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‘Love Wedding Repeat’ Trailer: Netflix’s Newest Rom-Com May Have A Secret Sci-Fi Twist By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 1, 2020 12:30 pm EST At first glance, Netflix’s newest romantic comedy Love Wedding Repeat does little to set itself apart from the rest of the streamer’s swooning catalogue besides a dry British humor that makes the film feel like a charming successor to Four Weddings and a Funeral. But hidden in the logline for Love Wedding Repeat — and perhaps even the title — is the hint that this rom-com starring Sam Claflin, Olivia Munn, and Freida Pinto may have a secret sci-fi twist....

‘New Mutants’ Is Rated PG-13, And Was Never Going To Be R (According To Director Josh Boone) By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 8, 2020 2:00 pm EST If you were hoping The New Mutants was going to follow the recent trend of R-rated superhero flicks, we have some bad news. According to director Josh Boone, the long-delayed film is cruising for a PG-13 rating – and that was always the plan. The dark, horror-movie vibe the first trailer threw off made several viewers jump to the conclusion that the flick was headed for a more adult rating, but that was never the case....

‘Scream 5’ Coming From ‘Ready Or Not’ Directors By Chris Evangelista/March 12, 2020 12:30 pm EST Do you like scary movies? If so, you might be excited to know Scream 5 is on the way from Matthew Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, directors of the wonderful Ready or Not. It’s unclear if this is going to be a continuation of the existing Scream series or a reboot, but this will be the first Scream movie since 2011’s Scream 4, and the 2015 death of Wes Craven....

‘The Atlantic City Story’ Teaser: Two Wandering Souls Take Solace In An Unlikely Bond By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 23, 2020 9:00 am EST Even though film festivals aren’t really happening in their traditional format, there are still drive-in screenings and virtual premieres for many movies across the country. The Denver Film Festival is now host to the world premiere of a new indie drama called The Atlantic City Story. The film follows a woman in an unhappy marriage who tries to get away from it all in Atlantic City....

‘The Devil All The Time’ Poster Teases The Star-Studded Cast Before The First Trailer Arrives By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 11, 2020 9:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Netflix has a new dramatic thriller coming to their streaming library in September, and the ensemble cast is one of the best they’ve ever had for an original movie. Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Jason Clarke, Riley Keough, and more all star in The Devil All the Time, an adaptation of Donald Ray Pollock’s book of the same name....

‘The Magicians’ Delivers An Episode For Longtime Fans With “Cello Squirrel Daffodil” By Vanessa Armstrong/March 5, 2020 7:00 am EST There’s a lot of Chatwin action in this week’s episode of The Magicians, “Cello Squirrel Daffodil,” and not the usual appreciated cameo we usually get each season from the time-turning hedge witch, Jane Chatwin.One newly introduced Chatwin we spend time with is Plum Chatwin, Penny23’s traveler student who reappears in Brakebills three weeks after she first disappeared trying to find the source of the mysterious signal she keeps hearing....

‘The Nowhere Inn’ Review: St. Vincent And Carrie Brownstein Tackle The Surreal Side Of Fame [Sundance 2020] By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 27, 2020 9:00 am EST On stage, St. Vincent is sexy, mysterious, and seemingly all-powerful. Offstage, though, she’s Annie Clark – and Annie Clark is a bit of a boring nerd. Or so says The Nowhere Inn, a surreal meta-comedy about fame – and what we demand from the famous people we idolize....

‘The Office’ Was The Most-Streamed Show Of 2020 By Ben Pearson/Jan. 12, 2021 5:30 pm EST My ice cold take is that The Office was genuinely one of the funniest and best shows on television for years – that is, until Steve Carell left and the network decided to drag it out well past its prime. (Yes, it had a few good post-Michael Scott moments, but they pale in comparison to the show’s peak....

‘The Red Sea Diving Resort’ Review: Netflix’s Refugee Drama Is Well-Intentioned And Timely By Amelia Emberwing/Aug. 5, 2019 9:00 am EST When you see your brother or your sister struggling, you must not remain silent. Do not remain still. Go to their aid. Help them.Last week, we spent a little bit of time talking about the very real crisis that wreaked havoc on Ethiopia through the ’70s and ’80s. Specifically, we focused on the crisis of the Ethiopian Jews....

‘Truth Seekers’ Is A Nick Frost And Simon Pegg Horror-Comedy That Takes Its Horror Seriously [Comic-Con 2020] By Chris Evangelista/July 23, 2020 1:00 pm EST Truth Seekers In Truth Seekers, “a team of part-time paranormal investigators who team up to uncover and film ghost sightings across the UK, sharing their adventures on an online channel for all to see. However, as they stake out haunted churches, underground bunkers and abandoned hospitals with their array of homemade ghost-detecting gizmos, their supernatural experiences grow more frequent, more terrifying and even deadly, as they begin to uncover a conspiracy that could bring about Armageddon for the entire human race....

‘Warrior Nun’ Trailer: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Nun With Superpowers By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 18, 2020 3:00 pm EST What if you took Buffy, put her in a habit, and gave her a team of diverse, ass-kicking magical girls? You’d get something like Warrior Nun, the new Netflix action series that delivers on everything it promises to. It’s about warriors…who are nuns. Warrior Nun Trailer Based on the manga-style comic series of the same name by Ben Dunn, Warrior Nun follows a girl named Ava, who after a near-death experience, wakes up in a church with a strange symbol on her back and a new lease on life, literally....

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Might Get An R-Rated Theatrical Release, Complete With Batman F-Bomb By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 15, 2020 9:30 am EST Zack Snyder is doing something no other superhero director has thought to do before: he’s making Batman drop the f-bomb. Which means we’re getting — you guessed it — an R-rated Justice League. Probably. Zack Snyder’s Justice League, the four-hour miniseries which reveals the director’s original vision for the film, hasn’t yet received an MPAA rating, but Snyder is positive that it will be rated R....

Ben Affleck, Ana De Armas In Talks To Star In Erotic Thriller ‘Deep Water’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 2, 2019 4:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Deadline reports that director Adrian Lyne will make his comeback to the erotic thriller with the adaptation of Deep Water, which is set to star Affleck and de Armas. This would be Lyne’s first film since 2002’s Unfaithful, but the subject matter seems to be appropriate for the director behind Fatal Attraction and Indecent Proposal....

Disney+ Downloads Will Be Available Even If The Content Downloaded Leaves The Service (Which Will Happen) By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 23, 2019 5:00 pm EST Most streaming services let you download content, but when that content leaves said service, the downloads leave too. And even when that’s not the case, the downloads might expire. That won’t happen with Disney+. After taking a break from addressing the great national crisis facing us all – whether or not Martin Scorsese likes Marvel movies – Disney big cheese Bob Iger revealed that Disney+ downloads will remain in place as long as you remain a Disney+ subscriber....

Disney+ Expands Advisory Warning For Racist Content On Titles Like ‘Peter Pan,’ ‘Dumbo’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 16, 2020 1:00 pm EST Disney has had a long history of retrograde depictions of people of color in their classic animated films — an issue that the company has been grappling with for decades. See: the saga of Disney’s famously racist 1946 film Song of the South, which has been both promoted and hidden by the company at various intervals throughout the years....

Disney’s ‘Pinocchio’ Remake Will Reunite Robert Zemeckis And Tom Hanks By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 5, 2020 2:30 pm EST Disney’s live-action Pinocchio remake might be a reunion for Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks. Zemeckis is attached to helm the film and now a report states that Hanks is being courted to play old Italian puppet-maker Geppetto. This isn’t the first time Hanks’ name has been floated for the part – when the project was first announced, Paddington director Paul King was set to helm and Hanks was being considered for the Geppetto role then as well....

Edgar Wright Explains How To Make The Theatrical Experience Magical Again By Ethan Anderton/March 3, 2020 3:00 pm EST Edgar Wright is a champion of the theatrical experience. Aside from wanting audiences to see the movies he directs on the big screen, from Shaun of the Dead to Baby Driver, he’s a cinephile at heart and has always been fond of the magic of the silver screen. Unfortunately, theater chains continue to make a trip to the theater more expensive, more inconvenient, and far less magical than it used to be....

Joseph Gordon-Levitt To Write, Direct, And Star In ‘Mr. Corman’ School Teacher Dramedy At Apple TV+ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 6, 2019 10:30 am EST School is in session, and so is Joseph Gordon-Levitt. After disappearing from the public consciousness for the past few years, Gordon-Levitt is making a comeback in a new Apple TV+ series, Mr. Corman. The Snowden actor will write, direct, executive produce, and star in the half-hour dramedy about a school teacher “still coming to grips with adulthood....

Marvel’s ‘Secret Invasion’ Series Will Be Smaller Than The Comic, But Will Be “A Showcase” For Samuel L. Jackson And Ben Mendelson By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 11, 2021 8:30 am EST When Disney held their big investor day presentation back in December, it came with the announcement of a slew of new Marvel Studios projects that will be coming exclusively to Disney+. One of the new titles that piqued the interest of Marvel fans was Secret Invasion, an adaptation of the comic event of the same name that sees the shapeshifting alien Skrulls invading Earth, posing as Avengers, and creating plenty of chaos with surprising twists and turns....

Marvel Studios Met With ‘Bad Boys For Life’ And ‘The Farewell’ Directors About Potential Projects By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 28, 2020 11:00 am EST Marvel Studios is always on the lookout for filmmakers who might serve them well in crafting the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. So it should come as no surprise to hear that they’ve already met with director Lulu Wang, the filmmaker behind 2019’s acclaimed indie darling The Farewell....