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‘Masters Of Sex’ Season 3 Trailer And Poster: “We Are The Sexual Revolution” By Angie Han/June 9, 2015 7:30 am EST What’s to watch now that Mad Men is gone for good and Game of Thrones and Orphan Black are nearly done for the season? Showtime is happy to remind you that Masters of Sex is still to come this year. Season 3 picks up with Bill Masters (Michael Sheen) and Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) in 1966, right at the heart of the sexual revolution....

‘Me And Earl And The Dying Girl’ Is A Movie We’ll Be Talking About All Year [Movie Review] By Germain Lussier/June 12, 2015 4:15 pm EST On paper, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl doesn’t seem particularly exciting. An adaptation of a book by Jesse Andrews, it’s the story of a high school senior who is forced to become friends with a school acquaintance who is diagnosed with leukemia....

‘Star Trek Beyond’ Cast Pays Tribute To Leonard Nimoy In Latest Charity Video By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 25, 2015 11:30 am EST And with one week left to donate, thereby earning the chance to win a walk-on role in the move from director Justin Lin, a new charity video has just surfaced with a Star Trek Beyond charity video that also acts as a Leonard Nimoy tribute, complete with the cast giving Spock’s customary farewell....

‘Suicide Squad’ Trailer: The Comic Con Sensation Gets An Official Release By Russ Fischer/July 13, 2015 1:03 pm EST The Suicide Squad trailer was one of the big events at Comic Con during the Saturday morning Warner Bros. panel in Hall H. The footage was quickly bootlegged, and became a sensation online. Now writer/director David Ayer has worked some magic to get Warner Bros. to do an official release, and you can watch the Suicide Squad trailer — not bootlegged, and in great quality — below....

‘Synchronicity’ Trailer: A Genre-Bending, Time-Traveling Sci-Fi Noir By Angie Han/Dec. 14, 2015 3:00 pm EST In addition to your Star Trek Beyonds and Independence Day: Resurgences, 2016 also promises some more unexpected, under-the-radar sci-fi offerings. Like Synchronicity, a new time-travel noir thriller from writer-director Jacob Gentry (of 2007’s The Signal). The twisty plot centers on a physicist named Jim Beale (Chad McKnight), whose new invention is able to fold the space and time to create wormholes....

‘The Book Of Henry’ Photo: First Look At Colin Trevorrow’s Follow-Up To ‘Jurassic World’ By Peter Sciretta/June 27, 2016 1:00 pm EST We now have our first look at Star Wars Episode 9 director Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World follow-up The Book of Henry. Focus Features has released the first photo, which showcases the film’s stars Jacob Tremblay and Jaeden Lieberher. Check it out now, after the jump. The Book of Henry Photo...

‘The Handmaiden’ Trailer: Park Chan-Wook’s Latest Revenge Thriller Looks Equal Parts Sexy And Twisted By Angie Han/Aug. 2, 2016 7:00 am EST Following a brief foray into English-language filmmaking with Stoker, South Korean director Park Chan-wook returns to his home turf this fall with The Handmaiden. Well, kind of — his new thriller is actually an adaptation of the Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith, with the action moved from Victorian-era Britain to Japanese-occupied Korea....

‘The X-Files’ Prequel Novels Will Follow A Young Mulder And Scully By Jacob Hall/Feb. 22, 2016 8:30 am EST But since the revival of this iconic show (which got significantly better after I reviewed the first two episodes) has attracted massive audiences, The X-Files is journeying into territory that every major genre series eventually passes through. Yep, it’s time for a prequel. In young adult book form. Called The X-Files Origins....

Godzilla: King Of The Monsters Now Officially A Japanese Citizen By Ethan Anderton/June 5, 2015 4:00 am EST While people have to cut through endless red tape, fill out countless pieces of paperwork and wait weeks to become an official citizen of the United States, being a giant, fictional, radioactive lizard hasn’t stopped the King of Monsters from becoming an official citizen of Japan. In case you hadn’t heard, when the Toho Cinemas Kabukicho/Hotel Gracery Shinjuku entertainment complex in Japan opened, one of the highlights was a full-scale Godzilla head that peeks out from the theater’s rooftop....

Jake Gyllenhaal To Lead Film Adaptation Of ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Video Game By Ethan Anderton/June 2, 2016 9:30 am EST Jake Gyllenhaal didn’t fare very well with the big screen adaptation of Ubisoft’s video game Prince of Persia, but that’s not stopping him from teaming with the video game company for another movie based on one of their recently popular titles. Tom Clancy’s The Division is getting turned into a movie, and Gyllenhaal is attached to lead the film....

Joe Wright To Direct Survival Drama ‘The Lifeboat’, Starring Anne Hathaway By Angie Han/May 28, 2015 8:00 am EST With Pan just about ready to go, Joe Wright may have found his next project. He’s in talks to helm The Lifeboat, based on the novel by Charlotte Rogan. Anne Hathaway is attached to star as a woman who finds herself in a tough situation after narrowly surviving the sinking of a transatlantic ship....

LOL: ‘Batman V Superman’ Parody Trailer Pits Ben Affleck’s Batman Against Ben Affleck’s Superman By Angie Han/March 23, 2016 6:00 am EST This weekend, Ben Affleck makes his debut as the Dark Knight in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. But as fans of the actor already know, he’s played Superman once before, too, sort of: in the 2006 drama Hollywoodland, he plays actor George Reeves, who portrayed the Man of Steel in the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman....

Marvel Offers Another Look At Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum (Which Isn’t Nearly As Dirty As It Sounds) By Jacob Hall/Jan. 5, 2016 8:30 am EST Every superhero has a place where they can take a load off, put up their feet, and get away from the world for a little while. Batman has the Batcave, Superman the Fortress of Solitude. Across the aisle, Thor can chill out in Asgard, Tony Stark in Avengers Tower, and Spider-Man in Aunt May’s second bedroom....

New ‘Minions’ Trailer Takes The Crew To Their Very Own Comic-Con By Germain Lussier/Feb. 3, 2015 10:15 am EST So how do the Minions find their latest super villain to work for? We find out in the latest trailer for Minions, the animated prequel to the Despicable Me series, out July 10. In the new Minions trailer, Kevin, Stuart and Bob are on the road to Orlando. Orlando is the location of the 1968 Villain-Con, an evil version of Comic-Con where everyone just wants to see Scarlet Overkill, played by Sandra Bullock....

Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Wilkinson And Maybe John C. Reilly Joining ‘Kong: Skull Island’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2015 1:30 pm EST Even though the Universal Pictures origin story of King Kong from Legendary Pictures recently lost Michael Keaton and J.K. Simmons, the studio is still moving full steam ahead with Kong: Skull Island by looking for replacements, and adding some new talent as well. Samuel L. Jackson is reportedly in early talks to take the role that was vacation by Oscar winner J....

Superhero Bits: Ant-Man, Arrow, The Flash, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Agent Carter, Doctor Strange By Germain Lussier/Dec. 11, 2014 5:30 pm EST Which actors have just been announced for Ant-Man and Agents of SHIELD? What’s going to happen when Arrow and The Flash return? Where can you get your Guardians of the Galaxy Blu-ray signed by James Gunn? Does Gunn have good things to say on the film’s director commentary? Want to read about the first two episodes of Agent Carter?...

Things Get A Bit Weird When Nathan Fielder Interviews The Cast Of ‘The Night Before’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 13, 2015 6:00 am EST If for some reason you haven’t acquainted yourself with comedic genius Nathan Fielder and his Comedy Central program Nathan for You, you’re missing out on some of the most brilliant comedy that has been done in the past decade. But even if you don’t think you’ve experienced what Nathan Fielder has to offer, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of his exploits such as Dumb Starbucks or the viral video of a pig rescuing a goat from drowning....

VOTD: Hi, I’m A Marvel… And I’m A DC: Age Of Ultron And Batman V Superman By Angie Han/Aug. 25, 2015 5:00 am EST It’s been a while since we got one of those “Hi, I’m a Marvel… and I’m a DC” videos, but creator ItsJustSomeRandomGuy hasn’t lost his touch, as evidenced by his latest video. He’s got a lot to work with in the new installment, with both mega-franchises preparing to square off at the box office next year — Marvel with Captain America: Civil War, DC with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice....

By Germain Lussier/April 10, 2015 9:42 am EST That’s going to change. When Disney purchased Lucasfilm, it was pretty obvious no future Star Wars movies would have those recognizable drums and horns in front of them. So one of the first questions (literally) we asked after hearing this news is what would Lucasfilm do without that music? We now know. First up, here’s the way it originally sounded and looked:...

Watch The LEGO Star Wars ‘Force Awakens’ Prequel ‘Poe To The Rescue’ By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 16, 2016 12:00 pm EST Disney has released the first in a new series of Star Wars animated short films titled LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises a prequel to Episode VIII featuring characters from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The first short in the series, titled Poe to the Rescue, originally premiered on Monday, February 15th at 8pm ET on DisneyXD, but is now online for everyone to enjoy....