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Glory Road has its share of clichés and is fairly one dimensional character-wise, but nonetheless surprises as an absorbing film. It’s the story of how the 1966 Texas Western Miners won the NCAA Basketball Championship with an all-black team. Led by an upstart coach, Don Haskins (Josh Lucas), the team faced extreme intolerance throughout their championship run. Derek Luke co-stars as star point guard and team leader Bobby Joe Hill. Glory Road does an excellent job recreating the racial injustice of that era....

Harrison Ford, 64, said at the inaugural Rome Film Festival on Friday that he feels “fit to continue” to play Indiana Jones despite growing older, according to The Associated Press. Ford added that he is delighted to team up again with directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for the film. Lucas co-wrote and executive produced the earlier films, which Spielberg directed. “We did three films that stay within the same block of time....

Based on Philip Pullman’s trilogy novel series, His Dark Materials is a fantasy drama that is set in a multi-world reality, with the narrative shifting from one world to another. It follows Lyra, portrayed by Dafne Keen, as she navigates through an alternate world, where human souls manifest as daemons, a sort of animal companion, to find a missing friend. In total, His Dark Materials has three seasons, with the most recent one that started airing in December 2022....

House of the Dragon narrates the events that happened two centuries before Game of Thrones (2011–2019) began. While the fantasy series portrays different ages and countries, both focus on strong female leaders of the House of Targaryen: Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Daenerys (Emilia Clarke). These women are exemplary rulers: they have a knowledge of leadership in their blood, and they can stand on their own and exercise their power. Daenerys, as well as Rhaenyra, care for their people....

The Exorcist is considered the scariest movie ever on a global scale. What makes it so horrifying isn’t an overuse of gratuitous blood, jump scares, or some seemingly unstoppable killer’s rampage, The Exorcist focuses on the human psyche. It gives viewers a disturbing look into the darker side of religion, where everyone is fair game, in this case a twelve-year old girl. From considerable controversy to acclaim, The Exorcist quickly turned into not just a horror icon, but a cinematic icon all across the board....

With season 2 of How I Met Your Father coming soon to Hulu, fans are wondering what’s to come from the modern sitcom. Debuting on Hulu in 2022, the series serves as a spinoff of the TV show How I Met Your Mother. The new show has a similar premise, but as the title suggests, the genders are reversed. Hilary Duff stars as a hopeless romantic looking for love while Kim Cattrall plays an older version of the character, serving as the narrator and telling the story of how she met the love of her life....

The two hosts of the revamped program The American Gladiators are back! Starting on January 6, NBC is bringing back the popular athletic competition with a brand new version of the show, hosted by Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali. I was fortunate enough to be in on a conference call with the two hosts, and here’s what they had to say. As the hosts, have you gotten a chance to try any of the events, and which ones do you think you’d be good at?...

MySpace TV is developing a short-form original series starring Beverly Hills, 90210 alumnus Ian Ziering, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series is based on “Man vs. Monday,” a comedic short film Ziering directed, produced and starred in that made the festival circuit in 2006. Ziering, who participated in a recent season of Dancing with the Stars, will co-produce with NuMedia Studios through his own iMan Prods. “In the entertainment industry there remains one constant: change,” Ziering said....

Ahead of its premiere on Paramount+ later this month, the official trailer has just been released for the series revival of iCarly. Airing on Nickelodeon for six seasons between 2007 and 2012, iCarly was one of the most popular teen sitcoms of its era, pulling in millions of viewers during its run on cable. Nearly ten years later, the powers that be at Paramount+ are bringing back Miranda Cosgrove as Carly Shay with the internet celebrity moving on from high school and now navigating through life in her mid-20s....

The Flash pulled off quite the coup when it brought back Mark Hamill as the Trickster, a villain he played in the original 90s DC superhero TV show. And it makes sense that The CW would want to bring him back again, as the Star Wars icon is quite popular with genre fans. But this time out, it appears that he may be playing a completely different character. And it’s sure to get ALL DC fans extremely excited....

James Gunn has been behind some of the most exciting DC projects of the last few years, and now Gunn has been appointed as co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios at Warner Bros. Discovery along with Peter Safran. The newly formed production arm of the studio will be responsible for overseeing DC output from Warner Bros. Discovery going forward. The new appointment comes hot on the heels of the departure of DC Films president Walter Hamada, whose role is yet to be filled, and is part of the continued overhaul of the DC franchise which has seen a number of priority changes, cancelations and the future creation of a new “Marvel style” ten-year plan for a more cohesive and potentially more lucrative DCEU....

Jeremy Renner is good at keeping secrets. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Disney+ and Marvel Studios are developing a Hawkeye series, starring Renner. However, when asked about the subject, the actor plays coy and changes the subject back to a running joke. Renner is currently out with the rest of the Avengers: Endgame cast who are promoting the upcoming movie and trying really hard to say the wrong thing....

Thor: Love and Thunder’s first teaser trailer finally arrived earlier this week, and instantly gained over 200 million views, becoming the fourth highest viewed trailer in its first 24 hour period. While some would think this is down to the popularity of the Marvel franchise, combined with the lengthy wait fans have had to see the first footage of Thor’s return, Peacemaker’s John Cena has a different idea and director James Gunn has agreed....

We are just over a month away from seeing James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad spinoff Peacemaker arrive on HBO Max and as you would expect it is time for the Warner Bros. marketing machine to kick into action and really get the series out under the noses of anyone and everyone who may be interested in the anti-hero’s solo adventure. For this reason, we have been treated to a new clip from the show, which revealed that John Cena’s Christopher Smith doesn’t have a lot of appreciation for the King of Atlantis, Aquaman....

News about Stephen Sommer’s G.I. Joe has been flowing from the International Toy Fair in New York City, including an image of the movie’s logo, and confirmation that Joseph Gordon-Levitt (3rd Rock from the Sun) will be playing the role of Cobra Commander. Entertainment News International reports on the news about Gordon-Levitt, as well as other hints about the film’s plot. According to their reports, Ray Park, who plays the role of Snake Eyes in the film, has actually considered getting an Arashikage clan tattoo....

With her character Izzie’s future left uncertain in the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy, one wonders whether Katherine Heigl will return to the show’s next season? According to The Hollywood Reporter, sources have said that Heigl’s option on the medical drama has been picked up, confirming she will continue on the show. The news comes on the heels of word leaking that Heigl’s pal on the show, T.R. Knight, won’t return next season....

One of the hottest directors in Hollywood is about to take a look at the other side of the war in Iraq. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow is attached to direct Held By the Taliban, a film based on the true story of kidnapped journalist David Rohde. The film will be based on The New York Times’ five-part article on Rohde, who was held captive by the Taliban for over seven months....

In the new film Alice, Keke Palmer plays an enslaved woman in 1800s Georgia who, after escaping her plantation, learns that it’s actually 1973. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the film is Krystin Ver Linden’s directorial debut and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition Section. You can view the trailer below. The trailer opens with a glimpse of how Alice lives before escaping. She later meets political activist Frank, who is played by Common....

If you ask Kevin Smith, it’s a bunch of baloney that Warner Bros. Discovery has shelved Batgirl when the film was pretty much already in the can. Months back, Batgirl had finished filming and was deep into post-production with test screenings taking place. Days ago, it was reported that the movie had been axed with its release fully canceled, meaning fans will not get to see Batgirl at all. It won’t have a streaming release nor will it be put into theaters, turning the project into “lost media....

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kyle Chandler has been tapped to play the lead in NBC’s drama pilot Friday Night Lights, based on the 2004 movie, while America Ferrera has been cast in the title role of ABC’s comedy Ugly Betty, based on the popular Colombian telenovela. Additionally, Matthew Lillard has signed on as the star of Fox’s one-hour pilot 13 Graves, which feature director Dominic Sena has come on board to direct, and Jay Harrington has been cast in CBS’ comedy pilot Sex Power Love & Politics....