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Superhero Bits: Doctor Strange, The Flash, Iron Fist, Supergirl, Agent Carter, Avengers 2 By Germain Lussier/Feb. 2, 2015 4:00 pm EST Is Superman getting a new costume in the comic books? Was Ewan McGregor up for Doctor Strange? How long is Ezra Miller willing to play The Flash? Who might be auditioning to play Marvel’s Iron Fist? What’s the latest comic book that Sony Pictures picked up? Want to see a new iZombie promo?...

Trailer: Amy Winehouse Speaks Her Mind In Documentary From ‘Senna’ Director By Angie Han/April 2, 2015 7:30 am EST This summer marks the fourth anniversary of musician Amy Winehouse’s sudden death at the age of 27. It also brings the arrival of Amy, a documentary from Senna director Asif Kapadia. In the first trailer, Kapadia lets the late soul singer speak for herself, via snippets of old interviews laid over old photographs and video clips....

Vin Diesel Says ‘Fast And Furious 8’ Could Take Place In New York By Germain Lussier/March 31, 2015 10:00 am EST Furious 7 isn’t even in theaters yet but its star has begun teasing the follow up. Vin Diesel popped up on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week and said that Kurt Russell wasn’t cast in Furious 7 for Furious 7. He was cast for a story that happens afterward in New York, which is an obvious tease about Fast and Furious 8....

VOTD: New IKEA Commercial Pays Homage To ‘The Shining’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 22, 2014 2:00 pm EST Stanley Kubrick’s vision of Stephen King’s The Shining has become so iconic, ripping it off is almost cliché. Oh, is that a guy with his head popping through a cracked door? A typewriter with the same phrase over and over? A snowy hedge maze? We get it. That said, somehow a new commercial by IKEA is all kinds of awesome....

VOTD: Revisit The Movies And Trailers Of 2014 In Two Impressive Montages By Russ Fischer/Dec. 3, 2014 7:00 am EST It’s that time again: the year-end movie montages are here. In the next six weeks we’ll probably see quite a few examples of people cutting together reels of their favorite film footage from the past twelve months, but two early entries in the 2014 movies supercut race are already available. One is a great edit of footage from 25 of the year’s best films, while the other is a long cut that samples from a couple hundred movie trailers....

Watch All Of ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season One For Free Online By Russ Fischer/May 1, 2015 1:00 pm EST Star Wars Rebels season two begins on June 20, but in the event you haven’t seen the first season help is on the way. The full first season of Rebels is now available to stream online for free, from now through May 4. (That day being Star Wars Day.) Basically, that means you’ve got the weekend to catch up on all of the first season episodes....

‘A Merry Friggin’ Christmas’ Trailer: Robin Williams And Joel McHale Try Not To Ruin The Holidays By Angie Han/Oct. 10, 2014 9:00 am EST When Robin Williams passed away in August, he left four unreleased films behind. One of those was A Merry Friggin’ Christmas, a holiday comedy starring Williams and Joel McHale. As a performer, Williams could play anything from Patch Adams to The Angriest Man in Brooklyn. Mitch, his character in A Merry Friggin’ Christmas, seems to fall toward the latter end of the spectrum....

‘Agent Carter’ Season 2 First Look Reveals A Big Change For The SSR By Angie Han/Sept. 4, 2015 6:30 am EST Agent Carter Season 1 was a wild ride for Peggy and the Strategic Scientific Reserve, and now it looks like there are some big changes in advance of Season 2. For one thing, it appears Peggy’s going to have a new boss, as teased in this Agent Carter Season 2 first look....

‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Reveals A ‘Black Panther’ Easter Egg And Two Bonus Feature Clips By Angie Han/Aug. 27, 2015 8:00 am EST Avengers: Age of Ultron is the gift that keeps on giving. As the supersized superhero saga heads toward a home video release, Marvel Studios has unveiled two bonus feature clips focusing on three exciting recent additions to the MCU: Ultron (James Spader), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), and Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson)....

‘Cop Car’ Trailer: What Happens When Two Kids Steal Kevin Bacon’s Cruiser? By Russ Fischer/May 27, 2015 11:00 am EST Movies don’t come much more lean than Cop Car, in which two kids stumble across a seemingly abandoned sheriff’s cruiser. One thing leads to another, and soon the pre-teens are off on the joyride of a lifetime. But the car wasn’t abandoned, and the sheriff, who has his own problems to deal with, wants the car back....

‘Daredevil’ Season 2 Teaser: The Punisher Is Here To Interrupt Your Chinese New Year By Jacob Hall/Feb. 8, 2016 9:00 am EST Today marks the start of the Chinese New Year, so you know what that means: a new Daredevil season 2 teaser! Well, that’s seemingly what went through the heads of the marketing people at Netflix, who decided that cross-section of people who celebrate this holiday and binge-watch Marvel superhero shows must be large enough to warrant a special teaser trailer....

‘Deadpool’ Featurette: See How The Merc With A Mouth’s Mask Was Created By Ethan Anderton/April 28, 2016 5:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the biggest hits of the year has been Deadpool, defying and exceeding expectations at the box office and wowing critics and audiences alike. We’ve already seen a bit of a glimpse behind the scenes as to how they brought the comic book character to life with some impressive visual effects....

‘Life Itself,’ ‘The Overnighters’ And ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’ On Oscar Documentary Shortlist By Germain Lussier/Dec. 2, 2014 11:00 am EST One of the interesting things about awards season is how voters are sometimes forced to vote on certain films. Take, for example, the Oscar shortlists. A small group of people wade through the hundreds of eligible films in certain categories and then provide a shortlist. Then, nominees can only be picked from that list....

‘Maps To The Stars’ Red-Band Trailer: David Cronenberg Hearts Hollywood By Angie Han/Feb. 18, 2015 7:30 am EST In advance of Maps to the Stars’ release next weekend, Focus Features is squeezing in one last trailer. And it might be the craziest one yet. Which, if you’ve seen the other trailers, is really saying something. Mia Wasikowska, Julianne Moore, and Robert Pattinson lead the David Cronenberg-directed satire about the unique insanity of modern-day Hollywood....

‘SNL’ Delivers A ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Toy Commercial For Kids Ages 6 And Up…Way Up By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 13, 2015 9:00 am EST Once Force Friday arrived back in September, it wasn’t just kids who were excited to get their hands on the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys. In fact, part of me wonders if there were more adults anxious to get their hands on some toys that night instead of the youngsters....

‘The Intern’ Trailer: Anne Hathaway Bosses Around Robert De Niro By Angie Han/May 14, 2015 6:30 am EST Anne Hathaway sure has come a long way from her Devil Wears Prada days. In her new movie The Intern, she’s the hard-charging fashionista with a lackey of her own. Luckily for that lackey, played by Robert De Niro, she seems a little bit nicer than Miranda Priestly was. Watch The Intern trailer after the jump....

‘The Magicians’ Trailer: New SyFy Series Isn’t About Card Tricks At All By Ethan Anderton/May 17, 2015 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here’s the first trailer for SyFy’s series The Magicians from YouTube: Jason Ralph (A Most Violent Year, Aquarius) stars in the series as Quentin Coldwater, the brilliant grad student who enrolls in Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, a secret upstate New York university specializing in magic....

A Cast Of Kings S1E06 - A Golden Crown By David Chen/Nov. 12, 2015 10:10 pm EST In this episode of “A Cast of Kings,” Joanna and David discuss sixth episode of the first season of Game of Thrones, “A Golden Crown.” Use this chart to follow along with your own book-reading. Thanks to our sponsor for this ep, Hover. Go to hover.com/Crown to 10% off your first order. Thanks also to Adam Wells from the Beyond The Shield podcast for his help in putting this ep together....

A Cast Of Kings S1E09 - Baelor By David Chen/Dec. 2, 2015 11:12 pm EST In this episode of “A Cast of Kings,” Joanna and David discuss ninth episode of the first season of Game of Thrones, “Baelor.” Use this chart to follow along with your own book-reading. Thanks to Adam Wells from the Beyond The Shield podcast for his help in putting this ep together. If you like the show, feel free to leave us a review on iTunes and be sure to follow us on Facebook for updates on the show....

A Cast Of Kings S6E10 - The Winds Of Winter By David Chen/June 27, 2016 10:37 pm EST In this episode of “A Cast of Kings,” Joanna and David discuss the tenth episode of the sixth season of Game of Thrones, “The Winds of Winter.” Thanks to Adam Wells from the Beyond The Shield podcast for his help in putting this ep together. If you like the show, feel free to leave us a review on iTunes and be sure to follow us on Facebook for updates on the show....