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While in Toronto for the TIFF 2019 world premiere ofHarriet,Leslie Odom Jr.swung by the Collider Lounge to talk about making the movie and also to play a round of “Collider’s Most Memorable.” One of the topics in the game is “Most Memorable Scene Filmed,” and it just so happens that the scene that came to mind for Odom Jr. is something that he worked on in a highly anticipated upcoming film,The Sopranosprequel movie,The Many Saints of Newark....

When the vignette-filledValentine’s Dayopened in theaters, there were a flurry of parodies that hit the web envisioning various other holidays that could get the star-studded, feel-good dramedy treatment. I’m sureMother’s Daywas among them, with various slightly intersecting stories about different kinds of moms, but now it’s a real film that exists with a trailer and everything.Valentine’s DayhelmerGarry Marhsalldirects this ensemble comedy that revolves around three different generations on the titular spring holiday, picking up on the heels ofValentine’s DayandNew Year’s Eve....

to promote the upcoming release ofFree Guy, the movie’s official Twitter account revealed a new set of posters that pay homage to some of the most iconic covers for video games. The new posters use both old-school classics and new indie hits to featureRyan Reynolds’s Guy in the art style of the original cover, a more-than-fitting homage sinceFree Guyfollows aNon-Playable Characterwho gains consciousness and becomes the hero of an open-world video game....

Disney has released a new trailer and poster for the upcoming animated filmRaya and the Last Dragon, offering a closer look at the action-adventure feature. The epic story takes place in the fantasy world of Kumandra, where humans and dragons once lived together in harmony. When an evil force threatened the land, dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. 500 years later, that same evil has returned and it’s up to a warrior named Raya (Kelly Marie Tran) to save humanity once more....

TheOscarsare inching ever closer, and all you prognosticating addicts out there just got a big hit of the good stuff because the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences just released a whole lot of shortlists. Traditionally, AMPAS sends out the individual shortlists at different times, but for the first time this year, they revealed nine at once, including two categories — Original Score and Best Song — that have traditionally had different contender elimination processes....

Advancements in medicine have come a long way over the past 50 years. Things we never would have dreamed to be possible are starting to gain momentum due to the tireless efforts of those in the medical and scientific industries. While now, professionals can help people hoping to get pregnant through medical processes, these procedures were brand new with little known about them four decades ago. And while many doctors in this field were there to help safely guide their patients, there was one in particular who had a much more sinister plan in mind....

From writer/directorAsghar Farhadi,Everybody Knows(Todos lo Saben) is part family drama and part mystery thriller, as it follows Laura (Penélope Cruz), a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires who returns, along with her two children, to the small village outside Madrid where she spent her childhood to attend the wedding of her younger sister. While there, unexpected events lead to a family crisis that causes mounting suspicions and exposes dark secrets that were long buried....

The groundbreaking Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musicalRent, a re-imagining of Puccini’s “La Bohème” and set in New York City’s gritty East Village at a time when the AIDS epidemic was wiping out whole communities in the ‘90s, is the latest live event to be airing on Fox. From writer/composer Jonathan Larson, who died before he ever got to see the show hit the Broadway stage, the story of seven artists struggling to follow their dreams also has an inspiring message of how hope and friendship can get you through the darkest times....

Warning: Venom spoilers are discussed in this interview. Shortly beforeVenomarrived in theaters, I sat down with directorRuben Fleischerfor a spoiler-filled conversation about the making of the film. Now that the film has been out for a little while, we can dive into all of the specifics, including why certain decisions were made. During the interview, Fleischer talks about how the film came together in the editing room, the lack of deleted scenes, how the lobster tank scene withTom Hardyhappened, if the movie always opened with the spaceship crashing on Earth,Riz Ahmed’s character’s motivations, why they decided to includeShe-Venomin the film, theWoody Harrelsonafter-the-credits scene which introduces Carnage, and what’s up withZombieland 2....

Sigourney Weavermade her name as Ellen Ripley, when she starred inRidley Scott’s terrifying and groundbreakingAlienin 1977, going on to reprise the iconic role in the subsequent sequels,Aliens,Alien 3,andAlien Resurrection.And although nostalgia has been the flavour of the day, with veteran stars returning to their roots for one final goodbye, a return to the franchise isn’t something Weaver is particularly keen in. Weaver earned herself a first Oscar nomination for her return in the role inAliens, which sawJames Cameron- with whom she would go on to work much more in future - take over the franchise and transition it from a quiet, psychological-style horror film into an all-out war between marines and Xenomorphs....

In films where the story is about good vs evil, evil is almost always overcome through brawn and courage. Marvel superheroes, adventurous archeologists, and noble elves alike dispel doom and gloom with the strength of their superpowers, whips, and swords. RELATED:‘Prey’: Defeating the Predator Has Always Taken More Brains Than Brawn And yet for the viewer, the most satisfying victories are often achieved through the application of intelligence, imagination, and surprise; after all, these are the only weapons that come standard in most mortals....

Panic and paranoia, as a result of the decades sprawling Cold War and atomic anxiety, can be seen in numerous monster and spy films from the period in which this conflict took place. Netflix’sStranger Thingspays homage to a number of these, with nods toSteven Spielberg,John Carpenter, andStephen Kingamong many others, by having a shadowy government be responsible for the havoc which is taking place. An actual monster has come to Hawkins, Indiana, along with these men in suits and lab coats who use national security as an excuse for their dangerous and unethical experiments....

Sometime during July of 1979, a Hollywood miracle happened. After three years of world-building and hammering out a screenplay,Jim Hensonwas given a budget of$15 millionto create a high-fantasy film compromised completely of puppets. Accounting for inflation, that would be the equivalent of $40 million to make what Henson described as areturn to the scarinessof the original Grimm Fairy Tales. Another three years would pass beforeThe Dark Crystalarrived in theaters on June 23, 2025....