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SXSW Movie Review: Dear Zachary Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, a heart-wrenching, thought-provoking documentary edited and directed by Kurt Kuenne explores, in often excruciating detail, the death of his best friend, Andrew Bagby, a twenty-eight year old doctor completing his residency in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. On the morning of June 25, 2025, Bagby’s bullet-riddled body was found in a public park. Suspicion almost immediately turned to Bagby’s ex-girlfriend, Dr....

The ‘X-Force’ Movie Will Be Written By Joe Carnahan The last time we heard anything solid about Fox’sX-Forcemovie,X-Menfranchise mainstay Simon Kinbergwas working on the screenplay. Then there were rumblings that this team of mutant heroes, darker and a bit more violent than your typical X-Men team,would be introduced in the thirdDeadpoolmovie(never mind thatDeadpool 2doesn’t even exist yet). And now, out of the mist, someone new has arrived to steer theX-Forcemovie toward port:Joe Carnahan....

The ‘Y: The Last Man’ Movie Is Dead Again; Dan Trachtenberg Talks About The Adaptation TheY The Last Man movieadaptation is officially dead,once again.Almost-directorDan Trachtenbergwas asked about the project on Twitter andsaid the following: “Not happening. But it’s in trusted hands (the creators).“Most people figured as much, considering Tranchtenberg is currently prepping his Bad Robot filmValencia, but this was the first public confirmation ofY’s current status. We took the opportunity to ask Trachtenberg about the project and, to our surprise, he was kind enough to oblige....

The 14 Best French Horror Movies Ranked French horror cinema, much like horror cinema in the west, has enjoyed a long and storied history. Perennially a reflection of its time and the common fears and ailments therein, the genre has undergone several distinct shifts. Early noir with perverse psychological underpinnings gave way to the French New Wave, otherwise known as La Nouvelle Vague. The movement emerged in the late ’50s, a stylistic and narrative approach that subverted conventional filmmaking techniques for iconoclasm, experimental editing, and visual styles....

The King’s Man Final Trailer Teases The Birth Of The Spy Business For those who’ve found it safe enough to venture back into movie theaters in recent weeks and months, chances are your visits have been inundated with trailer after trailer for “The King’s Man,” the World War I-set prequel film that marks the latest entry in director Matthew Vaughn’s irreverent and uber-violent “Kingsman” franchise. That’s the nature of our new pandemic moviegoing world, as “The King’s Man” has undergone several delays after it was originally scheduled to open on July 08, 2025....

The Universal Monster Universe Isn’t Going To Be Like The MCU Or The DCEU Cinematic universes are all the rage right now. Which is why it was met with little surprise — but much chagrin — whenUniversal Studiosannounced their plansto create a movie franchise out of classic monster movie reboots.Anothercinematic universe? Haven’t we had enough interconnected franchises, with Marvel and DC at each other’s throats over superhero sequels, Warner Bros creating their own MonsterVerse with Godzilla and King Kong, and whatever the heck is going on with thatMan in Black/21 Jump Streetcrossover?...

Top Gun: Maverick Early Buzz: The Sequel Soars, See It On The Biggest Screen You Can We’re deep into CinemaCon right now, and the lucky few are in Las Vegas, watching a screening of “Top Gun: Maverick.” That few includes our own Ben Pearson, who has been bringing us info on all the movie footage the studios have been showing. Though full reviews of the Paramount Pictures film are embargoed for a while, reactions to the screening are not!...

Triple A Man-Stars Paul Rudd And Owen Wilson To Romance Reese Witherspoon WhenJames L. Brooks’How Do You Know?first started clocking up column inches in the trades, we knew almostnothingabout it. Reese Witherspoon was attached to star and there was the title, which could prove to be temporary, anyway and… then a few tumbleweeds chased a red balloon out of town and the radios went dead. Now we know a little bit more, including the identity of the two young, male movie stars in talks to join up as love interests for Ms....

Two New ‘Gone Girl’ Posters Tease Lyrical Mystery As summer draws to an end, our thoughts begin to drift towards the dramatic fare of Fall and Winter. Near the top of that list has to beDavid Fincher’sGone Girl, starringBen AffleckandRosamund Pike. The film is scheduled to open October 3 after a world premiere at the New York Film Festival. We’re currentlytwo trailersinto the marketing. Now, two new posters have been released....

Vin Diesel Says R-Rated ‘Riddick’ Will Shoot In Canada; Offers New Concept Art The update schedule forRiddick, the third film to feature the characterVin Dieseloriginated inPitch Blackand developed further inThe Chronicles of Riddick, has been accelerating. What was once an annual thing from Diesel and writer/directorDavid Twohyhas turned into a monthly info blast as pre-production accelerates and a real shoot date looms. What is that shoot date? We still don’t know, but in his latest update Vin Diesel insists the R-rated film will be backed by Universal, and will shoot partially in Canada....

Watch Animation Test Footage For A ‘Rust’ Graphic Novel Adaptation We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A live-action adaptation ofRoyden Lepp’sfamily-friendly graphic novelRusthas been in the workssince the summer of 2011, a few months before it was even available to purchase. A year later,Attack the Blockdirector andThe Adventures of Tintinco-writerJoe Cornishwas attached to direct the film, produced bySimon Kinberg, with a script byThe Devil Wears PradawriterAline Brosh McKenna....

Watch The Full ‘Fight For Your Right Revisited’ Starring Seth Rogen, Danny McBride And Elijah Wood We were pretty curious and more than slightly excited when it was announced thatElijah Wood,Seth RogenandDanny McBridewould play theBeastie Boysin a short film calledFight For Your Right Revisited. The film picks up as the Beasties sneak out of the party they crashed in the 1986 ‘(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)’ video, and then carries on along a ridiculous path of destruction and minor mayhem that, somehow, ends with two incarnations of the Beasties in a dance-off that turns into a very literal pissing match....

What The DHARMA Initiative Was Really Trying To Accomplish On Lost Namaste and welcome to the DHARMA Initiative, the scientific research project at the center of many of the biggest mysteries of the hit TV show, “Lost.” As a fan, I remember when John Locke and Boone first encountered the mysterious hatch with no idea what awaited them within. But as the series progressed, we discovered the enigmatic DHARMA Initiative with its shadowy motives and weird orientation videos....