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Gaten Matarazzo pitches a Legend of Zelda movie

Posted 4 years ago

Stranger Things may be heavier on role-playing games than video games, but star Gaten Matarazzo still has an idea for a movie version of The Legend of Zelda. In a recent interview, Matarazzo, who plays Dustin on Netflix’s Stranger Things,...

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Heisenberg returns for Breaking Bad Super Bowl ad

Posted 4 years ago

Walter White is back, but this time he’s not breaking bad–he’s breaking open a bag of “crunchy and wholesome” white cheddar snacks for a Super Bowl ad! Breaking Bad and its anti-hero Walter White–in full Heisenberg attire–will be the star...

Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto have reportedly signed on to play two of the ghosts in Disney's reboot of Haunted Mansion.

Pop Culture

Jamie Lee Curtis calls for kindness amid “nepo baby” discussion

Posted 4 years ago

Merriam-Webster chose “gaslighting” and Oxford Dictionaries went with “goblin mode”, but “nepo baby” is making a last-minute bid for word of the year. But what is it and what are its implications? It may sound like one of those digital...

Daniel Craig Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Daniel Craig hated his stormtrooper costume

Posted 4 years ago

The name’s Trooper. Stormtrooper. Daniel Craig may be best known as James Bond, but his cameo as a stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens is still one discussed today. Daniel Craig, who is a major Star Wars fan, recently...

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Variety names Psycho the greatest film ever

Posted 4 years ago

A boy’s best friend may be his mother, but Variety has named Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal proto-slasher Psycho as the best film ever made. In the opening of their write-up for Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, Variety writes, “There’s hardly a frame of...

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Fans allowed to sue over false advertising in Ana de Armas trailer

Posted 4 years ago

Ana de Armas fans–and moviegoers as a whole–have been granted an unusual opportunity: they can now sue movie studios for false advertising. A judge has ruled that studios can be held accountable for misleading potential ticket buyers, as Universal allegedly did...

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Shane Black on using Christmas in his scripts

Posted 4 years ago

There’s the standard holiday movie-watching fare of A Christmas Story, Home Alone and Christmas Vacation, but why not settle in this year with a Shane Black movie? After all, Shane Black seems to always be wanting to get you in...

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Hugh Jackman calls for mental health consultants on set

Posted 4 years ago

Actor Hugh Jackman is making a case for having mental health professionals available on movie sets, also suggesting that stigma could be hindering any progress. “There is a real lack of knowledge and ignorance and shame around the subject and...

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Zachary Levi assures fans he’s not being recast as Shazam

Posted 4 years ago

Considering all that’s going on at DC Studios, it shouldn’t be a surprise that rumors were spewing that Zachary Levi would be recast as Billy Batson aka Shazam. But as it turns out, fans can be rest assured that Zachary...

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Justified: City Primeval creators set viewer expectations, call show “very new”

Posted 4 years ago

Justified: City Primeval, the limited series follow-up to FX’s hit western Justified, comes out next year, and the creators are working to make sure that audiences are aware of the many changes. Justified: City Primeval co-creators Dave Andron and Michael...

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