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Straying far from the stereotypical pearly gates and fluffy clouds,Heavenly Ever Aftergivesthe afterlifea makeover bordering on a soft reboot rather than a miracle. When Lee Hae-sook (Kim Hye-ja) arrives in heaven, she doesn’t fall to her knees in gratitude. In fact, she treats the whole setuplike a scam, and that’s understandable. Her life was hard, humiliating, and unforgiving, so the fact that she doesn’t exactly buy into the idea that she deserves peace checks out....

While the Disneyland Resort theme parks are not currently able to be fully operational due to current COVID restrictions in Southern California, they are trying to get creative in what they can offer to fans who just want a piece of the magic. With food and beverage selections from around the resort, many of which are classic and beloved items,A Touch of Disneyis a new limited-capacity ticketed experience, beginning on March 18 and running on select days (from Thursdays - Mondays, 12pm - 8pm) through April 5 at Disney California Adventure park....

James Schamushas been an integral part of the film industry for years now, shepherding projects likeLost in Translation,Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, andThe Kids Are All Rightas the CEO of Focus Features until his exit in 2013, and working as filmmakerAng Lee’s close collaborator as the screenwriter behind nine of the Oscar-winning director’s features, includingCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonandHulk. This year, however, Schamus gets behind the camera himself for the first time on thePhilip RothadaptationIndignation, and the results are—perhaps unsurprisingly—stunning....

As the filmmaker who launched theSawandInsidiousfranchises,James Wanis no stranger to creating a horror hit. But his work onThe Conjuringfranchise is a next-level success. The filmmaker launched New Line Cinema’s series of box office champs withThe Conjuringback in 2013, and in the years since, he’s crafted a shared universe of horrors, returning forThe Conjuring 2in 2016, and producing a series of spinoff films likeAnnabelleandThe Nun. With the latest installment,Annabelle Comes Home,Conjuring-verse screenwriting favGary Daubermanmakes his directorial debut, and Wan’s franchise comes full circle by bringing Annabelle and the Warrens (Vera FarmigaandPatrick Wilson) back together again....

From series creatorDamon Lindelof(The Leftovers,Lost) and based on the iconic graphic novel created byAlan Mooreand illustrated byDave Gibbons, the HBO drama seriesWatchmenis set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws and the police conceal their identities behind masks to protect themselves from a terrorist organization, known as the Seventh Kavalry. It’s a story that is equal parts challenging and thought-provoking, as it looks at so many of the modern issues that plague us today, and questions who the true heroes and villains really are....

The defense attorney representingJonathan Majorshas issued a statement this afternoon which states that the actor is “completely innocent” and “provably the victim” afterfollowing his arrest by the New York Police Departmenton Saturday in Manhattan and charged with strangulation, assault and harassment in what NYPD described as a “domestic dispute.” Priya Chaudhry, a criminal defense lawyer, released the following statement. Jonathan Majors is completely innocent and is provably the victim of an altercation with a woman he knows....

The Cinemax seriesBansheeis currently in its fourth and final season, and ex-con and master thief Lucas Hood (Antony Starr) has found himself immersed in a new crisis, involving a vicious serial murderer. After having cut himself off from everyone and everything for two years, Hood returns to find a very different Banshee than he left, and the friends he turned his back on may not be so welcoming about having him back....

WithJustice Leagueonly two weeks away, Warner Bros. has released 60 new, hi-res images from the upcoming superhero film. In the movie, Batman (Ben Affleck) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) bring together The Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) to stop an intergalactic threat. What’s interesting about these images is what’s included and what’s not. The ruse that Superman isn’t in the movie continues as none of these images featureHenry Cavill, not even that shot of the dream Lois Lane (Amy Adams) had....

There’s a true argument to be made thatQuentin Tarantino’s best movie is his 2019 hangout comedy,Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. However, when asked about his favorite movie of that year,Tarantino’s answer humbly differedfrom his masterpiece. Instead, his tastes leaned towardsCrawl, the hit alligator-centric horror thrill ride. This might come as a surprise to those who only think of Tarantino as an acclaimed filmmaker. If you’ve only done the slightest bit of reading into his works and interests,you’ll know that he’s probably a bigger fan of genre movies than he is of prestige films....

If you caughtGodzilla vs. Kongon HBO Max, you’re probably going to want more of the two title monsters. It’s understandable. They are very large, and very good. But with decades of films between them, just jumping into Kong and Zilla’s filmography can be daunting, especially for completists who want to do this thing in the proper order. (Not that there’s a “correct” order. The first Kong movie I ever saw wasKing Kong Lives, which is about as close to objectively “incorrect” as possible....

While Disney isn’t slowing down on making live-action adaptations of its entire animated library, it looks like their live-actionPinocchiomay have hit a bit of a snag. In February 2018, we reported thatPaddingtonandPaddington 2directorPaul Kingwas on board to directPinocchio, and it looked like cameras were gearing up to roll this summer withpossiblyTom Hankson board to play Geppetto. But now it looks like King is off the project. Speaking toDiscussing Film[viaComicBook], cinematographerSeamus McGarveysaid that the project is no longer happening:...

Once Upon a Time (“a Time” being 2010),Jon Favreausigned on to directMagic Kingdom. The overall premise was that a family went to Disneyland and all of the attractions came to life and started interacting. Pulitzer Prize-winning authorMichael Chabon(The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay)came on to write the screenplay, but then the project got stuck in development hell. Favreau decided to pursue the more personal storyChefand then went toThe Jungle Book....

Near the end of last week, the first footage fromA Big Bold Beautiful Journeywas released, and now Sony Pictures has followed up by dropping the first official trailer of the film. StarringMargot RobbieandColin Farrell, the grand romance adventure tells an imaginative tale of two strangers and the inspiring journey that binds them. The film will be released in theaters on September 19 later this year, and it also starsPhoebe Waller-Bridge(Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny),Hamish Linklater(The Big Short), andBilly Magnussen(No Time to Die)....