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Walley World Roller Coaster From ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ Is Closing Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California hasannouncedthat they will be closing their iconic roller coaster Colossus on August 16th 2014 after more than 36 seasons of operation. The wooden coaster has been in operation for 36 years, and has appeared in many television shows and movies. The roller coaster was featured in the opening credit sequence of the TV seriesStep By Step(the Lambert-Foster family rides Colossus) and inNational Lampoon’s Vacationas the Walley World roller coaster called Screemy Meemy (although it should be noted that it was not the main metal roller coaster which appeared in this sequence of the film, that coaster is the Magic Mountain Revolution)....

Watch ‘Great Directors’ Documentary, With Richard Linklater, David Lynch, Catherine Breillat, And More The 2009 filmGreat Directorsfrom doc filmmakerAngela Ismailosis a great introduction to the work, creative philosophies and personalities of ten directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. The film presents conversations and clips from the work of those filmmakers, and is just the sort of thing to turn new audiences on to films from each of those filmmakers, or, if you’re already a fan of that crew, to bolster your knowledge of each....

West Side Story Review: Steven Spielberg’s Big, Vibrant Take On The Classic Musical Is One Of His Best Films The camera pans across dusty, rubble-strewn ruins, the bent bars of fire escapes littered everywhere, stacked on top of each other like twisted limbs. It looks like a bomb went off here; like we’re witnessing the end of the world. And then we see a sign: New York City Housing Authority Slum Clearance....

White Bird: A Wonder Story Footage Reaction: An Inspirational Spin-Off, Set In The Past [CinemaCon 2022] CinemaCon is almost at an end, and our own Ben Pearson has been bringing us descriptions of the footage from upcoming films that are being shown to distributors and press. Next up is “White Bird: A Wonder Story,” which is set in the same universe as the 2017 film “Wonder” starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, and Jacob Tremblay....

X-Men: First Class Was Almost A Magneto Prequel Instead I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with 20th Century Fox’s “X-Men” film franchise. The “X-Men” comics contain some of my favorite superhero characters in history (most notably Kitty Pryde) and contain a wealth of material that would have been perfect on the silver screen. On the one hand, we’ve gotten great films including “X-Men: Days of Future Past” and “Logan,” but on the other hand, there are films I’d love to have wiped from my memory Doctor Strange-style, especially “Dark Phoenix,” which remains the perfect example of getting a second chance to do justice to a beloved story and completely botching it....

‘Bob’s Burgers Live!: The Movie’ Is Hilarious, But It’s Not What You’d Expect If you’re a fan of the FOX animated seriesBob’s Burgers, then you probably already know that this weekend marks its milestone 100th episode. If you’re not a fan ofBob’s Burgers, then you should probably watch it on Netflix or Hulu and join in the hilarity. In case you didn’t know, just last month the cast ofBob’s Burgersgot together for some recent live shows in Los Angeles that featuredH....

‘BoJack Horseman’ Season 5 Brilliantly Blends Depression And Humor BoJack Horsemanreturns for another brilliant season depicting the often tragic lives of several animated characters living in Hollywoo. Season 5 finds BoJack going to some very dark places while asking: is it too late for him to get better at this point? Our spoiler-freeBoJack Horsemanseason 5 review continues below.Can BoJack Horseman get better? And what if he “gets better” only to discover he’s still just an a**hole?...

‘Bond 24’ Will Shoot In December Sony could’ve followed up the massive success ofSkyfallwith a quickie sequel. Instead, they’ve taken their time getting the right cast, crew, and story together. (IncludingSkyfalldirectorSam Mendes.) Now, two years afterSkyfallfirst landed in theaters, they’ve finally set a date to start shootingBond 24. According to a new report making the rounds, the new adventure will enter production in December for release next fall. Hit the jump to get the latest details and catch up on what we know aboutBond 24so far....

‘Brian Banks’ Trailer: The True Story Of The Wrongly Convicted Football Star Gets The Inspirational Drama Treatment Bleecker Street has released the officialBrian Bankstrailer, which tackles a controversial subject within the confines of a inspirational sports drama. The drama follows the titular Brian Banks, a former American high school footballer who was primed to become one of the biggest NFL stars of his generation. But when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn’t commit, his life is upended....

‘Child’s Play’ Trailer: Are You Ready For The New Chucky? Well, we all knew this day was coming, and now it’s here. Our first real look at theChild’s Playremake has arrived, showing off the new direction MGM is taking with Chucky. No longer a serial-killer possessed plastic toy, this Chucky is new and improved, with high-tech upgrades. Don’t worry, though – he’ll still kill you. Watch theChild’s Playtrailer below. Child’s Play Trailer The originalChild’s Playfranchise is still going, withCult of Chuckyreleased in 2017, and an upcoming TV show in the works as well....

‘Cult Of Chucky’ Trailer: The Murderous Doll Is Back For Some Direct-To-Video Mayhem Say what you will about Chucky, the murderous doll who first appeared in the 1988 movieChild’s Play, but the cinematic killer has definitely proven to have some serious staying power. It’s been four years since the knife-wielding serial slasher, who’s been voiced byThe Lord of the RingsandDeadwoodactorBrad Dourifin all six Chucky movies so far, appeared inCurse of Chucky....

‘Frozen II’ Review: A Gorgeously Animated Sequel That Tops The Original “Some things never change,” or so go the lyrics in one of the songs in the highly anticipated Disney sequelFrozen II. This follow-up arrives six years after the worldwide phenomenon ofFrozentook hold of popular culture, with its songs becoming so unavoidable and ubiquitous almost overnight.Frozen IIattempts to carve out a place for itself while delivering the charm, catchy music, and core emotional underpinnings that so inflamed people’s imaginations in 2013....

‘Hemingway & Gellhorn’ Teaser - Clive Owen And Nicole Kidman Make Love And War For HBO The next Emmy Awards ceremony won’t take place until this fall, but if you’re looking to start sizing up the potential nominees early, HBO Films’Hemingway & Gellhornis probably one you’ll want to keep an eye on. Even setting aside from the fact that the network has a history of raking in those awards, the film has everything you could possibly ask for in a prestigious made-for-TV project, from top-level movie stars and a respected movie director to a sweeping historical plotline....