Beauty and the Beast was a landmark movie in the history of animation and remains one of Disney’s most beloved films. After overcoming a tricky production and the tragic death of lyricist Howard Ashman, the film was released to universal praise. It became the first animated film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Feature […]
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One-off ’Mean Girls Day’ event comes three months ahead of release of new theatrical film.In a bid to drive engagement with younger audiences, Paramount chopped up its 2004 high school comedy Mean Girls into 23 segments and dropped the film on TikTok for free on Tuesday.The move, believed to be the first time a major […]
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October is the time for horror, which makes it a great time for independent movies.As long as independent movies have existed, horror movies have provided a huge bulk of the films made by artists outside the studio system. It’s one of the cheapest and easiest genres to make, with some of the best potential to […]
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I don’t know if Warner Bros.’s claim that The Exorcist is the “scariest movie of all time” is objectively true, but it is one of only three movies to scare the hell out of me on first viewing. And the second. And the third. Familiarity eventually bled out the scares, but I appreciated the film […]
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This article contains spoilers for “Star Wars: Ahsoka” episode 8 — “The Jedi, The Witch, and the Warlord,” As Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) makes his final preparations to return to his own galaxy, Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson), Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), Ezra Bridger (Eman Esfandi), and Huyang (David Tennant) do their best to […]
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This article contains spoilers for “Ahsoka” episode 8 — “The Jedi, the Witch, and the Warlord.”And with that, “Ahsoka” season 1 has come to an end. Though it now very much feels like the end of a first season that will give way to a second season, as there is much left to resolve. In […]
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This article contains spoilers for “Star Wars: Ahsoka” episode 8 — “The Jedi, The Witch, and the Warlord.”Well, the season finale of “Ahsoka” is somehow already here, and it definitely left us wanting more. That’s not to say that episode 8, “The Jedi, The Witch and The Warlord,” was lackluster or anticlimactic, necessarily. There was […]
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Joker is undoubtedly a character that has had the most bizarre portrayal in cinema over the years. From his red smile to his sarcastic remarks many iconic performers have taken a shot at the character to entice fans of the iconic Batman villain. However, it’s Joaquin Phoenix’s version that brought out a darker side of […]
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[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Only Murders in the Building” Season 3, Episode 10, “Opening Night.”]If you’ll allow a dreadful detective a brief moment to savor his sagacity: I absolutely called the cookie thing.Yes, technically, the poisoned Schmackary’s pastry was part of the penultimate episode’s big reveal — when the murder board’s […]
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Bradley Cooper wanted to fully immerse himself in the role of Leonard Bernstein for his sophomore directorial effort, “Maestro.”That meant Cooper, who co-wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the Netflix film, after much prep work, would often only appear in front of cast and crew after he had physically transformed to resemble Bernstein. Makeup artist […]
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