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VOTD: Animated Guide To The Hero’s Journey In Film By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 7, 2015 4:00 am EST American scholar Joseph Campbell is responsible for identifying the narrative pattern known as The Hero’s Journey. He chronicled the monomyth in The Hero with a Thousand Faces in 1949 and described this story template like this: A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man....

Watch Syfy’s ‘Expanse’ Pilot: Space Sex, Space Pirates, And Space Detectives All In One Show By Jack Giroux/Dec. 4, 2015 5:00 am EST Ever wonder what’d it be like to have sex while floating in space? Me neither, but Syfy’s new series, The Expanse, is here to show you. The TV series is still about two weeks away from premiering, but you can already get your first look at the series....

‘Bad Moms’ Trailer: Mila Kunis Declares War On Christina Applegate By Angie Han/June 30, 2016 1:30 pm EST Imagine if Mean Girls’ Regina George never got hit by that bus, and instead continued along the path she’d been on before she met Cady Heron. Imagine the smug, gossipy, mean mom she’d grow up to be. That’s more or less the character Christina Applegate plays in Bad Moms, the new comedy from 21 & Over writer-directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore....

‘Bloodline’ Trailer: Kyle Chandler And Ben Mendelsohn Lead Netflix Family Drama By Angie Han/Feb. 9, 2015 1:00 pm EST As Coach Taylor on Friday Night Lights, Kyle Chandler projected a reassuring warmth and wisdom. No matter how badly his players screwed up, he was always there to dole out sage advice or set them right with his stern yet understanding gaze. In his new role in Netflix’s Bloodline, however, it seems Chandler’s the one in need of some guidance....

‘Felt’ Red-Band Trailer: A Fantastic Fest Thriller Takes On Rape Culture By Angie Han/May 27, 2015 4:00 pm EST Sexual assault is a tricky subject to tackle, as the outcry over that Game of Thrones rape scene reminded us so very recently. Too often it’s treated like just another crazy twist, rather than a grim reality that millions of people have to live with every day. Thankfully, that’s not the case in Felt, Jason Banker’s character study-turned-thriller from Fantastic Fest 2014....

‘Hands Of Stone’ Teaser Trailer: Edgar Ramirez And Usher Transform For The Boxing Drama By Jack Giroux/April 19, 2016 2:30 pm EST Roberto Durán went 103-16-0 as a boxer, with a total of 70 knockouts. Durán, who started his boxing career at the age of 16, was nicknamed “Manos de Piedra” (“Hands of Stone”). Throughout his incredible career, the Hands of Stone faced off against Sugar Ray Leonard a total of three times, but their most famous fight occurred in 1980, known as the “No Más Fight,” in which Durán called it quits....

‘Legends Of The Hidden Temple’ Movie Brings Back The Original Voice Of Olmec By Ethan Anderton/June 23, 2016 10:30 am EST If you’re a ’90s kid who just can’t wait to see what Nickelodeon serves up with the Legends of the Hidden Temple movie, we have good news. The kids cable channel has just announced that Dee Bradley Baker, the original voice of the giant stone head Olmec, will return to voice the character in the movie....

‘Minions’ Honest Trailer: A Movie That Makes ‘Cars 2’ Look Like The Beginning Of ‘Up’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 2, 2015 5:00 am EST Kids have found plenty to enjoy about the slapstick, gibberish antics of the little yellow guys known as Minions, and at the end of the day, that means the Illumination Entertainment film accomplished what it set out to do. But these characters worked so well in small doses in Despicable Me that a movie focusing just on the Minions feels like nothing more than a marketing move....

‘Search Party’ International Trailer Is A Mini ‘Silicon Valley’ Reunion By Angie Han/Dec. 3, 2014 5:30 am EST Silicon Valley isn’t coming back for another several months, but in the meantime you can check in with two of the stars right here in the Search Party international trailer. Thomas Middleditch plays Nardo, a groom whose wedding day is ruined, and T.J. Miller plays Jason, the guy who ruins it. Jason also happens to be Nardo’s best friend, however, and when Nardo winds up naked and alone in Mexico it’s up to Jason and their other pal Evan (Adam Pally) to rescue him....

‘Snowden’ Trailer: Here’s The Movie That Will Ruin Many Family Dinners By Jacob Hall/April 27, 2016 7:30 am EST Few films have the capacity to completely derail a family gathering quite like Oliver Stone’s upcoming Snowden, which tells the true story of the NSA contractor who leaked classified documents, exposed the shocking extent of government surveillance, and promptly fled the country to avoid arrest and charges of treason. Everyone has an opinion on Edward Snowden and the mere mention of his name is enough to turn pleasant conversations into verbal brawls....

‘The Divergent Series: Allegiant’ Trailer: It’s Time To Go Beyond The Wall By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 13, 2015 10:14 am EST With The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 arriving next week, Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment are prepared to show off the next chapter in the other major young adult sci-fi franchise featuring a female lead. The Divergent Series: Allegiant doesn’t arrive until March 2016, but a full trailer has arrived showing off just what’s at stake, and what Tris (Shailene Woodley) must do in order to ensure that she and the people of Chicago will survive whatever experiment is being done on the city....

‘The Flash’ Casts ‘Harry Potter’ Star Tom Felton As Season 3 Regular By Angie Han/June 30, 2016 4:00 pm EST Tom Felton may be done with magic spells, but he’s about to head into the equally crazy world of comic book superpowers. The Harry Potter alum is joining The CW’s The Flash, in a series regular role as a new colleague of Barry Allen (Grant Gustin). We recently learned that the upcoming third season of the DC drama would tackle the Flashpoint storyline from the comics....

‘The Jungle Book’ TV Spot Keeps Mowgli On The Run, Tickets Now On Sale By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 28, 2016 2:00 pm EST Even though The Jungle Book is over a month away, Disney seems to be anticipating quite an audience for their live-action re-telling of Rudyard Kipling’s classic novel. Tickets are officially on sale for the film that features an all-star cast voicing animals brought to life entirely by visual effects....

‘The Last Witch Hunter’ Trailer: Vin Diesel Heads Into The Dream World By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 17, 2015 10:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This week brought Furious 7 out on Blu-Ray and DVD, along with an Honest Trailer skewering the blockbuster sequel from earlier this summer. And if you’re anxious to see Vin Diesel back in action, you have just over a month to wait...

‘Unfinished Business’ All-Ages And Red-Band Superbowl Spots Borrow ‘Like A Boss’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 1, 2015 2:38 pm EST There are all-ages and adults-only versions of the new Unfinished Business Super Bowl spot, which shows off the comedy from Ken Scott, starring Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, and Dave Franco as a trio of unlikely colleagues who head to Europe in order to make a big business deal. Unfortunately, they run across a few of Vaughn’s old colleagues, played by Sienna Miller, James Marsden, and Nick Frost, who are trying to make the same deal....

‘Vacation’ Red Band Trailer: Walley World Here We Come! By Ethan Anderton/May 7, 2015 10:19 am EST We’ve been hearing all sorts of positive buzz from behind the scenes about Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema’s reboot of the comedy classic Vacation. The film was bumped up from an initial fall release to a much more confident summer date, and now the first red band trailer has arrived to show us what all the fuss was about....

A Cast Of Kings S1E04 - Cripples, Bastards, And Broken Things By David Chen/Oct. 28, 2015 10:30 pm EST In this episode of “A Cast of Kings,” Joanna and David discuss fourth episode of the first season of Game of Thrones, “Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things.” Use this chart to follow along with your own book-reading. Thanks to our sponsor for this ep, Hover. Go to hover.com/brokenthings to get 10% off your first order....

Cool Stuff: Some Of The Magic Of Captain America’s Shield Made A Reality With Electromagnetics By Ethan Anderton/May 13, 2016 8:30 am EST Find out how electromagnets help complete a real Captain America shield below. Here’s the video of how The Hacksmith made a real Captain America shield: Even though there’s not some kind of smart chip or hover technology that allows the shield to figure out perfect angles mathematically to end up back in this guy’s hands, an electromagnet arm bracer allows him to catch it easily....

Geek Deal: The Sopranos: The Complete Series For $110 Blu-Ray/Digital, $99 DVD By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 2, 2014 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Mark Wahlberg Thinks Michael Bay Will End Up Directing ‘Transformers 5’ By Ethan Anderton/June 15, 2015 6:00 am EST For better or worse, the Transformers franchise is always mentioned in the same breath as director Michael Bay. The blockbuster filmmaker turned the toy line into a box office sensation full of his signature explosions, non-stop action, hot actors and actresses and senseless storytelling. As of August of 2014, though, it sounded like Bay was going to pass the franchise on to a new filmmaker after Transformers: Age of Extinction arrived....