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‘His Dark Materials’ Unlocks “The Daemon-Cages” In A Thrilling Prison Break His Dark Materialsgives us our most action-packed episode yet, but one that may not be totally emotionally satisfying to longtime book readers. Afterramping up the stakes in last week’s episode, where we saw the horrifying consequences of a child being cut from his daemon, the season-long conflict wraps up a little too neatly in"The Daemon-Cages." This is the climax, supposedly, of all the child-kidnapping plots, all the intrigue, all the somber exposition about how daemons are the irreplaceable souls of humans beings....

‘Jumanji’ Reboot: Jack Black Will Roll The Dice With Dwayne Johnson & Kevin Hart If there are anyOrange Countyfans out there, and there really should be since it’s a sorely underrated comedy, we have some good news. The high school comedy with Colin Hanks in his first starring role also featured Jack Black as his slacker, drugged up brother. Why are we talking about this? Because the forthcomingJumanjireboot will feature a littleOrange Countyreunion thanks to the fact thatJack Blackhas joined the cast....

‘Kong: Skull Island’ Recruits John Goodman; More Plot Details Revealed There’s a lot we still don’t know aboutKong: Skull Island, but the one thing that’s becoming increasingly obvious is that it’ll have a really,reallygreat cast. DirectorJordan Vogt-Roberts' latest get isJohn Goodman, who joinsTom Hiddleston,Brie Larson,Samuel L. Jackson,John C. Reilly,Toby Kebbell, andStraight Outta ComptonbreakoutsCorey HawkinsandJason Mitchell. (Told you it was a fantastic lineup.) Get details on the John GoodmanKong Skull Islandcasting, as well as new info about the plot, after the jump....

‘Mud’ Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Goes On The Run For ‘Take Shelter’ Director Jeff Nichols With the releases ofBernie,Magic Mike, andKiller Joe, 2012 may very well have been the best year ofMatthew McConaughey’s career. And don’t expect to see that momentum flag in 2013. McConaughey is starting the year off withMud, a coming-of-age tale directed byJeff Nichols(Take Shelter). The Tree of LifeactorTye Sheridanand newcomerJacob Loflandplay a pair of friends who come across a mysterious man named Mud (McConaughey) hiding out in the woods along the Mississippi....

‘Punky Brewster’ And ‘Saved By The Bell’ Trailers Tease The Series Revivals Coming To Peacock Saved by the Bell Trailer The reboot/sequel toSaved By the Bellisn’t even trying to go by a different title. We’re right back at Bayside High School, only this time we’re following a new group of teens. However, it seems not too much has changed, because the newSaved By the Bellfollows Mac Morris (Mitchell Hoog), the son of the original show’s Zack Morris, who is just as much of a wise-cracking, smooth-talking bro as his father....

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Breakdown: The Details And History That Enrich “On The Wings Of Keeradaks” “On the Wings of Keeradaks” is the third episode of the “Bad Batch” arc ofStar Wars: The Clone Wars’final season. Streaming now on Disney+, it shows the troops of the Bad Batch, alongside Rex, Anakin Skywalker, and the newly rescued Echo, working to escape Skako Minor in one piece. It’s full of many little things that would be of interest to dive deeper into, so let’s take a look....

‘Tenet’ Release Date Delayed Indefinitely In a move that virtually everyone saw coming, Warner Bros. has moved theTenetrelease date yet again. The bigChristopher Nolanaction pic was meant to revive the stagnant movie theater industry and single-handedly save the summer movie season by opening in mid-July. However, as coronavirus cases continue to surge across the country, Warners moved the film first to July 31, and then to August 12. Now, the film’s release date has been pushed back again – indefinitely....

‘The Greatest Showman’ Review: A Con Artist’s Bauble Of A Movie…With Great Songs Oh, boy. Where to begin withThe Greatest Showman? Generally speaking, if you feel the need to cover something up, then it’s a pretty good indication that you know you’ve done something wrong. To that end, it’s a leading indicator of what you’re in for thatThe Greatest Showman’s cast includes Paul Sparks (always great, always underserved) as critic James Gordon Bennett, and saddles him first with the task of pooh-poohing the protagonists' efforts, and then begrudgingly admitting, “another critic might have called [the circus] a celebration of humanity....

‘The Little Drummer Girl’ Trailer: Park Chan-Wook’s TV Spy Thriller Looks Great Park Chan-wookassembles a splendid cast to tackle the work ofJohn le CarréinThe Little Drummer Girl. This marks Park’s first foray into television, and based on the footage below, the results won’t disappoint.Florence Pugh,Alexander SkarsgårdandMichael Shannonstar in the 1970s-set spy thriller. WatchThe Little Drummer Girltrailer blow. The Little Drummer Girl Trailer Seduction. Manipulation. Betrayal.Featuring Michael Shannon, Alexander Skarsgård, and@Florence_Pugh,#TheLittleDrummerGirl’s three-night event starts on AMC on 11/19....

‘Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made’ Review: A Weird And Delightful Detective Movie For Kids [Sundance 2020] The best part about an indie movie becoming a critical or commercial hit is watching what the filmmaker does next. Do they take that success and use it to helm a big-budget blockbuster? Do they follow up with another personal film? If you’re Academy Award-winning writer/directorTom McCarthy,you take the success of the hard-hittingSpotlightand make a detective noir movie for kids co-starring a 1500-pound “pet” polar bear....

‘WandaVision’ Actor Randall Park On How Jimmy Woo Represents The Audience, His Magic Hobby, And More [Interview] Will we see FBI Agent Jimmy Woo enter Wanda Maximoff’s sitcom world of Westview in an upcoming episode ofWandaVision? ActorRandall Parkisn’t telling. In fact, he can’t say much at all, given that we’re still in the middle of a season of television that’s heavily reliant on slowly doling out clues to a larger mystery....

‘We Summon The Darkness’ Trailer: Headbang To Some Heavy Metal Horror Crank up the volume for some heavy metal horror withWe Summon the Darkness. This festival fave finds three female metal-heads who get mixed up in something seriously satanic after a big concert. TheWe Summon the Darknesstrailer below teases the mayhem to come while also seeming almost maddeningly vague. There’s clearly more than meets the eye here. We Summon the Darkness Trailer I hate when trailers give away too many spoilers, but there is such a thing as beingtoovague....

‘Wonder Woman’ Gets A Rewrite, And Possibly Lynda Carter? In just a few short monthsDavid E. Kelley’s newWonder Womanshow for NBC has turned fans from optimistic onlookers to prognosticators of doom. CastingAdrianne Palickiseemed like a good move, and may well have been, but thefirst draft of the costumewas terrible, andrevisionsonly partially rectified things. But the costume isn’t the only thing getting revisions. More problematic is word that the pilot script kicks off a series that features “a reinvention of the iconic D....