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‘Band Of Robbers’ Trailer: Tom Sawyer And Huck Finn Are All Grown Up And Still Up To No Good It’s been well over a century sinceMark Twainfirst released Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn into the world of American literature, but their youthful spirit rages on in the first trailer forBand of Robbers. Written and directed byAdamandAaron Nee, the indie film reimagines the classic all-American rascals as grown-up men in the modern day....

‘Better Call Saul’ Season 5 Review: Jimmy McGill Goes Full Saul Goodman As The Series Hurtles Towards ‘Breaking Bad’ The tragedy ofBetter Call Saulis that we know it is a tragedy. Call it fate, or destiny, but we know that sooner or later (and in this case, sooner), Jimmy McGill will go all the way to the dark side and become Saul Goodman. The same Saul Goodman we met inBreaking Bad– a sleazy, shady, unlikable lawyer willing to bend or break the law if need be, consequences be damned....

‘Big Bang Theory’ Coming To HBO Max Following $600 Million Deal As the streaming wars continue, with no end in sight, HBO Max just pulled off a costly strategic maneuver that will either result in a win – or blow up in their faces. The upcoming mega-streaming service just plopped down big bucks for the streaming rights toThe Big Bang Theory, the wildly popular comedy that somehow managed to never be funny....

‘Fifty Shades Freed’ Teaser Trailer: One Wedding And A Kidnapping If there’s any proof that fan fiction has power, it’s the mystifying success of theFifty Shades of Greyseries. Its two leads have been launched into stardom (at least,Dakota Johnsonkind of has), the movie soundtracks have jumped to the top of music charts, and there’s now a third and final film to close out this BDSM-tinged tale. Not bad for a passably-written fan-fiction of theTwilightseries....

‘Ford V. Ferrari’ Trailer: Christian Bale And Matt Damon Try To Win A 24-Hour Race Christian BaleandMatt Damonare out to build a Grand Prix-winning car inFord v. Ferrari, the latest fromLogandirectorJames Mangold. Based on the true story of Ford’s attempt to build a car to beat Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France, the biographical drama also starsCaitriona Balfe,Jon Bernthal,Josh Lucas,Tracy LettsandNoah Jupe. Watch theFord v....

‘Friends’ Sales Rise As The Show Lies In Limbo Between Streaming Services Breaking news: turns out people stillreallylike watchingFriends. The mega-hit NBC sitcom has become a cross-generational juggernaut, resonating with not only the original audience who watched it live, but also with millennials who may not have even been born yet when the show debuted in 1994. Now, with the show having left Netflix and awaiting its arrival on the soon-to-be-launched HBO Max streaming service, fans are still looking for theirFriendsfix – and they’re getting it by buying the series in huge numbers....

‘Hugo’ Trailer: Martin Scorsese’s Lively, Pretty Family Fantasy Trailers abound this week! But with a bumper crop that includesContagion,The Thing,John Carter,Pirates!, and soonThe Dark Knight Rises, who’s complaining? Now here is the beautiful trailer forMartin Scorsese’s new filmHugo. As we’ve said so many times before, it is his first 3D film, and his first family-oriented movie. (Or, his first movie for the traditional family, rather than for the Family.) It is invigorating to see a master like Martin Scorsese turn his tricks to some classic tropes of the family film....

‘Nancy Drew And The Hidden Staircase’ Trailer: ‘It’ Star Sophia Lillis Becomes The Teen Detective Nancy Drew is back, and she’sskateboarding. Radical!ItbreakoutSophia Lillistakes on the role of the famous teen detective forNancy Drew and the HiddenStaircase, a film that will either launch a franchise if its a hit, or disappear into oblivion if its a flop. We’ve been here once before, with the 2007Nancy Drewmovie starring Emma Roberts. This new take is playing up a potentially supernatural aspect, while keeping things light and fun....

‘Palm Springs’ Review: The Lonely Island Scores With A Hilarious Time Loop Rom-Com [Sundance 2020] Historically, when The Lonely Island (the comedy trio ofAkiva Schaffer,Jorma Taccone, andAndy Samberg) makes movies, those movies don’t perform well at the box office but eventually become cult hits. That may be about to change withPalm Springs, aGroundhog Day-style rom-com which has “mainstream hit” written all over it. The film, which is produced by The Lonely Island and directed byMax Barbakow, stars Samberg andCristin Milioti(How I Met Your Mother) and is among the most commercial and most satisfying things I’ve seen at this year’s festival....

‘Preacher’ Season 3 Ordered By AMC Praise the lord! Or hail Satan! Or just say thanks to the suits at AMC.Preacherseason 3 is officially going forward, which is excellent news for those still watching the blasphemous and incredibly entertaining comic adaptation about the super-powered preacher, his criminal ex-girlfriend, and their vampire buddy who go on a quest to literally find God. At the very least, their journey will continue for at least one more year....

‘Spider-Man 3’ Won’t Bring Back Tobey Maguire And Andrew Garfield, According To Tom Holland (Who May Not Be Telling The Truth) While Marvel hasn’t officially confirmed this one way or another, it’s a pretty safe bet that the upcomingSpider-Man 3is going to bring in the idea of the MultiVerse. Characters and actors from previousSpider-Manfranchises are coming back –Jamie Foxxas Electro fromThe Amazing Spider-Man 2andAlfred Molinaas Doctor Octopus fromSpider-Man 2. AndBenedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange is on hand as well, further opening up the possibilities for alternate dimensions....

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ LEGO Sets Offer Potentially Perplexing Details On The Marvel Movie Sometimes, the worst enemy of major blockbusters can be merchandising. Since toys, collectibles, shirts, lunchboxes, and more need to be created before a movie releases in theaters, there are often product leaks and releases that reveal details on a given project before they’ve been officially announced. This is especially true when it comes to the movies of Marvel Studios...

‘Star Wars’ Star Mark Hamill To Play A DC Comics Villain (Again) On ‘The Flash’ You’ve got to love the reverence the producers of CW’s new hit,The Flash, have for the original show. That original show, which ran only one season in 1990, starred John Wesley Shipp as the super-fast DC hero. When CW revived the show as part of the DC TV Universe, they cast Shipp as the father of the 2014 Flash, played by Grant Gustin....