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Universal Pictures made the right decision to releaseTrolls World Touron demand. Every kid quarantined at home will be singing and dancing their little hearts out.Trolls World Touris a cotton candy hued, musical mash-up of sledgehammer multiculturalism. The film blends hits from each genre into a barrage of trippy, song-fueled set pieces. The auto-tuned vocals became increasingly more annoying, but younger audiences won’t have that complaint. If you liked the first film, the sequel is turbocharged....

With just a few days beforeThe Walking Deadreturns with its Season 8 premiere, AMC has debuted a brand new clip, which teases the start ofAll Out War. The clip features a scene with Morgan (Lennie James) and Carol (Melissa McBride), wearing their Kingdom armor, meeting up with Tara (Alanna Masterson) and Daryl (Norman Reedus), talking about how the war has started, with Daryl adding that it was, “always gonna be that way,” likely meaning that it was only a matter of time before Rick stepped up and stood his ground against the nefarious Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)....

If you think you have the guts,On Set Cinemahas another horrific screening in the works this September for Stephen King’s originalPet Sematary (1989). Will you come over and play with us? First, we play with Jud. Then mommy came. We had an awful good time …now we want to play with you! Join ON SET CINEMA on Saturday, September 19th for a very special screening of the originalPet Semataryat the actual Pet Sematary filming location in Ellsworth, Maine....

Mike Myers and Dana Carvey are back as Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar for theWayne’s World Uber Eats Super Bowl commercial. The beloved duo first teased their return in last weekend’sSaturday Night Liveepisode as they reflected on 2020. The short teaser was just enough to get fans excited, but now we have a full-length commercial, which comes in with some added help from pop star Cardi B, who seems to be having a lot of fun with her new friends....

Does it not feel confusing (and sometimes even worrying) to see a familiar face vanish? Throughout television history, many series have tried to carve a clear path from the beginning of the story to its respective conclusion. However, shows have had to deal with behind-the-scenesdramathat had to be dealt with quickly, even if it was not handled in the most efficient manner possible. Scheduling conflicts, creative differences, and clashes of personalities have led to controversial replacementsthat either improved or ruined the quality and trajectory of a given show....

For several years, what was deemed good literature or art locked out veryspecific types of people, including women, people of color, and the disabled. Although they were the ones disadvantaged — and they still are today — when it comes to access to art education, they continued to persevere andcreate long-standing piecesthat are a testament to the quiet strength they maintained while pursuing art. Despite this, women still struggle to have authentic narratives in mainstream forms of media, especially television and movies, and there has been a lack of representation because of this....

Critics matter now more than ever. In the past, there were no aggregate scores of reviews because sites like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic didn’t exist. For decades, audiences watched anything they could find without first stopping to see if the papers were full of praise but nowadays, reviews partially determine how well a movie will perform at the box office or the number of streams it will get. Consequently, filmmakers care more about what the critics have to say....

5lbs of Pressurefollows a recently paroled murderer as he returns to his old neighborhood in a desperate quest to meet the son he last saw as a child. His presence reopens old wounds and vendettas as various criminals struggle to deal with an unwelcome presence. The well-acted film vacillates between searing drama and clunky violence because writer-director Phil Allocco nailsthe family themesbut struggles to believably tie every loose thread together. A clearer focus on the primary arc would have created a more concise film....

Earliertoday, we learned that 20th Century Fox has officially titledRidley Scott’sPrometheussequelAlien: Covenant. Along with that comes theofficial title treatment, the release date and the synopsis. These new story details hints that one character may not be returning from the original prequel. Ridley Scott’sAlien: Covenantwill directly connect with theAlienfranchise, which he launched back in 1979. The first official synopsis does not offer too many new plot details. But it does echo statements the director has made in the past about where this film series is headed....

Disneyland has announced that they are ending their Annual Passport program. The theme park has been shut down for 10 months, due to the ongoing public health crisis. When the park first shut down in March of 2020, many were under the assumption that it was only going to be for a few weeks. Those weeks have turned into months, and we’re now only two months away from it being a full year sinceDisneylandclosed its doors....

The driving focus of the season thus far has been Spencer’s (Dwayne Johnson) ambitious plan to move a professional football team to Las Vegas. But for a change of pace, they shine the spotlight on Ricky Jerret (John David Washington) this week. I have already written on here many times about how I have been very unhappy with the boring and mundane storylines they have given Jerret this season. But thankfully, the writers were playing possum and just waiting for the right time to introduce us to a new and very timely chapter forBallers....

Ever since superhero movies started pulling in big numbers at thebox office, a vast majority of them have been rated PG-13, which makes sense because the studio can then cater to the widest possible audiences, including the all-important teenage demographic. Last month, a paradigm shift of sorts occurred, with the massive success of 20th Century Fox’s R-rated superhero movieDeadpool, which has already made more than $600 million worldwide. Last week, we reported that the upcomingBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justicewill get an R-rated “Ultimate Edition” on home video later this year, and nowEntertainment Weeklygot more details on this age-restrictive cut, from directorZack Snyder....

Horrormovies are among the hardest movies to reflect on. They capitalize on unsettling an audience, and if a film can do so effectively, it’s more likely to linger in the mind. Some horror movies hide weak plots behind visceral jump scares, and others forego a split second’s fear in favor of a dreadful atmosphere. And still, other horror films manage to do both, weaving together long-standing tension and the promise of moments of true horror....