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The Live-Action Beauty and the Beast Is Fine, But Also Completely Unnecessary

Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast isn’t bad. How could it be? It’s basically a remake of one of the greatest animated movies of all time. It’s when it tries to be different that it stumbles, and those problems drag down the good parts where it gets hard to overlook its flaws, making you wonder … Continued

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The Brutality of Living in the Stone Age Has Never Been More Adorable Than in Aardman’s Early Man

Well, adorable by prehistoric standards, that is. Early Man, the next movie from Nick Park and Aardman Animation—the guys behind Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, and much more—follows the adventures of Dug the Caveman (Eddie Redmayne), as he, his best friend Hognob (an actual hog), and the rest of his tribe adapt to a perilous … Continued

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James Gunn Says Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Will Happen, But Isn’t Sure If He’ll Direct It

The “Of Course” file is pretty big thick days, but here’s another entry for it. In a new interview, director James Gunn says that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is definitely going to happen. He’s just not sure if he’s the one to do it. “There will be a Guardians 3, that’s for sure,” … Continued

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The Transfiguration Might Be the Most Disturbing Horror Movie You See This Year

What makes a monster? It’s the central question at the heart of the disturbing indie flick The Transfiguration, which managed to horrify me in ways that I wasn’t expecting—even from a horror movie. The Transfiguration is a meta-deconstruction built on the bones of other movies that have tried to render the vampire myth down to … Continued

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These Belko Experiment Claymation Shorts Are Disgusting in the Best Possible Way

If the gushing rivers of blood in these claymation shorts can make your stomach churn, just imagine how you’ll react while viewing the live-action film that inspired them. We’re excited to exclusively debut these shorts by animator Lee Hardcastle, whose work appeared in The ABCs of Death. Each features exaggerated versions of The Belko Experiment’s … Continued

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Darth Vader’s Big Rogue One Scene Barely Made It Into the Film

One of the biggest highlights of Rogue One—maybe the biggest—is when the Dark Lord of the Sith boards the doomed Rebel ship that’s trying to get the Death Star plans to Princess Leia’s Tantive IV. But it turns out the scene was conceived at practically the last minute. We know, of course, that the ending … Continued

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The Gorgeous First Trailer for Pixar’s Coco Is Here

We’ve been hearing about Pixar’s next movie for a while now, but this morning we finally got our first good look at Coco, the studio’s new movie about a boy, a magic guitar, and the Land of the Dead. And it looks very pretty. Directed by Toy Story 3’s Lee Unkrich, Coco follows Miguel (Anthony … Continued

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Warner Bros. Is Considering a Return to The Matrix

Whoa. Warner Bros. is apparently considering plugging back into its blockbuster science fiction franchise The Matrix. According to The Hollywood Reporter, nothing is set in stone just yet. Everything is in very early talks but screenwriter Zak Penn (Ready Player One, Last Action Hero, X-Men: The Last Stand) is on board to write. Michael B. … Continued

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A New Fly Remake May Be Buzzing Into Theaters

It doesn’t get much better than David Cronenberg’s The Fly, the 1986 remake of the scifi classic. That’s a film that works in so many ways, it’s silly to think anyone could do better. But if you had to try, a filmmaker who just made a movie about magic would be a good place to … Continued

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This Doc About One of The Internet’s Biggest Pirates Actually Made Me Feel Sorry for the Guy

The man who created Megaupload got insanely rich via morally dubious means. So it’s pretty amazing that the new documentary about the German-born hacker-turned-millionaire generates any sympathy. But it does, by sketching out an easy-to-swallow narrative alleging that powerful corporate and government forces systematically set out to destroy his life. Caught in the Web opens … Continued

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How Guardians of the Galaxy Helped Shape James Gunn’s Belko Experiment

Long before Rocket Raccoon and Groot entered his life, James Gunn had a dream. Literally. In 2007, Gunn had a dream about a corporate office where the employees are forced to kill each other as part of some mysterious experiment. But 10 years ago, the director could have never imagined how the Marvel heroes would … Continued

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In the First Trailer for Voice in the Stone, Emilia Clarke Makes a Spooky House Call 

Spooky house. Spooky silent kid. Emilia Clarke’s got her work cut out for her if she’s going to make it out of Voice in the Stone without getting freaked the hell out. News about Eric D. Howell’s adaptation of Silvio Raffo’s Italian supernatural/psychological horror story La Voce Della Pietra has been floating around pretty much … Continued

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Marvel’s Explanation for Jane Foster’s Absence in Thor: Ragnarok Has Taken a Turn

We’ve known for a while that Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), the astrophysicist who also happened to be Thor’s love interest in the God of Thunder’s first two movies, was not appearing in Thor: Ragnarok. At first, Marvel’s answer was simply that most of the movie wouldn’t take place on Earth, where humans like Jane Foster … Continued

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There’s Something Weird About This Explanation for Why You Can’t Watch Rogue One‘s Deleted Scenes

The instant news of the Rogue One Blu-ray dropped, we all had the same question: would the disc contain some of the many, many scenes from the trailers that aren’t in the movie? The answer is no, and now the director of the film has explained why—but his answer isn’t totally satisfying. “There’s not an … Continued

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The New Life Trailer Is Terrifying, Partially Because It Has Spider-Man 3 Footage In It

For superhero film fans, few titles are more shudder-inducing than Spider-Man 3. Which is probably not the thing the marketing team at Sony was going for when creating a new trailer for killer alien film Life, but it oddly works. Let us explain. So today a new, restricted trailer was released for Life, the upcoming … Continued

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Meet the Actress Who Had to Don Princess Leia’s Buns in Rogue One

Ingvild Deila had one of the most important roles in Rogue One, but you’ve probably never heard of her. The Norwegian actress was the person on set whose face was turned into the young Carrie Fisher’s for the film’s climactic scene. While most Star Wars actors aren’t allowed to say much about the films, Deila … Continued

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There’s Actually a Reason to Like Gaston in the New Beauty and the Beast

In the original Beauty and the Beast, the reason everyone loves Gaston is basically because he’s “hot.” (I put that in quotes because a real-life person with those proportions would be TERRIFYING.) But Luke Evans says there’s more to the good-looking villain in the new live-action adaptation than what was on screen in 1991. Evans … Continued

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Warner Bros. Is Looking at Matthew Vaughn to Direct a New Superman Movie

A sequel to Man of Steel has long been expected, but there hasn’t been much news about it thus far. Last we heard, the DC film was in “active development,” but that was eight months ago. Now we know that Warner Bros. has its eye on a certain comic book director to bring Superman back … Continued

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Godzilla’s First Anime Movie Is Coming to Netflix

It’s hard to believe that the undisputed King of Kaiju has yet to actually get his own animated movie in Japan. That’s changing at last with the arrival of Polygon Pictures’ Godzilla film later this year, but there’s more good news: it’ll be easy to see outside of Japan when it airs, too. Polygon and Toho … Continued

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This Gorgeous Kong: Skull Island Concept Art Is Fit for a King

Kong: Skull Island ruled the box office this weekend, thanks in large part to the scope and audacity of the film. It’s just insanely big, fun, and colorful—all of which comes across in a stunning set of concept art from the film. The art is by designer Eddie Del Rio and, in a pretty unique … Continued