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The Bo Burnham: Inside Soundtrack Is Getting A Vinyl And CD Release So You Can Be Sad In Analog Netflix By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 2, 2021 5:09 pm EST Comedian and musician Bo Burnham’s one-hour Netflix special, “Inside,” is coming to physical media this December, which means you can now cry along in analog. The raw and uncomfortably funny special earned both critical and viewer acclaim for staring straight into the void of the past year and a half....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Greenland’ Is Not Your Typical Disaster Movie By Chris Evangelista/May 19, 2021 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: GreenlandWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: It’s the end of the world as we know it and Gerad Butler does not feel fine.Why It’s Essential Quarantine Viewing: When Greenland came out last year, I didn’t pay it much mind due to both preconceived notions and willful ignorance....

Wanda Group Sells Off Almost Entire Stake In AMC Theatres By Chris Evangelista/May 23, 2021 1:00 pm EST Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group is apparently done with AMC Theatres. Wanda has had a controlling stake in the massive theater chain since 2012, but a new report reveals that it has essentially sold off its entire stake in AMC Theatres, exiting the U.S. theatrical exhibition business in the process. Part of this seems to be due to recent Reddit-inspired traders that caused AMC shares to go up nearly 300 percent....

Watch The ‘Rick And Morty’ Season 5 Premiere For Free On YouTube By Ethan Anderton/June 21, 2021 9:53 am EST This past weekend brought the Rick and Morty season 5 premiere to Adult Swim, along with a streaming debut on Hulu and HBO Max. But if you somehow find yourself without a cable subscription or either of those streaming services, there’s another away for you to watch the first episode of the new season....

Why Veronica Mars Was Canceled (Both Times) – Here’s What We Know Warner Bros. By Jamie Gerber/Dec. 13, 2021 1:57 pm EST Hey Marshmallows, it’s time to reopen the case of the twice-canceled “Veronica Mars.” Created by Rob Thomas, the show centered on the teen sleuth (played by the amazing Kristen Bell), who was the daughter of former sheriff-turned private investigator Keith Mars. Veronica solved weekly cases, while slowly putting together the pieces of who murdered her best friend — though subsequent seasons would give her a different overarching mystery to solve....

‘Baby Driver’ And The Ongoing Evolution Of Cinematic Action By Matt Donato/June 29, 2017 1:00 pm EST As a die-hard action junkie, I constantly find myself pondering how this genre fights creative staleness. After decades of pulverized bodies and eviscerated landscapes, you’d assume filmmakers would be spinning the same bloody chainsaw blades by now. Can Hollywood forever recycle an “Expendables” formula by plugging in different renegades, a new villain, and loads more henchman deaths?...

By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 22, 2021 11:30 am EST I don’t know about you, but I just want Godzilla and Kong to put aside their differences and become friends. Let them fight? No, let them chill – that’s what I say! Maybe one day these very large boys will become thick as thieves, but first, they’re going to have to kick each other’s asses in Godzilla vs. Kong. The latest entry in Legendary’s MonsterVerse just unveiled this admittedly cool international poster featuring these two behemoths going at it....

‘Karen’ Trailer: Here’s A Jordan Peele Rip-Off That No One Asked For By Ethan Anderton/June 22, 2021 9:22 am EST Jordan Peele made quite an impression on audiences with his directorial debut Get Out. The thriller used racism as the crux of the terror, offering plenty of sharp social commentary along with more genre-driven chills. Even though it took a little while, another filmmaker is trying the same thing, but with seemingly far worse results....

‘Mythbusters’ Prop Auction Will Benefit Grant Imahara Charity By Jeremy Mathai/July 29, 2021 7:55 am EST As much as the incredibly long-running and fan-favorite Mythbusters series sought to entertain us through the power of science, viewers of the show can back me up when I say that the true stars were the hosts: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, along with the “build team” surrounding them that would eventually be made up of Kari Byron, Tory Belleci, and Grant Imahara....

‘Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings’ Trailer: Simu Liu Is The MCU’s Latest Hero By Chris Evangelista/June 24, 2021 5:57 pm EST After an entire year off due to the pandemic, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is bouncing back. Not only do they have Black Widow arriving this summer, but this fall they’ll release Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the 25th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Breakdown: The Details And History That Enrich “Rescue On Ryloth” By Bryan Young/July 16, 2021 7:35 am EST This article contains major spoilers for the latest episode of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. “Rescue on Ryloth” picks up shortly after the events of the last episode, with Cham and Eleni Syndula (as well as Gobi Glie) arrested for the attempted assassination of Senator Orn Free Taa....

By Ben Pearson/March 26, 2021 3:02 pm EST Warner Bros. and DC have found their Static Shock writer for the upcoming movie adaptation of the cult comic book superhero character. Randy McKinnon, who recently wrote the Disney+ original movie Safety, will write the screenplay for the film, which has Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther) and Reginald Hudlin (Django Unchained) on board as producers. The news of McKinnon’s hiring comes our way via The Hollywood Reporter....

‘The Capote Tapes’ Trailer: The Prayer Of That Acclaimed Truman Capote Documentary Is Finally Answered By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 6, 2021 5:32 am EST Truman Capote lived a life less ordinary. The author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood is now the subject of a documentary, The Capote Tapes. It’s a film about the novelist’s unfinished roman-à-clef, Answered Prayers, and it debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival back in 2019....

‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ Trailer: Tom Hardy And Woody Harrelson Face-Off In The Andy Serkis-Directed Sequel By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 10, 2021 6:44 am EST Sony woke up this morning and chose carnage. The first official trailer has arrived for Venom: Let There Be Carnage, the anticipated sequel to the 2018 surprise hit Venom, which starred Tom Hardy as a human who bonds with an alien symbiote and becomes a super-antihero....

‘Westworld’ Website Hints That This Character Survived And Reveals The Year I’m still trying to recover from that fantastic Westworld season one finale. A lot of people watching the series are likely not paying attention to the incredible Westworld website that HBO has constructed that takes you inside the world of the show. An update occurred after the finale that gives us a bunch of hints at the future of the show, and may finally reveal what year this story takes place in....

5 Netflix Shows That We Swear We Didn’t Make Up … Or Did We? Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 16, 2021 2:50 pm EST I cover entertainment for a living, which means I’m well-aware of most movies and TV shows, even if I’ll never watch them. But every now and then, I’ll get an email about a show that I am convinced is 100% made-up, just pure fiction, a total lie. The latest example: “Another Life,” a Netflix series that boasts it’s headed into its second season....

Blonde: Everything We Know So Far Netflix By Shania Russell/Nov. 9, 2021 9:32 am EST Director Andrew Dominik has been working on a Marilyn Monroe biopic for over a decade, and his dreams are finally coming true. “Blonde” locked down its lead actress, its distributor and even an explicit NC-17 cut, worthy of Dominik’s dark script. At long last, the director behind “Killing Them Softly,” and “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” can present his latest passion project to a wide audience....

Could ‘Cars 4’ Replace Lightning McQueen In The Driver’s Seat? [Interview] By Peter Sciretta/June 20, 2017 9:00 am EST During my conversation with Cars 3 director Brian Fee last week, I brought up the question of another Cars film. If this movie is a hit and they decide to make a fourth installment, could Owen Wilson’s Lightning McQeen take a back seat (pun intended) while another character becomes the focal point of the series?...

By Ben Pearson/March 9, 2021 11:22 am EST Update: During today’s Disney shareholders meeting, CEO Bob Chapek announced that Disneyland will aim to reopen with limited capacity “by late April,” with a more specific date to be revealed in the coming weeks. “While last week’s announcement stated that theme parks may open starting on April 1, the fact is it will take some time to get them ready for our guests,” he said, citing the work it will take to recall the 10,000 furloughed Cast Members and retraining them to work under the new restrictions....

Disneyland Proposes “Immersive Theme Park” Expansion, May Include ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Frozen,’ And ‘Avatar’ Lands By Ethan Anderton/March 26, 2021 8:30 am EST Disneyland could be getting a lot bigger. The theme park has announced their new DisneylandForward initiative, which will see the House of Mouse working with the city of Anaheim to reimagine what the resort district of Disneyland could look like by building what they refer to as a “Immersive Theme Park” expansion....