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The newest film inZack Snyder’sArmy of the Deaduniverse recently released a short teaser clip for the newly released prequelArmy of Thieves. It starsMatthias Schweighöferas Sebastian/Dieter, German safecracker;Nathalie Emmanuelas Gwendoline;Stuart Martinas Brad;Ruby O. Feeas Korina; andGuz Khanas Rolph. In it, Dieter—who is addressed as “Sebastian” for reasons that aren’t readily apparent in the clip—is being introduced to his fellow heistmates. In the minute-long clip, it starts out with Dieter perplexed at the idea that Gwendoline and her three compatriots Karina, Brad, and Rolfe are the only members of the International Heisting Crew....

We can confidently sayBlack Pantherwill not be winning the Best Popular Film Oscar this year—nor will any other film. The controversial category was announced this summer as an addition to the Oscars for the upcoming 91st ceremony, and raised a lot of questions. Today, the Academy announced it has decided to postpone the Best Popular Film category, meaning it will not make its debut in February as originally intended. This is good news....

You might not expect a director best known for scaring the pants off audience with films likeSinisterandThe Exorcism of Emily Roseto be a natural fit for Marvel’s mass-scale, mass-appeal superhero universe, but if you ask studio headKevin Feigeit’s exactly that background that madeScott Derricksonthe right guy for the job. Not because their latest headlining hero is stepping into the world of horror – obviously that’s not happening – but because Derrickson has a knack for keeping one foot grounded in reality while the other dances in the realm of the supernatural....

Deadly spies in moviesare highly skilled at killing and going into hiding, but when it comes down to their loyalties, they may be patriotic or murky. But have you heard of Henry Faber? Portrayed byDonald Sutherland, Faber is a Nazi spy inEye of the Needle(1981) who is close to completing a mission that could change the direction of the Second World War. It was released the year afterSutherland’s Oscar snubfor his devastating performance inOrdinary People....

Satan’s SlavesandSatan’s Slaves: Communionare part of anunderrated Asian horror franchise that iswaiting to be watched on Shudder.They were big hits in Indonesia, both directed byJoko Anwar, a new horror master who deserves the recognition that other modern filmmakers, likeJordan PeeleandJuliaDucournau, have received. He can deliver intense, hellish thrills in the 2019 folk horrorImpetigoreorthe 2024 shockingGrave Torture, butSatan’s Slavesis where he entered the horror scene fora fun and frightening remakeof a classic Indonesian horror film that updates the scares for a new audience....

Already in the first episode ofTheFalcon and the Winter Soldier, the new Disney+ series has given us a fun little nod toSebastian Stan’s co-star inI, Tonya.In the pilot episode, we see Bucky Barnes working on his list of amends that he’s working through in his therapy. As we see him cross off a name, some familiar names are on the page like Shawn Eckhardt himselfPaul Walter Hauser! If you get to be the Winter Soldier, then you should also get to make references to your friends for fun!...

TheFast & Furiousmovies like to say how they’re all about family, but behind-the-scenes, the family may be fracturing. We already know thatVin DieselandDwayne Johnsondidn’t get along during filming onThe Fate of the Furious, and Universal isalready planning to spin offJohnson into his own series alongsideJason Stathamand possiblyCharlize Theron. Now it looks like another member of the “fambly” could be leaving. Yesterday,Michelle Rodrigueztook to Instagram to note thatFate of the Furiouswas now available digitally, but her comments didn’t stop there:...

The first episode of Showtime’sGuerrilla, which was envisioned largely by12 Years a Slavescribe andAmerican CrimecreatorJohn Ridley, ends with a shattering sequence. Two apprehensive, betrothed radicals, prison reform and civil rights advocates Marcus and Jas (Babou CeeseyandFreida Pinto), take a pipe and revolver into a hospital with an ambulance driver as a hostage to break out an imprisoned friend. A hospital employee is shot in the process and their exit is a gloriously fumbling mess....

If you’re trying to figure out what to watch on HBO Max in September 2021, try prioritizing one of the many movies destined to leave the streaming service this month. Indeed, while it’s understandable to be enamored of all the flashy new titles hitting HBO Max this month, time is running out to watch James Gunn’s excellentThe Suicide Squad, the director’s cut ofMike Flanagan’sThe ShiningsequelDoctor Sleep, the Oscar-winningFord v. Ferrari, and theHugh Jackmansci-fi dramaReminiscence....

Quentin Tarantinohas become one of the most renowned writer-directors in Hollywood, a singular voice whose scripts feel as though they could not succeed with the touch of any filmmaker other than Tarantino himself. But one of his greatest stories was brought to the screen by another director. In the early 1990s,Tony Scott, brother ofRidley Scottand master genre-auteur behindTop Gun,Crimson Tide, andMan on Fire, read a two of Tarantino’s scripts and wanted to direct both of them....

How insane can a need for adrenaline get? There are probably no limits to this answer, but there’s at least one franchise in cinema that was willing to go as far as possible in order to find out and entertain its audience.Crank: High Voltagepremiered in 2009 with a pretty different concept, which we’ll get to in a bit. Now, sixteen years later, the movie is climbing theMaxcharts and once again entertaining audiences....

Typically, when I interview a famous person for the website Collider dot com, there’s a touch of formality embedded within any attempt to be casual or vulnerable. Both parties know it’s a one-sided conversation, both parties know the celebrity is there to provide information for the writer to write about, and both parties know it will be over once the interview is over. This was not the case when I interviewed TV comedy legendJonathan Katzover the phone....

The hitCBSfreshman seriesTracker, which has already been picked up for a second season, is closing out its first run of episodes having brought Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley) back into the lives of both his sister (Melissa Roxburgh) and brother (Jensen Ackles) when they needed his help on different cases and he clearly has a ways to go before smoothing out relationships with each of them. At the same time, viewers got to know the team he relies on when he’s out using his tracking skills to solve mysteries for private citizens and law enforcement....