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The 2007 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Film Program Line-Up The U.S. Comedy Arts Festival and HBO announced their 2007 Film Program line-up which includes Sundance 2007 favorites Eagle vs. Shark, Rocket Science and Waitress in addition to 27 other features. Check out the full list and press release after the jump. Headlining the film lineup is the opening night film “Waitress,” directed by the late Adrienne Shelly, which will screen at the Wheeler Opera House on Tuesday, February 28 at 6:00 p....

The Daily Stream: ‘Hulk’ Is Like A Glimpse At An Alternate Universe Where Superhero Movies Are Weird And More Interesting (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie:HulkWhere You Can Stream It: FuboTVThe Pitch: Ang Lee takes the story of the Incredible Hulk and turns it into a big, weird, inventive comic book movie that the world just wasn’t ready for....

The First Hint Of Marvel Studio’s Post ‘Avengers’ Plan Revealed Several years ago, Marvel announced their master, multi-year plan to make a sequel toIron Man, movies based on Thor and Captain America and then bring it all together withThe Avengers. Well,ThorandCaptain America: The First Avengerare now mere months away, andThe Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon, is set to start shooting inFebruary. So that begs the question, what’s next for Marvel? A new interview might have our first hint as to what phase two is all about....

The Jason Statham Shark Movie ‘Meg’ Will Open In Theaters In 2018 It looks likeMegmay have finally crawled its way out of development hell. An adaptation ofSteve Alten’sMeg: A Novel of Deep Terrorhas been in the works for a long time now, but the budget, time and time again, has proved to be an issue. In 2007, millions of dollars were spent onJan de Bont’s (Speed) version of the project before New Line pulled the plug....

The John Wayne Classic That Inspired Martin Scorsese Martin Scorsese revealed his passion for “The Searchers” early in his career. In his first feature film, 1969’s “Who’s That Knocking at My Door,” the main character, J.R. (Harvey Keitel, playing something of a Scorsese avatar), spots a pretty girl reading a French magazine, and uses that to make small talk. After all, he recognizes the man on the cover:John Wayne. He gets especially excited talking about one John Wayne movie, “The Searchers,” a western that he talks about at length....

The Lost Boys TV Series Will Span 70 Years, From ‘Veronica Mars’ Creator The CW has hiredVeronica Mars/iZombiecreatorRob Thomasto create a television series adaptation of the iconic 1987 Warner Bros horror comedy filmThe Lost Boys. Find out more details about The Lost Boys tv series, after the jump. The Lost Boys print by Tyler Stout from Mondo Now I must admit, I’m kind of a softy for The Lost Boys, but I usually hate the glossy, fun, disposable nature of most CW series....

Theme Park Bits: Live Muppet Show Going Away, Arendelle Aqua Foodie Guide, And More In this edition of Theme Park Bits: One of the unfortunate themes of Disney’s theme parks in 2019 has been cutbacks. Yes, you might wonder why it is that buying tickets to Disneyland or Walt Disney World has never seemed more expensive if they’re also cutting back on events within the parks. But wondering doesn’t stop the forces of change, unfortunately....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Monsters Vs. Aliens, Away We Go, The Girlfriend Experience, And More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s.HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (SEASON 4) While just about every other sitcom today is either suffering from total creative bankruptcy or striving as hard as possible to steer away from the accepted sitcom format, How I Met Your Mother somehow manages to retain the style of the latter while not at all being subjected to the former....

TIFF Review: Nick And Norah’s Infinite Playlist Many people have drawn a comparison betweenNick and Norah’s Infinite Playlistand Juno, due to the hand drawn opening title sequence / poster title, Michael Cera and a focus on indie pop music. It also doesnt help that Norah screens at the Toronto a year after Juno premiered at the Film Festival. But Nick and Norah is nothing like Juno. The teen comedy genre has always placed one step below Horror movies on the meter of public respect, probably because there are so many bad ones....

Tilda Swinton Addresses The ‘Doctor Strange’ Whitewashing Controversy Tilda Swintonis an ethereal being who has temporarily taken on our form so she can grace us with her presence and quietly exude psychic waves that hint at the true nature of the cosmos, so it’s a bit of a shame that she’s currently at the center of a very human controversy. She plays the mystical mentor to Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sorcerer Supreme in Marvel’s upcomingDoctor Strange, a character known as the Ancient One…a character who was originally depicted as an Asian man in his 1963 comic book debut....

Video: A Look Inside The Mystery Box That Is J.J. Abrams' Novel ‘S’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As attention spans shrink and the written word becomes more obsolete, the modern novel is facing a problem similar to movie theaters. How can we make reading a physical book essential? One possible suggestion is provide content thatneedsto be touched, andJ.J. Abrams' latest idea is just that....

Vince Gilligan Finally Reveals Huell’s Fate On ‘Breaking Bad’ As far as TV series finales go,Breaking Bad’s was pretty great.Vince Gilligangave satisfying sendoffs to our favorite characters, tying up all the loose ends in a big, beautiful bow. Well — most of the loose ends. The last we saw of Huell, he was waiting in the safe house for Hank and Gomez. For the past two years, fans have wondered: Is Huell waiting there still?...

What Happened, Brittany Murphy? Trailer: A New Docuseries Explores The Life, Career, And Death Of The Clueless Star The loss of Brittany Murphy was crushing. The brilliant young actressdied in 2009at the age of 32. The official coroner’s report cites her death as caused by pneumonia and cardiac arrest, though how a healthy 32-year-old dies from those has been a source of controversy since her death. Now HBO will release atwo-part documentary, “What Happened, Brittany Murphy?...