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Harry Potter Needs To Move On Without J. K. Rowling Warner Bros. By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Jan. 2, 2022 2:30 pm EST Many “Harry Potter” fans would say that the Wizarding World hasn’t been the same since 2019 when its creator J.K. Rowling revealed herself to be a TERF (the acronym for trans-exclusionary radical feminist, which means a feminist who refuses to accept that trans women are women). She has continued to go above and beyond to defend her stance, despite the hurt it has caused to LGBTQ “Harry Potter” fans and the greater trans community, and becoming the Voldemort of her own story....

Indiana Jones 5: Mads Mikkelsen Says Harrison Ford Is ‘An Insanely Powerful Person’ Paramount Pictures By Jenna Busch/April 15, 2022 4:57 pm EST “Indiana Jones 5” wrapped filming back in late February of 2022, but it’s still going to be a while before we get to see it. The film moved from a release date of July 29, 2022 to June 30, 2023, and that came after various other delays. Among the more painful delays, star Harrison Ford injured his shoulder on set, though some filming was done without him while he recovered....

Is There A Matrix Resurrections Credits Scene? A Spoiler-Free Guide Warner Bros. By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 17, 2021 2:03 pm EST It’s time to take the red pill again. “The Matrix” franchise is making its long-awaited return with “The Matrix Resurrections,” the fourth live-action entry in the trippy sci-fi property and the first directed by Lana Wachowski without her sister and “The Matrix” co-creator, Lilly Wachowski. Don’t let that put you off, though: early buzz suggests “Resurrections” is as outlandish and dazzling as anything the Wachowkis siblings have made together, taking on modern reboot culture and the nostalgia that fuels so many sequels these days and flipping them on their head....

John Turturro Is The Secret Weapon Of The Batman Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/March 8, 2022 1:00 pm EST I cannot write this post without spoilers for “The Batman.” It’s out now. Go see it and return later to read this or I curse you with the sound of Paul Dano’s howling in your head for the entire weekend. In a sea of powerful characters, it’s the subtle that stands out....

Mark Hamill Tries To Reinvent The Joker Every Time He Plays The Villain HBO Max By Rafael Motamayor/April 29, 2022 1:50 pm EST The Joker is arguably the most iconic superhero villain of all time, a character serving as a mirror opposite of Batman, capable of both terrorizing audiences and making them laugh — often at the same time. This character has resulted in many incredible performances in film and television (even video games), as well as a handful of questionable incarnations....

Moon Knight Just Went Full Benson And Moorhead, And Marvel Has Never Been Wilder Disney+ By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 20, 2022 5:00 pm EST Warning: Major spoilers ahead for episode 4 of “Moon Knight.” Episode 4 of “Moon Knight,” titled “The Tomb,” is perhaps the trippiest, most mind-boggling episode so far, proving that episode 4 directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead are perfect for helming the most outlandish sequences. Primarily, “The Tomb” is a full-fledged puzzle-solving archeological adventure with Steven (Oscar Isaac) and Layla (May Calamawy) at the center, although the final 15-20 minutes of the episodes veer into intense fever dream territory (which warrants at least one proclamation of “what the hell is going on?...

Park Chan-Wook’s Penchant For Violence Comes From A Deeply Personal Place CJ Entertainment By Andrew Housman/May 27, 2022 10:25 am EST Park Chan-wook is one of South Korea’s most celebrated filmmakers, his depictions of brutal revenge and uncomfortable sexual encounters exploring the depraved depths — and tenderness — of humanity. The director has a propensity for violence that often feels too real and emotional to be described as exploitative, while the sheer breathtaking technical achievement of his more fantastical pieces of bloody rage, such as the hallway fight in “Oldboy,” have influenced flashier action movies like “The Raid” and “John Wick” and television shows like “Daredevil....

Robert Englund’s Stranger Things Character Pulled More From Treasure Island Than A Nightmare On Elm Street Netflix By Witney Seibold/June 9, 2022 3:36 pm EST The raison d’être of “Stranger Things” is its nostalgia for 1980s genre entertainment. Taking a lot of tonal and story cues from Stephen King’s output from that decade (“It” and “Firestarter” in particular), and including a veritable scavenger hunt of recognizable films and TV references (Eggo Waffles!...

Star Trek: Insurrection Could Have Been The Franchise’s Apocalypse Now Paramount By Witney Seibold/March 15, 2022 5:59 pm EST Any good Trekkie who was attending conventions in the late 1990s likely caught wind of multiple unrealized Trek projects — some of them actual, most of them apocryphal. The history of “Star Trek” is punctuated by multiple failed projects or unmade ideas that remain but a distant dream of the casual fan-child....

The 15 Most Influential VFX Artists In Movie History RKO Radio Pictures By Billie Gagné-LeBel/April 21, 2022 2:44 pm EST Cinema as we know it wouldn’t be possible without a myriad of technologies and techniques. Visual effects (VFX) are not to be confused with special effects (SFX), though they sometimes go hand-in-hand. Both affect what you see on-screen in different ways. Special effects, such as animatronics, make-up and prosthetics, and physical elements like rain, snow, or explosions, are those practical effects that are coordinated on set....

The Afterparty Will Be Back For A Second Season With Tiffany Haddish Returning As Detective Danner Apple TV+ By Eric Vespe/March 2, 2022 9:07 pm EST “The Afterparty” is fun as hell. Let’s get that out of the way right up front. This is Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (henceforth referred to by their mammoth brand of “Lord & Miller”) gathering top-notch writers and an absolutely stellar comedy cast to tackle the evergreen whodunnit subgenre....

The Apocalypse Now Controversy Explained United Artists By Caroline Madden/March 1, 2022 11:36 am EST “Apocalypse Now” has gone down in cinematic history as one of the greatest war epics of all time. Based on Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novella “Heart of Darkness,” it is a psychedelic journey into the horrors of the Vietnam War told through one soldier’s (Martin Sheen) mission to assassinate a rebellious colonel (Marlon Brando) who lives in an indigenous village where he is worshiped as a demigod....

The Avatar: The Last Airbender Animated Films: Everything We Know So Far Nickelodeon By Lyvie Scott/June 15, 2022 12:40 pm EST It’s a very, very good time to be an “Avatar: The Last Airbender” fan. After years of nothing — well, almost nothing — in terms of on-screen sequels or spin-offs, Netflix announced a live-action adaptation of the series with its original showrunners. And though Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino have since fallen out with the streamer, their feud has made a renewed partnership with Nickelodeon entirely possible....

The Future of the Franchise Sony Pictures I’ve loved “The Boondocks” since I was Riley’s age, reading the Sunday funnies in my grandma’s kitchen. The idea of seeing the series tackle current topics sounded great, and I’m admittedly pretty bummed that the series isn’t moving forward. Yarbrough was sad to see things turn out this way as well, though he has hopes the series could return in some way in the future....

The Crowded Room: Amanda Seyfried Boards Apple TV+ Drama Starring Tom Holland Netflix By Joshua Meyer/Feb. 18, 2022 9:11 am EST “The Crowded Room” has just gotten a little more, well, crowded. Amanda Seyfried has joined the cast of the new anthology series, which will bring Tom Holland back to Apple TV+, the home of his non-Spider-Man effort, “Cherry,” with the Russo Brothers. Holland will star in “The Crowded Room” and serve as one in a long list of executive producers....

The Expanse Raises The Stakes As It Reaches The Halfway Point Of Its Final Season “This feels like a trap.” That’s what MCRN Admiral Kirino (Krista Bridges) says to Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo) as the UNN-Luna-Martian fleet lands on Ceres free of any Free Navy. Kirino is right, of course, as we find out over course of “Force Projection,” the third episode of “The Expanse” season 6. This episode is the last of the first half of the last season of “The Expanse,” (trying saying that three times fast!...

The King’s Man Star Harris Dickinson On Running Through No Man’s Land In A Kilt [Interview] 20th Century Studios By Jeff Ewing/Dec. 22, 2021 2:52 pm EST “The King’s Man” premieres in theaters this week, bringing the harrowing dangers of World War I firmly into director Matthew Vaughn’s spy-film territory. The “Kingsman” prequel centers on a dangerous conspiracy at the heart of the war, and the Duke of Oxford (Ralph Fiennes) must band together a trusted cohort of heroes to combat the terrible menace....

Boba Fett as an Under the Tusken Sun Fashionista Lucasfilm You can’t deny Boba Fett’s lack of concern over his missing armor in the first two episodes of “The Book of Boba Fett,” but you also can’t deny that he’s far more of an overall fashionista than Mando. Mando loves his armor, sure, but his hesitancy to take the armor off means his travels around the galaxy never involve a mid-90’s rom-com clothing montage....

The Mitchells vs The Machines Anatomy of a Scene Celebrate #GlobalMovieDay with this Anatomy of a Scene from #TheMitchellsVsTheMachines, and never forget how a moose says: I love you. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/sVtHe6VYuJ— The Mitchells vs. The Machines (@MitchellsMovie) February 12, 2022 First up, the official Twitter account for “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” shared this “Anatomy of a Scene” featurette that reveals how this pivotal flashback sequence came together. Along with storyboards and animatics, you’ll see several different versions of a key moment in this scene that simply wasn’t connect as deeply as it should....

The Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Looks Like It’ll Explore The Failures Of The Jedi – Good Lucasfilm By Rafael Motamayor/March 9, 2022 4:51 pm EST The Jedi may have the coolest weapons in the “Star Wars” galaxy, but they are one of the most corrupted, negligent, complacent orders in fiction. Their hubris led to the deaths of thousands, the end of the Jedi Order, and the rise of an evil Empire (OK, an Empire that lasted only about 30 years, but that’s beside the point)....