Category: Movie News
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Heath Ledger Helped Jake Gyllenhaal See The Seriousness Of Brokeback Mountain
From the moment it was announced, 2005’s “Brokeback Mountain” was the subject of ridicule — “the gay cowboy film,” people called it. If anything, the movie’s box office success and three Oscar wins (including Ang Lee for Best Achievement in Directing) only egged comedians on. Indeed, long before his infamous homophobic tweets and stand-up jokes,…
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The Rings of Power: Is The Stranger a Blue Wizard?
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for all of Season 1 of The Rings of Power.As we learn from The Stranger (Daniel Weyman) in the season finale of The Rings of Power, the word Istar means “wise one” or “wizard”. There are many clues indicating who exactly this wizard is. To understand what the identity…
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Bruce Willis Credits The Cub Scouts With Kicking Off His Acting Career
There was an era of prime Bruce Willis where he was one of the most believable everyman tough guys in Hollywood. I mean, of course, he was in “Die Hard,” the gold standard of movies about regular guys kicking ass. It makes sense that a man with his mix of likability and coolness spent his…
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‘Black Adam’ Post-Credits Scene With [Spoiler] and More Easter Eggs Explained
Spoiler Alert: This story discusses several major plot elements throughout “Black Adam,” now playing in theaters.Dwayne Johnson has long promised that “the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe is about to change” with his movie “Black Adam.” Now that it’s finally released in theaters…will it change anything?The post-credits scene certainly hopes so. Fans had…
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The Winchesters: What Happened To John’s Father?
After a few years off the CW, the channel’s most enduring world of Supernatural has finally returned in the hit prequel series The Winchesters. Executive produced by Dean Winchester himself, Jensen Ackles, The Winchesters tells the story of how Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean’s parents, John and Mary Winchester, first met and fell in love.…
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‘Wendell & Wild’ Review: Henry Selick’s Stop-Motion Caper Reunites Key & Peele as Eye-Tickling Demons, but It’s a Very Light Cracked Bauble
“Wendell & Wild” has a gently insane macabre kick. It’s the new stop-motion fairy tale from director Henry Selick, who in the 30 years since “The Nightmare Before Christmas” has made just four features — “Coraline,” “Monkeybone,” “James and the Giant Peach” and now this one. Selick’s movies have the logic of dollhouse dreams, the…
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‘20th Century Girl’ Review: A Korean Teenager Navigates First Love and the Complexity of Female Friendship
Set in South Korea during the late ’90s, sentimental rom-com “20th Century Girl” offers local audiences a generous helping of nostalgia, while feeding Westerners’ growing appetite for content from the country that gave them BTS and “Squid Game.” Director Bang Woo-ri’s feature debut follows a 17-year-old as she navigates her life-changing first love and the…
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Before ‘Andor’: A Brief History of the Rebellion in Star Wars
After a few months of hiatus, new Star Wars content is here, with Andor on Disney+ a little more than halfway through its first season. Andor’s story leans more on the political thriller side of the franchise, which hasn’t been further explored yet — not on its live action shows, at least. Because, yes, Star…
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Andor: Cassian and Maarva’s Last Conversation Explained
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Episodes 1-7 of Andor.With the mixed results of the heist behind us, we join Andor, Episode 7, entitled, “Announcement” as the fallout of the rebel incursion is now everywhere. Cassian (Diego Luna), after unceremoniously killing Skeen (Ebon-Moss Bachrach), has taken his cut and clandestinely returned to Ferrix to…
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10 Great Horror Movies From Female Directors That Challenge the Genre
Throughout the history of horror movies, women have had an ever-evolving presence in the genre. From the early days of horror—with films like Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Wolf Man—female characters were often designated to being damsels in distress, fainting at the sight of a horrific monster. As slasher films became popular throughout…