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February 27, 2021 4:09 pm

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”

February 27, 2021 3:08 pm

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

February 27, 2021 2:20 pm

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

February 27, 2021 1:39 pm

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

February 27, 2021 12:00 pm

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

February 27, 2021 11:05 am

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

February 27, 2021 9:44 am

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

February 26, 2021 2:44 pm

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 ...

Cinemark CEO “Optimistic” Theaters Will Begin To “Light Up” This Summer With The Help Of Blockbusters

February 26, 2021 2:27 pm

Box Office, News

Last year, not much was known about the future of the pandemic when the theaters shut down in March. At that time, everyone was naive to wonder if we’d see a summer movie season in 2020. Obviously, not only di...

‘Blithe Spirit’ Is A Wildly Uneven, Repetitive Ghost Of A Comedy [Review]

Asher Luberto

February 26, 2021 1:47 pm

News, Reviews

How to describe "Blithe Spirit," a play that switches genres more times than one can count? Is it a comedy, a drama, a romance, a murder mystery? Is it art or exploitation? It's, actually, all of the above. ...

‘Masters Of The Air’: Austin Butler & Callum Turner To Lead The Cast Of The ‘Band Of Brothers’ Sequel Series

February 26, 2021 1:37 pm

News, Television

Every 10 years or so, it seems as if Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg scratch their World War II itch and release a new massively expensive miniseries about the event. First, it was 2001’s “Band of Brothers,” wh...

‘Sophie Jones’ Trailer: A Teen Girl Deals With The Loss Of Her Mom In This Coming-Of-Age Indie Standout