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Universal has released a newJurassic World: Fallen Kingdomfeaturette that attempts to show how the newest installment ties into the larger franchise. In the upcoming sequel, Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) travel to the island to save the dinosaurs from a volcano only to learn that their efforts are in service of nefarious businesspeople who want to auction off the dinosaurs and use their DNA. With interviews from directorsSteven Spielberg,Colin Trevorrow, andJ....

Picking things up from the previous week where the number of trailers we got to look at wasn’t too high, this week not only gave us a good number of trailers but also quality trailers. And since trailers are most of the time what we look at to judge whether we are interested or not in a certain movie or TV series, it’s always good to have a number to look at and even better when they are great trailers....

Lots of exciting things are happening over on Netflix this November, as you may see from the hefty lineup of new movies, television shows, and Netflix originals scheduled to arrive throughout the month. For some, November will be major becauseThe Crownwill be back for its fourth season. This new season will cover the turbulent 1980s, which sees the arrival of Diana Spencer (Emma Corrin) and the new Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson)....

There was a time whenDevon Sawawas frantically trying to escape death inFinal Destination(2000), barely surviving each time. He dodged a fiery plane disaster and tried to figure out “Death’s design,” only to have his character Alex be unceremoniously killed off-screen inFinal Destination 2, credited to a falling brick. In the horror genre,an unremarkable goodbye is a fate worse than death. Keeping this in mind, Devon Sawa’s time onChuckymakes up for this in spades, where hedies in extreme and memorable ways, for him to return to a new role for the cycle to start again....

Of the many things to love abut AMC’sBreaking Bad, the boost its given to the career to the greatGiancarlo Espositomight be my personal favorite, even aboveBetter Call Saul. In the 1990s, Esposito appeared in numerous estimable projects, ranging fromBob RobertsandKing of New YorktoNight on EarthandThe Usual Suspects, and also found himself an axiom in the works ofSpike Lee, including memorable turns inMalcolm XandMo' Better Blues. Since then, he’s appeared in plenty of remarkable projects, includingMichael Mann’sAliandSherrybaby, and has moved nicely into a regular presence on television, which led to him being cast as Gustavo Fring, arguably the arch-nemesis of Walter White, onBreaking Bad....

[Editor’s note: The following containsmild spoilersforPerry Mason.] If you were hoping that HBO’sPerry Masonwould simply be a remake of the classic 1950s-60s legal drama, I’m sorry to tell you that that is not the case. What we’ve got here is a bona fide prequel. Rather than seeingMatthew Rhysstep into the shoes and tailored suits of the character made famous by the lateRaymond Burras an expert criminal defense attorney who seemingly never loses a case, we meet Rhys' Perry Mason as a down-on-his-luck private eye....

Have you seenReady or Not? If the answer is no, you’ve missed one of the best horror movies of 2019. It’s a crazy creative spin on the game Hide and Seek starringSamara Weavingas Grace. She’s very ready to marry her fiancé Alex (Mark O’Brien), but the wedding comes with some complications because Alex is part of the Le Domas family. They own a board game empire and have a little tradition when welcoming someone new to the family; they insist on playing a wedding night game, and the game Grace randomly selects is a deadlygame of Hide and Seek where the Le Domas clan hunts Grace down on their enormous estate armed with a variety of deadly weapons including guns, an axe …… and a crossbow....

In a truly jaw-dropping but ultimately positive move, Rotten Tomatoes has added 600 approved critics to its community. This is further proof that the site’s push to add more diverse voices, whichbegan one year ago, is a serious one they are still committed to fulfilling. According toThe Hollywood Reporter, Rotten Tomatoes' 600 recently-added critics make up an exciting new class. The majority of the group (55%) are women. Additionally, 60% of the critics identify as freelancers and 10% publish reviews on important but atypical platforms, like YouTube and podcasts....

The games have begun for the official Twitter account of theSawfranchise, as an alleged hacker threatened to delete its upcoming spinoffSpiral. This was not just any hacker, however, but a Twitter parody account fittingly calledSaw Quotes. The account has reached over ninety thousand followers and has been engaging in a friendly rivalry with the official account as of late. However, that friendly back-and-forth got a lot more intense with this new game....

You know a newStar Warsfilm is out when Time Magazine graces its cover with one of the film’s characters. The tradition dates back to 1980, when Darth Vaderoccupied the spaceto coincide with the release ofThe Empire Strikes Back.The magazinecontinued the trendforReturn of the Jedi, and brought it back for the prequels of EpisodesI,II, andIII. So in anticipation for the release ofStar Wars: The Force Awakensin two weeks,Timehas released the new batch....

FilmRise has just dropped a new trailer for the festival darlingSurge, starringBen Whishaw. The frenetic thriller hailing from Britain had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, where Whishaw took home the Special Jury Award for his leading role.Surgetells the story of an unhappy man with a mundane life who one day decides to live an exciting yet extremely dangerous new existence. The film will premiere in theaters and on-demand on September 24th....

Teresa Giudiceis making it clear that she is much happier now that she is withLuis Ruelasand notJoe Giudice.The Real Housewives of New Jerseystar and Joe were married from 1999 to 2020 and divorced after the pair were found guilty of bank, mail, wire, and bankruptcy fraud. After serving their sentences, Joe was deported back to Italy as he never applied for his citizenship. It leftthe reality starto take care of their four daughters and while she and the girls went to Italy on the show, the announcement of their divorce did not surprise fans....

Larnell Stovall, the stunt co-ordinator and action director who serves as part of the team behind the Peacock three-part event series, titledThe Continental: From the World of John Wickspoke with Collider’sChristina Radishabout the enduring appeal and lasting legacy about theKeanu Reeves-fronted franchise, and he believes it comes down to a very simple truth. Stovall was asked what it was about theWickfranchise that not only led to the establishment of a franchise,but now a whole universe, beginning withThe Continentaland which will follow withBallerina, a spin-off film which will also feature Reeves alongsideAna de Armas, due for release next year....