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After Banning Thor: Love And Thunder, Malaysia Threatens To Continue LGBTQ Censorship Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 11, 2022 1:05 pm EST Another day, another instance of draconian censorship practices limiting fundamental access to art. No one (well, okay, let’s amend that to “no reasonable person”) would credit Disney with leading the charge in LGBTQ+ representation in recent years, oftentimes only including just enough paltry moments so that a single scene can be excised completely and still allow the film to release as intended in territories across the globe....

Andor Episode 12 Gives Us An Explosive Season Finale That Offers A Glimpse Of Rebellion Lucasfilm By Bryan Young/Nov. 23, 2022 9:36 am EST There will be spoilers for “Andor” Episode XII – “Rix Road” “Andor” closes its first season strong with “Rix Road,” the twelfth episode from Tony Gilroy and team, building on the framework of the funeral for Maarva (Fiona Shaw). Just about everyone heads to Ferrix, either returning or coming for the first time, to fulfill their own goals and ends....

Fights with similar tension and urgency Paramount Pictures “Wakanda Forever” and its final fight between Black Panther and Namor feels like a step up from the first film. 2018’s “Black Panther” has all the emotional stakes necessary for the fight to be meaningful, but the CGI slugfest that was Black Panther versus Killmonger in the vibranium mines made it hard to feel real. The tangible space of the beach in which the climatic fight of “Wakanda Forever” takes place allows it to be a bit more grounded....

Darren Lynn Bousman Doesn’t Think Jigsaw Can Be Compared To Freddy Krueger Or Jason Voorhees Lionsgate By Sarah Musnicky/Oct. 16, 2022 9:00 am EST In the horror game, especially when it comes to the genre’s iconic killers, comparisons are inevitable. Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger are considered the most notable killers in the genre, with many slasher figures either directly emulating or at loosely inspired by these murderous fiends....

Everything Everywhere All At Once Becomes The First A24 Movie To Hit $100 Million At The Box Office A24 By Ben F. Silverio/July 31, 2022 5:34 pm EST If you’re living in a universe where you live under a rock (or are a rock) and don’t have access to the latest movies and shows, then it would be perfectly understandable if you didn’t know about “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” Otherwise, you have no excuse for avoiding this movie from the filmmaking duo known as Daniels (made up of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)....

Hideo Kojima’s Undefinable Video Game Death Stranding Is Becoming A Movie Sony Interactive By Danielle Ryan/Dec. 15, 2022 2:07 pm EST Video game movie adaptations are notoriously difficult, because translating from a medium that requires constant input to one that’s totally passive is honestly really, really hard. A movie based on a Hideo Kojima game, by that metric, should be almost impossible. Thankfully for all of us, Kojima doesn’t believe in “impossible!...

How Christina Ricci And The Addams Family Cast Fought For A Major Change To The Ending Paramount Pictures By Marisa Mirabal/Dec. 18, 2022 7:00 am EST Since making her on-screen debut in “Mermaids” at only nine years old, Christina Ricci has grown into one of the most prolific child stars who successfully made the transition into acting throughout adulthood. The seasoned starlet has always been a professional both on screen and off, captivating audiences with her unique look and diverse talent....

How James Cameron Evolved The ‘Strong Female Character’ For Avatar: The Way Of Water 20th Century Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 7, 2022 1:45 pm EST Big-budget blockbuster epics have typically remained male-dominated spaces for decades, by and large. Although there are certainly exceptions to the rule, it should come as no surprise that there has been a greater emphasis in recent years to push for more diverse casting and appeal more strongly to the roughly 51% of the global population that’s been left unaccounted for by Hollywood....

How Light & Magic Led Director Lawrence Kasdan To New Insights About George Lucas Disney+ By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 2, 2022 11:19 am EST It’s easy to dismiss George Lucas as the filmmaker who struck gold with “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones,” then spent the rest of his career coasting on the success of those mega-popular franchises (not that anyone could blame him for doing just that). In truth, however, Lucas has never stopped pushing the envelope as an artist, even when it comes to his biggest hits....

How Nope Became The First Horror Film Shot With IMAX Cameras Universal Pictures By Ernesto Valenzuela/July 27, 2022 11:50 am EST One word that’s been primarily associated with “Nope” since its release is spectacle. Jordan Peele’s third outing as a director has been a spectacle in every sense of the word, with the film displaying a new side to Jordan Peele’s filmmaking style. With a bigger budget and a bigger production comes a bigger-looking movie....

It Took Almost A Year Of Auditions For Sam J. Jones To Finally Land His Flash Gordon Role Universal Pictures By Drew Tinnin/Dec. 25, 2022 2:00 pm EST The character of Flash Gordon has had a long and rich history in pop culture lasting almost 100 years. The first appearance of the space bound all-American hero was found in a science-fiction comic strip created in 1934 by illustrator Alex Raymond and writer Don Moore....

Marvel Studios Created A 200-Page Bible Featuring Every Detail Of Talokan For Black Panther: Wakanda Forever [Exclusive] Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/Nov. 29, 2022 2:52 pm EST This post contains spoilers for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Sometimes when we watch films for the first time, we don’t notice every individual detail that the team puts in. Even if we don’t see it all, having detailed histories of fictional societies like the Talokanil in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” gives the film a richer feeling while adding to the actors’ performances and allowing deeper world-building....

Michael Caine Quashed A Potential ‘Battle Of The Bonds’ Between Sean Connery And Roger Moore United Artists By Jeremy Smith/Oct. 2, 2022 5:03 pm EST There have, to date, been six official James Bonds (unofficially, that number is eight if you count the 1967 spoof rendition of “Casino Royale” starring David Niven as Sir James Bond and Woody Allen as Jimmy Bond). The franchise stretches back 60 years to “Dr. No,” which means your 007 preference tends to coincide with the era in which you grew up....

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Trailer: With Great Pop Art Comes Great Responsibility Sony Pictures Entertainment By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 13, 2022 12:01 pm EST Are you ready to swing back into the Spider-Verse? The next big trailer for Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is here, so give your patrol of the interweb a rest and check it out below. Like Spider-Man himself, latching onto a runaway elevated train with his web-shooters, “Across the Spider-Verse” has had a long ride to the screen....

Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Features The Best Material Yet For Dr. Crusher, According To Gates McFadden [Comic-Con] Paramount By Devin Meenan/July 23, 2022 5:40 pm EST It’s taken three seasons, but “Star Trek: Picard” will finally be reuniting the whole Enterprise-D crew with their former captain (Patrick Stewart). Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and Brent Spiner returned as William Riker, Deanna Troi, and Data during season 1, but season 3 will see the whole band come back together with the additions of Michael Dorn (Worf), LeVar Burton (Geordi LaForge), and Gates McFadden (Dr....

Superman As A Young Journalist Is Exactly How You Make The Character Relevant Again Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 15, 2022 12:00 pm EST It’s a question that has dogged the decision-makers in charge of DC films for well over a decade now: How do you make Superman relevant to audiences today? On one hand, it’s apparent why this has provoked so much angst and handwringing throughout the years. Despite a perfectly-cast Henry Cavill (who, as we just learned, will no longer continue on as Superman under the franchise’s new direction) and a filmmaker in Zack Snyder who seemed perfectly suited to modernize the boy scout, mainstream audiences never quite warmed up to this specific big-screen portrayal as established in the 2013 reboot “Man of Steel....

Terrifier 2 Isn’t Out Yet, But Terrifier 3 Is All But Guaranteed [Exclusive] Bloody Disgusting By Matthew Bilodeau/Sept. 23, 2022 2:43 pm EST When we think of the movie clowns that sent shivers down our spines, folks will usually bring up Pennywise (“It”) or Captain Spaulding (“The Devil’s Rejects”), but Art the Clown is an entirely different breed. The character made his first appearance in Damien Leone’s 2013 anthology film “All Hallows Eve,” which is itself built from the foundation of Leone’s shorts from years past....

The CW As We Know It Is About To Change Forever – Here’s What You Need To Know The CW By Ryan Scott/Aug. 15, 2022 11:15 am EST It is the end of an era and the dawn of a new day for The CW. There has been much speculation this year that the network was going to be sold by Paramount (formerly ViacomCBS) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the media conglomerate that resulted from the merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery earlier this year....

Ronan the Accuser Marvel Studios Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace), the first villain the Guardians of the Galaxy faces, gets a grand entrance. He’s introduced rambling on about the horrors the people of the planet Xandar inflicted on his people, the Kree. This creature’s first sequence isn’t all talk and no action, though. Ronan declares his refusal to cooperate with a peace treaty between the Xandarians and Kree by slaughtering a member of the Nova Corps....

Tribe Nine Release Date and Where You Can Watch It Funimation Speculation about “Tribe Nine” began when the series’ creative team first teased the property back in February 2020, but they kept any details close to the chest. Now, “Tribe Nine” has been given the release date of January 2022 and coming exclusively to Funimation’s streaming service. The series is already one of the provider’s most anticipated series, and there has been no information provided regarding an English language dubbing....