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Marvel Rising - Playing With Fire is streaming for free on YouTube The folks at the Marvel HQ YouTube channel recently decided to offer up some free animated goods for fans in the form of “Playing With Fire,” which was one of the “Marvel Rising” specials. So, what can one expect should they decide to press play? The logline reads: When Inferno’s powers are stolen by a young and powerful villain, it’s up to the Secret Warriors to defeat their new foe and help their friend....

The 15 Best Korean Directors Of All Time Korean Film Archive / YouTube By Leo Noboru Lima/June 30, 2022 5:02 pm EST The mighty “K-wave” that’s been sweeping through the West is extraordinary for a variety of reasons, one of them being that Korea’s induction into the world cinema big leagues is a relatively recent occurrence. As two countries with a long track record of hardship, war, repression, and colonialist exploitation, there were few periods in Korean history in which a proper film industry was sustainable....

Blood Beach Jerry Gross Organization Produced by Hong Kong filmmaking legend Run Run Shaw, Jeffrey Bloom’s “Blood Beach” enticed moviegoers with the tagline “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water — you can’t get to it!” People are disappearing on Venice Beach, and the local authorities are flummoxed as to what or who is responsible. It’s an engagingly silly premise, but Bloom’s execution is sluggish when it isn’t completely inept....

The Bride Of Frankenstein Remake Was Going To Be ‘Beautiful’ And ‘Gothic,’ Spanning 150 Years Universal Pictures By Witney Seibold/March 25, 2022 5:18 pm EST In the spirit of New Coke, the Virtual Boy, and Quibi, Universal’s proposed interconnected cinematic universe of famous monsters, their Dark Universe, has gone down in entertainment history as one of its bigger blunders. Clearly chasing the success of the interconnected Marvel Cinematic Universe begun in 2008 and subsequently spearheaded by Disney starting in 2009, the Dark Universe was a grand plan by Universal to make a series of mythology-heavy films starring the Mummy, the Wolf Man, Dr....

The Controversy Behind Judi Dench’s Shakespeare In Love Oscar Win Miramax Films By Witney Seibold/April 12, 2022 3:56 pm EST I recall with fondness the 71st Academy Award telecast. Introducing the ceremony that would award the best films of 1998, hostess Whoopi Goldberg stepped onto stage in the costume worn by Judi Dench in that year’s “Shakespeare in Love.” She would comment that the 71st Oscars were designed to award all the ‘98 films about Queen Elizabeth I, commenting that two of the Best Picture nominees feature the Queen as characters (the other being Shekhar Kapur’s “Elizabeth”)....

The Equalizer 3 Will Film In Italy, Reveal More About Denzel Washington’s Robert [Exclusive] Sony Pictures Releasing By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 28, 2022 3:02 pm EST Its been four years now since Denzel Washington last played action hero Robert McCall, and according to director Antoine Fuqua, the third installment of “The Equalizer” project is still in progress. The filmmaker revealed new details about the movie in an upcoming interview with /Film’s Jack Giroux....

So Many Precious Memories! At first, all was right with the world. “Morbius” was set to arrive on July 10, 2020, at which point we would at last know the answer to the age-old question: What makes a Living Vampire man? Then the film was pushed back three weeks to July 31 that same month. No problem, we could just pass the extra time by re-watching those precious few seconds of Michael teleporting like Nightcrawler or Matt Smith walking intensely along an empty subway platform in the “Morbius” trailer....

Bad green screen, subtle camera movement, and more First up, the Corridor Crew takes a look at the horrible CGI in M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender,” focusing on how tricky fire is to do right using CGI, especially when forgetting the importance of heat ripples and lighting. Thankfully, not everything is bad, as the crew also reacts to the subtle VFX-assisted camera work in “Logan,” which manages to convey Professor X’s seizure mind blasts with shaky cam that is stabilized later in post-production....

Vikings: Valhalla Creator Jeb Stuart Wants To Raise The Bar For Action Shows [Interview] Netflix By Jack Giroux/March 2, 2022 4:00 pm EST “Vikings: Valhalla” is a large-scale, full-throttle action series. Series creator Jeb Stuart and his long list of collaborators waste no time getting to the action — the meat and potatoes of an epic story. It’s a complex world packed with characters and history, but “Vikings: Valhalla” tells its array of stories with a ferocious pace without sacrificing substance....

Where Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Fits In The Series Timeline Crunchyroll By Rafael Motamayor/March 31, 2022 12:23 pm EST Anime films based on shonen manga have come a long way. We’re finally starting to move past the time where these standalone movies were just fun yet disposable cash grabs with no contributions to the overall franchise. After the huge success of “Demon Slayer: Mugen Train,” the “Jujutsu Kaisen” franchise finally got its own theatrical feature film that made waves at the box office....

Will There Be A Snake Eyes Sequel? Here’s What We Know Paramount Pictures By Lyvie Scott/Jan. 5, 2022 10:23 am EST The “G.I. Joe” films have been on shaky footing since a big-screen adaptation was first attempted in 2009. Hasbro’s burgeoning empire struck gold with its “Transformers” film series, and they’re invested in recreating that success with their second-most famous ’80s property. The weird and sometimes-wonderful world of the Joes and their enmity with Cobra has resonated … kind of … but Hasbro and their studio partner, Paramount, are still trying to find an angle that can entice the generation of moviegoers for whom “G....

Would Milla Jovovich Ever Return To The Resident Evil Franchise? Sony By Bill Bria/May 26, 2022 10:46 am EST The scope of the “Resident Evil” franchise can best be summed up in one word: sprawling. Through 10 main games, three game remakes, at least 14 spin-off games, four animated films, six live-action movies, one live-action reboot, and a brand-new live-action streaming series on the way, the franchise at this point is far from being just one thing in one medium....

A hellish Atlantic crossing Rather than cleanly lay out the premise, Friese and bo Odar are looking to hook potential viewers on dread-inducing mood and nightmarish imagery. Thus far, we’re buying what they’re selling. It appears Moira Franklin (Emma Beecham) will serve as the ensemble series’ lead. We don’t see much, but judging from the bruises on her wrists and that quick cut to her being strapped into a chair, she’s definitely carrying more than a little psychic baggage with her to the Big Apple....

All It Took To Get Brad Pitt In Deadpool 2 Was A Call From Ryan Reynolds By Bill Bria/May 19, 2022 1:11 pm EST Nowadays, a celebrity cameo in a movie typically acts as a setup (or payoff) for a cinematic universe. However, there was a time when a celebrity cameo was nearly exclusively used as a punchline, where the appearance of a highly famous public figure would be a joke unto itself....

Copyright Troubles Threw The Spy Who Loved Me’s Script Into Chaos MGM By Anthony Crislip/June 30, 2022 12:34 pm EST James Bond was not in a good place in the mid-’70s. The classic film series had begun to flounder creatively, leading to a major box office disappointment, and separate financial issues had caused major fissures in EON Productions, the company behind the movies. A change was needed to give the character some new life, and in this case, the change would involve going back to the familiar....

Every Rian Johnson Movie Ranked Worst To Best Lionsgate By Molly Turner/April 19, 2022 12:11 pm EST In less than 20 years, writer-director Rian Johnson has gone from cult indie auteur to blockbuster filmmaking brand. Johnson’s breakout debut feature, “Brick” (2005), was a detective noir set in high school, praised for its clever reinvention of both genres. As his career progressed, Johnson continued to use genre as a creative constraint and playground, with each film exhibiting the filmmaker’s take on a specific kind of movie, such as a sci-fi or con-man flick....

George Foreman Biopic Rounds Out Its Cast With John Magaro, Jasmine Matthews & More Lionsgate Home Entertainment By Sandy Schaefer/Feb. 25, 2022 1:51 pm EST Hollywood sure loves biopics. Every year brings its fair share of true story-based movies about revolutionary musicians, beloved athletes, iconic film actors, and more, along with the occasional memoir about an individual who left their mark on history in not-so-great ways (like “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Vice”)....

Guardians Of The Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Trailer Reveals Launch Date For New Disney World Roller Coaster Walt Disney Pictures By Shania Russell/April 4, 2022 11:18 am EST Wild adventures have landed the Guardians of the Galaxy in prison, sent them to hide out on Knowhere, and once had them spend half a movie wandering around on the surface of Star Lord’s dad (Ego, the Living Planet). But none of that compares to the location of their latest chaotic escapades — EPCOT!...

Hocus Pocus 2 Treats Us To A New Release Date Disney+ By BJ Colangelo/May 17, 2022 9:26 pm EST Ah say ento pi alpha mabi upendi! Shoutout to whichever virgin lit the Black Flame Candle again, because the witches are back, and there’s hell to pay! Be on the lookout for talking cats, because Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker are ready to terrorize the unsuspecting children of Salem once again in the highly-anticipated sequel, “Hocus Pocus 2....

Jamie Lee Curtis Teaming With Prime Video And Blumhouse For Maple Syrup Heist Series The Sticky A24 By BJ Colangelo/April 14, 2022 5:32 pm EST Jamie Lee Curtis and Blumhouse have had a wonderful professional relationship over the last few years, with Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode in David Gordon Green and Danny McBride’s “Halloween” trilogy. Now, the notorious JLC is heading over toward the television wing of the house that Blum built, joining the cast of Blumhouse Television and Canada’s Sphere Media’s newest series “The Sticky” for Prime Video....