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‘Murder House Flip’ Trailer: Quibi Combines Home Improvement With True Crime By Chris Evangelista/March 18, 2020 10:30 am EST Quibi, you beautiful tropical fish, you’ve done it. You’ve made a show too unique, too strange, and too irresistible. That show is Murder House Flip, and it’s exactly what it sounds like: a home improvement-style show where people try to fix up and sell houses that were once scenes of murder. It’s so ghoulish and darkly comedic that I have no choice but to watch every episode when it’s available....

‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Could Get A Miniseries Extended Cut Like ‘The Hateful Eight’ By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 6, 2019 12:30 pm EST Old and busted: Director’s cuts. New hotness: Miniseries extended cuts. That seems to be the mentality that writer/director Quentin Tarantino now has when it comes to fleshing out his movies. Just recently, Tarantino released a new miniseries cut of his western The Hateful Eight on Netflix. It was different from the extended roadshow cut that toured the United States, and it was the first time any alternate cut of the movie had been made available to stream....

‘Run’ Trailer: Domhnall Gleeson And Merritt Wever Run Away From It All By Chris Evangelista/March 20, 2020 4:30 pm EST We’d all like to get away from it all right now, but…we can’t. But we can live vicariously through Domhnall Gleeson and Merritt Wever, who drop everything to travel across the country in Run, a new HBO series from writer Vicky Jones and producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag). A new Run trailer gives us a better look at the series, and it looks fast-paced, funny, mysterious, and sexy....

‘Seized’ Trailer: It’s ‘Taken’ Meets ‘John Wick’, With Martial Arts Superstar Scott Adkins By Ben Pearson/Aug. 3, 2020 7:30 am EST These days, Scott Adkins is the worst-kept secret in the world of martial arts movies. The ass-kicking English actor flew under the radar for a few years in films like the Undisputed sequels before making enough of an impression on Hollywood to play supporting roles in mainstream films like Doctor Strange, Zero Dark Thirty, and The Bourne Ultimatum....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ To Overtake ‘Last Jedi’ As The Longest ‘Star Wars’ Movie By Ben Pearson/Oct. 22, 2019 11:00 am EST Strap in, Star Wars fans – the longest film in the franchise’s history blasts into theaters this December. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker tickets went on sale last night, and on those ticketing services, the film’s runtime has been listed at 155 minutes, or 2 hours and 35 minutes....

‘Supernatural’ Cast Says Goodbye In Bittersweet Farewell Panel [Comic-Con 2019] By Vanessa Armstrong/July 21, 2019 1:33 pm EST “Can we all just start crying so I don’t feel so weird?” Jared Padelecki said at the beginning of this year’s Supernatural panel at San Diego Comic-Con. It was an emotional time not only for him and the others on stage, but also for the fans in the Hall H audience. After a staggering 15 seasons and numerous Comic-Con appearances, Supernatural is coming to an end....

‘The Comey Rule’ Release Date Bumped Up To Air Before The 2020 Election By Ethan Anderton/June 24, 2020 9:00 am EST Last week, we got our first glimpse at the upcoming Showtime political drama miniseries The Comey Rule. Based on former FBI director James Comey’s book A Higher Loyalty, the miniseries focuses on Russia’s manipulation of the United States election process in 2016 and the investigation into the Trump presidency that followed after evidence pointed to collusion between his campaign higher-ups and Russian operatives....

‘The Comey Rule’ Trailer: Brendan Gleeson Plays The Clown Con Man Known As Donald Trump By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 18, 2020 1:30 pm EST The 2020 election is heating up, and Showtime has the perfect piece of programming to accompany all the madness. The Comey Rule is a two-part limited series adaptation and dramatization of events discussed in former FBI Director James Comey’s best-selling book A Higher Loyalty, specifically dealing with President Donald Trump (portrayed by Brendan Gleeson) and the 2016 election tampering investigation....

‘The King’s Man’ Trailer: Where Did The Legendary Kingsman Agency Come From? By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 29, 2019 5:31 pm EST We’ve already seen that the legendary Kingsman intelligence agency can survive pretty anything, whether it’s a mind-altering device that makes the entire world go crazy in Kingsman: The Secret Service or a dangerous drug epidemic in Kingsman: The Golden Circle. But now we’ll see how the Kingsman came to be such legendary protectors of the world in the agency’s origin story....

2020 Sundance Movies Sold Include ‘Spree’, ‘Shirley’ And Many More [Continuously Updated] By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 10, 2020 10:10 am EST The 2020 Sundance Film Festival is underway, and we’ve already seen a lot of great movies in the mountains of Park City, Utah. But this year, studios and distributors are being a little more cautious when it comes to picking up any of the buzzed about movies playing at the festival....

Annapurna Pictures May Be Exploring The Idea Of Bankruptcy; Founder Megan Ellison Has “No Intention” To Shut Down The Company By Ben Pearson/Aug. 7, 2019 4:12 pm EST Annapurna Pictures, the indie production company-turned-film-distributor run by Megan Ellison, has reportedly been reeling a bit since the company lost money on all but one of its 2018 movies. A report last year claimed Annapurna was “reevaluating” its film division (a claim the company denied at the time), but now The Hollywood Reporter says Annapurna Pictures “has retained a law firm to explore bankruptcy protection”....

CBS Drama ‘All Rise’ Produces A Coronavirus Episode Made Entirely From Home By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 6, 2020 1:00 pm EST Television in the time of coronavirus is going to start to look drastically different. While many TV and film productions across the world have shut down out of abundance of caution for the spreading coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some shows have forged ahead. Most of those ongoing productions are animated shows, with most of the moving parts of animated series (voice acting, animation, etc....

Hollywood Guilds & Unions Unveil New Production Protocols To Combat The Coronavirus By Ben Pearson/June 12, 2020 12:30 pm EST Today marks the first day that film and television production in Hollywood can officially begin since the coronavirus forced the entertainment industry to press pause back in March. In conjunction with that reopening, several of the industry’s biggest guilds and unions have teamed up to release a document laying out new production protocols to keep casts and crews safe....

J.J. Abrams Explains Unanswered Questions About Rey Reveal, Finn’s Message, Rey And Kylo Ren In ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 23, 2019 7:30 am EST Update: The original poster of the video asking J.J. Abrams about Rey and Kylo Ren’s relationship clarified the context of the answer. This weekend, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker brought about the long-awaited end of the Skywalker Saga, capping off decades of storytelling and wrapping up dozens of loose threads about beloved characters and arcs....

Kevin Bacon Will Play A Father Who Betrays His Criminal Son In ‘One Way’ By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 5, 2020 5:30 pm EST Kevin Bacon has joined the cast of One Way, an action-thriller from director Andrew Baird. The story follows a criminal, played by Colson Baker, AKA musician Machine Gun Kelly, on the run with a bag of cash stolen from boss. Baker’s character turns to his father, played by Bacon, for help....

Listen To Meryl Streep Rap In Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Prom’, And Despair By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 20, 2020 11:30 am EST It’s been a very rough year. We’re almost at the end, folks, but if you thought we were going to make it to 2021 without having to hear Meryl Streep rap, you were sorely mistaken. Streep is one of the cast members of The Prom, Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, and Matthew Sklar’s award-winning, Tony-nominated Broadway musical, and as is par for the course with most stage-to-screen adaptations, there’s a new original song not featured in the Broadway production....

Mickey And Minnie’s Runaway Railway Opening Date For Walt Disney World Announced By Ben Pearson/Dec. 3, 2019 5:04 pm EST Mickey Mouse has been the face of The Walt Disney Company for years, but he’s never gotten his own theme park ride – until now. Today, Disney announced the official Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway opening date for the new ride at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios in Florida. Read on to find out more about the ride and when you’ll be able to jump on board....

The Best Movies Streaming Right Now The Irishman Now Streaming on Netflix Release Date: 2019Genre: DramaDirector: Martin ScorseseCast: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jesse Plemons, Harvey KeitelThe Irishman arrived on Netflix just before the Thanksgiving holiday, which means most people have probably watched it by now. But seeing as it’s my favorite movie of the year, I figured I had to include it....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘Lupin,’ ‘Veneno,’ ‘Awaara,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 22, 2021 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) It’s a new year, with new foreign-language films and TV shows to stream: a few late-year streaming hits, along with a few classics and hidden gems that may have slipped under your radar. But we’re back and here to recommend you some titles that will help you meet that New Year’s resolution of watching more foreign films this year....

Rian Johnson Hopes To Find The “Essence Of ‘Star Wars’” With His New Trilogy By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 15, 2019 1:30 pm EST Rian Johnson’s next movie is this year’s ensemble mystery Knives Out, but after that, he’ll be returning to a galaxy far, far away for his new Star Wars trilogy. Much of Johnson’s trilogy remains cloaked in secrecy. In fact, the only thing we know about it is that it will be set entirely out of the regular Star Wars mythology....