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‘He’s desecrating the good name of Batman by doing this.’ Warner Bros. There’s a track title on the soundtrack called “Meow and You and Everyone We Know.” How’d a Miranda July reference end up in “The Batman” score? All of those titles are, it’s always a contest between me, the music editor, and even my assistant Curtis has been getting in on the game recently as well. Everyone sort of fights for who can come up with the best one for those things....

How Jamie Clayton Transformed Herself For The New Hellraiser Hulu By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 10, 2022 1:54 pm EST When it was announced last year that Jamie Clayton had been cast to play the iconic Hell Priest, aka Pinhead in David Bruckner’s reboot of “Hellraiser,” an unfortunate number of horror fans were left asking, “Who?” Headlines primarily focused on the groundbreaking decision to cast the character originated by Doug Bradley with a woman, discussing the idea of Clayton’s inclusion far more than her talents as an actor....

Legendary Comics Made A Trick ‘R Treat Omnibus, But There’s Only One Way To Own It Warner Bros. By Erin Brady/Oct. 19, 2022 6:47 pm EST While always being considered a cult classic around Halloween, the cultural significance of Michael Dougherty’s beloved anthology “Trick ‘R Treat” significantly increased over the past couple of years. From walk-through attractions to its first-ever theatrical screenings, the seasonal influence of that little rascal Sam has only grown....

A new team for a new world Marvel Studios This exciting team-up is bringing together some of the MCU’s most interesting villains, each of whom are coming from very different backgrounds when it comes to the superhero game. Yelena’s latest outing saw her trying to straight-up murder an Avenger and while Ghost and Taskmaster were just misunderstood villains of circumstance, U.S. Agent has a pretty spotty record as a hero. So what happens when they’re all working together?...

Meet Cute Trailer: Kaley Cuoco & Pete Davidson Get Timey-Wimey In New Rom-Com Peacock By Ben F. Silverio/Sept. 8, 2022 7:23 pm EST Listen, it’s perfectly understandable to want to change Pete Davidson. No matter what you do, he’d still look like a chihuahua that was half transformed into a human, but he could be the perfect partner for you with a few tweaks. So if you had the chance to go back in time to make those adjustments, would you?...

Professor Norman’s not done unlocking brainpower Universal Pictures Freeman appeared in the film as Professor Samuel Norman, a researcher whose work helps Lucy better understand her rapid advancement. While his research is based on a theory that has been debunked in real life (the same “we only use ten percent of our brains” myth that inspired Bradley Cooper’s “Limitless”), it sounds like Professor Norman still has work to do. There are no details readily available about the spin-off series’ plot, but Freeman is set to star....

Not cool Warner Bros. Pictures Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” is another in our new generation of gritty interpretations of the Caped Crusader, so his Riddler isn’t exactly Jim Carrey running around making bad puns in a green jumpsuit anymore. The Riddler that Paul Dano agreed to play was a straight-up serial killer who targeted members of Gotham’s elite and murdered them on internet live streams, like a horrifying combination of the Unabomber and Jake Paul....

Red River Was The First Time John Wayne Felt Like A ‘Real Actor’ United Artists By Jeremy Smith/Dec. 15, 2022 3:37 pm EST Once John Wayne established himself as a bonafide movie star as the Ringo Kid in John Ford’s “Stagecoach,” he steadily built up his fanbase via hits like Raoul Walsh’s “Dark Command,” Cecil B. DeMille’s “Reap the Wild Wind,” and John Ford’s “They Were Expendable.” Did it help that some of his marquee competition (e....

Shazam! Fury Of The Gods Trailer Breakdown: A Superhero Adventure For The Whole Family Warner Bros. By Mike Shutt/July 24, 2022 9:32 pm EST While the talk of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con most focused on Marvel announcing Phases 5 and 6 of its neverending cultural saturation (plus releasing a trailer for a little movie called “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” that I hear folks are excited for), we also got to see some stuff from Warner Bros....

Sinister’s Creepy Pool Scene Was Quite The Ordeal For The Actor Playing Bughuul [Exclusive] Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment By Matthew Bilodeau/Oct. 12, 2022 12:30 pm EST Director Scott Derrickson is known for jumping around different genre sandboxes. His work ranges from science fiction (“The Day the Earth Stood Still”) to Marvel superheroes (“Doctor Strange”), but arguably his most effective films are those that exist within the horror sphere. After all, Derrickson’s latest film, “The Black Phone,” is one of 2022’s biggest hits....

A ’70s classic and a ’90s hit ABC Archie was the prime-time face of prejudice for the nine-season run of “All in the Family,” often clashing with the more progressive viewpoints of his family members, including feminist daughter Gloria (Sally Struthers) and son-in-law Michael (Rob Reiner). While “That ’70s Show” doesn’t try to reach the depth of Lear’s series, it does pay direct homage to “All in the Family.” In the season 2 episode “Kelso’s Serenade,” Donna (Laura Prepon) pictures a future in which himbo Kelso (Ashton Kutcher) and type-A Jackie (Mila Kunis) get married....

That ’70s Show Has Returned To Streaming — On Peacock By Ryan Scott/Sept. 1, 2022 11:20 am EST One of the most beloved sitcoms of the late ’90s’/early 2000s (if not of all time) has finally returned to the world of streaming, though it is very arguably not in the most convenient of places. “That ’70s Show” used to have a home on Netflix for years, making it easy for millions of people to stream at their convenience....

The Daily Stream: Thoroughbreds Mixes Horses, Humor, And Homicide Focus Features By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 15, 2022 7:00 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 movie: “Thoroughbreds” Where you can stream it: HBO Max The pitch: There might be no one on this earth more capable of cruelty than a teenage girl, especially a rich and spoiled one....

Why ‘Chonky’ And ‘Juicy’ Became The Key Words To Describe Disney’s Strange World [Exclusive] Walt Disney Animation Studios By Erin Brady/Sept. 21, 2022 12:05 pm EST How do you describe a world that doesn’t actually exist? That is a question that could be hard to answer for any creative, but it was one that loomed over the production of Walt Disney Animation’s upcoming film, “Strange World.” After all, it centers around a family of explorers that are tasked with exploring a world beyond their comprehension....

Barbie Trailer: Margot Robbie Brings An Icon To Life For Director Greta Gerwig Warner Bros. By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 16, 2022 9:01 am EST Life in plastic just got a whole lot more fantastic, because the trailer for Greta Gerwig’s highly-anticipated adventure into the wonderful world of “Barbie” has finally arrived. To say that we’re excited for Margot Robbie’s turn as history’s most famous doll is an understatement, as we’ve been obsessively following the film’s production now for months....

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s Ironheart Mk 1 Armor Was Entirely Practical (& Weighed 50 Lbs) Marvel Studios By Ernesto Valenzuela/Nov. 14, 2022 7:44 am EST On top of introducing Namor and the underwater nation of Talokan, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” also presents another major Marvel Comics character: Riri Williams, also known as Ironheart. Created by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Deodato in 2016, Her vast intellect allowed her to create a suit similar to Tony Stark’s....

More Riri, please Disney Riri is, perhaps too swiftly, swept up into the plot of “Wakanda Forever,” and much of the film is dedicated to discussion of her ultimate fate … carried out by others when she’s not on camera. The CIA wants her to build more vibranium detectors, while the undersea kingdom of Talokan wants to execute her for potentially exposing their existence (they, too, rest on a store of vibranium)....

DC League Of Super-Pets Features A Very Cool Superman Deep-Cut Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/July 27, 2022 1:13 pm EST As Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Black Adam is fond of saying: the hierarchy of the DC Universe is about to change. It’s probably safe to say that the movie star wasn’t referring to the upcoming animated “DC League of Super-Pets” movie — which /Film’s Josh Spiegel reviewed here – but maybe he should’ve been....

The RDA strike back 20th Century Studios Where the ending of “Avatar” showed the Omaticaya Na’vi sending the destructive humans of the Resources Development Administration packing, “The Way of Water” ends with the returning forces still stationed on Pandora. They took a pretty nasty hit with the whaling ship, which of course sends a message that the Metkayina Na’vi aren’t going down without a fight. But considering the RDA still has its new base of operations intact, the chance of retaliation is very likely....

Exclusive All Jacked Up And Full Of Worms Clip Asks: Do You Wanna Do Worms With Me? Cinedigm By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 4, 2022 7:01 am EST I’m no stranger to weird movie drugs, from the homemade hallucinogens created by the cult in “Mandy” to the seriously surreal Soy Sauce of “John Dies at the End,” but doing worms is certainly a new one. In the upcoming horror film “All Jacked Up and Full of Worms,” the movie’s protagonists find their high by ingesting hallucinogenic worms....