Julia Louis-Dreyfus Offers an Exciting ‘Thunderbolts*’ Update
The Big Picture Thunderbolts* wrapped filming last week, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus confirming her character will have the most screen time yet. Marvel's tight secrecy policies were highlighted by Louis-Dreyfus, who joked about signing NDAs every 3.5 seconds. The asterisk in…
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James Gunn Reveals How Creature Commandos Connects with DCEU’s Peacemaker Season 1
Summary James Gunn unveils Creature Commandos as solution to unresolved DC Universe storylines, directly tied to Peacemaker's first season. Amanda Waller assembles new Creature Commandos team of monsters due to operational restrictions, promising creative storyline development. Star-studded voice cast announced…
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Mario Kart in Real Life!
Chaos Karts kindly invited us to come down to Manchester to check out their Augmented Reality go-karting experience which lets visitors jump into the shoes of an avatar and race around video game-inspired racetracks. The second you walk into Chaos…
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‘Presumed Innocent’ and ‘House of the Dragon’ Share This in Common
The Big Picture The cast of Presumed Innocent had no idea of the outcome while filming, keeping the suspense alive. Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, and Ruth Negga lead this intriguing and broody legal thriller. Working without knowing the ending was…
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Flawed Animated Fantasy Film Fails To Go Beyond The Studio Ghibli Style
Summary The Imaginary has beautiful animation and characters, but falls short with a weak script and lackluster storytelling. Studio Ponoc struggles to break away from Studio Ghibli connections, hindering originality. Despite stunning visuals, The Imaginary lacks depth, with a slow…
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Palm Springs International ShortFest 2024 Lineup Features Unsettled, Alok
The Palm Springs International ShortFest has announced its programming lineup for this year’s festival, and it includes a new short film by Bella Thorne called “Unsettled” and Alex Hedison’s “Alok”. The 30th annual festival will take place from June 18-24…
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LGBTQ Radicalism Meets Jewish Tradition In This Well-Meaning, But Overstuffed Documentary [Tribeca]
There exists a moment, perhaps several, in director Sandi DuBowki’s documentary “Sabbath Queen” where shaky attempts to solidify focus on one subject as numerous struggles for screentime become blindingly apparent and the project threatens to spiral out of control. That’s…
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“Polaroids Were Certainly a Key Touchstone Into This World”: Osgood Perkins on Longlegs
Longlegs It’s somewhat apt to say that Osgood Perkins owes much of his cinematic success to Satan. His 2015 debut as a writer-director, The Blackcoat’s Daughter, explores the sinister presence of the occult at a Catholic boarding school in Upstate…
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‘The Exorcism’ Review – Russell Crowe Is Back on His Demon-Fighting Schtick
The Big Picture The meta concept of The Exorcism opens the door for fun jabs at the horror genre. The film abandons interesting ideas for more drab scare sequences, lacking balance. Russell Crowe’s performance falls short of matching the movie’s…
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Alaqua Cox Says Representing Multiple Minority Communities “Meant The World”
When Alaqua Cox was cast as the character Maya Lopez in the 2021 limited series “Hawkeye,” she knew she had made history as the first deaf character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. What she didn’t know was that there she’d…
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‘The Bikeriders’ Film Review: A Potent and Brooding Biker Drama
American Cinema’s love affair with the biker culture started with László Benedek’s 1953 film, The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando. The actor’s legendary performance would set the tone for young rebels on screen and off. In Jeff Nichols’ terrific new…
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12th Silwerskermfees Feature Films Announced
This year’s 12th Silwerskerm film festival lineup is all about the laughs! Four out of the six films are comedies guaranteed to tickle your funny bone. But if you’re looking for something different, there are also two powerful dramas and…
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