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Tuesday, Jul 2

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‘Emmanuelle’ Trailer: Noémie Merlant Stars In A Reboot Of The French Erotic Drama

If you were a kid growing up in the ’90s and you had Showtime or Skinemax, you probably have heard of Emmanuelle. Unfortunately, the version you knew, likely the terrible Krista Allen-led Emmanuelle in Space movies, is far from what the…

‘Jackpot!’ Trailer: John Cena Helps Awkwafina Survive A Lethal Lottery In New Prime Video Action-Comedy

Everybody hopes to win the lottery someday, but getting the winning ticket comes with its own share of hassles. Family you never knew you had come out of the woodwork looking for handouts, friends try to scam you, and worse, some get…

‘Longlegs’ Trailer: Nicolas Cage Is A Serial Killer Hunted By Maika Monroe In Oz Perkins’ New Thriller

Talk about expert marketing; NEON has done a bang-up job on the promotion for Longlegs. The buzz surrounding the serial killer film has been building for months, and that’s with very few people having actually seen any footage from it.…

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Review: ‘Despicable Me 4’Mega-Minions Don't Equal Mega-Laughs As Latest Sequel Disappoints

Across six movies and nearly $5B globally, Illumination’s Despicable Me franchise has settled into a comfortable, all-ages wackiness. You’ve got the ridiculous antics, shrieks, and cartoon violence of the Minions for the kiddies, and…

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L.A. Burns While Tyrese Fights for Family in the Trailer for ‘1992’

1992, the year tensions boiled over following the bogus “Not Guilty” verdicts received by the cops who beat Rodney King. For our younger readers, what followed was apocalyptic for the city of Los Angeles as angry protestors took to the…

Monday, Jul 1

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DC Readers: Attend An Early Screening Of ‘Fly Me To The Moon’

We’re happy to offer our DC readers the chance to attend a free early screening of Fly Me to the Moon, Apple’s space race rom-com starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum! SYNOPSIS: Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, FLY…

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‘Trap’ Trailer: A Pop Star Concert Turns Into A Crime Scene In M. Night Shyamalan’s New Thriller

The comeback of Josh Hartnett has taken some odd turns, mostly because he needed a comeback at all. Once a red hot star in Hollywood, he chose to back away from the spotlight for years. It was his role in Penny Dreadful that seemed to get…

‘Hellboy: The Crooked Man’ Trailer: Jack Kesy Is The Big Red Demon In Latest Reboot Attempt

The nature of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy is that it walks pretty easily in the worlds of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror. While that’s a big reason why the character has remained popular for decades, it has made it difficult for Hollywood to nail…

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Donald Glover Reveals Trailer For His New Movie ‘Bando Stone & The New World’

A true renaissance man, Donald Glover wears many hats whether it’s as an actor in blockbuster movies and TV shows, or in his musical persona as Childish Gambino where he makes groundbreaking tracks. It was bound to happen, but Glover has…

‘Gladiator II’: First Looks At Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal & More In Ridley Scott’s Sequel

There was never a loud clamor for a sequel to Gladiator, Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic that won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. But after more than two decades spent in a quiet development quagmire, the sequel Gladiator II is right…

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Denis Villeneuve’s Next Movie Set For December 2026, The MonsterVerse Returns In March 2027

Denis Villeneuve’s coming back to theaters, and fairly soon after Dune: Part Two. But is his next film Dune: Messiah? THR reports that Warner Bros. has dated an untitled film from Villeneuve and Legendary Entertainment for December 18th…

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Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Opens Strong as ‘Inside Out 2’ Scores a Threepeat at #1

Inside Out 2 (review)- $57.4M/$469.3M 2. A Quiet Place: Day One (review) – $53M Amidst a disappointing year all around for box office revenues this “How it started” tale of a world decimated by alien creatures with hyper-sonic hearing…

Sunday, Jun 30

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Review: ‘Daddio’Sean Penn Drives Dakota Johnson Home in Christy Hall's Debut Feature

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Fresh off a plane, Dakota Johnson hails a cab outside some New York adjacent airport and just so happens to land in Sean Penn’s cab. Throughout their 97-minute journey into her apartment, the two bond, call each other out, and have one of…

Saturday, Jun 29

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Interview: Kevin Costner Talks ‘Horizon’ Aspirations, Love Of Westerns, And Making Movies For The Fans

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Kevin Costner is hoping to make this the summer of the Western. Or more specifically, the summer of Horizon: An American Saga. Opening this week is the first chapter of his frontier epic, which he envisions as a sprawling 4-film series…

Friday, Jun 28

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Review: ‘A Sacrifice’Eric Bana Tries To Save Sadie Sink From A Cult In Illogical Thriller

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Let’s face it, we’re all social beings. Even the most introverted person at times still requires some form of human connection and a sense of community. That’s what makes us, well us with our need for connection to make sense in a world…

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Marvel Can’t Help Itself, Reveals Too Much In Latest ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Teaser

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Marvel only has one movie coming out in 2024, but it’s a doozy. That would be Deadpool & Wolverine, which is one of the most anticipated movies of the year as it finally teams up Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, a pairing fans have been…

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‘The Duel’ Trailer: Dylan Sprouse And Callan McAuliffe Fight To The Death In Dark Comedy Arriving In July

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It’s always painful to be betrayed by a friend. Nowadays, the response might be to unfriend them on social media, but sometimes that’s just not good enough. Sometimes you need something more definitive; like a gentleman’s duel to the death…

Thursday, Jun 27

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Review: ‘Janet Planet’Julianne Nicholson And Zoe Ziegler Are Perfect In Annie Baker's In Annie Baker's Sharp, Languid Summer Dramedy

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Janet Planet is by no means a horror movie, but it starts off sounding like one. “I’m going to kill myself,” says 11-year-old Lacy, played by the wonderful Zoe Ziegler, over the phone to her mother, Janet, played by the always-terrific…

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‘Street Fighter’: Sony Sets Fighting Game Movie For March 2026

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Get your hadokens ready, fans! Following the news that Sony’s and Capcom’s live-action Street Fighter had lost its directors, Danny and Michael Philippou, the studio has decided the film will hit theaters (pun intended) on March 20th 2026.…

‘My Old Ass’ Trailer: Aubrey Plaza Goes Back In Time To Steer Her Younger Self’s Love Life

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Aubrey Plaza is another one of those actors that you could call “Sundance Royalty”. A fan favorite at the festival whether starring in raunchy comedies or going dramatic, as she did in the excellent Emily the Criminal just a couple of…

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‘Flight Risk’ Trailer: Mark Wahlberg And Michelle Dockery Star In Mel Gibson’s Sky High Thriller

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Tough to believe that eight years have passed since Mel Gibson directed Hacksaw Ridge, the acclaimed war movie that had six Oscar nominations and two wins. Gibson remains a risky prospect around Hollywood due to his past anti-semitic and…

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Review: ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’Lupita Nyong'o And A Superstar Feline Shine In Michael Sarnoski's Somber, Slightly Noisier Prequel

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John Krasinski established a less-is-more approach to A Quiet Place right from the beginning. Free from the cacophony of other noisy blockbusters, audiences were chilled to the bone by the near-silent world overrun by aliens that can track…

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DC Readers: Attend An Early Screening Of ‘Despicable Me 4’

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We’re happy to offer our DC readers the chance to attend a free early screening of Despicable Me 4! SYNOPSIS: Following the 2022 summer blockbuster phenomenon of Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, which earned almost $1 billion…

Wednesday, Jun 26

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Review: ‘Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter 1’Kevin Costner Saddles Up For An Ambitious, Overstuffed Western Epic

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Kevin Costner returns to the frontiers of the Old West for his passion project, Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter 1, a personal epic he’s been building towards for forty years. There is perhaps no modern actor more closely associated with…

‘Skincare’ Trailer: The Beauty Business Turns Cutthroat For Elizabeth Banks

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It’s impossible to go on TikTok or Instagram without running into someone’s social media beauty care storefront. The beauty business is no joke, and with so many competing for the same customers, it’s no wonder the industry has begun to…

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‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Trailer: The Dark Knight Returns To His Film Noir Roots In New Series From Bruce Timm, JJ Abrams, & Matt Reeves

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Fans of animated superhero shows of the ’90s must be pinching themselves right now. X-Men ’97 was more than just a nostalgia act for fans of X-Men: The Animated Series, it was a genuinely awesome revival that stood on its own. For those…

‘The Union’ Trailer: Halle Berry Drags Mark Wahlberg Into The Spy Game In Netflix’s New Action Flick

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Mark Wahlberg has played a covert agent plenty of times in his career, but never has he been dragged into becoming a spy by Halle Berry. That’s what happens in The Union, a new action film that finds Wahlberg as a normal guy who gets…

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‘Here’ Trailer: Tom Hanks And Robin Wright Reunite On Robert Zemeckis’ Inventive New Drama

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It’s been a long time since Robert Zemeckis had a critically acclaimed movie. Instead, he’s offered up stinkers like Welcome to Marwen, Pinocchio, and The Witches, all best left forgotten. But there was a time when Zemeckis was one of the…

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Review: ‘Kinds Of Kindness’Yorgos Lanthimos Returns To His Dark, Cynical Roots With Disturbing, Entertaining Triptych

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Kinds of Kindness is the second film in a year for Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, following last year’s Oscar-winning smash Poor Things. But where that fanciful Frankenstein riff ultimately found hopefulness in its story of sexual and…

Tuesday, Jun 25

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Get Your Hankies Ready for the Inevitable Tears from the Trailer for ‘YOU GOTTA BELIEVE’

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YOU GOTTA BELIEVE, the true story of a youth baseball team who needs to get better fast and is desperate to find the inspiration that will take their team to the top. That inspiration comes in the form of one of the player’s fathers who,…