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A New Doctor Strange 2 Featurette Invites You To Enter The Multiverse Marvel By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 11, 2022 1:30 pm EST Sam Raimi and the cast of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” are showing fans a peek behind the curtain in a new behind-the-scenes video ahead of the film’s release. The featurette, titled “Enter the Multiverse,” is in some ways a typical hyping up of the latest Marvel movie, but it also puts Raimi’s universe-hopping, horror-tinged vision front and center in a way that few of the film’s trailers or promos have so far....

‘Roswell That Ends Well’ 20th Television Animation In an interview with the The A.V. Club, David X. Cohen shared that in the early years of “Futurama,” there was a firm “no time travel, no matter what” rule, knowing that the show’s sci-fi-loving fans would nitpick the science behind it. It wasn’t until Season 3, Episode 19 (“Roswell That Ends Well”) that the show finally sent the characters across space and time....

China Reportedly Asked Sony To Remove The Statue Of Liberty From Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures By BJ Colangelo/May 2, 2022 7:24 pm EST File this one under “lol, what?” It’s no secret that China frequently edits Hollywood-made media when it arrives, usually to cut out moments that the Chinese government disagrees with — like critiquing law enforcement, criticizing the Chinese censorship laws itself, or any form of queerness. In some cases, China will even ask the United States-based production studios to edit the films before they arrive … and Hollywood will frequently comply because our industry is currently dependent on overseas box-office profits, particularly China....

Searching for myself Disney “Our Flag Means Death” is incredible for so many kinds of representation, but Jim gives non-binary and transmasculine people a new hero to see themselves in. I spent my entire childhood seeing myself in roles that didn’t quite fit, just like the gender norms impressed upon me like ill-fitting clothing. I loved Princess Leia for her boldness, but felt conflicted by her femininity. (Who has time for those braids?...

Kill Bill’s Martial Arts Training Was As Brutal As It Gets Miramax Films By Ryan Leston/March 23, 2022 2:09 pm EST The film stars Uma Thurman as The Bride, an unnamed woman who was left for dead at the altar. Now, years later, it’s time to track down her aggressors — her former colleagues in a deadly assassination squad — one by one and get the revenge she so eagerly desires....

Kristen Bell Reveals What To Expect From Her Netflix Series With The Title That’s Seriously As Long As This Headline Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 16, 2021 3:11 pm EST More details are emerging about Netflix’s new satirical thriller series starring Kristen Bell. The show carries the unwieldy title, “The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window,” which sounds like several airport kiosk paperback titles shoved into one....

Love Is A Losing Battle In The Latest Pam & Tommy Hulu By Valerie Ettenhofer/March 2, 2022 1:00 am EST With this week’s penultimate episode, the saga of “Pam & Tommy” seems to finally be winding down. The show has made its way back to the Jay Leno interview that started the series, and the Penthouse lawsuit at its center has gone up in smoke — as has the money Tommy owes Rand....

Breaking down the fireworks Columbia Pictures So, let’s break down what we just saw for a moment. First of all, there is a shirtless Dan Aykroyd laying on a bed, which some would argue is the best type of Dan Aykroyd. Next, you have a lovely Kim Basinger, acting a bit off-putting but still endearing, running to the bathroom to get ready to make love. All of a sudden, BOOM! You’ve got a robot in a bag (voiced by Ann Prentiss) that has one blinking eye suddenly talking to Kim Basinger like they’re friends....

New Muppet Series Will Star The Electric Mayhem, Nostalgia Expert Adam Goldberg Involved Disney By Ryan Scott/Feb. 15, 2022 4:02 pm EST It’s no secret that Disney hasn’t known what to do with “The Muppets” over the past couple years, but that is about to change — a new series is in development at Disney+ centered on Jim Henson’s beloved creations. Now, we have some new story details about the show which confirm that none other than Dr....

Revisiting a VHS treasure trove Miramax Films Though the pair haven’t shared the list of titles they plan on rewatching, AP says the slate will include “controversial James Bond films” and, true to form for the “Death Proof” filmmaker, some exploitation films. This isn’t the first time the duo has dipped their toes into podcasting. They appeared together just last year on Pure Cinema Podcast, an excellent and expansive companion podcast to Tarantino’s theater, the New Beverly Cinema....

There will be no more Picards Paramount The first season of “Picard” — set about 20 years after the events of “Star Trek: Nemesis” — began with the new conceit that The Federation had devolved into something a little bit more sinister and xenophobic, having deliberately refused to help the Romulans during a major planetary crisis (clearly meant as a metaphor for both Brexit and the intolerance of Trump’s America). Picard (Patrick Stewart) had left Starfleet in protest and trekked through the events of the season without Starfleet’s imprimatur or aid....

The 15 Best Chris Evans Movies, Ranked Lionsgate By Cass Clarke/June 29, 2022 1:44 pm EST Three years have passed since Chris Evans wielded the shield of Captain America. For many Marvel fans, Evans best embodied the altruistic vision that Jack Kirby and Joe Simon had for their pro-America and pro-Jewish character. After starring as Cap for eight years, Evans has become synonymous with the WWII-based hero and his storied legacy....

The Daily Stream: Pig Reminds Us What It Feels Like To Care NEON By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 28, 2022 4:00 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: “Pig” Where You Can Stream It: Hulu The Pitch: Nicolas Cage stars opposite Alex Wolff in this surprising, beautiful drama....

The FLCL Cameo That Included Evangelion’s Creator Gainax By Shae Sennett/April 28, 2022 11:35 am EST “FLCL,” also known as “Fooly Cooly” or “Furi Kuri,” is a Japanese animated series that ran for one brief six-episode season from 2000 to 2001. It was created by Kazuya Tsurumaki, a long-time friend and collaborator of Hideaki Anno, creator of the popular anime “Neon Genesis Evangelion” which ran from 1995 to 1997. Both series grapple with similar themes and received international acclaim for pushing the limits of the genre to include moments of lyrical abstraction or emotional introspection....

The Real Person Who Inspired Guinan On Star Trek CBS By Jenna Busch/Feb. 14, 2022 12:29 pm EST If you’re a “Star Trek: The Next Generation” fan, you know the character of Guinan played by Whoopi Goldberg. She’s the bartender and host of the Ten Forward aboard the USS Enterprise-D. Guinan is hundreds of years old, and from a race of “listeners” called the El-Aurian. It makes her the very best person on the Enterprise to go to for advice....

Why Was The Time Traveler’s Wife Canceled After One Season? HBO By Valerie Ettenhofer/July 4, 2022 5:22 pm EST HBO’s series “The Time Traveler’s Wife” has been canceled after one season, according to Variety. The six-episode show starred “Game of Thrones” actor Rose Leslie and “Divergent” actor Theo James as a pair of star-crossed lovers who are kept apart by the same thing that bonds them — James’ character’s medical inability to stop time travelling....

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Promises Black Manta Will Have More Personality In Aquaman 2 Warner Bros. Pictures By Max Evry/Dec. 21, 2021 2:15 pm EST When last we saw Black Manta in 2018’s “Aquaman,” he was onboard the research vessel of marine biologist Stephen Shin (Randall Park), a glint of vengeance in his eye as he threw his grandfather’s knife into a newspaper silhouette of Arthur Curry. With Warner Bros.’ big budget sequel “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” having just completed filming and set for release this time next year, we can now freely speculate on how big a presence Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Manta will be in the next installment....

Somebody once told me the Oscars would change Disney This trio of nominees symbolized a battleground not only in animated but in American cinema of the early 2000s. Disney had been the undisputed champions of the medium for decades and experienced a lavish renaissance in the ’90s that saw their critical and commercial clout strengthen to new peaks. Jeffrey Katzenberg, former chairman of Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994, faced pushback from many in the company with some feeling that he took too much credit for films like “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Little Mermaid....

It Was Always West Side Story Amblin Why has it taken so long for Steven Spielberg to make a musical? The pairing of artist and genre seemed inevitable — predestined, even. As Pauline Kael once observed, Spielberg has “movie sense;” he possesses an overwhelming knowledge of film as a medium. He’s fluent in the language and grammar of film, and he’s so good at it that oftentimes people don’t even pick up on his particular style....

The trailer In the new teaser for “Angelyne,” the upcoming miniseries on Peacock scheduled for release on May 19, 2022, Angelyne declares openly her scheme to advertise herself. Not in a clueless way, but in a very resolute, meaningful way. The miniseries seems to be presenting, perhaps correctly, that Angelyne was a performance artist, with her medium being, well, the media. Although Angelyne presented her character as being bubbly and kind of ditzy and clueless, she was actually a savvy businessperson who would speak frankly and intelligently when seated one-on-one with reporters....