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The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Season 2 Replaces Emilio Estevez With Josh Duhamel WWE Studios By Joshua Meyer/Jan. 25, 2022 10:13 am EST The Mighty Ducks have found their new hockey coach. Late last year, we heard that Emilio Estevez was not returning for the second season of “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers,” the Disney+ series led by Lauren Graham that serves as a streaming revival of the popular ’90s sports-movie franchise....

The Morning Watch: Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Video Tour, Francis Ford Coppola Breaks Down His Movies & More Ordinary Adventures By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 28, 2022 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

The Most Ruthless Jimmy McGill Moments From Better Call Saul AMC Networks By Liam Gaughan/Jan. 20, 2022 2:19 pm EST Few television spin-offs manage to stand alongside their original series. Often spin-offs can feel like a cash grab, and isolating just one element from the original doesn’t always work for an extended series. Expectations were at the sky’s limit for Vince Gilligan’s “Breaking Bad” follow-up, given that that series became a dominant cultural landmark, drew in a massive audience, and was so critically acclaimed....

The Quantum Leap Sequel Series Casts Ernie Hudson As The New Dean Stockwell BET By Jenna Busch/March 9, 2022 11:12 am EST I loved “Quantum Leap” with my entire heart when it aired back in the late ’80s and early ’90s. The idea of time travel was part of it, of course, but it was also watching what it was like for someone to live another person’s life. If you never watched it, here’s the deal....

The Screams Of The Goats In Thor: Love And Thunder Come From EDM Songs — Or Maybe Taika Waititi Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/June 27, 2022 9:34 am EST When Redditors discuss “The GOAT of EDM,” they’re usually talking about musical artists and who the Greatest of All Time in the Electronic Dance Music genre is. “Thor: Love and Thunder” director Taiki Waititi marches to the beat of a different goat-skinned drum....

The Thing Crew Risked Their Lives For One Shot Of The Spaceship Universal Pictures By Miyako Pleines/April 1, 2022 5:30 pm EST Everything would have been fine if only those Norwegians hadn’t blown up the ice that buried a 100,000-year-old alien spaceship. But, like most of humanity, curiosity got the better of them and they unleashed an alien species hellbent on taking over the world. On a superficial level (there’s a prequel that goes into way more depth about this whole thing), this is basically the backstory for the plot of John Carpenter’s 1982 science fiction horror movie “The Thing” in which a scrappy team of American arctic explorers discovers they are under attack by a shape-shifting alien that wants to assimilate into human form and bring an end to the human race....

Liv Paramount Pictures Liv (Sonia Ben Ammar) is probably the least interesting red herring in the new “Scream.” As Chad’s (Mason Gooding) new girlfriend, she’s suspicious because she’s not that close to the core group, but Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown) also tells her she’s too boring to be the killer. Her only real moment in the spotlight comes at Wes’ (Dylan Minnette) memorial-turned-rager, where she and Chad get into a fight after he refuses to go upstairs with her in case she really is the new Ghostface....

Tina Fey Always Knew 30 Rock Was Courting Cancellation NBC Universal By Leigh Giangreco/June 1, 2022 1:44 pm EST In Tina Fey’s 2011 memoir “Bossypants,” Fey writes that when she and her band of writers created “30 Rock,” they set out to create a quotable, American sitcom in the vein of “Home Improvement.” Instead, they ended up with a critical darling beloved by comedy nerds and lauded with 16 Emmy awards....

Why Arrested Development’s Return Wasn’t Easy For The Cast Netflix By Anthony Orlando/April 25, 2022 2:05 pm EST The production of “Arrested Development” was just as troubled and dysfunctional as the family it was centered on. Though the show achieved massive critical acclaim, low ratings led to its untimely cancelation. But all these problems reached their apex during production of the show’s final season, which came five years after the show was revived Netflix, which came seven years after its cancelation by Fox....

Why Brent Spiner Called His Time As Star Trek’s Data A ‘Double-Edged Sword’ ViacomCBS By Witney Seibold/Jan. 11, 2022 2:17 pm EST In October of 2021, actor Brent Spiner’s “memoir,” was published. Spiner is perhaps best known for playing the android Data on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” as well as Data’s twin brother Lore, his prototype B-4, their creator Dr. Noonien Soong, an ancestor of theirs, Dr. Arik Soong, and a descendent of theirs, Dr....

There’s just no Defying Gravity Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer In case you’ve somehow avoided catching “Wicked” fever or absorbing its plot via cultural osmosis: the stage musical (itself based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel) explores the origins of the Wicked Witch of the West. In doing so, it paints the infamous, green-skinned “Wizard of Oz” sorceress in a far more sympathetic light, portraying her as an outsider and crusader for social justice whose progressive politics lead to her being vilified by the deceitful Wizard and his government....

The Blood Of Jesus Kino Classics Contrary to conventional belief, Black filmmakers have, in fact, been around for nearly as long as the medium of film itself — just in a much less-prevalent capacity. The “race film” is but one testament to their desire to tell stories from their own unique perspective — and undo the indelible harm caused by D. W. Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation.” Some of these films were made as far back as 1920, and a great many shorts and features have been restored by Criterion’s contemporary, Kino Classics....

A Lot Of Hate For Dirty Harry Inspired David Fincher’s Zodiac Paramount Pictures By Devin Meenan/April 22, 2022 11:55 am EST The most enduring true crime stories are always the unsolved ones. What makes mysteries enticing is the art of playing detective yourself, which is easier to do when there isn’t a known answer. That’s why one of the most infamous serial killers is the Zodiac, a serial killer who haunted Northern California during the late 1960s, taunting law enforcement by sending letters about his crimes to local newspapers....

Alex Garland Isn’t Worried About What Message You Take From Men A24 By Witney Seibold/June 17, 2022 6:49 pm EST In Alex Garland’s 2022 puzzling surrealist horror folktale “Men,” Jessie Buckley plays a young woman who, while staying at a remote rented manse in the British countryside, seems to incur the ancient ire of some kind of masculinity deity. While on a walk in the woods, she sees the silhouette of a man at the end of a dark tunnel....

Better Call Saul Season 6 Teaser: Bad Times Lie Ahead For Jimmy And Kim AMC By Jeremy Mathai/April 15, 2022 12:06 pm EST Does anyone else hear that knocking? No, it’s not representations of death haunting Macbeth’s spiraling descent into madness. In this case, it’s just the symbolism of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) coming closer and closer to crossing moral lines that he’ll never be able to take back … all while (probably) dragging Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) down with him....

The beginnings of Big Trouble Seasonal Film Corporation There are some fascinating bits and pieces online about the original Old West incarnation of “Big Trouble,” but I wanted to find out more. So I spoke to Gary Goldman, who co-wrote the original screenplay with David Z. Weinstein, to find out how the idea came about. Goldman studied filmmaking at UCLA and made a few documentary features before working with Louis Malle on “Pretty Baby” straight out of college, the film that gave Brook Shields her debut....

Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 11 Release Date and Where You Can Watch It HBO “Curb Your Enthusiasm” season 11 will premiere on HBO in October. The network hasn’t revealed an exact release date yet, but unless it changes the show’s time slot from what it was last year, it should happen on a Sunday night. Naturally, it will be streaming on HBO Max at the same time it airs on traditional television for everyone who has cut the cable....

When two become one Discovery Much remains uncertain for the time being, but the CEO didn’t speak in riddles — the plan is absolutely to merge these two very different services as soon as it’s feasible to do so. On the one hand, Discovery+ is home to a lot of very digestible content, with the likes of TLC, The Travel Channel, HGTV, and Animal Planet under that roof. Think “90 Day Fiance,” “Battlebots,” and “Property Brothers....

Don’t Worry Darling Footage Reaction: Olivia Wilde’s New Movie Looks Strange, Deranged, And Pretty Darn Great [CinemaCon 2022] New Line Cinema By Shania Russell AND Jenna Busch/April 26, 2022 8:39 pm EST After Olivia Wilde worked her directorial magic with “Booksmart,” her sophomore feature was destined to be a source of excitement. The sharp coming-of-age tale was a breath of fresh air and skillfully helmed by Wilde — and although her second time in the director’s seat veers away from the buddy-comedy route, that certainly hasn’t dissuaded the buzz....

The Suicide Squad & The DCEU Warner Bros./DC Entertainment Since this show is a direct sequel to the epic 2021 super-powered team up “The Suicide Squad,” it’s no surprise that this John Cena-led series references that movie quite a bit. When we first see our “hero,” he is recovering from the events of the film. Once he’s discharged, he lays out his personal belongings, which include the following: A postcard from Corto Maltese (the island where “The Suicide Squad” takes place) Money from Corto Maltese A matchbox from La Gatita Amable, the gentleman’s club where the Suicide Squad finds and kidnaps Gaius Grieves, AKA The Thinker A scrap of paper that lists the Task Force X roster and their powers A phone number from someone named Valentine A key on a keychain His uniform, which still shows the wear and tear from its last mission...