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Superhero Bits: ‘Crisis On Infinite Earths’ Fixes A Plot Hole, Snyder Cut Campaign Does Some Good & More What plot hole created byDC’s Legends of TomorrowdidCrisis on Infinite Earthsjust fix? What charitable thing didThe Snyder Cutcampaign pull off? When willMs. Marvel, Moon KnightandShe-Hulkstart shooting? What doesMad Max: Fury RoaddirectorGeorge Millerthink of Martin Scorsese’s comments on Marvel movies? What year didSteve Rogersreunited withPeggy Carterat the end ofAvengers: Endgame? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: The Batman Trailer In Glorious 4K, Ghost Rider Rumors & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: The latest trailer for “The Batman” gets released in 4K....

The 76th Annual Golden Globes Will Be Hosted By Andy Samberg And Sandra Oh The not-so-secret secret is that no one wants to host Hollywood’s award shows anymore. Comedians, talk show hosts and actors stand to gain nothing and lose a whole bunch by taking the gig. And yet, the show must go on. Yesterday, Kevin Hartstepped to the plate to hose the next Oscars ceremony. Now, we know who will host the76th Annual Golden Globe Awards:Andy SambergandSandra Oh....

The Best Movies & TV Shows Coming To Netflix In October 2020 During the month of October, Netflix will receive several new additions to its streaming library that we’re very interested in – shows likeThe Haunting of Bly Manor,Song Exploder, andThe Queen’s Gambit, and films like Ben Wheatley’sRebeccaand Aaron Sorkin’sThe Trial of the Chicago 7. But I haven’t seen any of those yet, so here are the best TV shows and movies coming to Netflix in October 2020 that Ihavealready seen and can easily recommend....

The Best Movies And TV Shows Leaving Netflix January 2022 Hang in there, folks. 2021, the nonstop roller coaster that none of us ever wanted to ride in the first place, is almost in the books and we can look forward to 2022 either giving us a much-needed clean slate … or just more of the same. I’m not a betting man, but I know which way I’m leaning. In any case, we thankfully have the distraction of movies and shows to keep us occupied as another month winds to a close and the Great Streaming Shuffle begins yet another cycle of titles jumping from one platform to another....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Batman: Under The Red Hood’ Remains One Of The Best DC Animated Movies (Welcome toThe Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie:Batman: Under the Red HoodWhere You Can Stream It:HBO MaxThe Pitch:Back in 1988, DC Comics decided to hold a poll for their readers: dial in and decide the fate of Jason Todd, the new Robin who had stepped into Dick Grayson’s shoes, after he had been kidnapped and held hostage by the Joker....

The Ring Vs. The Grudge Is A Real Movie And Here’s The Trailer To Prove It Since the early days of horror movies, audiences have always taken great pleasure in watching our most iconic monsters battle it out. In 1943, Frankenstein fought the Wolf Man in the appropriately titledFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. The two most famous giant beasts of all time threw down in 1962’sKing Kong vs. Godzilla. The kings of the ’80s slashers turned their bladed weapons on each other in 2003’sFreddy vs....

The Surprising Way 2001: A Space Odyssey Influenced Silence Of The Lambs You know the voice. It’s calm, collected, barely tinged with emotion or emphasis. When you listen to it speaking, you find yourself both soothed by it and also disturbed, the cadence so calming it almost feels like a threat. If you’re a fan ofJonathan Demme’s “The Silence of the Lambs,“perhaps this description reminds you of the voice Anthony Hopkins chose to use inhis assured portrayal of Hannibal Lecter....

This Week In Trailers: The Preppie Connection, Departure, My King, The First Monday In May, Ukraine Is Not A Brothel 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?...

Watch The First Three Minutes Of ‘American Gods’ Season 2 Right Now American Godsis returning for its second season in March, but if you may’t wait that long, here’s some (partial) good news. The first three minutes ofAmerican Godsseason 2 are now online, giving you a tease of all the divine mayhem to come. These opening moments don’t catch us up with Shadow and Mr. Wednesday, but instead checks in with “new gods” Mr....

Watch: ‘The Mandalorian’ Krayt Dragon Sequence Gets Commentary By Jon Favreau The Mandaloriankicked off with a bang last year, putting Mando, Cobb Vanth (a swaggering Timothy Olyphant), a tribe of Tusken Raiders, and the villagers of Tatooine’s Mos Pelgo up against a massive Krayt dragon. And that was only the first episode. Now that the series has been recognized as one of theAmerican Film Institute’s top television shows of 2020, producerJon Favreau(who also directed the Krayt dragon episode) has recorded a newThe Mandaloriancommentary video for AFI which walks viewers through some of the challenges of filming that sequence....

Why The ‘Star Wars’ Franchise Needs To Revisit The Moon Of Jedha (Welcome toA Different Point of View, a column where we explore the supporting characters, planets and objects of theStar Warsuniverse and discuss why they deserve more time in the spotlight.)Despite a stubborn fascination with the Skywalker legacy,Star Warsis a smorgasbord of narrative hooks just waiting for their moment in the twin suns. Every new entry into the lore — be it film, show, book, or comic — adds to the diversity and complexity of a galaxy far, far away....

‘A Haunted House’ Trailer: Marlon Wayans Spoofs ‘Paranormal Activity’ Twelve years ago, the Wayans Brothers started a new chapter in comedy history with their spoof comedyScary Movie. Poking fun at the horror films of the day, the film was a massive success. It spawned three sequels (with a fourth on the way) and influenced innumerable, lesser quality ripoffs. Since then, though, the horror genre has changed. Things are much more centered on found-footage concepts....