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Last year, movie theaters returned jam-packed with big blockbuster franchises trying to make their mark. The MCU certainly had a grand return as theyaccounted for 30% of the 2021 box officewith breakouts likeShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsandSpider-Man: No Way Home’sabsolute domination. Major horror franchises likeThe Conjuring,A Quiet Place,The Purge,Candyman, andHalloweenalso returned to draw fans back to theaters and largely succeeded in doing so. While the abundance of well-known franchises was great for theaters, it also kept some great movies out of the spotlight....

Fame is fickle, especially inreality TV, where stardom can vanish as quickly as it arrives. Many reality stars, once fixtures of our screens and social media feeds, have disappeared from the spotlight with no explanation. TakeJon Gosselin, whose familyshowJon & Kate Plus 8drew millions of viewers before his messy divorce and departure from reality TV.SurvivorlegendRichard Hatchis another example. His win in 2000 made him a TV pioneer — only for legal troubles to overshadow his fame years later....

It’s almost time for the2017 Academy Awards, which means it’s time for you and your friends to gather for your Oscars party, make any last-second changes to your Oscars pool, and get ready to celebrate/lament the winners on Hollywood’s biggest night. While most of the focus will be on the Big Five–Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay–there are alotof people with tremendous talent behind the scenes of this and every year’s best films....

Keep your inquisitive apes,bespectacled aardvarks, andgiant crimson mutts: to me, the face of children’s literature will always be a vampire rabbit.Bunniculadidn’t stack up many titles or garner quite as much fame as other animals in the kids' book barnyard, butDeborahandJames Howe’s comic ode toclassic horrorhas still delighted millions of young readers sinceBunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mysterywas first published in 1979. Seven chapter books and five picture books detail the adventures of Bunnicula and the other pets of the Monroe family....

SuccessionstarAlan Ruckhas joined the cast of Castle Rock Entertainment’sWind River: The Next Chapter,Deadlinehas reported. He’s joined by originalWind RiveralumGil Birmingham,Kali ReisandTatanka Meansin the ensemble cast. The crime drama is helmed byKari Skoglandand is currently in production in Calgary. Furtherrounding off the castareMartin Sensmeier,Jason Clarke,Scott Eastwood,andChaske Spencer. The original 2017 filmWind River,directed byYellowstonecreatorTaylor Sheridan, saw hunter Corey Lambert (Jeremy Renner) helping rookie FBI agent Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen) to investigate the murder of a young woman on the Wyoming Native American reservation of Wind River....

There’s plenty of platonic love to be found in the relationship betweenSeth Rogenand Apple TV. Recently, the acclaimed actor, writer, producer, and filmmaker stole hearts and minds with his genius new seriesThe Studio, which went on to become themost-nominated first-season comedy in the awards' history, with an eye-watering 23 total nominations. However, there’s another platonic relationship of Rogen’s that is earning just as much praise, that being the recently released second season ofPlatonic....

Somewhere in its dark, anguished, brooding belly,Zack Snyder’sBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justicehas some interesting ruminations on what it means to be a hero and if one can act heroic unilaterally or if there must be some sort of check on power. Can Batman serve as judge, jury, and executioner on the criminals of Gotham City? Can Superman go into a warzone and take out a warlord? Sadly, these fascinating questions are buried beneath the debris of a convoluted, horribly written story featuring poorly written characters making inexplicable choices....

Black Pantherhas arrived. Years of anticipation have led to this, as Marvel Studios has finally brought the legendary comics character to the big screen. Of courseChadwick Bosemanmade his rousing debut inCaptain America: Civil War, but Marvel Studios turned toCreedandFruitvale StationfilmmakerRyan Cooglerto give T’Challa his own movie. The end result is the most substantial film Marvel Studios has ever made. An ambitious, bold, unsettling, and deeply moving story abouta lotof things—a nation at odds with itself, a son reconciling the actions of his father, blackness, masculinity, feminism....

We are deep into Oscars territory by now, folks, and while it’s a period that often comes with some truly,trulydumb controversy, it’s also a time for celebrating the pure joy that is film. Case in point: A fantastic new “For Your Consideration” video released by Marvel taking a behind-the-scenes look atBlack Panther’s score, which has been nominated alongsideIf Beale Street Could Talk,BlackKklansman,Isle of Dogs, andMary Poppins Returns. “When you find someone who gets you as an artist, that’s something you want to hold on to,” directorRyan Cooglersays in the video....

On the fourth and final season of the Starz drama seriesBlack Sails, things are ramping up, as Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) hopes to strike the final blow against civilization and take back Nassau. But in order to succeed, Flint must rely on Silver (Luke Arnold), who is trying to figure out if he’s really capable of living up to the Long John Silver myth. During this recent exclusive interview with Collider, executive producers/co-showrunnersJon SteinbergandRobert Levinetalked about the show’s most recent shocking death, deciding just how that character would meet his end, how that death will affect things going forward, where Jack Rackham (Toby Schmitz) and Anne Bonny (Clara Paget) go next, the Billy Bones (Tom Hopper) and Captain Flint dynamic, the role of Israel Hands (David Wilmot), the women of Nassau, and what they’re most proud of accomplishing with this series....

One of the longest running shows on CBS,Blue Bloodsfollows the finest of New York’s finest: the Reagan family. The expansive family is effectively the NYPD’s first family, with the pursuit of justice coursing through their blood.The long-running CBS crime drama is now in its14th and final season, withthe remaining episodes set to debut on October 18. With the series finale coming this December, now is a great time to look back at the Reagan family tree and explore the past, present, and new members of the Reagan family....

What is a brooding romantic hero without a tragic past? In the third episode ofBridgertonSeason 2, we spend only part of our time in the show’s present. The rest is devoted to a series of flashbacks to the titular family’s past which reveals that, much like Simon (Regé-Jean Page) in Season 1, Anthony (Jonathan Bailey) also has some unresolved daddy issues that keep him from finding true love — though, to be fair, the viscount’s trauma falls a little more on the tragic side than the duke’s....

It’s hard to overstate just how much of an iconChristopher Reevewas in the wake of the success of the initial Superman franchise. Outside of a few classic serials withGeorge Reeves,audiences had no understanding of what a cinematic superhero story could look like. The notion of a comic book character coming to life seemed completely ridiculous, yet Reeve delivered sensitive, inspirational performances that effectively launched an entire genre. While the first two installments in the Superman series are considered to beamong the greatest comic book movies ever made,Reeve sought other opportunities as the franchise began to decline in quality....