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24 May

Sonic the Hedgehog: The Major Character Change That Saved the Movies

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Echoes of Sonic the Hedgehog’s movie redesign will reverberate throughout the industry for decades to come. The visual shift of the film’s title character caused public opinion to take a massive 180-degree turn, transforming the movie’s buzz from negative to overwhelmingly positive. This shift has often been cited as the singular reason the movie turned out to be a hit. While it can’t be denied that the redesign played a part in Sonic’s newfound movie popularity, a design can only go so far. If the movie had been total garbage, it wouldn’t have been able to retain the publics support.…
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24 May

New Thor: Love and Thunder Trailer Breakdown – Gorr, Zeus, Jane, and More!

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It finally happened! The first Thor: Love and Thunder trailer was all good vibes, man. Bright colors. Taika Waititi’s trademark sense of humor. The promise of the continuing redemption arc of the God of Thunder. An amazing instrumental version of Guns n’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” And the second Thor: Love and Thunder trailer? Well, it has bright colors, that director’s humor (and voice), the aforementioned redemption arc, that killer GnR tune again. But then we get the vibe shift at exactly one minute in, with the long-awaited introduction (and official first look at) Christian Bale as the film’s…
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23 May

When Will the New Thor: Love and Thunder Trailer Be Released?

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Not long ago, sports fans and superhero fans were two very different types of people, each distrusting the other. But those days are long gone, as demonstrated by not only the vast popularity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but also by the fact that Disney uses sporting events to advertise its new offerings. Just this year, Marvel dropped trailers for both Moon Knight and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness during the Super Bowl. Over the weekend, Marvel announced plans to continue that tradition, thanks to a video shared via Twitter featuring Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi, and stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa…
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23 May

How Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Trailer Calls Back Original Movie

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“It’s all led to this.” That is what Tom Cruise tweeted out Monday morning alongside our first taste of the Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning – Part One teaser trailer. It’s an old familiar line in movie franchises that have survived, or even thrived, for decades: every previous film has been building to this moment! And yet, while watching how the dazzling sizzle reel footage is framed in Dead Reckoning, it is hard not to think this will be some kind of capstone on the entire Mission: Impossible franchise. After all, this is the first feature in nearly 30 years…
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21 May

Has Forrest Gump Aged Well?

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“Run, Forrest, run!;” “that day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run;” “my mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.” The folksy Southern truisms uttered throughout Forrest Gump by a guileless Tom Hanks and an incredible supporting cast are more than mere movie quotables. Rather these are phrases that have seeped into the bedrock of our shared cultural lexicon. You don’t need to have even seen Robert Zemeckis’ 1994 movie to know what someone means if they tell you, “Stupid is as stupid does.” This is a testament to the staying power…
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21 May

Marvel Studios and the Curse of High Expectations

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Marvel Studios is doomed. That’s right: according to some cynical industry chatter—heard on recent podcasts and seen in this self-satisfied piece, in which the writer actually consults his “cousin Vinny from the Bronx” for his insights into the Disney-owned studio—Marvel Studios is teetering on the edge of disaster. Kevin Feige should resign now, and Disney might want to start thinking about finding a new tenant for Marvel’s offices on the company’s Burbank lot. That’s at least the tone, and all because Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which has made more than $700 million worldwide in just two weeks…
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21 May

Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers – The Crazy Cameo That’s the Best Gag in the Movie

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This article contains spoilers for Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers. You’d need to go through the Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers movie frame by frame to see all the Easter eggs and references to the wide world of entertainment. Everything from deep cut Marvel properties to Hasbro toys are on display, but there’s one cameo that eclipsed all others.The plot of Rescue Rangers is much akin to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, where your favorite animated characters are in fact Hollywood actors. Several scenes of the film take place at a convention where some of pop culture’s lesser stars are sitting…
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21 May

Romy and Michele’s Dream Sequence Exposes Rom-Com Happy Endings for the Nightmares They Are

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Let’s be clear: Romy and Michele’s Highschool Reunion is a modern masterpiece and is a brilliant feminist subversion of rom-com tropes from start to finish. Anyone who wants to hear why my favorite film is absolute perfection is welcome to pop round mine any time they like and we can stick it on.  One of the most fascinating elements, though, is the extended dream sequence which falls in the middle of the film as serves as a bit of surrealist comedy, a hinge point building up to the third act denouement of the reunion itself but also as a clever…
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21 May

Men Ending Explained

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This article contains major spoilers for A24’s Men. When it comes to interrogating the meanings and possible subtexts of Men, the new and formidable surrealist horror film from Alex Garland, the filmmaker is unusually circumspect. As a storyteller who appears always as erudite as the films he’s written—which include 28 Days Later, Never Let Me Go, and his previous directorial efforts of Ex Machina and Annihilation—Garland is again thoughtful while discussing Men ahead of release. But perhaps more so than any of his previous projects, he also feels a need to be ambiguous about a movie that shockingly ends with…
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21 May

Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers Has the Best Marvel Easter Eggs

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This article contains minor spoilers for Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers. The Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers movie is full of Easter eggs and references to not just everything under the Disney banner but a wide assortment of entertainment brands. The way it accomplishes this is a Who Framed Roger Rabbit? style plot where all animated characters are really actors, which leads to several sequences taking place at a convention center. Of course this being a Disney film you’d expect some references to one of the biggest entertainment juggernauts around, Marvel, but Rescue Rangers doesn’t go for an easy reference…
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20 May

Zack Snyder Plays Along with The Boys Justice League Parody

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“We are your heroes,” echoes a powerful voice, as oversaturated images of costumed heroes fill the screen. A caped man dressed in blue strides through city wreckage and an armor-clad woman turns in trepidation, looking for the next threat. Accompanying every shot are Wagnerian strings and echoing bass drum thumps, capturing the heroes’ inner turmoil as they prepare to clash with a rogue member. From the darkness comes a title card adorned with sparks and steel, declaring the movie’s title, Dawn of the Seven. But the heroes on the screen are neither Ben Affleck’s Batman nor Henry Cavill’s Superman. Rather,…
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19 May

Star Wars: Rey’s Parents Finally Have Names

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker may have wrapped up Rey’s story in the Sequel Trilogy, but it didn’t actually answer every question about her past. In fact, there was one big mystery left unanswered in 2019 that Star Wars is only just now addressing three years later. While the conclusion of the Skywalker Saga revealed that Rey’s parents (played by Jodie Comer and Billy Howle) were forced to hide their baby daughter away on Jakku in order to protect her from Emperor Palpatine, and that her father was actually an imperfect clone of the Sith lord who lacked a…
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19 May

How Jurassic World Dominion Finally Gives Laura Dern Her Due

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For director Colin Trevorrow, his new film Jurassic World Dominion marks the end of not one, not two, but possibly three eras for this long-running, audience-favorite franchise. The movie, the sixth overall in the Jurassic Park/World cycle, concludes the story that began with 2015’s Jurassic World (also directed by Trevorrow) and lead actors Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. But it also puts a bow on the previous trilogy of films by bringing back original Jurassic Park stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum for their first joint appearance since Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic. And the third era? We’ll…
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19 May

The Russo Brothers on The Gray Man, Spies, and Topping Marvel Action

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Tales of moviemaking during the pandemic are traditionally fraught with hardship and struggle. But on the location shoot of a Russo Brothers action movie, it’s only filled with opportunity. That’s at least what it felt like on the days—weeks and weeks of them—in the Czech Republic capital of Prague when directors Joe and Anthony Russo had the full run of entire city blocks while staging one of their signature showstoppers for The Gray Man. “There are a lot of challenges associated with shooting during the pandemic, but we may have benefited in the sense that Prague was empty of tourists,”…
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19 May

The Russo Brothers Reveal Their Favorite Marvel Phase 4 Movie

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Perhaps more than any directors to work with Marvel Studios over the last 14 years, the Russo Brothers’ path seems entwined with the MCU’s own journey. The two Ohioan filmmakers were once a bit of a gamble for Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige: young directors better known for their television work on series like Community and Arrested Development than for the type of splashy Hollywood vehicles that used to lead to Hollywood blockbusters. Nevertheless, the Russos were given the keys to the kingdom on Captain America: The Winter Soldier in 2013 and the rest is Marvel history: Captain America: Civil…
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18 May

Did Star Wars Learn the Wrong Lessons from Solo?

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For some fans, the arrival of young Luke Skywalker in the eighth episode of The Mandalorian’s second season signaled a coming together of young and old. Just when it looked like the Empire might have finally stolen young Grogu from Mando, Skywalker came to the rescue, showing off a full array of Jedi powers only hinted at in the movies. But for others, the scene signaled a turn to the dark side of modern filmmaking. The arrival of young Skywalker happened not because the then-septuagenarian Mark Hamill reprised his role in heavy make-up, but because of deep-fake technology. This technology…
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18 May

Are Marvel Audiences Rejecting Distinct Directorial Style in the MCU?

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This article contains Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness spoilers. Marvel Studios is in absurdly fine financial shape. It seems odd to state that out loud, but given the “sky is falling” pieces running lately, it feels pertinent to remind folks of this fact. Their latest film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, has grossed $700 million worldwide to date while being in theaters for less than two weeks. It will certainly cross $800 million. Considering the first Doctor Strange tapped out at $677 million worldwide, and opened at less than half what the sequel did, this is…
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18 May

Men Is an Idea That Haunted Alex Garland for 15 Years

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It’s been 15 years since writer-director Alex Garland first put pen to paper and attempted to tackle an abstract horror in the back of his mind. The shape of it had already been given physical form, of course, many times over during the last several millennia. Indeed, Garland credits the germ of the idea that led to Men to the enigmatic face of the Green Man: an ancient sculpted figure some speculate was once worshiped as a deity. “There’s two bits of imagery that are used and used again,” Garland says about recurring stone figures in Men. “One is called…
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18 May

How Batman ’89 Fulfills Dark Knight Fan Dreams

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Fans of a certain age will never forget a few great cinematic “almosts” in Batman movie history. Billy Dee Williams played Harvey Dent in Tim Burton’s first Batman movie, but we never got a chance to see his Harvey become the villainous Two-Face. Robin was supposed to appear in that film and then again in its sequel, but we never got to see how he would have looked on the big screen under Burton’s direction. And perhaps most famously, Michael Keaton never returned for a third turn as the Dark Knight after 1991’s Batman Returns.  But DC is giving fans the…
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18 May

Fantastic Four, Secret Wars, and the End of the MCU

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This article contains MCU spoilers I can’t say how long the superhero movie bubble will last. I’m not some authority that can tell you when the Marvel Cinematic Universe will run out of steam or come to a narrative close. They’re still cranking out multiple movies a year and have transformed the streaming TV shows from throwaway side-stories to important gears in the greater Marvel machine. They’re making money hand over fist. Disney just built their second theme park thrill ride based on Guardians of the Galaxy. We have a long way to go before the wheels come off. Meanwhile,…
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