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29 Oct

Discovery Season 3’s Latest Twist is Straight Out Of Star Trek: Insurrection

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This Star Trek: Discovery article contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 3. In Star Trek: The Original Series, the USS Enterprise never once visited a contemporary version of Earth. Yes, the crew often time-traveled to Earth of the past, but going to the 23rd century of Earth was totally passé. Obviously, the Trek franchise has visited future versions of Earth a ton since then, but in the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery Season 3—“People of Earth”—the Trek franchise seems to split the difference. Yes, this episode is about checking out what Earth is like in the 32nd Century, but…

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01 Oct

How Julie and the Phantoms Normalizes Straight Male Affection

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The following contains spoilers for Julie and the Phantoms season 1. Straight male affection in media has been handled with, charitably, mixed results. For every deeply moving film or TV show about the bonds between straight men and how much they care about each other, there are 20 others that conflate male intimacy with weakness or downright evil. Talking about manly feelings is one thing but physical affection? There’s still a strong stigma that straight men (and boys for the matter) who show too much physical affection are somehow out of the ordinary, immoral, or automatically seen as gay. For…

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07 Aug

Antebellum To Bypass Theaters And Go Straight To PVOD

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Antebellum, the time-bending horror thriller starring Janelle Monae, is now skipping theaters in North America and will debut as a Premium Video On Demand (PVOD) release on September 18, it was announced today by Lionsgate. The movie, which will still open theatrically in “select” international markets, was originally scheduled to come out last April, but was bumped by the initial onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic to August 21 before being taken off the calendar last month. With COVID-19 still raging unchecked through much of the United States, Lionsgate apparently assumed it was better to get the film out to as…

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28 May

Gal Gadot’s Hedy Lamarr Show Gets Straight to Series Order from Apple

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The long-gestating Hedy Lamarr television series, which Gal Gadot has been attached to as both producer and star, just got its straight-to-series order from Apple TV+. The new streaming service announced the order Thursday, revealing the series will be an eight episode limited series with Gadot as Lamarr, the Austrian-born movie star who during the height of World War II was described as the “most beautiful woman in the world,” all the while she was ignored for her brilliance when she created the technology that led to GPS during the war. Apple gave the order to the series, which at…

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19 May

Greyhound: Tom Hanks World War II Movie Goes Straight to Apple TV+

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In the latest example of the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on the movie industry, the once Father’s Day bound theatrical release of Greyhound, a movie that stars Tom Hanks and is set in World War II, is now finding safe harbor for wide release on Apple TV+. Considering that Hanks and WWII go together like, well, Father’s Day and ties, this development is both another harbinger of the changing times as well as a major step-up in commitments for feature films by Apple. Indeed, as broken by Deadline, Greyhound will premiere simultaneously in 100 countries on Apple’s new streaming service,…

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22 Apr

New Scooby-Doo Animated Movie Headed Straight to Streaming

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Warner Bros. had already delayed the release of their big screen Scooby-Doo reboot, Scoob! indefinitely a few weeks back thanks to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But now it turns out that they’re skipping a theatrical release entirely and instead going directly to streaming. “While we’re all eager to be able to once again show our films in theaters, we’re navigating new, unprecedented times which call for creative thinking and adaptability in how we distribute our content,” Warner Bros. chairman-CEO Ann Sarnoff said in a statement (via The Hollywood Reporter). “We know fans are eager to see Scoob! and we’re delighted…

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27 Feb

Straight Up

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Todd is a hyper-articulate, obsessive compulsive gay twentysomething whose fear of dying alone leads him to a baffling conclusion: he might not be gay after all. When he meets Rory, a whip-smart struggling actress with her own set of insecurities, the two forge a relationship that’s all talk and no sex. Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Feb 28, 2020

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15 Jun

Straight Into a Storm

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Straight Into A Storm centers around Deer Tick's 2014/15 10th anniversary run in New York City. A portrait of a hard rocking band known for their live performances on their evolutionary journey to becoming one of the greatest cult rock bands of our time. Anchored by a fan chosen set list and New Year's Eve performance, the film weaves in and out of time over the last 10 years utilizing never before seen archive footage from their early days to the successful touring/recording band they are now - and everything in between. [Abramorama]Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Jun 15, 2018

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