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‘Brian Banks’ Review: An Interesting Story Told At The Wrong Moment By Josh Spiegel/Aug. 9, 2019 8:00 am EST Some true stories can be both entirely remarkable, and still not appropriate dramatically for the current moment. Take, for instance, the story of Brian Banks. When he was 16, Brian was a high-school football star accused of rape by a female classmate. Even with shaky evidence, Brian was sentenced to six years in prison despite maintaining his innocence....

‘Chairman Spaceman’ Could Be The Next Live-Action Film From ‘WALL-E’ Director Andrew Stanton By Chris Evangelista/May 19, 2020 3:00 pm EST Andrew Stanton, director of WALL-E, John Carter, Finding Nemo, and more, is in talks to helm Chairman Spaceman, based on the short story of the same name. Simon Kinberg is producing the project, which follows a corporate raider trying to make amends for his deeds by helping colonize the solar system....

‘Emma’ Trailer: Anya Taylor-Joy Is Jane Austen’s Famous Matchmaker By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 16, 2019 4:00 pm EST Jane Austen’s Emma gets a new reimagining from photographer-turned-director Autumn de Wilde, making her feature debut. Anya Taylor-Joy is in the role of the eponymous heroine, who loves to play matchmaker but has no need for a love of her own. Until she does. Lots of British humor and scenes of people in frock coats follow....

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Poster Teases The Ultimate Monster Showdown – First Trailer Arrives On Sunday By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 21, 2021 10:00 am EST Godzilla and King Kong are ready to rumble in the first Godzilla vs. Kong poster. The stylish, ominous poster arrives ahead of the film’s first trailer, which is set to drop on Sunday, January 24. The Adam Wingard-directed flick is the latest in Legendary’s MonsterVerse, which kicked-off with Godzilla, continued with Kong: Skull Island, and recently unleashed Godzilla: King of the Monsters....

‘One For The Road’ Review: ‘Bad Genius’ Director Steers A Stylish Road Trip Dramedy [Sundance 2021] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 29, 2021 10:00 am EST Thai director Nattawut Poonpiriya’s impossibly stylish high school heist thriller Bad Genius was one of the best hidden gems to emerge from the Southeast Asian region over the past few years, and seemed to signal a bright new filmmaker in the arena who could rival Edgar Wright in breakneck editing and crazy camera acrobatics....

‘Resident Evil’ Reboot Cast Adds Donal Logue As Raccoon City Chief Of Police By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 2, 2020 3:30 pm EST The Resident Evil reboot cast is still growing. A bunch of names – including Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Amell, Hannah John-Kamen, and more – were previously announced, and now, Donal Logue, everyone’s favorite Donal, is joining the cast as well. Logue will play Brian Irons, Chief of Police of Raccoon City, where the story takes place....

‘Rogue One’ Prequel Series Casts ‘6 Underground’ Actress In Lead Role Opposite Diego Luna By Ben Pearson/Aug. 10, 2020 10:47 am EST Disney’s Rogue One prequel series cast just grew by one. Adria Arjona, who recently played a key role in Michael Bay’s Netflix film 6 Underground, has been cast as one of the leads in the Disney+ prequel show about the daring exploits of Diego Luna’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story character Cassian Andor....

‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Reveals The New Tune Squad Jerseys By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 18, 2020 7:32 am EST There’s a lot of nostalgia for the 1996 live-action animated hybrid Space Jam. The movie teamed up Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes for an cartoonishly epic game of basketball against aliens who had stolen the talent of some of the best players in the NBA. Ever since LeBron James became a basketball superstar, fans have been wanting to see him step up to star in a sequel....

‘The Irishman’ Review: Martin Scorsese Reflects On Mortality With A Funny, Melancholy Masterwork By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 27, 2019 5:00 pm EST The Irishman opens with a long, one-take tracking shot that feels familiar. One of the most famous film moments of director Martin Scorsese’s acclaimed career involves the long, one-take tracking shot in Goodfellas, following gangster Henry Hill and girlfriend Karen as they descend through a series of backrooms and basements to work their up way into the Copacabana....

‘The New Pope’ Trailer: Pope Season Continues With The Sequel Series To ‘The Young Pope’ By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 10, 2019 4:00 pm EST It’s Pope Season! Not only do we have The Two Popes arriving on Netflix this month, we also have The New Pope headed to HBO a month later. That’s enough popes for everyone, I think. The New Pope is the second season of The Young Pope, in which Jude Law wore sunglasess, smoked cigarettes, and also became the leader of the Catholic Church....

‘The Red Sea Diving Resort’ Trailer: Chris Evans Attempts To Smuggle Refugees To Safety By Chris Evangelista/July 16, 2019 5:30 pm EST Chris Evans’s time as Captain America has come to an end, which means it’s time for him to branch out into other projects. He has Knives Out hitting theaters later this year, but this month you can catch him in the Netflix film The Red Sea Diving Resort. The film is inspired by a true story, and follows a team lead by Evans and Michael Kenneth Williams trying to smuggle refugees to Israel....

‘The Secret Garden’ Trailer: The Classic Children’s Fantasy Gets A New Adaptation By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 18, 2019 2:30 pm EST The Secret Garden is a literary classic that children have been reading for over a century. The tale follows an orphaned girl left to live with her uncle in England after the tragic death of her British parents in their home country of India. The dreary setting nearly breaks her spirit until she uncovers a magical secret garden that blooms with bright colors and gives her some semblance of hope....

‘The War With Grandpa’ Dethrones ‘Tenet’ In The Continually Depressing Weekend Box Office By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 13, 2020 4:00 pm EST As if 2020 wasn’t already weird enough, the family comedy The War with Grandpa, starring Robert De Niro and directed by Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties filmmaker Tim Hill, has dethroned Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi action blockbuster Tenet from the top spot on the box office charts. All it took was $3....

A ‘RoboCop’ Prequel With No RoboCop? MGM Is Developing A Show About Ronny Cox’s Dick Jones By Ben Pearson/Sept. 9, 2020 2:30 pm EST What does a RoboCop prequel look like without RoboCop in it? A similar question was posed when AMC’s Better Call Saul was first announced, and similar to how that show tracks Jimmy McGill’s transformation into scummy lawyer Saul Goodman, MGM’s new RoboCop prequel show aims to track the evolution of a younger Richard Jones into Dick Jones, the slimy corporate predator played by Ronny Cox in Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 classic....

Apple TV+ Rebooting PBS Series ‘Ghostwriter’, But It Sounds Extremely Different By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 11, 2019 4:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. During Apple’s most recent presentation for their upcoming streaming subscription service Apple TV+, there was a wall of key art behind Tim Cook revealing which shows would be available at launch. One of them was an image that nobody had seen before with a group of kids standing amidst a pile of giant books with the title Ghostwriter written in a typewriter-style font on one of the spines....

Broadway’s ‘Slave Play’ Succeeds Where Most Slave Films Tend To Fail By Siddhant Adlakha/Sept. 24, 2019 10:00 am EST It’s difficult to talk about Slave Play without giving away its conceit — in fact, it’s damn near impossible. If watching the show unsullied is something you prefer, then know this much: at the beginning, it’s about three sexual encounters steeped in a racial power play in the antebellum south. At the end, it’s…well, it’s still about that, in a way, and you may find yourself needing a stiff drink afterwards....

Cool Stuff: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Gets A Fifth Anniversary Mondo Vinyl Soundtrack With Boneface Artwork By Ethan Anderton/April 14, 2020 10:30 am EST If you’re ready to die historic on the fury road, Mondo has you covered. Mad Max: Fury Road is a vibrant, masterfully shot action bonanza directed by George Miller. But a big part of what makes the movie ride so seamlessly through the desert is the incredible score from Junkie XL....

Cool Stuff: New ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Bespin Duel LEGO Set And ‘Star Wars’ Celebration Funko POP Exclusives By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 21, 2020 6:00 am EST Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is a little hard this year since it’s not exactly the safest time to head back to movie theaters as they start to reopen this month and into September. That’s especially difficult with Star Wars Celebration 2020 canceled this year....

Cool Stuff: Sideshow’s New ‘Scream’ Ghost Face Figure Will Slash The Rest Of Your Collectibles By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 5, 2020 6:00 am EST It’s October, which means it’s time for all your favorite slashers to come slicing through your television. But if you’ve got some extra scratch lying around, and you need a high-end collectible to show your love for Halloween, Sideshow Collectibles has something that will gut the rest of your decorations like a fish....

Criminals Of Gotham, Beware: ‘The Batman’ Has Begun Filming By Ben Pearson/Jan. 6, 2020 10:30 am EST It’s been nearly three years since Zack Snyder’s Justice League gave us the most recent live-action version of Batman on the big screen. (Young Bruce Wayne in Joker doesn’t count). But today, the countdown to seeing a new version of The Dark Knight officially begins: Matt Reeves’ The Batman has begun filming in London....