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Michael Shannonis an actor who can shine in both leading and supporting roles. He commanded the screen front and center in movies and shows such asThe Shape of Water,Waco, andGeorge & Tammy.He stood out in limited roles against impressive ensembles in titles likeNocturnal Animals,Knives Out, andRevolution Road. He has garnered the recognition he deserves, earning two Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actorthroughout his varied career. However, there is one leading role of his that should be talked about more....

This is a repost of my review from Fantastic Fest 2018.Overlordopens tomorrow. Overlordis not a Cloverfield movie. Let’s just get that out of the way. The latest Bad Robot film steers clear of their big name monster franchise in favor of another kind of monster: Nazis. And not just any old Nazis (though there are plenty of those) — mad scientist Nazis, who use captured soldiers and helpless local villagers as test subjects in their horrible experiments, creating super-strong, super-grotesque mutants in hopes of building thousand-year soldiers to last their thousand-year empire....

For folks familiar withGarth Ennisand artistSteve Dillon’sPreachercomics might have been left a little befuddled by AMC’s TV series adaptation. Rather than keep up with the frantic pace of said comics in the first season,Preacheropted to take a slow-burn approach to introducing the show’s characters, their particular quirks, and the other-worldly nature of the story; basically, I consider it to be Season 0. Now, a newly released trailer for the new season suggests that the show might be dipping a little deeper into the comic book mythology....

Warner Bros. has released a newReady Player Onetrailer. The upcoming film from Steven Spielberg follows Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan), an unlikely hero in the virtual world of the OASIS where he and anyone else can be whomever they want, but must protect their online lives from the evil Innovative Online Industries (IOI) company that wants to control OASIS and monetize it. It’s rare that Spielberg would take on a movie that could be deemed “controversial” (evenThe Postis like, “Freedom of the Press is good” and we all nod in agreement), but I thinkReady Player Onecould really rile some people up....

WithRogue Oneset to hit theaters in a few days, Disney recently held a huge press junket for the film in San Francisco. UnlikeStar Wars: The Force Awakenswhere they had us conduct interviews with the cast without seeing anything but the trailers, sinceRogue Oneinvolves new characters and takes place before the events ofStar Wars: A New Hope, Disney showed us almost thirty minutes of the film at Skywalker Ranch so reporters could learn more about the story and characters....

[Spoilersfor the twist at the end of Search Party Season 1 — if you haven’t seen it I highly recommend it!] Search Party’s first season was a diamond in the rough of Peak TV. Its 10 episode run felt more like one long movie than a series, as each bingeable episode ran a curt 20 minutes. Yet in that short time, TBS’s quirky show (created bySarah-Violet Bliss,Charles Rogers, andMichael Showalter) was able to weave an engrossing and deeply funny story of four Millennial misfits searching for a missing girl, in the ultimate hopes of finding (or manufacturing) meaning in their lives....

If you’re endlessly refreshing Twitter today, give yourself a break to check in onTom Holland, a.k.a. the most adorable human being in existence, as he gets suited up forSpider-Man 3. The first official image of Holland in the yet-untitled sequel hit Instagram earlier today, and while it reveals almost nothing about the new film, it is undoubtedly some of the healing balm this nation needs. Holland shared the image on hispersonal Instagram account, which means there’s a non-zero chance he absolutely wasn’t supposed to share it....

Following a successful partnership onFargo, FX and MGM Television are developing a limited series based onStephen King’s classic horror novelCarrie, Collider has exclusively learned. Though it’s still very early in the development process and there’s no script yet, sources say that this time around, telekinetic teen Carrie White will likely be played by either a trans performer or an actress of color rather than a cis white woman, as in past adaptations....

The Oscar is one of the most prestigious honors you can get in the film industry. The entire ceremony is a huge night for actors, directors, writers, and every single person involved in the making of a film. But just because it’s a well-respected award, doesn’t mean thatthe Oscar voters don’t get it wrong. There have been countless times a winner has been chosen that has ignited heated discourse in Hollywood, whether it be Best Actress, Best Director, or in this case, Best Picture....

Documentaries connect us all. Even in cases where the film’s overall focus is narrowed to fit a pre-conceived narrative, there’s an unmistakable feeling of intimacy, of being let into a filmmaker’s brain for a quick flash. In using snippets of the real world, in a variety of forms, great documentaries use images of universal, familiar existence to impart something tremendously personal.Netflixhas a bounty of great documentaries that cover a diverse range of subjects, fromtrue crimetosportsto evenfilmmaking....

In talking to “The Media”–in this case, represented by that bastion of insider movie knowledge,Chef Robert Irvine’s magazine(what?)–for his upcoming role as the three-apples tall, animated Hefty Smurf inSmurfs: The Lost Village, tough guyJoe Manganiellotook “The Media” to task for being “drama queens.” Though blaming “The Media” for perceived slights while using “The Media” itself to do so is all the rage these days, Manganiello did backpedal on his previous assertion thatThe Batmanmovie would start filming this May....

Apparently, it’s a big week for Disney+ announcements. Earlier this week, we learned anew MCU showwould be debuting on the streamer in 2021. Today, Disney announced making-of special for the ongoing seriesDisneyGallery: The Mandalorianwould be arriving at the end of December. The first season ofDisney Gallerypremiered on Disney+ back in June of this year. Over the course of eight episodes, fans were given a behind-the-scenes look at the show from series creatorJon Favreauand executive producerDave Filoni....

Orson Welleswas once the king of the film world, or so it would seem. With the release ofCitizen Kane, Welles was anointed a wunderkind, the future of Hollywood filmmaking itself, at just 26 years old. The film got a warm critical reception but a miserable box office return, and as a consolation prize, it got nine Oscar nominations for its trouble. It’s good when great works of art actually get recognized by the Academy....