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We’re Here for the Speeches CBS No one watches awards shows for all of the weird pomp and circumstance surrounding them. We’re here to see who wins, and then to hear what those winners have to say. There are certain awards show wildcards who always end up making the show more entertaining (“Nomadland” actress Frances McDormand is the reigning queen), but there are loads of actors, directors, and more that we know will have something interesting in their acceptance speeches....

Notting Hill Director Roger Michell Passes Away At 65 Vivien Killilea/Getty Images By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 23, 2021 3:45 pm EST Acclaimed and widely respected British filmmaker Roger Michell sadly passed away on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at the age of 65. The gifted stage and movie director was perhaps best known for the 1999 film “Notting Hill,” the Julia Roberts- and Hugh Grant-starring romantic comedy that immediately turned Michell into a hot commodity in Hollywood....

Ozark Season 4 Teaser “Human beings make decisions, they commit acts. And that makes things happen.” In the final chapter of his story, Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) is ready to take some responsibility. The teaser reveals nothing new, instead reminding us of crucial moments tragedies from seasons passed. The Byrde’s came to the Ozarks like a whirlwind, and sure enough, all the disastrous events highlighted in this teaser lead back to them....

R-Rated Krampus: The Naughty Cut Special Features Revealed Universal Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 5, 2021 5:06 pm EST Christmas is coming early this year for horror fans as Legendary Entertainment and Universal Pictures are finally releasing “The Naughty Cut” of Michael Dougherty’s holiday horror film, “Krampus.” This new cut has never been seen before and comes to us from the fine and friendly folks at Scream Factory. Following his now-iconic cult horror film, “Trick ‘r Treat,” Dougherty’s second journey into seasonal scares focused on the most not-so-wonderful time of the year, Christmas....

Mother, Father, Six Kids, and a Flying Snake HBO On “Raised by Wolves,” humanity is trying to survive in the fringes of space after Earth was destroyed in a holy war between the Mithraic, a religious group who worship the sun god Sol, and atheists. Mother and Father are deeply atheist and try to impress their lack of beliefs on the children, with varying success. Collider reports that season 2 will follow Mother, Father, and their children as they join a newly formed atheistic colony in the planet’s mysterious tropical zone....

Superhero Bits: ‘DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow’ Gets Animated, ‘Howard The Duck’ 4K Release & More By Ethan Anderton/April 27, 2021 6:00 pm EST Why is DC’s Legends of Tomorrow getting animated for the sixth season? What does Wyatt Russell think of U.S. Agent’s “new” costume on The Falcon and The Winter Soldier? What did Michael B. Jordan have to say about rumors of him possibly playing the new Superman? Will Eli Bradley be part of the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?...

The Morning Watch: The Batman Animated Trailer Remix, David Copperfield Breaks Down Magic In Movies & More Warner Bros. Animation By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 21, 2021 8:09 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

The Opening Scene Of The ‘Loki’ Finale Was An Homage To ‘Contact’ By Joshua Meyer/July 20, 2021 6:56 pm EST Who caught the Contact homage in the season finale of Loki? There have been a lot of comparisons made between Loki and Doctor Who, and the Disney+ series is of course packed with Marvel Easter eggs. What you might have missed is the reference in the opening scene to Robert Zemeckis’ excellent 1997 adaptation of the Carl Sagan novel, Contact....

Timothée Chalamet To Play Willy Wonka In Chocolatier Origin Story At Warner Bros. By Ethan Anderton/May 24, 2021 8:34 am EST Wonka is a new movie based on the iconic chcolatier previously played by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp in two very different cinematic adaptations of Roald Dahl’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Now Oscar-nominated heartthrob Timothée Chalamet has been cast as the top hat-wearing candy man in the movie that will chronicle his adventures before he ever opened the chocolate factory that made him famous....

‘Fear Street’ Vinyl Soundtrack Artwork Puts The Official Posters To Shame By Chris Evangelista/July 16, 2021 2:52 pm EST The fine folks at Waxwork have put together a killer Fear Street vinyl soundtrack set encompassing all three films. This is the score we’re talking about here, not the constant needle drops throughout the trilogy. And soundtrack lovers are probably going to want to scoop this one up, because not only does it come with 58 tracks of creepy tunes it also features some rad artwork....

‘Guns Akimbo’ Trailer: Daniel Radcliffe Has Guns Bolted To His Hands And Has To Kill An Assassin By Ben Pearson/Jan. 15, 2020 4:30 pm EST In Guns Akimbo, Daniel Radcliffe plays a loser who wakes up with guns physically bolted to his hands (yes, really). Not only that, but his character is tasked with killing an assassin on a live-streamed internet show. Points for originality must go to writer/director Jason Lei Howden for this deranged-looking movie....

‘Infinite’ Trailer: Mark Wahlberg Action Movie Gets Reincarnated Into A Paramount+ Original By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 4, 2021 12:42 pm EST If this Infinite trailer is the first you’re hearing of the Mark Wahlberg-starring action movie, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it was a Paramount+ Original, as it’s billed as. But just as Wahlberg’s action hero gets reincarnated in Infinite, so does this former theatrical release get rebranded as a Paramount+ Original....

‘Kevin Can F**k Himself’ Trailer: ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Star Annie Murphy Is A Killer Sitcom Wife By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 18, 2021 3:00 pm EST At some point, certain sitcoms adopted a formula: an oafish, kind-of-husky husband is married to the perfect wife. The perfect wife who puts up with the male lead’s constant bullshit, no matter what. Now here comes Kevin Can Fk Himself, a series that asks: what if that perfect sitcom wife decided to murder her boorish husband?...

‘Marvel Studios’ Assembled’: Disney+ To Debut New MCU Documentary Series With Making-Of Special About ‘WandaVision’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 16, 2021 7:03 am EST After almost a year of no new releases, Marvel fans can finally be satisfied with new stories set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But Marvel is taking the slow and steady route with its Disney+ releases, letting weeks pass by between new title drops, with Falcon and the Winter Soldier set to debut on the streamer two weeks after Marvel Studios’ inaugural WandaVision comes to an end....

‘Record Of Lodoss War’ Is An Epic Anime Version Of A Dungeons & Dragons Campaign By Rafael Motamayor/May 6, 2021 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Ani-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.) We don’t see nearly enough fantasy in anime. Sure, there are countless isekai shows where someone gets reincarnated in a fantasy JRPG, but there’s not a lot in terms of pure high-fantasy epics like Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings....

‘Twisted Metal’ Video Game Is Becoming A TV Series From ‘Deadpool’ Duo, ‘Cobra Kai’ Writer And Will Arnett By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 22, 2021 11:00 am EST Update: Over a year after his involvement in the series was revealed, Variety reports that Will Arnett will voice Sweet Tooth in the series. The character is the game franchise’s mascot, a serial killer clown who drives a dangerous ice cream truck. Variety describes the character as “a hilarious and terrifying hulk of a man, who is as emotional as he is cunning....

35 Things I Learned On The Set Of Seth Rogen And Evan Goldberg’s ‘This Is The End’ By Peter Sciretta/May 2, 2013 8:00 am EST Even though the whole story takes place in Los Angeles California, the film was shot entirely in the other LA – New Orleans, Louisiana. The movie was shot at a studio which has been converted from a big warehouse building that use to store coffee beans....

The IATSE Releases a Statement IATSE Aside from Baldwin, The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) has also released a statement following the incident. This comes at a time when the IATSE has been dealing with negotations over working conditions on sets, which nearly resulted in an industry-wide strike. The statement reads as follows: “We are heartbroken and devastated to learn that one of our members, sister Halyna Hutchins, died yesterday from injuries sustained on set while working as the Director of Photography on ‘Rust’ in New Mexico....

More Than Hairstyles 20th Century Studios Most of the early buzz for “The Last Duel” centered around Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s hairstyles in the movie, which were definitely choices. (Toner! It’s a thing!) I am the last person who will tell you that costumes and makeup are minor details for a film, especially a period piece, but it is quite true that Matt Damon’s baby-bangs mullet makes him look like someone who would cook meth on the outskirts of my hometown....

Bad Blood: Adam McKay Will Direct Jennifer Lawrence As Elizabeth Holmes Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 7, 2021 12:55 pm EST It seems Adam McKay and Jennifer Lawrence enjoyed working together on “Don’t Look Up,” a sci-fi comedy that McKay co-wrote and directed about a pair of astronomers (played by Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio) who desperately try to warn the people of Earth than a massive comet is heading their way. The two are now officially working together on another dark satire in the form of “Bad Blood,” a film inspired by the real-life rise and fall of notorious Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes....