31 Oct

Ellen Page Will Be a Serious Gamer in ‘1UP’ eSports Movie from ‘Fanboys’ Director Kyle Newman

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Ellen Page has gotten pregnant in high school, pulled off a heist in someone’s dreams, walked through walls, and roughed some people up in roller derby. Now she’s heading into uncharted territory on the big screen: the world of professional video gaming. BuzzFeed is getting into the movie business with 1UP, an underdog eSports comedy […]

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31 Oct

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Halloween’ is Still Scary After All These Years

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(Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Movie: Halloween Where You Can Stream It: Shudder The Pitch: John Carpenter accidentally invents the American slasher movie by making a low-budget fright-flick where a guy in a William Shatner mask […]

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31 Oct

Sean Connery, Famed James Bond Actor and Oscar Winner, Has Died at 90

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For many, the quintessential image of James Bond comes from Sean Connery, the iconic actor who played the British spy across seven total films in the franchise but did so with his trademark Scottish accent. Sadly, the star of Dr. No and From Russian with Love has passed away at age 90, leaving behind a […]

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31 Oct

This Week In Trailers: Crock of Gold, City So Real, Zappa, Couples Therapy: The COVID Special, Murder on Middle Beach

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Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week, […]

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31 Oct

‘The Black Phone’, Based on the Story by Joe Hill, Will Be Directed By ‘Sinister’ Filmmaker Scott Derrickson

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Sinister team C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson are ready to answer The Black Phone. The pair will adapt the short story by Joe Hill into a feature film for Blumhouse, with Derrickson directing a script he co-wrote with Cargill. Mason Thames (For All Mankind) and Madeleine McGraw (Toy Story 4, Secrets of Sulphur Springs) are set to […]

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31 Oct

‘The Sandman’: Neil Gaiman Teases Season 1 Storylines, DC Superhero Appearances in Netflix Series

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Neil Gaiman‘s acclaimed comic book series The Sandman was a feat of visual storytelling, and one that seems impossible to bring to the screen. But Netflix is sure going to try, and we have Gaiman’s blessing and enthusiastic assurances that they will pull it off. The writer has revealed some new details about The Sandman Netflix series, […]

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30 Oct

‘Revolver’: Beatles-Themed Comedy Will Star Maya and Ethan Hawke

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Real-life father and daughter Ethan Hawke and Maya Hawke will star together in Revolver, a comedy about a young woman trying to get very close to the Beatles after a plane carrying the Fab Four unexpectedly lands in her hometown of Anchorage, Alaska. WALL-E and Finding Nemo/Finding Dory director Andrew Stanton is set to helm the film from a script by Stranger […]

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30 Oct

‘News of the World’ Featurette: Tom Hanks Tells Us a Story

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“I love listening to a great story as much as I like telling one,” Tom Hanks says in a brand new News of the World featurette. In director Paul Greengrass‘s western, Hanks plays a storyteller of sorts: his character reads the news to folks in small towns who are so disconnected from world events that they […]

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30 Oct

‘Universe’s Most Wanted’: Dave Bautista Teams Up With Director Brad Peyton for Sci-Fi Thriller

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Dave Bautista is playing yet another intergalactic adventurer in the “irreverent” sci-fi thriller Universe’s Most Wanted. San Andreas and Rampage filmmaker Brad Peyton is set to direct and produce the big-budget sci-fi film. Collider reports that Dave Bautista is going from one ragtag gang of cosmic criminals to another. The Guardians of the Galaxy star has signed on to […]

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30 Oct

HBO Max is Getting ‘Chappelle’s Show’, ‘Key & Peele’, ‘Nathan For You’ and More in November

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A bunch of Comedy Central programming recently journeyed over to CBS All Access, in addition to being available on Hulu. Now a selection of some of the network’s best programming will also be made available on HBO Max starting next month. HBO Max has announced that the sketch comedy shows Chappelle’s Show, Key & Peele, and […]

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