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‘Mrs. America’ Teaser: Rose Byrne And Cate Blanchett Battle Over Women’s Empowerment By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 24, 2020 4:00 pm EST Rose Byrne and Cate Blanchett get ready to do battle in the latest Mrs. America teaser — over the issue of women’s empowerment, and over potential awards buzz for their performances as opposing activists Gloria Steinem and Phyllis Schlafly, respectively, in the Dahvi Waller’s limited FX series set to debut on Hulu....

‘Mulan’ On Disney+ Has Seemingly Made More Money Than ‘Tenet’ Has In Theaters Worldwide By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 17, 2020 11:15 am EST Today in news that isn’t good for theaters: Mulan has allegedly made more money on its premium Disney+ VOD run than Tenet’s entire box office haul so far. The keyword here is “allegedly” since the numbers are a bit sketchy, but if reports are to be believed, it certainly looks like more audiences have plopped down their hard-earned cash to watch Mulan from the safety of their homes rather than venture out to a theater to see the latest from Christopher Nolan....

‘Nomadland’ Review: Frances McDormand Is Sublime In Chloé Zhao’s Achingly Beautiful Drama [TIFF 2020] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 14, 2020 7:00 am EST Simultaneously gritty and gorgeous, Nomadland gives McDormand yet another opportunity to show us just how unparalleled a performer she is. McDormand occupies nearly every single frame of the film, and her work here – subtle, quiet, heartbreaking – is a masterclass. Fern is often quiet, but always listening. And McDormand knows exactly how to convey that – the act of listening; the act of empathy....

‘Nomadland’ Trailer: Frances McDormand Roams The Country In One Of The Most Powerful Films Of The Year By Ben Pearson/Dec. 14, 2020 10:30 am EST Before Chloé Zhao directed her upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Eternals, the acclaimed writer/director completed work on Nomadland, a quiet, intimate drama starring two-time Oscar winner Frances McDormand as a member of the United States’ nomad community. Searchlight Pictures has released a new trailer for the film, which showcases this contemplative, lyrical movie which just might win McDormand her third Academy Award....

‘Parasite’ Crosses $50 Million At The U.S. Box Office, Sets Sights On Passing ‘Hero’ And ‘Life Is Beautiful’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 28, 2020 7:30 am EST Parasite keeps on climbing up at the box office. Bong Joon-ho’s dark satirical masterpiece has just crossed the $50 million mark at the U.S. box office, buoyed by its historic four wins at the 2020 Academy Awards. While it’s not likely it will reach the top of the list of highest-grossing foreign-language films at the domestic box office (that honor remains with Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), this latest Parasite box office update puts it on track to pass a couple other foreign films on the domestic charts....

‘Sesame Street’ Big Bird Puppeteer Caroll Spinney Has Passed Away At 85 By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 8, 2019 1:00 pm EST Caroll Spinney may not be a name that you’re familiar with, and there’s a chance you may have never seen his face. But you’ve undoubtedly seen his work, and he might have even shaped your childhood. Spinney is the puppeteer behind Sesame Street character Big Bird, as well as the grumpy Oscar the Grouch....

‘She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power’ Is Better Than Ever In A Game-Changing Season 4 By Caroline Cao/Nov. 8, 2019 10:00 am EST Noelle Stevenson’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is back on Netflix and nothing is the same anymore. Even though Adora (Aimee Carrero) in her sword-wielding She-Ra form and her Rebellion have managed to stop the Horde’s inter-dimensional armageddon, the threat looms closer. Last we left off, season 3 saw the sacrifice and vanishing of Queen Angella, leaving Princess Glimmer (Karen Fukuhara) to ascend to the Bright Moon throne in “The Coronation....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Didn’t Recycle That Final Shot Of Rey By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 2, 2020 8:30 am EST Another day, another Star Wars “controversy” that has been debunked. But of the many issues that comes from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, this is decidedly not one of them. A few days ago, an eagle-eyed Star Wars fan pointed out that the final shot of Rey in silhouette in The Rise of Skywalker looked oddly similar to another silhouetted shot earlier in the film....

‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Unlikely To Premiere Until After Summer 2020 By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 25, 2019 9:30 am EST If you were hoping Stranger Things season 4 would arrive in time for next summer, we have some bad news. It looks like the fourth season of Netflix’s big hit won’t wrap until the end of summer 2020, which means we’ll have to wait until fall – or likely even longer – to lay eyes on it....

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Review: The Best ‘Terminator’ Movie In Decades, But Is That Saying Much? By Josh Spiegel/Oct. 30, 2019 7:00 am EST The key to what makes Terminator: Dark Fate work (when it works, which isn’t all the time) is Linda Hamilton. The saga of Sarah Connor and her son John has been depicted in some form or another for just over 35 years, but with the unavoidable truth that the people who occupy those roles aren’t always the same....

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Brings Back Original Co-Editor Chris Lebenzon By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 3, 2019 3:30 pm EST Original Top Gun co-editor Chris Lebenzon is feeling the need…to return to the franchise that earned him his first Academy Award nomination. More than 33 years after he edited the original 1986 Top Gun with Billy Weber, Lebenzon has been tapped as the Top Gun: Maverick editor. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chris Lebenzon has been bired by Paramount and Skydance to work on Top Gun: Maverick, the long-awaited sequel to Tony Scott’s 1980s action aviation classic....

Alamo Drafthouse Los Angeles Video Tour: Is This Now The Best Movie Theater In LA? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2019 10:30 am EST Watch our video tour of the new Alamo Drafthouse Los Angeles location — is it the best movie theater in LA? For a more extensive writeup of the new Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Los Angeles, read Sneak Preview: Alamo Drafthouse Los Angeles Promises to be a Film Fanatic Nirvana....

Apple’s Real-Life Drama ‘The Banker’ Has Been Delayed Due To Sexual Abuse Allegations Against The Son Of One Of The Film’s Lead Characters By Ben Pearson/Nov. 22, 2019 5:30 pm EST Apple has delayed the release of its upcoming movie The Banker because of sexual assault claims against Bernard Garrett, Jr., the son of one of the film’s main subjects, Bernard Garrett, Sr. This Wednesday, just one day before the film was set to premiere at this year’s AFI Festival in Hollywood, the movie was pulled from the festival’s schedule and replaced with Marriage Story instead because of the allegations....

Before He Was Shazam, Zachary Levi Really Wanted To Play Deadpool By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 9, 2019 3:00 pm EST Before he donned the red padded-out suit to play the title character of Shazam!, Zachary Levi wanted to be a Marvel superhero. No, not the one that he briefly played in the Thor franchise, but a Marvel character that shares a similarly colored suit and a disposition for mouthing off. Zachary Levi revealed that his dream superhero role was Deadpool, the Merc with a Mouth currently played by Ryan Reynolds....

Disney Debuts ‘Aladdin’ Deleted Song “Desert Moon” Ahead Of Digital Release By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 27, 2019 11:30 am EST Guy Ritchie’s live-action remake of Aladdin took some creative licenses from the 1992 animated classic, including the addition of a new song, “Speechless,” that will be sure to earn Disney its coveted Best Original Song nomination at the Oscars. But another original song was almost included in the film. Titled “Desert Moon,” this Aladdin deleted song has been released by Disney ahead of Aladdin’s Digital HD release this week....

Dwayne Johnson Is The Highest Paid Actor Of 2020, And He Doesn’t Even Have A Movie Coming Out This Year By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 12, 2020 8:30 am EST This year has already been weird for a number of reasons. So you probably won’t even bat an eye when when we tell you that the highest paid actor of 2020 doesn’t even have a movie coming out this year. That actor is Dwayne Johnson, and thanks to a hefty paycheck from Netflix for the upcoming original movie Red Notice, not to mention his ongoing Under Armour clothing line, Project Rock, Johnson will rake in a whopping $87....

Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ Will Have 30 Minutes Of IMAX Footage By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 30, 2020 9:30 am EST Black Widow’s journey to the big screen has been a bumpy one, with the long-awaited Marvel Studios film enduring pandemic delays. But there’s one thing that might make the long wait for Marvel’s Black Widow worth it: lots of IMAX footage. IMAX recently held an earnings call (via Heroic Hollywood) where the company revealed that roughly 30 minutes of the Scarlett Johansson-starring Black Widow will be shown in IMAX’s expanded 1....

Remembering Zam Wesell, The Worst Assassin In The ‘Star Wars’ Galaxy By Evan Saathoff/Oct. 19, 2020 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Galaxy-Wide Star Wars Character Guide, where we give proper due to the smaller figures in Star Wars history.)Some of us saw Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and liked it right away. Some disliked it immediately. For some, it took many viewings to cement an opinion. And for others, there was a feeling that wherever happened in its follow-up, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, would help make sense of whatever George Lucas was up to with The Phantom Menace’s rougher storytelling choices....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Abandoned ‘Batman Arkham’ Game, ‘Dark Phoenix’ The Worst X-Men At The Box Office By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 19, 2019 6:00 pm EST Spider-Man: Far From Home is now the highest grossing film of all-time ever distributed by Sony Pictures.Art Spiegelman referred to Donald Trump as Orange Skull in a recent essay about the golden age of superheroes. Stephen Amell posted an image from the eighth season premiere of Arrow, showing a dead character back....

Superhero Bits: George Clooney’s Advice To Ben Affleck On Batman, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Box Office & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 21, 2020 6:00 pm EST Will Spider-Man: Remastered get a standalone release? Did you know Gal Gadot did a photoshoot as Wonder Woman before she was ever even considered for the role? What Spider-Man Christmas comic is Marvel unable to reprint? What was George Clooney’s advice to Ben Affleck about playing Batman?...