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Why The MPAA Should Be Ashamed Of Itself By David Chen/Nov. 8, 2010 1:00 pm EST A few weeks ago, we learned that Derek Cianfrance’s great film, Blue Valentine, would be receiving an NC-17 rating, a fact which upset me deeply. What put the film over the edge? A lengthy, painfully uncomfortable sequence in which Dean (Ryan Gosling) tries to have sex with Cindy (Michelle Williams) in a hotel room. With their marriage falling apart, Dean is looking for anything that will keep the two of them together....

‘Bumblebee’ Casting Revs Up With A Host Of Young Actors By Ben Pearson/July 13, 2017 2:00 pm EST Paramount’s Transformers spin-off Bumblebee movie is gearing up to put the pedal to the metal/burn some rubber/leave its competition in the dust…okay, okay, I’ll stop. But following the recent casting of Hailee Steinfeld as the female lead and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as the male lead, the film has rounded out its cast with a cavalcade of fresh-faced young actors....

‘Christmas Carol’ Musical ‘Spirited’ Adding Octavia Spencer Alongside Ryan Reynolds And Will Ferrell By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 9, 2021 2:00 pm EST Spirited, the expensive musical remake of A Christmas Carol headed to Apple TV+ with Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell, might add Octavia Spencer into the mix. The Oscar-winning actress is reportedly in talks to join the film in what sounds like an update of the Bob Cratchit-inspired figure who works with Reynolds’ Scrooge-like character....

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 2 Spoiler Review: It’s No Mercy For Anyone In A Gripping Season By Meredith Borders/April 26, 2019 2:00 pm EST With its second season, Cobra Kai does two things most viewers might not expect from a straight-to-YouTube Karate Kid sequel: it delivers stakes as high as Game of Thrones’, and it establishes Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) as one of the most fascinating and complicated characters since the likes of Walter White....

‘Cry Macho’ Release Date: Clint Eastwood’s Newest Movie Arrives On HBO Max And In Theaters This Fall By Ben Pearson/March 23, 2021 3:00 pm EST Last fall, we learned that film legend Clint Eastwood would be starring in and directing Cry Macho, a movie adaptation of N. Richard Nash’s 1975 novel of the same name. The movie had been teased as part of Warner Bros.’ plan to release each entry on its 2021 film slate simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max, but now the specific Cry Macho release date has been revealed....

‘Free Guy 2’: Ryan Reynolds Says Disney Already Wants To Boot Up A Sequel By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 15, 2021 10:26 am EST Following a strong pandemic box office debut with an estimated $28.4 million opening weekend, it sounds like the video game action comedy Free Guy will end up getting a sequel. Ryan Reynolds took to social media with news that Disney already wants Free Guy 2. Here’s what Ryan Reynolds posted to Twitter over the weekend, teasing Disney’s hunger for Free Guy 2:...

What Makes It Great The first episode goes through the known tropes of the genre, establishing the central couple’s first encounter, their chemistry, and even a rivalry that could threaten it. Except, rather than try and milk each of those out and present a series of problems to the central relationship, Horimiya zigs when you expect it to zag. The rivalry? It becomes a strong friendship. A rumor that could ruin the relationship before it takes off?...

‘How I Met Your Father’ Cast Fills In Around Star Hilary Duff By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 10, 2021 12:29 pm EST Audiences spent nine seasons getting to know how Bob Saget ended up meeting the love of his life and the future mother of his kids when he was younger and looked more like Josh Radnor. But any good story is worth repeating, only this time with a slightly different angle, as the saying goes (note: this isn’t an actual saying)....

‘How To Train Your Dragon 3’ Trailer: A New World Of Dragons Is Discovered By Ethan Anderton/June 7, 2018 7:45 am EST The time has come for the How to Train Your Dragon franchise to end. But before it does, Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and his Night Fury dragon companion Toothless have one more adventure to go on, and it could change both of their lives forever. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World takes us to a mysterious new place where there are dragons no one has ever seen before....

‘Meet Cute’ Will Be A Time Travel Rom-Com Starring Kaley Cuoco And Pete Davidson By Ethan Anderton/June 22, 2021 10:16 am EST When two characters meet and spark a relationship in a romantic comedy, it’s called a meet cute. Now it will also be the title of a new rom-com starring Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) and Pete Davidson (Saturday Night Live) that has a time travel twist. Meet Cute will follow a young couple who somehow gain the ability to go back in time and heal their past traumas and problems, presenting them with the opportunity to turn each other into the perfect partner for life....

‘Old’ Trailer: Terrified Beachgoers Rapidly Age In M. Night Shyamalan’s New Thriller By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 27, 2021 8:04 am EST M. Night Shyamalan’s comeback hasn’t been as glorious as one would hope. After being welcomed back into the moviegoing public’s good graces with sleeper hit The Visit and the acclaimed horror film Split, Shyamalan stumbled once again with Glass, a sequel to Unbreakable and Split that failed to stick the landing....

‘The Night House’ Trailer: Rebecca Hall Sees Double In Sundance Horror Hit By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 29, 2021 2:30 pm EST The haunted house movie has been done, again and again. Something goes bump in the night, our frightened protagonist sees something in the corner of their eye, and suddenly they’re dragged violently out of frame. And yet there’s always a movie that can inject some new energy into the haunted house genre, whether it gives it a refugee context, like His House, or whether it stars Rebecca Hall, like The Night House....

‘The Toxic Avenger’ Remake Wraps Filming By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 16, 2021 9:34 am EST Grab your mops and get ready to head back to Tromaville, nerds, because The Toxic Avenger remake has wrapped filming. Director Macon Blair shared the news via his Twitter, so now it’s just a matter of time before we get to see the new Toxie. The Other Avenger The Toxic Avenger is a contemporary reimagining of the 1984 low-budget cult classic from Troma Studios....

‘Under The Banner Of Heaven’ Will Send Andrew Garfield On A Mormon Murder Mystery On FX By Vanessa Armstrong/June 25, 2021 11:07 am EST FX on Hulu is making a TV adaptation of John Krakauer’s nonfiction crime novel Under the Banner of Heaven, and Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People) are on board. Deadline is reporting that FX on Hulu has picked up the limited series. The adaptation is helmed by Dustin Lance Black (Milk) and will be directed by David Mackenzie of Hell or High Water fame....

‘Wildling’ Review: A Creature Feature About The Fear Of Teenage Sexuality [SXSW] By Meredith Borders/March 17, 2018 2:00 pm EST Wildling is Fritz Böhm’s first feature film, and it’s such an assured debut, darkly mystical and elegant. This nighttime fairy tale tells the story of Anna (Bel Powley), a young woman who’s spent much of her life locked in a room like Rapunzel, with only “Daddy” (Lord of the Rings’ Brad Dourif, in an equally untrustworthy role) as company....

DMZ Image Breakdown: Who’s Who In The Second American Civil War Warner Bros. Television By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 18, 2021 12:17 pm EST Originally, filmmaker Ava DuVernay was supposed to helm a “New Gods” film for the DC Universe. Those plans fell through when the project was shelved earlier this year, but DuVernay simply isn’t the kind of talent that you let slip through your fingers for good. The “Selma,” “13th,” and “A Wrinkle in Time” director is back with DC for “DMZ,” the HBO Max limited series announced late last year that’s based on the Vertigo comic series of the same name from writer Brian Wood and artist Riccardo Burchielli....

Encanto Stars Stephanie Beatriz And John Leguizamo On Family, Colombia, And Lin-Manuel Miranda [Interview] Disney By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 24, 2021 2:07 pm EST Stephanie Beatriz is not voicing the first Colombian Disney Princess. “I would say I’m a Disney heroine, which would include all the princesses and myself,” the “Encanto” star said in an interview with /Film ahead of the release of the latest Disney animated musical (in theaters now)....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 16, 2020 5:30 pm EST These days, there’s always the hope of a second life for a canceled TV show. Especially if one has as long a run and as passionate a fanbase as The Venture Bros., which was recently canceled by Adult Swim after 17 years (but just 7 seasons) on the air. And it seems that the #SaveTheVentureBros. campaign has reached the ears of HBO Max head Andy Forssell, who teased that the streaming platform is “working on” ideas to revive the envelope-pushing animated series....

Hide The Kids! ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Is Officially Rated R By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 3, 2021 11:30 am EST In 1978, Richard Donner’s Superman featured the now-famous tagline, “You will believe a man can fly.” Now, more than 40 years later, here comes Zack Snyder’s Justice League, a film that will make you believe Batman can say “f***.” Because the Snyder Cut, as all the kids call it, is officially rated R....

Museum Message from George Lucas Lucasfilm Here is what Lucas wrote to visitors: “Japan is a country I feel a deep affinity and love for. As a result of my exposure to Japanese cinema during my film school days, I became a devoted admirer of Japanese culture and learned all I could about Japanese works of art, clothing from the feudal era, and more. Akira Kurosawa, a master in the world of film, was an artist I deeply respected, and the pursuit of ‘humanity’ through his works had considerable influence on ‘Star Wars....