‘Home Alone’ Reboot Details: What We Know About The New Mischievous Main Character By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 2, 2019 8:30 am EST As for the Home Alone reboot, Disney is taking a slightly different direction by having a husband and wife go to war with a young boy named Max after he steals something from them. And now we have some new details about the young new main character who will try to fill the shoes of Macaulay Culkin....

Quentin Tarantino’s Final Movie Won’t Arrive For A While, But In The Meantime He’s Working On A Novel, Play, And TV Series By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 14, 2019 12:30 pm EST Quentin Tarantino keeps swearing up and down that he’s going to retire from filmmaking after he makes one more movie. And it looks like he won’t be making his tenth and final film for a little while – but that doesn’t mean he won’t be keeping busy....

Sony’s Funimation Buys Crunchyroll From AT&T For $1.2 Billion In A Joining Of Anime Superpowers By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 10, 2020 3:00 pm EST Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that AT&T has agreed to sell its popular anime streaming service, Crunchyroll, to Funimation Global Group, the joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music’s subsidiary, Aniplex Inc. WarnerMedia Chief Revenue Officer Tony Goncalves said of the acquisition: The deal came out to a whopping $1....

Star Wars Bits: ‘The Mandalorian’ Cast Members Reveal Favorite ‘Star Wars’ Film, A Documentary About The Stormtrooper Who Hit His Head, And More By Ben Pearson/Sept. 22, 2019 10:00 am EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: The cast of The Mandalorian reveals their favorite Star Wars films Sideshow Collectibles’ Sith Trooper two-pack is now on sale Watch the trailer for a documentary that aims to find the person who plays the Stormtrooper who famously bumps his head in the original film Check out some Star Wars: Resistance season 2 concept art And more!...

Star Wars Celebration 2020 Still On (For Now), Virtual ‘Star Wars’ Convention Coming May 4 By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2020 2:30 pm EST Star Wars Celebration is still a few months away, but there’s a very good chance it won’t be happening. Many upcoming events – like San Diego Comic-Con – have already been canceled due to the coronavirus, and it seems very likely that the Star Wars Celebration will follow....

Stephen King’s ‘Revival’ Becoming A Movie From ‘Doctor Sleep’ Filmmaker Mike Flanagan By Chris Evangelista/May 8, 2020 2:30 pm EST Mike Flanagan already had a hand in two different, but excellent, Stephen King movies, and now he’s going for a hat trick. The Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep director is signed on to write and possibly direct Revival, based on King’s novel of the same name. Flanagan will once again work with longtime producer Trevor Macy, with the project set-up at Warner Bros....

The Clown And The Town: The Evolution Of Gotham City And The Joker By Rafael Motamayor/Nov. 29, 2019 11:00 am EST Batman and the Joker would not exist if it wasn’t for Gotham City. Whether it’s the city that creates the Bat and its villains – as Joker or Gotham imply – or Batman that changes the city – as Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy seems to think – Gotham City remains a vital component in the Batman mythos....

The Morning Watch: ‘Star Wars’ Death Star Trench Run Storyboards, Wildlife Expert Reviews Animal Scenes & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 6, 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, watch a comparison of the storyboards for the Death Star trench run from Star Wars: A New Hope to the actual sequence in the film....

The Morning Watch: ‘Stranger Things’ World Tour,’ ‘MacGruber Vs Top Gun’ Trailer & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 1, 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, watch what happens when Maverick from Top Gun is forced go up against MacGruber....

The Morning Watch: HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Costume Design Explained, ‘Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time’ & More By Ethan Anderton/June 26, 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, Watchmen costume designers break down the masks worn by the show’s vigilantes in the HBO series....

The Morning Watch: Make Bachelor Chow From ‘Futurama’, ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Movie Meets ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 27, 2021 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, find out how to make the fantastically gross Bachelor Chow from Futurama in a new edition of Binging with Babish....

The New M. Night Shyamalan Movie Will Film This Year And Open Next July By Chris Evangelista/June 23, 2020 1:15 pm EST The still-untitled new M. Night Shyamalan just locked down the rest of its cast, and a release date, too. As previously reported, Shyamalan’s latest will star Eliza Scanlen (Sharp Objects, Little Women), Thomasin McKenzie (Leave No Trace, Jojo Rabbit), Alex Wolff (Hereditary), Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread), and Aaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad)....

Tom Cruise Is Literally Going To Outer Space To Shoot An Action Movie With Elon Musk’s SpaceX [Update] By Ben Pearson/May 4, 2020 5:44 pm EST Update: NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine says that this project will involve the International Space Station. Our original story from May 4, 2020 continues below. Tom Cruise is defying gravity. The global superstar is set to literally leave the globe to star in a new movie which will be shot in space – and he’s teaming up with Elon Musk’s SpaceX company to make it happen....

Video: Best Knotts Berry Farm Rides For Disneyland Fans By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 9, 2019 1:00 pm EST In the latest edition of Ordinary Adventures, Peter and Kitra travel to Knott’s Berry Farm to experience three of their favorite rides in the park, which makes for a good introduction to Knotts for Disneyland fanatics. The video comes from our new YouTube channel Ordinary Adventures, so please subscribe if you haven’t done so already!...

‘Annihilation’ Spoiler Review: A Strange, Haunting Masterpiece By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 26, 2018 7:00 am EST (In our Spoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: Alex Garland’s haunting Annihilation.) With Annihilation, Ex Machina director Alex Garland has crafted a weird, challenging, and disturbing sci-fi horror film that will repel some and amaze others....