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‘Daleks!': The Famous ‘Doctor Who’ Villains Are Getting Their Own Animated Show Every science-fiction franchise has its iconic monster.Star Trekhas the Borg,Star Warshas too many to count, andDoctor Whohas the Daleks. At first glance, these glorified salt-and-pepper shakers with a plunger look unimpressive, but something about these formerly low-budget creations have stuck in the public consciousness. They’ve gotten their own TV shows, movies, lunch boxes, and have even survived to become an important part of the modern-day revival ofDoctor Who....

‘Fast And Furious 10’ Revs Up For An April 2023 Release Date F9hit theaters in late June and many people have probably put it in their rearview mirror. If you look up ahead on the highway, however, you’ll see a big metaphorical billboard, complete with a release date, forFast & Furious 10(which is not the official title, but just roll with it, like a set of muscle car wheels).Entertainment Weekly(by way ofThe Hollywood Reporter) first broke the news that the untitled tenth film in theFast & Furiousfranchise will speed into theaters onApril 7, 2023....

‘Furious 7:’ James Wan Talks Paul Walker’s Role, Plus Box Office Record, Tribute Video, Fast 8 Rumor It’s aFast and Furiousworld, we’re just living in it. This past weekendFurious 7, the seventh film in the franchise, set the all-time April U.S. opening weekend box office record with a haul of $143.6 million. That also happens to be the 9th highest opening weekend of all time. Plus, the film grossed another $240 million overseas, for a grand total of $384 million worldwide on opening weekend....

‘Independence Day 2’ Licensing Poster Takes Aim At Planet Earth WhenRoland Emmerichfirst unleashedIndependence Dayon the world in 1996, major cities were under attack. Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles — each city was leveled when a city-sized spaceship set off a blast over an iconic building. InIndependence Day 2, it seems that idea is being expanded globally. A nice licensing poster for the film shows the aliens back in Earth space, but not floating over cities....

‘Jason Goes To Hell’ Director Co-Writing New ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Film Here’s a not-so tasty little tidbit that I’ll drop on your desk before scurrying off for the beginning of the Halloween weekend. Twisted Pictures, aka the folks behindSaw, haven’t forgotten that they were trying to make a newTexas Chainsaw Massacrefilm. I’d hoped they might forget but alas, someone wrote it on a post-it at the office. Now that the seventh and (probably not) finalSawfilm is out, it’s time to recall the story that really preached that “the saw is family....

‘Love And Monsters’ Trailer: Dylan O’Brien Faces Terrifying Creatures In The Sci-Fi Teen RomCom Out Today There are plenty of movies that aren’t getting released in theaters this year that audiences are hungry to sink their teeth into. Many of them have been moved to 2021, but this weekend brings the release of a movie that deserves the big screen treatment that has unfortunately been relegated to a small screen debut on premium VOD....

‘Queen Of The Desert’ Trailer: Werner Herzog’s First Narrative Feature In Seven Years It waspresumedWerner Herzog’sQueen of the Desertwould open in theaters last fall, but we’re still waiting on a release date for the biopic. After an underwhelming festival response, the wait makes sense. Herzog’s epic, starringNicole KidmanandRobert Pattinson, might not be the awards contender some predicted – but it’s still a Herzog film, so, awards worthy or not, it’s still on our radar....

‘Shadow And Bone’ Trailer: Netflix Debuts Its Next Epic Fantasy Series Prepare to enter the Grishaverse. Netflix is readying the debut its next big fantasy series,Shadow and Bone, based on Leigh Bardugo’s novel of the same name, which is set in a fantastical world where a lowly soldier and orphan (Jessie Mei Li) discovers she has extraordinary powers. Watch theShadow and Bonetrailer below. Shadow and Bone Trailer Shadow and Bonehas all the makings of being Netflix’s next big fantasy hit — an intriguing and unique premise, rich world building, stunning visual effects,Ben Barnes....

‘Stranger Things’ Producers Shawn Levy And Dan Cohen On Making Season 2 Of The Hit Series [Interview] Right from the opening ofStranger Thingsseason 2, the hit Netflix series expands in scope. Once you reach the the Duffer Brothers-directed season finale, though, it’s clear they still kept the already beloved characters front and center. Matt and Ross know audiences are streaming and bingeing for Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Sherriff Hopper (David Harbour), and friends, not what lurks in the Upside Down....

‘The Bay Of Silence’ Trailer: Sooner Or Later, Everyone Has Something To Hide Very attractive peopleClaes Bang (Dracula) andOlga Kurylenko(Quantum of Solace) play a very attractive couple suddenly spiraling down into a Hitchcockian nightmare inThe Bay of Silence. After this seemingly happy couple have a baby, things get bleak as Kurylenko’s character begins insisting she gave birth to twins while Bang swears she only had one child. Just what’s going on here?...

‘The Breaker Upperers’ Trailer: Netflix Debuts Quirky Unromantic Comedy From The Producers Of ‘Hunt For The Wilderpeople’ The New Zealand comedy scene has a new pair of stars in the form ofJackie van BeekandMadeleine Sami, the stars and directors of the quirky unromantic comedyThe Breaker Upperers. Van Beek and Sami star as two cynical women who open an agency that helps couples break up, but their smooth partnership is interrupted when one of them falls in love with a client....

‘The Little Hours’ Review: Nuns Go Wild In One Of 2017’s Funniest Films [LAFF] The Little Hoursis based on one of the tales found inThe Decameron, a collection of 14th century novellas from Italian authorGiovanni Boccaccio. But even if, like me, you’d never heard of that author before (let alone read his work), all you really need to know about this film is that it features a cast of hilarious people doing filthy, hysterical things....

‘The Simpsons’ Pulls Episode Featuring Michael Jackson From Circulation The Simpsonsis pulling one of its episodes from circulation following the airing of HBO’s eye-opening documentaryLeaving Neverland. The 1991The SimpsonsMichael Jacksonepisode “Stark Raving Dad” was considered a landmark achievement for the show as it cemented its place as a staple of the American comedy scene. The episode featured the voice of Michael Jackson, who anonymously voiced the good-natured New Jersey bricklayer Leon Kompowsky, a character who suffered from the delusion that he was the pop legend....