After six films and one reboot, Sony Pictures gave the iconic video game franchise another chance, this time by handing the reins to Zach Cregger and letting him approach Resident Evil less as a direct adaptation and more as a survival-horror experience.
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The long-awaited opening of Fast and Furious: Hollywood Drift has finally arrived at Universal Studios Hollywood. From early morning rides, to a reception and a chain-cutting ceremony, the day was filled with all things Fast and Furious.
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At D23 Expo, we sat in on the panel for Don Hahn’s Huz: Drawn to Life, a Disney+ documentary following longtime animator Ron Husband — a look at perseverance, mentorship, and the Black artists who helped shape Disney Animation.
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Directed by Joel Crawford and Januel P. Mercado, Forgotten Island may draw inspiration from The Hangover, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and even Turning Red, but it never feels content to simply imitate them.
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Despite a mighty and delightful ensemble cast, the Play On Shakespeare’s modern verse translation of William Shakespeare’s Pericles at Boston Court Pasadena is a bit of a head-scratcher.
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Halloween Time returns to Disneyland Resort with new Mickey and Friends costumes, a fresh lineup of spooky snacks, and a taste test of the best seasonal bites at Disney California Adventure Park.
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Yeon Sang-ho’s Train to Busan is undoubtedly one of the best zombie films ever made. With his latest, Colony, he injects the idea of collective evolution with the zombies in a much more action-packed scenario that packs a lot of entertaining and terrifying tension even if logic falls apart tremendously halfway through the film.
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Alexander Ullom’s cosmic horror road trip traps four recent graduates on an endless highway, turning post-graduation drift into an unexpectedly effective metaphor for growing up and growing apart.
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In the first film of the Batman: Knightfall animated trilogy, director Jeff Wamester and screenwriter Jeremy Adams, with Warner Bros. Animation, have crafted one of the greatest Batman films of all time.
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Coyote vs. Acme is a film whose own against-the-odds journey to theaters mirrors its underdog hero’s refusal to quit.
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A Few Thoughts Theater Company’s inaugural production of Slava Ukraini! (or Waiting for Elon) is a very strong start with a strong ensemble cast, interesting setup packed with urgent relevancy, and fantastic direction.
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa turns a 16th-century samurai siege into a whodunit and anti-war parable, using a murder mystery inside a besieged castle to ask what violence does to the people trapped inside systems built on it.
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Jane Schoenbrun’s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” reimagines the slasher franchise as a sexy, strange, and deeply queer fever dream about desire, dysphoria, and transformation, led by standout performances from Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson.
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HBO’s Lanterns reimagines Green Lantern as a moody detective story with a True Detective vibe, anchored by a standout performance from Aaron Pierre as John Stewart.
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Swara, Mike, and Michael review the second season of X-Men ’97, discussing what worked and what didn’t work, how behind the scenes issues affected the quality of the season, why it’s still teh best of Marvel TV and especially on Disney+, and where they hope the show goes in Season 3.
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In The End of Oak Street, director David Robert Mitchell trades ’80s nostalgia signaling for genuine emotional stakes, delivering a scientifically meticulous, thrilling, and surprisingly moving dinosaur epic anchored by Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor.
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Did you know there’s a Los Angeles Shakespeare in the Park company that offers consistently excellent work, commits to significant global majority representation, pays its actors Equity wages, and somehow makes every performance free? That’s Independent Shakespeare Co., whose stellar, uproariously hilarious production of The Comedy of Errors earns every bit of that praise.
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Director Rob Alicea’s thriller Serena uses AI less as a futuristic boogeyman and more as a vehicle for manipulation and our increasingly blurry relationship with reality, anchored by Andi Matichak and Steven Strait’s performances.
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A ride-along through Universal Studios Hollywood’s new high-speed coaster during technical rehearsals, breaking down what to expect: Single Rider Lane rules, mandatory lockers, and whether the 60-second thrill lives up to the hype.
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Lauren, Edward, and Swara review and discuss the film Avatar Aang:The Last Airbender, the SDCC Avatar Studios presentation, the new teaser for Avatar: Seven Havens, and the future of Avatar Studios.
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The fourth film in a superhero franchise isn’t supposed to make you fall more in love with the titular character, but Spider-Man: Brand New Day does.
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Watch Michael and Swara review Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the latest cinematic adventure from the web-slinger.
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In Ryan Dutter and John Dierre’s Meta Take One, an indie filmmaker is so consumed by finishing his film that a guerrilla shoot spirals into real violence — and he barely notices. Shot in stark 16mm black-and-white, it’s a Lynchian descent into artistic obsession.
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