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What Is Next Goal Wins? Unison/Paladin “Next Goal Wins” centers on the real-life story behind Dutch-American coach Thomas Rongen’s (played by Michael Fassbender) attempt to lead the infamous American Samoa national football team to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. I say “infamous” because it was considered the weakest football team in the world at that time, having struggled for years after suffering a historic 31-0 loss to Australia’s international football team in 2001....

Identity (2003) Columbia Pictures Long live Agatha Christie’s influence, the murder mystery queen. “Identity” from 2003 is a loose adaption of the writer’s novel “And Then There Were None.” It begins with the classic whodunnit gambit: 11 strangers are trapped in a motel during a storm as a killer among them begins picking them off one by one. As this excellent ensemble (including John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Ray Liotta) scrambles to solve the mystery and save their skin, there’s a parallel plot about a man on trial for murder....

The Thing About Pam Release Date And Where You Can Watch It Netflix Okay, well, here’s where things are a little murky. At the time of this writing, August 2021, there is no official release date locked down for “The Thing About Pam.” In May of this year, it was reported that “The Thing About Pam” would arrive on NBC in “autumn 2021.” However, autumn is right around the corner, and we don’t even have a first-look image yet....

What We Talk About When We Talk About Spoilers Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/March 1, 2022 10:02 am EST If you’re a fan of gigantic, big-budget studio genre pictures, and you live on the internet, then you have likely already internalized the 12-step process of marketing anticipation: Step 1: A studio announces a new film project surrounding a well-worn, and comfortingly familiar intellectual property of theirs, leading to enthusiasm from half of the intended audience, and skepticism from the other half....

Why Ethan Hawke Signed On To Moon Knight Without Reading A Script Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/March 21, 2022 5:28 pm EST Ethan Hawke has been acting in the business for decades, having appeared in everything from “Dead Poets Society” to “Sinister,” moving from Oscar-winning dramas to acclaimed westerns and everything in between. But Hawke had never dipped his toes into the realm of superheroes until now, and you’ll soon see him as the main villain in Marvel’s “Moon Knight,” which arrives on Disney+ later this month....

Mushu says, ‘No!’ Disney That’s right, Mushu was set to sing two songs in the film, but they had to be cut simply because Eddie Murphy, who voiced the feisty dragon, did not want to sing them. One of the songs that was eventually cut from the film was titled, “Keep ‘Em Guessing.” It featured a spirited Mushu giving Mulan advice on how to make sure no one guessed that she was actually a woman disguised as a male soldier....

Yellowjackets Has Been Renewed For Season 2 Thanks To Positive, Ahem, Buzz Showtime By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 16, 2021 5:24 pm EST Thank the Antler Queen! Showtime has announced that its series “Yellowjackets” has been renewed for a second season. The much-praised series, which is a hybrid psychological thriller and coming-of-age drama, is currently halfway through its first season run on the premium cable network. Frankly, this renewal is a no-brainer. “Yellowjackets” is one of the most unique and original stories we’ve seen on TV, not just this year, but in the past several years....

A joyful dance before a powerful film The trailer reminds me of “The Animatrix” in a way. You know, that moment where the robots dress up in human clothing and hope to be accepted? There is something about A.I. that is so heartbreaking to me. What would it feel like to know how much more you can do than a human, but to know that there are certain things so intrinsic to being human, like emotion and memory, that an A....

1883 Star LaMonica Garrett Uses ‘Cowboy’ As A Verb — And With Very Good Reason [Interview] Paramount+ By Jenna Busch/Jan. 2, 2022 10:16 am EST LaMonica Garrett uses “cowboy” as a verb now. After a lifetime of Western fandom (via his mom), he’s playing a cowboy in the Paramount+ series “1883,” the prequel series to the hit show “Yellowstone.” Garrett plays Thomas, a former Buffalo soldier in the Civil War who now works for the Pinkerton Detective Agency alongside war buddy Shea (Sam Elliott)....

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power Review: The Inherent Misogyny Of Cinema Is Academically Analyzed [Sundance 2022] Sundance Film Festival By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 23, 2022 8:15 pm EST It’s no secret that Hollywood has long objectified women and kept them away from any positions of power that would allow them to do anything about it. Only in recent years have significant dents been made to further diversify the hierarchy of misogyny and patriarchy that dominates the entertainment industry....

Casting Elvis’ Titular Role Was An Almost ‘Impossible’ Task Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/June 24, 2022 8:41 am EST “Elvis” has entered the building. The new Baz Luhrmann film about the king of rock and roll is the story of his life, and that of Colonel Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks, the man behind the King’s career. Finding someone to embody Elvis Presley, however, was a big ask. A zillion Elvis Presley impersonators are out there, of course, and everyone has their own impression, but how do you take someone larger than life, put your own spin on it, please fans and his surviving family, and put that into a package that looks and sounds like Elvis?...

Daily Podcast: Mini-Water Cooler: The Matrix Resurrections, 8-Bit Christmas, Pickup On South Street, And More Warner Bros. By Ben Pearson/Dec. 30, 2021 5:52 pm EST On the December 30, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by editor Brad Oman to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler. Opening Banter: At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing: What we’ve been Reading: What we’ve been Watching:...

David Tennant And Catherine Tate Are Returning To Doctor Who For 60th Anniversary BBC By Ben F. Silverio/May 15, 2022 3:43 pm EST Following the announcement that “Sex Education” star Ncuti Gatwa would be playing the Fourteenth Doctor in the next season of “Doctor Who,” it appears that his Doctor won’t be the only iteration of the Time Lord from Gallifrey on deck for Russell T. Davies’ return to the long-running sci-fi staple....

Dune Part 2 Adds Florence Pugh As Princess Irulan, Somehow Making That Ensemble Better Sony Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/March 8, 2022 4:12 pm EST Just when you thought the “Dune” franchise couldn’t possibly get any more star-studded than it already is. After years of either failed attempts to get adaptations off the ground or middling movies that went on to become cult classics, last year’s Denis Villeneuve-directed film broke out in a big way....

Euphoria Season 2 Trailer: The Hit Series Returns In January HBO By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 20, 2021 2:28 pm EST The full trailer for “Euphoria” season 2 has just premiered, and it has us feeling anything but euphoric. The drama-filled sneak peek sees the return of teen drug addict Rue (Zendaya), along with classmates Kat (Barbie Ferreira), Maddy (Alexa Demie), Cassie (Sydney Sweeney), Nate (Jacob Elordi), and, of course, Jules (Hunter Shafer)....

Every Star Wars Cameo, Easter Egg, & Callback In The Obi-Wan Kenobi Finale Disney+ By Debopriyaa Dutta/June 22, 2022 12:24 pm EST Warning: major spoilers ahead for the “Obi-Wan Kenobi” season finale. The season finale of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” ends on a rather emotional note, as things (kind of) come full circle for our central characters, setting them back on the paths they are meant to take moving forward. The episode’s highlight is an epic final confrontation between Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) and Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen), paving the way for many callbacks, which, in turn, line up fairly well with the emotional arcs of the characters involved....

Giancarlo Esposito Was Surprised To See How ‘Vicious’ His Better Call Saul Character Could Be AMC By Rafael Motamayor/April 29, 2022 9:17 am EST “Breaking Bad” boasts some of the best writing on TV. Especially when it came to plotting and character, the writers had a great ability to connect every single dot and make it seem like everything in the show was connected and planned out in advance. Likewise, every character felt well-rounded and fleshed out, from side characters, one-off characters, and villains....

Joel Hodgson Had A Good Reason For Reviving Mystery Science Theater 3000 Netflix By Witney Seibold/March 23, 2022 4:30 pm EST “Mystery Science Theater 3000” officially ended its run in 1999, but never really went away. The “watching bad movies with several funny friends” premise was simply too good to leave behind, and every cast member on the show participated in “MST3K”-like projects for years thereafter. The show’s creator, Joel Hodgson, teamed up with Mary Jo Pehl, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, and J....

Kevin Feige Explains Why Ms. Marvel’s Powers Will Differ From The Comics Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/May 9, 2022 10:37 am EST Chances are if you’ve caught any of the trailers and TV spots for Marvel’s “Ms. Marvel,” one rather noticeable change from the comics has probably stood out like a sore thumb. Since her original conception in 2013, the popular comic book character of Kamala Khan has always been depicted with a specific power set that could basically be described as shapeshifting, stretching and contorting her body to great lengths — lovingly referred to as “embiggening”!...

Love, Victor Season 3 Trailer: The Third And Final Season Arrives In June Hulu By Valerie Ettenhofer/May 20, 2022 3:27 pm EST The third and final season of “Love, Victor” is coming to Hulu and Disney+ in June, giving us – as the tagline puts it – “one last chance to feel the love.” The trailer for the teen romance series dropped today, and it looks like a pretty on-brand goodbye for a show that’s always been on the sweeter and more sensitive side of the coming-of-age spectrum....