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When you are obsessed with movies and the industry that makes them, it becomes a sad fact of life that you will hear about millions of amazing project ideas that simply don’t come together. There was a time not all that long ago when it seemed likely that eitherDavid FincherorDavid Cronenbergwere going to be adaptingCharles Burns' brilliant graphic novelBlack Holefor the big screen. Where did that go? Down the drain. For many years,Tim Burtonseemed prepared to adaptKatherine Dunn’s classic, malevolentGeek Love....

The dogs are on the loose and they’re ready to shake things up asMathieu Turi’sWatch Dogsis now officially in production. The announcement came via a social media post that shows a clapper board on the set of the live-action feature adaptation of the fan-favorite video game series that started with 2014’sWatch Dogs. While there aren’t any shots of the leading stars attached to the production, we imagine thatSophie Wilde, who celebrated a career breakthrough in A24’s horror hitTalk to Me, andThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Tom Blythearen’t far from the cameras....

Everyone loves a good short movie to breeze through on a busy weekday, but if there’s one thing that all cinephiles know, it’s that there’sno cinematic experience quite as epic, dense, and memorable as a great 3+ hour film. From classic historical epics to massive blockbuster events, plenty of great films have long runtimes, but whether they hold any rewatch value is an entirely different question. There are several super-long films that are absolutely masterful, but not really rewatchable, fromSchindler’s ListtoSátántangó....

David Bowiewill always be best known for his music, understandably so. He redefined popular music, wrote and performed many of the greatest pop/rock songs of all time, released 25 albums (many of them classics) over almost 50 years, and continually changed his style when it came to his appearance and the sound of his music. RELATED:‘Moonage Daydream’ Trailer Promises a Spectacle Worthy of David Bowie’s Legacy He was also a pop culture icon, known for adopting different personas at different stages of his career, effectively “acting” as different versions of Bowie, the musician....

Hulu has released the first trailer forThe Handmaid’s Taleseason 4, which continues the increasingly bleak story of June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) in a totalitarian, theonomic near-future. In addition to leading the charge with her powerhouse performance, Moss will alsomake her directorial debut. Although there’s plenty of new footage to get excited about in the teaser—including what’s next forSamira Wiley’s refugee Moira—it’s unclear just when we’ll get season 4 in the wake of the COVID shutdown....

Have you ever noticed the different colored hats in old Westerns and the different characters who wear them? Perhaps you’ve noted the light vs. dark standard and how most of these tales follow it. Well, comeTaylor Sheridan’s hit Paramount seriesYellowstone, this trope was flipped on its head by a plethora of characters who don’t neatly identify with good or evil. WhileYellowstonewasn’t the first Western to ever flip the script on the way cowboy hats should look in a Western, it’s one of the most notable modern examples that is worth digging deeper into....

The new Netflix true crime seriesThe Innocent Manis an interesting outlier in the genre. While true crime is currently all the rage in the TV world, it of course was first popular in book form, and in 2006, bestselling authorJohn Grishampublished his first and only non-fiction true crime book:The Innocent Man. So while the popularity of this particular story precedes the docuseries, but it doesn’t make the show any less worthwhile....

We already know that Academy Award nomineeJohn C. Reillyis a fantastic actor and one with some serious range - maybe even more than he’s given credit for - and that’s on display full force in the adaptation of thePatrick DeWittnovelThe Sisters Brothers, but the film also marks another major achievement for Reilly; this is his first go producing a feature film. Reilly, along with his wife and producing partner,Alison Dickey, got ahold of the material and spent years trying to make the film adaptation happen....

2011’sThe Tunnelis a wild ride and an arguably overlooked addition to both the found footage genre, andAustralian horror cinemain general. And there’s no better time to behold its subterranean chills, given the enormous success of some other Australian-made scary flicks.Talk to Mehas generated endless conversation throughout 2023 and deservedly so. A captivating entry in the possession genre, its chilling practical effects are matched by its incisive script,committed performancesand masterfully handled scare tactics....

With the Pixar sequel,Toy Story 4, opening this weekend in theaters, I recently sat down with directorJosh Cooleyand producerMark Nielsento talk about their fantastic film. While I’m sure some of you felt that after the great ending inToy Story 3Pixar should leave the franchise alone, I promise youToy Story 4isn’t some awful cash grab. The sequel is actually a brilliant film that is both funny and has a lot to say about life and what really matters....

There are few things more satisfying for film lovers than a perfect marriage between trailer and movie. That is, a trailer so appetizing that that it creates a Pavlovian response for the film it’s promoting, and then having said film satiate that hunger. Originally slated at the end of the main attraction, trailers were once crudely made epilogues that were supposed to entice the audience to come back the very next week....

Late January and early February has been a bit of a dry spell for major film releases, but this weekend sees the return of big blockbusters with Sony’sUnchartedreleasing exclusively in theaters, and the Thursday box office preview has given fans of the franchise hope for the future. According toDeadline, the action-adventure film, based on the popular Sony and Naughty Dog game series of the same name, has made $3.7 million in its Thursday preview....

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersforVenom: Let There Be Carnage.] When Marvel said there’d be a Multiverse, theymeanta Multiverse, and in a scenario that seemed extremely unlikelyjust two years ago, it appears that concept spans not just comic book realities but also real-life movie studios.Venom: Let There Be Carnageis roughly 75 minutes long, moves at the pace of an especially medicated fever dream, and is more than 80% devoted toTom Hardybeing madly in love with his homicidal space alien best bud....