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Universal’s Wizarding World Of Harry Potter Is Getting A Holiday Makeover By Jacob Hall/April 14, 2017 3:00 pm EST It’s easy to sound like a broken record when you’re talking about Universal Studios’ Wizarding World of Harry Potter, but it really is that impressive, that spellbinding, and that meticulously designed. If you’re a theme park fan, you owe it to yourself to check it out in either California or Florida if you haven’t already....

Watch Jimmy Kimmel Ride A Dragon, Do Carpool Karaoke & More In 2016 Emmy Opening By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 19, 2016 5:00 am EST Last night ABC’s late night host Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 68th Annual Emmy Awards, and he made the typically long-running ceremony a little more tolerable with his quick wit. As is customary for the show’s host, Kimmel partook in a fun opening number that saw him meeting up with some familiar faces from the world of television, all of which were nominated in some form for the awards handed out throughout the night....

‘A Cure For Wellness’ Promos: Gore Verbinski’s New R-Rated Thriller Movie Has The Cure By Jack Giroux/Oct. 19, 2016 7:00 am EST Director Gore Verbinski is coming off the biggest bomb of his career. Verbinski last directed The Lone Ranger, a movie which might’ve lost Disney $150 million. The western was greeted with a mostly negative response from audiences and critics, although it has some fans, especially when it comes to the film’s intricate, often dazzling third act set piece....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Casts ‘The Leftovers’ Star Carrie Coon As Proxima Midnight By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 16, 2018 7:30 am EST The cast of Avengers: Infinity War is growing to impossible numbers, adding new members every day (though it just can’t seem to make room for Jeremy Renner). And now directors Joe and Anthony Russo have revealed three new cast members that we hadn’t yet known about. One of them is Emmy-nominated actress and Film Twitter favorite, Carrie Coon....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 15, 2018 7:30 am EST Captain Marvel is shattering all kinds of glass ceilings. Not only will the film boast Marvel’s first solo female superhero, but the production has brought on the first female composer to score a major comic book movie.Variety reports that Pinar Toprak has been tapped to score Captain Marvel, making her the first female composer to score a Marvel film. This is a major breakthrough for all women composers, who rarely — if ever — get the chance to score a major feature film....

‘Easy’ Trailer: Joe Swanberg Comes To Netflix With A Star-Studded Cast By Angie Han/Sept. 15, 2016 10:30 am EST As if you don’t have enough fall TV to catch up on already, Netflix is throwing another new series our way next week. Easy is an eight-episode anthology series created by Joe Swanberg, following several adults as they try to navigate love and sex in modern-day Chicago. The characters include long-term couples trying to spice up their relationships, singles looking for a connection, and everything in between....

‘Insidious: The Last Key’ Trailer: Lin Shaye Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghosts By Jacob Hall/Sept. 5, 2017 8:00 am EST The Insidious franchise may have begun with Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne dealing with a demon in their home, but everyone quickly realized that demonologist Elise Reiner and her technologically proficient sidekicks Specs and Tucker were the real stars of the show. So how do you deal with the fact that Elise didn’t survive the events of the first film?...

‘Maleficent 2’ Lures ‘Pirates 5’ Co-Director Joachim Rønning By Ben Pearson/Oct. 3, 2017 3:00 pm EST Three years after Disney released Maleficent, a live-action exploration of the horned villain of their animated classic Sleeping Beauty, the studio is moving full steam ahead on a sequel. Angelina Jolie is set to return as the title character, and now a new report says that Disney is looking to keep things in the family when it comes to a director: they’re in talks with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales co-director Joachim Rønning to take the reins of Maleficent 2....

‘Passengers’ Trailer Teaser: A Brief Preview Of The Chris Pratt And Jennifer Lawrence Sci-Fi Romance By Jack Giroux/Sept. 19, 2016 3:30 pm EST We’ve seen trailers for most of the wide releases coming out this Christmas, including Assassin’s Creed, Gold, Collateral Beauty, Why Him?, and of course Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. One of the films we’ve yet to see a trailer for is director Morten Tyldum’s (The Imitation Game) sci-fi romance Passengers, but that’ll change tomorrow....

‘Rogue One’ Photos Reveal New Characters: Ghostly Mon Calamari, Jedha Pilgrims & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 16, 2016 11:00 am EST The most recent trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story revealed so much more about the first spin-off from the primary sci-fi saga, and we took a much closer look at all the new footage on display. Now some new Rogue One images are revealing more of the characters we’ll see in the movie....

‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Trailer: Miles Morales Swings Into Action By Ben Pearson/June 6, 2018 6:06 am EST We’re about to enter a cinematic universe where more than one person can wear the Spider-Man mask. After a long wait, half-black/half-Latino character Miles Morales takes center stage for the first time in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, a stylish new animated film that casts Peter Parker as a supporting player in another Spidey’s story....

‘The Post’ First Look: Tom Hanks And Meryl Streep Star In Steven Spielberg’s Next Movie By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 31, 2017 8:51 am EST There’s a new Steven Spielberg film due out before 2017 comes to a close and we haven’t had an official look at it. Until now. While we await an inevitable trailer for Spielberg’s new film The Post, a new image has appeared online, giving us our first glimpse at the historical drama that stars Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and one heck of a supporting cast....

‘Twin Peaks’ Teaser Brings Back A Haunting Theme And A Familiar Face By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 2, 2016 9:00 am EST There is a lot of anticipation regarding the return of Twin Peaks in 2017. Not only does the series follow-up coming to Showtime mark the first major directorial effort in 10 years from David Lynch, but it’s also reviving one of the most revered cult classic shows of all time, with a crazy roster of talent on board....

‘Widows’ Trailer: Viola Davis And Her Crew Have A Score To Settle By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 15, 2018 6:39 am EST Steve McQueen puts together one killer crew for Widows, a thriller that finds the wives of dead criminals banding together to pull off one big heist. With a cast featuring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki and Cynthia Erivo, and a script from Gone Girl writer Gillian Flynn, Widows looks like a must-see....

Academy Awards Still Have A Long Way To Go On The Path To Diversity [Video Essay] By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 28, 2017 6:00 am EST Despite the snafu in announcing this year’s winner for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, the fact that Moonlight came out on top after La La Land dominated the awards circuit all season is a big deal. It shows that Oscar voters may finally be embracing diversity in a big way, and not in a way that’s pandering to minorities....

Amy Schumer’s ‘I Feel Pretty’ Release Date Bumped Up Two Months By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 16, 2018 5:30 am EST Soon after the first trailer for I Feel Pretty made waves on the internet, STXfilms is moving the Amy Schumer-starring comedy up by two months. The female empowerment comedy debuted its first trailer just a week ago to buzz both positive and negative, but like its heroine, that seemed to be enough to inspire confidence in STXfilms....

Cool Stuff: Karl Fitzgerald’s ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Prints By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2017 10:00 am EST The Bottleneck Gallery, Poster Posse and Warner Bros has teamed up for a “Tribute Of Kong” art show in anticipation of the release of Kong: Skull Island. After the jump we have an exclusive premiere of artist Karl Fitzgerald’s three stunning Skull Island prints which were created for the show. Beautiful eh? I particularly like the one feature Bree Larson’s character touching Kong’s face....

Cool Stuff: The Incredibles Get A New Set Of Funko POPs, Mystery Minis & More By Ethan Anderton/April 15, 2018 8:00 am EST Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation are finally bringing The Incredibles back to the big screen with their eagerly anticipated sequel this summer. A new trailer just debuted before the weekend, and we’ll have a bunch of new details on the movie on Monday morning. But in the meantime, a slew of new merchandise from Funko has just been unveiled....

Dan Stevens Shot ‘Kill Switch’ In Four Days By Jack Giroux/June 17, 2017 12:00 pm EST Dan Stevens is having a phenomenal year. He starred in the wildly creative and imaginative FX series, Legion, which got picked up for a second season. He also co-starred in one of the best films of the year so far, Colossal, and was loved by millions in Beauty & the Beast, a movie that made over a billion dollars....

By Ethan Anderton/July 2, 2018 3:00 pm EST There are plenty of options out there for customers looking to cut the cord with their local cable provider. One of the more popular options out there is DirecTV Now. It’s one of the more reasonably priced packages that doesn’t require a contract with a cable company, but that price will go up slightly towards the end of this month. Following AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner for $85 million, it looks like the company needs to make some of that money back, because they’re raising the price of all their subscription packages by $5....