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Why Don’t We Just Wait Here For A Little While, See What Happens: Ranking The Films Of John Carpenter For the past month, I’ve been revisiting the filmography ofJohn Carpenter, a filmmaker of extraordinary range and skill who spent a few decades churning out one masterpiece after another. And then, as luck would have it, Carpenter (who has all but retired) started entering the news again. First, Guillermo del Toro paid tribute to him witha brilliant string of tweets....

Will ‘Mr. Mercedes’ Season 3 Conclude The Series? [TCA 2019] Audience Networks’Mr. Mercedesreturned for a third panel for the Television Critics Association. The show is based on Stephen King’s Bill Hodges trilogy, with the third season adapting the second book in the series.Mr. Mercedesdirector Jack Bender and cast members were on the panel to discuss the new season.Season 3 adaptsFinders Keepers, the middle book in King’s trilogy. It introduces Morris Bellamy (Gabriel Ebert), a thief who ends up killing author John Rothstein (Bruce Dern) in a robbery....

‘Avatar 2’ Concept Art Takes You Back To Pandora The greatest box office phenomenon that barely made a dent in pop culture is coming back, and it’s trying to get you hyped for a return to Pandora. The lush alien planet ofJames Cameron’sAvatarwas admittedly one of the biggest appeals of the sci-fi film, so the director is wisely putting the spotlight on the beautiful world in four new pieces ofAvatar 2concept art....

‘Bates Motel’ Renewed For Two More Seasons Norma and Norman Bates' toxic relationship will continue for the foreseeable future. A&E has renewedBates Motelfor two more seasons, the show’s fourth and fifth. ThePsychoprequel starsFreddie HighmoreandVera Farmiga. More on theBates Motelrenewal after the jump. Varietyreports the next two seasons ofBates Motelwill consist of ten episodes each, just as the last three seasons have. But they’ll break from the pattern a bit in one major way: Both seasons will air in 2016, with production on the new episodes expected to begin later this year....

‘Black Klansman’ Trailer: Spike Lee And Jordan Peele Unite, And The Early Reactions Are In Focus Features has just unveiled the first trailer for a new undercover thriller calledBlack Klansman– orBlacKkKlansman, if you prefer its stylized title.John David Washington(Ballers) stars alongsideAdam Driver(Star Wars: The Last Jedi) in this incredible true story of a black police officer who infiltrated the notorious Ku Klux Klan hate group in the 1970s, and that’s not the only notable pairing of this film – it also teams producerJordan Peele(Get Out) with directorSpike Lee....

‘Brahms: The Boy II’ Star Katie Holmes On Being Creeped Out By Brahms And The Communal Experience Of Horror [Interview] This weekend will seeBrahms: The Boy IIcoming to theaters, bringing back the creepy doll with the piercing gaze and the unsettlingly innocent face. This time, Brahms is terrorizing a whole new family by way of a boy named Jude (Christopher Convery), who discovers the doll buried in the woods on the property of the Heelshire Mansion....

‘Good Girls Revolt’ Trailer: Grace Gummer Is Nora Efron In This True Story Turned Amazon TV Series We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Amazon has released the first trailer for their upcoming original television seriesGood Girls RevoltstarringAnna Camp(True Blood, Pitch Perfect) as Jane Hollander,Grace Gummer(Mr. Robot, The Newsroom) as Nora Ephron andJim Belushias Wick McFadden. Inspired by real events, the series follows a group of young female researchers in 1969 at “News of the Week” who go on a revolutionary journey, sparking change across their lives & the newsroom....

‘Her Smell’ Trailer: Elisabeth Moss Goes Punk For Alex Ross Perry Last year we sawA Star is BornandVox Lux. This year, the musician movie trend continues withHer Smell. Writer/directorAlex Ross Perryreunites with actressElisabeth Mossto tell this tale of a tortured troubadour totally tormented by her troubles. Moss is a former ’90s punk rock star who finds herself at her wits end, and reckoning with her past mistakes. Watch theHer Smelltrailer below....

‘I’m Thinking Of Ending Things’, The New Film From Charlie Kaufman, Hits Netflix In September I’m Thinking of Ending Things, the long-awaited new film from writer-directorCharlie Kaufman, now has a release date. The Netflix movie starringJessie Buckley,Jesse Plemons,Toni Collette, andDavid Thewlis, will premiere on Netflix in September. The film is an adaptation of the Iain Reid novel of the same name, but don’t be surprised if Kaufman is changing up the source material....

‘John Wick’ Sequel Will Make New Friends, But Keep The Old John Wickisn’t the only one who’s thinking he’s back for the sequel.Bridget Moynahan,John Leguizamo, and more have been set to reunite withKeanu Reevesfor the new film. And people person that he is, John Wick will be making a bunch of new friends and/or foes as well. Such as ones played byFargo’sPeter StormareandOrange Is the New BlackbreakoutRuby Rose. Get the rundown on theJohn Wicksequel cast after the jump....

‘Norm Of The North: The Keys To The Kingdom’ Trailer: Yes, This Is A Sequel Do you remember the polar bear movie starringRob Schneider? With a talking bear that decides to visit New York City? Neither do many people, but for some reason, we’re getting a sequel. Norm of the North: The Keys to the Kingdomis the follow-up to the 2016 Trevor Wall movieNorm of the North, which follows up on the titular bear, now voiced byAndrew Toth, as he gets the keys to the city because people love talking bears, I don’t know....

‘One Shot’ Adds Michael Raymond-James, From ‘True Blood’ And ‘Terriers’ The latest addition toChristopher McQuarrie’sOne Shot, an adaptation ofLee Child’s novel of the same name that is already set to featureTom Cruise,Rosamund Pike,David Oyelowo,Robert Duvall, andRichard Jenkins, isMichael Raymond-James. The actor had a role on the well-liked and sadly canceledTerriers, and has been a part ofTrue Bloodas well. Now he’ll have a chance to shine as Linsky, a criminal who works for the villain to be played byWerner Herzog, as Jack Reacher (Cruise) tries to uncover the truth behind a strange set of sniper killings in which they’re involved....

‘Page Eight’ Teaser Trailer: Rachel Weisz And Bill Nighy Spar In A Spy Thriller Despite gaining attention inThe Mummyand making the occasional appearance in something like Sam Raimi’sOz: The Great and Powerful,Rachel Weiszhas developed a talent for sidestepping most big studio movies in favor of more focused, and more adult fare. Her filmThe Whistlebloweris just opening now, and she’s got three films appearing in the Toronto International Film Festival next month....