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‘Wonka’: ‘Paddington’ Director’s Prequel Film Lands Official 2023 Release Date

January 19, 2021 12:58 pm

Tim Burton wasn’t able to fully succeed with his ‘Wonka’ remake with “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” back in 2005, as many people feel that feature doesn’t come close to replicating the magic of the 1971 f...

Buy Stream Aug 11 American Pickle Lucky Grandma Dora

The 9 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘American Pickle’ ‘Lucky Grandma’ & More

Jason Bailey

August 11, 2020 2:51 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spl...

Ryan Reynolds To Star In Monster Film From ‘Paddington’ Director; Lord & Miller Producing

Charles Barfield

August 5, 2020 2:30 pm

News

When you have kids, a lot of first-time parents always complain that there isn’t an instruction manual or guidebook for how to raise children. Well, thanks to Ryan Reynolds, you’ll be getting just that with th...

‘American Pickle’: Seth Rogen Crafts A Surprisingly Deep Brine With A Sweet Tale Of Family, Forgiveness & Artisanal Pickles [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

August 3, 2020 1:40 pm

News, Reviews

Based on an utterly ridiculous premise—a man who is preserved in pickle juice for 100 years and comes out of his hibernation unscathed in modern-day Brooklyn—it’s kind of unbelievable that Seth Rogen’s “An Ame...

Edgar Wright To Direct Feel-Good Ghost Film, ‘Stage 13,’ Written By Simon Rich

Charles Barfield

July 22, 2020 12:53 pm

News

Often in films, ghosts are portrayed as evil, vengeful beings that want nothing more than to haunt little children and ruin the lives of people who just wanted to buy a nice, fixer-upper Victorian home. But in...

Seth Rogen’s Next Film Role Involves Playing His Own Great-Grandson & Human Pickling

Charles Barfield

September 27, 2018 5:00 pm

News

Seth Rogen has lined up his next major film project. And as you might expect, the actor is tackling a story that is, on the one hand, interesting and perhaps even socially relevant, but on the other, is complet...

Jason Reitman Options Coming-Of-Age Novel ‘Elliot Allagash’

Oliver Lyttelton

June 23, 2010 12:55 pm

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There's plenty of haters out there (who we're sure will make themselves known below...), but as far as this writer's concerned, Jason Reitman is three-for-three after "Thank You For Smoking," "Juno" and "Up in ...

Bill Hader’s Slasher Film Now Called ‘House of Joel,’ An Apatow Project Now Set Up At Universal

Rodrigo Perez

April 1, 2009 12:57 am

News

Updates on Bill Hader's slasher film, once apparently titled, "When A Stranger Calls A Dude," though even that is new info to all of us.In January of this year, Hader said he had pitched the project to Judd Apa...

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