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Joel Coen Talks Making TV & Small Screen Films: “Most Streaming Services Want To Buy By The Yard”

August 5, 2020 3:53 pm

Yesterday, we discussed a rare pandemic highlight: Team Deakins, the podcast that legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins—started with his wife and digital workflow consultant James Ellis Deakins. It’s cinephi...

Chad Stahelski To Produce ‘Man From Nowhere’ Remake From ‘John Wick’ Writer

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2020 3:23 pm

News

With a fairly limited filmography behind the camera, Chad Stahelski has still become one of the most in-demand filmmakers working today. That’s thanks in no small part to his work on the three “John Wick” film...

Robert Downey, Jr. To Produce & Possibly Star In New Apple TV+ Detective Series

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2020 3:00 pm

News, Television

Apple is getting in on the Robert Downey, Jr. business in yet another attempt for the tech company to build its streaming platform with the help of some of the biggest names in Hollywood. According to Varie...

Ryan Reynolds To Star In Monster Film From ‘Paddington’ Director; Lord & Miller Producing

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2020 2:30 pm

News

When you have kids, a lot of first-time parents always complain that there isn’t an instruction manual or guidebook for how to raise children. Well, thanks to Ryan Reynolds, you’ll be getting just that with th...

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‘Harry Potter’ Franchise Switches Allegiances From HBO Max To Peacock This October

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2020 2:13 pm

News

In the ever-growing Streaming Wars, where platforms aim to destroy each other for the coveted subscriber dollars, content is the ammunition. If you have lots of ammo and a few big guns, you can do a lot of dam...

‘Raised By Wolves’ Trailer: An Android Raises Children In The Post-Apocalypse In Ridley Scott’s HBO Max Series

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2020 1:56 pm

News, Television, Trailers

Opinions of Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” normally fall into one of two camps. The first camp, which is the seeming majority of people, despise the film and don’t even acknowledge the project’s connection to the...

Matthew Vaughn Says ‘The King’s Man’ Teases What Happens In ‘Kingsman 3’ & Doesn’t Rule Out Directing Another

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2020 1:37 pm

News

Believe it or not, it’s been 13 years since Matthew Vaughn has directed a film that doesn’t have comic book ties. It was 2007’s “Stardust” (which is actually based on a Neil Gaiman property, so there is a bit ...

‘The Green Years’: Paulo Rocha’s Restored Debut Is A Captivating, Cinephile Treat [Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

August 5, 2020 1:18 pm

News, Reviews

“Better remember, you were born in a backward village, and you need to learn to hang on. Almost all my neighbors were run out of the city….The city has devoured many, but hasn’t laid a hand on me.” Li...

Ryan Reynolds Shares The “Reynolds Cut” Of ‘Green Lantern’ & Jokes About ‘Justice League’ Appearance

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2020 1:09 pm

News

Leave it to Ryan Reynolds to grasp onto a social media moment and take the piss out of it. As fandom continues to bask in the Snyder Cut win, the “Deadpool” actor has taken the liberty of going to Twitter to s...

Lilly Wachowski Says The “Original Intention” Of ‘The Matrix’ Was To Serve As A Trans Allegory

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2020 12:01 pm

News

The history of “The Matrix” and its sequels is a worthy story to tell all on its own. For years, film fans have dissected the plot and filmmaking that went into the Wachowskis’ films and have developed all sor...

Cinema Chain Owner Calls ‘Mulan’ Release On Disney+ A “Death Blow To Theaters”

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2020 11:39 am

Box Office, News

Yesterday’s announcement by Disney that the highly-anticipated blockbuster “Mulan” would forgo North American theaters and debut straight on the studio’s own streaming service was shocking, to say the least. U...

Seth Rogen Says Sony “Was Not Interested” In A ‘Pineapple Express’ Sequel

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2020 11:22 am

News

Judging by the films in development and what is constantly released, you would think that just about every Hollywood studio is obsessed with making sequels, reboots, and remakes of previously successful films ...

Disney+ Reaches Its 5-Year Subscriber Goal In Less Than A Year With More Than 60 Million

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2020 10:53 am

News

It’s not news to say that Disney+ is a huge hit for the Mouse House and the most successful launch of a new streaming service since…Netflix? But when you look at the actual numbers, the rate that Disney’s new ...

‘The Sleepover’ Trailer: Kids Discover Their Parents Are World-Class Thieves In Netflix’s New Comedy

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2020 10:41 am

News, Trailers

What if you found out that your parents were actually super-skilled thieves that had this whole life of crime before they settled down and lived the suburban life? That would be pretty shocking, and yet, that’...

New Adult Animated ‘Ren & Stimpy’ Series Being Developed At Comedy Central

Rodrigo Perez

August 5, 2020 10:21 am

News, Television

You’ve got to love the entire movie premise of a recent film—“Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story,” a documentary that debuted at Sundance earlier this year—and that posit being completely ignored ...