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16 Dec

Barbie Trailer Reactions! “Movie of the Year 2023”

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When toy company Mattel announced in 2009 that they had signed a deal with Universal Pictures to make a movie about Barbie, most film fans rolled their eyes. Sure, Jodie Benson and Michael Keaton would make a great Barbie and Ken in Toy Story 3 the following year, but most couldn’t imagine how a doll known for cycling through careers and clothes would make for a cinematic experience. When you add on the terrible direct-to-video animated films Mattel regularly pumped out (no disrespect to the genuinely funny Life in the Dreamhouse) and a long development cycle that saw Anne Hathaway,…
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16 Dec

What’s Next for Henry Cavill: Warhammer, House of the Dragon, MCU, James Bond Rumors

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s Henry Cavill’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it return to the DC Extended Universe as Superman. Despite James Gunn confirming he and DC Studios co-president Peter Safran have completed their master plan to turn the struggling DCEU around, there are casualties across the board. On top of Patty Jenkins confirming she’s no longer attached to Wonder Woman 3, Gunn and Safran seem to be shuttering the rest of Zack Snyder’s DCEU that Cavill kicked off in 2012 with Man of Steel. Even though it remains to be seen what will happen to Aquaman and the Flash after…
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16 Dec

Why Avatar Star Lost Green Lantern Role

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These days, Ryan Reynolds can’t resist taking a shot at his second foray into superhero cinema, the ill-fated Green Lantern. But back in 2011, Reynolds was sincere in his love for Hal Jordan and the mythos behind DC Comics’s space cops, as demonstrated by a viral clip in which he recites the oath for a young fan. Sure, some of Reynolds’s signature snark made its way into the movie; wisecracks about purple aliens and glowing green costumes. But for the most part, Reynolds and the rest of the movie take seriously Green Lantern‘s odd premise. That commitment to the story…
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16 Dec

New Documentary Puts The Beatles and Abbey Road Studios in Focus

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Now available on Disney+, If These Walls Could Sing is a loving documentary on one of the greatest musical achievements in modern history. Initially known as EMI studios, the world’s first custom-built recording studio was rechristened Abbey Road only after The Beatles named an album after what all the musicians who played there called it. Inaugurated with great pomp and circumstance on Nov. 12, 1931, Abbey Road Studios remains the gold standard for platinum selling recording, committed to capturing the sounds of timeless classics of all eras. “It’s a national treasure, innit,” Oasis’ Liam Gallagher says in If These Walls…
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16 Dec

Lord of the Rings: Arwen Should Have Stayed at Helm’s Deep in The Two Towers

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This article contains The Lord of the Rings spoilers. When The Two Towers was released in December 2002, it was fairly common knowledge among J.R.R. Tolkien fans that screenwriters Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens had initially planned on putting the character of Arwen at the Battle of Helm’s Deep. It would’ve been a major change to the books. And more than just consider the concept, Jackson even filmed scenes with actor Liv Tyler there in complete armored regalia. And even now, several eagle-eyed YouTubers have spotted moments in the final cuts of the film where Tyler can just…
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16 Dec

The Marvel Movies You’ll Never Get To See

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This article contains Marvel universe spoilers It feels like there’s no stopping the might of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and as we look to Phase 5 (and beyond), the ever-expanding slate grows by the day. Unlike the tumultuous times over at the DC Extended Universe, it’s hard to see the MCU pulling the plug on any of its projects these days. Still, there have been plenty of Marvel movies lost to the Quantum Realm over the years. Wall-crawling heroes, marvellous mutants, and even Olivia Newton-John have all had their movies shelved. Not everything has always fit the neat little box…
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16 Dec

Black Panther VFX Supervisor on Biggest Challenge for Modern Blockbusters

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You may recall that there was a flurry of news stories and online chatter last summer about the state of the visual effects industry in general and its relationship with the powerful Marvel Studios specifically. Major outlets like CNET and Vulture published detailed reports in which VFX workers—most of them speaking anonymously for obvious reasons—talked about the brutal hours and stress-inducing deadlines that the neverending flow of Marvel product engendered, with many of them admitting that they were burned out, on the verge of leaving or already departing a field that they loved. There’s no question that a number of…
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15 Dec

Are Action Movies About to Make a Splash at the Oscars 2023?

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It’s crazy to think it’s already that time of year again. And no, we’re not referring to the colored lights hanging from every lamp post or the tinsel seemingly on every tree. Rather the full heat of awards season is almost upon us, with the turnover between now and early January marking the first spate of high-profile (and televised) awards ceremonies. Critics groups like the New York Film Critics Circle previously made a splash when they awarded Best Director to S.S. Rajamouli, the filmmaker of the Telegu-language RRR, which is a three-hour action fantasy that took international cinema by storm…
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15 Dec

Inside the Elf 2 Movie Will Ferrell Turned Down

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There are few tasks in Hollywood harder than making a sequel which improves on the original. Writing a follow-up to a bonafide modern Christmas classic, however, might be one of them! When Elf first arrived in theaters back in November 2003, few could have predicted it would go on to become one of the most beloved Christmas movies of the 21st century. Yet Elf was that rare example of cinematic lighting in a bottle; the coming together of actors and filmmakers destined for big things. Will Ferrell was a fast-rising comedic star fresh from Saturday Night Live and having only…
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15 Dec

Delayed Star Wars Movie Just Got Some New Hope

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These days, it seems like Warner Bros. and DC Studios are the prime places for shakeups and release schedule changes. But before things got hairy for Marvel’s Distinguished Competition, there was plenty of turmoil in a galaxy far, far away. While Star Wars has produced a steady flow of television shows for Disney+, from Obi-Wan Kenobi to Andor, its movie business has taken a back seat. Supposedly upcoming film projects, such as a new trilogy from The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson and a new standalone entry from Taika Waititi, have languished in development, with little to show years after…
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15 Dec

Avatar: The Way of Water Review – Ever Get That Sinking Feeling?

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Does anyone care about Avatar anymore? That’s the question that has vexed film critics and pop culture commentators in the 13 long years since James Cameron released his paradigm-shifting science fiction epic. While the 2009 film became the highest-grossing box office hit of all time (with a brief moment in which it was dethroned), re-introduced 3D to a new generation of moviegoers, and pushed the limits of CG technology, it has seemed to fade almost altogether from the zeitgeist during the past decade, replaced by the MCU, Stranger Things, the streaming revolution, and all kinds of other entertainment game-changers. Meanwhile…
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14 Dec

Can Scream 6 Succeed Where Friday the 13th Failed?

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Let’s be honest, part of being a horror fan is dealing with disappointment. How many times have we been given an amazing trailer, something that promises wall-to-wall scares, only to have a lazy feature hoisted upon us? For every The Exorcist or Alien, movies that delivered on the promise of their shocking teasers, there’s Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark or It Chapter Two, cool trailers for disappointing movies. One of the most famous quality chasms involves a legend of horror cinema, Jason Voorhees. The trailer for Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan mostly consists of a single…
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14 Dec

Love Actually’s Martine McCutcheon Is Iconic in the UK for More Than Just Natalie

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year – not least because it’s the time of year where people the world over get to enjoy Martine McCutcheon’s star turn in the ultimate Christmas movie Love Actually. Her portrayal of Natalie – the sweary, lovable assistant to Prime Minister David (aka Hugh Grant) – is one of the film’s highlights, and she’s rightly beloved for the role. She’s recently been reminiscing about Love Actually at the ‘20 Years Later’ reunion on ABC: Martine McCutcheon, who played Natalie in the #LoveActually film, said in a message to @ABC that the film resonates…
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14 Dec

Remembering When Avatar Was Bigger Than Marvel

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For what feels like an age and a half (at least in internet time), most of the editorial written about Avatar: The Way of Water—a sequel which has taken 13 years to arrive—has focused on one thing: the gap between movies. “Why ‘Avatar’ Never Really Managed to Take Root in Pop Culture,” one essay sniffed two years ago;  “Avatar doesn’t really seem to have much cultural footprint” opined another only a few months back. Even writer-director James Cameron has been pressed on this, with the filmmaker brushing off the critique during the The Way of Water press tour. These seemingly…
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14 Dec

The Best Spooky and Horror Themed Gifts for Paranormal Fans: Ghost Hunting Kit, Scrying Mirror, Scarlet Witch Statue and More

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Even though Halloween gets top billing for spooky season, Christmas is equally a time for high strangeness, supernatural phenomena, and paranormal activity. There are flying reindeer captained by an immortal time-traveling home invader, who happens to share DNA with saints and Odin. We have Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet-to-come, which are actually inhuman entities that visit old misers. Then there’s the green-haired Sasquatch-esque cryptid who hides in the mountains and hates the holidays. And lest we forget, the main attraction for the holiday is a miracle baby born to a virgin, who calms barn animals, inspires drummer boys,…
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14 Dec

How Much of Christmas Favourite Nativity! Was Improvised?

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‘Never work with children or animals’, the old showbiz phrase goes, but when filming Nativity! in 2009 not only did Martin Freeman and Marc Wootton have both children and animals to contend with, they were doing it all without a script. Like Debbie Isitt’s 2006 mockumentary romcom Confetti also starring Freeman and Wootton, Nativity! was largely improvised, but how did that work on set? Nativity! is the story of a primary school teacher (Freeman) who tries to put on a Hollywood-worthy nativity play with help from his young-at-heart teaching assistant (Wootton). Confetti, which stars a host of British comedy talent…
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14 Dec

Guide to the Weirdest Spider-Men in the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Trailer

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The new trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has arrived and to quote a certain webbed pigilante, “It CAN get weirder!” The previous movie gave us seven different Spider-folk with two more popping up in the post-credits. While we know that this sequel will include a take on Jessica Drew Spider-Woman, Spider-Punk, and even the Spider-Man of the 1970s Japanese TV series, the new trailer bombards us with dozens upon dozens of Spider-Men. Some of them are just random color schemes and designs. Others are deep cuts to the Marvel multiverse or at least appear to be obscure references to…
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13 Dec

The Rock’s Black Adam Claims Disputed by Studio in New Report

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“The hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change.” So claimed promotional material for Black Adam, the long-gestating DC Comics adaptation starring Dwayne Johnson as anti-hero Teth-Adam. Turns out, the claim was correct, just not in the way that Johnson and his team expected. Shortly after Black Adam‘s release, which not only introduced the Justice Society of America but featured the return of Henry Cavill as Superman, Warner Bros. restructured their DC Comics adaptations by starting DC Studios, headed by James Gunn and Peter Safran. Amidst the chaos and speculation about the future of DC Studios, Johnson…
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13 Dec

Avatar: The Warrior Culture of the Na’vi Doesn’t Make Sense

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We are ready to return to Pandora, the setting of James Cameron’s Avatar films, video games, and theme park collaboration with DisneyWorld. And it is, without a doubt, one of the most thoroughly realized alien worlds ever put to screen. Cameron basically launched an entire mini-industry to design the animals, plant life, geography, tools, and even jewelry found littered around Pandora’s bioluminescent waters. And yet, there is a question about this world that persists long after Avatar’s end credits have rolled, and Avatar: The Way of the Water doesn’t look like it will be setting them to bed either. That…
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12 Dec

Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman Earns Savage Review from Odd Source

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Martin Scorsese is a film legend. The director has won nearly every major accolade, including an Academy Award and multiple Emmy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, and Directors Guild Awards. His movies have ranged from the groundbreaking crime films Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, and The Wolf of Wall Street to religious explorations The Last Temptation of Christ and Silence to period romance The Age of Innocence. Nobody would ever question Scorsese’s reputation. Unless they are on the internet. In recent years, the director has become a target for insecure superhero movie fans, after he compared the genre to “theme park rides”…
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