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Why Martin Campbell Didn’t Return To Direct Any Bond Sequels By Jack Giroux/Aug. 20, 2021 7:11 am EST Martin Campbell breathed fresh life into the Bond franchise twice. With Goldeneye and Casino Royale, he kicked off two new chapters in the long-running franchise to great success. The filmmaker made the character vital again, both for audiences in the ’90s and the 21st Century. While the sequels with Pierce Brosnan drastically departed from the tone Campbell established, there are still echoes of the filmmaker’s work in the most recent Daniel Craig-led films....

Will There Be A Made For Love Season 2? HBO Max By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 20, 2021 9:21 am EST The original dark-comedy series for HBO Max, “Made For Love,” is like taking an episode of “Black Mirror,” splicing it with 2020’s “The Invisible Man” and running it through a comedy filter. Based on Alissa Nutting’s 2017 novel of the same name, “Made For Love” is about a woman named Hazel (Cristin Milioti) who escapes from an awful 10-year-long marriage to a tech billionaire named Byron (Billy Magnussen) and the virtual reality complex where they lived for a decade without ever leaving....

‘Black Panther 2’ Is “Respectful Of The Loss” Of Chadwick Boseman, Says Lupita Nyong’o By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2021 2:00 pm EST Black Panther 2 is a highly-anticipated sequel that’s bound to also be difficult for many people. The sudden death of star Chadwick Boseman has left the film with an unfillable absence, and many are wondering just how director Ryan Coogler will continue the series in the wake of Boseman’s passing....

‘F9’ Review: The ‘Fast And Furious’ Franchise Reaches New Heights Of Absurdity By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 25, 2021 9:00 am EST The Fast and Furious franchise has never cared about staying grounded. Even the scrappy 2001 original hovered an inch or two off the streets it burnt up every night with cans of NOS. But F9, the latest installment in the streetracing-turned-spy-heist series, does pose the question: how high is too high?...

‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ Season 2 Trailer: The Trailer Post By Chris Evangelista/April 8, 2021 5:00 pm EST Hello, this is the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Season 2 Trailer: The Trailer Post. That’s right – we’re giving you the trailer for the second season of the musical TV series that’s based on High School Musical. Got that? Good, let’s continue. The second season returns to East High, where the East High Wildcats are preparing to perform Beauty and the Beast as their spring musical....

‘Raw’ Combines Coming-Of-Age Drama And Cannibalism Into One Delicious Dish [Fantastic Fest Review] By Jacob Hall/Sept. 28, 2016 6:30 am EST It’s going to be easy to label Raw as a cannibal horror movie. It’s simple. It gets the point across. It’s a hook to get people in the door. However, director Julia Ducournau’s feature debut is about so much more than the consumption of human flesh. It’s a coming-of-age drama that truly understands the loneliness of being away from home for the first time....

‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Sequel Will Use Even More Of That Traumatizing Artwork For Inspiration By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 6, 2020 3:00 pm EST An official Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark sequel is in development, and according to director André Øvredal, the movie will make greater use of those drippy, terrifying Stephen Gammell drawings that made the original book series so memorable. As of now, the sequel appears to be in a holding pattern as Øvredal and company hash out a script, but the filmmaker does promise to tap more into Gammell’s art than he did in the first film....

‘The Green Knight’ Star Ralph Ineson On Playing The Man Beneath The Bark [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 2, 2021 7:48 am EST Yes, there was a person underneath that creaking tree-bark skin and dusty armor. It was Ralph Ineson, a familiar face in genre films like The Witch and TV shows like Game of Thrones, but nigh unrecognizable as the nameless Green Knight in The Green Knight. He’s buried underneath layers of prosthetics crafted by Barrie Gower, a make-up designer who has worked on U....

‘The Mitchells Vs The Machines’ Is Netflix Biggest Animated Movie Yet By Shania Russell/July 20, 2021 6:25 pm EST Netflix is notoriously secretive when it comes to its statistics, but every now and again they creak the doors open and offer us a peek at their streaming numbers. This time, they come bearing very exciting news — The Mitchells vs The Machines is winning families over, one household at a time....

‘The Night House’ Ending Explained: The Meaning Of David Bruckner’s Metaphysical Nightmare By Ariel Fisher/Aug. 20, 2021 6:58 am EST David Bruckner’s The Night House starring the remarkable Rebecca Hall hits theaters today, and I’m very interested to see how the film makes people feel. A deeply metaphysical horror movie, it challenges a lot of our preconceived notions of life, existence, and everything. Whether or not those things permeated your mind on a regular basis ultimately doesn’t matter — you’ll think about it after you see The Night House....

‘The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Ravagers’ Trailer: Christopher Eccleston Makes His Audio Return To ‘Doctor Who’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 26, 2021 1:30 pm EST He’s back and he sounds as fantastic as ever. After 15 long years away from Doctor Who, Christopher Eccleston is reprising his role as the Ninth Doctor in Big Finish’s new audio drama series, The Ninth Doctor Adventures: Ravagers. The audio adventures box set debuts this May, and Big Finish has released a new trailer for it, giving us a sneak peek at Eccleston slipping back into the role of our favorite time-traveling alien again....

1883 Release Date and Where You Can Watch It ViacomCBS “1883” will debut on December 19, 2021 and it can be watched exclusively on the Paramount+ streaming service. The original “Yellowstone” series has been airing on cable for the Paramount Network, though the shift towards streaming could be seen coming when the first two seasons were made available on NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock in July of 2020. What Is 1883?...

2021 PGA Nominations Push ‘Nomadland’, ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ To The Front Of The Oscar Season Pack By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 8, 2021 4:00 pm EST We’ve reached an important foothold in the awards season race. The Producers Guild of America Awards has often been a great litmus test for the Oscar front-runners, with the PGA award winner often going on to win that coveted Best Picture Academy Award (see: Green Book, The Shape of Water, Argo, and more in recent years)....

Early Twitter Buzz: Observe And Report By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2009 9:00 pm EST The new Seth Rogen R-rated mallcop comedy Observe and Report premiered at SXSW earlier tonight. The reviews will be pouring in from Austin, after the party’s come to an end later tonight (and we’ll give a roundup tomorrow), but for now lets check in with the 140-character buzz on Twitter. Seems like a lot of people thought it was hilarious, insanely quotable and somewhat shocking/awkward, but a couple people didn’t think it was that funny, and even one supposed Seth Rogen fan s tweeted about walking out....

The Film Has a Dream-Like Quality Warner Bros. “Eyes Wide Shut” is not an easy film to decipher because of its dream-like quality, where nothing is as it seems. The soft twinkle of Christmas tree lights in the background and buoyant camera lends Kubrick’s mysterious drama a fantastical atmosphere. The entire film feels like “something that you can’t look away from even if you want to, like in a nightmare whence you are partially self-aware of what’s happening and even the fact that you are dreaming and it’s not real, but cannot break free,” writes TheCinemaholic....

Here’s Why Lance Reddick Is Barely In ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ By Chris Evangelista/April 5, 2021 11:30 am EST Godzilla vs. Kong clocks in at a blissfully brief 113 minutes – but it’s pretty clear the movie could’ve been longer. For one thing, previously announced cast members like Zhang Ziyi and Jessica Henwick don’t even appear in the film. And then there’s Lance Reddick, a familiar face who only shows up briefly and delivers one quick line, and is then never spoken of again....

How Marvel Crafted The Tragedy Of Doctor Strange In The Latest Episode Of What If…? [Interview] Marvel Studios By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 2, 2021 1:13 pm EST This week’s episode of Marvel’s “What If…?” animated series focuses on Doctor Strange (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch). The episode in question finds Stephen Strange ending up in the same car accident from his big screen adventure. However, instead of seriously injuring him, the car accident kills Christine Palmer (Rachel McAdams)....

Interview: ‘Mojave’ Director William Monahan Isn’t As Unkind As His Characters By Jack Giroux/Jan. 22, 2016 3:30 pm EST What if someone like Thomas or Mr. Monahan, but far worse, was also in the desert? That’s when Jack (Oscar Isaac) appears, a highly educated and highly dangerous drifter. Thomas and Jack’s war begins with a conversation about the politics, the human condition, and Ahab’s missing leg. And we dive into the details of Mojave during our conversation with Monahan, which begins after the jump....

The Best Please Don’t Destroy – Three Sad Virgins – I think it’s safe to say that Please Don’t Destroy are quickly becoming a reliable staple of “Saturday Night Live,” perhaps landing even more confidently than “SNL Digital Shorts.” At the very least, they’ve been quite consistent when it comes to bringing the laughs. Though this sketch strays from their more low-key conceptual style by including the making of a music video sketch that finds Pete Davidson mocking the trio as “Three Sad Virgins,” it doesn’t lack their fast-paced, sharp writing....

Let’s Talk About The Big Bad ‘Loki’ Variant And What It Means For The Marvel Cinematic Universe By Vanessa Armstrong/June 16, 2021 6:37 am EST Major spoilers follow for the second episode of Loki. You’ve been warned! The second episode of Loki on Disney+ revealed a lot, including having our Loki (Tom Hiddleston) come face-to-face with the Variant of himself wracking havoc on the Time Variance Authority and the Sacred Timeline....