A new fan theory may have just fixed ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

Thor: Love and Thunder was far off being Marvel’s best-reviewed or highest-grossing film, with audiences not entirely convinced by it for a myriad of reason, but a new fan theory may just fix that.

Sitting not so prettily in the mid-60s on Rotten Tomatoes, Love and Thunder did not get the reception at all like its predecessor Ragnarok and there’s been plenty of talk online as to why that is. Particular criticism went to its tone, with the comedy rapid fire without too many memorable hits. But maybe there is a method to the madness, thanks to a new theory shared on Reddit.

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Noah Baumbach’s ‘White Noise’ gets a three-minute standing ovation at Venice Film Festival

The Noah Baumbach-directed White Noise is making its mark by not only becoming the first Netflix film to open the Venice International Film Festival but receiving a three-minute standing ovation upon its initial screening.

Baumbach’s film, which is an adaptation of the postmodern novel of the same name by Don DeLillo, is receiving warm critical reception overall and particularly pointed cheers for star Adam Driver, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Francis Ford Coppola casts LeBeouf in major new project

Actor Shia LaBeouf has been on another apology tour for his behavior lately. He went quiet after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced against him in 2020, appeared on Jon Bernthal’s podcast to admit his mistakes, and, now, has landed a part in one of the most anticipated movies of the past half-century.

The Hollywood Reporter reveals the 36-year-old who now says he is sober will play a part in Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis. Coppola has eyed making the movie for years, finally is getting around to it now after decades of development hell, is self-financing the project, and has made its other roles something of a family affair for the 83-year-old artist.

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Critical horror fans share which movie deaths are the stupidest

For what robust and nuanced strides the genre has made in the modern era, there were always be a part of the horror genre, however small, that will be unable to separate itself from some of the cornier connotations. And, in some ways, this is a blessing in its own right; for what crimes it commits in undermining the aim of horror as a genre, it makes up for it in some of the most over-the-top, gut-busting fatalities to ever be dreamed up.

But not everyone shares the positive experience that comes with nonsensical deaths, and some of the more pessimistic residents of r/horror have taken to calling out the most ridiculous kills to ever come out of the genre.

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Ana de Armas baffled by the NC-17 rating for ‘Blonde’

After appearing in almost every blockbuster and independently artistic role imaginable, Ana de Armas is gearing up for the performance of her lifetime in Netflix’s Blonde, a semi-biographical drama by Andrew Dominik that centers around the life of the blonde bombshell herself, Marilyn Monroe.

The movie became a heated topic of debate after gaining an NC-17 rating, an oddity for Netflix, due to its violent and sexually explicit scenes. Now, in a new interview with the French fashion magazine L’Officiel (per The Hollywood Reporter), de Armas has expressed surprise at the mature rating, noting that there are many movies out there with less sexual content.

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Fed-up filmgoers name the most unnecessary remakes

Superheroes may be the most dominant force in cinema as of late, but coming in at a respectably close second is nostalgia; between the plethora of live-action remakes coming out of Disney and the rebooting/continuation of such storied franchises as Halloween and Predator, you would think that time is beginning to collapse in on itself.

But for every Top Gun: Maverick, there’s another remake or nostalgia-fest that just drops our spirits to the ground before mercilessly stomping all over them with an electric gusto that was almost certainly absent from the studio’s endeavors. With a pack of r/movies regulars craving some originality, they’ve taken to naming the remakes that none of us asked for.

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Film buffs wave their fists and share which movie trailers completely misled them

Movie marketing has never been more complex, with huge portions of Hollywood budgets dedicated to trailers, promotional photos, and toys. Thanks to this, there has also been a rise of trailers, with them being more important than ever for sparking up hype than ever.

But, it’s not an easy thing to get right. Often when marketing and moviemaking mix too much, you end up with a misleading trailer that throws you completely the wrong way. Movie fans are now discussing the most egregious and misleading trailers they’ve ever seen on Reddit, and there are some doozies.

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‘Triangle of Sadness’ and ‘Black Lightning’ star Charlbi Dean dies of sudden illness at the age of 32

Charlbi Dean, the South African actor and model known for the films Triangle of Sadness and Spud and the CW superhero show Black Lightning, has died from a sudden illness at the age of 32.

The news of Dean’s passing included that a representative for the actor said she “passed away Monday from an unexpected sudden illness,” according to TMZ. Though the specific illness Dean had is not currently known, she apparently died in a hospital in New York, the Associated Press reported.

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Here’s your first look as Christian Bale in eerie Netflix mystery ‘The Pale Blue Eye’

If you’ve been wondering what physical transformation Christian Bale will be undergoing now that his much-lauded performance as Gorr the God Butcher in Thor: Love and Thunder is behind him, look no further. Netflix has just released a first look at the actor as fictional detective Augustus Landor in their upcoming adaptation of Louis Bayard’s 2006 novel The Pale Blue Eye, and, true to form, the actor looks completely different from his former role.

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The film is set at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1830, during a young Edgar Allan Poe’s time there as a cadet. After a series of horrific discoveries, including a hanged cadet and a dead man’s heart, retired detective Augustus Landor is brought in to investigate. Landor finds an unlikely ally in Poe, a less than accomplished cadet with a shadowed past, a penchant for drink, and two volumes of published poetry to his name. The Queen’s Gambit actor Harry Melling plays the author. Gillian Anderson and Charlotte Gainsbourg will also appear in undisclosed roles.

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Regina Hall had some major doubts about Jordan Peele in his pre-‘Get Out’ days

Regina Hall, the star of the new comedy Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul., is sharing the doubts she once had for executive producer Jordan Peele’s then-aspirational foray into horror.

During an interview with Good Morning America, Hall expressed much reverence for Peele as a filmmaker, even to the point of enthusiastically answering in the affirmative when asked if she would be interested in starring in the next horror film he directs. But it wasn’t always that way.

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Get ‘Spirited Away’ with Studio Ghibli’s film catalogue available for rent on digital for the first time

Studio Ghibli is responsible for some of the most offbeat, inventive, and entertaining animated movies of all time. The movies Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle are bonafide animated classics that give Pixar and Disney a run for their money. The main problem with Studio Ghibli’s movies was always that they were hard to rent online.

All that has changed now that GKIDS, a company specializing in distributing animation, has made the entire Studio Ghibli catalog available for digital rent, according to Variety. The movies will be available on streaming services like Amazon VOD, Apple TV, Microsoft, and Google Play.

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Guess me if you can: Tom Hanks launches trivia game on Apple Arcade

Tom Hanks can add another moniker to his resume: trivia game master. The Oscar-winning actor has teamed up with Apple Arcade (a subscription service for video games) to bring his new game “Hanx 101 Trivia” to the masses.

The new game is exclusive to the service and was created by the actor himself and developed by BlueLine Studios. It’s the first trivia game to appear on the arcade, and it features a nice selection of game modes and categories to satisfy that unique Venn diagram of trivia buffs who are also Hanks fans.

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Timothée Chalamet shares poster for his new cannibal romance ‘Bones and All’

When you think about rom coms, what comes to mind? A couple strolling together on a beach? A man in Seattle that can’t sleep for some reason? How about cannibals? The latter, of course, is the subject of Timothée Chalamet‘s upcoming movie, and the actor recently shared a new poster for the film on his Instagram page.

Chalamet stars in the film, aptly titled Bones and All, which also stars Taylor Russell (Lost in Space). It’s based on a novel by the same name about two cannibalistic lovers as they head out on a road trip (eating trip?) through Ronald Reagan’s America in the 1980s.

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Warner Bros. files a trademark for Big Chungus — will a ‘MultiVerses’ debut be next?

The Bugs Bunny meme known as Big Chungus has officially been trademarked by its original creator, Warner Bros., making some fans wonder whether the already meme-centric video game MultiVersus could have the newest character on its hands.

Video Game Chronicle reporter Andrew Marmo first publicized the discovery that, as of August 26, 2022, Warner Bros. Entertainment was listed as the owner of Big Chungus — complete with a black-and-white drawing of the Bugs Bunny variant (below) — on the European Union Intellectual Property Office website, as IGN reported.

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New ‘Star Wars’ concept art shows Princess Leia looking stunning in her wedding dress

New concept art shows a stunning Princess Leia in her wedding dress in a chapter from the Star Wars universe we’ve not yet seen committed to live-action.

The beautiful portraits of Leia in her green gown, who is rendered in the likeness of the late Carrie Fisher, were created as part of the promotion of a new book centering on everyone’s favorite rebel Princess tying the knot with Harrison Ford’s Han Solo, Variety has reported.

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Legendary composer John Williams hopes to score this classic franchise

You might not know legendary film composer John Williams by the way he looks, but there’s a much bigger chance you’ve heard his work. Williams has worked on some of the biggest blockbusters of all time, including Star Wars, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, E.T., and Harry Potter, to name a few.

However, there’s one franchise the composer hasn’t had a chance to work on yet: James Bond. The five-time Oscar winner, who recently turned 90 years young, told Classic FM he would be extremely excited to work on a Bond film, stating, “I’d love it,” according to Metro.

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A dark and dusty Tom Cruise reboot wraps up streaming success

Tom Cruise might have ruled this year’s box office following his triumphantly successful sequel Top Gun: Maverick, but a far more surprising twist of events has occurred concerning one of the star’s worst-reviewed efforts. International audiences are breathing new life into the desiccated cadaver of Universal’s The Mummy, the “first” movie in the aborted attempt to set up a shared universe of the studio’s Universal Monsters properties. The film is also, arguably, the least-liked theatrical effort of Cruise’s career.

The Mummy was supposed to set the stage for an entire shared “Dark Universe” that would feature updated reimaginings of the iconic Horror characters that made Universal the powerhouse genre leader in the mid-20th century. New versions of The Wolfman, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Bride of Frankenstein, and even Dracula were meant to hit screens. Unfortunately for the studios, the hugely underwhelming Mummy outing tanked at the box office, taking in roughly half as much as its budget in the domestic market, and even earning Cruise a Golden Raspberry for his acting efforts.

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‘Hocus Pocus 2’ will reveal the bewitching origins of the Sanderson sisters

It’s time to put up your best spooky decor and grab your Halloween-themed wineglasses, because Hocus Pocus 2 is giving viewers a look at the lore of everyone’s favorite witchy sisters, the Sandersons. 

Winifred, Mary, and Sarah have been part of the story of Halloween for almost 30 years, and Hocus Pocus 2 gives audiences insight into what took the Sandersons from children to infamous witches. In fact, the movie kicks off in the 1600s, and with a little bit of romance. 

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Original ‘Hellraiser’ star talks female-led Hulu reboot

The original Hellraiser is one of the more iconic movies in the horror movie hall of fame. Its prickly antagonist, played by Doug Bradley, is one of the most recognizable faces in horror, with good reason. With a new female Hellraiser on the way, Bradley shared his thoughts on the updated franchise and what he thought of the new casting.

Bradley say down with Bloody Disgusting at the Silver Scream Con in Massachusetts and said the casting of Jamie Clayton was “interesting,” and that he was a fan of the actress.

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‘Hocus Pocus 2’ director explains why two iconic characters aren’t in the movie

No matter what summer diehards may have you believe, Spooky Season is right around the corner, and Millennials have even more reason to celebrate the annual return of jack o’lanterns, trick or treating, and things that go bump in the night. After a jaw-dropping absence of nearly thirty years, Winnie, Mary, and Sarah Sanderson are back for Hocus Pocus 2. But while the sequel will feature many a familiar face, two of the stars of the original will sadly not appear.

According to director Anne Fletcher, neither Omri Katz nor Vinessa Shaw — who played teens Max and Allison, the Sanderson sister’s objects of torment in the original 1993 film — will be returning to appear in the long-awaited sequel. Although attempts were made to introduce the characters into the new story, ultimately it was too difficult to make an appearance, even a cameo, feel natural. Fletcher told Entertainment Weekly,

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Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie don new ‘Amsterdam’ poster

Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie are the trifecta of stars that appear on the new poster for Amsterdam, the latest murder mystery from controversial writer-director David O. Russell.

“Let the love, murder, and conspiracy begin,” is the caption for the post of the image made by the official Twitter account for 20th Century Studios.

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A strange fan theory says DC exists in the MCU because of ‘Fortnite’

The two big comic brands DC and Marvel have fought against each other for the top spot in the hearts of the public, but what if they’re actually already in unison? A new fan theory explains how DC exists within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it’s ridiculously good.

Everyone’s familiar with the all-star cast of modern day Fortnite, with it boasting truly bizarre crossovers like having characters from Dune, Dragon Ball, and both Marvel and DC characters. Who hasn’t wanted to put Scarlet Witch up against Superman? Because Fortnite will let you do that.

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Marvel theorist predicts how ‘Black Panther 2’ will change the MCU forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is up next on the Marvel production line to get released, and with just one trailer released so far fans are getting very creative with their predictions.

With the untimely death of Chadwick Boseman, a lot had to be reworked for the sequel and one of the biggest points of contention is who will take up the mantle of Black Panther, but there’s plenty more discussion points that have originated out of speculation. Everything from Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Doctor Doom introductions have been hyped up by fans.

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DC fans make fun of the ‘Batman’ genre’ via low budget TikTok film

Batman films have been popping up left and right, from reinterpretations to him joining up with other DC heroes, to even the iconic bad guys. But, even if you still don’t understand the Batman franchise, there is a short TikTok video that demonstrated pretty much everything you need to know about the Dark Knight.

A video by TikTok user jimmythetrackstar has circulated r/DC_Cinematic recently. The TikTok user presented how a heist would usually end in Gotham thanks to Batman’s vigilantism. The original video received over 11.5 million views on TikTok and was liked over 2.6 million times. And as you can see, despite the video being very low-budget, it’s close to accurate compared to high-budget productions.

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A strange fan theory says DC exists in the MCU because of ‘Fortnite’

The two big comic brands DC and Marvel have fought against each other for the top spot in the hearts of the public, but what if they’re actually already in unison? A new fan theory explains how DC exists within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it’s ridiculously good.

Everyone’s familiar with the all-star cast of modern day Fortnite, with it boasting truly bizarre crossovers like having characters from Dune, Dragon Ball, and both Marvel and DC characters. Who hasn’t wanted to put Scarlet Witch up against Superman? Because Fortnite will let you do that.

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