Will Horror Fans Watch the Nearly Silent Thriller ‘A Quiet Place’?
Hollywood has perfected the horror movie formula: a low-budget, a cast of up-and-coming actors, and a scary but clever concept. Last year’s wildly successful Don’t...
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Is TV Ready For Another Live-Action Video Game Series?
Live-action videogame adaptations are a Hollywood punchline, and yet the industry keeps trying, bless their hearts. Tomb Raider is the latest example, and Dwayne Johnson’s...
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Is Ready Player One Spielberg’s Last Big-Budget Hurrah?
Steven Spielberg is a national treasure, he’s responsible for some of the most memorable, most successful, and most award-winning movies over the last 45 years....
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Netflix Obtains The Entire Monty Python Comedy Catalog
"We are the knights who say, 'Ni!'"
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Hollywood’s Secret Fascination With Spoilers
Spoilers are the third-rail of popular entertainment, and the media is increasingly willing to grab it in order to snag a few more clicks, regardless...
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Why Does Netflix Bury Their Original Programming?
Netflix has bought or developed dozens of original series and films over the last decade, and some of them are quite good. So why do...
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Sicario Sequel Raises The Stakes And Escalates The Violence
Sony’s Sicario (2015) was a dark and powerful action-drama that posed serious questions about unchecked power and corruption in our never-ending drug war along the...
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Traditional Sports Leagues Are Rapidly Losing Ground to Esports
Competitive videogame-based esports leagues are gaining on the more traditional American professional sports leagues, and it’s probably too late to reverse the trend. Millennials, that...
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Indiana Jones 5 Begins Filming in 2019
Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark is an all-time classic — number 60 on AFI’s 100 greatest movies — but the most recent film...
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Final ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Trailer is an Emotional Rollercoaster
When’s the last time a movie trailer gave you the chills? I’m not talking about the ‘wow’ factor of visual effects or the shock value...
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Is Netflix About To Jump Into News Programming Too?
What is Netflix’s next big move in the streaming wars? They’re already burning through cash to amass a library of original content, to stay one...
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FX’s ‘The Americans’ is the Best TV Show Nobody’s Watching
After six gut-wrenching seasons of Cold War spy drama, FX’s The Americans is reaching an earned conclusion. Shame that almost no one has seen it....