Amazon Studios An absolute titan of the industry is sadly no longer with us. James Earl Jones, the prolific acting talent who made an indelible mark on cinema through his voice roles for Darth Vader in “Star Wars” and Mufasa in “The Lion King,” has passed away at…
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Netflix Actors walk away from projects all the time, for all sorts of reasons. “Scheduling conflicts” and “creative differences” are two of the most-cited, but for the most part, when word comes out about an actor parting ways with a movie or TV show, they leave before filming has actually begun….
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Another year, another Terror Tram takeover — but I’ll admit this year’s theme is an upgrade (low bar). Blumhouse’s Terror Tram redesigns Universal’s iconic backlot, including The Bates Motel, the downed aircraft, and other filmic landmarks. Blumhouse has already licensed titles like “The Black Phone” and “The Purge” for prior houses, so expect plenty of…
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The CW Moms really are superheroes, aren’t they? That’s at least what a bedazzled Stanley cup said at my last Kindergarten parent night. I may have even seen it on a rear window a time or two next to a stick figure woman wearing a cape standing next…
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Prime Video “The Boys” is one seriously brutal television series, taking the comics created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson and delivering a perfectly twisted satire about superheroes, capitalism, and America’s current political landscape. Showrunner Eric Kripke and his writing team have made some pretty big changes to the…
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Paramount Pictures One of the best bits of advice any writer will give you is to make yourself familiar with as many tropes, cliches and conventions as possible. That way, you can understand how they work while also knowing just when to ignore them. One convention seen in…
Universal Studios Are you the over-anxious planner of your group? Do you secretly despise all your chaos goblin friends who barrel into events with zero awareness? Since you’re here, I’m going to assume you’re the former, and for the record, you’re about to listen to someone who’s the…
Warner Bros. After a quiet couple of weeks at the box office, Tim Burton brought it roaring back to life with a sequel more than three decades in the making. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” hit theaters this past weekend and, in doing so, provided 2024 with one of its biggest…
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Circle Films Any kid who ever dreamed of striding the boards, meticulously prepping for their glamorous on-camera close-up, or adorning the walls of teenagers all over the world as the most fetching heartthrob on the planet, did not entertain for a second that steady work as less-than-studly screen…
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Universal Studios The looming threat of a haunted house can be daunting for newbies. They’re scary and unknown! For years, I wouldn’t set foot into the queue of our regular vacation spot’s haunted house out of pure fear. In my mind (decades ago), all bets are off when…
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