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Andor Episode 6 Pays Off The Heist And Hints At The Future Lucasfilm By Bryan Young/Oct. 12, 2022 9:37 am EST There will be spoilers for “Andor” Episode VI – “The Eye” The sixth episode of “Andor,” “The Eye,” reaches a stunning conclusion for the heist that the series has been building toward. Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and the ragtag group of rebels make their way into the Imperial facility on Aldhani during the celebration and celestial event known as The Eye....

‘…It was a bat in my shower. We out.’ Universal Pictures In an interview with The Breakfast Club, Elba explained that he was celebrating his birthday with his wife, presumably after he had recovered from COVID, and they were taking a shower together in their thatched-roof lodgings in Limpopo. There were plenty of critters crawling around at night, he said, and they could often hear them in the roof, but on this particular day, a bat somehow got into the shower....

Cardboard Cinema: DesiQuest Launches, Monty Python Goes Full RPG, And Disney Takes On Magic: The Gathering DesiQuest / EffinFunny By Matthew Monagle/Sept. 15, 2022 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Cardboard Cinema, an ongoing series where we look at board games inspired by or connected to our favorite media.) One of the goals of our monthly Cardboard Cinema roundups is to help people bridge their love of tabletop games and Hollywood. Sometimes, that means shining a light on some of the best licensed adaptations on the market; other times, that means sharing more independent games that capture the spirit of our favorite franchise....

Chainsaw Man Brings Horror, Carnage, And Emotional Devastation In The Biggest Anime Of The Season Crunchyroll By Rafael Motamayor/Oct. 13, 2022 9:08 am EST The fall 2022 anime season is jam-packed with anticipated shows, from returning franchises with surprising new takes, to new seasons of beloved shows and more. However, here is arguably no bigger or more anticipated premiere than “Chainsaw Man.” Based on the manga sensation of the same name by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the hype for this show is on the same level as something like the final season of “Attack on Titan,” despite it only just airing its first episode....

It’s all about physicality Netflix At the time of casting for Thomas Shelby, Steven Knight was looking at both Cillian Murphy and Jason Statham for the role. Knight had been leaning more towards Statham for the role, he explained to Esquire, because Murphy didn’t come across as Tommy when they had met in person. Statham had the physicality needed for the role. As he shared with Entertainment Weekly, at the time of casting, Murphy wondered whether or not typecasting would cost him the opportunity to play such a meaty role....

The studio is tripling down, but why? New Line Cinema It’s not surprising that “The Strangers” is getting a continuation. Both films were financially successful, and that’s just about the only qualification needed to warrant a sequel, especially in the horror space. But why is it that three of them are happening at once? Is the idea to do what Netflix did with “Fear Street” and tell one big story across three films?...

Every Die Hard Movie Ranked From Worst To Best By Jessica Scott/Aug. 26, 2022 12:58 pm EST “Die Hard” is one of the most beloved action films of all time. Above and beyond the regular “Is it a Christmas movie?” discourse that surrounds the film, “Die Hard” stands as a watershed moment in the action genre. The casting of Bruce Willis as the everyman action hero — as opposed to the Schwarzeneggers and Stallones of the day, muscle-bound demigods whose victories seemed absolutely certain — brought a new level of humanity and an underdog spirit to American action movies that persists today....

Grease Is Heading Back To Theaters For Charity In Honor Of The Late Olivia Newton-John Paramount Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Aug. 18, 2022 9:49 pm EST It’s been a little over a week since we learned that actress and four-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John had passed away at the age of 73. While known for her performances in films like “Xanadu” and “It’s My Party,” Newton-John became a cinematic icon for her turn as Sandy Olsson in 1978’s “Grease....

Inside The Stranger Things Cafe Where Hawkins Comes To Life Joshua Meyer By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 17, 2022 10:26 am EST At Stranger Pronto, entering the Upside Down is as easy — or difficult — as making a midnight reservation. The “Stranger Things”-themed pop-up café made headlines on CNN and other international sites when it opened in Tokyo over the summer, not far from the famous Shibuya scramble crossing: featured in “Lost in Translation,” “Babel,” and “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” and used as an establishing shot in many other Hollywood films....

Be careful what you tweet Walt Disney Studios Speaking with TV Insider, Hirsch recalled how one tweet caught the attention of fans and kickstarted endless speculation: “Early on in the season, just as Season 2 was premiering, out of the thousands and thousands of questions people asked me on Twitter, someone asked, “Will any characters die this season?” I said, “Yes, at least one character will die this season.” Like a tiny snowball rolling down a hill gaining size and importance, by the end of the season, I was reading people saying, ‘Alex Hirsch promised that Dipper or Mabel would die in the last episode....

Vash Paramount Petra Aberdeen is, of course, a direct reference to an archaeologist character named Vash (Jennifer Hetrick) who appeared in two episodes of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” and one episode of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” Vash, stepping straight out of an airport adventure novel, was every bit the “dazzling archaeologist” archetype, sweeping the ordinarily staid and stuffy Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) into a cave-exploring adventure, and living a life on the edge of the law....

Metallica has joined the Hellfire Club Netflix Metallica obviously gave the show their blessing to use the song, but have taken it one step further, recording a duet with the clip of Eddie’s performance with the band sporting official Hellfire Club baseball tees. Currently losing my mind over @Metallica duetting with Eddie Munson on Master of Puppets! pic.twitter.com/CKyhaLVRiB — Netflix (@netflix) July 8, 2022 The band also put a clip of the scene on Instagram, expressing their gratitude for being included....

Pam Dawber Was Cast In Mork & Mindy Before She Knew It Even Existed ABC By Christian Gainey/Oct. 31, 2022 4:53 pm EST One of the most famous ’70s TV shows was Garry Marshall’s “Happy Days.” TV audiences loved the warm idealism of The Cunningham family who offered unconditional love and acceptance to their children and the neighborhood bad boy, Arthur Fonzarelli (Henry Winkler). But, by 1977, some were ready for a change, including Marshall’s own son....

Shazam! Director David F. Sandberg Almost Directed A Completely Different Superhero Movie Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/Sept. 6, 2022 9:50 pm EST One of the most notable aspects of David F. Sandberg’s 2019 superhero film “Shazam!” is its sense of wide-eyed wonderment. The title character is a tall, muscular, adult superhero with lightning powers and the ability to fly. In actuality, Shazam is the alter ego of one Billy Batson (Asher Angel), an orphaned teen who, through a complicated set of circumstances, acquired the ability to become a superpowered adult....

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2 Trailer: The Incredible Animated Series Is Almost Back Lucasfilm By Rafael Motamayor/Dec. 7, 2022 12:05 pm EST “Star Wars” is seldom as good and innovative as it is in animation. Sure, “Andor” is absolutely fantastic, but the animated projects in the franchise have time and time again challenged not only what a “Star Wars” story could be, but how it can look. There was Genndy Tartakovsky’s 2D-animated “Star Wars: Clone Wars,” which gave us the best action scenes in the entire franchise, and the final season of the 3D “The Clone Wars,” which was not only visually stunning, but improved the prequels in virtually every way....

Superhero Bits: Rihanna’s New Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Song, A Vision Series & More Marvel Comics By Ryan Scott/Oct. 28, 2022 5:28 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

The 14 Best Action Movies From Black Directors Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures By Eric Pierce/Aug. 14, 2022 2:22 pm EST There are very few pure action movies, a fact one only comes to appreciate once they try to compile a list like this. “The Expendables,” “Commando,” and the “Fast and the Furious” franchise are examples of such films in which the only objective is to blow things up in creative and satisfying ways....

Why it’s essential viewing NHK In screenwriting, there’s this idea that good dialogue should have subtext, such that the thing characters are talking about isn’t really what they’re talking about. “Burning” offers a masterclass in that. Rewatching it with knowledge of how the plot plays out brings that to the fore, as every interaction between characters takes on deeper meaning. An example of this comes early in the film as Jong-su’s dream girl, Shin Hae-mi (Jeon Jong-seo), pantomimes eating a tangerine and says things like, “Don’t think that there is a tangerine here....

The Flash release date and where you can watch it Warner Bros. “The Flash” is set to arrive in theaters on June 16, 2023, the latest date following multiple delays. Unlike all of the Warner Bros. movies released in 2021, “The Flash” is expected to get an exclusive theatrical release before arriving on HBO Max. So, those hoping to stream it rather than seeing it on the big screen will need to wait until the 45-day theatrical window is up....

The Harbinger Review: Sets The Bar For Covid Pandemic Horror [Fantasia] Fantasia Film Festival By Matt Donato/Aug. 1, 2022 2:00 pm EST Thanks to “The Harbinger,” I get to ride the Andy Mitton hype train out of Fantasia Festival station a second time — 2018’s “The Witch in the Window” was a Donato-approved Fantasia favorite. This time, Mitton proves that COVID-19 horror films don’t have to be exploitative or the cheaply manipulative drek filmmakers have already rushed to market....