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HBO has released a trailer for Big Little Lies season 2 and the guilt is starting to tear the Monterey 5 apart. The new footage shows the aftermath of season 1 while showing the women trying to move forward with their normal day-to-day lives. However, things are not going very well for any of them. Madeline (Reese Witherspoon), Celeste (Nicole Kidman), Jane (Shailene Woodley), Renata (Laura Dern), and Bonnie (Zoe Kravitz) are all struggling to keep it together....

The horror hits just keep on coming! In a story from Fangoria, Black Sheep will be making its DVD debut on October 9 from Genius Entertainment and The Weinstein Company. Sadly, we have no other release information other than that. Synopsis: There are 40 million sheep in New Zealand and only 4 million inhabitants. After a genetic experiment goes wrong, New Zealand’s sheep start turning nasty, and it’s the humans who begin bleating....

The Dudesons Interview Jarppi and Jukka talk about their upcoming TV show on Spike TV, their new DVD and how they come up with their stunts Move over Jackass because The Dudesons are poised to take America by storm. Hailing from Finland, The Dudesons are four “dudes” who take their stunts to the extreme. Members Jarppi, Jukka, Jarno and HP (and sidekick Britney; their 500 lb. pig) perform such stunts as putting their testicles in mousetraps, doubling as a human dartboard, jumping cars through cabins and whole lot more....

Comedy Central will roast Bruce Willis this summer. The Moonlighting star turned action hero, who has since turned into a grumpy old man, by many accounts, is the subject of the next Comedy Central Roast, the network recently announced. No air date or tape date for The Roast of Bruce Willis has been set, but the special will air this summer. This doesn’t even seem like a PR stunt for Willis either, as he doesn’t have any projects to promote around that time....

The true-crime genre is expanding with Hulu’s newest miniseries, Candy. The show is a five-episode dive into the friendship turned adulterous murder of Betty Gore by the titular character Candy Montgomery. The two devout church women cultivated a friendship that ultimately led to an affair and Betty’s grisly murder in Texas in the 1980s. The miniseries is based on real-life events and people, but the writers and producers surely had to deviate and use some artistic license....

Another IT movie star has joined the cast of Hulu’s upcoming Stephen King series, Castle Rock. Chosen Jacobs, who plays Mike Hanlon in IT, has landed a recurring role on the series. Bill Skarsgard, who portrays Pennywise in IT, is also part of the ensemble cast of the series, which means this will serve as something of an IT reunion. Though, neither actor is portraying the character they played on the big screen adaptation of King’s novel about the killer clown....

Director John Madden has just found a new trio of actors for his new project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jessica Chastain, Ciaran Hinds and Tom Wilkinson have all joined the cast of The Debt. Madden will direct from a script by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan, and the story revolves around three Mossad operatives who, on a covert mission, kill a Nazi war criminal. 30 years later, a man claiming to be that Nazi surfaces and one of the three Mossad agents has to hunt him down to find the truth....

IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced that 300: The IMAX Experience contributed a record-setting $3.6 million of the $70,855,301 that the film grossed at the domestic box office opening weekend. 300: The IMAX Experience played in 62 domestic IMAX theaters, while 300 played in 3103 locations across the country. Directed by Zack Snyder, the Mark Canton/Gianni Nunnari Production launched midnight Friday with sold out performances in 57 IMAX locations, which added to the film’s opening weekend per screen average of $58,000, a new record for a Hollywood IMAX title....

Marriage Story is easily one of the most polarizing movies of last year. This 2019 film that was obviously inspired by the work of 1970s directors (especially, John Cassavetes), is truly gut wrenching and gripping in a way that most movies are not. Centering around Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) and Charlie (Adam Driver), we see what happens as their marriage breaks up. Unlike a lot of movies that would show us the good times in order to establish their chemistry, Marriage Story does the complete opposite of that....

Throughout the series, eight segments reveal details about how each episode was created. In it, everything that has to do with how the sets, special effects, and everything else were put together is covered. Aside from that, viewers can also see how directors brought characters to life through expertly designed costumes, makeup, and stunts in order to convey their character traits. A preview of the documentary showed the actors discussing the show’s passion, over shots of the crew assembling costumes, creating props, applying prosthetics, and filming large-scale battle sequences....

Newly formed Alcon Television Group, the television division of Alcon Entertainment, and Frank Sinatra Enterprises are producing an as yet untitled documentary about the life and music of Frank Sinatra to premiere on HBO, it was announced by Sharon Hall, Alcon Television’s President. The four-hour mini-series documentary will be directed and produced by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Darkside, and the upcoming Focus Features theatrical documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks)....

Netflix has finally revealed the full-length trailer for Altered Carbon season 2. This has been in the works for some time and the streaming service previously revealed the release date last month, signaling that a trailer was imminent. Following the release of a brief teaser last week, we finally have a significant, and not to mention action-packed, look at the sophomore season of the hit sci-fi series. This time, we’ll be following Avengers: Infinity War and Captain America: Civil War star Anthony Mackie as he embarks on an epic quest....

The defamation trial might be over, but Amber Heard isn’t finished with discussing her relationship with Johnny Depp just yet. Aired on television and streaming online for millions around the world to see, the trial stemmed from Depp suing Heard over allegations that she was a victim of domestic violence. He was seeking $50 million in damages while Heard countersued for $100 million, arguing she’d been the one defamed. Ultimately, a jury sided heavily with Depp, agreeing that Heard had defamed her ex-husband with “false and defamatory” allegations....

And Just Like That is a reboot sequel of the popular HBO series Sex and the City. Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis return to the screen as Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes, and Charlotte York, respectively, to give fans a more modern and mature reboot of the popular show. While Kim Cattrall is absent from the series, leading many fans to become skeptical of the series altogether, And Just Like That covers all aspects of life including divorce, grief, sexuality, and even addiction....

Domestic distribution company Apparition, ran by Bob Berney and Bill Pohlad, is bringing Black Dynamite to theaters this fall. According to Variety, the spoof played in Sundance’s Midnight section this year and was bought by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group, which handles all domestic ancillaries for Apparition’s releases. In this case, Sony brought Apparition one of their titles to distribute theatrically. Black Dynamite was helmed and co-written by Scott Sanders and stars Michael Jai White, who also co-wrote along with co-star Byron Minns....

Amanda Seyfried made her film debut alongside a talented cast in Mean Girls with her role as Karen Smith, a member of The Plastics who provided comical relief in the movie. The film would begin her long career in Hollywood, and her acting talents were clear from her standout performance in the film. After her success in Mean Girls, she won a leading role in Mamma Mia!, and her success found new heights due to the popularity of the musical movie....

Among its many educational benefits, documentaries remind us cinephiles that we don’t know quite everything about our favorite films. They can delightfully dig deeper into a particular topic, and that extends to the filmmaking craft itself. Sure, it’s quite meta to make a movie about movies, but for decades now, it’s been an interesting topic for filmmakers who want to shed light on one of their favorite directors, films or genres....

The 1980s was the start of a new technological era, with different developments in special effects and the electronic music (mostly cheesy synthesizer) offering a piquant musical accompaniment. American cinema has dominated the film industry over time and some of the scariest, most horrifyingly brilliant horror movies have come from American filmmakers. This means that international horror has unfortunately not been as widely appreciated until more recently, as it has a totally different formula that brings us an edge which many American films might lack....

Jennifer Lawrence is a wonderful anomaly, and her career has been an equally iconoclastic whirlwind. Vacationing in New York (from Indian Hills, Kentucky) at the age of 14, she was spotted by a talent scout on the city streets who later arranged an audition for her with different agents. Within three years, she had dropped out of school and was starring in a generic TBS sitcom (The Bill Engvall Show) before transitioning to dramatic features, and received her first Oscar nomination by the age of 20....

Politicians are a fairly unique type of celebrity. They may not be starring in major motion pictures or releasing platinum albums, but those in public service rely on charisma and good character to do their jobs. As such, politicians are often the subject of discussion, depiction, and even parody in movies and television shows. Indeed, it’s always fun to see TV shows incorporate real-life politicians in some way, whether it’s a joke at their expense — which they are often in on — or their presence simply makes sense within the themes and narratives of the show....