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The Morning Watch: Moonfall Opening Scene Gets A LEGO Makeover, New Dune With Old VFX & 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 the opening scene from “Moonfall” recreated with LEGO pieces in stop-motion animation....

There Are Better Movies Than This: ‘The Dark Tower’ Spoiler Review (In our Spoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: the big screen adaptation ofStephen King’sThe Dark Tower.)The Man in Black fled across the desert, andThe Dark Towermovie followed. BringingStephen King’s fantasy-epic series to the big screen has been a highly-anticipated dream for many fans of the books....

Tiffany Haddish Joins The Meta Movie In Which Nicolas Cage Plays A Fictionalized Nicolas Cage Can a single movie contain the unbridled energy of both comedian/movie starTiffany Haddishand the frequently unhinged cinematic whirlwind that isNicolas Cage? We’re about to find out, because Haddish has been cast inThe Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, the upcoming meta action-comedy in which Cage plays a heightened version of himself who ends up being forced to channel his most famous characters in order to save the day....

Video: Why Action Scenes Suck And Why You Should Respect Michael Bay A couple video essays hit the web today that I wanted to share, one having to do with why a lot of action scenes “suck” and the other making the argument that you should respectTransformersseries directorMichael Bay. Why Do Action Scenes Suck? Video Essay CorridorDigital has released a video essay titled “Why Do Action Scenes Suck?” Of course, not all action scenes in movies suck....

VOTD: The Significance & Importance Of Movie Props While there are certain movie props such as a lightsaber, a time machine or a briefcase that have become iconic pieces of cinema, it’s easy to forget that movie props are everywhere when we’re looking at any single frame of a motion picture. Sometimes a movie prop is so important that it’s in the title of the film and the driving force of the entire story, as withThe Maltese FalconorRaiders of the Lost Ark, and other times they just add to the authenticity of any given scene....

Warner Bros. Secures Rights To ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ After the success of theLord of the Ringsfilms,The Hobbitand nowGame of Thrones, Warner Bros. is looking to kick off another major fantasy franchise. They’ve just purchased the rights toDungeons & Dragons, the incredibly famous tabletop role playing game in which players create characters and go on adventures through mystical worlds. ScreenwriterDavid Leslie Johnsonis writing the film based on his own script,Chainmail, which was itself based on a fantasy game that predatedD&D....

Watch: ‘The Escape’: Neill Blomkamp’s BMW Short Film Starring Clive Owen It seems like everything’s getting a sequel nowadays, and apparently that even includes popular marketing campaigns from the early 2000s. Last month we showed you the first sneak peek atThe Escape, the latest installment in BMW’s short film seriesThe Hire. The original project consisted of eight episodes released between 2001 and 2002 and directed by all manner of high-profile filmmakers like Ang Lee, Guy Ritchie, Wong Kar-wai, and Alejandro González Iñárritu, each one starringClive Owenas the mysterious hero known only as The Driver....

Why Does MCU Phase Three End With ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ And Not ‘Avengers: Endgame’? It’s been said in the past that Phase Three of the MCU would conclude not with the epicAvengers:Endgame, but ratherSpider-Man: Far From Home. If there was any lingering doubt about this claim, Marvel Studios headKevin Feigesealed the deal recently, confirming thatFar From Homewould indeed bring Phase Three to an end. But why? Wouldn’t ending things withEndgamemake more sense?...

‘50 Shades Of Grey’ Trailer: Mr. Grey Grooms His New Partner Here’s the full trailer for the film adaptation of50 Shades of Grey, and the excitement is palpable. Will this be as crazy and explicit as the book? (Nope.) Will it properly represent the sexual practices and lifestyle it has co-opted? (Maybe, but probably not.) Will there be attractive people having lots of simulated sex? Almost certainly. Check out the50 Shades of Greytrailer below....

‘All The Money In The World’ Replacing Kevin Spacey With Christopher Plummer In a highly surprising move,Ridley Scotthas decided to remove all ofKevin Spacey’s scenes in the upcomingAll the Money In the Worldand reshoot them with actorChristopher Plummer. The decision comes as a result of multiple sexual assault allegations levied against Spacey in recent weeks. This is an unprecedented decision:All the Money In the Worldwas already finished, had released a trailer, and was set for release in a month....

‘American Assassin’ First Look: Dylan O’Brien Is Mitch Rapp ActorDylan O’Brienstill has work tofinish onThe Maze Runnerseries, but he recently attached himself to another potential franchise. Based onVince Flynn’s best-selling book series, O’Brien will play CIA black ops recruit Mitch Rapp. DirectorMichael Cuesta’s (Kill the Messenger) thriller also starsMichael Keaton,Taylor Kitsch, andSanaa Lathan. Below, check out theAmerican Assassinfirst look. In Flynn’s prequel of the same name, after Rapp’s girlfriend is killed in a terrorist attack, the Arab linguistics student and college athlete undergoes six months of training to combat the enemy....

‘Black Panther’ Character Posters Show Off An Awesome Cast The sensational cast of Marvel’sBlack Panthertook to Twitter today to unleash a plethora of really cool character posters, covering just about every single person in the film. Marvel doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to posters, but these are pretty great. Check them out below. While I’ve grown slightly fatigued with the constant stream of superhero movies, I’m very excited for Marvel’sBlack Panther, which has one hell of a director inRyan Cooglerand one dynamite cast to go with him....

‘Captive State’ Co-Writer Erica Beeney Discusses The Influence Of History [Interview] Captive Stateis a sci-fi thriller that moves like clockwork. DirectorRupert Wyatt’s film always maintains its propulsion without any redundancies or large chunks of tedious exposition. Like the characters trying to start an uprising in a world dominated by aliens, Wyatt and co-writerErica Beeneyalways keep their story moving. Compared to other bloated or gigantic alien invasion movies,Captive Stateis a refreshingly minimalist and stripped down sci-fi movie....