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This Week In Trailers: Queen To Play (Joueuse), The Resident, The Return Of Uncle Benon, Without Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

This Week In Trailers: The Phantom Menace, Another WolfCop, Kaleidoscope, Automatic At Sea, Blame, Monogamish Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?This week we remain faithful, get a sequel that none of us were clamoring for, deal with miscarriage at Comic-Con, let our mind spiral out of control, go on a very bizarre vacation, and watch a teacher sexually harass a minor....

Tim Miller’s ‘Deadpool 2’ Would Have Featured The Thing From Fantastic Four Tim Millerdirected the firstDeadpool, but when it came time to makeDeadpool 2, Miller and star Ryan Reynolds didn’t see eye to eye. As a result, Miller left the sequel, and David Leitch took on directorial duties. But what would Tim Miller’sDeadpool 2have been like? According to Miller himself, it would’ve had a more “comic accurate” version of Cable, and perhaps most surprising of all, a cameo from Fantastic Four team member The Thing....

Wait, Did Spider-Man: No Way Home Just Mess With Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy? If you’ve already cried your way through “Spider-Man: No Way Home” in theaters this weekend, you might find yourself with some questions once the tears dry. The third Marvel Cinematic Universe “Spider-Man” movie is thrilling, heartbreaking, and full of cheer-inspiring surprises, but it also deals with some pretty lofty concepts.Themajor spoilersbegin now. The movie builds a multiverse on a wish, then reverses course, then throws a spell-based memory wipe on top of it....

Watch The ABC Fall 2018 Trailers: ‘The Kids Are Alright’, ‘The Rookie’, ‘A Million Little Things’, ‘Whiskey Cavalier’ And More ABC just unleashed a whole slew of new Fall TV trailers to prepare you for the upcoming TV season. There’s comedy, drama, and even a show from O.J. Simpson trail lawyer Marcia Clark. Below, watch trailers forThe Kids Are Alright,The Rookie,A Million Little Things,Whiskey Cavalier,Single Parents,The Fix, andGrand Hotel. The Kids Are Alright RememberThe Wonder Years?...

Watergate Drama From Producer Sam Esmail Will Star Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, And More Homecoming’sSam Esmailis bringing another podcast to television. He’ll executive produceGaslit, a drama that focuses on the “untold stories and forgotten characters” of Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal. The series is based on the popular podcastSlow Burn, which debuted in 2017, and the TV adaptation has lined up an impressive cast:Julia Roberts,Sean Penn,Armie Hammer, andJoel Edgertonare all set to star....

Will Eisner’s Classic Graphic Novel ‘A Contract With God’ Being Adapted To Film One of the enduring examples of the graphic novel as a form isWill Eisner’sA Contract With God, a collection of short stories that is often called the first graphic novel. It isn’t that, but it is a wonderful book, and a great example of why Eisner is considered a master of comic book storytelling. Now, and this was probably inevitable, there is a film version in development....

“Choose Your Own Adventure” Owner Files Lawsuit Against Netflix Over ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ Netflix’sBlack Mirror: Bandersnatchgot a lot of people talking when the interactive movie debuted on the streaming platform two weeks ago, but it also drew the attention of Chooseco, LLC, the children’s book publisher who owns the “Choose Your Own Adventure” trademark. Chooseco filed a lawsuit in federal court today, saying that Netflix infringed on their trademark and is “causing confusion, tarnishing, denigrating, and diluting the distinct quality of the Choose Your Own Adventure mark....

‘12 Years A Slave’, ‘Breaking Bad’ Lead 2013 Screen Actors Guild Nominations Ah, December: The month when all the awards buzz that’s been circulating throughout the year starts to solidify into actual nominations.12 Years a Slavehas been considered a strong favorite to win the season since moment it premiered at Telluride, and this morning the Screen Actors Guild threw their support of the slavery drama by nominating four times over....

‘Alien: Covenant’ Adds James Franco To The Cast After launching thePlanet of the Apesprequel franchise withRise of the Planet of the Apes, renaissance manJames Francohas joined another blockbuster prequel franchise. Even though production onAlien: Covenanthas been done for awhile, we’re just now learning that James Franco has a role in in the prequel sequel. That means we’re getting James Franco andDanny McBridein anAlienmovie, and that’s just weird to think about....

‘Black Panther’ Deleted Scenes Feature More Father And Son Moments Two newBlack Pantherdeleted scenes have found their way online. These scenes explore the bond between T’Challa and his father, T’Chaka, the former Black Panther. The other day, we shared aBlack Pantherdeleted scenefeaturing Okoye and W’Kabi. Now here are two new deleted scenes featuring Black Panther himself. Both these scenes revolve around one theme: T’Challa’s relationship with his father T’Chaka. Black Panther Deleted Scene: Voices From the Past This first clip, viaYahoo, features a young T’Challa talking with his father T’Chaka (Atandwa Kani), the original Black Panther....

‘Dinosaur 13:’ The Battle Over The Biggest T-Rex Man Has Found [Sundance ‘14 Review] Before 1990, only 12 Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons had been found, and they were all less than 40% complete. Then a group of South Dakota paleontologists found Sue, an 80% complete fossil. It was the biggest T-Rex find in history, and that 13th find is howTodd Douglas Miller’s documentaryDinosaur 13gets its title. The film tells the story of Sue’s discovery and, more importantly, the jaw-dropping events that occurred once the bones were out of the ground....

‘Evil’ Season 2 Trailer Reveals Paramount+ Premiere Date Just days after it was confirmed that CBS' acclaimed supernatural drama wasmoving from CBS to Paramount+, a newEvilseason 2 trailer has arrived. The teaser trailer, which features Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Aasif Mandvi, Michael Emerson, and more of its stars, set the premiere date for this June, exclusively on Paramount+. Evil Season 2 Trailer Created byThe Good Fight’sMichelle and Robert King,Evilis a supernatural thriller which follows forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard (Herbers) as she teams up with priest-in-training David Acosta (Colter) and skeptical carpenter Ben Shakir (Mandvi) to investigate supernatural phenomena that fall at the intersection of religion and science....