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How Did Boba Fett Survive The Sarlacc Pit? Here’s What Happened After Return Of The Jedi Lucasfilm By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 22, 2021 12:28 pm EST When everyone’s favorite “Star Wars” bounty hunter, Boba Fett, made his long-awaited return in “The Mandalorian” season 2, the series gave no overt explanation for how he survived the almighty Sarlacc. The Sarlacc was the toothy creature, nested in a sandpit, that swallowed up Boba Fett on the desert planet of Tatooine in “Return of the Jedi....

Interesting Movie Theory: What Is Going On Between Nina And Her Mom In ‘Black Swan’? Black Swan was one of the /Filmcast’s favorite films of the year. But after watching the film, one of the things I was left wondering was: what the hell is going on in the relationship between Nina (Natalie Portman) and her mom, Erica (Barbara Hershey)? Hit the jump for some theories, and feel free to share your own....

Midnight Mass Early Buzz: Mike Flanagan Has Made Another Great Horror Series Netflix By Shania Russell/Sept. 15, 2021 2:55 pm EST As if excitement for Mike Flanagan’s new Netflix series isn’t overwhelming enough, reactions to “Midnight Mass” are taking Twitter by storm! The horror miniseries is just days away from premiering on the streamer, but it feels like the wait will last an eternity. Even before we caught our first glimpse of the show, most were on board with the pitch: a religious horror from the mind behind the “Haunting” Netflix anthology series (“The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor”)....

New ‘Loki’ Clip Introduces Agent Mobius And Teases Time Travel Mischief By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 17, 2021 9:30 am EST Meet Agent Mobius, a TVA agent who has no time for mischief. Which makes him a great match for the God of Mischief himself, Loki. Marvel Studios has released a new Loki clip that introduces Owen Wilson’s Mobius M. Mobius, an agent of the organization that reins in any time anomalies like Tom Hiddleston’s Loki....

New Venom: Let There Be Carnage Spot Teases An ‘Expanding’ Universe Sony By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 20, 2021 5:24 pm EST Are you ready to let there be carnage? I sure hope so, because “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” is almost upon us. The sequel to the massive hit “Venom” brings back Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, the reluctant superhero who is now forever linked with some alien goo that turns him into a giant, head-eating monster named Venom....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘Infernal Affairs,’ ‘Another Round,’ ‘Bombay Rose,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 29, 2021 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) It seems like every month heralds the debut of a new streaming service, or at least a newly rebranded streaming service. And with more and more streaming platforms come more opportunities to watch international movies that you wouldn’t have had the chance to before....

Scream 2022 Director Teases Possible Sequels With New Generation Spyglass Entertainment By Anya Stanley/Dec. 2, 2021 8:30 am EST It’s been 25 years since Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) went toe-to-toe with the hacking ’n slashing Ghostface killer (not to be confused with the flow-riffic rap artist) in the fictional sunny California town of Woodsboro in Wes Craven’s “Scream.” Now, the “Scream” film series has a new entry on the way in 2022, and co-director Tyler Gillett says there’s more where that came from....

Super Crooks Trailer: The Mark Millar Comic Becomes A Netflix Anime Netflix By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 24, 2021 10:22 am EST “Having a superpower doesn’t necessarily make you a superhero.” That’s the premise behind “Super Crooks,” a new Netflix animated series based on the graphic novel of the same name by Mark Millar and Leinil Yu. The live-action TV adaptation of Millar and Frank Quitely’s comic “Jupiter’s Legacy” may have faced impromptu cancelation early this summer, but Netflix is still in the market for more Millar — and more anime....

Superhero Bits: James Gunn Teases Possible Harley Quinn Project, ‘Big Hero 6’ Not Coming To The MCU & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 23, 2021 6:00 pm EST Where can you watch the first two seasons of Krypton for free? What did Tom Holland have to say about the script for Spider-Man 3? Which Oscar nominated film inspired the action sequences in Marvel’s Eternals? Which DC Comics movie star debunked theories about a cameo in Zack Snyder’s Justice League?...

The Best TV Shows And Movies Leaving Netflix In May 2021 By Chris Evangelista/April 23, 2021 5:00 pm EST As the month of April ends, so, too, do your chances to watch several movies on Netflix! You can never watch these movies again! Unless they return, or go to another streaming service, or you have them on Blu-ray. Anyway, it’s (almost) time for last call on the following TV shows and movies leaving Netflix in May 2021....

The Flash Takes a Taxi Warner Bros. Pictures Even though Barry Allen can run like the wind, he apparently felt like taking a taxi was a better option. In fact, as you realize later in the trailer, there are actually two different versions of Barry Allen in play here. As for what has motivated them to take a taxi out to this spooky mansion in the middle of foggy nowhere, we’re not sure....

“Repeating Loops” Warner Bros. “We can’t see it. But we’re all trapped inside these strange, repeating loops.” These foreboding first words in the trailer are spoken by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s mysterious new character, who the actor confirmed to be “a different iteration” of the original Morpheus famously played by Laurence Fishburne in the original trilogy. Imbued with a certain extent of memory regarding the events in the previous movies, he’s obviously the most fitting choice to ominously narrate about what may be set up as a major source of conflict in “Resurrections....

The Scariest Scene In Land Of The Dead Showcases George Romero At His Finest Universal Pictures By Matt Donato AND Ariel Fisher/Sept. 17, 2021 11:01 am EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror with your tour guides, horror experts Matt Donato and Ariel Fisher. In this edition: Matt explains why “Land Of The Dead” is responsible for one of his favorite group-scare memories, and Ariel weighs in on the unexpected pick....

The Warriors Controversy Explained Paramount Pictures By Lee Adams/Nov. 29, 2021 11:27 am EST In the winter of 1971, dozens of New York gangs including the Savage Skulls, the Black Spades, the Immortals, the Majestic Warlocks, and the Spanish Daggers met in the gymnasium of the Hoe Avenue Boys Club in the Bronx to discuss a truce. This parley came after the murder of “Black Benji” of the Ghetto Brothers, who himself had tried to promote peace between the city’s gangs....

Time Now Trailer The film will premiere in the marquee category at the Austin Film Festival next month. It co-stars Claudia Black (“The Nevers”, “Stargate”), Xxavier Polk, Paige Kendrick and Sebastian Beacon, with R&B star Dwele also appearing in the film. This has been a big year for Hollywood royalty getting their time at bat, with Michael Gandolfini walking in his dad’s Soprano shoes in “The Many Saints of Newark,” the recent trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” giving us our debut look at Philip Seymour Hoffman’s son Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn directing his own daughter Dylan Penn (also the daughter of Robin Wright) in “Flag Day,” and even Dark Star Pictures’ release of the horror film “Honeydew” starring Sawyer Spielberg....

‘Bad Santa 2’ Green Band Trailer: A Tame Look At The Raunchy Holiday Comedy By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 23, 2016 3:00 pm EST Just earlier this week a new red band trailer for the long-anticipated Bad Santa 2 arrived, and before that another raunchy trailer showed us the vulgarity in store for us from Billy Bob Thornton’s return to the red suit. But for those who can’t watch those kind of trailers at work, or will be waiting for this movie to his basic cable, a new Bad Santa 2 green band trailer teases the comedy without any of the fun, naughty language or sexual content....

‘Culture Shock’ Is The Best Installment Of ‘Into The Dark’ Yet By Matt Donato/July 10, 2019 12:00 pm EST (Blumhouse Television and Hulu have partnered for a monthly horror anthology series titled Into The Dark, set to release a full holiday-themed feature the first Friday of every month. Horror anthology expert Matt Donato will be tackling the series one-by-one, stacking up the entries as they become streamable.)Cue the celebratory fireworks and break out grandma’s potato salad recipe, because Gigi Saul Guerrero’s Culture Shock takes advantage of Into The Dark’s full conceptual potential....

‘F9’ Easily Speeds To The Top Of The Box Office Charts, Smashes Pandemic Records With $70 Million Debut By Ethan Anderton/June 28, 2021 8:48 am EST If there was any lingering concern about movie theaters coming back in a big way as we come out of the coronavirus pandemic, F9 just smashed right through them. Universal’s latest installment of the Fast and Furious saga had no trouble speeding to the top of the box office charts and smashing pandemic records....

‘Lord Of The Rings’ And ‘The Hobbit’ 4K Box Sets Are On The Way By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 7, 2020 2:00 pm EST Finally, the journey is at an end: The Lord of the Rings trilogy is getting a 4K box set. Uh, oh yes…there’s also going to be a Hobbit 4K box set, but it’s okay, you’re among friends here – you can admit you don’t care about that. Peter Jackson’s epic journey through Middle-earth remains a major cinematic achievement, and fans (like me) have been wondering when we’d be blessed with 4K releases....

‘Night Has Fallen’: Gerard Butler Is Back To Stab More Guys In The Head With The Fourth ‘Has Fallen’ Movie By Ben Pearson/Nov. 9, 2020 12:30 pm EST Mike Banning is about to be called upon to save the world…again. Gerard Butler has signed on to reprise his role in Night Has Fallen, the upcoming fourth entry in the successful Has Fallen action film franchise. Ric Roman Waugh, who directed last year’s Angel Has Fallen, will be back in the director’s chair for this sequel....