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‘The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies’ Trailer: Is The Mountain Not Enough? Here’s the final trailer forPeter Jackson’s final Middle-Earth film,The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. We find Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) in control of his goal, the Lonely Mountain, and facing problems that might be even greater than the dragon Smaug. Specifically, forces from the re-awakened Sauron are tramping towards the Mountain, and Thorin and Bilbo (Martin Freeman) find themselves at the focal point of a titanic battle....

‘Undone’ Trailer: Amazon Takes A Wild Animated Trip Through Time, Space And (Maybe) Reality Animation is a medium, not a genre. But because most animated projects are geared towards kids and their parents, it can be hard for everyday people to make a proper distinction. But when it comes to Amazon’s new trippy dramaUndone, it’s clear that animation isn’t just for kids. Undonefollows a young, depressed woman (Rosa SalazarofAlita: Battle Angel) whose life is irreversibly and wildly changed after a car accident gives her a newfound ability to shift through time....

‘Westworld’ Bits: Backstories, Gaming, Fan Theories, Vincenzo Natali, And More In today’s edition ofWestworldBits: William is a host with more sympathy than the average Westworld attendee. The character is clearly at a crossroads in his life, which I imagine we’ll learn more about soon, but so far in the process of discovering who he is, he’s been pretty decent, especially towards Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood).Varietyran an interview with actorJimmy Simpsondiscussing William, his relationship with Dolores and Westworld, and more....

31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘Tourist Trap’ Will Frighten You With Weirdness Welcome to31 Days of Streaming Horror. Every day this October, we’ll be highlighting a different streaming horror movie to help you get into the Halloween spirit. Today’s entry:Tourist Trap(1979). Now Streaming on Shudder Sub-Genre:WeirdBest Setting to Watch It In:In your house full of mannequinsHow Scary Is It?:You have no idea what you’re in for At first glance,Tourist Traplooks like your typicalTexas Chain Saw Massacre-inspired horror movie....

ABC Remaking ‘Dirty Dancing’ As A Three-Hour TV Event Network television seems obsessed with remaking musical and dance-infused films from the past.The Wiz Live!just aired last week on NBC and we’ve gotGrease: Livecoming to Fox in January. Now ABC is looking to get in on the remake bandwagon, though without the live-show gimmick. Lionsgate TV is putting together a remake ofDirty Dancingthat will be a three-hour TV event filled with song and dance performances....

Big Battles And Bad Weddings: The 10 Best ‘Game Of Thrones’ Episodes Game of Thronesreturns for its eighth and final season this weekend, so you know what that means: it’s time to rank things. And a show as epic as this offers a great deal to rank. So let’s start with the best episodes, shall we? /Film’s resident Westeros experts, Jacob Hall and Ben Pearson, hunkered down, re-watched all 67 episodes of the series so far, and whittled them down to a lean and mean top 10....

Blog: Pathology Screening And Party For the most part the life of a blogger is rather boring. We sit in front of a computer screen for 12+ hours a day, hunting for news, researching articles, calling people on the phone…etc. A couple times a week we make the trip downtown to see an advance screening of the movies which get released the next week. But for the most part, our job, at least from the outside, is very boring....

Casting Bits: Brendan Gleeson In ‘Safe House;’ Ed Harris & Diane Keaton In ‘The Look Of Love;’ Cory Monteith In Caper Comedy Ryan ReynoldsandDenzel Washingtonwill soon shootSafe House, in which a CIA trainee (Reynolds) has to transport a criminal (Washington) who is under fire from other enemies.Daniel Espinosa(Snabba Cash) is directing from a script byDavid Guggenheim. Now the film picked up four more actors:Brendan Gleeson,Robert Patrick,Sam ShepardandLiam Cunningham. No word on the roles for the quartet, but I hope they play the team trying to take down Denzel....

Every Song We Heard In Peacemaker Episode 6 This article containsspoilersfor “Peacemaker” episode 6. Proceed with caution. Don’t have a cow, man.“Peacemaker"is back with anotherawesome episode. And if you’re concerned about an appearance fromThe Flash, don’t worry. Like everyone else that’s ever met him, Christopher Smith also thought he was an unbearable d-bag andkept him on The CW. That’s probably for the best though because the s**t really hits the fan this week....

First Look: James Franco In Howl This is the sort of story that we’d often relegate to Page 2, but I’m interested enough inHowl, the upcoming picture about poet Allen Ginsberg, that I want to take the chance to highlight the first photo of James Franco in character as Ginsberg as published byEW. I’ve been following Franco’s Ledger-like emergence as a serious actor with great interest, and this could be a key project in his career....

Funny People Viral Marketing: Yo Teach! What I expect will be a sprawling viral marketing campaign forJudd Apatow’sFunny Peoplehas kicked off with afake websitefor the just as fake sitcomYo Teach. StarringJason Schwartzmanas Mark Taylor Jackson as Mr. Bradford (if you know what I mean) the show is very much in the vein ofHead of the Class,Hanging With Mr. CooperorSaved By the Belland almost precisely as funny. The site contains a scene from the sitcom, a similarly fake EPK video, photos and all manner of other bunkum....

Gucci Murder Movie From Ridley Scott Will Be Lady Gaga’s First Post-‘Star Is Born’ Acting Gig If you’ve been wondering if and whenLady Gagawould land another high-profile acting gig after her Oscar-nominated turn inA Star Is Born, wonder no more. The singer and actresses will star in a new film forRidley Scottabout the Gucci fashion dynasty and the murder of the grandson of founder Guccio Gucci. Ms. Gaga will play Patrizia Reggiani, who was convicted of orchestrating the murder of her ex-husband Maurizio Gucci....

HBO Max Extending Availability Of Several DC Movies Through December HBO Max’s rollout wasn’t as notoriously bad as Quibi’s, but the team behind WarnerMedia’s new streaming service probably would have benefited from being a little clearer about the availability of certain movies and shows on the platform. That extends to its roster of DC-centric content, because while the company previously announced that movies likeJustice League,Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and more would be leaving the service on July 1, it has since changed course on that....