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BeforeSuicide Squad,Will SmithandMargot Robbiehad previously shared the screen in the 2015 crime thriller,Focus. These two titles are actually the only time the pair have starred opposite each other, but perhaps the time is ripe for another collab as their performance onFocuscurrently has audiences hooked over at Netflix. Despite being released about a decade ago,Focushas just become a global hit on Netflix as millions of households the world over are rediscovering what gem of a paring Smith and Robbie were as Nicky and Jess....

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s National Board of Review announcement, the New York Film Critics Circle—the first critics group to hand out 2015 year-end awards—has made its selections for the best of the year, and it’s a good day to beCarol. The group is prone to making fascinating choices that influence the season to come, and while some years are better than others (reminder: they choseAmerican Hustleas the best film of 2013), their picks for 2015 are kind of fantastic....

This article is presented byQuibi. [Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersfor Quibi’sThe Stranger.] The menace of access is ever-present on Quibi’sThe Stranger, hailing from series creator, director, and writerVeena Sud(The Killing). Access through ridesharing apps, security cameras, phones, facial recognition software, and even the level of access people allow when face-to-face. All of these mediums are utilized to explore one possible answer to the question, “What happens when the wrong person suddenly has access to every part of your digital life?...

Get ready for an influx ofStar Warsbox office reports, becauseStar Wars: The Force Awakenshas been breaking records since pre-sale tickets went online, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down.The Force Awakensshattered its first record with advanced ticket sales, reportedly selling eight times as many tickets than theprevious record holder,The Hunger Games,to the tune of $50 million. Earlier today, we reported that the seventhStar Warsinstallment trampled another record; posting $57 million on opening night and earning the new record forhighest Thursday ticket sales(a title previously held byHarry Potter and The Deathly Hollows Part 2since 2011)....

Stephen Kingis the master of horror, but he also has a big heart. With ghosts and vampires and killer clowns, to name a few, King has thrown all sorts of horrid situations at his characters over the years, but he also writes them with a great deal of compassion and sincerity, often underlining the perseverance of ordinary people put into extraordinary circumstances. And in 2007, one of his stories of this kind was adapted into a feature film with an ending so macabre and bleak that even King didn’t go there....

It’s safe to say that Showtime is pumped about one of its upcoming projects. Ahead of its Season 1 premiere, the anthology seriesSuper Pumpedhas already been renewed for a second season. The freshman season, subtitledThe Battle for Uber, is set to cover the creation and development of the rideshare app that revolutionized urban life in countless cities across the world, while Season 2 is dubbedSuper Pumped: Sheryl & Mark,and will dive into Facebook’s transition from groundbreaking startup to the powerhouse brand it has become....

Showtime has released the first teaser trailer and premiere date for the upcoming limited seriesThe Loudest Voice. Based on extensive reporting byGabriel Shermanin his bestselling book,The Loudest Voice in the Room, which included interviews with more than 600 people, the limited series chornicles the downfall of Fox News founder Roger Ailes, who grew the network into a conservative powerhouse before being forced out after numerous sexual harassment accusations and settlements came to light....

The Omen’s upcoming prequel,First Omen, has its star inNell Tiger Free.Deadline reportsthat Free will play the currently-unspecified lead of 20th Century’sFirst Omen, the studio’s first theatrical entry in the venerable supernatural horror franchise in over fifteen years; how soon before the original film this prequel will take place, and what characters it will follow, remain under wraps. It will be directed by first-time feature directorArkasha Stevenson. Free is no stranger to supernatural horror and eerie children, having starred as sinister nanny Leanne Grayson on Apple TV+‘sServant....

AMC’sThe Walking Deadis certainly one of the most popular shows on television, and in previous years served as a miracle of sorts, consistently scoring as the highest rated drama on TV despite the fact that it was on pay cable. But beginning with Season 7, the premiere of which concluded the “Who Will Negan Kill?” cliffhanger of Season 6, the ratings began slipping…hard. The tumble continued into Season 8, which pulled in the lowest ratings of the show since its second season, but something of a reset is in store for fans with the upcoming Season 9—and AMC has no plans to stop this train anytime soon....

The winners are in for the Tribeca Film Festival 2016 awards! Top honors went toDemetri Martin’sdirectorial debutDean;Craig Atkinson’sdocumentaryDo Not Resist, which takes a look at the militarization of U.S. police forces; andUdi Aloni’sJunction 48, a love story between two Palestinian hip-hop artists who use their music to fight against social injustice. Dean, starring Martin as a man who falls for a woman (Gillian Jacobs) while his father (Kevin Kline) prepares to sell his family home in the wake of his mother’s death, took home the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature....

Watchmenis shaping up to be a fascinating beast. It’s not a straight adaptation of the classic of graphic novel, but rather a continuation and “remix” of sorts. With that in mind,/Filmis reporting thatJeremy Ironsis playing an older Adrian Veidt, aka Ozymandias. For those that need a refresher on the comic, Ozymandias is the “smartest man in the world” who was part of the second generation of Minutemen, a group of superheroes....

The quickest criticism hanging on the tongue of almost anyReturn of the Jedicynic is thatthe Ewoks are a soulless merchandising cash grab. These nay-sayers want you to believe that the sight of cuddly teddy bears beating Stormtroopers with nothing but sticks and stones turns the idea of Star Wars into a kiddie playground for babies. Sure, out of the original trilogy films,Return of the Jediis perhaps the one with the most issues – but the Ewoks aren’t one of them....

This past weekend, I re-watchedBatman Begins. There’s a lot to like aboutChristopher Nolan’s 2005 reboot. It can’t be understated how Nolan’s take, loosely based onFrank Miller’s graphic novelBatman: Year One, influenced the action genre and origin stories by playing up the gritty and realistic aspects of mythic characters. Sending Bruce Wayne into the wilderness and paying attention to details like “How does he make his cowl?” really got into Batman on a granular level whereas previous Batman movies were like, “He gets drive-thru” and “He has his own credit card....