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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special arrived on Disney+ with great fanfare and reviews to match. For decades the phrase “Holiday Special” has sent chills down the spines of Star Wars fans, and many MCU fans were quietly fearful that the same thing could happen this time around. However, James Gunn is too well-connected with his characters and the franchise to make the mistakes of the Star Wars Holiday Special....

It was no secret that the younger brother of Spider-Man star Tom Holland was going to make a cameo appearance in the web slinger’s latest MCU venture Spider-Man: No Way Home. Whilst the blockbuster didn’t disappoint in so many ways, fans expecting to catch a glimpse of the burgeoning star were left wanting as his scene was removed from the final cut of the film. In the scene, Harry Holland was set to play a minor criminal who was caught by Spider-Man doing his rounds....

It’s confirmed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 is a box office record destroying machine. The finale movie in this magical series, which finds Harry defeating Voldemort in an epic duel, took in a massive $92.1 million during its first Friday of release. That is the biggest single day gross of all-time. Overseas, the film pulled in an additional $75 million, for a three-day-international total of $157.5 million....

Degrassi fans have been celebrating the news that HBO Max has revived the series for a ten-episode run next summer. After the sudden ending of Degrassi: Next Class on Netflix, it’s been unclear what would happen to Degrassi as a whole. Much of the franchise was available on the official Degrassi YouTube channel, allowing fans to continue to rewatch their favorite moments from the franchise, but there had been no news of a new series for several years....

The epic HBO series Game of Thrones has won a legion of fans, and Dark Horse has been working with HBO Global Licensing to provide this hungry audience with an entire line of collectibles from the hit series. Building on a collection of highly anticipated figures, three new Game of Thrones characters are making their worldwide debut this week: Tyrion Lannister, Ned Stark, and Khal Drogo. After public display at New York Comic Con, all three will appear in Diamond’s Previews catalog later this month for retailer and collector advance orders....

Many women have significantly and effectively challenged the institutionalized social system that men have dominated throughout generations. In the book Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit: Feminism and Digital Technology, Judith K. Brodsky sheds light on the societal and political differences women experience on a constant basis, and how they’ve been incorporated into artistic expression. In the age of digital art (with the aid of software, computers, streaming, and digital film) feminism has fully broken out into accessible, popular ways, and recent cinema has seen great strides in female empowerment through these digital, technological platforms....

When it comes to movies, we live in a world of tent pole franchises, sequels, re-imaginings, and reboots. These films are done to varying success and some perform better than others. Like any movie, it comes down to story, direction, and acting. You nail those three things, then you can make a pretty entertaining film…even if it is a reboot. One movie currently being discussed as a potential reboot patient is the iconic 80s horror film, A Nightmare on Elm Street....

In November 2021, the long-awaited drama/crime film House of Gucci, directed by Ridley Scott, was finally released. Expectations were high for critics and audiences everywhere, making certain letdowns about the movie even more disappointing. Based on real events, House of Gucci tells the story of Patrizia Reggiani, an ambitious working-class woman who falls in love with Maurizio Gucci, heir to the fashion empire known as Gucci. While the pair’s relationship is initially based on their deep, true love for one another, they quickly get wrapped up in the power, money, and prestige that comes with running Gucci....

Kogonada’s After Yang was mostly known for being a Colin Farrell film in which he once again proved why he’s above most actors of his generation. Between this, Thirteen Lives, The Batman, The Banshees of Inisherin, and North Water in the past year and a half, Farrell has been making everyone else look bad. The actor keeps proving over and over why he shouldn’t be overlooked when speaking of the best modern performers....

DreamWorks and Universal might be following Disney on their recent strategy of reviving their animated classics into live-action films, with the beloved How to Train Your Dragon rumored to be their first attempt after the incredible success of the franchise. After shining both on the big and small screen, the saga is set to expand its universe in a very different way. According to a posting of insider Daniel Ritchman on Patreon (via The Direct), Universal Pictures is in active development of a live-action version of the story of Hiccup and Toothless, which would be written and directed by Dean Deblois, who was in charge of the last two films....

While living amid a quiet hurricane season…so far, and the 17th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina soon approaching, Apple TV+ has an upcoming miniseries that is sure to raise memories. The Hurricane Katrina miniseries, Five Days at Memorial, plots a dilemma for doctors and nurses trying to decide who gets care and who gets rescued when supplies are limited. Cherry Jones (24) portrays the Director of Nursing, Susan Mulderick. As the head of the Emergency Disaster Committee, she quickly became the Incident Commander for Katrina, tasked with making impossible decisions about the 2,000 people inside the hospital when the hurricane struck....

The nominations for the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards were announced this morning. Here is a complete list of what got nominated: Best feature The Diving Bell and the Butterfly “I’m Not There Juno A Mighty Heart Paranoid Park Best director Todd Haynes, I’m Not There Tamara Jenkins, The Savages Jason Reitman, Juno Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park Best first feature 2 Days in Paris...

Marvel Studios is getting ready to start production on Iron Man 3, which starts shooting this May in Wilmington, North Carolina. A new casting call has been released, which reveals Scarlett Johansson will return as Black Widow, Gwyneth Paltrow reprises her Pepper Potts role, and Don Cheadle is back as Jim Rhodes in Iron Man 3. Take a look at this excerpt from the casting call. The casting call also offers a brief story rundown which indicates Tony Stark will be battling “real world villains” in Iron Man 3....

An argument could be made that using voiceover narration in movies is poor filmmaking, a compromise made by studios or directors that shows little regard for both audiences and fine art. After all, the power of film and television is a visual one — the screen can and should tell stories in a way that radio or literature cannot. The old adage for cinema has always been, “Show, don’t tell.”...

Blumhouse has thrived by releasing highly successful movies made with limited budgets, and a big part of how this came to be spawned from producer Jason Blum’s time spent working on the 2010 comedy Tooth Fairy. Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as the titular tooth collector, the film was produced with a much higher budget than most movies made with Blum on board. This gave Blum the chance to experience working on a high-budget feature, and as explained in a new Variety interview, it wasn’t at all what he expected....

Transformers: Dark of the Moon kicked off an early 4th of July weekend at the box office under a hail storm of bad reviews and shouts that it was making far less money than its predecessor Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. By the time the weekend was over, though, this news had been spun in a more positive direction with the Michael Bay directed sequel breaking various IMAX records. And quite a few red-blooded American audience members claiming an affinity for it despite what the hateful Bay-loathing critics had to say....

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the third season of the MTV ratings sensation Jersey Shore will premiere on January 6, 2011. The site spoke with co-creator and executive producer SallyAnn Salsano about what’s coming up in Season 3. Here are some excerpts from the Q&A session: The executive producer also revealed that Angelina ‘Jolie’ Pivarnick will not be back this season, although Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi’s friend Ryder would return, along with another one of ‘Snooki’’s friends, Deena:...

We are living in the age of remakes, reboots, and legacy sequels, and given the popularity of John Carpenter’s The Thing, this could be the next classic horror film to be given a modern update. Inspired by the John W. Campbell book Who Goes There?, the film was the second adaptation to be made following 1951’s The Thing from Another World. The 1982 movie was given a prequel in the form of the 2011 film also called The Thing, and while rumors of a direct sequel have persisted for years, such a film has yet to make its way out of development hell....

The writer discusses adapting the screenplay as well as his upcoming movie Anonymous, about William Shakespeare Writer John Orloff’s career began when Oscar winners Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg read a screenplay he wrote called Soul Of The Age, which is about the authorship controversy surrounding many of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays. That led to an opportunity for Orloff to write several episodes of the Emmy Award winning mini-series Band of Brothers....

Comedy Central has reached an agreement with Jon Stewart to extend the contract of the host of the critically- acclaimed and award-winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, it was announced today by Michele Ganeless, president, Comedy Central. Stewart, whose contract was set to expire at the end of 2008, will now remain with the all-comedy network through 2010. In addition to hosting The Daily Show, Stewart also serves as an executive producer and writer and is the principal behind Busboy Productions, Inc....