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If you’re a cinephile who came of age in the 2000s, then it’s hard to think ofTobey Maguireas anything other than a major fixture of your childhood. Primarily due to his genre-defining portrayal of Peter Parker intheSam RaimiSpider-Mantrilogy, Maguire was an ideal role model-type actor for kids looking for a hero to emulate during a turbulent era in American history. Perhaps because of that success, he tended to be typecast in that mold too often, when that arguably wasn’t even his greatest strength....

Be aware there are spoilers for Game of Thrones through ‘Winds of Winter’. Winter is here, but we’re going to have to wait a while to see what that means. As you probably know, and maybe have mourned a little, Game of Thrones will return for its seventh season with a truncated seven-episode order…but not until the summer. Fortunately, the cast and creators of HBO’s crown jewel drama were on hand for a Comic-Con Hall H panel to break down their thoughts on the just-concluded sixth season, ponder what might come next, and of course, mourn our dear Hodor....

Netflix has revealed today thatGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mysterywas unsurprisingly the most-viewed English language movie on the streamer last week. However, directorRian Johnson’slatest detective story is not alone on the podium, as the originalKnives Outis currently holding firm at third position. Released in 2019’s,Knives Outtook the world by surprise by taking the whodunnit formula and turning it upside down. With a star-studded cast includingAna de Armas,Chris Evans,Jamie Lee Curtis, andToni Collette, the movie was an absolute success, which, of course, began a bidding war for any sequel Johnson wished to make....

Halle Berry, an actress who could definitely kick my ass, will make her directorial debut with a film about professional ass-kickers,Bruised.Varietyreports that the Oscar-winning actress will direct the mixed martial arts drama from a script byMichelle Rosenfarb,with Thunder Road Pictures’Basil Iwanyk(Sicario), Entertainment 360, andLinda Gottlieb(Dirty Dancing) attached to produce. The movie sounds a bit like a mix ofThe WrestlerandRocky Balboaset inside an MMA octagon, with a disgraced fighter juggling an upcoming fight with an up-and-coming superstar with the return of her six-year-old son “to the mother he deserves....

Whenever you are adapting something for a new medium, you’re bound to make some changes. After all, what works in a book might not work on the screen, because while it’s easy to write that thousands of demons are chasing our hero, when you’re trying to film that sequence, you might only have the budget for three. But when it came to adaptingLeigh Bardugo’sShadow and Bonebook trilogy for Netflix, showrunnerEric Heissererdecided to make one big change for the main character, Alina, and that was to make her half Shu (Asian)....

Spoiler Warningfor Avengers: Infinity War below As soon as the credits (and post-credits) rolled onAvengers: Infinity War, the first question was: Are half of our heroes (and theuniverse) actually dead? Which was quickly followed by: How will they be brought back? Because weknowthat we haven’t said goodbye to all of the New Avengerswho were dusted, and possibly to some of those who weren’t. But it’s someone who exists in that latter group, who wasn’t a victim of Thanos' Snap, who could also be the key to it all....

Inhumansmight be the biggest risk that ABC and Marvel have taken, but if successful, the payoff premiering a television series on IMAX screens would be unprecedented. UnlikeGame of Thrones,Inhumansdoes not have a ready built fan base to rely on, so the show will have to pull out all the stops to really show audiences what it can do. Based on a comic series about a race of technologically advanced, super-powered people who’ve been secretly living on the moon, they certainly have a lot to work with....

One of the best movies of 2019 is directorJames Mangold’sFord v Ferrari. Not only is the true-story racing dramaincrediblywell made, it’s loaded with fantastic performances from every single cast member. Trust me, if you want to see a brilliant piece of filmmaking, look no further thanFord v Ferrari. For more on the film, you canread Adam Chitwood’s glowing review. Last week, at IMAX HQ, Collider, IMAX and 20thCentury Fox teamed up for a special screening of the film at IMAX HQ in Los Angeles and after the screening ended, James Mangold did an extended Q&A for the film....

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (October 4th, 2016) John Campea, Jeremy Jahns, Kristian Harloff, Mark Ellis and Ashley Mova discuss the following: The Collider Video team is excited to announce Jeremy Jahns is a full time member of the crew! Stay tuned for further details. Yesterday,Ben Affleckconfirmed the title for his stand-alone Batman would be called simply,The Batman. Now, at a recent press event for Affleck’s next movieThe Accountant, Collider’s own Steve Weintraub asked about what it was about Deathstroke that made him the right villain for the movie and he told him thatDeathstroke would be a good match....

Warner Bros.Jokerhas reclaimed its top spot at the box office after a brief win for Disney’sMaleficent: Mistress of Evil. The atypical Batman villain origin story did well at the Friday box office, raking in $5.46 million domestically and bringing up its total to $264 million here in the U.S.Jokeris proving an unstoppable force, even if those box office numbers show some signs of fatigue in its hot streak as more and more folks going in for first time and (more likely) repeat viewings in the 3,936 theaters it’s showing in across the country....

[NOTE: This is a repost of our review from the North American premiere at Telluride.La La Landenters limited release this weekend, December 9th] Damien Chazelleturned his Oscar-winning indie goodwill forWhiplashinto an old-fashioned star-driven musical. That itself is rare, but that this musical,La La Land,is an original and not an adaptation of a beloved play or opera, is extremely gutsy. Many of the original songs fail to register immediately, but the fancy footwork ofRyan GoslingandEmma Stonecoupled with stunning visuals and set pieces make the film a delicate and slightly frustrating delight—and then Chazelle absolute stuns with a completely divine third act that’s so perfect it wraps you up in clouds of stardust and ushers you out the door enraptured....

If you were under the impression thatHarry Lloydjoining the cast ofLegionseason 3 as iconic X-men leader Charles Xavier would result in a more straightforward, comic book-faithful storyline, then woo boy I have a giant unexplained pig monster to sell you. (To clarify:Legionseason 3 contains a giant pig monster. It is not explained.) The third and final season ofNoah Hawley’s wild ride through mental illness and mutation is, if anything, more prone to flights of fancy, unorthodox editing, and the occasional random musical number than the two seasons before it....

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersthrough the Season 1 finale ofLoki, “For All Time. Always."] Since her introduction at the end of Episode 2,Sophia Di Martino’s depiction of Sylvie, the female variant of Loki introduced midway through her campaign of vengeance against the TVA, has been a defining aspect of Disney+‘sLoki. And, as we learned in the season finale, the story ofLokiisn’t over yet — though what’s in store is pretty nebulous, following Sylvie’s betrayal of Loki (Tom Hiddleston) after what was their first and what might be their last kiss....