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‘The Adjustment Bureau’ Movie Review: A Wild God Chase That Trips On The Details The Adjustment Bureaulooks at first like a thriller/romance hybrid; consider an alternate reality version ofThe Tourist, perhaps. But this film is not preoccupied with beauty; rather it contemplates the conflict between free will and predestination. That simple, eternal question becomes a sort of science fiction — something closer to theological fiction, really — when you factor in the Bureau, an organization that sees to it that mere mortals consistently adhere to ‘the plan....

‘The Aeronauts’ Trailer: Eddie Redmayne And Felicity Jones Take To The Sky To Change The World The Aeronauts, inspired by a true story, focuses on young widow Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones) and headstrong scientist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) as they set out to fly a hot air balloon higher than anyone in history, all with the hope of determining whether or not they can predict the weather. A newThe Aeronautstrailer has just arrived from across the pond, showing more footage from the high-altitude adventure drama....

‘The Witcher’ Season 2 Stops Filming After Multiple Positive Coronavirus Tests Production on the second season of the epic fantasy seriesThe Witcherhas been underway at Arborfield Studios, west of London, since August. But the Netflix series hit its first snag after resuming production as multiple positive COVID-19 tests were confirmed, forcing the show to stop shooting temporarily. Deadline has news onThe Witcherseason 2 stopping production after multiple positive coronavirus tests. None of the positive tests are among lead cast members, and those who tested positive have been isolated....

‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ To Screen At MoMA, Reigniting Futile TV Vs. Film Argument If you have yet to witnessDavid Lynch’s stunning, unclassifiableTwin Peaks: The Return, here’s some good news: New York City’s Museum of Modern Art is going to screen the full 18 hours of the limited event series for free. It’s part of a series on “the year’s finest films,” a classification that will likely reignite the never-resolved TV vs....

2015 Cannes Director’s Fortnight Lineup Features ‘Green Room,’ ‘Yakuza Apocalypse,’ ‘Dope’ The Cannes Directors' Fortnight is essentially a parallel festival that runs alongside the primary Cannes Film Festival, and the 2015 Cannes Directors' Fortnight lineup has just been announced in full. It includesGreen Room, fromBlue RuindirectorJeremy Saulnier— aka one of our most anticipated films of the year. It also includes Sundance faveDopeas the closer, andTakashi Miike’sYakuza Apocalypse.Seeing a Miike film programmed in a festival like this raises our interest in the movie....

Captain Carter Is The Crux Of Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ Animated Series And Will Return In Future Seasons Marvel’sWhat If…?animated series will soon take us across the multiverse with a remix of familiar stories from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. One of the most prominent characters in the marketing so far has been Captain Carter, a super soldier version of Peggy Carter (voiced by MCU starHayley Atwell) that puts a new spin on the origin story ofCaptain America: The First Avenger....

Casting News: Sandler & Aniston Head To Netflix, Jackman Gets A ‘Bad Education’, Stan Will ‘Beat The Reaper’ Several actors are jumping aboard a few high-profile projects, and we’ve rounded them all up for your convenience.Adam SandlerandJennifer Anistonare teaming for a new Netflix movie,Hugh Jackmanmight joinBad Educationfrom a producer ofLa La Land, andAvengersco-starSebastian Stanwill team with directorGore VerbinskiforBeat the Reaper. Murder Mystery Adam Sandler has already made a slew of films for Netflix, and now he’s getting Jennifer Aniston involved....

Chris Columbus Says He Struggled Shooting These Harry Potter Scenes At long last, the many creatives behind the Harry Potter films have reunited to celebrate their magical 20 year anniversary — that’s right folks, it’s officially been two decades since The Boy Who Lived first arrived in theaters. Try not to spiral down thegod-I-feel-oldrabbit hole just yet, because we have atonof trivia to unpack from the two-hour fun fact fest of “Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts....

Cop Thriller ‘Little Things’ Will See Denzel Washington Hunting A Serial Killer Denzel Washingtonhas played a lot of cops in his career, and now he’s set to do it again. Washington will star in the cop thrillerLittle Things, from a script byJohn Lee Hancock(TheHighwaymen). The acclaimed actor will play a deputy sheriff who teams up with a detective in order to track down a serial killer. As is often the case with cops hunting killers, Washington’s character has some dark secrets from his past that he must deal with....

Could Tron Appear In The ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Sequel? Bruce Boxleitnersaidlast month that he wasn’t sure if he’d be back forTron 3, but apparently there’s another sequel that’d be more than happy to have him. In a recent interview, directorRich Moorerevealed that he had originally wanted a Tron cameo inWreck-It Ralph. And while that didn’t pan out, he’s still got plans to work the character into a sequel. Hit the jump to keep reading....

Edgar Wright Recruits Everyone For A Totally Real, Not A Joke Simon And Garfunkel Song Title Universe With the uncanny coincidence of two Simon and Garfunkel-inspired movie titles,Marc Webb’sThe Only Boy Living in New YorkandEdgar Wright’sBaby Driver, coming out this summer, Wright made a tweet for the asking of others to join this accidental Simon and Garfunkel Song Title Cinematic Universe. Amazingly, Wright managed to recruitRian Johnson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, andDwayne Johnson, in what possibly might be the best imagined cinematic universe ever....

Exclusive: Jon Contino And Olly Moss' ‘Four Lions’ Poster Alamo Drafthouse Films have given us an exclusive look at the movie poster for their first release,Four Lions. The minimalistic poster was created byJon Continoand /Film favoriteOlly Moss. The movie, which premiered at Sundance, is an British indie comedy about a splinter cell of bumbling jihadists. I got to see the film recently, and it’s equal parts laugh out loud funny and “wow, this is just wrong....

First Look: ‘Unmatched: Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Brings One Of The Greatest TV Shows Of All Time To Your Table – And It’s Available For Pre-Order Right Now Unmatched, the board game series where characters from myth, legend, literature, and pop culture all clash in the nerdiest battle of all time, is heading to Sunnydale.Unmatched: Buffy the Vampire Slayeris a standalone game that lets players fight it out as Buffy, Willow, Angel, and Spike using detailed miniatures and cards featuring stunning artwork fromHeather Vaughan....