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      'Merry Little Batman' Trailer: Prime Video Will Have A New Batman Adventure This December

      Charles Barfield
      November 14, 2023 11:09 am
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    • Sean Gunn and James Gunn attend the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood CA on Thursday, April 27, 2023. (Photo: Alex J. Berliner/ABImages)/ Maxwell Lord

      Sean Gunn To Play Villain Maxwell Lord in James Gunn’s DC Superhero Universe

      theplaylist
      December 9, 2023 5:42 pm
    • Anatomy of a Fall

      ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ Dominates The 2023 European Film Awards

      Gregory Ellwood
      December 9, 2023 4:47 pm
    • Charlize Theron & Daniel Craig Team With Director Justin Lin For Heist Thriller 'Two For The Money'

      Charlize Theron & Daniel Craig Team With Director Justin Lin For Heist Thriller ‘Two For The Money’

      Rodrigo Perez
      December 9, 2023 3:10 pm
    • Killers Of The Flower Moon 2

      Sight & Sound Names ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Its Top Film Of 2023

      Ned Booth
      December 8, 2023 3:48 pm
    • 'The Bikeriders': Focus Features Sets Summer 2024 Release For Gang Drama Starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer & Tom Hardy

      ‘The Bikeriders’: Focus Features Sets Summer 2024 Release For Gang Drama Starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer & Tom Hardy

      Rodrigo Perez
      December 8, 2023 1:07 pm
    • Most Anticipated 2024: 26 Blockbusters & Big Spectacle Movies To Watch

      Most Anticipated 2024: 26 Blockbusters & Big Spectacle Movies To Watch

      The Playlist Staff
      December 8, 2023 12:39 pm
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    • The Crown, Season 6 finale

      ‘The Crown’ Season 6 Review: Elizabeth Debicki Offers Nuance Even When The Show Struggles For Subtlety [Part 1]

      Charles Barfield
      November 16, 2023 9:18 am
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    • Most Anticipated 2024: 26 Blockbusters & Big Spectacle Movies To Watch

      Most Anticipated 2024: 26 Blockbusters & Big Spectacle Movies To Watch

      The Playlist Staff
      December 8, 2023 12:39 pm
    • Poor Things

      Emma Stone & Yorgos Lanthimos Are Ready For You To Experience The Fantastical World Of ‘Poor Things’ [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      December 8, 2023 9:00 am
    • Sundance Film Festival 2024: New Films From Steven Soderbergh, Debra Granik, Ryan Fleck & Anna Bowen

      Sundance Film Festival 2024: New Films From Steven Soderbergh, Debra Granik, Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck

      Gregory Ellwood
      December 6, 2023 1:00 pm
    • The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023

      The 20 Best TV Shows Of 2023

      Brian Tallerico and Rodrigo Perez
      December 6, 2023 11:56 am
    • Most Anticipated TV of 2024

      The 67 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Series Of 2024

      Rodrigo Perez and The Playlist Staff
      December 5, 2023 12:12 pm
    • 10 TV Shows To Watch In December: ‘Slow Horses,’ ‘Percy Jackson, ‘What... If?’ & More

      11 TV Shows To Watch In December: ‘Slow Horses,’ ‘Percy Jackson, ‘What… If?’ & More

      Ally Johnson
      December 2, 2023 12:38 pm
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      'RuPaul's Drag Race' Returns For 15th Anniversary Season

      Charles Barfield
      December 6, 2023 12:21 pm
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    • Letterkenny Season 12

      ‘Letterkenny’ Season 12 Trailer: The Final Season Of The Hit Canadian Sitcom Premieres On Hulu On December 26

      Ned Booth
      December 7, 2023 3:35 pm
    • Hulu's Original Harsh Family Sitcom SUCH BRAVE GIRLS

      ‘Such Brave Girls’ Trailer: Kat Sadler’s Dysfunctional Family Comedy Series Premieres On Hulu On December 15

      Ned Booth
      December 7, 2023 12:09 pm
    • Mr. & Mrs. Smith

      ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Trailer: Donald Glover & Maya Erskine Update The Married Assassins Movie Franchise As Prime Video Series

      Megan Fisher
      December 7, 2023 11:18 am
    • The Brothers Sun

      ‘The Brothers Sun’ Trailer: Blood Runs In The Family In New Michelle Yeoh-Starring Netflix Series

      Ned Booth
      December 7, 2023 10:42 am
    • hbo-2024-and-2025-teaser-the-franchise-the-penguin-It-derry-the-sympathizer

      HBO/Max 2024 Preview Clip: Get New Looks At ‘Penguin,’ ‘Sympathizer’ & The ‘It’ Spinoff

      Charles Barfield
      December 6, 2023 2:19 pm
    • The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023

      The 20 Best TV Shows Of 2023

      Brian Tallerico and Rodrigo Perez
      December 6, 2023 11:56 am
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    • John Wick TV show, Chad Stahelski

      ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’: Chad Stahelski Discusses All Things’ John Wick,’ ‘Highlander,’ Marvel & More [The Discourse Podcast]

      Charles Barfield
      November 15, 2023 9:00 am
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    • Poor Things

      Emma Stone & Yorgos Lanthimos Are Ready For You To Experience The Fantastical World Of ‘Poor Things’ [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      December 8, 2023 9:00 am
    • The Promised Land, Mads Mikkelsen

      Mads Mikkelsen Talks The “Comfort” Of Working With Thomas Vinterberg, Why He’s Making Films Close To Home & More [Marrakech Festival]

      Liza Foreman
      December 4, 2023 11:43 am
    • Viggo Mortensen Talks His Western ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt,’ Vicky Krieps, Choosing Acting Roles & More [Marrakech Film Fest]

      Viggo Mortensen Talks His Western ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt,’ Vicky Krieps, Choosing Acting Roles & More [Marrakech Film Fest]

      Liza Foreman
      December 4, 2023 11:17 am
    • Eileen

      ‘Eileen’: Anne Hathaway & Tomasin McKenzie On Boston Accents, Julia Fox & Classic Instant Coffee Commercials [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      December 1, 2023 2:34 pm
    • 'A Murder At The End Of The World': Harris Dickinson On His Mystery Series, 'The Iron Claw,' Marvel & More [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      ‘A Murder At The End Of The World’: Harris Dickinson On His Mystery Series, ‘The Iron Claw,’ Marvel & More [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
      November 29, 2023 12:00 pm
    • Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers

      ‘All Of Us Strangers’: Yes, Paul Mescal Wanted A “Hot And Exciting” Sex Scene For You, The Audience [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      November 29, 2023 9:06 am
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      'Happy Campers' Review: A Lyrical, If Slight, Portrait Of An Odd Community Facing Extinction [DOC NYC]

      Charles Barfield
      November 17, 2023 12:54 pm
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    • Leave The World Behind Netflix-H-2023

      ‘Leave The World Behind’ Review: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali & Ethan Hawke Face The Anxiety Of A Collapsing World

      Rodrigo Perez
      December 7, 2023 9:22 am
    • Faraway Downs

      ‘Faraway Downs’ Review: Baz Luhrmann Snydercuts His Epic ‘Australia’ Melodrama & Doubles Down On Excess & Length

      Rodrigo Perez
      November 23, 2023 12:46 pm
    • ‘Slow Horses’ TV Review: Third Season of Apple TV+ Spy Thriller Maintains Excellence

      ‘Slow Horses’ TV Review: Apple TV+’s Spy Thriller With Gary Oldman Maintains Its Gold Standard

      Brian Tallerico
      November 20, 2023 3:40 pm
    • Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

      ‘Scott Pilgrim Takes Off’ Review: Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Series Levels Up with Exciting New Adventure

      Max Covill
      November 17, 2023 9:46 am
    • Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

      ‘Please Don’t Destroy’ Review: ‘The Treasure Of Foggy Mountain’ Has LOL Moments, But Is Largely An Absurdist Mess

      Charles Barfield
      November 17, 2023 9:00 am
    • The Crown, Season 6 finale

      ‘The Crown’ Season 6 Review: Elizabeth Debicki Offers Nuance Even When The Show Struggles For Subtlety [Part 1]

      Emma Fraser
      November 16, 2023 9:18 am
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    • ‘Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters’: Director Matt Shakman On Helming The MonsterVerse Series, Working With Marvel Studios, ‘Star Trek 4’ & More [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      ‘Monarch’: Director Matt Shakman Talks The MonsterVerse Series, Working With Marvel, ‘Star Trek 4’ & More [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      Charles Barfield
      November 21, 2023 11:05 am
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    • 'A Murder At The End Of The World': Harris Dickinson On His Mystery Series, 'The Iron Claw,' Marvel & More [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      ‘A Murder At The End Of The World’: Harris Dickinson On His Mystery Series, ‘The Iron Claw,’ Marvel & More [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
      November 29, 2023 12:00 pm
    • Steve-o bucket list

      Steve-O Talks Going “Crazier Than Ever” For His ‘Bucket List’ Comedy Special, The Future Of ‘Jackass’ & More [The Playlist Podcast]

      Charles Barfield
      November 22, 2023 2:24 pm
    • marvel 2023

      Marvel’s Rough Year: Is The Studio Actually In Trouble Or Is All The Drama Overblown? [The Playlist Podcast]

      Charles Barfield
      November 17, 2023 4:47 pm
    • John Wick TV show, Chad Stahelski

      ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’: Chad Stahelski Discusses All Things’ John Wick,’ ‘Highlander,’ Marvel & More [The Discourse Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
      November 15, 2023 9:00 am
    • MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios

      ‘MCU: The Reign Of Marvel Studios’: Author Joanna Robinson Talks All Things Marvel & Her New Book As The Company Wobbles

      Rodrigo Perez
      November 14, 2023 10:50 am
    • Lawmen: Bass Reeves

      ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’: Showrunner Chad Feehan On Honoring the Real Bass Reeves, Working with Taylor Sheridan, and More [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
      November 2, 2023 10:53 am
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    • Fitting In

      'Fitting In' Trailer: Maddie Ziegler & D'Pharoah Woon-A-Tai Star In A Coming-Of-Age "Traumedy"

      Charles Barfield
      November 17, 2023 1:13 pm
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    • 'The Bikeriders': Focus Features Sets Summer 2024 Release For Gang Drama Starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer & Tom Hardy

      ‘The Bikeriders’: Focus Features Sets Summer 2024 Release For Gang Drama Starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer & Tom Hardy

      Rodrigo Perez
      December 8, 2023 1:07 pm
    • Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

      ‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ Trailer

      Ned Booth
      December 8, 2023 12:14 pm
    • Ferrari, Adam Driver

      ‘Ferrari’ Featurette: Michael Mann Explains The “Lethal” Mille Miglia Stakes In His Visceral Racing Drama [Exclusive]

      Rodrigo Perez
      December 8, 2023 11:08 am
    • The Monk And The Gun

      ‘The Monk And The Gun’ Trailer: Pawo Choyning Dorji’s Telluride Favorite & Oscar Hopeful Hits Theaters On February 2

      Ned Booth
      December 8, 2023 10:51 am
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      ‘Mayhem!’ Trailer: French Actioner From ‘Gangs Of London’ Director Hits Theaters & Video On Demand On January 5

      Ned Booth
      December 8, 2023 9:39 am
    • Letterkenny Season 12

      ‘Letterkenny’ Season 12 Trailer: The Final Season Of The Hit Canadian Sitcom Premieres On Hulu On December 26

      Ned Booth
      December 7, 2023 3:35 pm
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      'RuPaul's Drag Race' Returns For 15th Anniversary Season

      Charles Barfield
      December 6, 2023 12:21 pm
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    • Anatomy of a Fall

      ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ Dominates The 2023 European Film Awards

      Gregory Ellwood
      December 9, 2023 4:47 pm
    • Poor Things

      Emma Stone & Yorgos Lanthimos Are Ready For You To Experience The Fantastical World Of ‘Poor Things’ [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      December 8, 2023 9:00 am
    • Poor Things, Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo

      ‘Poor Things,’ ‘Spider-Man: Across The SpiderVerse,’ & ‘Beef’ Make AFI’s Top 10 Of 2023 Lists

      Gregory Ellwood
      December 7, 2023 3:53 pm
    • Lily Gladstone, Killers o the Flower Moon

      “Killers Of The Flower Moon” Is National Board Of Review’s Best Film Of 2023

      Gregory Ellwood
      December 6, 2023 3:16 pm
    • American Fiction

      ‘American Fiction,’ ‘May December’ & ‘Past Lives’ Top 2024 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

      Gregory Ellwood
      December 5, 2023 10:29 am
    • Holly Waddington, Poor Things

      ‘Poor Things’: Holly Waddington Breaks Down The Acclaimed Fantasy’s Incredible Costumes

      Gregory Ellwood
      December 4, 2023 9:34 am
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‘Book Of Clarence’: Benedict Cumberbatch, David Oyelowo, James McAvoy, Alfre Woodard & More Join Jeymes Samuel’s Biblical Story

Charles Barfield
December 6, 2022 11:33 am
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Filmmaker Jeymes Samuel exploded on the scene last year with the release of his star-studded Western, “The Harder They Fall.” The film might have served as his feature directorial debut, but Samuel is no stran...
james mcavoy x-men

James McAvoy Says He’s “Definitely Not Got The Call” About Returning As Charles Xavier In The MCU & Isn’t Sure He’d Want To

Charles Barfield
November 28, 2022 1:23 pm
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Following in the footsteps of the iconic performance by Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier, leader of the X-Men in the superhero film franchise, there was a lot of pressure on James McAvoy, who took over the ro...
James McAvoy Says He Won't Appear In 'Doctor Strange 2' & Doesn't Miss His Old 'X-Men' Role

James McAvoy Says He Won’t Appear In ‘Doctor Strange 2’ & Doesn’t Miss His Old ‘X-Men’ Role

Christopher Marc
March 24, 2022 11:00 am
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The "X-Men" franchise, alongside "Blade," were the first big box office hits for superhero films featuring characters pulled from the pages of Marvel Comics, sort of the precursor to the Marvel Cinematic Unive...
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James McAvoy Keen To Play The Young Version of ‘Star Trek’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard

Christopher Marc
October 1, 2021 11:51 am
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James McAvoy spent a good chunk of his acting career playing a young version of Patrick Stewart's Professor Charles Xavier in the string "X-Men" prequels starting with Matthew Vaughn's "X-Men: First Class." T...
My Son

‘My Son’: An Exciting Film Experiment Yields A Depressingly Dull Thriller [Review]

Brian Tallerico
September 16, 2021 10:25 am
News, Reviews
“My Son” is a gimmick in search of a movie. Co-writer/director Christian Carion (“Joyeux Noel”) adapts his own 2017 French film of the same name, which was unexpectedly dropped to Peacock after forgoing the th...
My Son

‘My Son’ Trailer: James McAvoy & Claire Foy Star In A Completely Improvised Thriller Coming To Peacock

Charles Barfield
September 2, 2021 10:52 am
News, Trailers
As if a new film starring James McAvoy and Claire Foy wasn’t enough to make an audience intrigued, the new Peacock film, “My Son,” adds an entirely different, experimental layer to the equation—improvisation. ...
Together James McAvoy Sharon Horgan

‘Together’: James McAvoy & Sharon Horgan Talk About The Difficulties Of Marriage & Love In Lockdown In Stephen Daldry’s Latest [Interview]

Ally Johnson
August 27, 2021 11:41 am
Interviews, News
In Stephen Daldry’s latest, the “Billy Elliot” director tackles life in quarantine and the rhythms of lockdown during COVID-19 with “Together.” The film is immediately bolstered by clever and enlightening dial...
Together James McAvoy Sharon Horgan

‘Together’: Stephen Daldry’s Lockdown Relationship Drama Is Darkly Comedic & Riveting [Review]

Christian Gallichio
August 23, 2021 12:40 pm
News, Reviews
One of the more fully formed portraits of life during lockdown, Stephen Daldry and Dennis Kelly’s rapid-fire, fourth-wall-breaking, two-hander “Together” trades the overt sentimentalism of Daldry’s previous fi...
Together James McAvoy Sharon Horgan

‘Together’ Trailer: James McAvoy & Sharon Horgan Team With Stephen Daldry For A Lockdown Dramedy

Charles Barfield
August 2, 2021 1:09 pm
News, Trailers
The pandemic has produced a number of films over the past year-and-a-half. Most of them include small casts, limited locations, and reduced budgets. And many of them actually try to tackle the idea of the COVI...
Together James McAvoy Sharon Horgan

‘Together’ First Look: James McAvoy & Sharon Horgan Star In Stephen Daldry’s Pandemic-Inspired Drama

Charles Barfield
May 13, 2021 12:23 pm
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Over the past year, we’ve seen quite a few attempts from studios to create timely films about the COVID pandemic. Sometimes, they’re great, like with Shudder’s underrated “Host.” Other times? Not so great, as ...
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