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A New Tool Designed To Detect Spoilers Proves How Impossible It Is To Be Unspoiled By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 13, 2019 4:30 pm EST No one likes an errant spoiler showing up while reading a movie review, but what if there were a tool designed to detect those spoilers? That’s what a group of researchers at the University of California, San Diego set out to make with their AI tool SpoilerNet, capable of accurately identifying sentences that are likely to give away major plot points....

Admiral Ackbar Was Initially Going To Appear In ‘Rogue One’, But J.J. Abrams Got To Him First By Ben Pearson/Jan. 22, 2020 3:30 pm EST For the casual Star Wars viewer, Admiral Ackbar is a character who probably doesn’t even register in the long term. More discerning fans will know him from his famous “It’s a trap!” moment, which has since been meme’d to within an inch of its life. And even more hardcore fans love Ackbar so much that they’ve registered their fury online about the character’s death in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (we’ll get to that in a second)....

Blumhouse To Make Movie Telling True Story Of A Mother Who Hunted Cartel Members After They Murdered Her Daughter By Ben Pearson/Dec. 24, 2020 11:00 am EST Earlier this month, The New York Times published an article entitled “She Stalked Her Daughter’s Killers Across Mexico, One by One,” which told the true story of Miriam Rodriguez, a mother who hunted cartel members who murdered her daughter and took justice into her own hands....

Cool Stuff: Hang The Official ‘Ghostbusters’ Firehouse Sign Replica Outside Your House By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 27, 2019 6:00 am EST There have been plenty of different Ghostbusters prop replicas released to consumers over the years. But most of them are focused on things like proton packs, PKE meters, and ghost traps. The only problem is those items aren’t exactly easy to decorate the house with. Thankfully, Hollywood Collectibles Group has you covered with their latest offering, a Ghostbusters firehouse sign replica that looks just like the one from the movie....

Cool Stuff: New ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ LEGO Sets Bring More Ships By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 21, 2019 6:00 am EST Before Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters, there are already a handful of LEGO sets on shelves for the Millennium Falcon, Kylo Ren’s personal shuttle, new Resistance A-Wings and Y-Wings, and a Pasana speeder chase scene. But there are still more LEGO sets to come. Early next year, after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been around for awhile, there are three new LEGO sets coming inspired by the movie....

Here’s How ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Plans To Address Rey’s Backstory By Ben Pearson/Dec. 13, 2019 3:45 pm EST The question of Rey’s lineage in the Star Wars movies has been at the forefront of the conversation among vocal swaths of fandom for four years now, and though it was given more context in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, we evidently still don’t know the full story. In a new interview, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker co-writer Chris Terrio answered a question about the approach he and J....

Jason Sudeikis Sees ‘Fletch’ As A Modern And Much-Needed Superhero By Jack Giroux/Aug. 16, 2019 1:00 pm EST Another Fletch movie has been in the works for around 20 years now. Based on Gregory McDonald’s novels, the investigative journalist first hit the big screen back in 1985 with Chevy Chase giving one of his most sincere and career-defining performances. Since 2011, a reboot and origin story, titled Fletch Won, has been kicking around in development....

Martin Scorsese Talks About His Next Film, ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’; Calls It A Western By Ben Pearson/Feb. 18, 2020 3:00 pm EST In his 50-plus year career as a filmmaker, Martin Scorsese has never directed a western. But that’s about to change with his next movie, Killers of the Flower Moon, which reunites him with his two muse movie stars: Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Read Scorsese’s comments on the new film below....

The Best Movies Streaming Right Now Mission: Impossible – Fallout A Simple Favor Climax Vice Now Streaming on Hulu Release Date: 2018Genre: Dark Comedy BiopicDirector: Adam McKayCast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Justin Kirk, Tyler Perry, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Jesse PlemonsAdam McKay’s Vice is one of those movies you either love or hate. Yes, it’s blunt. Yes, it’s unsubtle. Yes, it’s over-the-top. But for me, it works....

Watch: New ‘Star Wars: Rise Of The Resistance’ Footage From Galaxy’s Edge [D23] By /Film Staff/Aug. 25, 2019 11:11 am EST With Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run as the only ride in Disney’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge so far, the new Star Wars-themed expansion has been impressive, but still feels a bit incomplete. But soon, guests will be able to step onto Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, a massive dark ride with action that’s set in between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker....

Will ‘Wonder Woman 4’ Come After ‘Wonder Woman 3’? Patty Jenkins Hints At Two More Stories By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 29, 2020 1:00 pm EST When news broke that Wonder Woman 3 was happening (and being fast-tracked), it came accompanied by this statement from studio chairman Toby Emmerich: “As fans around the world continue to embrace Diana Prince, driving the strong opening weekend performance of Wonder Woman 1984, we are excited to be able to continue her story with our real life Wonder Women — Gal and Patty — who will return to conclude the long-planned theatrical trilogy....

‘A.P. Bio’ Season 3 Teaser: Start Shutting Up For The Return Of The Hilarious NBC Comedy On Peacock By Ethan Anderton/April 16, 2020 9:30 am EST If you’re an Xfinity Flex customer, you can now get access to the new NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock. Otherwise, you’ll be waiting until July to feast your eyes on more than 15,000 hours of movies and TV shows. Unfortunately, a large amount of the original programming that will be available exclusively on Peacock won’t be available for awhile....

‘Death Stranding’ Bridges Gaming And Cinema In One Of The Year’s Most Satisfying Experiences By Robert Kojder/Nov. 18, 2019 10:00 am EST Video games are not required to be fun in a traditional sense. They just aren’t. So, if the entertainment medium is ever going to evolve artistically rather than stagnate and regress with the zombified fad of online competitive multiplayer, money pit loot boxes, time-wasting mobile games, and the first-person shooter obsession that has oversaturated the market more than superhero films could ever do for the movie industry, it’s going to take an awakening from consumers that gaming, even at 61 years old, is still in its infancy having nowhere near tapped into its unprecedented potential as a legitimate art form....

‘Dracula’, ‘Frankenstein’, And Other Classic Universal Monster Movies Will Briefly Be Available For Free On YouTube This Month By Ben Pearson/Jan. 7, 2021 1:30 pm EST If you made a movie-related New Years resolution to catch up on some old horror classics, here’s some good news: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, and several more classic Universal monster movies will be available to stream on YouTube for free later this month. Find out when you can stream these titles – and when they’ll once again disappear like a bat on a foggy night....

‘Dylan Dog’ TV Series Coming From Producer James Wan By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 7, 2019 4:30 pm EST Italian horror comics series Dylan Dog is headed to the small screen in America thanks to producer James Wan. Wan’s Atomic Monster will produce a Dylan Dog TV series, which will bring the Tiziano Sclavi-created character to life. In the comics, Dylan Dog is a paranormal investigator who takes on cases involving ghosts, vampires, and other creatures of the night....

‘Extraction’ Featurette: Behind The 12-Minute Long Take That Chris Hemsworth Calls “The Most Intense” Thing He’s Done By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 14, 2020 12:30 pm EST Despite the cultural impact that the Russo Brothers made with their majestic run in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they’ve had difficulty drumming up buzz for the projects produced under their AGBO Films banner, even with popular Marvel stars leading the movies — Chadwick Boseman for 21 Bridges and now Chris Hemsworth for the upcoming Netflix thriller Extraction....

‘Lord Of The Rings’ TV Series Finds First Cast Member In Markella Kavenagh By Chris Evangelista/July 22, 2019 12:30 pm EST The Second Age lasted for 3441 years and ended with the downfall of Sauron’s army when he was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men following the downfall of Númenor. On top of that, the official press release for the series noted the show would “explore new storylines preceding J....

‘Midway’ Director Roland Emmerich On Crafting A WWII Epic And The Worst Moment Of His Career [Interview] By Jason Gorber/Nov. 8, 2019 9:00 am EST For much of the 1990s, Roland Emmerich was the king of blockbuster cinema. The Stutgart born director found in Hollywood the perfect toolbox for his grand visions, hitting big with sci-fi thrillers like Stargate and Independence Day, the late-90s Godzilla chapter, and old-school disaster films like The Day After Tomorrow and 2012....

‘Misbehaviour’ Trailer: Go Inside The World Of The 1970 Miss World Competition By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 21, 2019 11:00 am EST The story of the 1970 Miss World Competition gets the big-screen treatment with Misbehaviour, starring Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Greg Kinnear wearing a disturbing fake nose to play Bob Hope. The movie tells two different stories: that of feminist activist Sally Alexander (Keira Knightley) protesting the competition, and of Jennifer Hosten (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the first black woman to ever be crowned Miss World....

‘Mom And Dad’ Review: Fans Of Nicolas Cage Going Crazy Will Be Pleased By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 18, 2018 9:00 am EST Folks will get that, and more, when they watch Brian Taylor’s frenetic, manic horror-comedy Mom and Dad. Taylor, who was one-half of the directors who birthed the loony Crank series, brings the thudding cuts and wild edits of that aforementioned series to Mom and Dad; whether or not this is the type of film that needs such things is another question, however....