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Leonard Bernstein is one of the most important and influential composers in history, and one of the first American conductors to be recognized internationally. In addition to that, Bernstein was also a conductor, a pianist, a music teacher, and an author. He composed the music for 1944’s On The Town, 1950’s Peter Pan, 1953’s Wonderful Time, and 1957’s West Side Story (together with Stephen Sondheim and Jerome Robbins), among many other musicals and compositions....

The Good This is an interesting film that shows the hell of war for everyone involved in it. The Bad Letters from Iwo Jima is the second part of Clint Eastwood’s World War II opus that he began with Flags of Our Fathers. The first film focused on the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima, and how the need for U.S. support of that war created heroes where there actually weren’t any....

It won’t be a long wait to watch Lightyear at home, as it’s coming to Disney+ early next month. It was announced by Disney and Pixar that the animated feature will start streaming on Aug. 3 exclusively on Disney+. The streaming premiere date comes 47 days after the film had its premiere in theaters on June 17. A teaser has been released touting the film’s Disney+ premiere date, and you can check that out below....

Johnny Depp has been in the press much more for his personal life than his professional one recently. Having been the subject of one of the most talked about trials of the last decade, Depp is almost ready to put his tumultuous relationship with Amber Heard behind him and get back to doing what he does best on the big screen. One person who has remained silent throughout all of Depp’s legal issues is his daughter Lily-Rose Depp....

Anybody who’s tried to write a screenplay will usually blast through Act I, slam the brakes in Act II, then doomscroll their media of choice until the screenplay file becomes a permanent fixture in the hard drive, somehow even looking dusty as the shamefully disenchanted writer hurriedly scrolls past it forever. The truth is that starting a screenplay is fun — finishing is why it’s a job. And then, as soon as you’ve made it to the end, the real writing is in the rewriting....

The Good The Golden Girls is great TV that gets better with age. The Bad It’s the Fourth Season and this is the best they could do for extras? The Golden Girls: The Complete Fourth Season continues the exploits of Dorothy, Blanche, Rose and Sophia as four ladies who are living proof that age really is just a number. This season again sees our stars involved in romantic entanglements, personal problems and just about every other issue that people face as they enter their twilight years....

Notorious killer Michael Myers is set to return to Haddonfield on August 28th in Rob Zombie’s horrifying new sequel H2: Halloween 2. But theater screens aren’t the only place you’ll be able to see John Carpenter’s most famous creation. Starting October 2nd, Michael Myers and the Halloween franchise will add a cutting edge new attraction to Universal Studios Hollywood’s all-new Halloween Horror Nights in a feature titled Halloween: The Life and Crimes of Michael Myers....

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 will bring the Hogwarts franchise to a close on July 15, and it seems one of the key death scenes was changed from the original novel by J.K. Rowling. Be warned there are major spoilers below, so read on at your own risk. Art director Andrew Ackland-Snow revealed that the production changed the location of Severus Snape’s (Alan Rickman) death in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, a change which was approved by J....

It seems that Harry Potter and his wizard friends’ latest adventure won’t be seen in IMAX right away. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince won’t have an IMAX release until July 29, two weeks after it opens in traditional theaters on July 14. The delay stems from the decision to move the film from its November release last year to this summer. IMAX had already signed a deal to release Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen for a full month in IMAX and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has to wait until that commitment is over....

A new trailer for Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series, Hawkeye, offers a host of new footage as it puts the spotlight on Bumblebee star Hailee Steinfeld as young protégée Kate Bishop. The brief trailer also gives us our first look at The Many Saints of Newark star Vera Farmiga as Eleanor Bishop, Kate’s mother, who struggles to get head around the idea of her daughter assisting Clint Barton with an “Avengers-level threat....

The long-awaited TV adaptation of Naughty Dog’s smash hit The Last Of Us is finally on its way, and HBO Max has dropped a stunning teaser worthy of the beloved game. The captivatingly eerie trailer will leave both complete newcomers and those who have played the action-adventure classic waiting with bated breath. Originally released for the PlayStation 3 back in 2013, The Last Of Us follows smuggler Joel (played by Troy Baker) as he escorts a young woman named Ellie (Ashley Johnson) out of a quarantine area and across a post-apocalyptic United States....

The Batman franchise is one of the longest-running franchises in the DC universe. From the original Batman TV series starring Adam West to the cartoon TV series, Batman has seen remake after remake. Batman saw a huge surge in popularity when Tim Burton’s Batman starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson came out in 1989. Burton’s new iteration of The Dark Knight brought with it three sequels: Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin, each of which brought its own unique addition to the franchise....

Pixar Animation Studio has been responsible for the birth of some of the most popular—and best—movies in Western animation. They expeditiously rose to prominence after introducing full-length computer-animated films into theaters while establishing the tone of their brand. Pixar created original in-house content that would spark a reinvigorated cultural adoration for animation and inspire generations of future artists. Titles such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Cars, and countless others have served as staples in modern animated media....

Friends is easily one of the most popular and beloved sitcoms of all time. The amount of iconic lines and jokes that have come from the show in its ten-season run is endless. While the first season of Friends was released in 1994 and the final episode aired in 2004, the show is just as popular, almost twenty years later, and continues to reach new audiences due to streaming platforms such as Netflix and HBO Max....

HBO has just announced that Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, and Sonoya Mizuno have joined the cast of their Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon. The highly anticipated series is based on George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood, and it will tell the story of House Targaryen (a.k.a. the House that gave us the Mother of Dragons, Daenerys Targaryen) and take place 300 years before the events of the original groundbreaking series....

With the start of the new DCU, James Gunn needs to find a way to begin showing new characters in a fun yet efficient way. Though some characters will undoubtedly receive their debut on the big screen, some may be just as effective through their own streaming series. The question is whether he will take this path and learn from Marvel’s movie-first method or find his own way of going about introducing his expanded universe to the world....

While the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is still more than five months away, November 21 to be exact, it’s never too early to start promoting. Empire and USA Today have both just ran in-depth pieces on the latest Potter installment, with Daniel Radcliffe featured on the cover of Empire’s print publication. Click on the links above for each article and you can also take a look at the Empire cover below....

Warner Brothers and DC Comics have at their disposal both a great stable of superheroic characters, and a track record of having one of the most successful superhero films of all time under the belt, in the form of The Dark Knight. Additionally, the studio and comic company seem to be moving forward with a new Superman film, as well as Green Lantern, with The Flash on the horizon, but is there any possibility of seeing a movie featuring the entire Justice League?...

While it was recently announced that Gore Verbinski’s adaptation of the video game Bioshock, it seems that the director might not be able to make the picture at all. L.A. Times recently spoke with Verbinski about the film being put on hold and he revealed that he might not be able to direct the film. It was also reported in April that Verbinski wouldn’t be directing Pirates of the Caribbean 4 so he could direct Bioshock....

Hyde Park-Image Nation, Troika Pictures and Merced Media Partners have teamed up to produce thriller Careful What You Wish For with Isabel Lucas in the lead role. The thriller centers Lena, the young wife of a wealthy entrepreneur who leases a lake house next door to a self-conscious teenager. The two become involved and the young student gets more that he expected. Aquamarine’s Elizabeth Allen will be directing from a script provided by Chris Frisina....