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May
This article contains Tenet spoilers. You can read our spoiler-free review here. Christopher Nolan has a reputation for making complicated, hard to understand movies, but in all honesty, that reputation is unearned. In Memento, the scenes filmed in color are running in reverse order, the scenes filmed in black and white are running forwards, and the film ends when they meet in the middle. Inception is a pretty straight forward heist once you get your head round the idea that the dreams are nested inside each other like Russian dolls, each running a little faster than the one inside of…
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Feb
BlizzCon 2021, the biggest Blizzard celebration of the year, is finally here! And this is where you can keep up with all of the big announcements, gameplay footage, and trailers. The show kicks off on Friday, Feb. 19 at 5 pm ET and runs through Feb. 20. You can check out the full schedule here. Although the virtual nature of the event means that attendees won’t be able to gather under one roof for exciting tournaments and a surprise-filled Opening Ceremony, Blizzard is still bringing quite a lot to this year’s event. The studio has promised to reveal what’s next for most…
15
Feb
In Fear of Rain, Madison Iseman (Annabelle Comes Home) plays Rain Burroughs, a young woman attempting to lead a stable life while she struggles with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Despite her best efforts, and that of her loving parents (Katherine Heigl and Harry Connick Jr.), Rain is often not sure what is real and what is a hallucination — including Caleb (Israel Broussard), a fellow at school who takes an interest in her even as she wonders whether he’s real. But when Rain becomes convinced that the seemingly normal teacher living next door (Eugenie Bondurant) is hiding a terrible secret…
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Aug
There might not have been an E3 to obsess over this year, but we’re still getting at least one major video game event this year. Despite the fact that the in-person expo was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a digital version of Gamescom 2020 is set to kick off this week, bringing gamers all of the latest announcements, reveals, trailers, and gameplay footage. Indeed, this may be our best chance yet to see what’s coming to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X ahead of their Holiday 2020 launches. You’ll get to see new footage from the upcoming Ratchet…
29
Jul
The Umbrella Academy season 2 is about to come back with a bang…a big, big, big, big bang. Netflix has released a first look at The Umbrella Academy’s second season in advance of its July 31 premiere. And it isn’t just any old clip, this is the second season’s opening act. Keep that in mind as you watch the unexpectedly climactic three minutes below. If Netflix doesn’t make viewership data public then it sure doesn’t make show budgets public either. It’s fair to assume, however, that Netflix originals that perform well in their first season are bound to receive some…
23
Jul
We’ve waited a long time for The New Mutants. You know it, we know it, and you can be sure the filmmakers know it too. And yet, the funny thing about The New Mutants Comic-Con@Home panel is that the thwarted anticipation everyone feels is being turned into an asset. “People talk about this being a cursed film because it’s taking forever,” said Bill Sienkiewicz, the New Mutants comic book artist whose work greatly inspired the film, and who was present for part of the panel. “But in some respects, I think the lockdown has just amped up the level of…
15
Jun
This article contains Da 5 Bloods spoilers. fThe 1960s were a tumultuous time. Knowing that has become a cliché, one that’s as basic as a white bread miniseries on NBC about the decade. Nevertheless, it was a monumental moment in American history and a flashpoint for transition as Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the youth quake of baby boomers coming of age all coalesced. And it’s a decade with systemic cultural struggles that are still with us—and not something comfortingly endured and “fixed” in the relatively distant past like certain Oscar winners might suggest. Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods astutely understands…
09
Jun
Excited about going to the movies while wearing a mask? The state of California is about to make that an option for many of its residents as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office and the Department of Public Health have given the thumbs up for movie theaters to open at 25 percent capacity within the week. Beginning on June 12, theaters in the home state of the movie capital of the world will be opening their doors for the first time since mid-March. This follows increased anxiety among theater owners, and the studios who produce film content for them, about the state…
02
May
This article contains some Hollywood spoilers. The story of Peg Entwistle, and the voluminous newspaper copies her death sold, is at the heart of Hollywood’s first season. The Ryan Murphy produced Netflix series even makes the tragic iconography associated with her suicide the basis of its opening credits—but with a twist. Whereas the real Peg Entwistle flung herself from the top of the H of the “Hollywoodland” sign in 1932—back before it had simply become “Hollywood”—the entire younger half of the Hollywood ensemble cast scales up the sign together as a team in the new TV show’s credits. The meaning…
16
Sep
Bringing back a beloved property can be tricky scenario. Will enough people remember the original film to warrant caring about a sequel? Did the original film tell a story that demanded a follow up? Bringing back a beloved property can be tricky scenario. Will enough people remember the original film to warrant caring about a sequel? Did the original film tell a story that demanded a follow up? Source from..
