H e is the most prolific actor of his generation and his films have grossed close to $30 billion, making him one of the highest-grossing actors ever. He is Quentin Tarantino’s muse, and has worked with everyone from Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg to Spike Lee and Paul Thomas Anderson. …
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If ChatGPT were to write a feature screenplay it could scarcely be more robotic or soulless than Fast X, the latest exercise from the action franchise that won’t die. This is less a movie than a series of, well, car crashes, many of them spectacular in a rote way but, …
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Surprise, surprise. Less than three days after Marvel Studios released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming film The Marvels, the film, and its star Brie Larson, are already facing backlash from the misogynistic side of Marvel fandom. In theaters Nov. 10, The Marvels sees its titular characters Captain Marvel …
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Marvel‘s superhero wires are all crossed. Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) is Captain Marvel, Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) is Ms. Marvel, and Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) is a S.A.B.E.R. astronaut captain — but a mysterious bond between the three has them trading places in space and time without notice or warning. …
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Hollywood reunion content has been milked dry in a major shift toward playing into audience nostalgia. Early in the pandemic, casts reunited over Zoom for table reads. While that happens less now, it’s only been replaced by revivals and years-too-late sequels missing the core of what made the film and …
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Vin Diesel and his “family” go for one last (explosions-and-stunts-filled) ride in the new trailer for Fast X, the 10th and (purportedly) penultimate chapter in the Fast and the Furious franchise. The latest in the Fast Saga calls back to the fifth chapter — or Fast Five — as Jason …
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