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‘Suicide Squad’ Spoiler Review: An Autopsy Of One Very Strange Misfire Based on its massive box office over the weekend, chances are strong that you’ve seenDavid Ayer’sSuicide Squad. And based on how everyone is screaming about it, chances are just as strong that you have an opinion about it. I’m not sure what to make ofSuicide Squad, a movie that feels compromised from frame one, constantly confused about what it wants to be....

‘The Batman’ Director Matt Reeves Confirms Jeffrey Wright As Commissioner Gordon Robin may be the ally most associated with Batman, but a close runner-up would be Commissioner Gordon. The grizzled police commissioner who turns a blind eye to Batman’s vigilante activities and turns to the caped crusader when Gotham is in need of help, Gordon is an essential part of the Batman mythos and thus would need a capable actor to play him inMatt Reeves' upcoming film,The Batman....

‘The Good Dinosaur’ May Ruin Pixar’s Profitable Box Office Performance Record It looks likeThe Good Dinosauris about to do something unprecedented forPixar Animation, but it’s not something to be happy about. Analysts believe the Thanksgiving release from the revered animation studio is shaping up to be their first box office failure, as the film just doesn’t seem to be garnering the interest from audiences that Pixar films normally do. The film isn’t exactly bombing at the box office, but it is underperforming....

‘The Humbling’ Trailer: Al Pacino Embraces The Chaos Of Aging Al Pacinoshows up in two big festival films this year: David Gordon Green’sManglehorn, andThe HumblingfromBarry Levinson. Here’s a firstThe Humblingtrailer, in which Pacino plays an aging actor who embarks upon an affair with a younger woman (Greta Gerwig) after he has a minor breakdown. OK, maybe not such a minor one. If that sounds like it should really be Woody Allen material, keep in mind that the film is an adaptation of the novel byPhilip Roth, who could almost be considered Allen’sliterary twin....

‘The Purge 5’ Is Now Titled ‘The Forever Purge’ The title of the nextPurgesequel has been revealed, and it’s pretty fitting:The Forever Purge. It’s as if the makers of the film realized that we’re already trapped in a never-ending nightmare, and they might as well take advantage of that with this title.The Purgeis usually set on the one night of a year where all crime is legal, but throwing “forever” into the title suggests thatThe Purgehas reached a point where it’s become an ongoing, constant source of turmoil....

‘The Rise Of Skywalker’ Will Provide A Satisfying End To The Skywalker Saga, According To J.J. Abrams J.J. Abramsreallywants you to understand thatStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkeris the end. Is it the end ofStar Wars? No, of course not. But it is the end of the Skywalker Saga – the saga that encompasses nine films total. And when it comes toSkywalker, Abrams wanted to make sure he provided not just a good final film, but a satisfying conclusion to the saga as a whole....

‘The Tick’ Gets Revived At Amazon, But There’s A Catch The stories are true: cult favorite superhero seriesThe Tickis coming back, courtesy of Amazon. We first heard about the possibility of aTickrevival back in 2014, and now Amazon has officially given a pilot order to a new take on the character created byBen Edlund.Wally Pfister(Transcendence) is in talks to direct. However, there’s a catch.Patrick Warburton, who brilliantly played the not-so-brilliant superhero in the earlier live-action TV series, will not reprise his role....

‘Utopia’ Red Band Trailer: Things Get Violent In The Latest Look At Gillian Flynn’s Amazon Series Amazon is ready to take you toUtopia, a new series fromGillian Flynn, adapted from the 2013 British show of the same name. In the series, fans of a comic book discover a conspiracy within the comic is actually real, and now, “a group of young fans come together to embark on a high-stakes twisted adventure to use what they uncover to save themselves, each other, and ultimately humanity....

‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Comic Prequel Announced War for the Planet of the Apestakes place two years after the events ofDawn of the Planet of the Apes. And to help bridge that time jump, 20th Century Fox has teamed up with BOOM! Studios to present a new comic book miniseries. Read on to learn more about theWar For the Planet of the Apescomic book mini-series and to take a look at the first issue....

Alfonso Herrera Had Just One Worry In Mind When He Joined The Ozark Cast WhenAlfonso Herrerajoined the cast of “Ozark” this year as Javi Elizonndro, the nephew of Omar Navarro (Felix Solis) and his up-and-coming replacement as leader of the Navarro drug cartel, he was boarding the show as a wild card late in its run. Thefinal half-seasonof “Ozark” is now streaming on Netflix, so Javi has already reached the end of the storytelling line along with every other character on the show....

Amazon Dives Into Sci-Fi With Adaptations Of ‘Ringworld’, ‘Lazarus’ And ‘Snow Crash’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Netflix may still be leading the way in the volume and overall quality of original streaming content, but Hulu is catching up quickly, especially after their Emmy win for Outstanding Drama Series forThe Handmaid’s Tale. Meanwhile, Amazon Studios still has a lot of work to do if they’re going to keep up....

Bill Murray Doesn’t Think Bill Murray Has Much To Do With His Success Bill Murraybegan his career in comedy with Chicago’s improv comedy troupe The Second City. He also became involved with National Lampoon after being recruited by John Belushi. In 1977, he joined the cast of the then-still-kinda-new “Saturday Night Live,” bringing him into the public eye. In 1979, he was cast in Harold Ramis' summer camp comedy “Meatballs,” and would go on to star in several high-profile comedies like “Stripes,” “Caddyshack,” and Best Picture nominee “Tootsie....

Blake Lively To Play Carrie Bradshaw In ‘Sex And The City’ Prequel ‘The Carrie Diaries’? Sex and the City 2was a disappointmentat the box office, failing to live up to the shockingly high gross of its predecessor. Rather than let the series die, HBO Films is reportedly looking into taking the tried-and-true route that so many franchises have opted for before: Making a prequel. The production is still in the discussion stages, but if made into a reality, the film would adaptCandace Bushnell’s 2010 prequelThe Carrie Diaries, which focuses on Carrie Bradshaw’s high school days in the early ’80s....