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Many horror purists swear that the original is nearly always the best. While that often might be the case, there’s no reason to completely write off more recent remakes. Sometimes, given the context of the times, a new director can interpret the story’s subtext a different way and put a whole new spin on a movie, making it more relevant to the audience of the time. Other times, thanks to advances in technology, a remake can benefit from improved special effects and filming techniques that can make it worthwhile to watch for that reason alone....

A spirited Italian teenager discovers a secret heritage when her father suddenly disappears. A Chiara is not your typical gangster story. It’s told from an innocent perspective. The search for truth begins a transition to adulthood. Unconditional love can be blinding to obvious circumstances. Director/writer Jonas Carpignano’s final film of his trilogy set in a Calabrian town offers a somber coming-of-age journey. Taking control of your destiny requires strength of character....

The ABC Television Network announces the return of Lost, along with the 79th Annual Academy Awards hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, the first ever Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special, and highlights of its regular series programming scheduled to air during the February sweep. What follows is a chronological listing of programming highlights (all times Eastern); this is not a complete list of all programs airing during February sweeps: JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE - (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 12:05 a....

South Park is the long-running creative love child of Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The cartoon centers around a group of young boys from a small Colorado town. As you may know however, the series is nowhere near suited for a child audience. Matt and Trey have been using the town of South Park as a canvas to paint their social commentary for nearly three decades. While the show does somewhat rely on crudeness, with its polarizing imagery and plot points, the creators deliver a consistently hilarious satire that is adored by their fans and begging to be a topic of conversation to everyone else....

Following Thursday’s AMC Networks session at the Television Critics Association (TCA) in Pasadena, CA, AMC released the official trailer from Jason Segel’s upcoming original anthology series Dispatches from Elsewhere, created by and starring Segel. Starring alongside Segel are Academy and Emmy Award-winner Sally Field, Academy Award-nominee Richard E. Grant, multi-Grammy Award-winner André Benjamin and rising star Eve Lindley. In addition, AMC also released official character sneak peeks from the series....

The latest trailer for the upcoming period comedic mystery, Amsterdam, puts the spotlight on the movie’s stellar cast. Led by the A-list, award-winning trio Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington, the footage reveals a little more of what Amsterdam will involve. Though not too much. You can check out the latest trailer for Amsterdam below. The latest trailer is entitled Names, and comes courtesy of the official YouTube channel for 20th Century Studios....

While Andrew Garfield is winning awards for his performance in Tick, Tick…Boom!, he should be getting recognition for his best performance yet, which was convincing the world that he wasn’t in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Most people didn’t know, and Garfield has finally revealed the only people who knew before the film’s release. Most people saw through his lies, as rumors, leaks, and fan theories made his and Tobey Maguire’s appearance the worst kept secret in Hollywood....

Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen is getting a new potential love interest for Season 2 of Arrow, with Caity Lotz joining the cast as Dinah Drake, a.k.a. The Black Canary. The actress will start out as a recurring character, with the potential to become a series regular in the future. The move marks a departure from the original comic book series, since Laurel Lance, the character portrayed by Katie Cassidy in the CW Network series, originally turns into The Black Canary....

After 13 years in development, the long-awaited Avatar: The Way of Water sequel has finally arrived. As former collaborators with James Cameron on two of the most successful films of all time (Titanic and the original Avatar), Kate Winslet and Sigourney Weaver spoke of the high standards Cameron sets for his cast. Winslet also expressed gratitude to the filmmaker for the incredible roles he created for women and for allowing the cast to improvise....

The fifth Avengers film, and one of the last chapters of Phase 6 of the MCU, has found its director. The Hollywood Reporter is revealing Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton will be helming Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, set to be released May 2, 2025. The Kang Dynasty will be one of two Avengers films released in 2025, as Kevin Feige revealed at San Diego Comic-Con that Avengers: Secret Wars will be arriving just six months after its predecessor on Nov....

Brendan Fraser celebrated his 53rd birthday on Friday, which also happened to be his first day on the set of Batgirl and co-director Adil El Arbi shared an onset video with his followers on Instagram in which he is seen wishing the actor a happy birthday and also giving us our first look at Fraser’s villain…although not exactly in all his glory. Fraser plays Firefly in the movie, a master thief who uses wildly distracting lighting effects or excessive flamethrowers to escape his crime scenes, depending on when in his comic book origins you dip....

Warner Bros. currently has several DC Comics superhero movies in development such as The Flash and Justice League of America. The studio is reportedly developing a new, untitled adventure which would pair up Batman and Superman in a live-action big screen adventure. The studio is reportedly trying to convince Christian Bale to return in one last performance as Bruce Wayne, while the new Man of Steel, Henry Cavill, will star as Superman....

A new rumor that Jodie Whittaker is planning her exit from Doctor Who has conjured up a lot of chatter from fans of the series online, prompting an official response from the BBC. According to the rumor, Whittaker has told the Doctor Who team that she intends to leave after the upcoming third season on the show and producers are already gearing up for her departure. This news hasn’t been confirmed, but the rumor has created enough noise to capture the BBC’s attention....

The fact that horror is a worldwide genre has contributed to its success and evolution. Each society has unique folklore or ghost yarn intended to startle and terrify everyone who dares to hear. Japanese horror, sometimes known as J-horror, has existed for many years and has contributed to the world’s numerous timeless works and really good international horror movies, such as Onibaba and Ring. American reboots of each of these legendary Japanese horror films followed their debut....

With constant roles from his 20s into his 80s, Max von Sydow segued from work in a fly-by-night theater troupe, to small regional films, more mainstream productions, and finally settling into billion-dollar blockbusters before passing away in 2020. In his later years, the Swede would come familiar to yet another generation with performances in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Game of Thrones, and voice work in the video game Skyrim....

Fans will be delighted to know that AMC has announced an array of new critically-acclaimed dramas, old classic franchises, AMC originals, and new film collections coming to the AMC+ streaming service this September. AMC+ has really taken off in the last year, with a slew of strong original films and television making it one of the best of any newer streaming platform. Across its channels, we’re going to be able to snuggle up and dig in to a new slate of compelling and highly-anticipated movies, just in time for the fall....

It’s a timeless cinematic combo — in addition to simply embracing iconic science fiction novels, Hollywood continues to churn out fresh stories in this genre and set them against military backdrops. When genres are combined, sometimes the end result is showered in awards. Here’s our closer look at a particularly exciting blend of blockbuster material. You’ll see Tom Cruise on our top-five list below not once, but twice. Will Smith has also made his presence known in Hollywood’s unique subgenre of sci-fi war films....

Tom Hanks is the kind of actor who only comes along once in a lifetime. He has a certain charm that has made him beloved by audiences for decades. His performances span across all genres, and he seldom makes a bad movie. Hanks has worked with some of the greatest filmmakers of the past half century and is constantly delivering performances that are real, lovable, and authentic. At the same time, many people who have interacted with Hanks have said that he is a genuinely nice person with a good heart....

Some motherf***ers are always trying to ice-skate uphill. And ice-skate uphill is exactly what Marvel is apparently doing when it comes to their upcoming Blade reboot. Coming courtesy of noted insider Jeff Sneider, reports are coming in from behind-the-scenes of the MCU project which claims that Oscar winner and lead actor Mahershala Ali is “very frustrated” with the process. “I’m told that the current BLADE script is roughly 90 pages and features exactly TWO (lackluster) action sequences,” Sneider says, which is sure to come as some hugely disappointing news to Blade fans....

“Bradford Orange and the Kingdom of the Crystal Clear Bootleg!” With the looming doom that is the proposed Actors’ Strike weighing heavily upon our heads, there isn’t a whole lot going on in the United States of “Whoop-doo!” Except set visits. Just one after another; they keep coming. Austin, New Orleans, Albuquerque, and Vancouver. Wash, repeat, and “What the fuck am I still doing in Portland, Oregon!?!” It’s been a blur of moving lights and sets, and stop-motion puppets....