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The Paranormal Activity Timeline Explained Blumhouse By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 8, 2021 9:24 am EST With “Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin” finally available, now is the perfect time to revisit the entire “Paranormal Activity” franchise. With seven films total, the world of “Paranormal Activity” exists in a non-linear timeline, at least compared to the order in which the films were released. Watching the films in the release order is fun, but the series’ storytelling is infinitely stronger when watched in order of the movies’ timeline....

TV Bits: ‘Queer As Folk’ Remake, ‘Friends’ Reunion, ‘Powerpuff Girls,’ ‘Hunters’ Season 2, And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 10, 2021 10:00 am EST Peacock announced that it gave a straight to series order for a Queer as Folk remake from UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Stephen Dunn (Closet Monster). Dunn, who directed an episode of the Apple TV+ anthology series, is the creator, writer, and executive producer of this “vibrant reimagining of the groundbreaking British series created by Russell T....

Upcoming Will Smith Movies To Keep On Your Radar By Shania Russell/July 28, 2021 2:49 pm EST Fews actors have the natural star power that Will Smith so charmingly radiates. More than that, few have his very powerful street cred. We’ve spent so many years loving him as a leading man that it only takes his name on a poster to get theater seats filled. Which is exactly the kind of effect theaters are aching for....

‘Army Of The Dead’ Image Features Dave Bautista, Who Says Zack Snyder’s Zombie Movie Has “Something Special” By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 15, 2021 5:30 pm EST While everyone keeps talking about Zack Snyder’s Justice League, it’s worth remembering that Zack Snyder has a completely separate movie due out this year: Army of the Dead, a heist flick set during a zombie apocalypse. A new Army of the Dead image has just arrived featuring star Dave Bautista, and in an article accompanying the image, Bautista says that Snyder’s zombie movie has “something special” that sets it apart from all the other zombie-based entertainment out there....

‘Army Of The Dead’ Star Dave Bautista On Bringing Emotion To A Zombie Movie And The Future Of Drax In The MCU [Interview] By Jacob Hall/May 17, 2021 9:00 am EST Dave Bautista is always looking for a challenge. The Guardians of the Galaxy films may have transformed the former professional wrestler into a household name, but he’s not resting on his laurels. He’s constantly working, headlining action movies (Hotel Artemis, Bushwick), stretching his comedic chops (Stuber, My Spy), and lending unexpected gravitas to science fiction epics (Blade Runner 2049)....

‘Back To The Future 4’: Christopher Lloyd Still Wants To Make A Climate Change-Focused Sequel By Ben Pearson/July 7, 2019 11:00 am EST Let’s face it: the odds of another Back to the Future movie happening are slim, at least during the lifetimes of filmmakers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. But just in case they have a change of heart and decide that a Back to the Future 4 is a good idea after all, there’s at least one member of the original cast who will gladly show up for more....

‘Free Guy’ Arriving On Digital And Home Release Very Soon By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 23, 2021 1:02 pm EST Each and every new theatrical release these days brings a new guessing game of just how long we’ll have to wait until the studio makes the film available on streaming and/or video on demand. Thus far, we have been under the assumption that Disney would keep Free Guy, a holdover from their acquisition of 20th Century Fox, in a theatrical-only exclusive window for an undetermined period of time after its August 13 release....

‘In The Heights’ Review: This Crowdpleasing Musical Is Full Of Big Emotions, Big Dreams, And Big Songs By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 21, 2021 8:00 am EST When In The Heights opened on Broadway in 2008, it was a scrappy little show that could, the product of a college sophomore’s wild ambitions and talent that had been honed and tweaked for years before finally hitting the Great White Way. But more than two decades after Lin-Manuel Miranda initially conceived of In the Heights during his second year at Wesleyan, Miranda’s profile has far exceeded anything that he created pre-Hamilton....

‘Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings’ Trailer Breakdown: Abominations And Daddy Issues By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 25, 2021 8:18 am EST The official trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is here, and its full of incredible feats of martial arts, incredible father issues, and Incredible Hulk villains. Learn all about the various Marvel Easter eggs and plot details in our Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings trailer breakdown....

The Tomorrow War In The Tomorrow War, “the world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester (Chris Pratt)....

Alamo Drafthouse Has Filed For Bankruptcy, But Only A Few Locations Will Be Closing By Ethan Anderton/March 3, 2021 7:30 am EST It’s no secret that the coronavirus pandemic has been hitting the movie theater industry hard. Sadly, one of the best movie theater chains around has filed for bankruptcy and will soon be under partially new ownership. The Texas-based movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse announced that they have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of an asset purchase agreement with Altamont Capital Partners, a previous investor in the company, as well as affiliates of Fortress Investment Group, a new financial backer for the chain....

Edgar Wright’s Last Night In Soho Is “A Very Well-Directed Acid Trip,” Anya Taylor-Joy Teases Focus Features By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 27, 2021 10:57 am EST “Last Night in Soho” has found its way onto many a film fan’s radar and for very good reason. Anya Taylor-Joy’s meteoric rise as a movie star largely began with 2015’s “The Witch,” putting her on the map as a highly capable lead with a commanding screen presence....

Finding Magic Mike Trailer: HBO Max Is Looking For The Next Great Male Stripper Warner Bros. Entertainment By Anya Stanley/Nov. 21, 2021 5:43 pm EST Happy International Men’s Day! HBO Max has unveiled a new Max Original (as series produced for the HBO Max streaming service are called) in the form of a seven-episode competition series with exotic male dancers putting on their boogie shoes and dancing for dollars. “Finding Magic Mike” drops Thursday, December 16, courtesy of Eureka Productions and Warner Bros....

How ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Would Have Introduced Green Lantern Before Warner Bros. Blocked It By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 22, 2021 7:30 am EST One of the most significant additions to Zack Snyder’s Justice League is another “Knightmare” sequence, set in Batman’s vision of a dystopian future in which Darkseid has conquered the Earth. Joker cameos and foreshadowing abound in this sequence, but the biggest whopper is what comes after it: a moment in which Snyder teased a “mind-blowing” cameo....

What Makes A24 Unique We recently talked about the A24 brand in relation to horror. The studio is known for its innovative marketing, like binding the 150-tweet thread that inspired Zola into a clothbound hardcover. It’s also known for its spooky trailers, some of which have been slightly misleading, setting up audiences (and disgruntled CinemaScore responders) with monster-movie expectations, when they were really about to experience a slow-burn psychodrama. We should have known what to expect by the time Hereditary and Midsommar rolled around, but alas....

Kevin Smith Updates Us On ‘Red State’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 15, 2010 6:00 am EST Red State is about “a group of kids encounters a crazed preacher (based on Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church) who gives a whole new meaning to the term ’extreme fundamentalism’ and stars Michael Parks, Kyle Gallner, Melissa Leo, Michael Angarano, Stephen Root, John Goodman and Kevin Pollak. After Smith tweeted the photo of Parks as Pastor Abin Cooper, his next related tweet was as follows:...

Listen To Andrew Garfield Sing In ‘30/90,’ The First Song In Tick tick…BOOM! Netflix By Shania Russell/Oct. 4, 2021 12:07 pm EST Is there anything Andrew Garfield can’t do? Obviously, the answer is no. I mean, we’re talking about the same guy who made tech billionaire Eduardo Savarin sympathetic in “The Social Network,” so Garfield’s talent really can’t be ignored. Well, now he’s traded in his Prada and flip-flops for a shiny piano in the upcoming musical, “tick, tick… BOOM!...

National Treasure Disney+ Series Finds A Lead Who Isn’t Nicolas Cage Walt Disney Pictures By Kaylee Dugan/Oct. 29, 2021 8:29 am EST Nicholas Cage is hanging up his Declaration of Independence and passing on his Benjamin Franklin themed torch to a new generation of American history treasure hunters … or something like that. Anyway, the real news here is that the folks at Disney+ are developing a “National Treasure” TV series, something I’m sure a lot of people were very desperately asking for, and they’re definitely not casting Cage as the lead....

Netflix Launches ‘Play Something’ Shuffle Feature To End Decision Fatigue By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 28, 2021 5:00 pm EST Here’s how it works: Netflix users will find the “Play Something” button underneath their name in the profile, in the 10th row on their homepage, or as a tab on the menu. When users press this button, Netflix offers three options: a new series or film, a series or film they’re already watching, or a title from their list or unfinished title they may want to revisit....

Bond Returns Stateside MGM “No Time to Die” opened to $56 million in its first frame at the domestic box office. Excitement ran a little high when the movie earned $6.3 million in Thursday night previews, a record for the franchise domestically. However, it appears that it was a bit front-loaded with eager fans who had been waiting a long time to see Craig return as 007. Not only had it been years since “Spectre,” but this movie had been delayed multiple times as a result of the pandemic....