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The Sex Lives Of College Girls Trailer: Mindy Kaling Takes On The College Rom-Com HBO By Shania Russell/Oct. 13, 2021 4:45 pm EST No rules and no regrets — that’s the motto of our lead characters in “The Sex Lives of College Girls.” The upcoming HBO series sees four college roommates navigating their new, free lives on a hormone-filled college campus. And yes, it’s just as chaotic as it sounds. But in between all the semi-naked costume parties and copious binge drinking, they have a lot to learn: like all the many ways to spell the name “Ashley” and the best technique for contouring fake abs....

The Tragedy Of Macbeth Trailer Breakdown: Something Wicked This Way Coens A24 By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 21, 2021 12:17 pm EST Is this a dagger which I see before me? No! It’s the trailer for “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” the new Shakespeare adaptation from writer-director Joel Coen. Starring Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington, this black-and-white retelling of the Scottish Play looks stylish as hell, and the pairing of McDormand and Washington is sure to get plenty of attention....

TV Bits: Down To Earth With Zac Efron, The Powerpuff Girls, Russian Doll, The Flight Attendant, And More By Ben Pearson/March 19, 2021 5:00 pm EST In this edition of TV Bits: Russian Doll finds a new cast member for season 2 Down to Earth with Zac Efron begins shooting its second season Netflix’s Prank Encounters season 2 gets a trailer Watch the trailer for new docuseries Moment of Truth Kim’s Convenience has closed up shop And more!...

Vanessa Armstrong’s Favorite Movies Of All Time By Vanessa Armstrong/July 29, 2021 1:00 pm EST Hello /Film readers, hello! My name is Vanessa Armstrong and I like movies. That’s a good thing, I suppose, since I’m now a regular contributor to /Film. When I was given the opportunity to write about my Top 15 favorite movies I thought it’d be easy. Turns out, it wasn’t! Here’s what I finally came up with....

‘F9’ Featurette Goes Back To When The Franchise Took Things A Quarter Mile At A Time By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 17, 2021 4:00 pm EST Remember the early days of the Fast and Furious franchise, back when all they did was race cars and live life a quarter mile at a time? We barely do too, but Universal is here to remind us of the good old days with a new F9 featurette, which takes us back to the beginning....

‘Fall River’ Teaser: True-Crime Docuseries From Blumhouse To Premiere On Epix This May By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 23, 2021 5:30 pm EST A new Blumhouse true-crime docuseries will be premiering this May on Epix. Fall River, which chronicles the 1979 murders of three young women that lead to the leader of a satanic cult getting sent to prison for life without parole, is a new four-part docuseries that dives into the Satanic Panic of the ’80s and sheds new light on the murders....

‘History Of Swear Words’ Trailer: Nicolas Cage Explores The Origins Of Obscenities With Help From Experts By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 22, 2020 10:30 am EST From taking faces off to hijacking a plane filled with prisoners, Nicolas Cage has been in plenty of movies where he’s spouted off a vulgarity or two. Now the Oscar-winning actor will tell you more about obscenities than you ever wanted to know as the host of the new Netflix documentary series History of Swear Words....

‘Home Sweet Home Alone’ Brings Christmas Early To Disney+ With November Release Date By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 12, 2021 8:01 am EST Much of the northeastern United States is currently baking amid an excessive heat warning, wildfires are raging out of control, and that pandemic shows no signs of abating anytime soon. Oh, and it’s only August too. So why not cheer up with some Christmas news! You may have heard before that Disney is loosely remaking the holiday classic Home Alone, whether you like it or not, and now we have some more confirmation on when exactly we can expect the very imaginatively titled Home Sweet Home Alone to hit streaming....

‘Loki’ Influences Include ‘Inglourious Basterds’, ‘Catch Me If You Can’, And ‘Before Sunrise’, Says Head Writer Michael Waldron By Ben Pearson/June 3, 2021 4:00 pm EST Michael Waldron has his hands in several big properties at Disney at the moment, including Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and the mysterious Star Wars film being produced by Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. But next week, viewers will have the chance to see his work as the head writer of Loki, the highly anticipated Marvel streaming series coming to Disney+....

‘My Best Friend’s Exorcism’ Will Pit Friendship Against The Devil With ‘Eighth Grade’ Star Elsie Fisher By Ethan Anderton/April 11, 2021 10:00 am EST Elsie Fisher, the breakout star of the indie darling Eighth Grade, will lead the movie as Abby while Amiah Miller (one of the leads in David Oyelowo’s The Water Man) will portray Gretchen. Joining them will be Cathy Ang (the lead voice in Over the Moon) and Rachel Ogechi Kanu (making her feature film debut) as Abby and Gretchen’s friends....

‘One Cut Of The Dead’ Is Getting A French Remake From The Director Of ‘The Artist’ By Ben Pearson/April 30, 2021 4:00 pm EST 2011’s The Artist, the black-and-white paean to the silent film era, doesn’t hold much of a place in the film conversations of today. But the movie certainly struck a chord with Oscar voters the next year, winning Best Actor for Jean Dujardin, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, and ultimately winning Best Picture....

‘The Fast And The Furious’ Turns 20 Today – Take A Look Back At The Franchise With New Featurettes By Ben Pearson/June 22, 2021 11:49 am EST To quote the great street racer Dominic Toretto: “It don’t matter if you win by an inch or a mile: winning’s winning.” And “winning” is exactly what the Fast and Furious franchise has done for two decades. Today marks the twentieth anniversary of 2001’s The Fast and the Furious, the film that launched one of the most unlikely and arguably the most important global franchises in cinematic history, and Universal is celebrating one of its crown jewels with a pair of brand new featurettes....

‘We Have A Ghost’ Will Star David Harbour And Anthony Mackie, Story Details Confirmed By Chris Evangelista/July 20, 2021 11:28 am EST Yesterday we got word that Freaky director Christopher Landon was working on a new Netflix movie called We Have a Ghost. Now we know who will be appearing in that film, and we also have confirmation on what the movie’s about. As we guessed the other day, We Have a Ghost is the film adaptation of the short story “Ernest”, which Landon has been attached to direct since 2017....

19% Of People We Polled Said This Is The Worst Star Wars Sequel Character - Do We Agree? Lucasfilm By Eric Vespe/Sept. 23, 2021 3:14 pm EST (Welcome to Survey Says, a feature where we conduct a movie-related survey for a random group of people and explain why they’re completely right, completely wrong, or somewhere in-between.) Greetings and salutations, it’s time to dig into the results of yet another poll, this one hanging out a nice bit of fresh bait for all the angry “Star Wars” fans out there by asking one simple question: Who is the Worst Character from the “Star Wars” Sequel Trilogy?...

Danny DeVito Is The Latest Grim, Grinning Cast Member Of The Haunted Mansion Bluebush Productions By Eric Vespe/Oct. 19, 2021 8:36 am EST Well, it seems like the cast for Disney’s latest feature length version of “The Haunted Mansion” has another doomed soul to add into the mix. The always dependable Danny DeVito will be joining LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, and Rosario Dawson for the “Haunted Mansion” film from director Justin Simien (“Bad Hair,” “Dear White People”)....

Foundation Season 1: Release Date, Cast And More By Ben Pearson/July 20, 2021 12:41 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) After more than 50 years, Hollywood has finally figured out a way to adapt sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov’s sprawling, futuristic Foundation novels into a television show....

How Robin Williams Got Matt Damon His Saving Private Ryan Role Miramax Films By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 18, 2021 6:50 pm EST Real-life pals and would-be kissing buddies Matt Damon and Ben Affleck broke out as not just actors but also writers thanks to 19997’s “Good Will Hunting,” a drama that landed the pair Oscars for their original script. It also snagged an Academy Award for Robin Williams’ performance as Sean Maguire, the haunted therapist who connects with the equally tormented academic prodigy Will Hunting (Damon) and gets him to open himself emotionally over the course of the film....

LOL: The Full Melissa McCarthy Sex Tape From The ‘Bridesmaids’ Credits By Germain Lussier/Oct. 6, 2011 6:00 am EST Even the people who dislike Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids agree that Melissa McCarthy is the film’s hilarious stand-out. The actress, previously known for Gilmore Girls and her own CBS sitcom Mike & Molly, came into Kristen Wiig’s world and totally stole the show as Megan, a belching, boisterous new friend who also happens to be wealthy, well-connected government official....

Matthew McConaughey Declares “The Big Screen Is Back” In Moviegoing PSA By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 26, 2021 5:00 pm EST Movie theaters are back, baby. And it’s all right, all right, all right. Matthew McConaughey emerged with an incredible quarantine haircut to star in a moviegoing PSA from NATO and the MPAA, welcoming audiences back to theaters. Watch McConaughey — with the help of clips from Shang-Chi, Free Guy, F9, Dune, and Death on the Nile — encourage movie fans to head back to theaters in the “Big Screen is Back” PSA below....

No, Sony Didn’t ‘Forget’ To Release Hotel Transylvania 4 Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Oct. 5, 2021 1:34 pm EST @PrimeVideo @SonyPictures WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?? Sony you disappointed children by not releasing #HotelTransylvania4 into theaters and then Prime YOU didn’t release it today like you were SUPPOSED to. My kid is bawling now🤬She has been looking forward to it for months she cried pic.twitter.com/0M0XebuziY — MeL the Millennial (@mel_millennial) October 1, 2021...