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Best and Worst of the 2021 Golden Globes: Chadwick Boseman Win, Kids Crashing the Zoom & Tech Issues

March 1, 2021 12:02 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, News, Television

This was probably not the Golden Globes ceremony that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Dick Clark Productions, and NBC were dreaming of just weeks ago. And, no, we're not even referring to the controv...

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Golden Globes 2021 Full Winners List: ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Queen’s Gambit,’ Chadwick Boseman & More

Charles Barfield

February 28, 2021 7:59 pm

Awards, Features, News

It's that time of year again—where the biggest names in Hollywood get all glammed up, gather in front of their webcams, and wait for their Zoom meeting to begin so they can find out who won this year's Golden ...

‘Billie Eilish: The ‘World’s A Little Blurry’ Depicts A Nascent Chapter Of Teenage Stardom [Review]

Ally Johnson

February 28, 2021 2:41 pm

News, Reviews

At only 19-years-old, pop singer Billie Eilish has already experienced the level of high-pressure stardom, all-eyes-on-her success that most pop stars take decades to accrue. As the internet and entertainment ...

‘The Vigil’: A Strong Argument For A New Wave Of Jewish Horror [Review]

Nicholas Laskin

February 28, 2021 12:27 pm

News, Reviews

Who knew that you could give arthouse horror a kick in the pants by substituting ominous Christian iconography for ominous Jewish iconography? Crosses, crucifixes, crowns of thorns, tormented priests and the l...

‘Justice League’ Investigator Defends Walter Hamada Against Ray Fisher Allegations, “No Evidence Was Found Of Any Interference Whatsoever”

Rafael Motamayor

February 27, 2021 4:53 pm

News

WarnerMedia and "Justice League" investigator Katherine Forrest have disputed recent allegations from Ray Fisher against DC Films President Walter Hamada tweeting Hamada "tried to destroy a Black man's credibi...

‘Black Flies’: Sean Penn & Tye Sheridan Set To Star In Thriller About Paramedics

Rafael Motamayor

February 27, 2021 4:09 pm

News

Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan are reportedly set to star in "Black Flies," a new thriller directed by "A Prayer Before Dawn" director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire. READ MORE: ‘Parallel’: Netflix Teams Up With ‘Sour...

Ben Affleck Talks The Future Of The Movie Industry “There’ll Probably Be 40 Movies A Year That Come Out”

Rafael Motamayor

February 27, 2021 3:08 pm

News

The pandemic has forced a reckoning in the film industry, or at least that's what countless of articles and industry analysts have said in the past year. A change to how movies are made, and even what types of...

‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’: Theo James & Rose Leslie Cast In HBO Series Adaptation

Rafael Motamayor

February 27, 2021 2:20 pm

News

It's been nearly three years since we last heard any news of Steven Moffat's adaptation of "The Time Traveler's Wife" being ordered to series back, and now we know who is playing the titular time traveler and ...

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’: Official Clip Re-Introduces The Justice League

Rafael Motamayor

February 27, 2021 1:39 pm

News

The release of "Zack Snyder's Justice League" is so close we can already hear the angry sounds of people typing their response to the film's release. In the meantime, Zack Snyder is busy doing promotions for t...

‘Marked Man’: Winston Duke Cast As Marcus Garvey In New Biopic For Amazon

Rafael Motamayor

February 27, 2021 12:00 pm

News

After wowing audiences in "Black Panther" and "Us," Winston Duke has found his next standout role, as he's just been cast as political activist Marcus Garvey in Amazon Studios' "Marked Man." READ MORE: Dire...

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The Russo Brothers Recall Sony Being Hesitant To Casting Tom Holland As Spider-Man

Rafael Motamayor

February 27, 2021 11:05 am

News

It is quite easy to take Spider-Man being in the MCU for granted, given just how seamlessly the character fits into the larger franchise, and how good Tom Holland is in the web-slinging titular role, but it wa...

‘Parallel’: Netflix Teams Up With ‘Source Code’ Writer For New Sci-Fi Heist Film

Rafael Motamayor

February 27, 2021 9:44 am

News

It's been years since we last heard about the sequel to the best time-travel film of the past decade, "Source Code," but writer Ben Ripley isn't ready to move away from mind-bending sci-fi just yet. Netflix is...

‘The Batman’ Co-Writer Mattson Tomlin To Showrun A New ‘Terminator’ Anime Series For Netflix

Christopher Marc

February 26, 2021 6:40 pm

News, Television

After two great films, and four bad to mediocre ones, It's clear the "Terminator" franchise has ground to a halt in live-action following, Tim Miller's underwhelming "Terminator: Dark Fate." But given the prem...

Director Sam Pollard on HBO’s ‘Black Art,’ ‘MLK/FBI’ His Work With Spike Lee & More [Deep Focus]

Rodrigo Perez

February 26, 2021 3:05 pm

Features, Interviews, News, Podcasts

At 70-years-old, filmmaker Sam Pollard has had a massive career spanning five decades as a dedicated chronicler of the Black experienced in America. But it's arguably just getting its due in a major way and un...

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‘The Pale Blue Eye’: Christian Bale & Director Scott Cooper Reuniting For A Mystery Film About A Young Edgar Allan Poe

Charles Barfield

February 26, 2021 2:44 pm

News

It has been almost a full decade since the release of 2013’s “Out of the Furnace,” the sophomore film from filmmaker Scott Cooper and the first time he and Christian Bale collaborated on a feature. Four years ...