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‘The Baccarat Machine’ Will Make Awkwafina The World’s Most Successful Female Gambler By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 12, 2020 5:30 pm EST Awkwafina is ready to make a fortune as The Baccarat Machine. The Farewell actress is set to star in a film based on the true story of Cheung Yin “Kelly” Sun, the most successful female gambler in history. Sun’s talent for baccarat helped her score tens of millions in less than a year with the help of legendary poker player Phil Ivey....

‘The Culling’ Is The Next Horror Film From Director David F. Sandberg By Chris Evangelista/June 22, 2020 2:00 pm EST David F. Sandberg, director of Shazam!, Lights Out, and more, has a new horror project headed our way. Sandberg will direct The Culling, which follows a priest battling a demon while hiding out in a remote cabin. Lionsgate purchased the spec script for the film from writer Stephen Herman, and Sandberg plans to make The Culling before he directs Shazam 2....

‘The Devil All The Time’ Trailer: Tom Holland Leads Netflix’s Explosive Gothic Thriller By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 13, 2020 6:03 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Tom Holland leads a star-studded cast in a steamy Gothic thriller that could kick off this year’s award season (if there is one). Netflix has released the official trailer for The Devil All the Time, an adaptation of Donald Ray Pollock’s book of the same name which stars Holland, Robert Pattinson, Jason Clarke, Riley Keough, and more put on their best Ohio accents in what’s described as an “explosive” Midwestern Gothic tale....

‘The Empire Strikes Back’ Time Capsule Goes Back In Time And Behind The Scenes By Chris Evangelista/May 21, 2020 2:30 pm EST Today is the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, which gives everyone yet another excuse to talk about Star Wars. In honor of the anniversary, a new Empire Strikes Back time capsule video allows us to have a look behind-the-scenes of the Irvin Kershner-directed sequel, considered by many to be the very best Star Wars movie....

‘The Good Place’ And ‘BoJack Horseman’ Used Their Final Episodes To Stare Death In The Eye By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 4, 2020 8:00 am EST There is a doorway. At some point, we all have to step through that doorway, and explore beyond what our lives have to offer us. It’s impossible to know what’s beyond the doorway until we step through it — it could lead to a new, ethereal plane of existence, or it could lead to a grim blackness, a vast and infinite nothingness that puts a cruel period on the sentence of life....

‘The Undoing’ Trailer: Nicole Kidman’s Life Falls Apart In The Wake Of A Disaster [Updated] By Chris Evangelista/March 26, 2020 11:20 am EST Update: We’d previously covered HBO’s officially-released teasers for this show, but the premium channel has since replaced them with different versions. The biggest difference is that the earlier versions said the show would be premiering on May 10, 2020, but these new versions have changed the premiere date to a more vague “this fall....

‘Trolls: World Tour’ Made More Money In Three Weeks On VOD Than The First Film Made In Five Months At Theaters By Chris Evangelista/April 28, 2020 11:00 am EST Is the age of going to the movies officially dead? No, probably not. But studios are bound to start thinking differently about digital VOD releases now thanks to Trolls: World Tour. In the wake of the coronavirus shutting down movie theaters, Universal made the then-unprecedented decision to release the animated sequel directly to VOD – and it looks like it’s a decision that paid off....

‘We Can Be Heroes’ First Look: Pedro Pascal, Christian Slater Are Superheroes In Robert Rodriguez’s New Netflix Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 12, 2020 10:30 am EST Robert Rodriguez can be Hollywood’s favorite family-friendly director…just for one day. Every few years or so, the Alita: Battle Angel director will deliver a new family movie out of nowhere — Spy Kids would become a minor phenomenon in 2001, spawning a four-film series and an animated reboot, and The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl has gained a small but passionate following....

A Black-And-White Version Of ‘Parasite’ Is Coming In 2020 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 31, 2019 8:30 am EST It’s been a banner year for Bong Joon-ho and his genre-defying masterwork Parasite. Since winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes earlier this year, Parasite has taken the world by storm, skyrocketing to the top of dozens of best of the year lists and even a few best of the decade lists (including ours). Now Parasite will head into 2020 with another achievement under its belt: a black-and-white release....

Absolute Legend Martin Scorsese Has No Interest In Watching ‘Joker’ By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 2, 2020 3:00 pm EST Whatever you think of Joker (it’s fine!), you have to admit that Todd Phillips’ dark, violent take on Batman’s arch-nemesis owes a considerable debt to the work of director Martin Scorsese. Scorsese was even mentioned as a possible producer at one point. You would think that might inspire The Irishman filmmaker to watch the movie, but you’d be wrong....

Edgar Wright Shares Spooky ‘Last Night In Soho’ First Look As Production Wraps By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 3, 2019 7:00 am EST There’s one less night until we get to see Edgar Wright’s upcoming thriller Last Night in Soho. The Baby Driver director announced that his upcoming psychological horror movie wrapped production with a first look image featuring star Thomasin McKenzie looking a little spooked. Last Night in Soho First Look...

Exclusive: See The Real Magical Gardens In The U.K. Where ‘The Secret Garden’ Was Filmed By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 10, 2020 1:30 pm EST The garden in The Secret Garden looks different to everyone who reads Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved 1911 classic. It may be an untamed plot of land with room for wildflowers and imagination for some, or a pastoral paradise with every kind of foliage imaginable. The latest adaptation leans toward the latter, dialed up to a hundred, presenting an awe-inspiring oasis full of ferns, flowers, and ancient architecture that makes one feel like they’re stepping into a fairy tale....

HBO Max Release Date And Pricing Revealed [Updated] By Ben Pearson/Oct. 29, 2019 3:32 pm EST Today, at an event on the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California, WarnerMedia revealed some new details about its upcoming streaming service, HBO Max. Read on to learn when exactly the streaming service will be available and how much it’ll cost. HBO Max Release Date And Pricing Revealed [Updated] By Ben Pearson/Oct. 29, 2019 3:32 pm EST...

HBO Max Human-Powered Discovery Talent and influencers will be the humans utilized in this “Recommended by Humans” feature, sharing the content they love. HBO has been playing with this idea for a little while now, but this seems like they’ve taken it to the next level. The example shown during the presentation was Zac Efron (High School Musical, Neighbors) talking about why he loves one of his favorite movies, The Exorcist....

Razzie Awards 2020: ‘Cats’ Is Awarded Worst Picture, While Eddie Murphy Wins Razzie Redeemer Award By Ben Pearson/March 16, 2020 4:00 pm EST The Golden Raspberry Awards – which must have, at one point, been an enjoyable thing to someone, somewhere – are back, and the organization has once again chosen the most obvious and frankly boring choice for its top prize. Director Tom Hooper’s Cats was the big “winner” of the night, taking home a total of six Razzies, including the Worst Picture of the year prize....

Rian Johnson May Make Another Murder Mystery With Daniel Craig, Still Working On ‘Star Wars’ By Ben Pearson/Sept. 9, 2019 4:00 pm EST The Rian Johnson mystery Knives Out just debuted on Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival, and you can read our glowing review right here. But if you’re already hoping to see even more of Daniel Craig’s detective character, there’s good news: Johnson sounds interested in reuniting with the actor for additional murder mysteries in the future....

Star Wars Celebration 2020 Canceled, Convention Will Return In 2022 By Chris Evangelista/June 15, 2020 9:30 am EST After hoping for the best, Lucasfilm has given into the inevitable. Star Wars Celebration 2020 is now canceled, and will return in 2022. Back in April, as the coronavirus was shutting down or delaying pretty much everything, Lucasfilm released a statement proclaiming that they were still hoping to hold this year’s Star Wars Celebration in August....

Steven Soderbergh Nearly Made A James Bond Movie – Here’s Why It Didn’t Happen By Ben Pearson/Dec. 30, 2020 12:00 pm EST The name’s Soderbergh. Steven Soderbergh. The prolific filmmaker behind Ocean’s Eleven, Traffic, Erin Brockovich, and dozens of other movies recently confirmed that he once came close to directing a James Bond film. Read his quotes about that time and how he was able to channel some of his ideas for the world’s most famous spy into other projects....

Superhero Bits: ‘Batman: Year Of The Dragon’ Clip, ‘Justice League: World War II’ Voice Cast & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 8, 2021 6:00 pm EST What can we expect from the second season of Batwoman? Who is lending their voices to the animated DC Comics movie Justice Society: World War II? Want to see a new clip from Batman: Year of the Dragon? What idea did James Gunn steal from fan theories for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Superhero Bits: Fanmade ‘Quake’ Spin-Off Trailer, ‘Gotham Knights’ Theory, ‘Daredevil’ History Changes & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 26, 2020 6:00 pm EST Who is responsible for Commissioner Gordon’s death in the Gotham Knights video game? Which recording artist recently cosplayed in a photoshoot as Barb Wire? How does a new Daredevil comic rewrite the superhero’s history? Will Supergirl be referenced in Zack Snyder’s Justice League? Want to see a fanmade trailer for an Agents of SHIELD spin-off about Quake?...