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5 Westerns To Watch If You Loved The Power Of The Dog Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 3, 2021 2:41 pm EST Jane Campion’s masterful “The Power of the Dog” is now streaming on Netflix, and if you haven’t watched it yet, I urge you to check it out, because it’s one of the best movies of the year. As I wrote in my review: As “The Power of the Dog” rolls into its jaw-dropper of a conclusion, we are left drained, pulverized, as if we’ve been put through the wringer....

Betty Thomas In Talks To Direct Isla Fisher In ‘Desperados’ By Russ Fischer/March 18, 2011 7:00 am EST Last year Wayne McClammy, the director behind the video ‘I’m Fing Matt Damon’ and star-studded rejoinder ‘I’m Fing Ben Affleck’ that aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2008, was set to direct Isla Fisher in Desperados, which is typically referred to as ‘a female-oriented Hangover.’ But something didn’t work out, and he’s now walking away from the film....

Carrie Fisher, Ewan McGregor, And Ming-Na Wen Are Getting Stars On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame By Ben Pearson/June 18, 2021 11:03 am EST Three Star Wars veterans will soon be immortalized with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. There’s Ewan McGregor, who is set to reprise the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in an upcoming Disney+ series; the late Carrie Fisher, who played General Leia Organa across two trilogies of films; and Ming-Na Wen, whose Star Wars credits include The Mandalorian, The Bad Batch, and the upcoming The Book of Boba Fett....

Daily Podcast: What If…? Spoiler Discussion – What If Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark? Marvel On the September 15, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer and weekend editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler discussion about “What If…?” episode 6 “What If Killmonger Saved Tony Stark? Opening Banter: In The Spoiler Room: “What If…?” Episode 6 “What If Killmonger Saved Tony Stark?”...

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Ending Explained: Nostalgia Makes Us Feel Good Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Nov. 19, 2021 12:00 pm EST After literal decades of waiting, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” has arrived in theaters, serving as a proper sequel (though also kind of a reboot) to the original horror/comedy classics from the ’80s. While 2016’s “Ghostbusters” opted for a full-on reboot, this latest installment is more akin to a proper “Ghostbusters 3,” taking the same route as “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” or “Creed,” introducing new characters to bring in a new generation of fans, while marrying the past to the present....

Jared Leto in Suicide Squad Warner Bros. The Joker in Suicide Squad feels more like a wisp from a montage than an actual movie character. He leaves us with a fascinating case study in how a film’s editing can eschew lucidity in favor of cacophony, to the detriment of its characters. Philosophically, I’m not opposed to a Joker who has had his front teeth knocked out by Batman, so that he now sports a shiny grill along with his prison tattoos....

Netflix Is Making A Movie About The Grandma Who Accidentally Invited A Stranger To Thanksgiving Twitter By Shania Russell/Dec. 3, 2021 11:19 am EST Cancel your Thanksgiving plans — Netflix just invited the world over to Grandma’s for a potluck dinner! Surprise Thanksgiving invitations are all the rage now, or haven’t you heard? The heartwarming tale in question began six years ago, when a grandma in Arizona invited a total stranger to her holiday feast....

Olympia Dukakis, Star Of ‘Steel Magnolias’ And ‘Moonstruck’, Has Died At 89 By Ethan Anderton/May 1, 2021 2:24 pm EST Olympia Dukakis, the character actress who found fame overnight after putting in an Oscar-winning supporting turn in Moonstruck, has unfortunately given her final performance. The co-star of Steel Magnolias and three-time Emmy nominee has died at age 89. The death of Olympia Dukakis was first announced on Facebook (via Yahoo News) by her brother Apollo Dukakis, who wrote, “y beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away this morning in New York City....

POTD: ‘The Kids In The Hall’ Revival Gets The Gang Back Together As Production Begins By Ethan Anderton/May 27, 2021 2:00 pm EST The Kids in the Hall Reunion Photo — Dave Foley (@DaveSFoley) May 26, 2021 Dave Foley posted the photo alongside fellow cast members Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson. They’re up in Toronto, Canada with production already underway on the eight-episode revival that will bring back some classic characters from the original series and introduce some new ones as well....

Ryan Reynolds Says ‘Deadpool’ Footage Is Coming In Three Weeks By Ethan Anderton/July 13, 2015 10:07 am EST It’s hard to get mad about the leak since star Ryan Reynolds addressed the main reason this film was finally getting made when he took the stage in Hall H, “One year ago today, some fucking a**hole leaked that footage, and because of that we’re here today.” But anyway, if you’re wondering when you can get an official glimpse at Deadpool footage, Reynolds has revealed that fans will get some kind of treat in about three weeks....

Sony’s Marvel Movie Franchise Now Has A Less-Clunky Name Sony Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 24, 2021 12:28 pm EST Nothing gets the internet going the way that a rebranding does. Warner Bros. first became stuck with the now-ubiquitous “DCEU” moniker (which stands for the DC Extended Universe) largely because a writer first used it as a joke and, in the absence of any other official title, everyone picked up on it as a catchy shorthand....

Spencer Trailer: Kristen Stewart Is A Troubled Princess Diana Neon By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 23, 2021 12:04 pm EST Kristen Stewart is Princess Diana in “Spencer,” Pablo Larraín’s haunting portrait of the Princess of Wales during one very long Christmas holiday. We seem to be overloaded with Princess Diana projects lately: there’s “The Crown” and there’s even a musical hitting Netflix in October. But that doesn’t mean you should sleep on Larraín’s movie, which is elegant, sad, and oddly even a little hopeful (despite the fact that we all know how things turn out for Diana in the end)....

Jungle Cruise Walt Disney Pictures Ever since the game-changing success of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” Disney has been desperate to create another live-action adventure franchise that it can claim as its own. Unfortunately, “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,” “Tron: Legacy,” “John Carter,” and “Oz: The Great and Powerful” all failed to capture the two aspects that made “Pirates of the Caribbean” so successful: its sense of humor, and a character as iconic as Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow....

The Story Behind Daniel Craig’s Final James Bond Outfit [Exclusive] MGM By Ryan Scott/Oct. 8, 2021 12:41 pm EST “No Time to Die,” which is finally in theaters this weekend, serves as Daniel Craig’s goodbye to the role of James Bond. He will undoubtedly be missed by a great many fans around the world. Luckily, the filmmakers behind the fifth and final installment for Craig’s run as 007 knew they needed to send him off in style....

Tim Blake Nelson On His New Western Old Henry, And Guillermo Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley [Interview] Shout Studios By Ben Pearson/Sept. 29, 2021 2:59 pm EST Tim Blake Nelson is a character actor through and through. You probably know him from his work in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”, “Holes,” “The Incredible Hulk,” and HBO’s “Watchmen,” in which he thrived playing supporting roles. But sometimes, character actors are given the chance to step into the spotlight....

Watch: The Band Is Back Together In A Virtual 20th Anniversary ‘Josie And The Pussycats’ Reunion By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 9, 2021 3:00 pm EST The band is back together, and ready for a reunion tour. Though that reunion tour mostly comprises of a (very cheery) Zoom chat. Rachael Leigh Cook, Rosario Dawson, and Tara Reid met up for a virtual Josie and the Pussycats reunion on the comedy-musical’s 20th anniversary. Watch the three of them reminisce over the now-beloved movie in the special reunion video below....

Winning Time Trailer: Adam McKay And HBO Explore The Rise Of The Los Angeles Lakers HBO By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 9, 2021 1:23 pm EST From comedies to scathing political satires to sports dramas — nobody can ever accuse filmmaker Adam McKay of neglecting to branch out from the confines of the safe and familiar. With his most recent film “Don’t Look Up” set for a limited theatrical release this week, McKay has already been hard at work on his next big project: pilot director and executive producer of “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty....

Wolf Trailer: George MacKay Is Hungry Like The Wolf Focus Features By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 30, 2021 3:02 pm EST The trailer for writer and director Nathalie Biancheri’s “Wolf” is here, and it looks like a weird one. George MacKay’s character Jacob apparently thinks he’s a wolf, and not in the fursuit-wearing kind of way — he crawls around on all fours and snarls and growls. The good news is, there’s a special school for individuals like him....

‘Fear Street Trilogy’ Trailer: The R.L. Stine Books Become The Horror Triple Feature Of The Summer By Chris Evangelista/June 9, 2021 10:21 am EST R.L. Stine’s Fear Street books have become the horror triple feature of the summer. Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy is bringing us not one, not two, but three movies, all of which will be rolling out on the streaming platform in July. The three films are set in different eras – the 1600s, the 1970s, and the 1990s – in the presumably cursed town of Shadyside....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Kit Harington Took A Break After The Show To “Really Concentrate On Myself” By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 3, 2021 1:18 pm EST Yes, yes, it’s extremely low-hanging fruit to make a joke or two about the disappointing Game of Thrones finale here. Reactions were notoriously less than positive and witnessing the aftermath live on Twitter that Sunday night was…wild, to say the least. But as much as fans thought it was the end of the world, it was equally as difficult (if not much more so) on the cast themselves....