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The Sins Of Our Fathers: The Hubris Of ‘Rocky IV’ And The Humility Of ‘Creed II’ As a franchise,Rockyhas almost always been defined by the hubris of its star and creator, Sylvester Stallone. The original film is not actually so much about boxing as it is about the boxer, a working class guy who has only one skill in the ring and desperately wants to achieve more for himself, and what Stallone gradually lost sight of in writing and directing the sequels is that it was that character struggle that made his film resonate with people....

The Turning Ending Explained: Is This Movie Really That Bad? There’s a fair chance more people have heard about “The Turning” (more specifically, its ending) being terrible than have actually seen the film. Adapted from Henry James' classic Gothic horror novella “The Turn of the Screw,” the movie was once called “Haunting” and was meant to markSteven Spielberg’s triumphant returnto the horror genre as a producer. Instead, it went through a bumpy pre-production that led to the film’s original title, cast, and crew being dropped before shooting began on a revamped version of the project under Floria Sigismondi’s direction....

This Week In Trailers: Charlie’s Country, One Rogue Reporter, Bicycling With Molière, Hill Street, Welcome To Leith 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: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week we go on walkabout, muckrake with the best the British has to offer, find out why double penetration at 8 am is such hard work, hate on some real life Nazis, and go skateboarding in Dublin....

Tom Cruise Demands You Turn Off Your Motion Smoothing Tom Cruisetook a break from cheating death to offer-up an important public service announcement:turn your god damn motion smoothing off, people. Cruise and his frequent collaborator andMission: Impossible – FalloutdirectorChristopher McQuarriegot together to helpfully let you know that motion smoothing looks like absolute garbage, and the best way for you to watchFallout– or any movie – at home is to turn that unnecessary feature off....

TV Bits: ‘Game Of Thrones’, ‘Mad Men’, ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Homeland’, ‘Hannibal’, ‘Cougar Town’, Louis CK, Eli Roth It’s gonna be a great spring for TV lovers, with the returns ofGame of ThronesandMad Menjust around the corner andLouis CK’s new standup special waiting in the wings. Watch trailers for all three after the jump. Also: I think Brody and Carrie are over. I think it’s over. I don’t think those two can be together....

Walt Disney World Officially Closing Stitch’s Great Escape, Primeval Whirl, And Rivers Of Light; Other New Projects Postponed The axe has swung for a few deeply unpopularWalt Disney Worldattractions. While the writing has been on the wall for some time, the coronavirus pandemic surely hastened the demise ofStitch’s Great Escape,Rivers of Light, andPrimeval Whirl, all of which are set to close. In addition, a few other previously announced projects have been temporarily postponed as Disney’s theme park division battens down the hatches for the ongoing COVD-19 crisis....

Warner Bros. Fast-Tracks ‘Lego Batman’ Spinoff From ‘The Lego Movie’ “Darkness! No parents! The opposite of light!” People liked the Lego version of Batman so much inThe Lego Moviethat Warner Bros. has fast-tracked development on aLego Batmanspinoff movie. In fact, while WB still plans to makeThe Lego Movie 2eventually, this Batman spinoff is basically taking its place.Chris McKay, who acted as animation supervisor onLego Movie, will now direct theLego Batmanmovie, from a script bySeth Grahame-Smith....

We Regret To Inform You That Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Zeus Project Is A BMW Super Bowl Commercial A few days back, Arnold Schwarzenegger shared a photo of himself as the Greek God Zeus in what looked like a movie poster on Instagram. Everyone was confused. Did a movie studio somehow manage to keep something this huge and extremely goofy under wraps? Was this for an NFT? Does anyone even really understand what an NFT is?...

Will Ferrell-Themed Bar Opens In New York If your idea of a good Friday night is tradingAnchormanquotes over glasses of scotchy scotch scotch, you’ll want to get on the next train to New York City’s Lower East Side. AWill Ferrell-themed bar calledStay Classyhas just opened in the area, and it’s kind of a big deal. Learn all about the Will Ferrell bar after the jump. Stay Classy is the brainchild of Will Ferrell megafansZach NeilandBrian Link....

Winning Time Trailer: Adam McKay And HBO Explore The Rise Of The Los Angeles Lakers From comedies to scathing political satires to sports dramas — nobody can ever accuse filmmaker Adam McKay of neglecting to branch out from the confines of the safe and familiar. With his most recent film “Don’t Look Up” set for a limited theatrical release this week, McKay has already been hard at work on his next big project: pilot director and executive producer of “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty....

‘Chappaquiddick’ Trailer: The Kennedy Family Deals With Another Tragedy It’s no secret that the Kennedy family has been stricken with grief on numerous occasions, so much that Ted Kennedy, the youngest brother of John F. Kennedy, once wondered if there was some kind of curse that hung over his name. Now, audiences will see a dramatization of the tragedy that led to this heartbreaking conclusion. Chappaquiddicktakes us back to 1969 when Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) was the last hope at continuing the Kennedy family bloodline....

‘Fear Street’ Trilogy Cast Adds ‘Stranger Things’ Star Sadie Sink Sadie Sinkis jumping out of one spooky franchise and into another. TheStranger Thingsactress has joined the cast of theFear Streettrilogy, adapted fromR.L. Stine’s book series.Leigh Janiak, director of indie horror filmHoneymoon, is set to helm all three entries in the trilogy. Unlike theGoosebumpsseries by R.L. Stine, theFear Streetbooks were geared towards an older, teen audience – and the films likely will be as well....

‘Helstrom’ Teaser Gives First Look At Marvel Horror Series Following The Son Of Satan [Comic-Con 2020] Hulu’s last live-action Marvel series is coming with a righteous fury.Helstrom, which follows “the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer” with superpowers as they hunt bad people, held a Comic-Con at Home virtual panel to tease the upcoming comic book series.HelstromshowrunnerPaul Zbyszewskiwas joined by cast membersTom Austen, Sydney Lemmon, Elizabeth Marvel, Robert Wisdom, Ariana Guerra, June Carryl,andAlain Uyto give a sneak peek at the horror-inspired series....