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Mondo’s 2022 Hellraiser Vinyl Soundtrack Has Such Sounds To Play For You Hulu By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 7, 2022 2:47 pm EST David Bruckner’s “Hellraiser” sequel is out on Hulu today, marking the 11th entry in the franchise that began back in 1987 with Clive Barker’s seminal sadomasochistic masterpiece of the same name. (What is it with naming legacy sequels the exact same name as the original?) The movie’s hitting screens just in time for Halloween and will bring brand new hellish sights and sounds to fans of the franchise, but some fans might want to extend that experience....

No, Stranger Things Did Not Retroactively Edit This Season 1 Scene Netflix By Ethan Anderton/July 27, 2022 12:10 pm EST The internet has been buzzing with a “Stranger Things” controversy this week. Last month, after being called out for forgetting the birthday of Will Byers, series creators Matt & Ross Duffer revealed that they had previously gone back to earlier episodes and “George Lucas’d things” to fix unspecified scenes and details....

Mac & Valerie get cozy Vestron Pictures When it comes to ’80s sex comedies, none of them get more delightfully unhinged than Julien Temple’s “Earth Girls are Easy.” A quasi MTV-style musical, the movie follows Valerie (Geena Davis), a beautician, who goes through an ordeal with her cheating fiancé. But when Valerie finds herself amongst a trio of alien guys, her life gets turned upside down. From a multitude of make-over montages to out-of-this-world nightclub sequences, this movie is the definition of chaos....

An end of an era Blumhouse “Halloween Ends” likely marks the end for Jamie Lee Curtis in the long-running franchise, having portrayed her character of Laurie through several different timelines and continuities. Although we joke around about her maybe not fully retiring from the role, it will still be bittersweet seeing her on the screen for what is likely her final turn. Not only that, but the same will probably go for original Michael Myers actor Nick Castle, who has been sharing the role with James Jude Courtney for this trilogy....

The 15 Best Toy Story Easter Eggs, Ranked Disney/Pixar By Joe Garza/Sept. 7, 2022 12:44 pm EST Pixar may have started as a small computer graphics company (started by George Lucas and owned by Steve Jobs, no less) that made a few innovative short films in its early years, but it has since gone on to produce some of the most financially successful and critically acclaimed films of all time. The crown jewel of Pixar is undoubtedly its “Toy Story” series, which consists of four films....

The Daily Stream: Tales Of The Jedi Shows That Star Wars Can Be Many Things Disney+/Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 10, 2022 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Series: “Tales of the Jedi” Where You Can Stream It: Disney+ The Pitch: It has come to this author’s attention that “Tales of the Jedi” — an animated six-part miniseries that Bryan Young reviewed for /Film — is being propped up by certain individuals as “Star Wars” done “correctly....

The De-Aging Shots In The Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny Trailer Look Incredible Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/Dec. 1, 2022 5:03 pm EST After years (and years) of waiting for Harrison Ford to dust of the fedora and whip for one last ride, the time has finally come. During CCXP in Brazil, Disney decided to unveil the first trailer for “Indiana Jones 5,” which is officially titled “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny....

Triangle Of Sadness Trailer: The Rich Must Be Crazy NEON By Rafael Motamayor/Aug. 9, 2022 1:00 pm EST Ruben Östlund has made a career out of movies that make their audience deeply uncomfortable while exploring societal roles and the hypocrisies of the world. From machismo and fatherhood to the world of high art and privilege, Östlund excels at exposing the walls we put up to the world, and showing what happens when those walls go down and we expose who we really are....

12 Shows Like Community That You Really Need To Watch Sony Pictures Television. By Simon Bland/Nov. 9, 2022 3:54 pm EST Dean-dong! Attention fans of Greendale Community College. After a seven-year silence, lovers of Dan Harmon’s heartfelt and beautifully meta series “Community” finally got the news they’d been waiting for ever since the phrase “six seasons and a movie” was first uttered way back in the show’s second season. That’s right....

Hard Time on Planet Earth Disney/ABC Television Once upon a time, Martin Kove, best known as villainous Sensei John Kreese of “Karate Kid” and “Cobra Kai” fame, could’ve played the Punisher just as well as Jon Berenthal. With a face like a rock and a gift for the unforgiving stare, Kove playing a likable character would be shocking. How about a half-hour science fiction comedy about an alien convict sentenced to Earth?...

Ralphie’s dream work best in his own world Universal Pictures To catch everyone up, the beloved holiday classic filmed — and subsequently axed — a dream sequence that starred a version of Flash Gordon as portrayed by Paul Hubbard. In Episode 1 of “A Cinematic Journey,” fittingly entitled “A Christmas Story,” Peter Billingsley shared that the test audiences were a big reason why the scene was cut. He told Nick Schenk:...

A Lifelong Fascination Led Christopher Nolan To Inception Warner Bros. By Matt Rainis/Nov. 25, 2022 5:00 pm EST Christopher Nolan isn’t afraid to make high-concept films. From the never-ending memory hole at the center of “Memento” to the high-level theoretical science that propelled “Interstellar,” Nolan never feels the need to dumb himself or his ideas down. This is part of the reason that Nolan is one of the better-regarded directors in the business today....

The unifying factor of dogging on Jason Lannister HBO Fortunately, audiences aren’t alone in loving to poke fun at Jason, as just about everyone in King’s Landing is also down to get in on the fun. Jason gifts Prince Aegon a gold and red spear (Lannister house colors, of course) while telling Viserys he intends to marry Rhaenyra as a means to join the Targaryean and Lannister houses, clearly assuming that if he gave her a son, that child would override her birthright and become the new ruler of Westeros....

Table-setting Lucasfilm More than anything, this episode is really dedicated to putting the pieces on the game board. Thankfully, it’s done with such intensity and such pathos that it is a pleasure to watch. We’re shown exactly how Cassian and Melshi are able to get off of Narkina 5, which ties thematically into everything in the growing discontent with the Empire. At first, we’re led to believe these two Narkinians will return the prisoners to the Empire, but it’s apparent they hate the Empire just as much as Cassian and Melshi: the Empire has ruined their water and their crop of squigglies and everything else they held dear....

A brief recap 20th Century Studios To briefly recap, the film sets in motion when Tess (Georgina Campbell) arrives at her rental home in Detroit, Michigan the night before a big job interview, only to discover a man named Keith (Bill Skarsgard) is already in the house she is supposed to be staying in. It turns out the place was double-booked by the agency AJ (Justin Long) had contracted to handle his properties, as he is living in Los Angeles doing actor things (more on him in a second)....

Black Panther D23 footage description Marvel Studios The footage begins with Angela Bassett’s Queen Ramonda representing Wakanda at a United Nations assembly. There, she’s questioned by representatives from around the world, including a new character played by Richard Schiff. A representative from France asks about the dangers of using vibranium for weapons of mass destruction, since the metal is virtually undetectable by metal detectors. Ramonda assures the assembly that Wakanda has a policy to never trade vibranium, not under any circumstance....

A balancing act Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer “North by Northwest” is the story of an ordinary man who is mistaken for another. Grant stars as advertising executive Roger Thornhill, who is mistaken for a man named George Kaplan. The misidentified Thornhill then is forced to go on the run from government agents, who believe he is Kaplan and has a plan to stop them from smuggling microfilm with government secrets out of the country....

What’s next for our favorite murder dolls? Syfy/USA Network Although, that probably means things are about to change. Once you feel like you’ve got a hand on the “Chucky” franchise, creator and writer Don Mancini steps in and shakes things up. Throughout Chucky’s long lifetime, he’s gone from truly threatening to hilarious and then back to threatening again. Not every incarnation and iteration has worked, but it’s all a part of the cocktail that is Chucky....

Daniel Radcliffe Had Just One Question Before Signing Onto Swiss Army Man A24 By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Aug. 31, 2022 11:27 am EST Daniel Radcliffe rose to fame by playing Harry Potter, a young boy of 11 drawn into a world of magic that he never thought existed, and he rode that wave for eight blockbuster films. The Wizarding World has since been mired with controversy thanks to author J.K. Rowling’s transphobic theatrics, which have upset the franchise’s legion of fans....

Here’s What Happened When I Tried Out Ted Lasso And Bumble’s Bantr Live Experience Apple TV+ By Erin Brady/Oct. 15, 2022 12:00 pm EST I’m probably far from the only person to say this, but the dating scene can be a huge drag to navigate. You essentially need a Ph.D. to set up the ideal dating profile, there’s a very high chance you’ll get ghosted by someone you’re interested in, and don’t even get me started on the awkwardness of flirting in a Covid world....