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‘Ambulance’, The Latest From Michael Bay, Adds Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Alongside Jake Gyllenhaal By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 11, 2020 3:00 pm EST Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is catching a ride on Michael Bay’s Ambulance. The actor, who recently appeared in The Trial of the Chicago 7 and will next be seen in Candyman, is joining Jake Gyllenhaal in the action-thriller about thieves who steal an ambulance as their getaway vehicle, only to then realize there’s a sick patient still in the back....

‘Antebellum’ Review: Janelle Monáe Delivers A Bold Performance In An Otherwise Jumbled Thriller By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 31, 2020 9:00 am EST There’s a big twist in Antebellum. Those who regard the mere mention of a twist to be itself a spoiler are going to have a lot of trouble with this one, as the twists and turns are baked into the narrative. The film simply wouldn’t exist without them. And while we wouldn’t dream of giving away what those big twists are, it’s safe to say that Antebellum lives or dies by how willing you are to play along with the film’s bag of tricks....

‘Bad Boys For Life’ Directors Bilall Fallah And Adil El Arbi On Reigniting The Franchise [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Jan. 24, 2020 2:00 pm EST After 17 years of waiting, we finally got to see the bad boys of Miami grow up with Bad Boys For Life. And it was worth the wait. Without Michael Bay at the helm, the Miami cops actually got to grow a little, have some real heart-to-heart moments, and do and say things we just don’t see in Bay’s movies....

‘Better Call Saul’ Goes South Of The Border With “Dedicado A Max” By Chris Evangelista/March 17, 2020 9:00 am EST This week on Better Call Saul: Mike does some carpentry! Kim and Jimmy hatch a plan! No Nacho! Meet Mr. X! Kim and Jimmy There’s a lot I love about Better Call Saul, but at the top of the list is Kim Wexler. I firmly believe she’s one of the most fascinating characters on TV right now....

‘Fantasy Island’ Clips Reveal The Potentially Dangerous Rules Of The Island By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 13, 2020 1:30 pm EST Blumhouse went ahead and turned Fantasy Island, the “classic” TV series, into a horror movie. Why? Because they can. And it might turn out to be pretty good! The footage released so far looks fun, in a silly sort of way, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Three new Fantasy Island clips showcase how the island turns your deepest fantasy into a potential nightmare....

‘Gremlins’ Prequel Concept Art Revealed, Featuring A Younger Gizmo By Ben Pearson/Oct. 29, 2020 2:00 pm EST Move over, Baby Yoda: Baby Gizmo might be coming soon to a TV near you. Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, the animated prequel series that is currently in the works at HBO Max, has released its first piece of concept art, and it features a younger Gizmo than the one we’ve seen in the two live-action Gremlins movies....

‘Greyhound’ Has Become The Biggest Movie On Apple TV+ By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 15, 2020 2:00 pm EST Tom Hanks has steered Apple TV+’s latest original feature film to record-breaking success. Greyhound, a World War II drama written by and starring Hanks, has become the biggest opening weekend release ever for Apple TV+, shattering records for both original series and movies that have debuted on the service. Tom Hanks may be shattered that Greyhound won’t debut in theaters due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but the World War II drama is shattering all kinds of records on Apple TV+....

‘Invasion’: Riz Ahmed And Octavia Spencer To Star In Sci-Fi Thriller By Ben Pearson/July 29, 2020 3:30 pm EST According to Deadline, Ahmed and Spencer have officially joined the Invasion cast for up-and-coming UK director Michael Pearce, who won a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer for his 2017 feature debut, Beast. Pearce and Joe Barton (The Ritual) wrote the screenplay, which “follows two young brothers who go on the run with their father, a decorated Marine (Ahmed), who is trying to protect them from an inhuman threat....

‘Irma Vep’ Limited Series Starring Alicia Vikander Coming From HBO And A24 By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 14, 2020 4:30 pm EST Olivier Assayas is returning to the world of Irma Vep with a new limited series from HBO and A24. Alicia Vikander will star in the series which is described as loosely based on Assayas’ 1996 feature of the same name. Assayas will write and direct the series while Vikander will play “an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup....

‘Misbehaviour’ Giveaway: Win A Digital Code Of The Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw Movie And A Copy Of The Autobiography It’s Based On By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 21, 2020 8:30 am EST Read on to find out how to win. Send an email HERE with the subject line MISBEHAVIOUR and answer the following question: Who is your favorite feminist icon and why? The contest ends on Thursday, September 24, 2020, at 10:00 A....

‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Featurette: Zany Jim Carrey From The ’90s Is Back As Dr. Robotnik By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 11, 2020 5:00 pm EST Jim Carrey had a meteoric rise to fame in the 1990s thanks to a string of comedy hits like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb & Dumber, not to mention a campy villainous turn as The Riddler in Batman Forever, all in the span of a year and a half....

‘Stan And Ollie’ Review: Steve Coogan And John C. Reilly Resurrect Laurel And Hardy For A Melancholy Send-Off By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 27, 2018 7:00 am EST Eventually, time comes to claim everyone – even world-famous comedians. Mercifully never dipping into maudlin sad clown territory, Jon S. Baird’s melancholy Stan and Ollie tracks the waning days of the great stage and screen comic duo Laurel and Hardy. Avoiding tedious biopic tropes that focus on how well-known people rose to fame, Stan and Ollie is instead more interested in endings....

‘The Crown’ Season 4 Will Bring Claire Foy Back For A Flashback By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 27, 2019 5:30 pm EST Claire Foy’s reign as Queen Elizabeth II on The Crown has come to an end, but we haven’t seen the last of her. While Olivia Colman has taken over the role of the older Elizabeth, Foy will be returning for a flashback scene next season. The third season of the Netflix series about the monarchy recently premiered, and season 4 is currently in production....

‘Watchmen’ Shifts Its Focus To Lady Trieu, Who May Be More Dangerous Than Veidt Ever Was By Monique Jones/Nov. 15, 2019 5:00 pm EST This week’s Watchmen episode, “If You Don’t Like My Story, Write Your Own” nearly threw me for a loop. It took me a while to figure out what the big connection was this episode, and it all starts with those eggs. This episode gave us some major keys to figuring out how this series is going to shake out: something’s going on with cloning....

Disney And Apple Likely Would Have Merged If Steve Jobs Were Still Alive By Ben Pearson/Sept. 19, 2019 7:30 am EST Rumors about a Disney Apple merger swirled for years, but thanks to Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger, we now know that a deal between the two companies was likely to actually happen – if, that is, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs didn’t die back in 2011. Vanity Fair published an excerpt from Iger’s upcoming autobiography, “The Ride of A Lifetime: Lessons From 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company,” in which Iger talks about the probability of the two companies joining forces, something that clearly would have had huge ripple effects across the entertainment industry....

Disney Is Trying To Stop Some Etsy Shops From Selling Baby Yoda Items By Ben Pearson/Jan. 18, 2020 1:00 pm EST In a fast-paced world in which trends emerge and disappear within the blink of an eye, Disney’s decision to not produce Baby Yoda merchandise ahead of The Mandalorian’s release was something of a gamble for the studio. Sure, they preserved a surprise reveal at the end of the first episode....

Listen To A New ‘Mulan’ Song From Christina Aguilera And Watch An Action-Packed Featurette By Chris Evangelista/March 6, 2020 9:30 am EST While the new Mulan movie isn’t a musical like the animated original, that doesn’t mean there can’t be a few songs here and there. Christina Aguilera recorded two songs for the movie – one is “Reflection”, which was used the 1998 film. The other is something new, a tune called “Loyal Brave True....

Look Upon The Final ‘Avatar 2’ Set Photos Of 2020, Which Feature Fancy Filmmaking Equipment And A Space Boat By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 15, 2020 5:30 pm EST I am here to inform you there are more Avatar 2 set photos. At this point, I’m pretty sure you could compile a flipbook of all the behind-the-scenes pics and create your own movie if you were so inclined. As usual, the latest Avatar 2 set pics are odd curiosities, since so much of the movie is created in post-production....

Marvel’s ‘The Eternals’ Will Have A Bollywood Dance Number, According To Kumail Nanjiani By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 5, 2020 1:00 pm EST The Eternals sounds like it could be unlike any Marvel Studios movie we’ve seen before. An ambitious superhero movie that follows a race of immortal god-like beings, The Eternals will be big, wild, and cosmic. And it might have a musical sequence? According to star Kumail Nanjiani, The Eternals will have a Bollywood dance sequence, which the Pakistani-American will naturally be participating in....

Michael Apted, Director Of ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ And ‘Seven Up’ Documentaries, Dies At 79 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 8, 2021 2:30 pm EST Michael Apted, the filmmaker behind films like The Coal Miner’s Daughter and the decades-spanning Up documentary series, has died. He was 79. Acclaimed British filmmaker Michael Apted, best known for his acclaimed series of Seven Up documentaries as well as feature films like Coal Miner’s Daughter, Nell and The World Is Not Enough, has died at age 79, his agency confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter....