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5 years, 5 seasons, 50 episodes and one actress that plays over 17 different characters – welcome to the world of BBC’s Orphan Black with its main star Tatiana Maslany. The plot follows an overarching corrupt clone science wherein the Dyad Institute has created countless clones to conduct a human experiment. The story throughout the series is kept fresh and gripping with the constant introduction of new clones and their personal lives....

Stephen King has been a master of horror for a while now: since Carrie first hit the bookstores in 1974, his books and stories are rich material for anyone who loves horror and dark stories. So, it is logical that Stephen King’s stories would also be adapted by the film and television industry. Brian De Palma’s Carrie was released in 1976 and earned Oscar nominations for Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie....

Friends come and go, but family is forever. However, it’s hard to say in today’s world how comforting that statement still is. The idea of a traditional family is one practiced less and less as the years march along, with the idea of what a ‘good’ family, let alone a functioning one, should look like. Nevertheless, it’s practically etched into human nature to crave that sort of familial bond, even to the point of putting our lives on the line to maintain it....

It was never going to take very long for images of Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy to leak from the set of Hocus Pocus 2 once the actresses arrived on set to reprise their roles of Winnie, Sarah and Mary Sanderson respectively. So it proved as on the same day that Disney dropped their official first look at the returning trio, a whole host of images and video from their 30 years-in-the-making return to the world of magic and witchcraft have already arrived online revealing the trio back in costume again....

Neil LaBute has been exploring the complex, often disheartening power struggles between men and women for three decades. His early work like In the Company of Men elicited some particularly vehement reactions, with some people calling him a misogynist usually because his male characters were awful, conniving, disgusting human beings. Then the famous playwright made Your Friends and Neighbors, Nurse Betty, and The Shape of Things, proving to everyone that he wasn’t a misogynist — just a misanthrope....

Is Daisy Edgar-Jones the next big thing in Hollywood? Let’s delve into how the rising star is primed for enduring success. Background and Early Roles Born in London to parents in the film industry, Daisy Edgar-Jones readily entered the world of acting at 17 years old. Rising to fame primarily in her home country as a star of multiple BBC television projects, Edgar-Jones was quickly becoming a household name in the UK....

In its five seasons, Big Mouth introduced multiple monsters that are anthropomorphized manifestations of human inner experiences, such as hormone monsters, the Shame wizard, the Anxiety Mosquito, and many more. Its spin-off series Human Resources offers a sort of behind-the-scenes look: an average day in a monster home office, unwinding in a bar after work, conferences and personal relationships. Judging by the 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes and positive reception from critics, the show managed to win over a following even beyond the fans of its predecessor....

December 23rd, known by many as Christmas Eve-Eve, will signify the return of everyone’s favorite Colonel Sanders-inspired detective, Benoit Blanc, in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Three years after Johnson’s finger-lickin’ good original set our cinematic taste buds ablaze with its 11 herbs and spices, including mystery, mayhem, and murder, the long-awaited sequel was released theatrically last month to great box-office and critical acclaim....

The MCU is home to many powerful villains, with the likes of Thanos, Ego, Loki, and Wenwu, just to name a few. However, none of them compare to the Avengers next big bad, Kang The Conqueror. Kang made his debut in Phase 4, as “he who remains” in the Loki finale, one of the many variants of Kang. But his appearance in the highly anticipated Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantummania will see Kang in his first official, and most likely extremely powerful appearance as the new main antagonist of the MCU....

The matchup for Super Bowl 54 has been set. The NFL’s biggest game of the year will be between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Two of the game’s most exciting young quarterbacks, Jimmy Garoppolo and Patrick Mahomes, will be going head-to-head in what is poised to be a possible look at the future for both the AFC and the NFC. Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs played against the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Championship Game....

The search for the next James Bond is still in its “early days,” according to long-time 007 producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who say they “still have to pitch prospective actors on the part.” Speaking with Variety, finding the new Bond is a lot more difficult than it might seem, with the franchise needing an actor able to commit to a decade of espionage outings. According to Broccoli, while many young actors may think they want to be the next actor to slip into the iconic tuxedo, there is a lot more to playing James Bond than you might expect....

The IMAX international release posted an estimated total of approximately $3.6 million from 70 IMAX screens during the weekend, with the IMAX network in Poland and Japan posting record openings. The film is still scheduled to open on 11 IMAX screens in China and one in Argentina in the coming weeks. The worldwide IMAX box office total is more than $39 million as of the end of day Sunday, December 27, 2009....

Jeffrey Katzenberg told many interested parties not to get their hopes up for the Shrek the Third DVD. In a story from Home Media Magazine, at “the Merrill Lynch Media & Entertainment Conference Sept. 18, DreamWorks Animation SKG CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg reiterated what he said during the company’s second quarter earnings call July 31: Shrek the Third will do well on DVD, but don’t expect any records.” Shrek the Third comes to DVD November 13....

Just one week ahead of WrestleMania, John Oliver took to Last Week Tonight to deliver a brutal and scathing rant about WWE. On the show, Oliver makes it clear at the start he has no problem with pro wrestling, and is actually a wrestling fan. After showing some clips of WWE’s more colorful moments from the past couple decades, the Last Week Tonight host makes it clear that he finds the product extremely entertaining....

Welcome back indeed! In his first television starring role since Welcome Back, Kotter, award-winning actor and producer John Travolta will star as defense attorney Robert Shapiro in the FX miniseries American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, from Executive Producers Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Brad Falchuk, and Dante Di Loreto. The two-time Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe Award winning Travolta will portray Shapiro, a key member of O....

John Wick star Keanu Reeves cannot wait to see someone else dishing out for revenge for once, with the actor eager to see Ana de Armas enter the world of Wick in the upcoming spinoff Ballerina. Speaking with Total Film, Reeves offers a few more details about Ballerina, revealing that the spinoff will be an affection companion piece to the John Wick franchise, and that Wick himself will enter the fray organically....

The Doom Patrol series has found its Cyborg. English actor Joivan Wade has officially joined the cast of the upcoming show, which is being produced for the DC Universe streaming service. Doom Patrol will follow in the wake of Titans, which is the first live-action series that will debut on the service when it launches later this year. Here is a character description of the new small screen version of Cyborg, aka Victor Stone, that’s coming our way....

At Comic-Con last month, Marvel’s The Avengers filmmaker Joss Whedon revealed he had not made a final decision on whether or not he will direct The Avengers 2. Today, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that Joss Whedon will both write and direct the highly-anticipated sequel. The news was revealed during a conference call announcing Disney’s quarterly earnings. Marvel’s The Avengers took the box office by storm this summer, raking in a massive $616....

Sometimes a story is so good, so compelling, so transcendental, that it needs to be revisited. This usually takes place during a different time or era than when it originally released, capturing the original audience and gaining a new band of spectators. In such a situation, the subject matter is the same as an earlier film or version but idistinctly, it is not a remake or a linear continuation of the original plot like a sequal or prequel would be....

Keenen Ivory, Shawn and Marlon Wayans are bringing their humor to Nicktoons as the kids channel has picked up the brothers’ first animated project, a series of specials titled Thugaboo. The specials, which will take a humorous look at the trials and tribulations of nine very different kids growing up in the inner city, will be themed around important times in kids’ lives, such as holidays and the first day of school....