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‘Toy Story 4’ Star Tony Hale Discusses What Makes Forky Important To The Franchise By Ethan Anderton/June 20, 2019 11:30 am EST When you have a set of established, beloved characters in any film franchise, it can be difficult to create new characters for audiences to fall for in the same way. That’s especially true when it comes to a film series as revered as Pixar’s Toy Story. Not only does the animation team have to come up with a character that fits in with the group of toys we know and love, but they need to have some kind of significance to justify their existence within the story....

Kin Trailer The Blu-ray contains the following features: Audio Commentary with co-directors Jonathan and Josh Baker and screenwriter Daniel Casey “Thicker Than Water: The Making of Kin” 8-Part Documentary “Enhanced Visual FX Breakdown” Featurette “Bag Man: Original Short” with optional audio commentary by co-directors Jonathan and Josh Baker 10 Deleted Scenes “Learned Behavoir: Special Features at Work” hour-long round table discussion between Jonathan and Josh Baker and reknown filmmakers including 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg, Swiss Army Man directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, legendary special features producer Laurent Bouzereau (Jaws, Back to the Future, Ready Player One) and special features godfather Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Tusk)....

Harrison Ford Says Indiana Jones Dies With Him (Sorry, Chris Pratt) By Chris Evangelista/May 24, 2019 1:30 pm EST Harrison Ford is about to make what will probably be his final Indiana Jones film. But don’t think for a second that means that someone else will take over the role – not as far as Ford is concerned, at least. According to the hilariously curmudgeonly actor, the role of Indiana Jones dies with him, and that’s final....

The Breaking Point(ish) What’s being promoted in trailers and anchors Serenity’s first half is a noirish murder mystery plot involving Baker and his ex, Karen. She’s trapped in an abusive relationship where she’s beaten constantly, leading her to make the ultimate proposition to Baker. He, like all good noir men, is down on his luck and perpetually broking, robbing Peter to pay Paul. Or, in this case, sleeping with a local woman named Constance (played by Diane Lane) who gives him payment for his…....

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming To Netflix In November 2018 By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 24, 2018 5:00 pm EST October is winding down. Soon, Halloween will be over, and it’ll be time to start preparing to stuff ourselves silly on Thanksgiving. It will also be time for a whole new slew of titles to arrive on Netflix. As usual, Netflix Originals make up the bulk of the new titles coming to the streaming service, but there’s plenty of familiar films as well....

We Have Two Exclusives From The ‘Late Night’ Soundtrack For Your Listening Pleasure By Chris Evangelista/June 5, 2019 2:30 pm EST Late Night, the buzzed-about comedy starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling, opens in select theaters this Friday, and we’re celebrating with two exclusive premieres. Below, you can hear cuts from the Late Night soundtrack composed by the supremely talented Lesley Barber. Hear them below, and learn more about the upcoming Late Night soundtrack....

Why ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Is The Last Movie In Marvel’s Phase 3 By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 25, 2019 1:00 pm EST Avengers: Endgame may have “end” in the title, but it’s Spider-Man: Far From Home that will be the finale to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 3. This is something we knew and something that Marvel has employed to great effect before — Ant-Man and the Wasp worked as the palate cleanser after the heavy Avengers: Infinity War, and Far From Home will supposedly do the same after Endgame....

‘Alien’ 40th Anniversary Shorts Feature Six Short Films Full Of Xenomorph Terror By Chris Evangelista/March 14, 2019 10:30 am EST Alien 40th Anniversary Shorts First, let me say I’m a fan of the weird direction Ridley Scott took his Alien prequels. I was mixed on Prometheus, but I loved Alien: Covenant. However, I know many fans don’t share my enthusiasm. They would prefer a new Alien more more akin to the original 1979 film, or James Cameron’s Aliens....

‘Barry’ Season 3 Is Coming: HBO Renews Bill Hader’s Hilarious And Heartbreaking Assassin Show By Ben Pearson/April 10, 2019 2:29 pm EST Good news for NoHo Hank fans: HBO’s Barry is officially coming back for season 3. Bill Hader and Alec Berg’s show about a hitman who accidentally discovers his love for acting has proven to be one of the funniest and darkest shows on television, and even though it’s just a couple of episodes into its sophomore season, today HBO decided to renew it for a third season....

‘Do The Right Thing’ Returning To Theaters With 4K Restoration For 30th Anniversary By Chris Evangelista/June 7, 2019 4:00 pm EST Spike Lee’s monumental Do the Right Thing is turning 30, and to mark the occasion, Universal is re-releasing the movie into theaters with a new 4K restoration. The same 4K restoration is also headed to Blu-ray on the Criterion Collection, but if you’ve never had a chance to see Do the Right Thing in theaters, this is your chance....

‘Dragged Across Concrete’ Trailer: Mel Gibson And Vince Vaughn Play Crooked Cops For ‘Bone Tomahawk’ Director By Ben Pearson/Feb. 21, 2019 12:00 pm EST Director S. Craig Zahler revels in telling nasty, brutal stories. He burst on the scene with the ultra-violent western Bone Tomahawk and followed that up with Brawl in Cell Block 99, a deeply unpleasant, unabashedly gory prison movie two years later. Now he’s back with Dragged Across Concrete, a movie whose title may telegraph what the audience could feel like after watching it....

‘Glass’ Trailer: M. Night Shyamalan Brings ‘Unbreakable’ And ‘Split’ Together By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 11, 2018 8:04 am EST Unbreakable fans have been hoping for a sequel for years, but almost no one expected it to happen like this. At the end of Split, M. Night Shyamalan revealed that the multiple-personality thriller was set in the same universe as his superhero deconstruction film. Now, Unbreakable and Split join together for Glass, a movie that looks to turn the superhero film as we know it upside down....

‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’ Gameplay Details Reveal ‘Pokémon Go’-Style Elements, But Plenty Of New Stuff, Too By Ethan Anderton/March 12, 2019 12:30 pm EST The mobile game Pokémon Go reignited the spark for capturing weird little monsters and making them fight each other. But Pokémon as a property isn’t for everyone. That’s why game developer Niantic Inc. is teaming up with Warner Bros. Games to bring a similar style of game play to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter....

‘Lords Of Chaos’ Trailer: The Bloody Story Behind The Birth Of Norwegian Black Metal By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 18, 2019 12:30 pm EST The crazy-but-true story of the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem takes center stage in Jonas Åkerlund’s brutal drama Lords of Chaos. From humble beginnings to arson and murder, Lords of Chaos paints a not-very-pretty picture of the infamous black metal scene of the 1980s and 1990s. Rory Culkin stars as Øystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous, one of the founders of the Norwegian black metal scene....

‘Pop. 1280’: ‘The Favourite’ Director Yorgos Lanthimos Sets His Sights On A Crime Drama By Ben Pearson/Feb. 22, 2019 2:30 pm EST Yorgos Lanthimos, the Greek director whose dark and hilarious period piece The Favourite is currently nominated for 10 Academy Awards, has found his next movie. Lanthimos will direct Pop. 1280, a film adaptation of author Jim Thompson’s celebrated 1964 novel of the same name. Read on for details about the story, and why Lanthimos seems like a strong fit for this material....

‘Shazam!’ Clip: Can A Little Girl Keep The Superhero’s Super Secret? By Ethan Anderton/March 22, 2019 10:30 am EST In the latest DC Comics big screen adaptation, a young orphan named Billy Batson (Asher Angel) becomes endowed with the power to transform into an adult superhero named Shazam! (played by Zachary Levi). But how are you supposed to keep that secret when you have a whole family of fellow foster brothers and sisters living under the same roof?...

‘The Upside’ Trailer: Kevin Hart And Bryan Cranston Star In A Remake Of ‘The Intouchables’ By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 3, 2018 5:00 pm EST The 2011 French film The Intouchables gets an American remake with The Upside. Kevin Hart takes on a semi-dramatic role as an unemployed man who lands a job caring for a wealthy paraplegic, played by Bryan Cranston. And hey, Nicole Kidman is there too! The Upside has actually been finished for a while, having debuted at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival....

10 Animated Movies That Should Have Been Nominated For Best Picture By Caroline Cao/Feb. 20, 2019 11:00 am EST Poor Spider-Man got snubbed. Where is the 2018 Academy Award for Best Picture nod for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse? Sometimes a Best Animated Feature Film nomination by the Academy Awards isn’t enough. Spider-Man: Into the Verse broke technological ground, unraveled many multidimensional themes, set a precedence for the quality of superhero films, successfully borrowed the old, injected adrenaline into every combat scene, exploded with kinetic eclecticism, and celebrated the universality of heroism....

Bernardo Bertolucci, Oscar-Winning Director Of ‘The Last Emperor’ And ‘Last Tango In Paris,’ Dead At 77 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 26, 2018 2:00 pm EST Oscar-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci, best known for his nine-time Oscar-winning masterpiece The Last Emperor, has died at 77. The Italian auteur behind groundbreaking works like Last Tango in Paris and The Conformist passed away in Rome this weekend following a battle with cancer, according to his publicist (via Deadline)....

Falcon/Winter Soldier TV Series Planned For Disney Streaming Service, Scarlet Witch Show May Co-Star Vision By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2018 5:40 pm EST Just over a year ago, Disney announced they would be launching their own streaming service. Disney Play will include the company’s vast library of content as well as original feature films and TV series. Included in the original offerings are multiple Marvel and Star Wars TV shows. The plan is to create series based around Marvel Cinematic Universe characters who have yet to have their own standalone movies, which includes TV shows focused on Loki and Scarlet Witch starring Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen....