The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my favorite holiday movies, and one that I consider required October viewing. Despite its cult status and pervasive slew of annual merchandise, I don’t recall ever hearing much about the film’s technical aspects or why people like it so much. I fi...
Read MoreAccording to a new book by executive producer Trinh Tran, the “all-female” segment of the final battle in Avengers: Endgame went through extensive reshoots because the original was criticized as “pandering.” So, it went from “pandering” to “contrived;” suppose that’s better. The St...
Read MoreIce Cube has departed the upcoming Sony comedy Oh Hell No because he’s saying “Oh, hell no.” Set to start filming this winter in Hawaii with Jack Black, O’Shea Jackson (Ice Cube) decided that he would be leaving the project on October 29th. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the director, ...
Read MoreEmpire’s December covers are dedicated to the upcoming Spider-Man: No Way Home. Let’s take a glimpse into what new/old characters are coming back to tangle with Tom Holland’s Spider-Man. As Spider-Man stands all superhero-y in an all-new suit, there are several obvious references to Willem Daf...
Read MoreAccording to Decider, Netflix made a concerted effort to make the promotional material for 2020’s Cuties – yes, that Cuties – more provocative, despite employees’ discomfort with the pseudo-pedophilia. One year after the united (mostly united) distaste for the film’s borderline-pedophilic ...
Read MoreToday, Wednesday, October 27th, Disney/Pixar dropped the first teaser trailer for their upcoming movie Lightyear. Starring Chris Evans as everyone’s favorite space ranger, Lightyear tells the story of the real Buzz Lightyear who inspired the toy. The film is directed by Pixar veteran Angus Mac...
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