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[Editor’s note: Spoilers for The Mandalorian Season 2 finale follow below.] The Mandalorianis a show that’s chock full of surprises, but perhaps its biggest surprise came in the Season 2 finale. As Mando and his cohorts appeared to be cornered by virtually indestructible Dark Troopers, a rogue Jedi appeared, laying waste to the enemies and saving their butts. That Jedi? None other than Luke Skywalker himself, played byMark Hamill! In hindsight, given thatThe MandalorianSeason 2 finale was shot a year ago, it’s crazy the production was able to keep this secret cameo under wraps for so long....

Forget all aboutBatman vs. Supermanimmediately, because the only superhero-powered clash of the titans worth thinking about anymore isPoppins vs. Poppins: Supercalifragilisticexpiali-Justice.EWconfirmed that Oscar-winnerJulie Andrewshas an until-now-secret role inAquaman.DirectorJames Wan’s underwater DC superhero epic just happens to be set to go head-to-head at the December box office withRob Marshall’sMary Poppins Returns, starringEmily Bluntin the magical umbrella-wielding title role made famous by Andrews in her feature film debut. ForAquaman, Andrews will lend her voice to the character Karathen, an aquatic creature created entirely for the film who is “key” to Arthur Curry’s (Jason Momoa) orange-and-green mission to bring peace between the surface world and his native Atlantis....

ThroughoutBlue Bayou, the Crescent City Connection (CCC) bridge can be seen stretched across the background of a southern sunset. The film — directed by and starringJustin Chon— takes place in New Orleans, where protagonist Antonio LeBlanc (Chon) has made a home and family life with his wife Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and stepdaughter Jessie (Sydney Kowalske). Antonio is a Korean adoptee whose first foster family failed to file the necessary documentation that would have granted him American citizenship....

Former NBA playerKevin Garnetthas signed on to play a key supporting role alongsideAdam Sandlerin A24’s crime dramedyUncut Gems, Collider has exclusively learned. Good TimefilmmakersJoshandBen Safdieare directing from a script they co-wrote withRonald Bronstein.Scott RudinandEli Bushare producing alongsideSebastian Bear-McClardandOscar Boysonof Elara Pictures.Martin ScorseseandEmma Tillinger Koskoffare serving as executive producers, and Netflix has international rights to the project. Set in the Diamond district of New York City, Sandler will play a jewelry store owner with a gambling addiction who is juggling two relationships and escalating debts....

You may recall that many years ago,Kevin Smithwanted to make a Krampus movie entitledComes the Krampus. However, directorMichael Doughertybeat him to the punch with the 2015 horror filmKrampus. Rather than take Dougherty’s movie head-on (assuming he could even get it financed;Krampuswasn’t a big hit), Smith is shifting gears on the project. During a Facebook Live session [viaBloody Disgusting], Smith provided an update on the project: “We were gonna make this Krampus movie and then somebody went and made a Krampus movie....

Pixarmovies are typically high in concept and big in picture. Dating all the way back toToy Story, their very first film, the animation studio has specialized in creating incredibly detailed hidden worlds – fully functioning societies that are meant to exist either at the edges of our own reality or in a closely-related parallel universe.Monsters, Inc.features the bustling city of Monstropolis, which is home to an elaborate factory where the screams of human children are harvested to power the city....

Oh yeah,Ari Asteris gonna bring the pain again inMidsommar. Confirmed. Thefirst trailer for Aster and A24’sHereditaryfollow-up teased a whole new vibe for the filmmaker, with sun-soaked cinematography and a vivid outdoorsy palette, but the new trailer brings the pain with brutal bodily injury and a whole heap of emotional turmoil. Now there’s the Ari Aster we know andfearlove. The new trailer also offers a bit more insight into the characters and their trauma, focusing on Dani (Florence Pugh) and Christian (Jack Reynor), an American couple who are on the verge of breaking up when a personal tragedy keeps them together....

Netflix has released the firstteaserfor the final season of its hit crime drama,Money Heist, and it looks like the Spanish-language series isn’t pulling any punches for its final curtain. As dramatic and tense as the series is known to be, the first look into the final adventures of The Professor and his band of misfit criminals leaves fans in high anticipation of the full trailer, expected next week. At just under thirty seconds, the teaser manages to pack a lot of punch into just thirty seconds, showcasingÁlvaro Morte’s Professor tied up in chains and looking significantly distressed, presumably at the sight of the unnamed woman holding said chains....

InThis Week in Animation News, I’ll take a look at the previous week in the world of animation to get you caught up on everything you might have missed. It’s your one-stop shop for news regarding cartoons, anime, and animated web series. We’re talking movies, TV shows, digital shorts, and everything in between! For the latest animation stories we’ve already covered on the site this week, take a look at the following links....

The shortest month of the year–though not as short as other years–is positively packed full of new Netflix content. There’s plenty to stream over the four weeks (+ a day), so we’ve broken it all down for you below, along with dates, titles, and synopses. If you’re a fan of thePoliceAcademymovies, clear your calendar; all seven of them (who knew they made seven?!) will be available on the first. Elsewhere in classic cinema,Starship Troopersarrives on the streaming service and it’s a global imperative that you watch it, for the first time or the 50th....

On HBO Max, the options for content to click and watch can feel insurmountable. To ease the dilemma,when the streaming service isn’t deleting their own stuff, here are keywords to narrow on:Murray Bartlett, gay, and dramedy. On the same app,The White LotusandThe Last of Ushave tossed Bartlett into a resort for rich dirtbags, and let him find love in a dystopia. Back in 2014,Lookingoffered another side to the actor. This slice-of-life, more laid-back series follows three gay friends as they navigate life in San Francisco....

Apple TV+ has just released a brand-new full trailer for their upcoming dramedyPhysicalstarringRose Byrne, which only serves to remind us that the ’80s never truly go out of style. The trailer drop follows the release of an official teaser last month, which gave us an initial look at the darkly comedic series that is already giving us some seriousGLOWvibes. Granted, if there’s anyone who can toe the line between hilarious and twisted, it’s Byrne herself....

Disney has unveiled a new trailer forPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Talesduring Super Bowl LI. Directed byKon-TikifilmmakersJoachim RønningandEspen Sandberg, the fifth film in thePiratesfranchise boasts a script byJeff Nathanson(Catch Me If You Can) and findsJohnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow being hunted by the deadly ghost Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), who escapes from the Devil’s Triangle with revenge on his mind. Jack’s only hope is finding the legendary Trident of Poseidon, so he enlists the help of an astronomer (Kaya Scodelario) and a young sailor (Brenton Thwaites) in his foolhardy quest....