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Movies To Watch If You Liked Ti West’s X A24 By Anya Stanley/April 6, 2022 11:52 am EST Ti West’s “X” is a welcome balm for movie buffs who are tired of content over substance. Utilizing two disregarded lowbrow genres — porn and horror — the director of “The Innkeepers” returns with this patient, gory, intimate, and foul exercise in storytelling. “X” concerns a group of young, hungry creatives who rent the worst Texas room one could find in 1979 and attempt to shoot an artful pornography film on the premises; director RJ (Owen Campbell) aims to make the skin flick “a piece of cinema,” but the homeowners have other designs on the cast and crew....

Ms. Marvel Co-Creator Explains Her Involvement With The Show And Crafting A Story That Feels Specific [Interview] Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/June 7, 2022 3:00 pm EST The character of Kamala Khan is kind of a big deal. If you haven’t realized it by now, then you will very, very soon when “Ms. Marvel” comes to Disney+ tomorrow. Comic fans have looked forward to this live-action adaptation ever since the teenage superhero first graced the comics in 2013, and more casual fans will no doubt be drawn to her sweet and wholesome coming-of-age story featured heavily throughout the show’s first couple of episodes....

Money for content, less for jobs Netflix One thing we know for sure is that Netflix has been cutting jobs left and right. To go along with 150 employees that were let go in May, another 300 people were recently let go within the company, largely in North America, per The Hollywood Reporter. Roughly speaking, that equated to about 5% of the company’s overall workforce. That is, to say the very least of it, no small thing....

Peter Dinklage Has Mixed Feelings On House Of The Dragon: ‘This Isn’t A Risk’ HBO By Jenna Busch/Jan. 24, 2022 3:37 pm EST Peter Dinklage, who played Tyrion Lannister in the HBO series “Game of Thrones,” has spoken about his thoughts on the upcoming prequel series “House of the Dragon.” THR points out that Dinklage was a recent guest on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, where the two spoke about Dinklage’s career, and the new series came up during the discussion....

Quantum Leap Sequel Series In The Works, Wants To Change History For The Better, Etc. NBC By Danielle Ryan/Jan. 13, 2022 9:22 pm EST Call Ziggy, because we’re going time-traveling. According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC has greenlit the pilot for a sequel to the 1989 series, which starred Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, who was destined to “leap” through time (and bodies) forever after an experiment gone wrong, desperately just trying to get back to his own life....

Peacock By Kaylee Dugan/May 4, 2022 9:18 pm EST Saved for the last time It is interesting that executive producer Tracey Wigfield, as well as Franco Bario, are thanked by name, while the original and returning cast including Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, Mario Lopez, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen, and Lark Voorhies weren’t mentioned. But who knows how many people wrote and re-wrote that press release before it was sent out. We are so proud to have been the home of the next iteration of “Saved by the Bell” for both new and OG fans “Saved by the Bell” has been a cultural mainstay for more than 30 years and the new series, led by Tracey Wigfield’s superfan enthusiasm and signature witty humor, seamlessly continued the show’s legacy, all while allowing more audiences to feel seen....

Spider-Man: No Way Home’s Special Guest Stars Contributed A Great Deal To Their Characters Marvel Studios By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 29, 2021 9:59 pm EST This article includes frank discussion of spoilers from “Spider-Man: No Way Home”) “Spider-Man” fans have had an emotional few weeks. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is a painful, bittersweet end to Tom Holland’s first Peter Parker trilogy, but it also brings unexpected catharsis for past Peter Parkers as well....

The Book Of Boba Fett Featurette Highlights Ming-Na Wen’s Very Alive Master Assassin, Fennec Shand Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 4, 2022 11:19 am EST Few franchises can rival “Star Wars” when it comes to resurrecting characters from apparent death, from Darth Maul (who, famously, met his untimely “end” after Obi-Wan Kenobi sliced him in half at the end of “The Phantom Menace” before returning for an extended storyline in “The Clone Wars,” “Star Wars Rebels,” and even a cameo reveal at the end of “Solo: A Star Wars Story”) to Palpatine (who “somehow” came back) to Boba Fett himself — you know, the star of “The Book of Boba Fett” and the reason this spin-off is even happening in the first place....

The Daily Stream: Dancin’: It’s On! Is An Overlooked Gem Of So-Bad-It’s-Good Cinema Medallion Releasing By Erin Brady/June 10, 2022 2:00 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: “Dancin’: It’s On!” Where You Can Stream It: Tubi The Pitch: Two dancers from different worlds meet and fall in love as the most important dance contest in the state quickly approaches....

Man vs. Food 1091 Media Dion, your vignette in the film was straight up funny as sh*t. Thank you! I was laughing out loud when I was watching the screener, but oddly, it gave me some cravings for longanisa. [Laughs] It should, it should. I hope it does — and other things. When we’re screening the film, I often go into the theater and watch people’s reactions because we got a mix of people....

The Jon Snow TV Series Was Kit Harington’s Idea, George R.R. Martin Helped Craft Story HBO By Ben Pearson/June 23, 2022 6:07 pm EST Turns out Jon Snow might know something after all — or, at least the actor who plays him does. “A Song of Ice and Fire” author George R.R. Martin, whose books were adapted into the mega-hit series “Game of Thrones,” confirmed today that the recently announced sequel series following the continuing adventures of Jon Snow was actually actor Kit Harington’s idea....

Witchers: Kind of Overrated Netflix “The Witcher” season 1 only featured one other witcher who wasn’t Geralt, and that witcher was already a corpse by the time we caught up to him — killed by a striga in the line of duty. In season 2, however, Geralt and Ciri travel to Kaer Morhen for the winter and spend time with the other remaining witchers, including Lambert, Eskel, Coen, and Vesemir....

A Quick Recap Warner Bros. The third episode of “Raised By Wolves” season 2 picks up right where the second left off, and Mother finds Father and his crew of Mithraic prisoners/human grenades out hunting the snake-baby. Mother is disappointed in him for using the humans as fodder, but he explains that protecting the children is more important. The two are definitely at odds, even if they were getting along better for a little while there....

These Exclusive Moonfall Posters Make It Very Clear That The Moon Is Falling Lionsgate By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 17, 2022 10:00 am EST “Moonfall”! The very title of the film makes it abundantly clear: the Moon is falling. And that’s bad news for us losers here on Earth. “Moonfall” is the latest disasterpiece from Roland Emmerich, a filmmaker who really likes to blow up the world. In Emmerich’s latest, the Moon is suddenly knocked off orbit and headed straight for Earth – but wait, that’s not all!...

Three Thousand Years Of Longing Review: George Miller Delivers An Epic, Romantic Fairy Tale About The Power Of Storytelling [Cannes] MGM By Rafael Motamayor/May 21, 2022 11:34 am EST George Miller is one of our greatest maximalist filmmakers, capable of taking the smallest idea and turning it into a wonderfully bonkers, visually striking movie. For his follow-up to “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Miller gives us a throwback fairy tale that feels more like his follow-up to “Babe: Pig in the City....

Tom Holland Wants To See His Spider-Man And Charlie Cox’s Daredevil Team Up One Day Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 7, 2022 12:13 pm EST This article contains spoilers for “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” even though you’ve probably either seen it by now or already been spoiled. But you’ve been warned either way! Ever since fans first received word that the rights-sharing agreement between Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios meant that Spider-Man would finally be able to crossover with the other Marvel heroes, fans have anxiously looked forward to one particular team-up more than any other — Matt Murdock, AKA Daredevil, crossing paths with Peter Parker’s web-slinging hero....

Watch A Handy Recap Of The Boys Seasons 1 And 2 Before The Third Season Premiere Prime Video By Jeremy Mathai/June 2, 2022 10:17 am EST Attempting to keep track of all the various new shows available to watch on a weekly basis in this era of Too Much TV was already hard enough to begin with. Then came the initial pandemic shutdown in the early months of 2020, which completely overturned all the carefully laid plans throughout the industry — especially when it comes to television scheduling....

What That New Villain Revealed In Spider-Man: No Way Home Means For The MCU Marvel Studios / Sony By Deshawn “DeLa Doll” Thomas/Dec. 21, 2021 6:25 pm EST Ok so technically this new villain wasn’t introduced in “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” but in the post-credit scene that accompanies it. Any seasoned Marvel Cinematic Universe movie buff knows to stick around until the very end of the credits, lest they miss out on a bonus scene that may reveal information about the upcoming adventures of our favorite heroes....

Why Chewbacca Actor Peter Mayhew Needed Protection While Filming Endor Scenes Lucasfilm By Steven Ward/March 21, 2022 11:47 am EST It’s no secret that George Lucas took inspiration from a particular animal for the design of every “Star Wars” fans’ favorite Wookiee, Chewbacca. No, it wasn’t the Sasquatch. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a missing link between the Millennium Falcon co-pilot and the ape-like creatures rumored to live in isolation throughout the forests of North America....

What Is Squid Game? Netflix After helming a handful of successful South Korean films, “Squid Game” writer/director Hwang Dong-hyuk burst onto the scene for Western audiences with this nine-episode series for Netflix. The “Battle Royale”-esque storyline of “Squid Game” follows hundreds of desperate contestants with nowhere else to turn who are recruited to participate in scaled-up versions of children’s games, but with a twist — if you lost, you die. The premise might be well-worn to anyone with previous knowledge of this fascinating subgenre of “death game” movies & TV shows but Hwang didn’t let that familiarity prevent him from telling this story anyway....