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Showgirls Exposed Director Defends His Film As Art Thefirst trailerforShowgirls Exposed, the sequel to Paul Verhoeven’s camp 1995 film, drew no few snickers and chuckles when it hit the internet a few months ago. Last Friday, Twitch posted a second trailer, with the title “My Eyes Can Stand No More Than Four Minutes Of Marc Vorlander’s SHOWGIRLS: EXPOSED.” It isn’t difficult to see why Twitch couldn’t take much more: the footage looks terrible....

Slumber Party Massacre Trailer: The Horror Classic Gets A Meta Reboot Syfy has released the first brief teaser trailer for its “Slumber Party Massacre” reboot. The movie recently screened at this year’s Fantastic Fest and has, thus far, received quite the positive response. I was fortunate enough to see it for myself and can confirm this is a step above what we might expect from a Syfy original movie. As a man who has watched too many to count (what up, “Frankenfish”), this served as a big surprise....

The Biggest Surprises And Shocks From The 2021 Emmy Awards Last night’s ceremony was the least-surprising Emmy Awards in quite some time. Of course “The Crown” swept the drama awards. Of course “Ted Lasso” (mostly) swept the comedy awards. Of course popular, hip genre shows like “The Mandalorian” and “WandaVision” didn’t make a dent in the major categories. The running joke among TV fans online was that votersclearlyonly watched a handful of (the whitest) shows before voting....

The Captain America Easter Egg In Iron Man That You May Have Missed The Marvel Cinematic Universe grows bigger with every new movie and television show that arrives. Superheroes discover what made them who they are. New comic book characters come to life, and events that have been foreshadowed years ago finally begin to take place. Before the blip, the sacred timeline, and the multiverse could exist, we had"Iron Man" (2008), which laid the very foundation for the MCU and every movie that came after....

The Morning Watch: How Tony Leung Acts With His Eyes, Creating Chasing Amy’s Comic-Con Opening & More (The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, watch a video essay explain how “Shang-Chi” co-star Tony Leung has delivered such masterful performances over the years by acting with his eyes....

Tom Hanks And Rita Wilson Have Contracted Coronavirus During Production Of Elvis Presley Biopic In Australia Every day is bringing sweeping changes to the entertainment industry at large as the coronavirus strain known as COVID-19 is spreading around the United States. But last night, it got more personal for beloved Oscar-winning actorTom Hanksand his wife, actress and producerRita Wilson. The couple were confirmed to be the first major Hollywood stars to contract the virus, and they are now in quarantine down in Australia whereBaz Luhrman’s Elvis Presley biopic was in production....

Warner Bros. Passes On Ron Howard’s Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’ HasThe Dark Towerfinally fallen? Imagine Entertainment partnersRon HowardandBrian Grazerhave been working up a very ambitious three-film and dual-TV series cycle of productions to adaptStephen King’s epic novel series. But last summer Universaldecided not to finance the project, and Imagine tookThe Dark Towerto other studios. In March, Warner Bros.showed interestand for the past months screenwriterAkiva Goldsmanhas been doing script revisions to make itmore budget-conscious....

Watch A Video Detailing The Post-Production On ‘Gone Girl’ When the cameras turn off, a movie isn’t even close to finished. These days, post-production is just as important, if not more so, than principal photography. Yes, capturing the images and performances are absolutely crucial to a film. But figuring out the pacing, making the story cohesive, adding emotion with music, depth with effects, are what really make a movie a movie....

Watch Michelle Wolf Star In ‘Strong Female Lead: The Movie,’ Courtesy Of Her New Netflix Show ComedianMichelle Wolfmade waves and headlines afterher bits from the White House Correspondents' Association dinnerrubbed some of the thin-skinned politicians in attendance the wrong way. But before all that went down, she was already getting her own Netflix show, and a new sneak peek has just debuted online. The Break with Michelle Wolfis a new comedy series that will blend stand-up and sketch comedy that “will take a break from the seriousness of today’s late night comedy....

Watch Monty Python Use A Tiny Catapult To Sell New ‘Monty Python And The Holy Grail’ Blu-Ray We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Monty Python and the Holy Grailhas been making us laugh, and prompting us to quote its absurd dialogue, for forty years. The 1975 release will enjoy a new anniversary blu-ray edition in October. One bit of packaging for the disc is meant to evoke one of the most ridiculous concepts in the movie — and that’s saying a lot when discussing this film....

‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Deleted Scenes Reveal More About The Quantum Realm, Walton Goggins Two newAnt-Man and the Waspdeleted scenes have been released ahead of the Marvel film’s Blu-ray release next month. While both have tiny running times, one offers a larger glimpse into the grander world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The other gives us a moreWalton Goggins, which is, well, just as good. USA Todayreleased two new deleted scenes from theAnt-Man and the WaspBlu-ray and home video release, which is set to hit shelves on October 16....

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Prequel Series In Development At Disney+, Will Focus On Gaston And LeFou’s Origin Story Josh Gad, who played LeFou in Disney’s 2017 live-action remake ofBeauty and the Beast, is developing aBeauty and the Beastprequel series for Disney+ which will reunite Gad with his co-starLuke Evansand explore the origins of Gaston and LeFou.The Hollywood Reportersays that Evans and Gad, who played the manly soldier Gaston and his pitiful sidekick LeFou, respectively, in the 2017 film, will star in “a six-episode musical event” for Disney’s streaming service which will feature music from Disney legendAlan Menken, who won an Oscar for Best Original Score for the 1991 animated version ofBeauty and the Beastand also returned for the live-action version....

‘Carrie Pilby’ Trailer: Bel Powley Is Much Smarter Than You, Also Unhappy Welcome the museum of American Independent Film. Have you been here before? Oh, good! Then you know that the Middle-Aged Sad Sack Comedian wing is to the left and the Quirky New York Girl Learns How To Break Out Of Her Shell wing is to the right. May I recommend a visit to the latter? There’s a new exhibit on display: the trailer forCarrie Pilby, which featuresDiary of a Teenage GirlstarBel Powleyas a hyper-intelligent, neurotic young woman who learns how to navigate life and love in the Big Apple....