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Expectations are high for Netflix’s adaptation ofLemony Snicket’sA Series of Unfortunate Events. After a largely misguided film adaptation that putJim Carreyin the iconic Count Olaf role and narratively shrunk the 13-book series into a truncated, 90-minute movie, Netflix, along with creatorMark Hudisand directorBarry Sonnenfeld(ofMen in Blackfame) are attempting to give the beloved series a proper adaptation. Promising two episodes for each book and planning an arc that will span three seasons, Netflix, as with many of its series, has no doubt poured an immense amount of resources into the project, adding illustrious names likePatrick WarburtonandNeil Patrick Harris(in the role of Olaf) to the project....

Plenty of deals are being struck at Cannes. Just this morning, for instance,Nicolas Winding Refnannounced that he will be co-producing a remake ofWitchfinder General, the infamousVincent Pricevehicle about the sadism and madness of religious extremism, in its many forms. Beyond that, the sheer amount of casting news thats been coming out of the European festival has been head-spinning in its volume. One story that stuck today, however, involvesFrank Grillo, the talented character actor who injected some much needed bravado intoThe Purge: Anarchyand made for a pretty awesome Crossbones inCaptain America: Civil War....

Time to show off your best Care Bear Stare! Boomerang, a premium subscription streaming service, announced today they will unlock the imagination of the next generation ofCare Bearsfans as the official domestic home and world premiere destination forCare Bears: Unlock the Magic, a brand new 2D animated series from Cloudco Entertainment. Currently in production,Care Bears: Unlock the Magicboasts an initial order consisting of 48 11-minute regular episodes, two 22-minute specials and 20 20-second shorts designed to highlight individual bears....

Damned If You Dowill be the title of an upcoming comedy that will featureHarvey Guillénas an actor and executive producer, according toDeadline. The project will be directed byJake RubinandEvan Metzold, who will continue to define their style with the unpredictable story. The premise of the movie will follow a group of teenage friends who have sold their souls to the devil. After everyone grows up to lead very different lives, the group must be reunited once again, as the contract’s deadline comes closer....

Up from the depths, five inches high, Super7 has unleashed a new, terrifyingly cuteGodzillafigure. Collider has an exclusive first look at the new Godzilla from Super7’s FUN! FUN! line of cute and cuddly vinyl figures. This pocket-sized kaiju is based on his appearance in a fan-favoriteGodzillamovie, and most importantly, he glows in the dark! Godzilla’s appearance is based on his look from the 2001 filmGodzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack....

Horror is back in a big way this year. Not one buttwobeloved franchises are releasing follow-up movies that their fandoms had almost given up on. Ahead of this summer’s arrival ofJennifer Kaytin Robinson’sI Know What You Did Last Summer, viewers will get hooked in an entirely different way thanks to the May 16 release ofFinal Destination: Bloodlines. It’s been well over a decade sinceFinal Destination 5had its cruel run-in with fate back in 2011, and after a lengthy waiting period, the sixth installment is almost here....

2020 has only just begun, but directorsLisa Barros D’SaandGlenn Leyburn(Good Vibrations) have already delivered my favorite film of the year.Ordinary Love, playing in theaters now, tells the story of a perfectly ordinary couple (Liam NeesonandLesley Manville) undergoing extraordinary circumstances – a diagnosis of breast cancer. The two actors, delivering career-best work, struggle with the truths of the disease while still finding the time to celebrate the joys of their easy love....

TheStar Warsprequels have become these very weird movies. As we head towards the 20th anniversary ofStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit the entire prequel trilogy. I genuinely thought that if they were allowed to just stand on their own, the movies may not be great, but they would at least be interesting and compelling on their own merits. Sadly, the films have not improved....

One of the big rallying cries forStar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the 14-acreStar Wars-themed land at both Disneyland in California and Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in Florida, was that the land would be theonlyplace you could buy exclusive, Galaxy’s Edge-themed merchandise. Well, that isn’t exactly true anymore. Todayit was announced that Targetwould soon be carrying Galaxy’s Edge merchandise, including some of the things that you could previously only buy in the land, alongside exclusives for the retailer....

Even when the series was more focused on espionage than over-the-top spectacle,Mission: Impossiblecould always be relied on if you wanted to see some good action. The film series, that is. The TV series of the same name that began airing in 1966 was a little more low-key, though not without some sequences that would’ve been exciting by the standards of television at the time. The film series starringTom Cruise, on the other hand, eventually became known for spectacle, as well asCruise’s willingness to pull off daring stunts on screen....

[Note: This is a re-post of our review from the AFI Film Festival;The Big Shortopens today in select cities] The Big Short—which concerns four groups of traders who discovered that the housing loans that held up most of the economy were actually built on a series of repackaged, unchecked, awful loans that created the potential for the collapse of the world economy—is the first dramatic film forAdam McKay(Anchorman, Step Brothers). It might seem like an odd choice for him to direct but, after initially stumbling out of the gate, it works magnificently....

If you’re not caught up on The CW’sThe Flash, consider yourself warned for potential spoilers. Back in October of 2015,Robbie Amellteased that he would bereturning to an upcoming episodeofThe Flash. That news likely came as a pleasant surprise to fans since Amell’s character Ronnie Raymond (aka one half of Firestorm) sacrificed himself in the opening scene of the Season 2 premiere. But as fans also know, a character’s death is more like “death” on this show and sister seriesArrowsince there are myriad ways to bring them back from beyond; Lazarus pit, black magic, time travel, or alternate worlds come to mind....

I can’t stand these types of movies. The twenty-something friends meet again x-number of years later in their thirties to discover, shocker of all shockers, nothing is the same and you can’t relive your past. These movies tend to be steeped in nostalgic rose tinted hokum masquerading as insight - ‘cause man wasn’t the past just so gosh-darn dandy. They’re always insufferable and almost always star Jason Ritter. The first two-thirds ofKaryn Kusama’sThe Invitationnearly made me reconsider my innate distaste for this indie ‘Big-Chill’-wannabe subgenre....