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Director Sergio Leoneis theking of Spaghetti Westerns, having made several masterpieces in the genre — pretty good for a man who only directed seven films. It was hisWesterns with Clint Eastwoodthat brought him international acclaim, with each film in his Dollars Trilogy earning more money and praise than the last. By the timeThe Good, the Bad and the Uglywas in theaters, Leone was an enviable hitmaker. Paramount Pictures would reach out to him from the United States, offering him bigger opportunities than he could do in Italy....

Spoiler Alert: Spoilers follow forOppenheimerChristopher Nolan’s long-awaited epic,Oppenheimer, is finally here. Focused on the life of the titular J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), Nolan’s film explores the true story of the tribulations the theoretical physicist faced with the Manhattan Project, a research and development project commissioned by the U.S. Government to develop and test the world’s first nuclear weapons. Their work culminated in Los Alamos, New Mexico, with the Trinity test, the world’s first recorded detonation of a nuclear bomb....

Last week, an unconfirmed rumor claimed thatGuillermo del Toro’sPacific Rim 2was being delayed, withproductionpushed to sometime in 2016, instead of this fall. That report spawned another rumor that the sequel has actually been delayed “indefinitely,” and that it may not see the light of day at all.Entertainment Weeklyreached out to Guillermo del Toro, who confirms that the project did get delayed, but the sequel is still happening. “We are still turning in a screenplay and a budget in three weeks....

While it will almost certainly never happen, Quentin Tarantino has expressed some interest in aFirst Bloodremake. Yes, Tarantino has a pitch for theRambofranchise and it would involve making a much more faithful adaptation to the original novel that birthed the Sylvester Stallone franchise. Tarantino even has actors in mind, with Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Force Awakens,Marriage Story) taking over as John Rambo and Kurt Russell (The Thing,The Hateful Eight) on board as Sheriff Teasle....

The first trailer for Netflix’s highly anticipated adaptation of R. L. Stine’sFear Streetteases the Summer of Fear, with the streaming platform set to release each movie in the upcoming trilogy one week after another this July. EachFear Streetinstallment will transport audiences to a different period of time, exploring the horrors that take place in the fictionalized city of Shadyside. In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations ​may all be connected - and that they may be the next targets....

Saved by the Bellstar Dexter Darden has put himself forward for a role in the upcomingStatic Shocklive-action movie, saying that he would love to be part of the project. The says he would love to leap into the big-budget blockbuster genre, and asserts his love for comic books, and his passion for an important property likeStatic Shock. “I’m a massive comic book fan. I’m a massive, massive comic book fan. Like I have a Spider-Man pillow, my recording studio and my room are dedicated to Marvel....

Netflixis caught in the middle of yet another legal dispute. This time, the streamer and director Adam McKay are being taken to task over the 2021 movieDon’t Look Up– again. Not content with having a self-published author claim that the film stole its plot from his 2012 novel, “Stanley’s Comet,” another author is now claiming that the story was actually taken fromhisself-published novel. They say things come in threes, so this may not be the last of these cases....

Producer and filmmakerTyler Perryhas declared that he is getting “a little annoyed” by the slow development of the long-awaited comedy sequel,Sister Act 3. Speaking withET, Perry revealed that script is still being worked on, with the producer and everyone else involved striving to do justice to the beloved original. However, it certainly sounds like it’s been a frustrating process for Perry… “I’m a little annoyed with how long this has taken me....

Whenever a movie as highly-anticipatedStar Wars: The Force Awakenscomes out, it’s rare to see any other studio try to open anything else against it. However,Star Wars: The Force Awakenswill have some competition on December 18 with the new comedySisters, starringTina FeyandAmy Poehler. Today,Fandangohas released a new poster forSisters, featuring the stars naked in a bathtub, following thetrailerthat debuted in July. OK, it isn’t full-frontal nudity, but we don’t often see these comediennes baring all....

TheGolden Raspberry Awardshad to cancel their event over this past weekend. Coronavirus is still spreading, even as people are trying to isolate. Los Angeles has made the decision to shut down any event hosting more than 50 people and the Razzies would have definitely had way more than 50 people there. For now, it looks like the show is postponed, so we should learn about the worst movies of 2019 in the near future....

We are still about two and a half years away from the release ofStar Wars Episode IX(assuming Disney sticks to their current release date), so we don’t know much about it at this point. There are still three otherStar Wars moviesthat need to come out before then, includingStar Wars Episode VIIIand the upcomingRogue One: A Star Wars Story. But we do know that the movie is going to look sharp, because it is going to be shot on 65mm film....

Star Wars Rebels “Zero Hero"closes season three with an overall satisfying season finale. I had a few issues, but minor in comparison to the whole episode. We finally get to see what powerBendu(Tom Baker), the creature that sits in the middle between the light and dark side, wields. Death troopers, first seen inRogue One, make their debut as Grand Admiral Thrawn’s (Lars Mikkelsen) bodyguards. They certainly look pretty cool. Cross this year’s Halloween costume off the list....

Suspiriais a cinematic shock to the senses. It is a truly unique experience; disturbing, bizarre, yet entrancingly hypnotic. The film holds your attention like a hallucinogenic riptide. It swings wildly from nightmarish to alluring, then back again. The genius is that it remains substantive. The plot is not lost or cheapened by arthouse theatrics. Luca Guadagnino, the Italian auteur behind theDesireTrilogy,I Am Love,A Bigger Splash, andCall Me by Your Name; has delivered the most audacious film of the year....