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‘Frozen II’ Makes It Official – Modern Disney Animation Has A Villain Problem (Welcome toThe Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: why do modern Disney movie villains stink?)Early in the new Walt Disney Animation Studios filmFrozen II, our main quintet of characters plays a friendly game of charades. Queen Elsa of Arendelle, her goofy sister Princess Anna, their living-snowman pal Olaf, the ice-salesman himbo Kristoff and his reindeer Sven are just relaxing in the castle, with Anna trying to get the others to guess a challenging clue....

‘Kindred’ Review: An Unsettling Horror Movie About Pregnancy That Asks Tough, Necessary Questions The terrors of pregnancy and horror make fine bedfellows. The genre lends itself beautifully to exploring our deepest and most vulnerable fears, digging into the parts of our collective lives that we would feel uncomfortable discussing in public.Rosemary’s Babyis, of course, the benchmark against which all others continue to be measured. But where that iconic film explored the fear of conspiracy to control the pregnant body alongside the paranoia of giving birth to something unnatural,Kindredinstead takes a more realistic approach, shedding light on the horrors of pregnancy itself without the influence of cults or the Devil....

‘Live By Night’ Trailer: Ben Affleck Sets Prohibition Era Boston Ablaze Not too long ago, we learned thatBen Affleck’s long-awaited adaptation ofDennis Lehane’s novelLive By Nightmay get anawards-qualifying release late this yearbefore going wide in January. Now that appears to have been confirmed with the first trailer for the 1920s crime thriller making its way online. This looks like it has the potential to be Ben Affleck’s best movie yet....

‘Mare Of Easttown’ Review: Kate Winslet Is Phenomenal In HBO’s Small Town Mystery Series Everybody knows everybody in Easttown. The small Pennsylvania setting of the new HBO limited seriesMare of Easttownis downright incestuous – everyone is a cousin of a cousin; everyone is on a first-name basis. The people who live there live there for life – there is seemingly no escaping Easttown. Nestled in the center of this cold, hard place is Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet), a detective who is still remembered for her glory days on the high school basketball team....

‘Parasite’ Black And White Poster Shows New (Spoilery) Perspective Bong Joon-howas frequently compared to Alfred Hitchcock after the release of his Oscar-winning masterworkParasite. And soon, audiences will get to seeParasiteas if it was shot in Hitchcock’s time (at least, early on in his career). A Bong-approved Black-and-White edition ofParasiteis coming soon to U.K. theaters and to the Curzon Home Cinema streaming service, and to mark the occasion, a monochromatic poster has been released....

‘Robotech’ Movie Coming From ‘It’ Director Andy Muschietti Andy Muschietti, the director of the 2013 creature featureMamaand the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s horror tomeIt, has signed on to direct an adaptation of the ’80s anime seriesRobotechfor Sony.The Hollywood Reporterbroke the news, revealing that Andy Muschietti’s sister and producer, Barbara Muschietti, will produce the film alongside Gianni Nunnari and Mark Canton. Considering that their past work has been relegated to the comparatively low-budget world of horror,Robotechwill undoubtedly be the Muschietti siblings' biggest project to date....

‘Rub And Tug’ Casting Causes Controversy; Scarlett Johansson Issues A Tepid Response After news broke thatScarlett Johanssonwould be re-teaming with herGhost in the ShelldirectorRupert Sandersfor the biopicRub & Tug, controversy immediately descended on the duo — again. TheRub and Tug castingcontroversy is centered on Johansson playing a transmasculine man who became a notorious Pittsburgh crime boss. In response to the backlash, Johansson has released a statement on the controversy — her second in two years following the allegations of “whitewashing” inGhost in the Shell....

‘Something Borrowed’ Trailer – A Kate Hudson Movie Like All The Other Kate Hudson Movies A new trailer for theKate Hudson-Ginnifer GoodwinromcomSomething Borrowedhas just hit, and it’s exactly what you’d expect. The film, based onEmily Giffin’s bestselling novel of the same title, revolves around good girl Rachel (Goodwin) as she struggles with the impending marriage of the man she loves (Colin Egglesfield) to her best friend (Hudson).John Krasinskialso stars, apparently as some dude who hangs around and gives Rachel sassy life advice....

‘The Boys’ Season 2 Will Include A Short Film Following Billy Butcher’s Time Spent MIA The second season ofThe Boyswill arriveon Amazon Prime in September, but there will be a slight change to how the show airs on the streaming service. The first three episodes will premiere onSeptember 4, but afterwards, new episodes will be released weekly. On top of that, showrunnerEric Kripkehas revealed that there will be a short film focused on Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) and his whereabouts after he went MIA in the first season finale that will fill in some gaps after he returns....

‘The Defenders’: ‘Daredevil’ Star Elden Henson Says Foggy Nelson Will Report For Duty We’ve always known who the lead characters inThe Defenderswould be: Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter), and Iron Fist (Finn Jones). It’s basically the small-screen version ofThe Avengers, and that’s been the plan all along. What’s less clear is which other familiar faces might join them. But recently,DaredevilstarElden Hensonlet slip that his character Foggy would be reporting for duty....

‘The Girl In The Spider’s Web’: Claire Foy And Fede Alvarez Talk About Their Take On Lisbeth Salander As A “Feminist Batman” Yesterday, Sony invited us to their studio lot to see some early footage fromThe Girl in the Spider’s Web, the newest entry in theDragon Tattoofranchise. Afterward, co-writer/directorFede Alvarez(Don’t Breathe) and starClaire Foy(who won an Emmy the night before for her work onThe Crown) joined us for a Q&A to talk about the look of the movie, the intensity of the film’s hacker protagonist Lisbeth Salander, a sex scene that was removed from the film, Foy’s feelings about playing the role in the midst of the #MeToo movement, and much more....

‘The Grinch’ Trailer: The Grinch Is Still Grumpy, But He’s Also So Adorable You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch. Except, the latestThe Grinchtrailer shows us how he wasn’t always mean. In fact, he was — and is — still cuddly and adorable. Because as much asBenedict Cumberbatchcan strain his voice, and as many grouchy faces that The Grinch pulls, there’s no denying that the animation design forDr. Seuss’s iconic character is super cute and fluffy....

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Sprouts Some Rebellious Seeds In “Witness” The Handmaid’s Talehas been teasing revolution. Ever since June had her epiphany that she can save other Gilead children even if she can’t save her own daughters, the narrative has been injected with a dose of intrigue, though not much else happens in “Witness” other than one disconcerting scene of sexual violation (we’ll get to that).Unfortunately, the DC-ascended Commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) is back on his bullshit....