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The New ‘Van Helsing’ Movie Was Inspired By Mad Max There’s an entire generation of moviegoers who only know the character ofVan Helsingfrom the abysmal 2004 movie starring Hugh Jackman, and that should be a recognized as one of our great international shames. Introduced in the pages of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novelDracula, Dr. Abraham Van Helsing is one of the horror genre’s greatest heroes, a character who has endured as long as the titular vampire himself....

The Problem With Jon Stewart Trailer: Jon Stewart Is Back On TV, Baby Jon Stewart is back, but with a new beard and, quite possibly, a worst world to dissect. Six years ago the famed comedian left his post at “The Daily Show” — impeccable timing on his part, given the painful lows of 2016. Sans some occasional guest appearances on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and the Trevor Noah-hosted “Daily Show,” Stewart spent years avoiding the spotlight....

The Story Behind ‘Cannibal Airlines’ In ‘10 Cloverfield Lane’ When the first teaser trailer for10 Cloverfield Lanewas released, many people noticed thatJohn Gallagher Jr.’s character Emmet was looking at a VHS tape of a fake movie calledCannibal Airlines. It’s one of those fun little details that sent many fans on a hunt to find out what it may mean, or if whether it’s somehow connected to the film’s ARG (it wasn’t)....

TV Bits: Frank Darabont’s ‘L.A. Noir’ Gets Guest Star Simon Pegg, Plus: ‘The Killing’, ‘Mad Men’, ‘Community’, ‘Doctor Who’, ‘Game Of Thrones’, And More We’ve got a ton of small screen-centric odds and ends today, and there’s good news for just about everyone. Unless, that is, you’re Mike Tyson, Spike Lee, John Boyega, or Lord Eddard Stark. After the jump: It seems like just yesterday that (seemingly) the entire Internet was getting all up in arms about the first season finale of AMC’sThe Killing, but here we are, about to head into Season 2....

Underrated Coming-Of-Age Dramas You Should Definitely Check Out There’s a certain canon ofcoming-of-age filmsthat everyone is sort ofexpectedto see: “Stand by Me,” “The Breakfast Club,” “The Virgin Suicides,” and “Rebel Without a Cause,” to name a few. More recently, films like “Ladybird,” “Moonlight,” “Boyhood,” and “Eighth Grade” have been heralded as instant classics. Even thecoming-of-age drama “CODA"has somewhat unexpectedly become afrontrunner for the 2022 Oscars. But what about the more underrated coming-of-age dramas?...

VOTD: An Emotional Tribute To Carrie Fisher From Star Wars Celebration 2017 It’s been a few months since we all felt the pain of losing the wonderful talent who wasCarrie Fisher. Not only was she an accomplished star on the big screen, but she was also responsible for touching up scripts all over Hollywood with her biting wit and sharp intellect. WithStar Wars Celebrationhappening in Orlando, Florida without her in attendance, a tribute to the people’s princess, senator and general was put together, complete with an emotional reel of footage fromStar Wars, archived interviews and behind-the-scenes moments....

Why The First Big Car Chase In No Time To Die Was So Challenging To Pull Off Ambitious stunts and “Bond” movies go together like, well, James Bond and martinis. “No Time to Die” represented the very last film in the Daniel Craig era and, with an American filmmaker behind the wheel for the first time in franchise history, director Cary Joji Fukunaga allowed the actor to go out in style with some of the biggest, most thrilling stunts we’ve ever seen the character punch, jump, and drive his way through....

Will Hugh Jackman Cameo As Wolverine In ‘Deadpool’? Hugh Jackmanhas said 2017’sWolverine 3will be his last time playing the mutant superhero. But before we get there, he’ll have a few more opportunities to brandish the adamantium claws — including, perhaps, next year’sDeadpool. StarRyan Reynoldssays Jackman could return for the upcoming movie, if scheduling doesn’t get in the way. Reynolds teased a possible Deadpool Wolverine cameo while speaking toNews Limited(viaUproxx). “God I hope so, that would be really nice,” he said when asked whether Jackman might be inDeadpool....

‘American Crime Story’ Review: ‘A Random Killing’ Is Full Of Unsettling Moments This week’sAmerican Crime Storyreview takes a look at the latest episode ofThe Assassination of Gianni Versace, “A Random Killing.” Spoilers follow. The Victims It’s May 1997, and the murder of Gianni Versace is is still three months away. Versace may still be alive in the timeframe of this episode, but he’s absent here – off somewhere living his life, still blissfully unaware that Andrew Cunanan is weeks away from destroying it all....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Directors Definitively Answer The Mystery Of Steve Rogers' Timeline Avengers: Endgameopened up a whole can of worms when it introduced the concept of time travel and multiple timelines, showing the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes potentially creating dozens upon dozens of branch realities in their quest to retrieve the Infinity Stones from the past. And one of those branch realities proved too tempting for Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), who would decide to retire and live out to old age with his true love, Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell)....

‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Future Uncertain As Writers “Rethinking” How To Move Forward, Andy Samberg Says Amid the global anti-police brutality protests sparked by Minnesota police officers killing George Floyd, TV shows centering around cops are starting to re-evaluate their priorities. One of those shows is the goodhearted NBC sitcomBrooklyn Nine-Nine, which we learned last month is trying to grapple with its place as a comedy show about cops by scrapping its season 8 scripts and starting from scratch....

‘Doctor Strange’ Sneak Peek Reveals New Concept Art, New Villain Details & More Never one to pass up an opportunity for cross-promotion, Marvel Studios is using the home video release ofCaptain America: Civil Warto plug some of its other upcoming titles. We already got to check in with the cast and crew ofThor: Ragnarokvia a hilarious video revealing what the God of Thunder was up to during Steve and Tony’s falling out, and todayDoctor Strangegets its turn in the spotlight....

‘Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night’ Trailer Someone must’ve watchedSuperman Returnsand thought Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen made a fun pairing, because the duo behind the roles are teamed up once again inDylan Dog: Dead of Night. The film is an adaptation of the Italian horror comics series about a paranormal investigator whose latest case finds him dealing with all manner of vampires, werewolves, zombies and guardians of Hell.Brandon Routhstars as the eponymous lead character, andSam Huntingtonjoins him as his undead assistant/comedic relief sidekick....