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‘Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues’ Trailer: ‘Cobra Kai’ Gets Its Own Beat-Em-Up Video Game It’s time to wax on, wax off your video game consoles.Cobra Kai, the acclaimed sequel series to theKarate Kidfranchise, is getting its own beat-em-up video game, allowing you to fight Daniel LaRusso (or fightasDaniel) as much as you please. The trailer for the upcoming video game comes on the heels of Netflix releasing aCobra Kaiseason 3 teaser trailer promoting the show’s move to the streaming giant after airing two well-received seasons on YouTube Premium....

‘Escape From New York’ Remake Is Still Alive; Has Found New Writer Forover eight yearsnow anEscape from New Yorkremake has been in development. Originally,Gerard Butler(300) was set to star, which, if I recall correctly, made a puzzledKurt Russellask, “Isn’t Snake Plissken an American?” Butler, like many writers and directors, departed from the project. Today, some life has been breathed back into the in-development-hell film, as there’s a newEscape from New Yorkremake writer onboard....

‘Fargo’ Review: Who Made The Biggest Mistake In ‘The Law Of Inevitability’? (Every week, we’re going to kick off a discussion about Fargo season 3 by answering one simple question: who f*cked up the most this week?) The blue streak continues onFargo. Life has never been worse for Sy Feltz (Michael Stuhlbarg), Emmit Stussy (Ewan McGregor), and maybe Nikki Swango (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), who’s mysterious and world-weary enough to indicate season 3 ofFargois far from her first bad time in Minnesota....

‘Francince’ Trailer: What Is Melissa Leo Doing To Those Cats? If you’re in a good mood and want to preserve it, might want to put watching this trailer off for later.FrancinestarsMelissa Leo(The Fighter,Treme) as a recent ex-con who isn’t having the best time adjusting to life after prison. The trailer doesn’t give too many details of just what she does after getting out of the joint, but that seems to be true of the film, too....

‘Free State Of Jones’ Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Gives The Confederacy Hell After fighting for the freedom of illegal slaves in Steven Spielberg’s period courtroom dramaAmistad, this time Oscar winnerMatthew McConaugheyis taking on the Confederacy head-on inFree State of Jones. The film sees McConaughey leading the true story of Southern farmer Newt Knight who turns against the Confederacy that he once fought for and attempts to turn Jones County, Mississippi into a free state....

‘Nightwing’ Casting: ‘Stranger Things 2’ Actor Hints At Possible Involvement Nightwing, former Batman sidekick turned solo superhero, is getting his own movie, and aStranger Things 2actor may have just revealed his possible involvement. Or maybe not! Take this with a grain of salt for the moment, butStranger Things 2andPower RangersactorDacre Montgomerydropped a not-so-subtle hint on his Twitter teasing his potentialNightwingcasting, only to quickly delete it. But nothing is ever truly deleted from the internet, and that’s how rumors are born, folks....

‘Phantom Thread’ 70mm Screenings Are Coming To Select Theaters Phantom Threadis being hailed asPaul Thomas Anderson’s latest masterpiece and a worthy send-off to legendary actor Daniel Day-Lewis in his reported final role, so only the biggest screen can do it justice. And audiences will soon be able to experience the film in 70mm glory in select theaters across the nation. Starting on Christmas Day and continuing through January,Phantom Thread70mm screenings are arriving to New York and Los Angeles before moving away from the coast to theaters in in San Francisco, Austin, and Chicago....

‘Project Nim’ Trailer: Where Does The Line Between Man And Animal Really Fall? ‘From the director ofMan on Wire’ is all a film needs to get my attention, andProject Nimdefinitely does not look like it is going to disappoint. The film, which explores the relationship between man and other species through the lens of a loose experiment designed to teach sign language to a chimp, premiered at Sundance to very good notice....

‘Star Wars Rebels’ Characters Could Connect With Future ‘Star Wars’ Movies Plenty of characters who originated in the live-actionStar Warsmovies have gone on to appear in animated series likeThe Clone WarsandStar Wars Rebels. However, we’ve yet to see an animated character making the jump to live-action. That changes this winter whenThe Clone Warssupporting characterSaw Gerrera gets played by Forest WhitakerinRogue One: A Star Wars Story. And it sounds like this is something that could happen more often in the future....

‘Star Wars Resistance’ Review: The Presence Of The Force Grows In “The Relic Raiders” “The Relic Raiders” is the firstStar Wars Resistanceepisode to directly engage in the Force. For the majority ofResistance, the Force itself has been virtually non-existent as an explicit presence, despite exploration of its vacated worship sites and references to practitioners like the Knight of Ren and Jedi. The closest the Force came to an appearance was on par with a guest star in the breezy slice-of-life episode, “Bibo,” where the siblings Kel (Antony Del Rio) and Eila (Nikki SooHoo), orphaned by Kylo Ren, exhibit symptoms of being Force-sensitive by expressing vague dreams that come true....

‘Suicide Squad’ International Trailer: Let’s Do Something Fun, Now With More Footage If you’re one of the DC Comics fans who ended up disappointed byBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the good news is that there’s one more film you can look forward to later this year that will expand the cinematic universe and might lessen the blow.Suicide Squadis bringing together a bunch of villains and nefarious criminals from the comic books for a ragtag assembly of unlikely heroes who are tasked with unsavory missions, only so that if they go wrong, no one respectable can be blamed....

‘Venom’ Clip Has Tom Hardy Arguing With Himself About Biting Off Heads Another day, anotherVenomclip. Like the most recently released footage, what we see here isTom Hardyfighting a room full of dopes with the help of his trusty symbiote buddy. The result is essentially Hardy arguing with himself as he flails and kicks about, sending fools flying. Watch theVenomclip below, and enjoy the admittedly amusing moment where Venom grosses Tom Hardy out by suggesting he bite off some heads....

‘Westworld’ Season 2 Trailer: These Violent Delights Get Second Seasons It’s been about a year and a half since HBO’sWestworldended its first season with a cryptic, violent bang. Revolution is in the air. The robots are angry and the humans are looking…well,human. Meaning easy to kill. A newWestworldseason 2 trailer has arrived to tease next month’s premiere. And if you thought this hybrid of science fiction and western was going to get any less twisted and bizarre and prone to making your head spin right off its shoulders, showrunnersJonathan NolanandLisa Joyare ready to prove you wrong....