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When Brad Silberling’s big movie adaptation of the classic Harvey Comics character Casper floated into theaters in 1995, it wasn’t just another family-friendly ghost story. Audiences warmed to its comedy, heart, and meta surprises so much that it became a solid success, and Casper has maintained a place in our regular Halloween rotation ever since. […]

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Now that James Gunn has successfully brought Superman into the DCU, all eyes have turned to the other half of the World’s Finest duo: Batman. In addition to the out-of-continuity Matt Reeves movie The Batman: Part II, production has begun on Batman film The Brave and the Bold. But we shouldn’t forget Gotham’s other caped […]

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It is an obscure piece of trivia to know that before William Shakespeare wrote what is often argued to be the greatest play in the English language, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, that he also had a son named Hamnet. It is therefore an even more esoteric fact that to this day, scholars […]

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Even those hyped for the upcoming release of The Mandalorian and Grogu have to admit that things look bad for Star Wars right now. Yes, we just got the end of Andor, an incredibly urgent and complex piece of sci-fi storytelling that somehow spun out of the memberberry-riddled prequel Rogue One. But outside of that, […]

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For 40 years, Back to the Future and its two sequels have thrilled viewers with their playful time travel mechanics, great lead performances, and incredible Alan Silvestri scores. But according to Michael J. Fox, there’s a more political reason that the trilogy resonates with modern viewers. “We live in a bully culture right now,” Fox […]

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Some DC fans are in their element this month because Zack Snyder just joined Instagram. The outspoken director almost immediately started posting a behind-the-scenes treasure trove from his career, including images from his time ruling the SnyderVerse. Inevitably, this has had an effect on those who would have loved to see more of Snyder’s work […]

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The trailers for The Woman in the Yard, released this past March, promised a scary movie with a delicious premise. One day a woman clothed in black arrives on the front lawn of a single mother’s home… and she refuses to leave. That’s the sort of premise that has made for many a tight, satisfying […]

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These days, when maverick director Paul Schrader talks about pop music, he’s usually praising Taylor Swift as “the light that gives meaning to our lives.” But back in the early ’80s, Schrader had the Boss on his mind. And in a new conversation with Deadline, Schrader reveals how an aborted movie project starring Bruce Springsteen […]

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Scott Derrickson has killed a lot of people. And a surprising amount of them have been children. Okay, no, Derrickson hasn’t actually killed people, but he has imagined many deaths and put them on screen, including the three mutilated tykes murdered by the Grabber in his most recent movie Black Phone 2. Black Phone 2 […]

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The new Apple TV documentary series Mr. Scorsese contains many wonderful anecdotes and insights into the legendary filmmaker’s history. Unsurprisingly but nonetheless refreshingly, we’re reminded that Martin Scorsese didn’t arrive fully-formed, making masterpieces like Taxi Driver and The Age of Innocence right away. Rather, he had to struggle for a bit and experience his share […]

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His name is Parker… Peter Parker. And nothing else. At least, that’s the rumor being reported in The Sun. According to an unnamed source, the paper claims that Tom Holland has been ruled out of consideration as the next James Bond because of his contract with Marvel and Sony to play Spider-Man. It’s not so […]

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As filming on Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues apace, Marvel fans who have been waiting for Stranger Things star Sadie Sink to appear on set have finally got their wish. But a first glimpse of Sink in the MCU has only led to further fan speculation about the character she’s playing in the wall-crawling fourquel, […]

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For Star Wars fans, George Lucas’ name will always be synonymous with galaxies far, far away. But more than a decade after selling Lucasfilm to Disney for $4.05 billion, Lucas has officially moved on from the juggernaut space opera media franchise. He’s unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In his lane. Focused. Flourishing, as the kids might say. […]

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In The Black Phone and its new sequel, Madeleine McGraw plays a young woman whose incredible powers saddle her with great responsibility. And she’s ready to play another. Talking with The Hollywood Reporter about taking the lead in Black Phone 2, McGraw took her shot at Marvel, launching her request like she’s launching a web. […]

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On June 16, 2023, Barry Allen, the fastest man alive, raced into theaters with The Flash. While he stuck around long enough for the movie to make back its production budget (but not its advertising budget), it soon limped away, putting an official end to the pre-James Gunn DCEU. According to director Andy Muschietti, it […]

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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande aren’t the actors who originated the parts of Elphaba the Wicked Witch and Glenda the Good Witch, but they’ve certainly made them their own. The 2024 megahit Wicked has made the duo a sensation, supplanting in the minds of some viewers not just The Wizard of Oz stars Margaret Hamilton […]

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The trailer for the upcoming Yorgos Lanthimos movie, Bugonia, situates itself firmly in the present, as it features pharma CEO Michelle Fuller (Emma Stone) singing along with Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” But a promotional website for the movie is a true blast from the past. Navigate over to Human Resistance HQ and you’ll find […]

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Horror has always had a moral element, from the monsters conjured in folk tales to scare children into good behavior, to the Puritan streak in slasher movies that punish teens who do drugs and have sex. But rarely has morality been so stridently vulgar and unapologetically Christian as it is Black Phone 2. Where else […]

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Turns out, there’s more to Method acting than just mailing rat poop to your co-stars. The infamous performance technique, in which actors get so deep into the role that they continue to stay in character after shooting has stopped, has become something of a joke recently, thanks to dumb tricks like Jared Leto harassing his […]

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