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‘Hawkeye’ Disney Plus Series Eyes Hailee Steinfeld for Lead Role (EXCLUSIVE)

‘Hawkeye’: Hailee Steinfeld Is Kate Bishop For Disney+ Series After All

December 2, 2020 4:15 pm

After a premature announcement that sounded like it might fall apart, it looks like the news has turned out correct in the end: actress Hailee Steinfeld has been cast as Kate Bishop in Marvel’s “Hawkeye” limit...

Welcome The New Trend Of ‘Prestige IP’: Studios Are Mining Their Vaults To Keep Franchises Going

Jason Bailey

December 2, 2020 3:05 pm

Essays, Features

Movies about the making of 'Chinatown' and 'The Godfather'? Series adaptations of 'Scenes from a Marriage' and 'Rashomon'? What's going on here?

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Sundance Film Festival 2021: Festival Expands Virtually & Beyond Park City

Gregory Ellwood

December 2, 2020 3:00 pm

Awards Campaign, Festivals, News

As the Venice, Toronto and New York Film Festivals demonstrated earlier this year, a memorable celebration of cinema can still be held in the middle of a pandemic. The next major cinephile event on the calenda...

‘Babylon’: Margot Robbie In Talks To Replace Emma Stone In Damien Chazelle’s Upcoming Feature

Charles Barfield

December 2, 2020 2:27 pm

News

It might not have been the original plan, but it appears that Damien Chazelle’s upcoming period drama, “Babylon,” is going to serve as a “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” reunion for a couple of high profile act...

8 TV Shows to Watch in December: ‘Euphoria,’ ‘The Stand’ & More

Ally Johnson and Martine Olivier

December 2, 2020 1:57 pm

News

It’s impossible to believe that we’ve finally reached the end of 2020 while also, simultaneously, feeling like we should’ve done so ages ago. Time has behaved strangely this year, and through months of social ...

‘Fast & Furious’ Actor Tyrese Gibson Bought A Fake Oscar Trophy As A “Stand-In” Until He Wins A Real One

Charles Barfield

December 2, 2020 12:42 pm

News

Over the years, actor Tyrese Gibson has proven a number of things about himself. First, and probably foremost, he’s a loyal member of the “Fast & Furious” crew, even resulting in an ongoing feud with Dwayn...

‘Two Of Us’ Trailer: Director Filippo Meneghetti Spins A Tale Of Forbidden Love

Brynne Ramella

December 2, 2020 12:08 pm

News, Trailers

Tales of forbidden love usually follow a young couple kept apart by external circumstances. But the "Two of Us" trailer introduces a pair of older women in love with one another, kept from publicly declaring t...

‘Lockdown’: Doug Liman’s Pandemic Thriller With Anne Hathaway, Ben Stiller & More To Debut On HBO Max

Charles Barfield

December 2, 2020 11:55 am

News

You have to hand it to WarnerMedia, the studio isn’t lying when it says that HBO Max is a priority. The fledgling streaming platform that launched earlier this year has been growing steadily since its debut bu...

’76 Days’ Trailer: TIFF Doc Chronicles The COVID Lockdown In China

Valerie Thompson

December 2, 2020 10:46 am

News, Trailers

How does someone react to a pandemic’s destructive forces? The citizens of Wuhan answered with an equal mix of heartbreak and hope as COVID-19 struck. MTV Documentary Films’ “76 Days” chronicles their initial ...

Armie Hammer to Star in 'Godfather' Making-Of Series at Paramount+

Armie Hammer To Star In Making-Of ‘The Godfather’ Series For Paramount+

Edward Davis

December 1, 2020 4:50 pm

News, Television

You're going to be hearing soon, from us, what we like to call "Prestige IP" (intellectual property). It's rearing its head everywhere, and it seems to be the way one facet of where Hollywood is headed in its ...

Hugh Grant Teaming With ‘Black Mirror’ Creator On A Mockumentary About 2020’s Awfulness

Charles Barfield

December 1, 2020 2:53 pm

News

A pandemic. Murder hornets. Australian wildfires. An impeachment and contentious Presidential Election. Civil unrest after the murder of George Floyd. The list of horrible things that have happened in 2020 kee...

‘Van Helsing’: ‘Overlord’s’ Julius Avery To Direct Universal’s New Monster Film Produced By James Wan

Charles Barfield

December 1, 2020 2:32 pm

News

Universal is dipping back into its classic horror mythos once again for a new potential franchise based on the legendary monster hunter, “Van Helsing.” And the studio reportedly knows exactly who is best to di...

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The 14 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Happiest Season,’ ‘My Psychedelic Love Story,’ ‘The Irishman,’ & More

Jason Bailey

December 1, 2020 1:52 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spla...

Godfather Coda Death of Michael Corleone (1)

‘The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone’: A Fascinating Rethinking Of A Controversial Finale [Review]

Jason Bailey

December 1, 2020 1:28 pm

Features, News, Reviews

The third act of Francis Ford Coppola’s career could have gone any number of ways, but it’s still surprising that it’s turned into an extended rumination on the power of film editing. Though he hasn’t directed...

Federico Fellini: The Essential Films

Andrew Crump

December 1, 2020 1:05 pm

Features, News

Alberto Lattuada, the Italian filmmaker who generously supplied Federico Fellini’s first director’s credit for 1950’s “Variety Lights,” once claimed that he “invented Fellini.” His peer, Massimo Mida, disputed...