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image courtesy NetflixAmy Adams stars in the recent Netflix release of The Woman in the Window. Based on the novel by A.J. Finn, the streaming service opted the Fox/Disney film for release on its platform after its theatrical release was pulled due to the pandemic. This latest project from director Joe Wright is a Hitchockian drama/thriller that sees an agoraphobic woman doing battle with her own demons and a bloody crime she witnesses when spying on her dramatic neighbors. After a personal tragedy, Anna (Adams) has locked herself away inside her home. Fearful of any outside influence and blurring out reality by a steady cocktail of doctor prescribed drugs and a heavy flow of booze, she spirals into a perceived madness. As her demons come into focus she lunges further down a pathway
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According to pre-Columbian folklore, Anhangá was an ancient forest spirit who protected wildlife and the forest, often taking the form of a white deer with red eyes. In modern times, Anhangá has grown to become considered a demonic entity rather than a benevolent protector. The Brazilian film Skull: The Mask draws inspiration from this folklore — and they lean heavily toward the demonic portrayal of Anhangá to say the least.Opening with a German military experiment in 1944 gone awry, the film shows an unfortunate group of Germans attempting to wield the power of the “Mask of Anhangá” and failing horribly. Fast-forwarding to the present day, we learn more about this mysterious mask when it is unearthed during an archaeological dig. A young girl foolishly awake
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It's been over a decade since Kingdom of the Crystal Skull made its appearance in theaters. And although Harrison Ford isn't getting any younger, he's back on set filming for the fifth and final adventure of the heroic Indiana Jones. While fans are at full tilt with speculation over the plot of the next movie, they're actively in production but reportedly already a day behind on filming. The film was previously delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As the shoot gets underway, footage is already leaking online which appears to show a much younger Indiana riding a motorcycle in a Nazi uniform. It's obviously a stunt man wearing a mask as seen in other set photos. But this does pose one question. Will they be de-aging the character for flashback scenes? These photos as pos
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Courtesy of Warner Bros.Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu’s big screen adaptation of Quiara Alegria Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2008 Tony Award winning off-Broadway urban Latin-American musical is without question the first major film of its kind since Robert Wise’s 1961 film West Side Story. Arguably even more Spanish in form than Wise’s seminal classic, currently being remade by Steven Spielberg, Chu’s film arrives after nearly a decade of development Hell tied to the now defunct Weinstein Company before Warner Brothers swooped in after the smash-hit success of Miranda’s Hamilton. An ensemble hip hop infused musical rags-to-riches story sporting brilliant choreography and a magnetic central performance from the film’s hero Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), a bodega owner s
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image courtesy Disney The next original Star Wars television show, The Book of Boba Fett has wrapped production. With no real announcement on whether or not it will get multiple seasons, it looks as though the first set of episodes are done filming as posted by actress Ming-Na Wen on Twitter. The new series is expected to premiere on the streaming outlet this December, months before the next batch of episodes of The Mandalorian are released. We'd expect that with success, more seasons will be added. Wen will be reprising her role as bounty hunter Fennec Shand, who first appeared during The Mandalorian but was also featured as an animated character on the animated show, The Bad Batch. Actor Temuera Morrison is back as Boba Fett. The actor originally played Jango Fett in Star Wars
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Courtesy of NBCUniversalIt's been a little while since Rob Zombie, the heavy-metal rocker turned director known for his hard-R-rated horror films like The Devils Rejects and House of 1000 Corpses made a new film. That changes today as he officially announced that he will next direct a take on The Munsters, the classic sixties sitcom about a family of monsters.Zombie is both writing and directing the film. The Munsters will be a departure for the writer/director. As movie and music fans know, Zombie is known for his often bloody and hardcore horror films that push things to the limit. And while this come as a surprise, he’s actually a hardcore fan of the series, having referenced it in his films and music. It's clear that this is a passion project for Zombie. The Munsters” is set up a
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Courtesy of IFC FilmsEver since appearing in the fourteenth century alchemical writings of Paraclesus, undines have been the inspiration for stories from Friedrich de la Motte Fouque’s novel Undine to Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid. The term is broad and covers many species including nymphs, nereides, limnads, naiades and mermaids. These mythical human-like water beings are said to lack a soul and can only acquire one by marrying a human. However, if an undine's husband ever deceives her, he has to die. The first and latest film in director Christian Petzold’s recently announced elements trilogy, Undine (2020) is a modern take on this watery myth. The film opens with a tight shot of Undine (Paula Beer) seated at an outdoor café with a grim expression on her face. Across
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Courtesy: Screen Media FilmsSomehow I totally missed it when You Might Be The Killer debuted as a Shudder original in December 2018. It's not difficult to see how an indie title like this could slip through the cracks: there certainly is no shortage of semi-satirical throwbacks to classic 1980s slashers, and it would be doubly easy to overlook a streaming original that wasn't exactly a high-profile release (not to mention that Shudder has grown quite a bit in terms of reach and popularity in the two and a half years since this film came out). But even so, as the long-time Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan that I am, I'm not sure how I managed to be totally unaware of the release of a horror-comedy starring two Buffyverse alums: Willow herself, Alyson Hannigan, and Cabin in the Woods and
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On May 28th 1966, Walt Disney hosted 36 officials, hundreds of journalists and 16 children from around the world for the opening ceremony of the “It’s A Small World” attraction in Disneyland. The international event culminated with each of the children pouring a vial of water from the world’s “seven seas and nine major lagoons” into the ride’s river, with Walt Disney adding water from the Rivers of America. Originally designed by Disney for Pepsi-Cola’s 1964 World’s Fair pavilion as a salute to UNICEF and the children of the world, the attraction’s opening ceremony is a perfect symbol of the idealism behind the post war drive towards a globalized economy.Fast forward fifty-plus years and the realities of globalization have been less than ideal. Since 1980, China has seen a significant shi
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photos courtesy WBWhat started with a clap in 2013 dies with a whimper in 2021. The embellished (if not totally fictionalized) tales of the demonologist Warrens are back for another go round with a presence hell bent on terrorizing a young man and his fiance's family. When a dark presence makes itself known and inhabits the body of Arne Johnson, a horrifying murder takes place which sets off a chain of malevolent events that reveals another fresh evil in this ever evolving catalog of rogue demons. As this supernatural being takes hold of a human life, a mystery unravels and Vera Farmiga looks more concerned than ever. Due to the pandemic, the release date of The Conjuring 3 was pushed back as the film was toiled with prior to its cinematic release. Finally premiering
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The romcom feels like a lost genre. Sure, Netflix has kept it sputtering along with one or two a year to varying results but there was a time when the romcom was a can’t miss prospect for studios. Two movie stars fall in love, a litany of fun supporting players surround them, hijinks ensue, watch the magic happen. In a time where studios are committed to IP and capturing the next Marvel-like success, movies for adults have been relegated to scraps. Thankfully, the indie scene is absolutely littered with the kinds of films Hollywood used to make. One such offering is Introducing Jodea from director Jon Cohen. Unfortunately, this stunningly regressive effort isn’t going to reignite the genre any time soon. Written by and starring Chloe Traicos, Introducing Jodea follows fast food worki
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A murderous white-collar criminal. An exotic dancer with a score to settle. Sex in a spinning officer chair with the Greatest American Hero. Shannon Tweed's second lead performance, Last Call is the epitome of direct to video sleaze while simultaneously celebrating everything about the genre that allows it to continue to live in the subconscious of the medium today. Featuring the finest performance of Tweed's career, a twisty neo-noir narrative that celebrates its frivolity, and lived in post 80's ambiance, this is essential erotic thriller viewing. Paul; a real estate agent, finds himself involved with gangsters and high society grifters. Partnering with a mysterious dancer whose heart is set on vendetta, the lovers take desperate measures to righ
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With a wild and promising trailer, The Suicide Squad film from writer and director James Gunn has primed it's audience with more of the action and comedy for which he's been known.As for teasers of the figures coming from McFarlane Toys, the preorders for the first wave popped late last month on their site with an estimated release October/November 2021. Now we get the first look at that wave as well as the Build-A-Figure, King Shark! Dynamically posed in what looks like a great cover shot from a comic book, we see Peacemaker, Bloodsport, Harley-Quinn, and Polka-Dot Man all lined up in front of the towering King Shark with their defeated foes amongst the fore and background. The sculpts look quite accurate for their onscreen likenesses, with John Cena's Peacemaker looking to have a remova
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Just last year it was announced that the Evil Dead would be returning in another movie that would be directly connected to the original trilogy of films but would not feature Bruce Campbell's Ash in a central role. Officially titled at The Evil Dead Rise, the movie was initially going to be a theatrical release with both Campbell and Raimi on board as producers. Today, that all changed. It's just been announced that the movie has officially been picked up by HBO for a streaming release on their HBO MAX outlet. Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground) will be directing this fourth film in the original chronology. A quick synopsis is: "The next chapter in the saga builds off the original trilogy rather than the 2013 reboot. Evil Dead rise moves the action out of the woods and into the
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Courtesy of the Toranite CompanyHBO is so desperate for content in the streaming wars, they are dumpster diving. Literally. That's right, The Garbage Pail Kids are back. HBO Max and Danny McBride are teaming up with Michael Eisner's Toranite Company to produce a Garbage Pail Kids animated series for the streamer. The trading cards first appeared in 1985. They were so popular in schools with kids, they had to be banned with teachers citing how disruptive they were for classes. They were so popular, they received their own movie in 1987. A movie so good, it won the Palme d'Or and the Academy Awards. Just kidding, it was a notorious flop with a zero percent on Rotten Tomatoes and was quickly rushed out of theaters. Due to sales drops, Topps discontinued the cards in
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Photo Courtesy of Boom! StudiosIt is almost surprising that Something is Killing the Children is still an ongoing series. Initially planned as a five-issue limited series, but extended due to early popularity, Something is Killing the Children #15 could have served as a fairly neat, albeit mysterious conclusion to the series. Now, with issue #16 (written by James Tynion IV with art by Werther Dell’edera) serving as the start of the fourth arc of the story, the narrative is looking more exciting than ever. Something is Killing the Children centered on the town of Archer’s Peak, where children had been going missing, and those that weren’t missing were claiming terrible monsters were the culprits. Enter Erica Slaughter, a newcomer to the town who is more mysterious than the case she arrived
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image courtesy WBIt's been a long time in the making, but James Gunn's The Suicide Squad is getting nearer to its cinematic release. After a rather lackluster launch for the team up in David Ayer's 2016 movie, many of the characters are returning for a sequel of sorts that gives them another chance at theatrical glory. Just released today from Gunn's Instagram account, a new image dropped that includes the quote, "Squad Undercover in Corto Maltese: Ratcatcher 2, The Thinker, Bloodsport, and Polka Dot Man in The Suicide Squad".The upcoming movie features John Cena, Idris Elba, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Taika Waititi, Michael Rooker, Sean Gunn, Peter Capaldi, Jai Courtney, Sylvester Stallone and numerous others in a more colorful take on the DC branded comic book characters
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For the last year, director and actor Sylvester Stallone has been toiling with his new cut of the classic boxing sequel, Rocky IV. Initially released in 1985, it is one of the most iconic of the franchise as it's the film that took the Cold War between the U.S. and Russia and turned it into a sports film loaded with training montages and an amazing soundtrack of '80s era rock songs. Apparently, Stallone was never happy with the final product that was released to theaters and decided after Creed II that it was time to revisit the film with an updated cut that would match his vision for the movie. The new edit will actually be receiving a new title as well. This director's cut has been officially named Rocky vs Drago: The Ultimate Director's Cut. It will remove some of the goofie
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With fifty percent of the population fully vaccinated prior to the Memorial Day weekend, it looks as if movie theaters are finally getting the influx of cash they've been desperate for. The release of A Quiet Place Part II has seen great success in its first weekend of its theatrical run. The movie was delayed over a year due to the pandemic and even saw Emily Blunt and John Krasinski do financial battle with the studio. But now, their path is clear to setting their sights on a massive haul this weekend, with the biggest IMAX opening since this all began.The sequel opened to $4.1 million in IMAX theaters, which is only 8.6 percent of its full holiday weekend opening or North American gross so far. This is the highest since January 2020. It also brought in well over $1 million from s
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image courtesy HBO MAXSome 17 years after the show went off the air, the cast of Friends returned this weekend with a reunion show that brings all the original stars back together. Instead of doing a new sitcom episode of the famous television show, they opted for a more relaxed special that sees the six get back together in a more laid back interview format. Having watched it last night, it's very interesting to see where they're at today, how they've aged, and how the series has had a long term effect on their careers. Some of them have continued on with lucrative acting gigs while others seem to have fallen by the wayside. Today it was revealed that the reunion was a massive success for HBO. Nearly as many people that watched the premiere of Wonder Woman 1984 over Christmas tuned
