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‘Jack The Giant Slayer’ Review: A Classic Fairy Tale Gets A Generic CG Makeover InJack the Giant Slayer,Bryan Singerengages in the time-honored tradition of taking a classic fairy tale and reshaping it to fit the times. Current trends being what they are, that means turning the film gritty and (relatively) realistic, with plenty ofLord of the Rings-style action. ScreenwritersDavid DobkinandDarren Lemketake the basic touchstones ofJack and the Giant Beanstalk— the poor farm boy, the magic beans, the scary giants — but introduce several brand-new elements to the story....

‘Lovers Rock’ Review: The Exuberant First Film In Steve McQueen’s ‘Small Axe’ Anthology Gets You In The Mood [NYFF 2020] Lovers Rockcomes in waves — waves of joy, waves of sensuality, waves of dread, waves of wild, shuddering fervor that only begins to wane once the dim light of morning starts to shine through. Taking place entirely over the course of one night, this first film in Steve McQueen’sSmall Axeanthology, which charts the lives and London’s West Indian community between 1968 and 1985, is a swooning mood piece that seduces and disarms you until you’re happy to let it lap over you, floating in the warm exuberance of a one-night reggae house party....

‘Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted’ Trailer - Now Bryan Cranston And Jessica Chastain Are Also Along For The Ride While theMadagascarfranchise has never drawn Pixar levels of respect (what does, really?), for kid-oriented entertainment you could do a lot worse that these films. The series has generally been cute, mildly amusing, and totally inoffensive — which may not sound like glowing praise, but that’s a lot more than I can say forAlvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked— and the newest entry,Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wantedseems to be along the same lines....

‘Pet Sematary’ Actress Jeté Laurence Had Fun Playing A Murderous, Undead Child [Video Interview] Young actressJeté Laurencehad a difficult task ahead of her when she joined thePet Sematarycast. Her character, Ellie Creed, goes through alotover the course of the film, starting off as a sweet, innocent kid before dying, then coming back to life as an evil, undead killer. Despite her age, Laurence handled the task like a pro, delivering a remarkable, memorable performance....

‘Ride The Eagle’ Trailer: Jake Johnson Reconnects With His Dead Mother Through VHS Tapes Jake Johnsonis perhaps best known for his role opposite Zooey Deschanel in the sitcomNew Girl, which ran for seven seasons on Fox. However, in recent years, he has also branched out and begun lending his talents to blockbusters such asJurassic WorldandSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. In the new movieRide the Eagle, he stars as a man whose mother communicates with him from beyond the grave....

‘Sopranos’ Prequel Movie Release Date Set For Fall 2020, Gets A New (Old) Title TheSopranosprequel movie now has an official release date – and a new title. Once thought to be retitled as simplyNewark, the movie has the official previous title ofThe Many Saints of Newark. And you’re able to expect to see it in theaters in the fall of 2020.SopranoscreatorDavid Chasewrote the film, withSopranosseries directorAlan Taylorat the helm.The Many Saints of Newarkis set in the 1960s, and will feature younger versions of severalSopranoscharacters....

‘Spirit Riding Free’: DreamWorks Announces Theatrical Film Based On Netflix Spin-Off Of ‘Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron’ It didn’t take us long to get to this point, when streaming and theatrical transformed into a metaphorical ouroboros eating its own tail.DreamWorkshas achieved that feat with its announcement of aSpirit Riding Freemovie, based on the successful Netflix series of the same name,itselfbased on the 2002 DreamWorks theatrical movieSpirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. Yes, you read that right....

‘Star Wars Resistance’ Image Reveals Characters, Possible Premiere Date Announced A recent Disney event revealed a brand-new look at character designs from the upcoming animatedStar WarsseriesStar Wars Resistance. In addition to the new image, we now have an idea of when the show will premiere. Get all theStar Wars Resistancedetails below. A recent Disney France Partners Event revealed a brand-new look atStar Wars Resistance, a new animated series set to premiere on Disney XD....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ And ‘The Mandalorian’ Details Revealed From Triple Force Friday Announcements Today brought theTriple Force Fridayannouncements for the first merchandise that will be released next week onOctober 4. While most of the fun was centered on toys of our favorite characters from the new trilogy, as well as some new ones, there were someStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerdetails revealed, as well as a tidbit from the upcoming Disney+ seriesThe Mandalorian....

‘The Clovehitch Killer’ Trailer: Dylan McDermott May Be A Serial Killer Dad Dylan McDermottmay be a serial killer. Or he may just be a really creepy dad. The upcoming thrillerThe Clovehitch Killerfollows a teenager (Charlie Plummer) who begins to suspect that his church-going father may actually be a bloodthirsty serial killer responsible for the deaths of at least 10 women. WatchThe Clovehitch Killertrailer below. The Clovehitch Killer Trailer Directed byDuncan Skiles, this IFC Midnight release follows teenager Tyler Burnside (Plummer) who starts to suspect that his dad Don (McDermott), a pillar of the community and a straightlaced churchgoer, may have been behind the slew of brutal unsolved murders that plagued their small Kentucky town more than a decade ago....

‘The Grudge’ Remake Is Now Cursed With A Lawsuit The upcomingThe Grudgeremake may be in a bit of trouble.Taka lchise, producer of the original JapaneseGrudge(Ju-on) franchise, has filed a breach of contract lawsuit, claiming that he was not offered a producer credit on the new movie. TheGrudgeremake is already filming, but this new development might curse it to an uncertain future. There have been 11 movies in theJu-on/Grudgefranchise, and up until now, the only problems anyone had to deal with were some extremely noisy ghosts....

‘The Jungle Book’ TV Spot: Bagheera Is Ready To Take Mowgli Back To The World Of Men When Super Bowl 50 unrolled a bunch of new TV spots for some of this year’s biggest movies,The Jungle Bookgot animpressive new full-length trailerthat finally showed the incredibly realistic computer generated animals talking. Even though it’s a little strange to see such incredibly detailed animals speaking like humans, it works surprisingly well. Now a new TV spot gives us a little more from the new adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic book about a boy (newcomerNeel Sethi) raised in the jungle who finds his life threatened by Shere Khan (Idris Elba), a tiger hellbent on keeping any trace of men out of the wild....

‘The Magicians’ Gets Musical Again With “All That Hard, Glossy Armor” This season’s much anticipated musical episode ofThe Magicianshas some great song covers, which range from sweet ballads to empowering anthems. On the softer side, there’sHale ApplemanserenadingSummer Bishilwith Al Jolson’s and Bing Crosby’s “Beautiful Dreamer,” as well as getting his groove on to The Pretenders' “Don’t Get Me Wrong.” On the louder side, we have members of the gang (well, projections of the gang from Margo’s mind) triumphantly singing Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again,” and Gnarls Barkley’s “Storm Coming....