Writer-director Dean DeBlois brings his wondrous Dragon trilogy to a spectacular finish with How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. The third and final part of the story from DreamWorks Animation faced an uphill battle since the first sequel, in 2014, earned $40 million less than the $217 million …
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John Oliver slammed President Trump’s national emergency declaration that Trump made to secure funding in order to build a wall along America’s southern border during Last Week Tonight on Sunday. “According to Trump, the border suddenly constitutes a national emergency. Or, as he might spell it in a tweet, ‘the …
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Elle Fanning becomes a “butterfly” in the latest high-stakes trailer for the film Teen Spirit. This trailer offers a preview of Fanning belting Ellie Goulding‘s hit “Lights.” Teen Spirit tells the tale of fictional pop star Violet (Fanning), a shy Polish teenager who enters a singing competition. This particular trailer previews …
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Hours after HBO announced when Leaving Neverland would premiere, the estate of Michael Jackson fired off a 10-page letter to HBO’s CEO slamming the film and HBO’s decision to air it. In the letter to HBO’s CEO Richard Plepler, the estate’s counsel deem Leaving Neverland “an admittedly one-sided, sensationalist program—referred …
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Big Mouth parodies When Harry Met Sallyin a new teaser for the animated Netflix show’s upcoming Valentine’s Day episode. Four of the show’s pubescent stars reflect on meeting the sex-obsessed Hormone Monsters in a brief homage to the romantic comedy’s interview sequences. Andrew (John Mulaney) and Matthew (Andrew Rannells) both …
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In theaters for a week before being served up to Netflix subscribers (it’s a new world, folks…), Dan Gilroy’s satire of the Los Angeles art scene gets off to a deliciously depraved start. Velvet Buzzsaw is a bonbon spiked with wit and malice, inviting us to join a nest of …
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It’s eyeball-freezing cold up there in the Arctic. You can feel it in this movie’s bones. Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen does wonders with the role of Overgård, the downed pilot of a small cargo plane who’s awaiting a rescue that may never come. Overgård doesn’t bang on about his troubles, …
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Never shy when it comes to promoting new work from talented African-American artists who grapple with difficult material, Oprah Winfrey‘s OWN network released the first clip of David Makes Man this weekend at Sundance.The clip features the soaring, uplifting voice of Laura Mvula singing her track “Sing to the Moon,” …
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“God, Kimmy, ” Jacqueline White scolds the title character of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.“As stupid as this is, there are real feelings at stake here.” In the moment, Jacquline (Jane Krakowski) is describing the emotional affair Kimmy (Ellie Kemper) is having with the parents of her new boyfriend, whom she otherwise …
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A review of “Chidi Sees the Time-Knife,” this week’s The Good Place, coming up just as soon as I describe the plot of the Entourage movie to William Shakespeare … And so here we are, right back where it all started. Sort of. Other episodes this season (“Janet(s)” in particular) …
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