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‘Westworld’ Review: ‘Les Ecorches’ Strikes A Match Welcome to our weekly recaps of HBO’sWestworld. ThisWestworldreview takes a look at the seventh episode of season 2, “Les Ecorches”. Be warned:spoilersfollow. Les Écorchés When I wrote mypre-air reviewforWestworldseason 2, based on the first five episodes, I declared this new season to be an improvement over the first. I felt the storytelling was sharper, the narrative was more propulsive, and season 1’s annoying focus on puzzles wisely diminished....

2019 Critics Choice Awards Nominations Love ‘The Favourite’ And ‘Black Panther’ The long march through awards season continues today with the announcement of the24th Critics Choice Awardsnominations. It might seem predictable that a period film likeThe Favouritecame out on top of the pack with 14 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and nominations for the three stars,Olivia Colman, Emma StoneandRachel Weisz, you might be surprised that the Marvel Studios blockbusterBlack Pantherwasn’t far behind with 12 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay....

Actors Who Died In 2021 Every year seems worse than the last when it comes to the number of bright lives that we’ve lost. In the end, death makes us all equals. But the work actors do, telling stories that inspire us, helps them to live on in our memories longer than most. We may not know these people personally, they become a part of us. We let them into our living rooms, and let them tell us about the parts of our world — or, sometimes, a make-believe one —that we may not get to see for ourselves....

Animated ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Finds Its Drax And Star Lord Voice Actors Disney’s animated interpretation ofGuardians of the Galaxyis currently casting up. Tuesday,Groot and Rocketwere given TV voices. Now Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, has been given life. FormerBoy Meets WorldstarWill Friedlewill provide the voice for the Earthling who was kidnapped and brought out into space on the 2015 Disney XD show. Below, read more about theGuardians of the Galaxyanimated series and see Friedle’s introduction....

Are American Remakes Of International Films Good, Evil, or…Just Movies? Hollywood isn’t the only source of blockbusters anymore. International film industries generate hits with the same frequency, on scales local and sometimes even global, often outgrossing American studio films. But such is the imperial dominance of Hollywood, any time a major hit emerges from outside the English-speaking world, conversation immediately gravitates toward a potential American remake. Hollywood just can’t keep its mitts off an idea that might make money....

Ben Affleck Negotiating To Direct Unusual Thriller ‘Argo’ For Producer George Clooney Suddenly, there’s a chance thatBen Affleckmight followGeorge Clooneyinto the world of the ‘too weird to be true’ political thriller. Mr. Affleck has been looking at options for his third directorial project, followingThe TownandGone Baby Gone, but none have been locked down yet. Now it looks like he might work with producers George Clooney andGrant Heslov(The Men Who Stare at Goats) to adapt aWired articlecalled “How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran....

CBS CEO Les Moonves Resigns Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations CBS CEOLes Moonveshas resigned from his position following a slew of new sexual assault and harassment allegations after initial reports of his sexual misconduct were first published in July. Moonves had been negotiating a $100 million exit package for the past few months, but a New Yorker report detailing six new women raising sexual misconduct allegations have prompted his immediate resignation without any exit compensation....

Christopher Nolan Is “Worried” Studios Are Drawing The Wrong Conclusions From ‘Tenet’ Release Once upon a time,Tenetwas going to be the movie that saved movie theaters. To be fair, no one directly involved with the movie actuallysaidthat out loud. But it was an assumption that set in – an assumption that the film would open in the summer and revitalize the coronavirus-stricken box office. Of course, as we all know, the movie didn’t even open over the summer....

Cool Stuff: Matt Ferguson’s ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Print Is Perfectly Balanced Avengers: Endgameis almost upon us. But before we get to what might be the biggest blockbuster event of the year (with onlyStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerto challenge it), let’s take a look back at last summer when we were all anticipatingAvengers: Infinity War. When the Marvel Studios movie arrived in theaters last summer, it was quite the spectacle. And Odeon Cinemas in the United Kingdomoffered up five different postersfrom artistMatt Fergusonthat combined to form one single image of all the Avengers preparing to take on Thanos....

DIE HARD: Alien VS Predator Fan Created Teaser Trailer [VOTD] Last month after welearnedthat Sony was discussing a possible crossover movie between21 Jump StreetandMen in Black,I wrote a list of5 Movie Crossovers That Could Be Ridiculous Fun. One of my ridiculous ideas was for 20th Century Fox to makeDie Hard 24/7: Alien Invasion— John McClane, now head of security at a huge Casino resort either in China (because, well, co-production money) or Dubai, who is working to stop one of the biggest heists in the history of ever (another current trend)....

Disney Moves ‘The Muppets Movie’ From Christmas To Thanksgiving Walt Disney Pictures have announced that they are moving the release date ofThe Muppetsfrom the previously announced Christmas release to a Thanksgiving date of August 10, 2025. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie the Bear, Gonzo, Animal and the rest of the gang will reunite in theaters just in time for the 2011 Thanksgiving holiday weekend. “Disney has had incredible success opening films over the Thanksgiving weekend, and thanks to Tangled, we have the top three Thanksgiving openers of all time,” said Chuck Viane, president of global distribution for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures....

Disneyland Proposes “Immersive Theme Park” Expansion, May Include ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Frozen,’ And ‘Avatar’ Lands Disneyland could be getting a lot bigger. The theme park has announced their newDisneylandForwardinitiative, which will see the House of Mouse working with the city of Anaheim to reimagine what the resort district of Disneyland could look like by building what they refer to as a “Immersive Theme Park” expansion. The hope is for Disneyland to create a more integrated experience between the Disneyland and Disney California Adventure parks that would also beef up each park substantially by bringing together theme park experiences, hotels, retail spaces, dining locations, and entertainment....

DreamWorks Hoping To Make ‘Fever’ Franchise Their Own ‘Harry Potter’ The film franchise is like the printing press of the film industry. Once it was discovered, it became a tool that removed a certain typed of creativity from much of the development process. Take a previously conceived a story (or preferably, stories) and remake it for a built in audience of fans. A minimal amount of work reaps rich rewards. And while some franchises have taken this adaptation process seriously (such asHarry Potter) others have made billions with a lower level of quality (Twilight, for example....