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Taylor Swift Wanted To Cameo In ‘Twilight: New Moon’, Was Blocked By Director Chris Weitz

August 19, 2022 1:07 pm

Once upon a time, Summit Entertainment had a huge hit on their hands with the "Twilight" movies, focusing on a romance between a vampire and a teenage girl. That success helped push leads Kristen Stewart and R...

‘Keane’: Lodge Kerrigan Recalls His Striking 2004 & Second Breakthrough Thriller Starring Damian Lewis

Charles Bramesco

August 19, 2022 12:55 pm

Features, Interviews, News

While his unnerving 1993 debut, "Clean, Shaven," really floored audiences who saw it back in the day, when director Lodge Kerrigan’s belated third film “Keane” first made the rounds on the festival circuit in ...

‘Sex Education’ Season 4: Dan Levy & Others Join Hit Netflix Series

Christopher Marc

August 19, 2022 12:43 pm

News, Television

While Netflix is canceling various shows, popular or not, a handful of key projects keep chugging along. One of those series is "Sex Education" which focuses on a group of teens navigating their hormones and r...

Michael Mann “Bored” By “Stale” Modern Action Films, Explains Why ‘Heat 2’ Adaptation Needs To Be On The Big Screen

Christopher Marc

August 19, 2022 11:32 am

News

This month saw the release of "Heat 2," the novelization sequel to Michael Mann's acclaimed 1995 heist flick "Heat" that the filmmaker co-wrote with Meg Gardiner. The book wasn't just an exercise for the direc...

‘Black Mirror’ Season 6: Salma Hayek Pinault & Annie Murphy Joining Dystopian Sci-Fi Series

Christopher Marc

August 19, 2022 11:13 am

News

Charlie Brooker's "Black Mirror" is arguably our modern version of twisty genre shows like "The Twilight Zone" and "Outer Limits" but specifically focuses on the dark side of technology from the exploitation o...

Ryan Gosling Reportedly Reuniting With Margot Robbie For The ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Prequel

Christopher Marc

August 19, 2022 9:58 am

News

One of the more perplexing yet, exciting projects on the horizon is a live-action film based on the iconic Mattel doll, “Barbie.” The film hails from “Little Women” director Greta Gerwig with a script co-writt...

‘House Of The Dragon’ TV Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel Reclaims Legacy Of Hit HBO Series

Brian Tallerico

August 19, 2022 9:11 am

Features, News, Reviews, Television

HBO’s “Game of Thrones” went from an Emmy-winning phenomenon to a target of some serious, intense derision in its final seasons, even from its once-hardcore fans. Therefore, the prospect of returning to this f...

Michelle Yeoh Says Tarantino Didn’t Cast Her In “Kill Bill” Because Nobody “Would Believe Uma Thurman Could Kick Your Ass”

Ned Booth

August 18, 2022 3:51 pm

News

As a self-proclaimed Michelle Yeoh super-fan, it'd make sense that Quentin Tarantino would want the actress in his "Kill Bill" films, right? After all, Tarantino cites Yeoh's performance in Jackie Chan's 1992 ...

‘Mack & Rita’: Director Katie Aselton On “The Largest Pull” Of Working With Diane Keaton & More [Interview]

Ally Johnson

August 18, 2022 3:45 pm

News

Diane Keaton leads the charge in “Mack & Rita,” a comedy that plays with the body swap storytelling device, this time with a character who, rather than swapping bodies with someone else, instead ages a few...

Jessie Eisenberg: “I’d Be Shocked If I Wound Up In A DC Movie, But It Would Be A Pleasant Shock”

Ned Booth

August 18, 2022 3:13 pm

News

As Warner Bros. Discovery charts its course into the future under new CEO David Zaslav, questions abound about what will become of the DCEU. Zaslav has grand plans for DC Films, but those plans didn't include ...