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Animation has the potential to create some of the most awe-inspiring and jaw-dropping storytelling in the entire medium of film, using pure artistic craft to bring to life worlds and concepts not possible in any other way. While the different styles and approaches to animation have evolved and changed over the years, animation’s core facets and inherent strengths have continued to stay strong for over a hundred years, with audiences of all ages falling in love with what is possible in animation....

Easily one of the most versatile and committed actors of the past few decades,Gary Oldmanhas been delighting and terrifying moviegoers for generations. While he is receiving some of the best reviews of his entire career for his standout performance on the Apple TV+ spy seriesSlow Horses, Oldman has appeared in numerous classic films across many different genres. Oldman may have earned a reputation for playing menacing villains, but he’s mixed in a few heroic and comedic roles in order to indicate his full range as a performer....

Paramount Pictures has released a newAnnihilationtrailer for the highly anticipated follow-up fromEx Machinawriter/directorAlex Garland. Based onJeff VanderMeer’s terrifying eco-horror novel of the same name, the film starsNatalie Portmanas a biologist whose husband is recruited on a secret mission, then comes back unrecognizable and in dire straights. She, along with three other women, are then sent to the same location, the mysterious “Area X”, a portion of land in the United States that has been secretly quarantined due to abnormal activity....

[Be aware that this interview discussesmajor spoilersfor tonight’s episode ofArrow.] Losing any long-running character on a TV series is tough, for the viewers and the cast and crew, but losing one as beloved as the one on the most recent episode of The CW seriesArrowis a heart-breaking tear-jerker. And even thoughArrowdeals in death and has since the beginning, knowing it could come at any time doesn’t really soften the blow....

Alex Ross creates some gorgeous artwork, and his latest forBeauty and the Beastis no exception. This is his first time doing a piece for Disney (although he’s previously done work on the Disney-ownedStar Warsand Marvel), and his painting, “La Belle et la Bête” is a stunner. While I tend to lean more towards art that’s done in a poster-style, I would be proud to hang this on my wall. The original painting will be on display at “Be Our Guest: An Art Tribute To Disney’s Beauty and the Beast”, which is presented by Disney Studios, Oh My Disney,cyclopsprintworks, andGallery Nucleus....

With currently six movies in the franchise, theHome Alonefilms always seem to draw audiences in with the promise of fun, wacky traps. Not all traps are created equal, however, and some stand out above others as the most creative, elaborate, or simply entertaining to watch unfold! Here are the top 13 traps from across all theHome Alonemovies. 13. Sesame Spinner (Home Alone 4: Taking Back The House) Being the only entry on this list from the fourth installment ofHome Alone, the sesame spinner is the movie’s best attempt at utilizing the setting of a smart home....

Empirehas unveiled the first images from the upcoming true crime thrillerBoston Stranglerwhich seesKeira Knightleyteam up withCarrie Coonas a pair of intrepid journalists attempting to identify the serial killer named in the title of the film. The story of the film follows Knightley asLoretta McLaughlin, who reported for the Record-American newspaper in Massachussetts, and who became the first journalist who was able to piece together the clues that would ultimately connect the killings as part of a serial wave of terror....

Brenda Chapmanalways loved fairy tales. “My older brother, who is sixteen years older than me, would always read Del Comics, the westerns, all the time, but he would always buy me these Junior Classics,” Chapman told me during an interview recently. “Even before I could really read I would look at the pictures.Beauty and the BeastandThe Little Mermaidwere my favorites.” Years later, after she graduated from California Institute of the Arts, a private college in Santa Clarita, California, that was co-founded byWalt DisneyandRoy O....

How much would you pay to have a life-size statues specifically ofHenry Cavill’s Superman andBen Affleck’s Batman in your home? If you said $8,000, then this deal is for you. If not, you’ll wanna see what some people are apparently willing to throw down major dollars and cents to get. TheSection 9online shop released images of its life-size statues made in conjunction withBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. In one corner, standing at nearly 7 feet, waving a price tag of $4,297 isBatfleckPirate Bay-ing it on a base mirroring the film’s destruction set....

An all-star action movie from one of the biggest action stars of all time is making waves on an unexpected streaming platform.Atomic Blonde, which starsCharlize Theron,John Goodman, andEddie Marsan, has claimed the #6 spot in Freevee’s top 10. Freevee is Prime Video’s free streaming extension service, which allows unpaid users to watch certain projects for free with ads.Atomic Blondefollows an undercover MI6 agent who is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents....

The CW might not pull as many overall viewers as the other broadcast networks, but what it lacks in numbers, it makes up for in youthful enthusiasm and, more recently, some of the best genre programming anywhere on television. But when the network launched 13 years ago, it’s unlikely thatanyonewould have come close to guessing that fact at the time. (And you know what? Sometimes it’s nice to be wrong.) So we’re taking the time to recognize all of the game-changing dramas (and, unavoidably, the forgettable ones) in this ranking of every CW drama to ever air....

Stephen Kingis so hot right now. Well, the best-selling author is a long-running staple of film and TV adaptations, but after the smash success of New Line’sITadaptation last year, studio’s are stocking up on the horror author’s titles at a breakneck pace. One of the more exciting projects in the works is the Warner Bros. adaptation ofDoctor Sleep, King’s 2013 followup to his classic novelThe Shining, which follows Danny Torrance into a troubled adulthood where his “shining” abilities land him in a whole new nightmare....

I have some moderately bad news for fans ofDragon Ball Super, which includes yours truly. It seems the current arc of the latest installment in the long-running franchise is due to come to a close after just a few more episodes. The status of the future ofDragon Ball Superis still a little bit murky since no official news has been confirmed, but the best guess we have at the moment is this: The Universe Survival / Tournament of Power arc will end this March, the 20th movie in the franchise will follow this December, and the overall series will continue after that in some fashion....