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Joe Berlinger’s Netflix Crime Scene Doc Series Renewed For Three More Seasons, New Season Coming In December Netflix By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 12, 2021 5:20 pm EST Netflix has quite a few true crime documentaries and series in its roster, and Joe Berlinger’s “Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel” is one of its crowning jewels. The documentary series followed the mysterious disappearance of Elisa Lam at the infamous Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles in 2013, providing insight into both the cultural reaction to the story and what most likely happened on that tragic night....

Lucasfilm Chief Kathleen Kennedy Hints At Star Wars Return For Sequel Trilogy Characters Lucasfilm By Ben Pearson/Nov. 22, 2021 4:58 pm EST Much to the chagrin of a segment of furious YouTubers, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy will reportedly continue to oversee the “Star Wars” empire (not to be confused with the Galactic Empire) for another three years. While the future of the franchise seems to be primarily on streaming with shows like “The Mandalorian” and its upcoming spin-offs, Disney knows there’s still serious money to be made in the theatrical market, so the world remains curious about the next movie out of the gate now that Patty Jenkins’ “Rogue Squadron” is grounded....

Star Wars Bits: J.W. Rinzler, The Bad Batch, Terrifying Tales, Galactic Starcruiser, And More! By Adam Frazier/Aug. 6, 2021 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Star Wars Author J.W. Rinzler Passes Away Disney+ Announces Season 2 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales Premieres October 1 Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Details And More!...

Superhero Bits: DC Is Launching NFTs, Spider-Man 2 Video Game Is Going Darker & More Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Sept. 29, 2021 5:44 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

Superhero Bits: John Constantine Leaving ‘DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow’, ‘Lucifer’ Final Season Teaser & More By Ethan Anderton/July 26, 2021 3:00 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

Avada Kedavra! Niantic Niantic made the announcement about “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite” shutting down in a blog post on the game’s official website. Here’s what they had to say: “Today we’re announcing that Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will officially close on January 31, 2022. The game will be removed from the App Store, Google Play and Galaxy Store on December 6, 2021, and players will no longer be able to make in-game purchases as of December 6, 2021....

The Witcher Season 2 Review: Geralt Is Best Dad In A Darkly Rich And Ever-Expanding World Netflix By Vanessa Armstrong/Dec. 10, 2021 8:31 am EST What makes a monster? In “The Witcher,” a fantasy world where there are creatures with fangs, mandibles, and claws that could cut a human in half, the answer seems like an obvious one. The second season of the Netflix show, however, explores who really are the monsters....

This Actor Played Five Separate Roles In The Wizard Of Oz Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer By Witney Seibold/Nov. 25, 2021 1:53 pm EST Because of the popularity of 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz,” a movie that was notoriously dangerous to film, modern audiences have a great deal of information about its production. Many books have been written about “The Wizard of Oz.” I recommend “The Making of The Wizard of Oz: Movie Magic and Studio Power” (1977) by Aljean Harmetz for a good historical view of film production in 1939....

By Hunter Stephenson/May 2, 2008 4:48 pm EST [money shot from Scanners] When I was a kid, I used to ponder in math class, “What if Summer School’s Mr. Shoop starred in a dark dorktastic action comedy with a lot of cocaine.” And then I saw True Romance, probably my favorite Hollywood-Hollywood film of all time, and I didn’t ask any more questions for a long time. And now here I am linking to Maxim (no rickroll), because the lad mag did the definitive 15-years-later retrospective with director Tony Scott, screenwriter Quentin Tarantino, and pretty much everyone in that blitzed golden wand of a cast, including Tom Sizemore (!...

Underrated Gem Vanilla Sky Is Getting A New Blu-Ray For Its 20th Anniversary Paramount By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 1, 2021 1:03 pm EST The criminally underrated “Vanilla Sky” is getting a new Blu-ray to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Cameron Crowe film. A remake of Alejandro Amenábar’s 1997 Spanish film “Open Your Eyes,” “Vanilla Sky” stars Tom Cruise as a billionaire going through some stuff, to say the. least. “Ah, great, just what we need!...

Where Hawkeye Fits In The MCU Timeline Disney By Jamie Gerber/Nov. 24, 2021 9:00 am EST Get ready to celebrate the holidays with “Hawkeye.” When “Iron Man” launched in 2008, no one could’ve predicted the extent to which superheroes would eventually overtake the box office. Comic book content is not only ubiquitous on the big screen, but on the small screen as well. Continuing on in its quest for world domination, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is now premiering its newest series, “Hawkeye,” on Disney+....

Who Is Echo In Hawkeye? Explaining The MCU’s New Villain Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Dec. 1, 2021 12:45 pm EST Marvel’s “Hawkeye” is rolling right along on Disney+ and as of today, we are at the halfway mark of the series with episode 3, titled “Echoes.” It turns out that title was rather appropriate, as we ended up getting a proper introduction to the character of Echo, aka Maya Lopez, played by Alaqua Cox....

‘Amend’ Trailer: Will Smith Hosts Netflix Documentary Series About What It Means To Be An American Citizen By Ben Pearson/Feb. 3, 2021 4:00 pm EST In 2016, Netflix released Ava DuVernay’s 13th, a documentary about slavery and the prison system in America seen through the prism of the 13th Amendment of the Constitution. Five years later, there seems to be a Constitutional Cinematic Universe slowly forming at the streaming service....

‘Crank: High Voltage’ 10 Years Later: Director Brian Taylor Reflects On “One Of The Weirdest Movies To Get A Wide Release” [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Dec. 31, 2019 11:00 am EST You can’t talk about the last ten years of movies without talking about Crank: High Voltage, right? The gonzo action pic was one of the most fascinating sequels from recent years, basically taking structure of the first movie but ramping everything up to 200....

‘Eternals’ Director Chloé Zhao Took Direct Visual Inspiration From Comic Legend Jack Kirby By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 18, 2021 8:34 am EST It was nothing less than a coup for Marvel to attract filmmaker Chloé Zhao. Coming off her critically acclaimed breakthrough The Rider, Zhao impressed the studio enough to be handed the reins to Eternals, the little-known comic heroes who are set to receive a spotlight all to themselves in the MCU....

‘F9’ Explores Dom Toretto’s Origins, Will Revisit A Scene From The First Film (Plus: Which Big Actor Is Joining The Franchise Next?) By Ben Pearson/April 30, 2021 1:00 pm EST After a huge delay, we’re finally only a few months away from the release of F9, which will be coming out 20 years after 2001’s The Fast and the Furious. And according to producer/star Vin Diesel, this new sequel has a special connection to the film that kicked off this franchise: F9 actually goes back in time and gives audiences a peek into the origins of his Dominic Toretto character....

By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 11, 2021 1:30 pm EST Look, not all remakes are bad – some can even be quite good! But I can unequivocally say that there is absolutely no reason whatsoever for a Face/Off remake. And yet…we’re getting one anyway! And it will be directed by Adam Wingard, the filmmaker behind You’re Next, The Guest, and the upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong. And hey, I like Adam Wingard! I like a lot of his films!...

‘Jurassic World’ Easter Eggs: Did You Catch These ‘Jurassic Park’ References? By Ethan Anderton/June 15, 2015 9:00 am EST Jurassic World, a third sequel to the 22-year old modern classic Jurassic Park, opened in theaters this past weekend. We’ve had plenty of coverage on the blockbuster sequel, including reviews from both Peter Sciretta (who loved the movie) and Germain Lussier (who was fairly disparaging), and a new interview with director Colin Trevorrow....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Breakdown: The Details And History That Enrich “Battle Scars” By Bryan Young/June 11, 2021 7:44 am EST This post contains major spoilers for the latest episode of the series. “Battle Scars,” the new episode of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, begins in medias res, with the Bad Batch escaping from their most recent job, stealing a creature named Ruby from an uncouth group of ne’er-do-wells called the Rhokai....

‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ And ‘Bride Of Frankenstein’ Coming To Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights – Watch New Trailers By Chris Evangelista/July 15, 2021 9:23 am EST We’re knee-deep in the sweaty, sticky days of summer, but Halloween is just around the corner. And with it comes the return of Halloween Horror Nights, the annual haunted event at Universal Studios theme parks in Florida, California, Singapore, and Japan. The event didn’t happen last year due to the pandemic, but now it’s back, and we have a look at two attractions designed to give you the creeps....