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Star WarsDay (May 4) is just a couple of days away. There are so many ways companies like Disney are celebrating this year. This includes theatrical re-releases of all the films, newFunko Poplines, various toys, and acosplay collection. Now Home Depot is strong with the force as they just unveiled theirDarth Vader life-size decoration. The villainous piecestandsat a menacing seven-feet tall, is animated with soundbites and lifelike animatronic movements, has built-in LED lights and comes with the Sith Lord’s iconic red lightsaber....

ReadingJ.R.R. Tolkien’sLord of the Ringsis constantly slacklining between the epicness of complex mythologies and the heartwarming (and sometimes even silly) truth of our world. All throughout his work (except perhapsThe Silmarillion, which is just complex, let’s be honest), these two are the dominant traits of Tolkien’s Legendarium, from its very beginning with Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and Gandalf’s (Ian McKellen) quirky “good morning” scene inThe Hobbitto Aragorn’s (Viggo Mortensen) battle speech before the Black Gates of Mordor in the end ofReturn of the King- which surprisingly enough, was never written by the original author of the saga....

From writer/director Eva Vives, the indie dramedyAll About Ninafollows up-and-coming comedian Nina Geld (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, in the best work of her career so far), whose undeniable talent has helped her build a career for herself in the male-dominated world of stand-up. Off the stage, Nina’s life is a mess, and that’s most evident when it comes to romantic relationships, including one with an abusive married man (Chace Crawford) that she leaves behind in New York City to go out to Los Angeles for a huge opportunity....

Universal Pictures is mounting a remake of the 1955 classicThe Night of the Hunterand has hiredOperation FinalescribeMatt Ortonto write the script, according toVariety. Orton will adapt the 1953 novel byDavis Grubb, and the story will updated for modern audiences.Amy Pascalwill produce via her Pascal Pictures along withPeter Gethers, while Universal’sJay Polidorowill oversee the project on behalf of the studio. Directed byCharles Laughton,The Night of the HunterstarredRobert Mitchumas Reverend Harry Powell, a misogynistic serial killer whose former cellmate made off with $10,000 following a bank robbery....

Hot on the heels of his vocal portrayal of the titular character in Disney and Pixar’s summer blockbuster,Lightyear,Deadlinehas revealed thatChris Evansmight have found his newest role. TheCaptain Americaactor is in final negotiations to star alongsideEmily Bluntin Netflix andDavid Yates’ crime-drama,Pain Hustlers. Written byWells Tower, the film will center on Liza Drake (Blunt), a woman trying to keep her head above water and find success. Liza is a high school dropout whose biggest goal is to provide a better life than she had for her young daughter....

Editor’s Note: The following contains minor spoilers for ‘Elio’.Pixar did something very interesting withthe theatrical releaseofElio. Instead of a post-credits scene,the film ends with something new and unexpected. After the credits, a new teaser clip plays for the next Pixar animated feature,Hoppers. In the past, Pixar would release a new film with a teaser for its next movie that would play before the main feature. However, withElio, Pixar takes viewers by surprise and inverts one of the studio’s oldest traditions by putting a teaser for a new filmafter the closing credits....

Now celebrating 20 years ofPokemon, perhaps the biggest news of the year to date was the wildly successfulPokemon Gomobile game, whichjust rolled out another update today. But for longtime fans of the franchise and newcomers alike, one aspect that has long been missing from the pantheon of marketing material was a show that was more closely tied into the video games themselves. Recent news confirms that The Pokemon Company has answered that call with a new animated web series namedPokemon Generationslooking to fill in that gap....

Rebecca Fergusonfeatures oppositeHugh Jackman,Zac Efron, andMichelle WilliamsinThe Greatest Showman, but of the three, Ferguson is the only one not credited on the film’s official soundtrack. That’s because, asRuPaulmight say, the time had come for the actress to lip sync for her life. Ferguson plays Jenny Lind, one of the best opera singers in the world, in the film. Though theMission: Impossible – Rogue Nationstar went to music school in Stockholm, she says there’s a difference between her experience and playing one of the greats....

Ever since the public debut of Lady Dimitrescu, the tall, well-dressed, Gothic woman featured inResident Evil Villagemarketing, denizens of the Internet have been fawning all over her and her lovely, deadly daughters. The memes are legion; the deviantart doth overflow (and we can’t really show off most of them here, so careful with those searches.) And it’s all in good fun and with good reason. We really haven’t seen aResident Evilantagonist like this before, so powerful, so feminine, and so gorgeously gargantuan that the mind simply boggles at the fan-fiction possibilities....

Peacockis set to air the first ever wildlife reality competition show.The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challengewill be narrated byRhys Darby. Unlike the namesakeHunger Games, however, the bears will mostly be competing against the elements, and not battling each other to the death. The series will be based on the popular “Fat Bear Week” tournament held by Katmai National Park and Preserve in southern Alaska that encourages viewers to choose their favorite fat bears as they pack on the pounds in preparation for the long, frigid Alaska winter....

Robot Chickenaired its midseason finale in a totally different world from the one we’re living in now. Sure, the award-winning stop-motion animated series did get to enjoy two holiday specials on either side of the pandemic divide, but Season 10, Part 2 is about to arrive in a time when we desperately need some easy laughs. I’m happy to say thatRobotChickenis here to deliver on that account. If you’ve been watching the Adult Swim series from the beginning back in 2005, or if you hopped on board anywhere along the way, honestly, you know what you’re getting with the recurring comedy series: Pop culture send-ups that include both deep cuts and the latest fads, all twisted and turned in totally wrong ways that you just can’t help but laugh at....

For those looking forward to the long-anticipated and secretiveScream 5, series starCourteney Coxhas offered a glimpse of what the upcoming installment may look like. Ina new interviewwithDrew Barrymore, who had herself been in the very opening of the very firstScreammovie, Cox was asked about what the new entry in the series may have in store and gave some intriguing answers: Scream, this is the fifth one. It’s not Scream 5 though, this is Scream…....

Amy Schumertook overSaturday Night Livewith musical guestSteve Lacyand while the episode was just fine, there were some stand-out moments that are noteworthy. Like this sketch about soup. It started with three friends getting their orders and bothHeidi GardnerandEgo Nwodimgot salads while Schumer got matzo ball soup. From the jump, she talked about how much this soup meant to her and how it was her favorite kind of soup to get at this restaurant....