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‘Hollywood’ First Look: Ryan Murphy Takes On Hollywood’s Golden Age In Netflix Limited Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 2, 2020 3:30 pm EST Ryan Murphy loves some glitz and glamor in his TV series — he’s played with the dark side of both in his acclaimed series Feud and American Crime Story. Now the screenwriter and director is tackling Tinseltown at its most glamorous with a new Netflix limited series Hollywood. The Netflix miniseries, co-created with frequent collaborator Ian Brennan, is a revisionist homage to the Golden Age of Hollywood, following a group of actors as they mingle with both real and fictional movie stars in post-World War II Hollywood....

‘I Lost My Body’ Review: An Emotional Animated Film About A Severed Hand That Goes On An Adventure [Sitges 2019] By Rafael Motamayor/Oct. 18, 2019 3:00 pm EST Watch out The Addams Family! There’s only one true animated film about a severed hand, and it’s the Netflix film I Lost My Body. Jeremy Clapin’s impressive first feature, this French animated movie is an artsy, macabre, mostly very emotional story told from the point of view of a severed hand with a case of reverse missing limb, who is on an epic quest to reunite with its owner....

‘John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum’ Arrives On Digital In August, Blu-Ray & DVD In September By Ethan Anderton/July 30, 2019 1:30 pm EST If you didn’t catch John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum in theaters this summer, you unfortunately missed out on one of the most satisfying theatrical experiences of the year. Thankfully, you’ll be able to somewhat rectify that issue when the action sequel comes home. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum will arrive on digital download in August, but if you’d rather wait for a physical copy on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, or DVD, then you’ll have to wait until September....

‘Joker’ Director Todd Phillips Had Some Trouble Convincing The Studio, And Joaquin Phoenix, To Make The Movie By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 28, 2019 12:00 pm EST Everyone involved with the film would like you to know that Joker is not your average comic book movie. There are no big CGI action set pieces, no exhaustive world-building, no capes or spandex. Director Todd Phillips wants this to be a dark, gritty, realistic character study…that just happens to feature the Clown Prince of Crime....

‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ Remake Wants Chris Evans To Be A Dentist By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 24, 2020 12:30 pm EST Today in wild casting news no one saw coming: Chris Evans is joining the cast of the Little Shop of Horrors remake. But the former Captain America isn’t being courted to play lead loser Seymour. Instead, the film wants Evans to play sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello, a role made famous by Steve Martin in the 1986 Frank Oz-directed Little Shop of Horrors....

‘Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil’ Review: Angelina Jolie Rules Once Again In Ambitious Sequel That Lands With A Thud By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 15, 2019 6:30 am EST To this day, Maleficent remains one of the outliers of the Disney live-action adaptation machine: a visually dazzling revisionist take on Sleeping Beauty that succeeded in being more than just a nostalgic grab bag of recreations of beloved animated moments. All of it was boosted by the strength of Angelina Jolie’s bewitching turn as the titular Disney villain and a potent, if somewhat clumsily told, sexual assault metaphor....

‘Maze Runner’ Director Wes Ball To Helm ‘The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August’ For Amblin By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 29, 2020 3:30 pm EST Deadline reports that Wes Ball is set to direct The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, a sci-fi story about a man “who is repeatedly born into the same life, remembers all his past experiences, and seeks to save the world by outmaneuvering a similarly gifted rival who’s willing to make any sacrifice to attain a godlike knowledge....

‘Monsterland’ Trailer: Hulu’s New Horror Anthology Looks Suspenseful And Horrifying By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 11, 2020 4:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After Labor Day rolls around, there’s not much left to celebrate in September…which means everyone just starts getting in the Halloween spirit a little early. Hulu is already preparing for serious spooks with the release of the trailer for Monsterland, a new horror anthology series based on Nathan Ballingrud’s story collection North-American Lake Monsters....

‘Scott Pilgrim Vs The World: The Game’ Is Finally Returning After Disappearing Six Years Ago By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 11, 2020 9:30 am EST Back when Scott Pilgrim vs the World arrived in theaters in 2010, Ubisoft released a video game in conjunction with Edgar Wright’s big screen adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel series. It was a classic side-scrolling, beat-’em up kind of game featuring a retro arcade style with character and level designs that echoed the art from the graphic novels....

‘Shoplifters’ Director Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s Next Film Is A Korean Drama Starring ‘The Host’ Co-Stars Song Kang-Ho And Bae Doona By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 26, 2020 8:30 am EST Hirokazu Kore-eda has been diligently crafting award-winning fare in Japan for nearly 30 years, culminating with his recent heart-wrenching Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters. Lately, he’s begun to test the waters with international productions, first making the French co-production The Truth, a drama starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, and Ethan Hawke, which marked his first project not in the Japanese language....

‘Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge’ Trailer Shows Off The VR Video Game Available Today By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 19, 2020 10:30 am EST Today brings the new virtual reality game Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge to Oculus devices. Set on the planet Batuu, where Disney’s theme park expansion Galaxy’s Edge exists in franchise canon, players get caught up in adventure that sees them taking on dangerous pirates, running into familiar faces, and really feeling like a part of the Star Wars universe....

‘The Witches’ Trailer: Robert Zemeckis’ Remake Flies To HBO Max For A Surprise October Debut By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 2, 2020 7:30 am EST Robert Zemeckis’ new adaptation of The Witches, based on the beloved 1983 supernatural children’s novel by Roald Dahl, is skipping theaters and heading straight to HBO Max. Originally set to open in theaters on October 9, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic pushed Warner Bros. to take the film off the release calendar....

‘Willow’ TV Series Loses Director Jon M. Chu By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 11, 2021 12:00 pm EST The Disney+ Willow TV series has lost its director. Crazy Rich Asians filmmaker Jon M. Chu was locked in to direct the show’s pilot episode and serve as executive producer, but Chu took to social media today to announce that he has to leave the project. Chu cited continued lockdowns in the UK and the future arrival of a new baby as the reasoning behind stepping away from the series....

Chelsea Peretti On ‘Spinster’ And Her Plans To Write, Direct, And Release An Album [Interview] By Jason Gorber/Jan. 3, 2020 3:00 pm EST One doesn’t so much speak to Chelsea Peretti during an interview, rather you just kind of hold on and hope you can keep up. It’s clear the writer/stand-up/actor doesn’t suffer fools lightly, and from the moment we began speaking it felt like a test. We were in Whistler, British Columbia for the Word Premiere of Andrea Dorfman’s film Spinster, which follows Gaby, a woman who is coming to terms with finding happiness outside of having a relationship, and leaning into the notion of not needing to follow the social pressures of both companionship and child bearing....

David Cronenberg Is Working On Two Movies And A Series, And Will Return For More ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Episodes By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 19, 2020 10:00 am EST The Mandalorian had Werner Herzog, and now Star Trek: Discovery has David Cronenberg. The Canadian auteur who made body horror sexy recently appeared on the CBS All Access series as a character named Kovich, and in a new interview, Cronenberg confirms he’ll be back for more episodes....

Disney’s Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Has Been Shut Down, Scripts Being Completely Rewritten By Jacob Hall/Jan. 23, 2020 4:52 pm EST Last week, there were rumblings across the internet suggesting that Lucasfilm’s Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series was in trouble. Rumors claimed that the show, which was being developed for the Disney+ streaming service, was cancelled. Or that star Ewan McGregor (reprising his role from the Star Wars prequel trilogy) had left. However, the truth is now out there and while it certainly sounds like the show has suffered a major setback, it also sounds like Lucasfilm is determined to course correct....

Facebook Watch Cancels ‘Sorry For Your Loss’ And ‘Limetown’ As It Scales Back Scripted Content By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 17, 2020 11:30 am EST Deadline reports that Facebook Watch has cancelled Sorry For Your Loss and Limetown in its first push to scale back scripted content. The podcast adaptation Limetown seems like it won’t be picked up anywhere else, however, the critically acclaimed dark comedy Sorry For Your Loss may be being “shopped around,” according to Deadline....

How ‘The Stepford Wives’ And ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Influenced The Films Of Jordan Peele By Joshua Meyer/Feb. 12, 2020 9:00 am EST The 92nd Academy Awards have come and gone and while Jordan Peele’s sophomore film Us went unrecognized — even in the Best Actress category, where Lupita Nyong’o’s versatile dual role surely deserved a nomination — horror aficionados know the real score regarding the best films of last year. So does Janelle Monae, whose opening musical number featured back-up dancers in red Us jumpsuits and white Midsommer dresses, with Monae herself being crowned the flowery May Queen and other notable snubs like Dolemite Is My Name and Queen & Slim adding to the costume flair....

How Genre Guru Joe Bob Briggs Defines Holiday Horror [Interview] By Meagan Navarro/Dec. 13, 2019 3:00 pm EST If there’s one thing fans can’t get enough of on the horror-centric streaming service Shudder, it’s horror movie critic and historian Joe Bob Briggs. After nearly seventeen years since MonsterVision took its final bow on TNT, Shudder brought the horror host back into the fold for a special one-time-only event; the 26-hour horror movie marathon The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs that kicked off on July 13, 2018....

New ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Movie Will Star Chris Pine By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 14, 2020 1:30 pm EST Hollywood’s latest attempt at a Dungeons & Dragons movie just got some star power: Chris Pine. Pine has closed a deal to appear in the fantasy film from writers-directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Game Night). There are no plot details at the moment, but the film will be based on the fantasy tabletop role-playing game that has captured the hearts and minds of nerds everywhere....