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28 Sep

Blonde Review: Ana de Armas and Marilyn Monroe Deserve Better

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Getting behind the artifice of more than half a century of pop culture fairy dust is difficult. The tactile quality of iconography is elusive; it’s starlight dancing between your fingertips. And yet, that same quality’s legacy for the truly timeless, seminal figures of history is irresistible. It’s a collective memory we all share of Elvis Presley shaking his hips on national television for the first time, or Marilyn Monroe standing above a New York City subway grate, waiting for the next gust of air to blow as a train passes. This year we’ve seen both figures re-contextualized by star-studded Hollywood…
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28 Sep

Deadpool 3 Was Always Destined to Star Hugh Jackman

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Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine always needed to crossover with Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool. That’s at least how Reynolds and Deadpool (arguably the same person at this point) saw it. And now, six years after Deadpool (2016) outgrossed any mainline X-Men movie starring Jackman as Logan, Reynolds is finally getting the last laugh. In case you still haven’t seen the internet-breaking news, scroll on down and marvel at the perfectly on brand tweet from Reynolds’ official account. In the social media video, the Canadian actor sits on a sofa in a house, acting very vague about what he has planned for Deadpool 3,…
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27 Sep

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Officially Sets Up the X-Men

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This post contains potential spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever While the MCU tends to be far more faithful to the comics than many other live-action adaptations of superhero properties, they are still adaptations. Some deviation from the comics should be expected. For example, the James “Bucky” Barnes of Captain America comics was a plucky teen who donned a domino mask and a machine gun to fight Nazis in World War II, not the handsome contemporary to Steve Rogers seen in the films. Yondu is a mystical hunter who lives in harmony with other life forms in Guardians of the…
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27 Sep

The Most Infamous NC-17 Movies

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Netflix’s new original Marilyn Monroe movie, Blonde, marks the streaming service’s first NC-17 rated movie, due to its graphic depiction of sexual assault (as well as a point-of-view shot of a fetus in the womb). The Motion Picture Association’s most severe rating has long been known as a both a box office killer and a publicity gift, but this movie from director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Killing Them Softly) doesn’t have to worry about theater tickets. Blonde will, after all, be seen primarily by people at home via Netflix, and the movie’s…
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27 Sep

Ana de Armas’ Most Significant Roles Before Blonde and Where to See Her Next

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Ana de Armas is stepping into arguably the biggest role of her career with her upcoming turn as Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominik’s Blonde. It may really be that intangible moment where she transitions from actor to star, complete with a potential Oscar nomination on the horizon, but the Cuban-born thespian came a long way to get to the apex of the movie industry, going from playing exclusively Spanish-speaking roles to starring in some of the biggest American productions on the planet. With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the most significant roles de Armas played…
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27 Sep

Hocus Pocus: Disney Needs to Scare Kids Again Like in the Original

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I was not allowed to see Hocus Pocus when it opened in theaters in 1993. Even at the ripe and mature age of six, it was considered to be too dark, and worse still too scary, for the youngest of audiences. That was the conclusion our local newspaper’s critic came to, in any event. The evaluation would’ve probably amused the writers who first began spinning Hocus Pocus’ bewitching web in the 1980s. Originally the brainchild of writer/producer David Kirschner (who would go on to help create Chucky and the Child’s Play franchise), the first draft of Hocus Pocus was penned…
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26 Sep

James Gunn Reveals Scooby-Doo Movie You Never Got To See

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Scooby-Doo has always walked a wobbly line between kid-friendly antics and grown-up gags. Although one of the many cartoon series Hanna-Barbara produced in the late ’60s and ’70s, complete with bubble-gum pop tunes and recycled animation, Scooby-Doo is fundamentally a horror show starring hippies. It didn’t take too much imagination to see why Scooby and Shaggy were always hungry. Even better, Scooby-Doo ended every episode by revealing that capitalism was the true monster, predating “elevated horror” by several decades. With such a mixed history, it’s no surprise to learn that when Scooby-Doo got a live action, big-budget adaptation in the…
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26 Sep

Why Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Didn’t Recast T’Challa

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Legacy is a key part of superhero stories. When one hero falls, another rises to take their place, often adopting the same code name and costume as their predecessor. In Marvel Comics, we’ve seen that when Bucky became Winter Soldier after the death of Steve Rogers or when James Rhodes took over as Iron Man from Tony Stark. Those dynamics are happening in the MCU as well, as actors leave the franchise and others join. We’ve already had a taste of this dynamic with Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson becoming the new Captain America after Chris Evans retired. But perhaps the…
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26 Sep

Batgirl Movie Footage Reveals Firefly Action Scene

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In retrospect, it’s pretty ironic that Warner Bros. Discovery shelved the Batgirl movie after it had already finished principal photography in order to claim a $90 million tax write-off. Because if the precipitous drop of the media company’s stock options are any indication, the bad publicity they generated has cost the studio far more. Yet more than just media bookkeeping, the death of Batgirl is also a small tragedy for the folks who worked on the movie: directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah whose career was on the rise after 2020’s early (and only) box office sleeper hit, Bad…
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25 Sep

Don’t Worry Darling: Harry Styles and the Problem with Pop Star Actors

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This article contains very mild Don’t Worry Darling spoilers. Harry Styles is not terrible in Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling. Which is not to say he is particularly good. Like a fancy ‘50s dinner party where the meal is neither fish nor fowl, the performance is adequate; a rough-around-the-edges first attempt at being a leading man that doesn’t technically distract from the movie. It doesn’t help it either. Unfortunately, with a film titled Don’t Worry Darling that is a problem. By the very notion of its moniker, in which the slow-boiling menace of being gaslit by your partner is implicit,…
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24 Sep

The Best Movies to Watch If You Loved Do Revenge

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So you laughed, cringed, gasped, and cheered over Do Revenge, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s delightfully dark retelling of Strangers on a Train for the clout-obsessed Gen Z set, and now you want to do a rewatch? Before you press restart on Netflix, chase that thrill with the teen drama forebears that Robinson spoofed, riffed on, and littered the movie with reverent Easter eggs from the ‘80s, ‘90s, and ‘00s. Plus, if this is your first introduction to Robinson, you’re in luck—we’ve got your guide to where else to find her incisive, irreverent work, from a feminist vigilante TV series to a…
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24 Sep

Don’t Worry Darling Ending Explained

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This article contains spoilers for Don’t Worry Darling. In Olivia Wilde’s second feature film as a director, Don’t Worry Darling, Florence Pugh and Harry Styles star as Alice and Jack Chambers, a young couple who live in a 1950s planned community called Victory. Jack goes to work in the morning, like every other man in town, and participates in the mysterious Victory Project. All of which is overseen by the equally mysterious Frank (Chris Pine), a charismatic cult leader type who built the whole place. Alice, like every other woman in town, stays home to clean, cook, and prepare for…
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24 Sep

Did The Rings of Power Just Bring Back a Missing Lord of the Rings Movie Character?

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This Lord of the Rings article contains spoilers for The Rings of Power. Five episodes in, we finally have a pretty solid idea of where most of The Rings of Power‘s plotlines are going. Galadriel, Halbrand, and the people of Numenor are sailing to Middle-earth to stop the rise of Sauron in the Southlands. Meanwhile, Arondir and Bronwyn will need to find a way to defend the watchtower of Ostirith from Adar’s impending Orc attack. Evil stirs beyond the world of man, too. The Harfoots continue their migration through Middle-earth, the Stranger in tow. Is he good or evil? The…
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23 Sep

James Bond Songs Ranked from Worst to Best

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Near the beginning of what many consider to be the definitive James Bond movie, 1964’s Goldfinger, Sean Connery’s 007 reveals himself to be simultaneously roguish and antiquated. The moment occurs when his latest conquest affronts his snobbish tastes—dismissing something to do with champagne and refrigerators. He thus believes it’s his duty to explain, “My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done, such as drinking Dom Pérignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.” Bond might’ve been the coolest fictional character around at the time of that…
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23 Sep

Don’t Worry Darling Review: Florence Pugh Carries Troubled Olivia Wilde Film

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Immaculately coiffed women in flirty ‘50s frocks wave their handsome husbands goodbye as the men drive off to work in their color-coordinated cars. The women then retreat back to their stylish and spacious show homes with a skip and a song to clean and cook, or sometimes they meet the other gals to shop or lounge by the pool in the sun. It’s heaven. It’s utopia. It’s obviously not real. Olivia Wilde’s sophomore effort as director, after her confident and joyful debut Booksmart, veers into mystery terrority. If you think you can guess where the story is going, well… you…
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22 Sep

Interview with the Vampire Review: The Best Anne Rice Adaptation Ever Made

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This Interview with the Vampire review contains no spoilers. Late Vampire Chronicles author Anne Rice was never completely onboard with the 1994 film adaptation of her book: Interview with the Vampire, which starred Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. Taking issue with casting and other certain liberties, Rice ultimately endorsed it, but denounced its 2002 sequel, Queen of the Damned, with Aaliyah in the title role. Rice and her son Christopher have been involved with AMC’s Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire through its own tortured journey to series adaptation, so it seems any changes to the source material come with…
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22 Sep

The Jack Black Green Lantern Movie Killed By a Fan Revolt

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Looking back at the world of comic book movies in the mid-2000s almost feels like a glimpse into an alternate reality. Chris Evans was best known to nerdy moviegoers as the Human Torch in Fantastic Four while Ben Affleck was perhaps best forgotten as Matt Murdock in 2003’s Daredevil. In an era before the arrival of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, big, brash and mostly very bad comic book adaptations were commonplace.  Yet fans were arguably spared the biggest and brashest of them all following an online protest, the kind of which would soon become all-too-common within the world of fandom.…
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22 Sep

Why Moonage Daydream is More Than a David Bowie Documentary

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Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream is a more intimate dive into David Bowie than a traditional documentary or concert film can achieve. As an IMAX experience, it is immersive to an almost intrusive degree. It is a shame it will only be available in such a form for so short a time. Between 1967 and 2016, David Bowie released 27 studio albums, 150 singles, shot music videos, and personal experimental films. He toured the world, and recorded in studios in London, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Berlin, and Montreux. Bowie’s estate granted Morgen full access to Bowie’s archives: long-buried performance footage,…
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21 Sep

James Bond Producers: Daniel Craig “Lived to Regret” Playing 007

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This post contains spoilers for No Time to Die Ever since Australian model George Lazenby stepped in for “the other fella” Sean Connery in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, James Bond casting has been one of the hottest debate topics in the movie world. Anticipation has only doubled after Daniel Craig left the series, and not just because his five-film run is considered by many to be among the franchise’s best. More tellingly, his movies told a complete story, beginning with his promotion to double-o status in Casino Royale and ending with his death in No Time to Die. Thus,…
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21 Sep

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Toy Teases Upgraded Ironheart Suit

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Unsurprisingly, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is among the most anticipated movies in recent memory. Not only is it a sequel to one of the most culture-defining films of the past ten years, but questions remain about who exactly will play the title hero. But one of the more surprising points of interest involve a new addition to the MCU, Riri Williams aka Ironheart. Williams first appeared in 2016’s Invincible Iron Man #7, written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn by Mike Deodato, as a young genius inspired by Tony Stark. In the issues that followed, Williams reverse-engineered Stark’s Iron Man armor to…
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