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Werner Herzog Plans To Create The Best Film School In The Universe A lot of people go to film school to do sissy things like ‘network’ and ‘make contacts’.Werner Herzoglaughs at you. While you’re making a film about the evolution of your bedroom, Herzog is going to be teaching the real filmmaking skills of a master to small groups of hand-picked students. What will you learn from the guy who directedAguirre,Grizzly Manand the newBad Lieutenant?...

‘Black Mirror’ Season 5 Trailers And Episode Titles Revealed Just a week after Netflix dropped the firstBlack Mirrorseason 5 trailer with the surprise reveal that the star-studded season would consist of only three episodes, the streaming giant has released three new trailers. Each trailer teases one of the individual episodes from the fifth season of theCharlie Brookertechno-horror anthology series, along with the official titles for the episodes. Watch theBlack Mirrorseason 5 trailers below....

‘Hannibal’ Season 2 Teaser And Promo Image: Hannibal Whips Up An Appetizer One of the best food shows of last year wasn’t really a food show at all. In fact, all of the food on it was stuff you’d never, ever want to eat. But the way Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) expertly crafts his meals and then plates them just so… our stomachs couldn’t help but rumble even as our disgusted brains were screaming “But that meal is made of people!...

‘Homeland’ Season 6 Will Address A Key Brody Question HomelandshowrunnerAlex Gansahas discussed some ofthe changeswe should expect fromseason sixof the acclaimed drama. Gansa is scaling back the depiction of terrorism, and the upcoming season “exists in a much more psychological way.” Maybe playing a role in the more psychological approach is how the show will handle a question involving, Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), her daughter Frannie, and Nick Brody (Damien Lewis)....

‘Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich’ Review: A Horrifying Look At How Money Can Buy Almost Anything If you ever needed proof that the ultra-rich play by a different set of rules, you need look no further than the story of Jeffrey Epstein. The billionaire spent years sexually abusing underage girls, and even after he was caught, he still managed to keep getting away with it.Lisa Bryant’s emotionally draining docuseriesJeffrey Epstein: Filthy Richseeks to explain how this happened – how Epstein continued to thrive while rubbing elbows with the rich and powerful....

‘Spirit Untamed’ Review: An Inoffensive But Cheap Rehash Of A Story You (And Your Kids) Have Seen Before Early in the history of DreamWorks Animation, there lay before the upstart studio two paths. On one side, there was the path of pursuing computer-animated stories that often boasted enormously famous celebrities, soundtracks with wall-to-wall pop songs, and pop-culture references to keep adults satisfied. On the other side, there was the path of making stories more in the vein of Disney Animation, hand-drawn tales of adventure and fantasy that hadn’t yet been mined by the standard-bearer of the medium....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Breakdown: The Details And History That Enrich “Common Ground” This post containsmajor spoilersfor the latest episode ofStar Wars: The Bad Batch. The Empire has occupied Raxus, the former capital of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Captain Bragg, the Imperial tasked with pacifying the planet, makes a very public show of strength and solidarity, using their Senator, Avi Singh, as a puppet to tell them it will all be okay....

‘Steven Universe Future’ Review: The Latest Episodes Blend Breezy Comedy With Melancholy Steven Universe Future: Hey Old FriendsAfter some rude awakenings, the next pair ofSteven Universe Futureepisodes dish out some optimistic respite while carrying over the despondency that has now plagued Steven Universe’s (Zach Callison) life.In the first episode, “In Dreams,” Steven is awakened by the arrival of his maniacal green Gem-pal Peridot (Shelby Rabara). He’s happy to reconnect with her over the reboot of their soap opera, Camp Pining Hearts....

‘The Third Day’: Jude Law, Naomie Harris HBO Drama Series To Have Live Component Where Fans Can Participate In London HBO is ready to get immersive withThe Third Day, a new limited series starringJude LawandNaomie Harris. The series tells several stand-alone (but also interconnected stories) over six episodes. Viewers will also be given the opportunity to get in on the action via “a major immersive theatre event”, although just what that entails is unclear....

‘The Tonight Show’, ‘Last Week Tonight’, And More Late Night Shows Returning Soon, Albeit In Altered Forms The coronavirus has significantly impacted the productions of practically every film and TV show in Hollywood, but as the saying goes, “the show must go on.” Late night shows are taking that saying to heart: while many productions remain temporarily shuttered, shows likeThe Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,Jimmy Kimmel Live,Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and more are finding ways to work through this crisis to keep you entertained during this bizarre, awful stretch of world history....

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Gets A Super-Sized Soundtrack Release From Mondo When your superhero movie’s runtime is just north of four hours, you’ve got to have a supersized soundtrack to match. AndMondois delivering, with aZack Snyder’s Justice Leaguesoundtrack release that comes in a box set of 7 vinyl discs. Naturally, it comes in black and white. Were youone of the 30%to make it through all four hours ofZack Snyder’s Justice League?...

/Film Exclusive: Tim Burton Discusses ‘Frankenweenie,’ Autobiography, And The Reliability Of Memory WithFrankenweenie,Tim Burtongoes back to a couple periods of his own history. One is his childhood, during which he was alienated from average school life, and found solace in monsters and movies. Another is his early career, when he created a short film for Disney that, creatively, was his first big success, and professionally his first major failure. Meant to run before the re-release ofPinocchio, the originalFrankenweenie, about a boy who reanimates his dead dog, was deemed too dark and weird, and shelved for years....

2016 Comic-Con Schedule: A Complete Listing Of Movies And TV Panels San Diego Comic con International will be underway in just a couple weeks, and finally the schedule of presentations and panels have been revealed. After the jump I’ve compiled a listing of all the big movie and television presentations for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and now Sunday. 2016 Comic-Con Schedule: The Big Movies and TV Panels My thoughts on Saturday: Holy cow....