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‘Dirty Wars’ Review: And The Government Thought Torture In ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Made Them Look Bad? [Sundance 2013] Dirty Warsis a movie that you’ll watch, and which will compel you to watch your back after you’ve seen it. Paranoid viewers might think the CIA should have a list of all the people who’ve seen the film, directed byRichard Rowley, because they now know unspeakable, horrific truths about America. InDirty Wars,Rowley follows investigative reporterJeremy Scahilldeep behind enemy lines....

‘Fear’ Remake To Rekindle The Cinematic Magic Of The ’90s Thriller Having run out of ideas once and for all, Hollywood now plans to remake the 1996Mark Wahlberg/Reese WitherspoonthrillerFear. Good luck trying to recapture that ’90s movie magic! RememberFear? The ’90s thriller featuring a scene where Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon share a romantic evening on a roller coaster? It’s back!Deadlinereports aFearremake is in the works withStraight Outta Comptonco-writerJonathan Hermanpenning the script....

‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ Trailer: Get Ready To Root For A Terrible Opera Singer DirectorStephen Frears(High Fidelity) has not one buttwobiopics out in theaters this year.The Programwas recently released, but the Lance Armstrongbiopicwas a disappointment, despite a dedicated performance fromBen Foster. It’s probably Frears' next film,Florence Foster Jenkins, that more people will be talking about later this year. The director’s upcoming picture starsMeryl Streep,Hugh Grant, andRebecca Ferguson. Watch theFlorence Foster Jenkinstrailer below....

‘Harley Quinn’ Season 2 Arriving In April On The DC Universe Streaming Service Harley Quinn, the ultra-violent, ultra-vulgar, ultra-funny animated series from DC Universe, is getting a second season – and it’s arriving surprisingly soon. The first season premiered in November 2019, and we’re not even going to have to wait a full year to see more – season 2 is dropping in April. Like the recent featureBirds of Prey, the series follows Harley after she breaks-up with the Joker, and gets into her own misadventures....

‘Jack Ryan’ Featurette: Amazon’s New Spy Series Is Aiming For Authenticity The lateTom Clancy’s novels are famous for the level of technical accuracy and specific details he would insert to give readers a sense of authenticity. So it’s no surprise thatJack Ryan, Amazon’s new streaming series about Clancy’s most famous character, is aspiring to that same level of specificity on the small screen. In this newJack Ryanfeaturette, we take a look behind the scenes at the newJohn Krasinski-led show and see interviews with the showrunners, military advisors, and more to find out the lengths to which the production went in order to make the audience feel immersed in a grounded, realistic world....

‘Love, Simon’ Review: A Fairly Ordinary Teen Movie…and That’s Why It’s Wonderful It’s difficult not to describeLove, Simonin contradictory terms. To put it as simply as possible: it’s extraordinary for just how ordinary it is. If one were to point out its faults, they would be the same as any other mainstream teen coming-of-age movie. Maybe it’s a little glib, maybe it bucks realism for dramatic effect, maybe it doesn’t really take any risks — isn’t it more important that this movieisso profoundly normal when its star (by Hollywood’s metrics) is so rare?...

‘Love, Simon’ Trailer: The Charming Coming-Out Movie Now Has A “Romantic AF” Soundtrack Teen romance movies are a dime a dozen, butLove, Simonhas the benefit of being a major teen romance film revolving around a gay character. Sure, plenty of indie films and prestige flicks have explored the heartache of young gay love or the excruciating fear of coming out, but have any of them done it to an upbeat pop soundtrack?...

‘Monsterpocalypse’ Movie Coming From ‘Evil Dead’ Director Fede Alvarez Hollywood is ready to roll the dice on another board game adaptation. A bidding war has broken out overMonsterpocalypse, a robots-versus-monsters game adaptation that hasFede Alvarezon board to direct. If the concept reminds you a bit ofPacific Rim, you’re not the only one who’s noticed — an earlier version of the project stalled after Guillermo del Toro’s jaegers and kaiju stomped all over theaters in 2013....

‘Nailed It! Holiday!’ Season 2 Trailer: The Best Worst Baking Show Is Back Netflix has a lot of cooking and baking shows, but in my humble opinion, the best of the best isNailed It!The series takes a group ofveryunprofessional bakers and asks them to recreate fancy, Instagram-ready treats. The results are disastrous. That may sound like a mean-spirited show that mocks its contestants, butNailed It!is actually very good-natured. We’re not laughing at the terrible bakers – we’re laughing with them....

‘Real Steel 2’ Still In Development, But Is It Going To Happen? A week before the release ofReal Steel, DreamWorkssigneddirectorShawn Levyand starHugh Jackmanto return for the sequel. The film did okay with critics, but audiences seemed to really respond to the film (the studio signed contracts for a sequel purely based on the extremely positive reactions from test screenings), the movie earned almost $300 million worldwide, and did some good moneyin toy sales....

‘Spenser Confidential’ Trailer: Mark Wahlberg And Peter Berg Head To Netflix With the world of theatrical films becoming less and less stable, more and more filmmakers are making the leap to Netflix. In 2018, director-actor teamPeter BergandMark Wahlberghad themselves a bit of a misfire with the odious action filmMile 22– a movie that didn’t flop, but didn’t set the box office on fire, either. Rather than risk that again, Berg and Wahlberg are now at Netflix withSpenser Confidential, an action-comedy based on the book series from Robert B....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Gets A Different Title In Japan Alternate international titles are nothing new for Hollywood movies. Sometimes translating a concept from English into another language doesn’t quite work, and a bit of the subtlety is removed in the process. (In the Czech Republic,Bad SantabecameSanta is a Pervert.) Maybe there’s already a property that features the same title, so a tweak is needed to differentiate it. (In the United Kingdom,The Avengersis known asAvengers: Assemble....

‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II’ Leads Razzie Noms With Nominations In Every Category Yes, you read the headline right.Bill Condon’sThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part IIwas nominated for every singleRazziecategory. 11 nominations in 10 categories. It’s by far the leader for the 33rd annual “award” show that commemorates the worst films released in the past year. The rest? you’re able to basically imagine. Lots of hate forBattleship, That’s My Boy, The Oogieloves, Tyler Perry, Nicolas Cage –all the expected culprits....