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The Morning Watch: Analyzing Psychopaths In Movies, Josh Brolin Sizzles On Hot Ones & More (The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, a psychiatrist breaks down psychopaths and characters from films and TV, including the Joker from “The Dark Knight,” and Alex from “A Clockwork Orange....

This Week In Trailers: We Need To Talk About Kevin, Oslo, August 31st, Hugh Jackman, Back On Broadway, Wreckers, Special Forces, Holy Rollers: The True Story Of Card Counting Christians Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

TV Bits: ‘HitRECord,’ ‘Geek Out,’ ‘Fargo,’ ‘Zombieland,’ ‘Once Upon A Time’ And ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Spinoffs One of our favorite blockbuster superstar actor is returning to his roots on TV; a popular author is about toGeek Out;and the Coen Brothers go back toFargo. Here’s what’s in this edition of TV Bits: After an incredibly successful few years on the big screen,Joseph Gordon-Levittis coming back to the small screen. He’ll host and produce a new show calledHitRECord on TV!...

Video: Finally A Yoda Toy That Can Kick Your Ass! [Comic Con 2015] Imagine Jedi master Yoda in an intense lightsaber battle, like the one we saw inAttack of the Clones. Now imagine that energy in toy form, teaching kids to become young Jedi and showcasing his insane Jedi lightsaber skills. Finally there is a Yoda toy thatwill kick your ass, and it is Spinmaster’s Star Wars Legendary Yoda. This is one of those gems that I happened to walk past as I wandered the Comic Con show floor on preview night, and it stopped me in my tracks....

VOTD: How ‘The Irishman’ VFX Used New Technology To De-Age Robert De Niro, Al Pacino & Joe Pesci In recent years, the visual effects used to de-age actors has produced impressive results. Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L Jackson, Kurt Russell, and Michael Douglas have all been made young again in the movies of Marvel Studios. But those are blockbuster movies. Could the same digital technology be effectively used to craft an award-worthy drama featuring de-aged actors?...

‘Alien: Covenant’ Casts Billy Crudup In A “Key” Role Just when you thinkAlien: Covenanthas finished casting recognizable actors to get killed by Xenomorphs,Billy Crudupjoins the ensemble. He’s very much in line with everyone else directorRidley Scotthas recruited to star in hisPrometheusfollow-up: a strong performer with a recognizable face who isn’t so well-known that he overshadows the largerAlienfranchise. The news of Crudup’s casting comes to us viaDeadline, who say that Crudup is in “advanced negotiations” for a “key part” in the film....

‘Ammonite’ Review: Kate Winslet And Saoirse Ronan Lead A Chilly LGBTQ Drama [TIFF 2020] In the windswept, dreary coastal English town of Lyme Regis lives Mary Anning (Kate Winslet), a paleontologist who searches on the muddy beaches for fossils such from prehistoric creatures that givesAmmoniteits name. Living with her mother (Gemma Jones), the two run a tourist friendly shop peddling tiny rocks to those wanting to have a tiny sense of wonder....

‘Back To The Future’ Honest Trailer: There’s Something Very Familiar About All This The celebration that wasBack to the Future Dayhas come and gone, and after all the love and nostalgia that came out for the time traveling franchise yesterday, it’s only fair to follow it up with some lighthearted jabs by way of anHonest Trailerfor the entire trilogy. The firstBack to the Futureis a perfect movie, so Honest Trailers doesn’t really have much to nitpick on the filmmaking side of things....

‘Fraggle Rock’ Movie Stalled By Weinstein Company It’s beenalmost a year sincewe heard any news about aFraggle Rockmovie. That goes for the director too. As more and more properties from the Seventies and Eighties get remade, rebooted or reimagined, the idea of aFraggle Rockmovie like a no-brainer. NowCory Edwards, the director ofHoodwinkedwhohas long been attachedtoFraggle Rock: The Moviehas posted an update to his blog about the film and it seems like the ball is totally in the court of the Weinstein Company....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’ Will Film This November, Script The Same As It Was Three Years Ago Long ago, in the faraway time of 2017, Marvel’sGuardians of the Galaxygot its long-awaited sequel. To be fair, not that much time has elapsed between the second and third movie, but time has been moving slower and this movie was originally supposed to arrive alotsooner. Regardless, we come bearing good news:James Gunn’s nextGuardiansfilm is officially on the way, with a completed script and set filming dates....

‘Isle Of Dogs’ Featurette: See The Work That Goes Into Creating These Very Good Dogs Wes Anderson’s stop-motionIsle of Dogswasn’t easy to make. A whole team of animators worked obsessively to bring the detailed, animated world of the film to life. A newIsle of Dogsfeaturette takes you behind the scenes of Anderson’s latest, and shows the meticulous work that went into creating these very good dogs. I would very much like to seeIsle of Dogsnow, please and thank you....

‘It Must Be Heaven’ Review: This Hopeful, Inclusive Film Uses Comedy To Explore The Human Condition [Cannes] There’s something to be said about the blissfulness of ignorance. Festivals are prime places to be able to go into a film cold, often not even knowing the title, let alone the subject and synopsis. Give me a movie and I’ll apprehend, no matter what, and hopefully find something to fall for. This rarefied way of seeingElia Suleiman’sIt Must Be Heavenproved heavenly, and there’s perhaps no better way of seeing this charming, sweet and intelligent film....

‘John Wick 3’ Featurettes Show Keanu Reeves Gleefully Learning How To Ride A Horse We may have our differences, but as a society, we’ve all come together to agree on one thing: our undying love forKeanu Reeves. We love to watch him work, and we love to watch him enjoy his work. And two newJohn Wick 3featurettes give us both of those opportunities. In these behind-the-scenes clips, watch as a very giddy Reeves learns how to ride a horse and also shoot a big motorcycle chase scene....