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‘Captain America: Civil War’ – What Did You Think? Here we are: thesecondgigantic superhero movie showdown of 2016 is finally upon us.Captain America: Civil Waris finally in theaters everywhere and the early response has been generally positive. Somehow, we’re thirteen movies deep into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and these movies somehow still feel fresh. But here’s the important question: what did you think? If you haven’t seen the movie yet, feel free to read Ethan Anderton’sspoiler-free review....

‘Castle Rock’ Season 2 Confirmed By Hulu Hulu wants to stay in theStephen Kingbusiness, so they’ve given the go-ahead toCastle Rockseason 2. So get ready to spend even more time in King’s famous haunted town. In the past, creatorsDustin ThomasonandSam ShawconfirmedCastle Rockwill be an anthology, with new characters and stories each season. Which means you can expect a whole new world of King-centric horrors to come. Castle Rockseason 1 is currently engrossing large audiences each week, so much so that Hulu is more than willing to give it a second season....

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Spoiler Review: Making The Unfamiliar, Familiar Through Rom-Com Tropes (In ourSpoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry:Crazy Rich Asians.) “China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world.” That is the rather grandiose Napoleon Bonaparte proverb thatCrazy Rich Asiansopens with, setting the stage for a wild, escapist fantasy of a film that is both keenly aware and uncaring of the burden it carries....

‘Crazy, Stupid Love’ Trailer The last film byGlenn FicarraandJohn Requa,I Love You, Phillip Morris, took quite a winding path to get to theaters in the US. But their follow-up, a romantic comedy calledCrazy, Stupid, Love, was made with Warner Bros. and is already set to release this summer. The film starsSteve Carellas a 40-something guy whose relationship with his wife (Julianne Moore) disintegrates, leading him to seek image rehab advice from lotharioRyan Gosling....

‘Escape Room’ Review: A Surprisingly Fun Thriller That Completely Falls Apart In The End There’s something extra frustrating about wasted potential, especially when it comes to a movie. A film that’s bad from start to finish is easy to shrug off and forget all about. But the movies thatalmostget there; that almost stick the landing, only to falter and twist an ankle…those are the films that stick in your craw. “What could have been!...

‘Green Room’ Teaser Trailer: Patrick Stewart Promises Things Won’t End Well It’s rough out there at the multiplexes right now, unless all you want is to watchStar Wars: The Force Awakensfor the eighteenth time, but if you can hang tight for a few more months, some great films are just on the horizon. LikeJeremy Saulnier’sGreen Room. The thriller wowed on the festival circuit last year, and now it’s on its way to a spring release date on the U....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Director James Gunn Explains Rocket Raccoon As A “Mangled Little Beast” WithIron Man 3about to escape fully into the wild and Marvel’sThor: The Dark WorldandCaptain America: The Winter Soliderin various states of production, we’re moving closer to the point where things will be made clear about the studio’s next team movie,Guardians of the Galaxy. With Marvel’s other Phase Two movies being primarily sequels to established properties,Guardiansstands as the biggest curiosity on the studio slate....

‘Justice League’ Reshoots Added Some ‘Sexual Tension’ Between Batman And Wonder Woman Justice Leaguewill finally unite the world’s finest DC Comics superheroes, played by capital “f” Fine actors. And because this is a group of beautiful, superpowered people fighting to save the world, there will inevitably be some sexual tension between the men of the team and the lone female member. Basically, Batman and Wonder Woman are going to be flirting up a storm....

‘Life Of The Party’ Trailer: Melissa McCarthy Gets Wild At College We haven’t seenMelissa McCarthyon the big screen since theGhostbustersreboot arrived in theaters in the summer of 2016. But now she’s back with a new summer comedy that will take her back to school. Life of the Partyfinds Melissa McCarthy playing a housewife named Deanna who just got dumped by her husband. Realizing that she never followed through on her dreams of completing college, she decides to enroll in the same university as her daughter and live the college life she never got a chance to enjoy in her younger years....

‘Mad God’ Trailer: VFX Legend Phil Tippett Has Made A Stop-Motion Sci-Fi Horror Movie Phil Tippett, a visual effects pioneer who worked onStar Wars: A New Hope,Jurassic Park,Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,Starship Troopers, and more, has a stop-motion sci-fi horror movie on the way, and it looks amazing. TitledMad God, Tippett first had the idea for the film while working onRobocop 2. But whenJurassic Parkcame along, Tippett put work onMad Godon hold – and never really got back to it....

‘Maleficent’ Finds A Director In Production Designer And VFX Supervisor Robert Stromberg Over the past two years, Disney’sSleeping BeautyretellingMaleficenthas attracted the attention of several high-profile directors.Tim Burtonwas the first oneattachedto the project, back when it was first announced, andDarren Aronofsky,David O. Russell, andGuillermo del Toroare among the other names who’ve been rumored or who have expressed interest in the film. The man who’s actually landed the job, however, is somewhat lesser known....

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Review: A Sequel That Can Never Escape The Shadow Of The Original Mary Poppins Returnsis the cinematic equivalent of a cover band performing a beloved musical act’s hits: it recalls memories of what you loved when you were younger without stepping out of the shadows and working on its own. With Rob Marshall behind the camera, this 54-years-in-waiting sequel could have been a lot worse; of the three films he’s directed for Walt Disney Pictures, this is surprisingly the most tolerable....

‘RoboCop Returns’ Now In The Hands Of ‘Little Monsters’ Director Abe Forsythe District 9director Neill Blomkamp was previously working on a newRoboCopproject that would act as a direct sequel to the original 1987 movie, following in the footsteps of recent retcon sequels likeHalloweenin 2018 and this year’sTerminator: Dark Fate. Buthe left the projecttowards the end of this past summer, and now a new filmmaker is jumping into the director’s chair to take over the film being calledRoboCop Returns....