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Eddie Murphy May Return To Stand-Up Comedy Over At Netflix By Ethan Anderton/July 19, 2019 4:30 pm EST Before Eddie Murphy became a big movie star, he was a stand-up giant. Largely considered one of the most successful comedians of all time, Murphy released his first comedy album in 1982, followed it up with the Delirious comedy special in 1983, and then a theatrically released stand-up concert from Madison Square Garden called Eddie Murphy: Raw in 1987, which grossed $50 million....

Josh Trank And Tom Hardy Reuniting For Limited Series About The CIA By Chris Evangelista/May 14, 2020 11:30 am EST Josh Trank and Tom Hardy recently unleashed Capone upon the world, and they’re not through yet. According to Trank, he’s developing a new limited series about the CIA for Hardy to produce and star in. The series will track the forming of the CIA and, in Trank’s words, “capitalism versus communism....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 2, 2020 12:00 pm EST Kidman will be producing the series via her Blossom Films banner, in just the latest of the actress’ prestige TV projects. After earning acclaim and an Emmy win for her role in Big Little Lies, which she also executive produced, Kidman has gotten a taste for producing and starring in prestige TV series — most based on novels, many on Liane Moriarty (the author of Big Little Lies) novels....

The Best Movies Streaming Right Now Inglourious Basterds Now Streaming on Netflix Release Date: 2009Genre: Dark ComedyDirector: Quentin Tarantino Cast: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, Mélanie LaurentQuentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is now playing in theaters everywhere, and it’s pretty damn great. But if you’re in the mood for more Tarantino, Netflix just dropped what might be his best movie: Inglourious Basterds....

Small-Screen Stream: The Best Streaming TV Shows About…MURDER! By Amelia Emberwing/Nov. 16, 2019 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Small-Screen Stream, a feature where we share the best television shows streaming and where you can watch them.)It’s always a good time to do a murder, right? Wait, no. That’s wrong. I’m sorry. It’s always the perfect time to solve a murder! Nothing to see here. No skeletons or otherwise unburied body parts hiding in any closets....

Superhero Bits: Lulu Wang Has Met With Marvel, ‘The Flash’ And ‘Supergirl’ Stars Say Bye To ‘Arrow’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 27, 2020 6:00 pm EST What are the three finalists in the DC Universe’s DCYou Unscripted competition? Which Spider-Man shows have yet to be added to Disney+? What weapon did Thanos almost have in Avengers: Endgame? How good are Joaquin Phoenix’s chances of winning the Oscar for Best Actor?...

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. By Ethan Anderton/June 29, 2020 6:00 pm EST What DC Comics should you read if you’re just now digging into comics? What is the working title for the Ms. Marvel series on Disney+? Want to get a print of some new X-Men art by Alex Ross? Want to see Ryan Reynolds crash a charitable X-Men reunion? What did Justice League star Ray Fisher recently say about Joss Whedon?...

Surprise! ‘Creepshow’ TV Series Is Now Streaming Early By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 26, 2019 1:00 pm EST Shudder’s Creepshow TV series wasn’t supposed to drop onto the horror streaming service until late tonight. But the gods of horror have decided to bestow a gift upon us, and you can catch Creepshow streaming right now. The horror anthology series is inspired by the George Romero and Stephen King film of the same name, and this new incarnation is under the leadership of filmmaker and special effects guru Greg Nicotero....

Tamora Pierce’s ‘Tortall Universe’ Is Finally Getting A TV Adaptation By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 1, 2019 2:30 pm EST It took long enough, but Hollywood is finally wising up to the untapped potential of Tamora Pierce’s works. Pierce is one of the most prolific YA fantasy of all time, but her books have remained largely ignored by Hollywood, despite fantasy adaptations being all the rage lately in the wake of Game of Thrones and Harry Potter....

The Original Film Negative Of ‘The Beastmaster’ Is Lost And Director Don Coscarelli Needs Your Help Finding It By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 21, 2020 9:30 am EST The Beastmaster is a 1982 movie about a warrior named Dar, the son of a king who is taken to live with another family as a baby in order to be protected from a priest trying to kill him in order to prevent a prophecy from being fulfilled....

The Unpopular Opinion: Okay, Let’s Hear From Someone Who Doesn’t Like ‘The Irishman’ By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 29, 2019 8:00 am EST (Welcome to The Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly beloved by all. In this edition: The Irishman is a regression on multiple fronts for director Martin Scorsese.) In ancient Egypt, pharaohs would be entombed with everything they needed for the next life: all their treasures and their mummified cats and even their living servants....

Watch: ‘Goldman V Silverman’, A Short Film From The ‘Uncut Gems’ Team Of Adam Sandler And The Safdie Brothers By Ben Pearson/Jan. 16, 2020 4:30 pm EST Now that Josh and Benny Safdie, the filmmakers behind last year’s sustained cinematic panic attack Uncut Gems, have given audiences around the world anxiety, they’ve reteamed with star Adam Sandler to provide a slightly lower-key viewing experience in the form of a new short film....

You Can Now Remove Content From Your Netflix “Continue Watching” Row On Apple Devices By Ben Pearson/July 8, 2020 4:00 pm EST So, you’ve brought someone home with the intention to “Netflix and chill.” But as you fire up your Netflix app on your iPad to find something to put on in the background, your “Continue Watching” row pops up. You try to quickly scroll past it, but it’s too late: you glance over at your would-be romantic partner and notice that they have a horrified look on their face, because they noticed that the three most recent things you watched were embarrassing as hell....

‘Black Widow’ Is Back In New Total Film Magazine Covers To Remind You It’s Coming Out In November By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 14, 2020 9:30 am EST Black Widow is back, baby! Oh, did you forget that this Marvel movie was waiting in the wings for us in November? Don’t worry, so did the rest of the world, which has dramatically changed since Black Widow was the next most-hyped Marvel Studios film....

By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 3, 2020 11:00 am EST If the prospect of Al Pacino hunting down Nazis doesn’t catch your interest, you might want to check your pulse. Pacino leads the Jordan Peele-produced series Hunters, about a team of Nazi hunters living in New York in the 1970s. It turns out that there are hundreds of high-ranking Nazis hiding out in the U.S., and only Pacino and the gang can stop them....

‘Mudbound’ Director Dee Rees To Write And Direct New ‘Porgy And Bess’ Adaptation By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 11, 2020 3:30 pm EST “Porgy and Bess is at its core, a love story,” Rees said in a statement. “So I’m very excited to take on the challenge of this highly venerated, iconic material and lift the architecture of this unlikely love story and re-site it at a place and moment of resistance.” The director added:...

‘Richard Jewell’ Clips: Making And Unmaking An American Hero By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 5, 2019 8:30 am EST Richard Jewell is the tragic tale of the unmaking of an American hero. And a new clip and featurette from the Clint Eastwood-directed drama reveals what goes into the making of that tragic tale. Warner Bros. has released two new Richard Jewell clips ahead of the drama’s release, one of which is a featurette on how Eastwood brought the story of the falsely accused security guard to life....

‘Scream 5’ Almost Starred Samara Weaving, And Now We’re Sad That’s Not Happening By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 21, 2020 1:30 pm EST The directors of Ready or Not are set to helm Scream 5, and they almost brought their Ready or Not star along with them. Samara Weaving, who was absolute fire in that horror-comedy, has revealed she was very close to joining the Scream 5 cast but had to pass due to scheduling issues....

‘Spellbound’: Music Legend Alan Menken To Score A Non-Disney Animated Film By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 21, 2020 1:00 pm EST Alan Menken can never take a break from being a Disney Legend, but the Oscar-winning composer and lyricist can take a break from scoring a Disney movie every now and then. Menken is lending his extraordinary talents to Skydance Animation’s upcoming Spellbound, an animated musical fantasy that sounds right up the composer’s wheelhouse....

‘The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind’ TV Series Coming From Alex Kurtzman By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2020 4:00 pm EST Alex Kurtzman’s television and movie production company Secret Hideout has scored the rights to Jackson Ford’s novel The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind, with the intent of adapting it to TV. The novel follows a girl with telekinetic powers who is forced to clear her name after she’s accused of murder....