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The Daily Stream: Wristcutters: A Love Story Takes A Trip Through Punk Purgatory (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie:“Wristcutters: A Love Story” Where You Can Stream It:HBO Max The Pitch:A content warning for readers, but the following contains discussions of suicide and self-harm. There’s a special purgatory just for anyone who commits suicide, and Zia (Patrick Fugit) ends up wondering if maybe being alive wasn’t all that bad....

The Iconic Final Scare In ‘The Ring’ Demonstrated How To Deliver A Satisfying Horror Movie Payoff (Welcome toScariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror. In this edition:The Ringviolated the viewer’s expectations and sense of security with this iconic scene.)Much of horror’s effectiveness stems from its ability to elicit a visceral response from suspense and anticipation; the viewer knows something terrible is going to happen, but it’s thewhenof it that creates a feeling of unease and dread....

The Matrix Resurrections Plot Details And Images Promise A Movie That ‘Throws Down The Matrix Gauntlet Again’ Party like it’s 1999 all over again. In 2021 alone, we’ve received a “Space Jam” sequel, a “Friends” reunion, a prequel to “The Sopranos,” and now we’re collectively looking forward to yet another “Matrix” sequel … which is, apparently,not just another sequel. It’s still hard to believe that Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Lana Wachowski are all returning to their familiar roles in this very familiar, yet no less groundbreaking world of “The Matrix....

Three Thousand Years Of Longing Footage Reveals First Look At George Miller’s New Movie Folks, this is very much not a drill. Acclaimed director George Miller’s next feature might not have been three thousand years in the making, but it sure feels like it. Movie fans have been anxiously awaiting our first look at “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” a sweeping epic intriguingly billed as a love story that “involves a genie....

Visiting The Set Of ‘VFW’, A Fangoria Production Drenched In Blood And Brotherhood VFW stands for Veterans of Foreign Wars. It is a non-profit veterans service organization comprised of eligible veterans and military service members from the active, guard and reserve forces. Part of their mission is “to foster camaraderie among United States veterans of overseas conflicts”. Writers Max Brallier and Matthew McArdle along with DirectorJoe Begos(The Mind’s Eye, Bliss) take a blood-spattering approach to brotherhood and camaraderie in their latest featureVFW....

With ‘Down’, Hulu’s ‘Into The Dark’ Explores The Valentine’s Day From Hell…All Within An Elevator (Blumhouse Television and Hulu have partnered for a monthly horror anthology series titledInto The Dark, set to release a full holiday-themed feature the first Friday of every month. Horror anthology expert Matt Donato will be tackling the series one-by-one, stacking up the entries as they become streamable.)When outsiders generalize “horror,” most minds zip to Romero zombies or Craven icons....

Wizarding World Of Harry Potter Will Get A Nighttime Show Taking a page out of Disney’s theme park playbook, it sounds likeUniversal Studiosis looking to beef up the attractions atThe Wziarding World of Harry Potter. A new report indicates that Universal is developing a nighttime show that will take place within The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Much like the nighttime spectacular shows at Disney theme parks, they will be using projection mapping to project a visual spectacular on the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry castle....

X-Men: Apocalypse Poster Reveals The Movie’s Big Villain [Comic Con 2015] The 20th Century Fox presentation doesn’t take place until later tonight in Comic Con’s famed Hall H, but the studio is already promoting the next X-Men movieX-Men: Apocalypseon the streets of San Diego. The Comic Con promotional poster gives us a look at the film’s big bad. Check out the X-Men: Apocalypse poster after the jump. The art poster features the film’s villain Apocalypse, who is played in the movie by Oscar Isaac, looming over a burning Xavier Mansion....

You Won’t Hear John Williams' ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Score Until The Movie Is Released One of the best things about a newStar Warsmovie coming this winter is that we’re also getting an entirely new feature length score from legendary composerJohn Williams. However, for fans who were hoping to hear the music he wrote far in advance of the movie’s release, we have some potentially bad news. A press release from Walt Disney Records went out today announcing that theStar Wars: The Force Awakensscore won’t be available for purchase until the movie is in theaters this holiday season....

‘Bill & Ted Face The Music’ Original Ending Revealed By Co-Writer Ed Solomon Keanu ReevesandAlex Wintereasily slipped back into their roles of the beloved time-traveling slackers after nearly 30 years inBill & Ted Face the Music,and then some — playing alternate versions of their characters that could have been. But in another timeline, there could have been a very different ending toBill & Ted Face the Music, co-writerEd Solomonrevealed. Several, in fact, and one including… Santa Claus?...

‘Black Panther’ Will Be A “Big Geopolitical Action-Adventure” With Ties To ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Next year’sCaptain America: Civil Warfinally bringsBlack Pantherinto the Marvel Cinematic Universe, andby the looks of ithe’s going to be a force to be reckoned with. That’s him getting a sunlit hero shot, kicking the crap out of Cap’s beloved Bucky, and outrunning Cap himself — this guy is no slouch. But he’s not getting his own movie until 2018, which means we’ve got many, many months of speculation ahead of us....

‘Crazy, Stupid, Love.’ Helmers To Tell The Crazy Story Of John McAfee According to the old saying, truth is stranger than fiction, but that never stops artists from trying to turn truth into fiction. This winter,Wiredmagazine published a piece titled"John McAfee’s Last Stand,“a riveting account of the McAfee Inc. founder’s crazy fall from a millionaire software engineer to a paranoid suspected murderer hiding out in Belize. It was only a matter of time before a studio snapped up that juicy tale, and now Warner Bros....

‘Dexter’ Season 6 Trailer: Dexter Finds Religion Showtime premiered a new trailer for the upcomingDexterseason at Comic-Con last night, just like it has for the past few years. There’s lots of new footage in the trailer, but unfortunately it’s mostly a jumble of quick cuts that fails to set up what the series is aiming at in the next season. At this point I’m worried that the next season will be mostly more of the same for Dexter — a shame, because the show could be vastly improved with a well-placed injection of creativity....