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Marvel Studios/Sony Pictures A new teaser announcing the release of Spider-Man: No Coming Home is out. The teaser features "Amazing Peter #3" by Andrew Garfield. Some Marvel fans take this as a nod to the possibility of The Amazing…

Warner Bros. Robert Pattinson plays the Caped Crusader in The Batman. The Matt Reeves-directed film hit theaters on March 4. Moviegoers are now wondering if it's better than Christopher Nolan's The black Knight. It was inevitable.…

20th Century Fox/Disney white men can't jump East a 1992 classic starring Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson. The film follows two street basketball hustlers who first try to hustle and then team up for a bigger score. It is now…

Image Getty A biopic about the late Michael Jackson is in the works. The film will be produced with the cooperation of Jackson's estate. Moviegoers react to the news with predictable confusion and disgust. Earlier this week, it was…

MGM/Warner Bros/HBO Max Warner Bros. announced that a sequel to the 1983 one A Christmas Story is under construction. Peter Billingsley, who played Ralphie in the original film, will star in the sequel. Production on the project is…

Image Getty The company producing Tom Cruise's next space movie plans to build a studio literally in space. Space Entertainment Enterprise has announced plans to launch a weightless sports arena and production studio. The hope is that…

Sony PicturesEditor's Note: This article contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Path Home. Here's your warning: spoilers for Spider-Man: No Path Home will follow immediately below the embedded podcast, so if you haven't seen the movie…

LionsgateAs she now approaches 60, the Keanu Reeves legend seems to be growing steadily. Apparently every week, a new story about Keeves' immaculate character makes its way to light. In fact, I just wrote an article on one person…

Netflix Netflix has released the first trailer for its upcoming sports comedy film Home team. The film, due out September 28, stars Kevin James as New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton. Yes, you just read correctly: Kevin James…

Marvel Studios / Sony Pictures Spider-Man: No Path Home premiered Monday night in New York and Los Angeles. After the film's debut, critics and reporters alike took to Twitter to share their spoiler-free thoughts on the epic MCU film.…

Sony PicturesA quarter of a century ago, superhero movies were a far cry from the giant industry that they are today. Apart from the first two Michael Keaton Batman movies and the original with Christopher Reeves Superman movies,…

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The only thing better than a tight-knit group of friends is when that group shares similar interests. Back in my college days, I looked forward to chatting about South Park with my friends at the lunch table more than watching the…

One of my strengths as an entertainment writer is my encyclopedic knowledge of certain aspects of pop culture. Name a movie and I can probably tell you what year it came out. Ask me who won the award for best actor in any year I was…

2021 has been a banner year on the reading front, but maybe not exactly what I expected. My grandson's entry into the world sent me to probe the depths of the Dr. Seuss and PD Eastman cannons, release the classics Berenstain Bears, and…

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NetflixHave you ever seen those fake scripts on Twitter that claim to be the result of thousands and thousands of hours of dialogue in an artificial intelligence program? The word "I forced a bot to watch over 1000 hours of movie / X…

Getty / Silver Pictures / United ArtistsI'll just get ahead of this one: I've never seen Relay. Being born in the 90s, I seem to have a blind spot for 80s movies, in general. Granted, given that I'm the author of the film on a…

Marvel studios Eternals was rated PG-13 for "brief sexuality". It is the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film to have this distinction since Disney acquired Marvel Studios. The film, directed by Chloe Zhao, hits theaters on Friday,…

Photos courtesy of Retailers When it's late at night and you're browsing streaming services, desperate for something to watch, you can only call one person: a family member or a movie buff friend. Maybe…

Getty ImagesAs Hollywood continues to move towards intellectual property and franchises, it becomes harder and harder to be a unique filmmaker in space. At least for some, it is. Edgar Wright, beloved director of films such as Shaun…

Sony Pictures Venom: let there be carnage is the sequel to 2018 Venom. Tom Hardy returns as the titular Venom symbiote while Woody Harrelson takes on the role of villainous Carnage. The film hits theaters in the United States on…

iStockphotoAfter 18 months of setbacks, delays, production stoppages and release date musical chairs, the movie industry finally seems to be reaching the light at the end of the tunnel, as the final three months of the 2021 calendar –…

The Governor of West Sumatra, Irwan Prayitno, has made a formal request to the Ministry of Communications and Information for the removal of a local language Bible app from the Google Play Store, which he says is…