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Many great documentaries were premiered at this year’s SXSW Conference and Festivals, and at first glance,Stuffedseems to stick out like a sore thumb. Especially for animal lovers, the idea of a documentary about the process of preserving dead animals could seem rather off-putting. The movie’s director, Erin Derham, admitted herself prior to the premiere how she “hated” the subject of taxidermy just a couple short years ago. However, after working on the doc, Derham wound up gaining a greater appreciation for taxidermy than she could have foreseen, concluding it to be one of the world’s most beautiful art forms....

There are indeed many layers that make up what it is tobe Britishthat have evolved greatly over the years. Britain is incredibly diverse with many different faces making up the people who call it home. It’s got lush rolling countryside, quaint little seaside towns, and bustling cities with wide-ranging personalities to fill it up with. Furthermore, it’s experienced intense change over history that has seen political shifts, evolving mindsets and modernisation of class systems as well as changing trends in all things from fashion, music, and popular past times....

Every so often, you’ll catch a glimpse of the last drabs of a once rife sub-culture motoring down the highway in all their black leather-clad glory on the back of their pristinely polished Harley’s. It’ll be the collective murmur of a throng of engines approaching that will be heard before they’re seen, and then, on the horizon, a tidal wave of inked-up bearded men putting ‘pedal to the metal’ appear in your rearview mirror....

Unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it would be easy to assume that theStar Warsfranchise timeline is a much easier place to navigate when it comes to fixing its movies and shows in place. However, that may not be true asThe MandaloriancreatorJon Favreauseems to have rewritten where exactly the series fits into Star Wars canon. Favreau has previously set the beginning of the series as happening five years after the events of Return of the Jedi, and confirmed Grogu’s age in the opening episode to be 50 years old....

For many Hollywood bigwigs, Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated movieTenetis the ultimate litmus test in terms of whether audiences are finally ready to return to theaters to save the business of cinema halls. As one of the biggest film stars in the world, Tom Cruise showed his support for the film by posting a video on Twitter of himself attending a screening ofTenet. In the 34 second video,Tom Cruiseis showing driving to the theater with director Christopher McQuarrie, sitting in the cinema with other attendees, and remarking how great it is to be back in a picture hall again....

What setsApple TV+apart from its predecessors and peers is a willingness to experiment with the mundane aspects of life. Series likeTed LassoandPlatonicturnthe lives of a former football coach or two childhood friends into a spectacle of sorts, still retaining a seriousness in their characterization and writing. These fifteen series allow the audience to laugh at themselves while coming to a greater understanding of the unpredictability of life and how they engage with said chaos....

Last week,The CWbrought back its hit superhero showsArrowandThe Flash, and with both of their respective new seasons just getting under way, both shows came to New York Comic Con today. The network debuted new sizzle reels for both shows, which reveal brand new footage and teases the upcoming episodes. These videos tease the new villains that both Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) will face in their new seasons....

NBC has released the first promo for it’s upcoming specialMust See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows. And it features the first footage of the much ballyhooedFriendsreunion. For the first time, we get to see starsJennifer Aniston,Courteney Cox,Lisa Kudrow,Matt LeBlanc, andDavid Schwimmertogether since the show came to an end in 2004. And it looks like they’ll be getting some heavy questions while on stage. A lot of attention is being payed to this particular reunion....

Martin Scorsesedoesn’t like sequels. This attitude reflects Scorsese’s essential directorial approach, in which he has always been driven by an intense need to break new cinematic ground by continually exploring new characters and themes. While many of Scorsese’s colleagues feel compelled to infuse their films with a degree of vagueness for the purpose of establishing a foundation for a potential sequel, his films are invariably defined by a merciless sense of resolution regarding the lives of his characters....

After an utterly disappointing Memorial Day holiday weekend and the first frame in June, the summerbox officehas slowly but surely started to rebound in the past few weeks.Ocean’s 8put up a strong debut of $41.6 million two weeks ago, and last weekend,The Incredibles 2set a new box office record with a whopping $182.6 million, the highest debut ever for an animated movie, shattering the previous record of $135 million byFinding Dory....

Kristen Wiig’s Cheetah fromWonder Woman 1984has finally been revealed. We’ve seen her as mild-mannered Barbara Minerva from official and unofficial set photos, but not as Cheetah. Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot are delivering the first trailer this weekend at the CCXP in Brazil. Fans have been waiting a long time to get a real look at the highly anticipated sequel, especially since it was originally going to hit theaters a lot earlier....

Hulu has dropped the official trailer for their upcoming Wu-Tang: An American Saga series. The new show is co-produced by RZA and is inspired by his philosophy books The Wu-Tang Manual and Tao of Wu. Additionally, the show is supposed to be like a scripted version of the recent Showtime documentary on the group,Of Mics and Men. However,Wu-Tang: An American Sagaisn’t afraid to bend and stretch the truth to make for a more entertaining viewing experience....

YouTube starJake Paulwas spotted during the looting at Fashion Square in Scottsdale, Arizona last night. However, Paul claims he was there to document, not steal tennis shoes and other items. He posted videos on his Instagram story from earlier in the day, which showed him protesting as police officers threw tear gas toward him. Paul captioned the video with, “America is in ruins” and “what can we do.” He later posted a selfie stating, “I’m tear gassed my eyes bleeding....