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After 14 long years, it’s finally time to return to one of horror’s most gruesome and successful franchises with New Line Cinema’sFinal Destination Bloodlines. To commemorate this monumental blockbuster, we’re teaming up with New Line/Warner Bros. for a very special edition of theCollider Ladies Nightnew screening series, because who better to celebrate the women behind the carnage than self-proclaimed horror lover and Final Destination championPerri Nemiroff? We’re offering readers and fans an opportunity to catch the sixth installment early, followed by an exclusive Q&A session withKaitlyn Santa Juana(The Friendship Game),Brec Bassinger(Stargirl),Rya Kihlstedt(Superman & Lois),Anna Lore(Gotham Knights), and producerSheila Hanahan Taylor....

Despite its vast collection of compelling stories, there are times when the modern MCU feels too big for its own good. Between its multiversal subplots, mutant teases,persistent timeline fixes, and at times, uneven character development across multiple projects, it’s no secret thatMarveljustifiably struggles to make all the pieces of its enormous cinematic universe fit together, and so it’s no surprise that one of the studio’s most persistent problems raises questions about the ending of its most recent success,Thunderbolts*....

Has any major movie been retroactively thrown under the bus as carelessly asLogan? Marketed asHugh Jackman’s final time playing the iconic superhero, the movie delivered actual catharsis despite belonging to a genre where nothing is sacred.Loganwas a major box office success, and remainsone of the best-reviewed superhero movies of all time. But then, Jackman reversed his decision to retire from the role and returned as the character in last year’sDeadpool & Wolverine....

Simon Cowellhas seen it all—or so he thought.After decades of judging talent competitions around the world, it takes more than talent to impress him. It takes something truly original. So when a group from Brazil calledLightWirestepped onto theAmerica’s Got Talentstage, he didn’t expect to be blown away. But he was. Not to be confused with Season 7’sLightwire Theater, this new act blends art, technology, and dance into fully immersive visual storytelling....

Character actorMark Margolis, best known as cartel enforcer Hector Salamanca onBreaking BadandBetter Call Saul, has died. Margolis was 83. Margolis died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York after a brief illness, according toThe Hollywood Reporter. A protégé of famed acting teacherStella Adler, Margolis made his screen debut with a bit part in the erotic comedyThe Opening of Misty Beethoven. After small parts inDressed to KillandArthur, his first major role came in theBrian De Palmagangster classicScarface, in which he played Alberto, a gangster who accompanies Tony Montana (Al Pacino) to an unsuccessful assassination attempt that ends with Alberto’s paying the ultimate price....

Fans of HBO’sCurb Your Enthusiasmmay want to curb their own enthusiasm for additional installments of theLarry David-starringcomedy series. According toThe Hollywood Reporter,the upcoming twelfth season of the show, which recently wrapped production, will likely be it’s last.Sources told THR thatCurb Your Enthusiasmis likely to bow out after Season 12. Principal photography on the season ended just days prior to this news, and sources said that the final episode “felt like a homecoming....

With the 250th anniversary of the legendaryJane Austen’s birth arriving this year, it’s only appropriate that we celebrate the literary heroine’s legacy in some way that isn’t just another adaptation ofPride and Prejudice. (Looking at you, Netflix.) Given that the author’s novels have been adapted numerous times on TV and film, Masterpiece on PBS is taking another approach to things with the new seriesMiss Austen, which focuses not on Jane herself, but on her sister, Cassandra....

Quick Links As many of us might sadly know all too well, the American economy is in a tough place right now. That’s not a political statement, but a truthful one found in sky-high prices, and Americans struggling with not only job loss and homelessness, but also how hard it is to afford a home even if you have one. The desperation that comes with this was captured byWilly Vlautinin his 2021 novelThe Night Always Comes, and nowit has been adapted into a Netflix film....

Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for Severance Season 2 Episode 3. WhileSeveranceSeason 1 only gave the viewers small glimpses into the outie lives of the crew of Macrodata Refinement — other than Mark S. (Adam Scott), of course — Season 2 has provided a more intimate look at the outie persona of Dylan G. (Zach Cherry). In Season 2, Episode 3, titled, “Who Is Alive?”, Dylan earns special visitation privileges with his outie’s wife, Gretchen (Merritt Wever), as Dylan is the only member of MDR with an immediate family....

In 2014, Netflix audiences were introduced to the animated sitcomBoJack Horseman. No one would have expected it to cement itself as one of the smartest, most mature, most complex dramedies ever to hit screens, but that’s precisely what the show soon proved to be. The characters ofBoJack Horsemanare layered, flawed, and all too human (even the ones that aren’t humans at all). They do the right thing just as often as they mess up, resulting in characters that are easy to like just as often as they are despicable....

A great story has many aspects, but one of the most prominent elements is growth and character development. Whether a story is character-focused or not, development and growth are still vital.Narutois a prime example of growth, with the entire series saying hard work pays off. With many characters in this franchise, more than a few have undergone massive growth, showcasing a striking difference compared to the beginning of the series....

Ernest Lubitschwas a German-born American filmmaker who specializedin witty comedies. He directed an impressive 44 features between 1914 and 1948, both during the silent era and during the advent of talkies. He had a trademark approach to storytelling that became known as the “Lubitsch touch”; his signature elements were banter and innuendo, his central themes the difficulty of connection and the silliness of social conventions. Even his romantic comedies tended to have a cynical edge....

Although they don’t seem like they should go together, horror and comedy work incredibly well together on screen, evidently in numerous iconic movies and showssuch asBodies, Bodies, Bodiesor the recent Netflix hit,Wednesday. RELATED:10 Disturbing Comedies That Are More Shocking Than They Are Funny, According to Letterboxd Along with the fact that these comedy-horror shows are well-liked, viewers frequently overlook the presence of horror comedic animated series, which are a hidden gem of the genre....