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‘The Good Place’ Will Be Ending With Season 4, Making This The Bad Place Mike Schurhas given us comedy magic on NBC for years. FromThe OfficetoParks and Recreation, he’s been a network staple that has brought endless laughs and touching moments to the small screen. That continued in a whole new way in recent years withThe Good Place, a show that is every bit as funny as the aforementioned comedies, but also as philosophically compelling and narratively surprising as a show likeLOST....

‘Transformers 5’ To Sabotage The Career Of Nickelodeon Star Isabela Moner I won’t say that theTransformersmovie series is cursed. It’s too successful, too huge, and too popular to carry such a label, even ifTransformers: Age of Extinctionunderperformed at the domestic box office. However, theTransformersmovie series does have the nasty habit of chewing up actors and spitting them out and ensuring that nobody takes them seriously for a good long while. Look at Shia LeBeouf, whose time in the series saw him transition from a promising young actor into walking, weeping art project....

‘Wind River’ Trailer: Jeremy Renner & Elizabeth Olsen Hunt A Killer In The Cold Wilderness After writing the acclaimed filmsSicarioandHell or High Water, screenwriterTaylor Sheridanhas tried his hand at directing a suspenseful thriller of his own. Wind RiverfollowsJeremy Renneras US Fish & Wildlife agent Cory Lambert working on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. When he finds the body of a young woman in the mountains, an FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) is brought in to help solve what looks like a homicide....

‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past: Rogue Cut’ Release Date Marks 15th Anniversary Of Original ‘X-Men’ We’ve been hearing about an extended cut ofX-Men: Days of Future Pastsince last fall. The longer edition of the film has been called theRogue Cut, mostly because it gives the power-stealing mutant played byAnna Paquinsome more screentime thanks to a subplot that originally ended up on the cutting room floor. We’ve heard details about this cut of the filmbeing 17 minutes longer, and the home video release alsohaving some new extras as well....

2019 Saturn Awards Winners: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Dominates With Six Total Awards This weekend, the45th Saturn Awardshonored the best in fantasy, sci-fi, and horror motion pictures, television shows and more. Held at the historic Avalon Theater in Hollywood and streamed online on eight different platforms, the awards show was hosted by Aisha Tyler and featured appearances by some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. But no one had a bigger presence thanAvengers: Endgame, which walked away with six total awards, including Best Comic-to-Motion Picture Release and Best Actor in a Film forRobert Downey Jr....

A Better Queue Mines Netflix’s Instant Offerings For Critically Acclaimed Gems Netflix already has its own sophisticated algorithm for tailoring recommendations to each individual user, but there are times when their suggestions can be a littletoocustomized. Like, say, when you’re looking to expand your horizons with a critically acclaimed classic you expect to admire more than like, or dip your toe into a genre you rarely explore. For those needs,Dave Jachimiakhas invented A Better Queue....

Alamo Drafthouse Now Offering Theater Rentals In Two Locations If you’re missing movie theaters and have an extra $300-plus burning a hole in your pocket,Alamo Drafthousewants to help. The theater chain is offering patrons a chance to rent out the joint for 30 of their friends, with 40 movies to pick from, includingThe Iron Giant,A Nightmare on Elm Street,Jaws, and more. The theater rental will run you $150 and there’s a required minimum food purchase of $150, too....

Bringing Blade Runner Back To Life Was A Tough Sell For Everyone Involved No one likes to see their favorite childhood film or cult classic implode because of a bad sequel. Like the incessant habit of remakes and reboots, spinning endless follow-ups for any commercially viable film is pretty common practice. But even successful films that court audiences and critics alike are in danger of essentially ruining a good thing. That’s why the reaction to Ridley Scott wanting to make a follow-up to “Blade Runner,” his sci-fi noir based on the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?...

Casting Notes: John C. Reilly In Lynne Ramsay’s New Film; Daniel Brühl And Paz Vega In Castro’s Daughter Imagine being directorLynne Ramsaywatching Peter Jackson’s terrible version ofThe Lovely Bones. Ramsay made two excellent films,RatcatcherandMorvern Callar, the latter way back in 2002, then was attached for quite some time to filmThe Lovely Bones. That obviously didn’t happen, but for the past year she’s been working instead on an adaptation ofWe Need to Talk About Kevin,Lionel Shriver’s novel about a troubled husband and wife dealing with the fact that their son perpetrated a murderous school shooting....

Cell Phone At Premiere Of 1928 Charlie Chaplin Film Debunked Earlier this week, we were one of many sites topost a very intriguing videothat hit the web. It was from the extras on the DVD ofCharlie Chaplin’s1928 filmThe Circusand showed what many believed to be a woman on a cell phone in 1928.George Clarke, the filmmaker and Simon Pegg lookalike who made the video, surmised the only thing it could be was a time traveler....

Cillian Murphy Reveals The Hardest Part Of Shooting Peaky Blinders' Final Season “Peaky Blinders” lead Cillian Murphy revealed the hardest part of shootingthe sixth and final seasonof the show. In an interview withTVLine, Murphy opened up about the filming process of “Peaky Blinders,” and how it felt “very strange” to be on set without co-star Helen McCrory, who died last April at age 52. McCrory played Aunt Polly, the matriarch of the Shelby family and treasurer of the Birmingham criminal gang, who was also a close advisor to Thomas throughout the series....

Cool Stuff: ‘Avengers: Infinity Saga’ Playing Cards From Theory 11 Are Quite A Handful Theory 11 previously created a double pack ofStar Warsplaying cards for thelight and dark side of the force, not to mention an entire setdedicated to the Disney+ seriesThe Mandalorian. Now it’s the many movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe getting shuffled up in a stylish new deck ofAvengers: Infinity Sagaplaying cards. Check them out below. Avengers: Infinity Saga Playing Cards TheseAvengers: Infinity Sagaplaying cards are gorgeous before you even open them....

Cool Stuff: ‘Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring’ Score Is Getting A Huge Vinyl Release We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The scores forThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy from directorPeter Jacksonhave been available for awhile now, but they’ve yet to be released on vinyl since the format has risen in popularity again. But that’s about to change with an incredible new vinyl release....