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Pretty In Pink Had John Hughes Rewriting Scenes Over The Phone “Pretty in Pink"is another warm-hearted entry in the Brat Pack canon. It’s the classic tale of star-crossed lovers from opposing social classes made for the 1980s zeitgeist. Molly Ringwald plays Andie, a determined girl with an eye for fashion who lives in an impoverished Chicago suburb with her unemployed father. Her quirky best friend Duckie (Jon Cryer) follows her around like a lovesick puppy, but she is struck by Blane (a sparkly-eyed Andrew McCarthy), one of the rich and popular kids....

Sony Moves Battle: Los Angeles Into The Coveted “300” Slot I’ve been hearing great things aboutJonathan Liebesman’sBattle: Los Angelesfor a while now, and apparently Sony Pictures also think they might have a winner on their hands. They have moved the sci-fi war movie from it’s original February release (one of the worst months to release a big action movie) to the coveted “300” slot on March 11th 2011. Battle: Los Angeleswill go head to head with Disney’s 3D animated filmMars Needs Moms, and will play a week beforeThe Dark Fieldsand Paramounts animated filmRango, and two weeks before Zack Snyder’sSucker Punch....

Sorry, Fox Superheroes Won’t Join The MCU In Phase 4 After the huge Fox and Disney deal was announced, many people had one particular question: how soon until Fox’s Marvel characters likeX-MenandDeadpoolfind their way into the MCU? Now we have an answer: not for a while. TheDisney-Fox dealis happening, but don’t expect to see Fox’s Marvel characters like theX-MenandDeadpoolpopping up in the MCU anytime soon. Fans had hoped that maybe, just maybe, the Fox Marvel characters would find their way into Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Marvel Studios PresidentKevin Feigerecently confirmed (toThe Playlist) that’s highly unlikely:...

Spider-Man: No Way Home Passes Avatar As The Third-Highest Grossing Domestic Movie Ever “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has just accomplished yet another Herculean feat at the box office, overtaking James Cameron’s “Avatar” in North America. Indeed, after two months of dominating the domestic charts, the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become the third-highest-grossing film ever in the U.S. The question is, how long can Spidey hold onto the title?...

The Daily Stream: Taylor Swift’s All Too Well Is All Too Powerful (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Film: “All Too Well: The Short Film” Where You Can Stream It: YouTube The Pitch: Taylor Swift is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet and has been for some time....

The Joker, Lex Luthor, The Riddler To Appear In David Goyer’s Supermax? Get your most asinine soap joke ready in the comments, because it seems thatGreen Arrowwill be joined behind bars by a vast and infamous stable of DC villains inDavid Goyer’sSupermax.Latino Reviewtook a look at the script by Goyer (Batman Begins,X-Men Origins: Magneto) andJustin Marks(that newStreet Fighter) and reports thatThe Joker,Lex LuthorandThe Riddlerall make sweet cameos inside the script’s titular prison alongside a laundry list of other DC derelicts including: Blockbuster, Shock Trauma, Gemini, Cascade, Tattooed Man, Multiplex, Djinn, Merlyn, Pied Piper, Latarian Milton, Iron Cross & Heatmonger & Backlash (Aryan Nation), Calculator (yes!...

The Oscar Nominations Are Your Reminder To Actually Watch West Side Story And Nightmare Alley The nominations forthe 2022 Oscars are finally here, and quite unsurprisingly, certain films (“Dune”, “Power of the Dog”) have emerged as favorites ahead of the 94th Academy Awards. As with every year, there were some surprise contenders (delightfully welcome noms) such as Andrew Garfield being nominated for “Best Actor in a Leading Role” for “Tick Tick…Boom!...

The Quarantine Stream: ‘A Wilderness Of Error’ Tries To Solve A Mystery That Might Have Already Been Solved (Welcome toThe Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The TV Series:A Wilderness of ErrorWhere You Can Stream It:FX on HuluThe Pitch:A docu-series based on the book by award-winning documentary filmmaker Errol Morris that explores the story of Army surgeon Jeffrey MacDonald, who was convicted of murdering his entire family....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Is An Animated Fantasy Epic That Understands The Devastation Of War (Welcome toThe Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series:Avatar: The Last AirbenderWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: “Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.” So begins the beloved Nickelodeon animated seriesAvatar: The Last Airbender....

Tim Miller Also Believes ‘Deadpool’ Movie Is Close To Happening Ryan Reynoldsrecently said the long gestatingDeadpoolmovie took some"very small tiptoes forward.“Now, the film’s director has both elaborated on that and given fans another vote of confidence we’ll see the Merc With a Mouth sooner rather than later.Tim Miller, the director ofDeadpooland visual effects specialist who worked on multipleX-Menmovies, said screenwritersRhett ReeseandPaul Wernick(Zombieland, G.I. Joe Retaliation) have turned in a brand new draft of the meta-superhero script and pretty much everything is ready to go....

Warner Bros. Reportedly Wants To Avoid Working With ‘Auteur Directors Who Want Final Cut’ The Hollywood winds have been blowing in the direction of franchises and cinematic universe for a while, but it’s still surprising to see a studio make such a transparent move towards them and away from the creative forces that helped build the backbone of its modern era. A regime change at Warner Bros. may spell trouble for any movie that’s not under the DC Films,Harry Potter, orLego Movieflagships....

Watch The Trailer For ‘Monster Hunt’, The Highest-Grossing Chinese Movie Ever A movie titledMonster Hunthas just become the highest grossing Chinese movie of all time. The live action/CGI fantasy epic has now grossed $211 million worldwide after just two weeks of release. So what is Monster Hunt? Hit the jump to find out and watch the Monter Hunt trailer. Monster Hunt Trailer The trailer for Monster Hunt makes the film look like it could be ridiculously fun....

Watch: Red Band Trailer For ‘The Raid’ – The Best Kick-Ass Action Movie I’ve Seen In Years [TIFF 2011] When I walked into the theater today to seeGareth Evans’The Raid, I knew nothing about the film. I had heard some positive buzz coming out of the film’s midnight madness premiere last night at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival, but that that was it. I had no expectations, and no idea how hard my ass was going to get kicked by this Indonesian action movie....