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May 22, 2018
In our exclusive clip from Adrift, we are plunged directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes on record. The rain and wind whipping them fiercely, Tami (Shailene Woodley) and Richard (Sam Claflin) struggle to maintain their footing as their tiny ship tosses and turns in the tumultuous waves. It's disorienting, it's frightening and it feels all too real -- because it really happened.
Tami and Richard met by chance and soon discovered they were soulmates: free spirits who...
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May 22, 2018
Like many comic book adaptations, Shazam! has traveled a long road to the big screen. Created in 1939, the character is the alter ego of an ordinary boy named Billy Batson. By uttering a single magical word, the boy can transform into a costumed, superpowered adult.
What boy has never dreamed of instantly leaping into adulthood with special powers? No wonder the comic book series was incredibly popular in the 1940s, especially in view of those tumultuous times. DC Comics began publishing the...
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May 21, 2018
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Based on Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, the upcoming big-screen adaptation Mowgli confounds expectations -- in a good way! Rather than keeping strictly to a familiar story, the filmmakers have chosen a darker, more menacing path, starting with the titular character.
Mowgli is raised rough long before he escapes into the jungle. No wonder he feels much more kinship with the wild animals than with humans. Watch the newly-released first trailer below, then read onward to...
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May 21, 2018
Many years ago, Jake Gyllenhaal was in the wings to play Spider-Man. Sam Raimi was ready to cast the young actor in Spider-Man 2 as a possible replacement for an injured Tobey Maguire. But Maguire recovered and returned as the superhero and we got one of the best entries in the genre ever made.
Now Gyllenhaal is finally getting another shot at the same franchise. No, he's not replacing Tom Holland as Spidey - this time, he's up for the villain role. According to Deadline,...
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May 21, 2018
Under the face mask and full body costume he wears in Deadpool 2 (above), Ryan Reynolds is white-hot. Thanks to Deadpool and its sequel, the actor has established himself firmly as a box office presence.
Reynolds is known especially for comedies like National Lampoon's Van Wilder; The Proposal, opposite Sandra Bullock; and The Hitman's Bodyguard, opposite Samuel L. Jackson. (The latter film may be getting a sequel, though we don't know for sure if Reynolds will be returning.) He...
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May 21, 2018
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May 21, 2018
In Solo: A Star Wars Story, young Han Solo meets the mighty Chewbacca, his future copilot and trusted companion, as well as the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian and a host of new characters in a sweeping adventures that is filled with dramatic surprises.
Tickets are now on sale. Ahead of the film's opening, let's meet the key players.
Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich)
Young Han yearns to pilot his own spacecraft one day, but in the meantime, his risky impulses...
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May 21, 2018
In Solo: A Star Wars Story, director Ron Howard sets the stage, explaining: "Everyone is struggling to survive" in dark and desperate times; Han Solo stands out because he's "an incredible free spirit." As screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan sees it, Han is remarkably "reckless," in large part because we don't know what he's going to do in any given moment. Emilia Clarke, who plays his childhood friend Qi'ra, points out: "He does these stupid things...
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May 21, 2018
Arriving barely two years after the unexpected success of the original, Deadpool 2 got off to a roaring start at the box office this past weekend. Opening in "a record number of theaters for an R-rated release," per Box Office Mojo, the superhero sequel earned an estimated $18.6 million in Thursday night previews, a record for an R-rated movie, and then smashed things up by making an estimated $53.3 million on Friday, another record for an R-rated movie.
How did the film perform...
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May 18, 2018
Need a quick recap on the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
BIG NEWS
Lando Calrissian could get his own movie: Although the news broke first via mistranslated scoop, Lucasfilm has confirmed they're considering doing a Lando Calrissian Star Wars Story, just not next. Read more here.
GREAT NEWS
A Catch Me If You Can reunion: Steven Spielberg may direct Leonardo DiCaprio for the first time since their 2002...
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May 18, 2018
Steven Spielberg has worked with many of the same actors on multiple movies. Leonardo DiCpario has worked with many of the same directors on multiple movies. For some reason, Spielberg and DiCaprio have only done one project together, despite the fact that the movie, 2002's Catch Me If You Can, is among their respective fans' favorites and earned DiCaprio some of his finest lead performance accolades up to that point.
Fortunately, there's a reunion in the making for...
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May 18, 2018
Paul Schrader has been writing films since 1974. He's been directing since 1977. And although he's built up a formidable filmography of directed titles—Cat People, Affliction, American Gigolo, Light Sleeper, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters—Schrader is still most closely associated with his original Taxi Driver script. There's so much lore about Taxi Driver because it announced Martin Scorsese was here to stay as a major voice in American cinema, it made Robert De...
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May 18, 2018
Chris Pratt (Jurassic World, above) will star as an assassin with a multiple-personality disorder in the upcoming Cowboy Ninja Viking. The project aims to start production this summer and has just hired two new writers, per THR. Let's review what we know about the movie
What's it about?
It's based on a comic book series created by A.J. Lieberman and Riley Rossmo, first published in 2009. Disney acquired rights to the series in 2010, which eventually went to Universal in 2012....
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May 17, 2018
WARNING: The following interview contains all spoilers for Deadpool 2. Seriously, there is nothing in this interview that isn't a massive spoiler. Read at your own risk. You've been warned!
They are the mad geniuses behind both Deadpool and Deadpool 2, and while many will hail co-writers and producers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick as the real heroes of Deadpool, they'd like you to consider them the villains instead. Well, at least that's how they...
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May 17, 2018
Update 2: Andy Bean has also joined the cast of horror sequel It: Chapter Two. According to Variety, he has been tapped to costar as the adult version of Stanley, who was portrayed by Wyatt Oleff in the first film. Bean's past credits include TV's Power (above).
(Our previous post appears below.)
Update 1: James Ransone has joined the cast of It: Chapter Two, per Deadline. He will portray the adult version of Eddie, played by Jake Dylan Grazer in the...
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May 16, 2018
Update: James Ransone has joined the cast of It: Chapter Two, per Deadline. He will portray the adult version of Eddie, played by Jake Dylan Grazer in the smash-hit horror thriller It.
Ransone has appeared in a slew of independent films over the years. He may be best known for his role in horror thriller Sinister 2 (above), so he sounds like an exciting addition to the cast. Production on the film is scheduled to begin this summer.
(Read our previous post on the film below,...
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May 16, 2018
Reviews for Solo: A Star Wars Story aren't the best, but almost every critic is in agreement about one thing: Donald Glover's Lando Calrissian is terrific. The Atlanta star portrays the suave gambler, originally played by Billy Dee Williams in the first Star Wars trilogy, and along with the character's droid companion L3 (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), he's stealing the movie out from under young Han Solo himself, Alden Ehrenreich.
Solo, which...
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May 15, 2018
Avengers: Infinity War has been out a few weeks, and you've probably heard about what happens at the end of the movie. But if not, you must be lost, because why would you be reading a post about the end of a movie you haven't seen or heard about yet? This should be clear from the headline, though just in case:
Obviously, there are SPOILERS for Infinity War from here on.
A lot of characters die in Infinity War. We're not concerned with all of them....
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May 15, 2018
Over the years, the Fast and Furious series has become a billion-dollar franchise for Universal Pictures. After Justin Lin decided to move on to other opportunities, directors James Wan and F. Gary Gray (The Fate of the Furious, above) very capably helmed the last two installments, which have proven to be just as popular as ever.
A spin-off is now in the works, and longtime writer and producer Chris Morgan is busy working on that project, which will team Dwayne Johnson and Jason...
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May 15, 2018
Will there or won't there be a third installment for Deadpool?
That's been a big question of late considering recent comments from Ryan Reynolds suggesting that as Deadpool's cinematic universe grows larger, it may not make sense for the character to continue his solo series. On the red carpet for a major fan screening this week in New York, Reynolds was more hopeful that something would happen "down the line," though he still did not commit to a third...
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May 15, 2018
With one month to go before the release of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, fans of the franchise have an opportunity to get their hands on some very cool memorabilia. Fandango's FanShop introduces the brand new Prop Shop, which features official replicas of actual props used in the previous Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies.
Among the items for sale are a one-of-a-kind Indominus Rex head mount, which has been hand-crafted by artists on the Universal Studio back lot from a mold...
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May 15, 2018
UPDATE: The first trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody has just been released and it looks smashing! Rami Malek (TV's Mr. Robot) stars as Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the famed rock band Queen; the film follows the band from their gritty origins to the top of the charts and beyond, as Mercury's lifetyle spiralled out of control before the band reunited triumphantly on the eve of Live Aid.
Watch the teaser below. Dexter Fletcher (Eddie the Eagle) stepped in for director Bryan...
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May 15, 2018
Lifelong friends Diane (Diane Keaton), Vivian (Jane Fonda), Sharon (Candice Bergen) and Carol (Mary Steenburgen) have started their own monthly book club. They are all mature, accomplished women, but feel the continued need to stimulate their minds. One day, Vivian decides to introduce her friends to 50 Shades of Grey, which stimulates something else, and their lives are forever changed.
To illustrate the rut that the ladies have fallen into, Carol decides to confess something very personal,...
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May 15, 2018
The latest project by the often controversial, always entertaining filmmaker Spike Lee has debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. The first trailer has also just been released and the reaction to BlacKkKlansman, produced by Jordan Peele (Get Out), has been electrifying. Here's all we know about the film.
What's it about?
In the early 1970s, Ron Stallworth, the first African-American police detective in Colorado Springs, Colorado, sets out on a mission to expose the Ku Klux Klan....
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May 14, 2018
Early this month, Deadline reported that Jessica Chastain was pitching a new movie project at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Titled 355, the idea centers around a diverse cast of women stars playing an international team of spies. Now Deadline is also reporting that Universal Pictures has won a bidding war for the forthcoming action blockbuster.
The studio will release the movie stateside when it's ready, while foreign distribution is still in the works for what will surely...
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May 11, 2018
Need a quick recap on the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
BIG NEWS
Bill & Ted Face the Music is finally happening: After many years of rumors and developments without guarantee, the third Bill & Ted movie is officially happening with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter returning to their iconic roles. Read more here and find good news on other long-uncertain projects Rambo V, Sherlock Holmes 3 and Bad Boys for Life respectively here, here and...
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Apr 13, 2018
Given today's climate of constant news, speculation and commentary concerning our favorite characters at the movies, sometimes it can be frustrating when all of the theories and and ideas ultimately go unrequited. Some fans even find themselves panicking at the lack of new developments concerning their favorite franchises and characters, thinking that the old adage just doesn't hold true. Instead, they think "no news is bad news."
In no place are these feelings...
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Apr 13, 2018
Need a quick recap on the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
BIG NEWS
A Quiet Place is a huge hit: John Krasinski's A Quiet Place surprised at the box office by becoming one of the biggest horror hits of all time, and now we're likely to get a sequel plus more substantial projects for the actor-turned-director. Read more on the success here, see what's next for Krasinski and Emily Blunt here and what A Quiet Place...
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Apr 13, 2018
First the fans asked for Jessica Chastain, and they got her. Then they asked for Bill Hader, and now they've got him. Fans have been suggesting stars for It: Chapter Two ever since the release of It last fall (some have even made fake trailers to go with the suggestions), but that happens all the time with popular properties. Usually such picks go ignored.
Just to prove they're not completely taking advice from the masses, though, Warner Bros. is going with...
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Apr 12, 2018
Nowadays, parents tend to be more sensitively attuned to the development of their children than in past generations. So when their 4-year-old child Jake begins to show signs that he is nonconforming, his loving parents Alex (Claire Danes) and Greg (Jim Parsons) struggle to adjust their own expectations.
Our exclusive trailer for A Kid Like Jake effectively sets the mood. Alex and Greg are excited yet apprehensive about starting young Jake off on the right foot at school, but they slowly come...
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Apr 12, 2018
We first heard about Disney's plans to make a new version of their animated film Mulan just over three years ago. The project is picking up speed now with the announcement that three major stars have been cast in key roles. What can we expect from the live-action Mulan?
Why could this be especially important for Disney?
In March 2015, we noted: "It's a fairly standard retelling of a classic Chinese story about a young woman who hides her identity, enrolls in the...
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Apr 12, 2018
Dwayne Johnson has a new movie out this weekend -- the video game adaptation Rampage -- but while promoting that release he's also been talking about future projects. Find updates on four of his biggest forthcoming projects below.
David Leitch to direct the Fast and the Furious spin-off:
One of the most anticipated movies in Johnson's future is the spin-off to the Fast and the Furious series focused on his and Jason...
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Apr 12, 2018
Even before the action thriller Atomic Blonde (above) opened wide in theaters last summer, talk about a sequel was brewing. Screenwriter Kurt Johnstad said: "I'm prepared for a sequel. Charlize [Theron] was really looking for a character-driven action movie and I told her, 'I'm going to write this script like your character is a guy, and every guy is going to wish they were your character. I'm going to create your Bourne franchise.' I see it as three movies. It might be...
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Apr 11, 2018
The game was intended to be a fun way for a group of friends to relax. But then someone -- or something -- began to punish anyone who broke the rules. And the stakes continue to be raised in Truth or Dare, which stars Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey and Violett Beane.
In our exclusive clip, tensions between Olivia (Hale) and Markie (Beane) have already flared when Markie is dared to follow through on an earlier promise or else face the deadly consequences. All she has to do is pick up a hammer and...
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Apr 11, 2018
The popular success of A Quiet Place has drawn renewed attention to real-life couple Emily Blunt and John Krasinski. They starred as a loving couple struggling to keep their family alive; Krasinski also cowrote and directed the horror thriller. Can they replicate that success by collaborating on future projects together?
Time will tell, but over the past few years, another real-life couple has found repeated success by working together. Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone have been married...
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Mar 21, 2018
In Flower, Erica (Zoey Deutch), 17 years old and ready to spread her wings, is still adjusting to the idea of living with her mother Laurie (Kathryn Hahn) and Laurie's new boyfriend Bob (Tim Heidecker). Things get infinitely more complicated when Bob's mentally unbalanced son Luke (Joey Morgan), fresh out of rehab, moves in with the family.
In our exclusive clip from Flower, we see the awkward tension between the new family members that is on ample display. The simple act of ordering...
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Mar 21, 2018
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have been writing Marvel movies since Captain America: The First Avenger, and they've been perfecting their superhero formula. Following Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Captain America: Civil War, the dynamic duo have teamed again for Avengers: Infinity War and the mysterious fourth Avengers film that follows it. Obviously, these were the two minds we needed to pick when it comes to the biggest enigma of the Marvel...
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Mar 21, 2018
Wine Country: Amy Poehler (The House, above) will direct and star in Wine Country. The comedy will mark her directorial debut; it follows longtime friends who travel to the Napa Valley region of California to celebrate a birthday. Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Paula Pell, Maya Rudolph and Emily Spivey will also star, while Tina Fey will be featured. Spivey wrote the original screenplay with Liz Cackowski. Production will begin later this month. [The Hollywood Reporter]
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Mar 21, 2018
Another Marvel movie is a huge hit at the box office. But this one is a bigger deal than usual. Black Panther opened over the President's Day weekend to the tune of $235 million. That's not an unprecedented figure, but the four-day take amounts to a whole lot of records broken, milestones reached and other feats accomplished for the superhero release. Below we detail every one of its achievements, including a couple that aren't financial in nature.
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Mar 20, 2018
In search of his dog, a boy travels to Trash Island, where all the dogs in the city have been exiled due to unreasonable fear of a "dog flu." In Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs, the boy discovers that the struggling canines, who all have their own problems, are nonetheless still quite happy to help him locate his beloved companion.
We meet a few of the friendly dogs in our exclusive clip. That includes the wise Jupiter (voiced by F. Murray Abraham), who relies upon a certain kind...
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Mar 20, 2018
Lady and the Tramp: Veteran animator Charlie Bean (The Lego Ninjago Movie) will direct a new version of Disney's 1955 animated classic Lady and the Tramp (above). The film will mix live-action and CGI characters, and is expected to focus once again on the romantic adventures of two dogs. It's also expected to debut on Disney's new streaming service, which will launch sometime next year. Indie filmmaker Andrew Bujalski (Computer Chess, Support the Girls) wrote the screenplay. [THR]...
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Mar 19, 2018
In an exclusive interview with Fandango tied to the release of Ready Player One (in theaters March 29 - tickets now on sale right here), director Steven Spielberg revealed that he'll be taking the rest of 2018 off in order to prep for back-to-back films in 2019.
When we asked which film he'd be making next, Indiana Jones 5 or West Side Story, Spielberg said that the next Indiana Jones adventure is now on deck, with shooting reportedly beginning in April of next year. These...
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Mar 19, 2018
The garden gnomes are back! In a delightful new animated adventure, Gnomeo and Juliet are busy preparing a new garden for spring when all their friends suddenly go missing. They must call upon a famed detective to find out what happened.
The gnomes tend to be an excitable group, and we can see evidence of this in our exclusive clip. They've gathered in what they believe to be a safe place and are dancing the night away when a whispered exchange leads to a panicked reaction.
Watch...
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Mar 19, 2018
Remember when Shia LaBeouf held our attention as he watched a marathon of his own movies? Well, the Transformers star is working on another self-involved project that's almost as strange. He has written a script about his time as a child actor on the Disney TV series Even Stevens and it's now being produced with him cast in a major role.
No, he won't be playing himself. That role belongs to Lucas Hedges, who earned an Oscar nomination for his breakout...
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Feb 13, 2018
The original Star Wars is a mashup of influences from sci-fi serials and samurai movies, so it makes sense that other installments of the franchise would also take a lot of inspiration from other classic films. That's the case with the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story, which goes back before the events of the first movie to show the early adventures of Han Solo, Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian.
Lawrence Kasdan, who worked on the scripts for The Empire Strikes Back,...
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Feb 13, 2018
Willy Wonka: A "re-imagining" of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is on its way. Paul King (Paddington, Paddington 2) is in final negotiations to direct Willy Wonka, based on a screenplay by Simon Rich (Inside Out). Reportedly, the hope is to launch "a new franchise that will stand out artistically." First published in 1964, Dahl's novel served as the basis for the beloved musical fantasy Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971, above), starring Gene...
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Feb 13, 2018
What could be better than Steven Spielberg exploring a virtual-reality world inspired, in part, by his own iconic films? Based on Ernest Cline's incredibly popular novel, Ready Player One stars Tye Sheridan and Olivia Cooke as contestants for an incredible fortune that may change their lives forever.
Ready Player One opens in theaters everywhere on March 29. Check out a new poster below.
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Feb 12, 2018
Riding a mighty, positive wave of acclaim, Marvel Studios's Black Panther has been outpacing all superhero movies in advance sales for Fandango's online ticketing service, and is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. What has drawn such wide interest? Fandango surveyed more than 1,000 moviegoers; we found out that 97% are anticipating a different kind of superhero movie; 86% are excited to see the Dora Milaje, special forces in the African nation of Wakanda who are charged with protecting...
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Feb 12, 2018
In Coco, young Miguel, voiced by newcomer Anthony Gonzalez, is an aspiring musician who embarks on an extraordinary journey to the magical land of his ancestors. Miguel proves to be a bright, enthusiastic and loving character who stands out in this vibrant, charming movie.
Our exclusive video from Coco goes behind the scenes for a truly unexpected moment. It captures the spirit of the movie in live-action form, as Anthony Gonzalez, who had been temporarily voicing the role of Miguel,...
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Feb 12, 2018
The Writers Guild of America honored the best screenplays and television scripts of 2017 last night, with Get Out and Call Me By Your Name taking home top honors for the movie categories. Both winners are also nominees in the same respective categories for the Oscars this year, and the Academy could follow suit with their picks next month.
Get Out received the WGA Award for Best Original Screenplay, but this isn't a guarantee that writer/director Jordan...
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Feb 12, 2018
Finest Kind: Jake Gyllenhaal (Stronger, above), Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver) and Zendaya (Spider-Man: Homecoming) will star in Finest Kind. Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential) wrote the original script for the crime thriller and will also direct. Set in Boston's criminal underworld, it revolves around two brothers (Gyllenhaal and Elgort) who strike a deal with a gang that quickly becomes quite dangerous for them. [Deadline]
V the Movie: First promoted via intriguing viral...
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Feb 09, 2018
We are inundated with choices of what to watch at the multiplex or in our own living rooms. To help narrow your decision, here are some recommended double features to pair with this week's new releases: The 15:17 to Paris, Fifty Shades Freed and Peter Rabbit.
The 15:17 to Paris / United 93
Based on the real events of the 2015 Tahlys train attack, The 15:17 to Paris follows three Americans who discover a terrorist plot while traveling in...
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Feb 09, 2018
Need a quick recap on the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:
BIG NEWS
Netflix dropped The Cloverfield Paradox out of the blue: Movie fans got a surprise treat on Super Bowl Sunday as Netflix debuted its first trailer for the new Cloverfield movie, The Cloverfield Paradox, and revealed that it would start streaming immediately after the game. Check out the trailer here, how it ties to the other movies here and what's next for the...
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