Month: December 2020

(1993) Trust Tim Burton to bring a gothic slant to festive proceedings by exploring the prospect of a Halloween character standing in for Santa. The result is a morbid stop-motion musical marvel, where presents are delivered to fright rather than delight. (1972) An escaped homicidal maniac dressed as Santa comes knocking after a devious wife
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Amazon has started to lay down the proverbial rose petals on which its high-profile pandemic-era theatrical refugee, Coming 2 America, will eventually walk; namely the first trailer for the 30+ years-awaited sequel to Eddie Murphy’s 1988 comedy classic. The Paramount-produced film, once scheduled to hit theaters in August 2020, met a fate typical of the
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Cast Away starring Tom Hanks celebrates its 20th anniversary today. Check out some surprising facts about this movie. “Deemed an ‘existential blockbuster’ for the 21st century, not a whole lot of action occurs during Cast Away’s 143-minute running time. But Hanks’s long beard and survival scenarios generated an iconic character and film.” Read more at
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Arguably one of the most shocking revelations from The Mandalorian’s second season was that Star Wars cult favourite character Boba Fett had survived, having been seemingly devoured by the Sarlacc in Return Of The Jedi. Not only that, but the series finale gave us a post-credits scene that revealed a title for the bounty hunter’s very
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is one of those rare films with only one major setting: a Chicago recording studio in 1927. The entire film, and the play it was based on, tells the story of four backing musicians waiting for Madame “Ma” Rainey (Viola Davis) to arrive and cut some sides. According to the label
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We’re very excited about this! Amazon Prime Video has announced that it will be the home of the new animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks in the UK and it will be coming to our screens in the new year! Check out the hilarious trailer below… [embedded content] Developed by Emmy Award-winner Mike McMahan (Rick
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This Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom analysis contains spoilers. You can find our spoiler-free review here. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom tells the story of a group of 1920s musicians, composites of session players at the time, waiting for “the Mother of the Blues” to bring her big voice to the big room at Hot Rhythm Recordings.
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Despite how almost every other aspect of the year went, 2020 was a landmark year for video games. Not only did it see the release of highly-anticipated titles like The Last of Us Part II, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Ghost of Tsushima, and Cyberpunk 2077, but 2020 also marked the beginning of a new generation
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Hosts Lyndsey Wegner and Cherry Davis talk all about the Season Premiere of Supernatural! They discuss what Michael’s plans for a “Better World” include and how Sam plans to rescue Dean from Michael along with Jack’s loss of grace. Make sure to subscribe to AfterBuzz! – http://youtube.com/afterbuzztv HELPFUL LINKS: Website – http://afterbuzztv.com Apple Podcasts –
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This Shameless review contains spoilers. Shameless Season 11 Episode 3 “Gender’s a social construct.” Shameless is a series that’s always been very interested in how its Chicago neighborhood influences its characters. Coming as a remake from a UK series, Shameless’s new environment becomes one of its most important changes. This series constantly labels characters and
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Predating John Carpenter’s original Halloween by four years, Bob Clark’s 1974 seminal slasher Black Christmas, with its prowling unseen perpetrator’s point-of-view camera moves and creepy predominantly housebound premise, arguablay set the standard for the horror subgenre. Of course, it’s loosely based on the old urban legend of ‘the babysitter and the man upstairs’, concerning a
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Certificate: PG Director: Brenda Chapman Writer: Marissa Kate Goodhill Cast: Angelina Jolie, David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Carter Thomas, Ava Fillery Running Time: 94 mins In Come Away, we’re introduced to a humble family of five living in the English countryside, complete with supportive parents Rose (Angelina Jolie) and Jack (David Oyelowo), along with their three
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Thanks to our friends over at The Companion and to celebrate the release of the 15th Anniversary Special Collector’s Boxset of Howl’s Moving Castle on 21 December, we are giving away two special Christmas Studio Ghibli bundles, with four stunning Steelbook releases of From Up On Poppy Hill, My Neighbours the Yamadas, When Marnie Was
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This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. Well, that was a very short-lived cameo, wasn’t it? In a surprise post-credits scene, Jabba the Hutt’s former majordomo Bib Fortuna returns to Star Wars live-action just long enough to get blasted off his dead boss’ throne. Played once again by veteran Star Wars engineer Matthew Wood,
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The holidays are a special time around 30 Rock. While tourists flock to see the towering Christmas tree, the Saturday Night Live writers room is busy thinking of holiday sketches you’ll reminisce about as you put up the stockings for years to come. Some of SNL’s all-time great sketches illustrate the best of the holiday
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