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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Tries To Wrap Up An Uneven Season 2 With An Ill-Fitting Bow By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 12, 2018 9:30 am EST (We’re going to kickstart our weekly The Handmaid’s Tale review by answering one simple question: Who suffered the most?) In the spirit of The Handmaid’s Tale’s spectacularly on-the-nose needledrops, I would like to compare the season 2 finale of the Hulu series, “The Word,” to John Mayer’s hit song “Daughters....

‘The Truman Show’ At 20: Jim Carrey’s Best Movie Is Still Delightful And Philosophically Rich By Joshua Meyer/June 5, 2018 11:00 am EST In 1994, Jim Carrey broke big, starring in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber, three box office toppers that catapulted the rubbery-faced comedian to global superstardom. There’s an entire generation of kids that went around quoting those movies, repeating Ace’s catchphrase of “Alrighty then!...

‘To The Wonder’ Review: Terrence Malick Steps Softly Towards Enlightenment By Russ Fischer/April 12, 2013 7:12 pm EST In the twenty years between Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, Terrence Malick was elevated from director who salvaged Days of Heaven only after years of editing, to cinematic messiah. His aesthetic approach was canonized, and actors flocked to work with him, no matter how small the part. Now, with two movies in less than two years (and at least two more on the way) Malick is being brought down to Earth once more....

2011: A Year In Movie Mistakes By Germain Lussier/Dec. 20, 2011 4:00 pm EST Most movie fans watch movies hoping for the best. We don’t want to see something bad, we want to be transported to another place and entertained for two hours so, even with a bad movie, we’ll try to find something good in it. On the flip side, if you watch a movie looking for the negative, you’re going to find it....

Banksy Denied Costumed Oscar Appearance; Los Angeles Works Removed/Defaced By Germain Lussier/Feb. 21, 2011 11:00 am EST Best Documentary has evolved into one of the most anticipated categories at this Sunday’s Oscar ceremony because of one man: Banksy. The famous street artist and director of the nominated film Exit Through the Gift Shop prefers to keep his identity a secret so the instant the film was nominated, certain questions began to arise....

Early Buzz: David Cronenberg’s ‘Cosmopolis’ Starring Robert Pattinson By Germain Lussier/May 25, 2012 1:00 pm EST A bunch of huge movies have been showing at Cannes this year and the latest is David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis starring everyone’s favorite sparkling vampire, Robert Pattinson. Based on a novella by Don Delillo, the film centers on a 28-year-old billionaire’s 24 hour trip across Manhattan to get a haircut as his entire fortune crumbles with each passing second....

Five Things We (Might Have) Learned About You From Our Top 15 Posts Of 2013 By Angie Han/Jan. 1, 2014 9:00 am EST What a year 2013 has been for movie news. Fox, DC, and Marvel all dropped huge announcements about their respective comic book franchises, Lucasfilm passed the Star Wars mantle to J.J. Abrams, and Jurassic Park 4 finally picked up steam after years of false starts — all as the YA adaptations, Biblical epics, and live-action fairy tales continued to pile up....

Flying High Now: How ‘Creed’ Undoes The Sins Of The ‘Rocky’ Sequels By Jacob Hall/Nov. 19, 2015 8:00 am EST Creed is a very, very good movie… but it’s a perfect Rocky movie. Here is that familiar, tried and true template given a fresh coat of paint and lovingly restored by people who give a damn. If you’ve ever liked any of the films in this series, this spin-off is going to get your blood pumping and eyes leaking....

Idris Elba As The Next James Bond? ‘Skyfall’ Actress Naomie Harris Says It Could Happen By Angie Han/Oct. 25, 2012 10:45 am EST With Skyfall not yet in theaters and Daniel Craig signed on for two more films beyond that, it’ll be some time before the world has to get used to a new James Bond. But that’s never stopped fans from speculating about who could take over the coveted mantle next....

It’s Never The Wrong Time For A New ‘Little Women’ Movie By Lindsey Romain/July 9, 2018 9:00 am EST What makes a story timeless? It’s a loaded question, with infinite answers, but there are certain through-lines when you take a monocled look. The stories that get retold, over and over ad nauseum, are elemental: hero’s journeys, love stories, arch enemies. Easily adaptable, impressionable by nature; no matter how they are told, how closely they adhere to origin, they feel new....

Rian Johnson And Duncan Jones Debate ‘Star Wars’ Vs. ‘Warcraft’ And It Is Delightful By Jacob Hall/Oct. 21, 2015 12:30 pm EST Twitter can be a wretched hive of scum and villainy that feels engineered to fill you with crummy feelings and ruin your day… but it can also be a miraculous forum on which to witness incredible people engage in incredible conversations about incredible things. Or at least super-nerdy things....

Sequel Bits: ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’, ‘Star Trek 3’, ‘Resident Evil 6’, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ By Angie Han/Aug. 19, 2014 9:00 am EST After the jump: The Star Trek 3 script is finally done, says Roberto Orci Read a test screening reaction to Mad Max: Fury Road Milla Jovovich’s pregnancy delays Resident Evil 6 Yes, that Twins sequel Triplets is still in development See Ron Paul in the Atlas Shrugged Part 3 trailer The two Mockingjay films will have “distinct stories” Rumor has it Halloween: The Next Chapter is coming “P” and “M” refer to Orci’s co-writers JD Payne and Patrick McKay....

Star Wars And Indiana Jones Prints Coming From Mondo By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2016 10:00 am EST Pop culture art company Mondo announced this morning that they are teaming with ACME Archives to create and offer licensed prints for Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Of course you now that Mondo has the Star Wars license for a very short time where they created some of the most amazing Star Wars art outside of Drew Struzan’s iconic illustrated posters....

Star Wars Bits: The Planets Of ‘Han Solo,’ Some Love For Aunt Beru, And Some Pressing Canon Questions By Jacob Hall/Oct. 13, 2017 4:30 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: A possible look at the planets featured in the Han Solo movie. An interview with the editor of From a Certain Point of View. Author Meg Cabot shares her love for Aunt Beru. Ron Howard shares more Han Solo set pics....

Superhero Bits: ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ ‘The Avengers,’ ‘X-Men First Class,’ ‘Green Lantern 2,’ Ant Man By Germain Lussier/May 17, 2011 12:00 pm EST [No photo] It’s happening. Christopher Nolan is now filming The Dark Knight Rises and some actual urban set photos have emerged. Want to see what they are shooting? Also, what is the film going to cost and why is the guaranteed blockbuster causing stress at Warner Bros....

Superhero Bits: Thor: The Dark World, The Avengers, Dredd 3D, The Dark Knight Rises, Tom Hiddleston, Iron Man 3 By Germain Lussier/Aug. 23, 2012 11:30 am EST Did Christopher Nolan and Joseph Gordon-Levitt discuss ramifications of the ending to The Dark Knight Rises? Want to see the t-shirt Tom Hiddleston chose with the best villain-inspired design? What exactly is Slo-Mo in Dredd 3D? How is set construction going for Thor: The Dark World?...

Superhero Bits: Wonder Woman NASCAR, Cut Deadpool Sex Scenes, Captain Marvel Olympian & More By Ethan Anderton/April 28, 2017 5:00 pm EST Which Guardians of the Galaxy comics should you read before seeing the Marvel Studios sequel? Would Val Kilmer be interested in playing Batman again? Which NASCAR driver will be sporting Wonder Woman on their car in some upcoming races? Will we ever see the extra sex scenes that were cut from Deadpool?...

Theme Park Bits: ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Ride Concept, Lunar New Year At Universal Hollywood, And More By Joshua Meyer/Feb. 17, 2018 10:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: See concept art for Hong Kong Disneyland’s upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp ride. Watch some video highlights of Universal Hollywood’s fun-filled Lunar New Year event. Gangs in motorcycle jackets would appear to be taking over Disneyland. Is it possible to speedrun Disneyland like a video game, and do everything on the map in one day?...

TV Bits: Read The Leaked ‘Community’ Talking Points Memo From NBC, Plus: ‘Mockingbird Lane’, ‘Game Of Thrones’, ‘Spartacus’, ‘True Blood’ By Angie Han/May 24, 2012 5:30 pm EST The latest development in this sad Dan Harmon / Community saga is a leaked memo from NBC instructing the shows actors on how to handle the topic while speaking to the public. Honestly, it’s not so much that the note itself is unreasonable or dishonest, but that now it’ll be tough not to listen for these same talking points when we see Joel McHale or Alison Brie field questions about it on some late night talk show....

Weekend Weirdness: Fubar 2: Terry And Dean Head North, Daddy Longlegs, Party Down Season 2, “The Fallon Effect,” Selleck Waterfall Sandwich By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 6, 2010 5:07 pm EST It’s a crazy, mixed up world and we are thankful for movies, excluding The Tooth Fairy starring The Rock, that offer proof. /Film’s Weekend Weirdness examines such flicks, whether in the form of a new trailer for a provocative indie, a mini review or…“what do you mean Merlin wasn’t real?...