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Even In 2018, Filmgoers Are In The Thrall Of Vampires Why are people so obsessed with vampires? The mythical creatures have been gracing our screens since the dawn of cinema, with 1922’sNosferatusetting a gold standard. Much like vampires themselves, their film depictions don’t seem to have an expiration.When you think of vampires, you probably think of horror, but the beauty of these immortal beings is they can be placed within any genre....

Fan Reorders Inception Trailer Footage, Speculates On Plot And here I thought thatIhave been watching theInceptiontrailers a bit too much. Filmmaker Jerome G. Villarin has watched the trailers so much that he took it upon himself tore-edit the footageinto something that makes more sense. He also proceeds to speculate on the plot, characters, and their motivations. Needless to say, I think he might be on to something. His recut trailer and analysis, along with my own thoughts, after the break....

Greta Gerwig Eyes ‘Little Women’ As Her Next Project; Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Stone, Timothée Chalamet All In Talks To Star Greta Gerwigmay have landed her next directing gig after making a splash with last year’s award-winningLady Bird. The Oscar-nominated director is reportedly eyeing aLittle Womenremake, which may have the most star-studded cast since the lastLittle Womenfeature film.Varietyreports that Greta Gerwig is in talks with Columbia Pictures to helm a newLittle Womenadaptation....

Here’s Your First Look At Michael Fassbender As ‘Steve Jobs’ We know now a lot about theDanny Boyledirected,Aaron Sorkinwritten movie,Steve Jobs.We know the cast,we know the structure, but we don’t know what that cast looks like as their real life counterparts. Primarily,Michael Fassbenderas Jobs himself. Universal Pictures has yet to release anything official, but some fans have been able to snap some – admittedly crappy – images of the cast on set....

Hoai-Tran Bui’s Top 10 Movies Of 2019 I don’t remember a year where I struggled more to narrow down my favorite movies. It’s almost ridiculous how jam-packed 2019 was with excellent films: from stunning debut features to contemplative epics by masters of their craft, to character dramas that plunged into unimagined depths, to cozy family fables that unexpectedly cut like a knife, to the embarrassment of riches floating in from abroad....

Hugo Weaving Explains Why He Didn’t Return As Red Skull For ‘Avengers’ Sequels One of the biggest surprises inAvengers: Infinity War, besides the sudden deaths of half the superheroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was the return ofCaptain America: The First Avengervillain Red Skull. Just as surprising was thatHugo Weavingdidn’t reprise his role as the Nazi villain, but was replaced byRoss Marquand. It was assumed that the reason Weaving didn’t come back was because hedidn’t sound particularly thrilledat the prospect, but now the actor has revealed the real reason for his absence in theAvengerssequels....

Hunter Stephenson’s Movie Review: Observe And Report (A Contender For Best Film Of 2009). Essay: The Genius Of Jody Hill Weekend Update: Due to the amazing bitch-session in the comments: the following article is a combination free-form essay/review on the genius, relevance, and influences of writer/director Jody Hill and his works includingThe Foot Fist Way,Eastbound & Down, and his latest,Observe and Report. It also deals with the growing trend of incredibly dark and conflicted American male anti-heroes in movies and TV....

Is ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Really The Final Movie? Thenew trailerforPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Talesfeatures some onscreen text that feels like a threat to Disney shareholders and a promise to everyone who wishesJohnny Deppwould just go way. “The final adventure begins” the trailer declares in-between shots of Captain Jack Sparrow prancing across dangerous ground andJavier Bardemdoing…whatever the hell Javier Bardem is doing in this movie (and whatever it is, I think I dig it)....

James Wan Says ‘Mortal Kombat’ Is “Still Cooking” But They’re Not Rushing Anything Just last month, some rumblings about the newMortal Kombatmovie that’s been in development for years came to the surface. Christopher Lambert, who played Raiden in the first video game adaptation,said that he was in talksto reprise his role and there was going to be a time travel element involved this time. However, pretty much all of what he said has been debunked by those close to the project....

Jason Scott Lee’s ‘Mulan’ Villain Is More Than A One-Dimensional Baddie [Interview] It’s been 26 years sinceJason Scott Leelast starred in a Disney live-action remake, as the hero Mowgli in 1994’sThe Jungle Book. But in the live-action remake ofMulan, he’s playing the villain. And not just any bad guy – one of the best bad guys of Disney’s animated films. But Lee relishes finally getting a chance to play a villain in a Disney film, even if it took more than two decades to do so....

Jensen Ackles Has His ‘Fingers Crossed’ For A Mysterious DC Superhero Role “Supernatural” fans, brace yourselves, because the man behind Dean Winchester might become part of the live-action DC Extended Universe. On Michael Rosenbaum’s"Inside of You"podcast, Jensen Ackles revealed that he has his sights set on a secret project at DC, and he’sreallyhoping to get to be a part of it. The whole discussion was very vague, because even talking about possible casting can cause executives to change directions, but it seems there’s a possibility that we could see Ackles doing the superhero thing sometime soon — and not just on the subversive, satirical TV show “The Boys....

Kevin Feige Bits: Avenger ‘Inhumans’ Denied; Plus Netflix Connections And ‘Thor 3’ Villain At the junket forCaptain America: The Winter Soldier, Marvel Studios presidentKevin Feigeoffered updatesAvengers: Age of Ultron,Doctor Strange,Black Widow,Captain America 3andmore. You might think that’s more than enough information on the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe but it’s not. Not even close. Feige has been asked, and commented, on many, many other things as well. To make due, we’ve compiled the first ever “Kevin Feige Bits,” quotes that are interesting but maybe not quite revealing enough for their own story....

Let’s Talk About The Chilling, Relevant Final Scene Of ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Regardless of how you feel about the film overall, the critically-acclaimedBlacKkKlansmanis one of the most of-the-moment films released in the past few years. Topical to both the past and present, combining comedy, drama, and yes, downright horror, it is hard to deny that it is one ofSpike Lee’s greatest films in recent years. Some may even rank it among his all-time best films....