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01 Jul

Disney+ New Releases July 2022

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Sometimes even the most rich and powerful of streaming services need a little break. Such is the case with Disney+’s list of new releases for July 2022. As the stewards of Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, and hundreds of other beloved franchises and characters, Disney is never exactly hurting for content. And that’s good for them as streaming service Disney+ won’t be bringing much new material to the table in July 2022. The only major release of note this month is the finale for delightful Marvel series Ms. Marvel on July 13. The story of Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) discovering her…
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01 Jul

Hulu New Releases: July 2022

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We don’t know if it’s appropriate to call it a Hot Hulu Summer, but the superior Disney-owned streaming service is certainly coming on strong with its new releases for July 2022. Hulu has a diverse array of original content and library offerings for those looking to escape the oppressive summer heat this month. It starts out on the movie side of things with the Joey King-starring The Princess on July 1. From there, Hulu is releasing original films like The Bob’s Burgers Movie on July 12, documentary feature Aftershock on July 19, and the intriguing Zoey Deutch project Not Okay…
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30 Jun

James Bond Franchise Confirms Release Plans for Next 007 Movie

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It seems like only yesterday that we last said farewell to Mr. Bond. But almost as soon as No Time to Die hit theaters, closing the Daniel Craig era of the 007 franchise, fans were ready to start speculating about the future. Now that Craig is done, who’s going to replace him as MI6’s most elite secret agent? And how will this new James Bond be different from what we’ve seen before? Well, we haven’t any answers to either of those questions yet. As far as we know, Bond’s still dead, blown to smithereens, and we don’t know how producers…
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30 Jun

The Matrix Revisits One of Its Biggest Mysteries in Haunting Images

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This article contains spoilers for The Matrix Resurrections. It’s been six months since the release of The Matrix Resurrections, the unexpected fourth entry in the cyberpunk saga that brings back Neo and Trinity for one last battle against the Machines. Since it bowed in December, diehard fans have continued to debate the film’s merits. Is it too beholden to nostalgia or is it too apathetic about the franchise’s storied past? Is it too meta or not self-aware enough? Does it earn its cathartic happy ending or is the third act too fan fiction-y? Your opinion of whether you think the…
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30 Jun

Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings’ Early Drafts Killed Off a Beloved Character (& Other Mad Stuff)

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Warning: spoilers for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings throughout  All authors go through a process of drafting and redrafting, and this can involve making quite drastic changes to their stories. Usually all we get as readers are occasional tidbits in interviews (Arthur Weasley was to be killed off in The Order of the Phoenix!) but in the case of JRR Tolkien’s works, we have much, much more information. Tolkien’s son Christopher gathered and published enormous amounts of his father’s unpublished work, including a lot of drafts and notes Tolkien made in the course of his writing. And…
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30 Jun

Bridgerton Fans Need to Watch Mr. Malcolm’s List

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The upcoming theatrical release of Mr. Malcolm’s List may appear at first glance to be a “ripoff” of Bridgerton, but the similarities in aesthetics and concept are far outweighed by their greater differences. The new movie, for one, drastically decreases romantic heat while increasing the pressure on bachelors with big egos. This article hopefully will sway Bridgerton fans to go to the theater. Mr. Malcolm’s List of course shares some genre DNA with Bridgerton, and those elements will be the most appealing to the latter’s fans. Suzanne Allain first published Mr. Malcolm as a Regency era romance novel and she…
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30 Jun

Con Air Director Wants to Bring Nicolas Cage Back for Sequel in Space

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There was a time when a sequel set in space represented the creative nadir of any film franchise. Movies like Ice Age: Collision Course, Airplane II: The Sequel, and the James Bond outing Moonraker proved one small step for man was also one giant leap for far too many fans. But then in 2021, something happened. Fast & Furious boldly went where no Corona-drinking, backyard barbecue-loving, street racer had gone before. After years of jokes, F9 saw director Justin Lin do the unthinkable and send Dom Toretto’s “family” into space. This time, however, there was no significant blowback on the…
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28 Jun

Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2 Goes Back to NYC Instead of Trying Something New

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I did not hate Ghostbusters: Afterlife. It feels weird having to write that qualification down for a movie that received mixed-to-positive reviews (it’s at 63 percent on Rotten Tomatoes as of press time), a glowing “A” CinemaScore from opening weekend audiences, and which had a healthy, extended run at the November box office last year. Yet given the cacophony of disdain for the movie in the echo chambers of social media, it feels necessary to contextualize a movie like Afterlife before addressing news of its sequel. Because, yes, Sony Pictures is unsurprisingly moving forward with a direct follow-up of Jason…
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28 Jun

Barbie Movie Set Photos Stun With Inline Skates from Real ’90s Doll

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“C’mon, c’mon let’s skate some more!” So goes the catchy jingle in a 1996 TV commercial for Inline Skating Barbie. How little did the target demo realize then that about 25 years later, we would all get to see Barbie do it for real. Yet here we are in the future where at least Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken are having some fun! That joyous fact is revealed by the latest batch of set photos from the set of Greta Gerwig’s delightfully surreal-looking Barbie movie. The film, which marks the first time the iconic Mattel toy…
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27 Jun

Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Film Trilogy Shelved After Solo Problems

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The overall response to Obi-Wan Kenobi may have been positive, but there is one complaint that many fans seem to share: they want to see more. For some, that desire comes from a love of the characters, especially after showrunner Deborah Chow crafted a suitable bridge between the Star Wars prequels and the original trilogy, forcing Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan to face for the first time his former apprentice Anakin Skywalker in the form of Darth Vader, played by Hayden Christensen. For others, that desire comes from a sense that the series rushed through events, not giving viewers enough time to…
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25 Jun

Blade Runner Became a Sci-fi Classic by Being a Terrible Philip K. Dick Adaptation

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The title of the 1982 film Blade Runner is taken directly from a book. Well, from two books: the 1979 novella Blade Runner (a movie) by William S. Burroughs, which, in turn, was based on the 1974 novel The Bladerunner by Alan E. Nourse. Both of those books are science fiction stories set in the near future, but have nothing to do with escaped androids. Instead, the movie’s plot is based on the 1968 novel by Philip K. Dick called Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? It’s tempting to say that Ridley Scott’s science fiction masterpiece took the name Blade…
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25 Jun

Ethan Hawke: Horror’s Unique Scream King

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Kind blue eyes. That’s the most striking part of the poster for The Black Phone, the latest Blumhouse horror movie from director Scott Derrickson. Filling the poster is the face of the Grabber, a kidnapper and child murderer who terrorizes a Denver suburb in 1978, covered with speckled gray paint. A mask covers the Grabber’s jaw, giving the killer an unsettling permanent grin, while a top hat and wide glasses accentuate his upper face. But it’s those eyes that stand out the most, somehow kind and sad, despite their ghastly surroundings, making the Grabber all the more terrifying.  In that…
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25 Jun

Elvis: Colonel Tom Parker Really Was That Bad

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Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis stars Austin Butler as the hip-swiveling titular hound dog and Tom Hanks as his manager Colonel Tom Parker. In this Elvis Presley biopic, the musician is presented as a mythic figure and true life superhero, saving the world from repressive rhythms to become the King of Rock and Roll, while Parker comes off as the cartoon villain, and not only because Hanks sounds like the Dutch uncle of Looney Tunes’ Foghorn Leghorn. As Parker confesses at the beginning of the movie, “There are some who’d make me out to be the villain of this here story.” And…
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25 Jun

Elvis: Where You’ve Seen Austin Butler Before

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While reviews of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis are a little mixed as to how successful the director’s signature frenetic style was for a biopic about the King of Rock’n Roll, critics and audiences seem to unanimously agree that star Austin Butler has captured the spirit of Elvis Presley. In fact, Butler has so taken on the King’s mantle—the hair, the eyes, the hips—that even Presely’s surviving family, including wife Prisicilla, daughter Lisa Marie, and granddaughter Riley Keough have enthusiastically endorsed the film. Lisa Marie declared Butler “channeled and embodied my father’s heart and soul beautifully.” It’s a career-making turn for the…
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24 Jun

What Is Marvel Planning for MCU Phase 5?

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This article contains MCU spoilers Where is the Marvel Cinematic Universe heading? That’s a question on the minds of many fans, and the answer may be unveiled sooner than you think. It was recently announced that Kevin Feige would finally reveal more about Phase 5 of the MCU in the near future; in the upcoming months in fact! But according to the Marvel Studios boss, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise for those who have been paying attention. He told Total Film in an exclusive interview, “I think there have been many clues already, that are at least apparent…
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24 Jun

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Hints at MCU Doctor Doom

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This post contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness With Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness now available to stream on Disney+, fans can slow things down and look closely at the many easter eggs hidden in the movie. Unsurprisingly, the cameo-laden Illuminati scene gets the most attention, in which Professor Xavier of the X-Men and the Black Bolt of Inhumans return to screen. Even more surprising was the appearance of “the world’s smartest man” Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic, of the Fantastic Four, played not by previous actors Ioan Gruffudd or Miles Teller, but by John Krasinski of The Office fame. With more…
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24 Jun

The Brain From Planet Arous: Inside a Cerebral Cult Classic

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Early science fiction movies presented mind-bending possibilities for audiences who were new to the idea of alien invasion. Made five years after the July 1952 Washington, D.C., “Big Flap” UFO sightings, The Brain from Planet Arous (1957) presented a more thoughtful takeover: alien possession. Gor, an evil intergalactic brain, invades the human body of an atomic scientist, with plans to conquer the world. The cult classic has been restored with a 4K transfer by the best minds at the Film Detective for a special edition Blu-ray and DVD. The low-budget, independently produced feature was directed by Nathan Juran, the genre…
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24 Jun

Everything Everywhere: What Does the Everything Bagel Mean?

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This article contains Everything Everywhere All at Once spoilers. Everything Everywhere All at Once is a film that fires several ideas at you a minute. Some of them are profound; some of them are surreal; some of them are outright ridiculous; and some of them are all three of those things, existing in a nebulous five-dimensional space. One of those ideas, resting at the very heart of the movie, is the Everything Bagel. This existential enigma, first teased by Stephanie Hsu’s Jobu Tupaki persona, is an object whose ripples are felt throughout the film long before we learn what it…
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24 Jun

The Thing: What Order Did the Alien Infect the Cast?

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When John Carpenter’s The Thing hit theaters back in June 1982, the only thing scarier than the film were the reviews. Vincent Canby of The New York Times called it “instant junk” while Cinefantastique featured The Thing on one front cover alongside the question, “Is this the most hated movie of all time?” Yet, if anything, the past 40 years has seen The Thing become one of the most beloved sci-fi horror movies of all time, influencing everything from Stranger Things to Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. To paraphrase Die Hard 2, it was simply a case of being in…
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24 Jun

Thor: Love and Thunder First Reactions Pour In

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We’re just two weeks away from the release of Marvel’s latest MCU installment, but Thor: Love and Thunder has now had its premiere in Los Angeles, so we get to read all the first reactions from those who were invited to attend! As always, we absorb these reactions with a hefty fistful of salt, but anticipation and goodwill for this movie has been high ever since it was first announced. Returning director Taika Waititi essentially reinvented the Thor franchise with his 2017 Marvel outing Thor: Ragnarok by capitalising on the more comedic side of the central character and, as a…
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