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The Upside And The Downside Of ‘The Upside’: An Analysis From A Disabled Writer Putting it bluntly, it’s difficult to get excited anytime Hollywood wants to trot out a narrative on disabilities nowadays, especially as someone born and living with Muscular Dystrophy Type 2. They are stubbornly set on staying the feel-good course without necessarily saying anything meaningful or relevant. If you thoughtGreen Bookhad nothing but safe and obvious observations, tackling race relations with the force of bopping someone on the head with your finger, well, the disabled community doesn’t currently have any better stories with movies likeThe Upside....

Theme Park Bits: ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Ride Concept, Lunar New Year At Universal Hollywood, And More In this edition of Theme Park Bits: A slew of Disney park announcements came out of D23 Expo Japan 2018 this week. We’ve got most of the news compiled intoa separate article, but one new item that has since posted toDisney Parks Blogis the release of concept art for the new Ant-Man and the Wasp attraction that is coming to Hong Kong Disneyland....

This Week In Trailers: 6 Years, Glassland, Guidance, The Dressmaker Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week we get our alcoholic on, stay in a really long term relationship, see what an old cast member ofYou Can’t Do That On Televisionis up to, and throw another shrimp on the barbie withKate Winslet....

This Week In Trailers: The Alchemist Cookbook, In The Shadow Of The Hill, Cameraperson, Silicon Cowboys, Dancer Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week we go find ourselves in the woods, go toe to toe with Rio’s police, use a camera to document a life, go hardcore nerd, and dance like everyone’s watching....

Trailer: HBO’s Game Of Thrones Last week we posted a new trailer for the highly anticipated Martin Scorsese-directed/produced HBO series Boardwalk Empire. If you haven’t yet watched that trailer, what are you waiting for –click here now. Today we have another trailer from HBO, this time a teaser trailer for their upcoming fantasy seriesGame of Thrones. The series is based onGeorge R.R. Martin’s bestselling fantasy novel seriesA Song of Fire and Ice....

Two Hollywood Projects Leave Georgia Due To The State’s Anti-Abortion Law, Alabama Won’t Play ‘Arthur’ Episode Featuring Gay Wedding Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, a new movie set to reunite Oscar-nominatedBridesmaidswritersKristen WiigandAnnie Mumolo, and an Amazon Prime Video show calledThe Powerhave abandoned their plans to film in Georgia due to the state’s restrictive anti-abortion law. Meanwhile, the neighboring state of Alabama (which has its own set of Draconian abortion laws in place) refuses to air an episode of the animated seriesArthurwhich depicts the anthropomorphic aardvark’s teacher in a same sex wedding....

Under The Mountain International Movie Trailer In 2006 New Zealand filmmakerJonathan Kingwrote and directed a fun little horror/comedy calledBlack Sheep. King’s been absent from the directorial chair for a while, but he’s about to return with an adaptation of the Maurice Gee novelUnder the Mountain. Starring Sam Neill and newcomers Tom Cameron and Sophie McBride, the film is about twins who encounter shape-shifting creatures who live under Aukland’s extinct volcanos.Yahoohas debuted a trailer for the film, and a poster has appeared as well....

Video Interview With ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Director Gareth Edwards After theRogue One: A Star Wars Storypresentation, we got an opportunity to chat with directorGareth Edwards. During the roundtable discussion, Edwards talks about creating the Jedi mecca in the film, a new planet called Jedha, the very unique shooting methods he employed on this production, the decision to include Darth Vader in his story and what concerns come with that, and I ask if we will get any aerial battles in this Star Wars film....

What Ever Happened To The Teen Magicians Profiled In The Documentary ‘Make Believe’? As a magic fanatic, I consider theSeth Gordon-producedMake Believeto be one of my favorite documentaries of the last decade. The film followed six of the world’s best young magicians own their road to the Teen World Championship in Las Vegas. If you haven’t seen the film, you should (here is the trailer). One of the many things that is interesting about documentaries is that the stories continue even after the credits end....

Will Louis Leterrier Direct Insane-Sounding Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Gravity’? First up, this is notGravityas in the Alfonso Cuarón 3D sci-fi space thrillerthat will have an insane opening shot. No, this is an altogether different film calledGravity. This one has been described as ‘The Day After TomorrowmeetsTaken,’ andClash of the TitansandThe Incredible HulkdirectorLouis Leterrieris now attached to direct. Pajibahas the news, explaining that the film is about " a father who has to search for his lost child as the world stops spinning and Earth begins to lose its gravity....

‘Archer’ Season 10 Will Feature Tributes To ‘Alien’ And ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ [WonderCon 2019] OnceArchermade its fifth season aMiami Vicespoof, every season has reinvented the show in a different genre. There was the film noirArcher: Dreamland, the ’30s serialArcher: DangerIslandand more. The upcoming tenth season will be a sci-fi spoof set in deep space and full of aliens.FXX brought the voice cast and executive producers ofArcherto WonderCon to preview the new season....

‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Brings Back Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley And Zoe Kravitz Break out the wine: theBig Little Liesgang is officially getting back together. While we already knew thatNicole KidmanandReese Witherspoonwere officially returning forBig Little Liesseason 2, now we have confirmation thatLaura Dern,Shailene WoodleyandZoe Kravtizare coming back as well. They join new cast memberMeryl Streepin the hit HBO series. Let there be no more doubt: the core cast ofBig Little Liesare returning for the second season....

‘Black Christmas’ Trailer: You Messed With The Wrong Sisters We’ve already seen two versions of the holiday horror filmBlack Christmas:Bob Clark’s low-budget 1974 original cult classic, andGlen Morgan’s slicker, more expensive remake in 2006. But now the story of a group of sorority sisters terrorized by a serial killer during the holidays is getting a woman’s touch:Sophia Takal(Always Shine) is directing another remake for Blumhouse that puts a new spin on the familiar story....