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The Daily Stream: Season 4 Of ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Resonates In These Covid Times (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Series:Star Trek: Voyager, specifically Season 4Where You Can Stream It:Paramount+, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime VideoThe Pitch:Come follow the journey of the U.S.S. Voyager, a series that became much more interesting once former Borg Seven-of-Nine (Jeri Ryan) joined the crew....

The Last Tango In Paris Controversy Explained Content warning: The following article contains descriptions of rape and sexual assault. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, “Last Tango in Paris” is a hauntingerotic drama about grief and disconnectionstarring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider. The story centers on Paul, a middle-aged widower, and a young girl named Jeanne who engage in an intense yet detached sexual relationship where they do not even know each other’s names....

The Plot Of Armageddon Is Actually Possible, According To Science Folks, forget all the conventional wisdom about asteroids and nuclear weapons. I am unreasonably excited to report that everything you’ve ever heard about how “implausible” and “unrealistic” Michael Bay’s 1998 disasterpiece, “Armageddon,” apparently is … is a lie. Well, okay, it’s obviously still pretty ridiculous and absurd — that’s simply part of the movie’s charm. In this case, it’s more like exhaustive and genuinely impressive scientific research has yielded surprising results that have furthered our collective understanding of the cosmos and our place in it, specifically regarding the makeup and composition of planetary bodies and our own capacity to protect our planet from potential wayward strikes....

The Snake Eyes Spin-Off Won’t Star Ray Park – Here’s Why [Exclusive] Over the weekend, producerLorenzo DiBonaventuraspoke to /Film about theTransformersspin-offBumblebee. Since DiBonaventura is also the producer of Hasbro’sG.I. Joefranchise, we asked him about the upcomingSnake Eyesspin-off film. Announced in May, theSnake Eyesmovie found its director in Robert Schwentkejust last week. Still in question was whetherRay Park, who portrayed Snake Eyes in both live-actionG.I. Joefilms, would reprise the role. “Probably not, because we are going to the origin story,” Di Bonaventura said....

The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent Star Nicolas Cage Feels ‘Pretty Good’ About Playing Nicolas Cage You know who’s enjoying a sneakily great 2021? Nicolas Cage, that’s who. Taken together, all three of the films he’s starred in this year have shown off the full range of acting talent that the man, myth, and legend is fully capable of.“Prisoners of the Ghostland"feels like a classic unhinged Cage performance filtered through a very specific Eastern lens....

TV Casting Bits: Jason Sudeikis In ‘Eastbound & Down’, Michael Rady And Nick Stahl In ‘House Of Lies’, Julian McMahon In Stephen Frey Adaptation Saturday Night LiveveteranJason Sudeikishas been doing pretty well for himself as a movie star lately, with three separate big-screen projects in 2011 alone —Hall Pass,Horrible Bosses, and the upcomingA Good Old-Fashioned Orgy— but he hasn’t left the small screen behind quite yet. The actor has just signed on for a recurring role on the upcoming season of HBO’s baseball comedyEastbound & Downas Shane, a new friend of former Major League pitcher Kenny Powers (Danny McBride)....

Tyler Hoechlin To Reprise His Role As Derek Hale For Teen Wolf: The Movie Tyler Hoechlin is a busy guy. Not only is he currently starring on “Superman & Lois,” but he’s going to be returning to reprise the role of Derek Hale in the upcoming “Teen Wolf: The Movie,” according toTV Line. The film will continue the story of the series “Teen Wolf,” which ran on MTV from 2011-2017....

Upcoming 3D Movie Release Schedule At least 5,000 3-D systems expected to be in place by 2009. DreamWorks Animation’s Jeffrey Katzenberg expects there to be 12 to 18 3D feature films by 2010. 3-D is clearly the future of cinema, at least for the near future. With the recent announcements of Tim Burton’sAlice and Wonderland/Frankenweenie, and today’s announcement ofFinal Destination 4in 3D, we’ve decided to compile a schedule for the upcoming 3D movie releases....

VOTD: Echoes Of The Past: The Visual Symmetry Of ‘Indiana Jones’ Earlier this week wehighlighted a video calledStar Wars Poetry, which took a look at the visual symmetry between the originalStar Warstrilogy and the more recent prequel trilogy. When comparing the two sets of films, some striking similarities in shot composition arose, showing thatGeorge Lucaswasn’t completely off his rocker for the prequels. Now the same creator of that video,Pablo Fernandez, has done the same thing with another trademark George Lucas creation:Indiana Jones....

Watch: Joseph Kahn’s Power Rangers Short Film ‘Power/Rangers’ This morningAdi Shankarreleased Power/Rangers, a “bootleg short film” directed byJoseph Kahn(Torque, Detention), co-written byDutch Southern(Bad Turn Worse) and starringJames Van Der Beek(Dawson’s Creek) andKatee Sackhoff(Battlestar Galactica). Described as “a twist on the Power Rangers mythos”, the short film is a a well crafted brilliant fx-heavy send-up of dark and gritty fan films while also somehow being a fun addition to the genre. Watch the R-rated Power Rangers short film after the jump....

15 Seconds Of Disney’s Tangled This Sunday night, the Disney Channel is going to have a first look atTangled, the new film from Walt Disney Animation Studios film. They have begun airing a 15 second commercial with the first real footage from the movie to promote the first look. Watch the commercial, embedded after the jump. I’m sure the whole “first look” will be online sometime next week. Thanks toAlex Billingtonfor the heads up....

Bret Easton Ellis Talks About ‘The Golden Suicides’ One of the more promising films on the horizon — rather far on the horizon, unfortunately — isThe Golden Suicides, scripted byBret Easton Ellis. The story of an art world superstar couple who perished in a double suicide originally came up as a co-authored project between Ellis andGus Van Sant. Now we know that Van Sant is producing, not writing, but Ellis still hopes he’ll be convinced to direct....

Cher And Johnny Knoxville Film Not A Film At All? To my eye, the story seemed tobreakon FOX news, who told us thatCherandJohnny Knoxvillewould be teaming up for a new film calledThe Drop Out, reportedly to be scripted and directed byFamily Guyalum Ricky Blitt. They commented on Cher’s age (sigh) and summarized the premise like this: an original comedy about a lonely 62-year-old who takes up with her 35-year-old ne’er-do-well neighbor....