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‘Rock Of Ages’ Trailer: Hairpieces, Histrionics And Hysteria For me, the best part of the trailer forAdam Shankman’sRock of Agesis the prominent display of the Motorhead logo in the first few seconds. After that it’s all downhill. The film adapts the stage ‘jukebox musical’ withDiego BonetaandJulianne Houghplaying wide-eyed kids caught up in the mid-’80s LA rock scene. Well, they’re caught up in a vision of that scene, at least, as filtered through comedy, nostalgia and the parameters of the movie musical....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Closing Season 44 With Paul Rudd And Emma Thompson As Hosts Saturday Night Liveis about the wrap up season 44 with a trio of exciting hosts lined up. We already knowAdam Sandler ismaking a surprising comebackto his old stomping grounds to host the sketch show for the first time ever. But after that, the last two episodes will bring around a first-time host with a buzzworthy coming out this summer and a fan favorite host who is one of the stars of what could be the biggest movie of the year....

‘Sherlock Gnomes’ Trailer: There’s A Fart Joke 25 Seconds Into This (And Also Johnny Depp) What have we done to deserveSherlock Gnomes? You know what? Don’t answer that.Gnomeo & Juliet, a very real movie about sentient garden gnomes, was apparently a big enough hit to warrant a sequel. That sequel? WhySherlock Gnomes, of course! Finally, lawn ornaments and detective work have been combined into a candy color nightmare, and you can share in the nightmare by watching the newSherlock Gnomestrailer!...

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Will Likely Introduce A Mega Star Destroyer We recently learned thatAdam Driver’s cranky bad boy Kylo Renwould be getting a new ship called the TIE SilencerinRian Johnson’s upcoming sequelStar Wars: The Last Jedi. Now, it seems as if his master may be cruising the galaxy in a new ride as well. Supreme Leader Snoke’s name has been tied to a ship called a Mega Star Destroyer thanks to – what else?...

‘The Bad Batch’ Trailer: The Animated ‘Clone Wars’ Spin-Off Goes Rogue “They call themselves The Bad Batch.” The motley crew of experimental clone warriors, otherwise known as Clone Force 99, are getting their own animated series on Disney+ following their debut inThe Clone Wars. Watch the firstThe Bad Batchtrailer below. The Bad Batch Trailer Star Wars: The Bad Batchis an animated spin-off series ofThe Clone Warsthat will focus on the titular group of elite and experimental clones as they navigate theStar Warsuniverse after the end of the Clone Wars....

‘The East’ Trailer: ‘Sound Of My Voice’ Director Zal Batmanglij And Star Brit Marling Explore Another Shadowy Group The Sundance Film Festival has treatedBrit Marlingexceptionally well over the past few years. She was the big breakout story of the 2011 event, with the one-two punch of Mike Cahill’sAnother EarthandZal Batmanglij’sThe Sound of My Voice, and she got to return in 2012 withNicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage. This year, she’s back once again with Batmanglij forThe East, a thriller about a shadowy anarchist collective (called The East, hence the title) and a private intelligence operative (Marling) who goes undercover to stop it....

‘Wonder Woman’ Character Breakdown: Meet All The Key Players In This Origin Story Having seen 16 minutesofWonder Woman, as well as a presentation of theevents in the first act of the film, we finally have a good idea of what all the key players in the film are doing. Obviously there’s our superheroine Diana Prince, but there are also the Amazons who raised her, a few villains, some helpful heroes, and more....

‘X-Men First Class’ Theatrical Trailer Aftera shaky startto itsmarketing campaign, fans were almost overwhelminglypositive about the teaser trailertoX-Men First Class, directorMatthew Vaughn’s periodX-Menfilm chronicling the rise of both Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender), the men destined to become mutant leaders Professor X and Magneto. Now, 20th Century Fox has revealed the full theatrical trailer for the June 3 release. Will fan response be as strong? Watch it after the jump and judge for yourself....

‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ International Trailer: Emma Stone Is Not Impressed By Zoey Deutch In the 10 years sinceZombielandfirst hit theaters, original cast membersWoody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma StoneandAbigail Breslingained several Oscar nominations and accolades. And in the world ofZombieland: Double Tap, Columbus (Eisenberg), Wichita (Stone), and Little Rock (Breslin) have gained a few new members in their dysfunctional family. One of which isZoey Deutch’s ditzy Madison, whose antics are not impressing Stone’s Wichita in the newZombieland: Double Tapinternational trailer....

Alamo Drafthouse Aims To Save ‘Bottle Rocket’ Location With Screening And Mondo Poster Just when you thought theAlamo Drafthousewas done with their2011 Texas Rolling Roadshow, they’ve added one more stop and this one has a higher purpose. The Days Inn in Hillsboro, Texas was a major location inWes Anderson’s feature debutBottle Rocketand it’s in danger of shutting down. So, the Drafthouse has teamed up with several partners to host a fundraising screening for the hotel on Saturday July 9 that will be paired with a limited edition poster byRich Kelly....

Amazon Fire TV Set-Top Box Announced We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Amazontoday announced their own set-top box to compete with Apple TV and Roku. The $99 Amazon Fire TV Set-Top Box, which begins shipping today, features a quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM. At the press event to announce the device, Amazon’s Peter Larsen claimed Fire TV improved on three problem points with current devices (Apple and Roku), allowing a better search experience (with voice search), enhanced performance (more ram, less lag), and an open ecosystem (run on an android os)....

Antje Traue To Battle ‘Superman’ As Faora Zack Snyder’sSuperman: The Man of Steelmay have its secondary villain, or villainess, as it were.Deadlinereports that German actressAntje Traue, who was inPandorum(as pictured above) is the frontrunner to play an as-yet unnamed character who will gang up on Superman (Henry Cavill) withMichael Shannon’s General Zod. More info on her potential role is after the break. We still don’t know specifically what role Antje Traue would play, but the obvious supposition is that she’s in line to play Ursa,played by Sarah Douglas inSupermanandSuperman II....

Antlers Director Scott Cooper Keeps On Making Different Kinds Monster Movies [Interview] Filmmaker Scott Cooper’s voice is loud and clear in “Antlers.” It’s a grim horror tale, based on “The Quiet Boy” by Nick Antosca and produced by Guillermo del Toro. Cooper’s film is as much about addiction as it is about the presence of the wendigo. The director behind “Crazy Heart” and “Hostiles” brings his eye and taste for drama to the long-awaited “Antlers....