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With the theocratic and militant Taliban reasserting control in Afghanistan, the deep political and cultural divisions here in America taking on a blatant insurgent form, and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, The Handmaid’s Tale seems more apposite than perhaps ever before. Attaining 21 Emmy nominations for its fourth season, this year the dystopian Hulu series based
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Shazam! director David F. Sandberg’s wife, actress Lotta Losten, has confirmed she will return in Shazam! Fury of the Gods. Sandberg’s first Shazam! movie premiered in 2019, becoming an instant hit among fans due to its light-hearted tone and action-packed narrative. The movie chronicled the story of a troubled orphan, Billy Batson (Asher Angel), who develops the ability to transform into
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EXCLUSIVE: Filming has begun on EastSiders creator Kit Williamson’s dark comedy series Unconventional, whose cast is being led by Kit Williamson (Mad Men), Aubrey Peeples (Nashville), James Bland (Giants) and Briana Venskus (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Developed at The Sundance Lab, the series follows eccentric, queer siblings Noah and Margot Guillory (Williamson and Peeples) and their
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Universal has set a release date of April 7, 2023 for Fast and Furious 10, Deadline can confirm. That returns the Fast & Furious franchise to its holy Easter weekend stomping ground where F7, the highest grossing title in the series was launched in 2015 to $147.1M domestic, and finaled at $353M domestic, $1.5 billion global. Universal followed with Fate
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“The Moonlight Feels Right” (a film by Anthony Piseno) is “Carrie” meets “Ginger Snaps”, it is meant to be a horror that takes a modern spin on the tropes of the past. This short film is intended to be included in an anthology feature film that will bring a universe of short films together. Short
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On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office announced that one of his staffers, who was fully vaccinated, had contracted Covid-19. According to multiple reports, the staffer had not been near the governor or any of the aides who have worked closely with Newsom’s of late. The breakthrough case in Newsom’s orbit comes on the same
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As we first told you, Sony’s fourthquel Hotel Transylvania: Transformania was heading to a streamer. Turns out, that’s bound to be Amazon in what we hear are early talks. While Disney has been doing rather well with the theatrical component of its day-and-date family movie Jungle Cruise with subsequent weekend holds of -55% and -43% for the pic’s
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Since fans discovered her resemblance to Scarlett Johansson, TikToker mimisskate has not hesitated to post videos of herself cosplaying as Natasha Romanoff and as Johansson herself. Well, one of her recent videos, which brings in Margot Robbie doppelgänger russianharleyofficial, may be her best one yet. You can check out the mind-blowing TikTok video down below:
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The publisher of the Washington Post Fred Ryan has emailed President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan urging the U.S. to evacuate over 200 U.S, journalists, support staff and their families from Afghanistan. The Post wrote on behalf of itself, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, according to news reports, as
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It’s purely coincidental, but the new documentary The Meaning of Hitler was released in theaters and on-demand platforms Friday, the very day some Trump supporters (like the My Pillow guy) insisted their preferred president would magically re-take power. They woke up today to find Joe Biden still occupying the White House. The film written, directed
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It’s fascinating to watch local governments — New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans — rush to enact Covid vaccine requirements for entry to the publicly accessible spaces of private business, including, yes, movie theaters. I’m not equipped to judge the ultimate propriety or efficacy of such mandates. Frankly, the complexities posed by breakthroughs,
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UPDATE, writethru: Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy led the game at global turnstiles this session with a $51M worldwide debut. That includes domestic’s over-performance of $28.4M, and a $22.5M start in 41 material markets at the international box office — the latter in line with pre-weekend expectations. The offshore debut on the Shawn Levy-directed pic
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Shinsuke Sato, the director behind the Japanese hit movie Kingdom and it upcoming sequel, is set to make his English-language film debut with My Hero Academia, Legendary’s live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese manga franchise created by Kohei Horikoshi. The manga, first published in 2014, centers on superhero fanboy Izuku Midoriya, who daydreams about being
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EXCLUSIVE: A collection of documentaries from acclaimed filmmaker Lynne Sachs is coming to the Criterion Channel in October.  The streaming platform will showcase seven Sachs films beginning October 1, ranging from the 1994 short Which Way Is East to her most recent work, including E•pis•to•lar•y: Letter to Jean Vigo, an exploration of the French director’s
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Documentaries about a da Vinci and a dictator, a Pablo Larraín drama with Gael Garcia Bernal, a Donnie Yen martial arts thriller by the late Benny Chan, and CODA, Apple’s record-busting Sundance acquisition, make specialty bows this weekend as the arthouse sector fights through a slow reopening. “The market is still finding a balance right
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