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      ‘Andor’: Showrunner Tony Gilroy Explains Five-Year Structure Of The Next Epic ‘Star Wars’ Series

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      Ally Johnson
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      ‘The Terminal List’: Antoine Fuqua & Showrunner David DiGilio Talk About Working With Chris Pratt & ‘Emancipation’ With Will Smith [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
      July 1, 2022 10:40 am
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      ‘Stranger Things’ Volume 2 Review: The Fourth Season Ends With A Bloated Bang

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      Claire Denis Talks ‘Both Sides Of The Blade,’ Working With Juliette Binoche Again & More [Interview]

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      ‘Ms. Marvel’ Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Talks Bringing The “Color & Vibrancy” Of Pakistan To The MCU [The Playlist Podcast]

      Charles Barfield
      July 5, 2022 11:52 am
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      ‘The Terminal List’: Antoine Fuqua & Showrunner David DiGilio Talk About Working With Chris Pratt & ‘Emancipation’ With Will Smith [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
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      Designing & Lighting ‘Loki’ To Keep It “Real” [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      June 27, 2022 9:33 am
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      Hannah Einbinder: ‘Hacks’ “Changed My Life Totally & Completely” [Interview]

      Gregory Ellwood
      June 24, 2022 6:07 pm
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      ‘Thor: Love & Thunder’ Review: Taika Waititi Brings Mild Amusement To An Otherwise Inconsequential Sequel

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      ‘Fourth of July’ Review: Outrage Aside, Louis C.K.’s Comeback Attempt Is A Dud

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      ‘The Terminal List’: Antoine Fuqua & Showrunner David DiGilio Talk About Working With Chris Pratt & ‘Emancipation’ With Will Smith [Bingeworthy Podcast]

      Mike DeAngelo
      July 1, 2022 10:40 am
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      Charles Barfield
      June 23, 2022 11:31 am
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      Charles Barfield
      June 22, 2022 1:01 pm
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      Mike DeAngelo
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      June 27, 2022 11:00 am
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Spiderhead, Joseph Kosinski

‘Spiderhead’: Joseph Kosinski On His New Dystopian Sci-Fi Flick, ‘Maverick’ & His Brad Pitt/Formula 1 Racing Film

Rodrigo Perez
June 15, 2022 12:57 pm
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Filmmaker Joseph Kosinski (“Oblivion,” “Only The Brave”) is having a hell of a year. His first film of 2022, a little movie called, “Top Gun: Maverick” had been the number one movie in the world at the box off...
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‘Spiderhead’ Review: A Delightfully Weird Chris Hemsworth Lifts Joseph Kosinski’s Dystopian Sci-Fi Thriller

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June 13, 2022 10:00 am
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Chris Hemsworth can hide so much behind a smile. Best known for his brawny role as Thor in the MCU, Hemsworth has quietly built himself a multifaceted, character-driven niche playing morally ambiguous manipula...
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‘Lovecraft Country’ First Clip: There Are Plenty Of Buried Secrets Beneath The Museum

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July 26, 2020 11:30 am
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We have our first clip of the upcoming HBO horror show "Lovecraft Country" and it is fittingly creepy. READ MORE: ‘Lovecraft Country’ Trailer: Horror Comes To 1950s Jim Crow America For Jurnee Smollett, Mi...
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‘Lovecraft Country’ Trailer: Horror Comes To 1950s Jim Crow America For Jurnee Smollett, Micheal Kenneth Williams & More

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July 24, 2020 2:31 pm
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The team of showrunner Misha Green, and executive producers Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams bring you HBO's latest horror thriller, "Lovecraft Country" The show, set in 1950s Jim Crow America, centers a black man...
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Jordan Peele’s ‘Twilight Zone’ Season 2 To Feature Episodes Directed By Ana Lily Amirpour, Osgood Perkins & More

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May 4, 2020 1:22 pm
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Though it might not have been the earth-shattering series that CBS All Access hoped for (the platform is apparently keeping the lights on thanks to its various 'Star Trek' series), Jordan Peele’s reboot of “Th...
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‘Birds Of Prey’: Harley Quinn Is Emancipated In A Violent, Messy Pop-Art Spectacle [Review]

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February 5, 2020 12:03 pm
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A deliriously batshit mess of pop-art spectacle—spray paint, glitter, lipstick, neon, and blood, that’s not without some value— including a funhouse mirror third act of cartoonish, murderous pandemonium that’s...
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‘Birds Of Prey’ Trailer: Margot Robbie Leads The Fantabulous Emancipation Of Harley Quinn

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October 1, 2019 12:01 pm
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In the mood for some mayhem? Margot Robbie and Warner Bros. may have you covered with "Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)," also known as "BOP: Harley Quinn." WB and DC Films h...
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‘Birds Of Prey’ Teaser: Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn Returns With Her Own Gang Of Badass Ladies

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January 28, 2019 10:50 am
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Filming is probably just beginning, but it would appear that the folks behind the upcoming “Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” would like fans to start getting hyped. While it...
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Jurnee Smollett-Bell Join Margot Robbie In DC’s ‘Birds Of Prey’

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September 26, 2018 3:00 pm
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The “Birds of Prey” cast is finally starting to come together. No longer will Margot Robbie hog all the headlines because now we know two of the names that will be by her side as filming on the superhero team-u...

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