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‘Resolution’ Proves All The New ‘Doctor Who’ Needed Was An Old Villain The 11th season ofDoctor Whoended with something of a whimper, so it was up to the New Year’s Day special to wrap upJodie Whittaker’s first year as the 13th Doctor with a bang. Thankfully,“Resolution"more than delivers. The newly established New Year’s Day special already had a high bar to leap after the BBC sci-fi series moved from its beloved Christmas Day slot that it occupied for 13 years....

‘Silent House’ - ‘24’ In A Haunted House, In One Shot [Sundance Review] For their sophomore film, the team that brought us the originalOpen Water,Chris KentisandLaura Lau, chosea senior thesis to unveilat the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.Silent House, a remake ofa Uruguayan film by the same name, sounds simple enough: a girl, her father and uncle are terrorized in their old, creepy house. What makes the film unique though is that it’s told in, mostly, one continuous shot....

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Will Feature Three Actors From ‘The Raid’ This is an unexpected yet awesome piece ofStar Warsnews to kick off the year ofThe Force Awakens.Twitch is reporting that three of the main actors from Gareth Evans’The RaidandThe Raid 2have roles inJ.J. Abrams’Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The actors in question are the lead actorIko Uwais,Yayan Ruhian(who played Mad Dog and Prakoso in the films) andCecep Arif Rahman, who played “The Assassin” and fought in the kitchen finale of the sequel (seen above right, with Uwais)....

‘The Boys’ Trailer: Superheroes Are The Enemy In Amazon’s Bloody New Series In a few days, Amazon will bring a new group of superheroes to streaming, except this crew of superpowered individuals don’t seem anything like good guys. In fact, Amazon’sThe Boysmay be bringing us the most morally questionable group of superheroes since theWatchmen. Irresponsible with their powers, driven by greed and fame, and generally too cocky for their own good, these superheroes need to be put in their place....

‘The Magicians’ Delivers An Episode For Longtime Fans With “Cello Squirrel Daffodil” There’s a lot of Chatwin action in this week’s episode ofThe Magicians, “Cello Squirrel Daffodil,” and not the usual appreciated cameo we usually get each season from the time-turning hedge witch, Jane Chatwin.One newly introduced Chatwin we spend time with is Plum Chatwin, Penny23’s traveler student who reappears in Brakebills three weeks after she first disappeared trying to find the source of the mysterious signal she keeps hearing....

‘The Matrix 4’ Cast Keeps Growing, Adds ‘Iron Fist’ Star Jessica Henwick Another day, another bit ofMatrix 4casting news. The latest:Iron FistactressJessica Henwickis set to join the sequel in – you guessed it – an undisclosed role. Every new cast member to the franchise announced thus far is playing a mysterious part we know absolutely nothing about, joining returning franchise actorsKeanu ReevesandCarrie-Anne Moss. Deadlinebroke the news about Jessica Henwick joining theMatrix 4cast....

‘The Photograph’ Trailer: Issa Rae And LaKeith Stanfield Fall For Each Other You may still be tidying up after last night’s Halloween celebration, but Universal already wants you to lock down your plans for Valentine’s Day. That’s when the studio is releasingThe Photograph, a new romantic comedy/drama starringIssa Rae(HBO’sInsecure) andLaKeith Stanfield(FX’sAtlanta). Check out the film’s first trailer below. The Photograph Trailer Will Packer, who is low-key one of the most successful producers in Hollywood right now with movies likeGirls Trip,Ride Along,Think Like a Man, and more under his belt, is producing....

/Film’s Statement On The Alamo Drafthouse, Harry Knowles, And Harassment In The Film Community Over the past few weeks, a number of allegations have rocked the film community in Austin and Los Angeles, and by extension, the online film community as a whole. The /Film staff has been closely following these developments both from afar and on the ground at Fantastic Fest, and we’ve spoken about it on the /Film Daily podcast (here,here, andhere)....

Angelina Jolie To Direct Brad Pitt In ‘By The Sea’ Offscreen,Angelina JolieandBrad Pittare one of the most famous couples in the world. Onscreen, however, they haven’t co-starred since 2005’sMr. & Mrs. Smith, which was mostly notable for being the movie that brought the couple together. But that’ll change withBy the Sea. Jolie is set to write and direct the Universal picture, and will also produce and star in it alongside Pitt....

Are These The 10 Most Beautiful Animated Films Ever? The technology behind animation has come a long way in a short amount of time, and with the help of state of the art computers, artists are able to create some truly mind-blowing and mesmerizing imagery in feature animation. And this begs, the question: what are the most beautiful animated films ever made? Well,CineFixtries to answer that big question with a new video essay that counts down theTop 10 Most Beautiful Animated Films of All Time....

Casting Notes: Paul Giamatti To Play Nikita Khrushchev; Russell Brand In ‘Hawkwood’; Jordana Spiro In ‘Trespass’ Paul Giamattiis moving from one historical television project (John Adams) to another: he’ll play former Soviet Union premier Nikita Khrushchev inK Blows Top. The odd name of the HBO film might be your first clue that this won’t be an ordinary revisitation of the cold war. The film will be based onPeter Carlson’s book of the same name, which details Khrushchev’s two-week American trip in 1959....

Concept Art For The Cross, Gattaca Helmer Andrew Niccol’s Next Film As we’vereportedearlier this year,Andrew Niccol’s next movie will beThe Cross, starringOrlando Bloom,Olga Kurylenko,John GoodmanandVincent Cassel. The $24m ‘sci-fi escape story’ is in production now in Australia, and is said to return Niccol to the sort of serious science fiction approach that characterizedGattacaand his script forThe Truman Show. Now we’ve got some concept art from designer Jean-Vinzent Puzos that shows a bit of what we can expect from the film....

Cool Stuff: Garden Jawa I live in San Francisco, so I don’t have a backyard or frontyard even, never mind a garden. But if I did have a garden, I would definitely own a Garden Jawa. LucasFilm is exclusively producing a small number of these to be available onStarWarsShop. It is now available for preorder for $34.99. Measuring close to a foot tall and crafted in durable all-weather resin, the Garden Jawa protects your tomatoes, zucchini, and daffodils from the dark side, armed with a garden tool bandolier, a garden hose, and a thumbs-up attitude....