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The Great British Baking Show Season 10 Trailer: Paul Hollywood Looks Into Your Soul Again Netflix By Jenna Busch/Sept. 14, 2022 1:56 pm EST Get out those aprons and vow never to have a soggy bottom. It’s time once again for “The Great British Baking Show.” Season 10 is heading to Netflix in mere days, with new episodes every Friday. The tent is up, a new batch of bakers has been chosen, and Paul Hollywood has practiced his death stare....

The Most Brutal Moments In The MCU Ranked Marvel Studios By Liam Gaughan/July 14, 2022 1:43 pm EST The Marvel Cinematic Universe is one of the most consistently entertaining modern film franchises. One of the reasons that the MCU is so endearing is its sense of humor. Many of the Marvel films and shows feature the characters joking around and making pop culture references. This allows the universe to feel more relatable as if you are getting to know your friends....

The Original Predator Design Was Ridiculous – Here’s How They Saved It By Valerie Ettenhofer/Aug. 8, 2022 6:32 pm EST 35 years ago, the original “Predator” hit theaters, kick-starting the long-running action horror franchise that’s still cranking out new installments today. The movie introduced audiences to a species of extraterrestrial hunters called the Yautja, known most commonly as “the Predator.” The massive creatures have a very distinctive look, which includes sharp mandibles, hair-like growths, and a hulking frame that’s designed to kill....

The infamous Sierra Six The “‘Midnight Run’ bickering” he’s referring to here is something that the Russo brothers are very good at capturing, both in their comedic work and their more serious films. You can see it, for instance, in the banter between “Community” characters Britta (Gillian Jacobs) and Jeff (Joel McHale), as well as the back and forth between Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) in their MCU films....

Thrilling action is motivated by plot and character Warner Bros. Pictures While Mann believes his stories belong on the cinema screen, he has been left dissatisfied with the way modern filmmakers are approaching action films today. “I’m just bored by it. It’s not very interesting … I mean, sometimes the choreography is so outrageous that it’s fascinating, and it is quite good. But generally, no. It’s just stale.” Mann didn’t name any specific movies, but when you consider the state of current mainstream blockbuster cinema, it’s easy to see Mann’s point....

10 Mystery Movies That Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Fans Should Watch Next Netflix By Scott Thomas/Nov. 23, 2022 4:53 pm EST The most reassuring thing about “Glass Onion,” Rian Johnson’s superb follow-up to “Knives Out,” is that it’s subtitled “A Knives Out Mystery.” Johnson’s first Benoit Blanc film felt like lightning in a bottle, a non-IP movie with a big, star-studded cast that produced blockbuster box-office numbers. Even better, it was brilliant....

A Critically-Panned Raunchy Comedy Paved The Way For A Christmas Story To Get Made MGM/UA By Jeff Kelly/Dec. 4, 2022 2:00 pm EST The holidays, in general, are about family. Spending time with family, appreciating family, and also, getting really sick of family after an afternoon listening to that one crazy uncle rant just a little too long about god knows what this time. But that sense of family leads to wanting to watch family-friendly, wholesome content, which is no doubt part of why “A Christmas Story” is on TV around the clock every December....

Andor’s Kyle Soller On Syril Karn, Star Wars Cereal, What’s In His Secret Box, And More [Exclusive Interview] Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/Nov. 3, 2022 3:00 pm EST “Andor” is doing an awful lot to restore good will with many disenfranchised “Star Wars” fans. While the show might not be pulling in the viewership numbers that “The Mandalorian” or “Obi-Wan Kenobi” did (which is understandable), those who have been enjoying it are enjoying it thoroughly....

Atmosphere to Spare… 20th Century Studios Cooper clearly has a good eye, and Florian Hoffmeister’s cinematography feels appropriate cold and damp – when we see shots of fog-shrouded mountains we can practically feel the hint of rain in the air. Atmosphere is a big part of “Antlers,” and the images Cooper puts together here might be enough to tide some over. The opening moments, where a meth cook wearing a gas mask descends into a pitch-blank mine with a blood-red flare burning as the only light, are appropriately moody....

Attention Ship Nerds: Star Trek: Lower Decks Introduces A New Class Of Starship Paramount By Witney Seibold/Oct. 20, 2022 12:00 pm EST This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of “Star Trek: Lower Decks.” At the climax of “Trusted Sources,” the latest episode of “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” the U.S.S. Cerritos is beset by a fleet of attacking Breen warships. Hopelessly outgunned, the Cerritos doesn’t fare well in battle. Its photon torpedoes are shot out of the sky and the shields are failing....

Avatar: The Way Of Water Swims To A $435 Million Global Opening Weekend 20th Century Studios By Hannah Shaw-Williams/Dec. 18, 2022 5:20 pm EST It’s been a stressful few years for the whole world, so no wonder a lot of people chose to take a long vacation on the lush moon of Pandora this weekend. Tropical forests, sandy beaches, intelligent space whales … aside from the invading army of human industrialists, it’s the perfect paradise....

Contact Could Have Been A Much ‘Stranger’ Movie Warner Bros. By Christian Gainey/Aug. 26, 2022 2:46 pm EST The film world has always been interested in the idea of space travel and extraterrestrials. The first appearance of alien beings occurred in Georges Méliès’ 1902 film “A Trip to the Moon,” and they’ve become a staple of science fiction films ever since. Hollywood often portrays aliens as beings we should fear, even Méliès’ aliens are vicious, territorial creatures who scare the space-traveling humans off of their planet, so movies that offer intelligent and friendly aliens often catch audiences’ attention....

Curb Your Enthusiasm Almost Ended Season 11 With This Character’s Death HBO By Shae Sennett/Aug. 10, 2022 12:37 pm EST Larry David almost ended “Curb Your Enthusiasm” with season 11, and he would’ve done it with the death of a main character. But David ultimately decided against that. After all, the show has been David’s primary project since “Seinfeld,” and he returns to the show every few years, even after it seems like he’s done all he can with it....

Dark doings on Navajo lands Here is the synopsis for “Dark Winds:” Set in 1971 on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley, Dark Winds follows Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon, The Son, Westworld, Fargo) of the Tribal Police as he is besieged by a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. The closer he digs to the truth, the more he exposes the wounds of his past. He is joined on this journey by his new deputy, Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon, The Red Road, Roswell, New Mexico)....

DC League Of Super-Pets Tops The Box Office But Doesn’t Fly All That High Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/Aug. 1, 2022 1:33 pm EST This was a not-at-all insignificant weekend as Warner Bros. released its first DC film in theaters since “The Batman” helped to jumpstart the box office back in March. This new movie is the animated “DC League of Super-Pets,” boasting a cast led by none other than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Krypto the Superdog....

Death In Space Is A Sci-Fi Horror RPG That Lets You Have A Good Time Simulating A Bad Time Free League Publishing By Matthew Monagle/Sept. 7, 2022 4:00 pm EST (Welcome to Cardboard Cinema, an ongoing series where we look at board games inspired by or connected to our favorite media. In this edition, we look at an RPG that offers the ultimate horror/science fiction roleplaying experience.) As a child of the ’80s, I entered a cultural landscape where space horror was firing on every cylinder....

The haunting nature of Midsommar A24 In case you haven’t had the pleasure of being traumatized by Ari Aster, here’s what you should know: “Midsommar” is the story of American couple Christian (Jack Reynor) and Dani (Florence Pugh) who, despite their strained relationship, embark on a trip to Sweden with some friends. Among their traveling companions is Pelle, a Swedish native who invites them back to his remote ancestral village to witness its famed midsummer festival, where everything is fine and nothing bad ever happens … just kidding!...

Exception: Release Date, Cast, And More For Netflix’s Space Anime Horror Series Netflix By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Sept. 16, 2022 10:02 am EST Netflix’s newest space anime horror series explores the idea of a dystopian future where a need for terraforming leads a 3D-printed scout to engage in space travel. Being alone in space is frightening because we know so little about it, and this idea is being put to test in the streamer’s latest offering, titled “Exception....

Getting Out Of MCU Shape For Welcome To Chippendales Took Its Toll On Kumail Nanjiani Hulu By Jeremy Smith/Nov. 18, 2022 5:02 pm EST When comedians hit the gym, the first thing they seem to shed is their sense of humor. At least, this was the case with Joe Piscopo, who went from being the second-funniest-man on “Saturday Night Live” during the Eddie Murphy era to, well, whatever it is he’s doing today....

Google Gave Christian Bale The Wrong Idea About His Thor: Love And Thunder Role Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/July 8, 2022 12:38 pm EST Christian Bale has done a lot of dramatic things for his roles — like losing 60 pounds for “The Machinist” — but there are some things that go a bit too far. One of those things was wearing a comic book-accurate costume for the role of Gorr the God Butcher....