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Trailer Round-Up: Shia LaBeouf In ‘Borg Vs. McEnroe’, Domhnall Gleeson In ‘Crash Pad,’ And More In the hustle and bustle of covering breaking news every day, sometimes a few movie trailers manage to sneak by unnoticed. But they can’t hide forever. We’re vigilant, and we’ll catch up with them eventually. Here are a few recent trailers that we didn’t catch when they first dropped this week. Borg vs. McEnroe I’ve been interested in this movie ever since I heard thatShia LaBeoufwas cast in the role of the hot-headed John McEnroe, and though LaBeouf’s off-screen antics and unpredictable personality make him a great choice for that part, the whole thing didn’t crystallize for me until I heard LaBeouf utter this line in the trailer: “Everything in me gets left out on that court, and none of you understand it because none of you do it....

Twenty-Five Years Later, Celebrate The Potent And Troubling Dream Of David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ Twenty-five years ago,David Lynchheld a crystal clear mirror up to the face of America.Blue Velvet, which had played festivals in Montreal and Toronto, opened in the US on June 27, 2025. It was mainstream America’s real introduction to the private world of David Lynch.Eraserheadwas still a cult film. While many people had seenThe Elephant Manand some (not many) had seenDune, few were prepared for the deeply idiosyncratic dreamscape Americana seen inBlue Velvet....

Universal Monsters Cinematic Universe Coming From Alex Kurtzman And Chris Morgan It worked for Marvel and now Universal is hoping it works for their monsters. A new report says Universal Studios is in the early stages of creating “a substantial new production endeavor” which will “expand and unify” theUniversal Monstersproperties, including characters such asDracula,The Wolf Man,Frankenstein,The Invisible Man, andCreature from the Black Lagoon. The initial architects of this endeavor areAlex Kurtzman, ofTransformers, Star TrekandAmazing Spider-Man 2fame, andChris Morgan, who wrote the bulk of theFast and Furiousmovies....

Watch The Trailer For Martin Scorsese’s HBO Documentary ‘George Harrison: Living In The Material World’ A brand-new trailer has hit forMartin Scorsese’sGeorge Harrison: Living in the Material World, an HBO documentary which will air on the channel later this year. Though Harrison was known as “the quiet Beatle,” as the saying goes, still waters run deep. Pulled together from interviews, performances, and never-before-seen footage, as well as interviews with friends, colleagues and peers includingPaul McCartney,Ringo Starr,Eric Clapton,Terry Gilliam,Phil Spector,Yoko Ono, andTom Petty, the film will center around the life and career of the iconic musician, producer, philanthropist, and spiritualist....

Watch: ‘Life After Pi’ Examines The Broken System That Bankrupted Rhythm & Hues There’s something ironic about the fact that the better visual effects are, the more difficult it can be to notice them at all. At the top level, talented VFX artists create imagery so seamlessly lifelike that the average moviegoer isn’t even aware that the fantastical creatures and majestic landscapes they’re watching were painstakingly crafted on a computer, not captured in reality....

Will Ferrell And John C. Reilly Working On ‘Step Brothers’ Rap Album WhenWill FerrellandJohn C. Reilly’s characters in the 2008Adam McKaycomedyStep Brotherstook the stage to perform the rap song “Boats and Hoes,” no one could have predicted where it would take them. In the movie, it helps spawn a business for their group Prestige Worldwide and now, in real life, it might do the same. McKay revealed on hisTwitter pagethat the duo were working on a real life rap album....

‘Bad Boys 3’ Adds ‘Spring Breakers’ And ‘Enter The Void’ Cinematographer – Check Out Some Of His Past Work Bad Boys 3, tentatively titledBad Boys For Life, is ready to ride or die, and the film just landed a very impressive cinematographer.Benoit Debie, who has shot such stylish films asSpring BreakersandEnter the Void, will serve as director of photography. This doesn’t meanBad Boys 3will be agoodmovie, but it’ll certainlylookamazing. TheBad Boysfranchise has always been about style and excess – these aren’t so much movies as they are a series of slickly rendered set pieces, pummeling the audience with sensory overload....

‘Captain Marvel’ First Look: Brie Larson Makes Her Marvel Cinematic Universe Debut Ever since the post-credits scene forAvengers: Infinity Warput out the call toCaptain Marvelto come save the day in the aftermath of the mighty snap of Thanos, fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been waiting for their first official look at the movie slated to arrive next March. That time has come. The firstCaptain Marvelphoto has surfaced online, showingBrie Larson(Room) in the titular superhero role as Air Force pilot Carol Danvers, who becomes endowed with super powers and finds herself in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races....

‘City Of Lies’ Trailer: Johnny Depp Wants To Know Who Killed Biggie Smalls Johnny DeppandForest Whitakertake on one of the most notorious unsolved cases in Los Angeles history: the murder of Biggie Smalls. The Brooklyn-born rapper was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles in 1997, and to this day, no one knows who did it — though plenty of people have a hunch. One of those people with a hunch is Johnny Depp’s L....

‘Come To Daddy’ Director Ant Timpson On Making One Of The Year’s Most Gonzo Horror Movies [Interview] Life doesn’t include an instruction manual when it comes to handling grief. We all process loss and cope in our own ways. For me? I’ve taken to expression through written words, most recently about howThe Farewellhelped me say goodbyeto a loved one. For the prolific indie producerAnt Timpson? He conceptualized and directed a violent, offbeat, absolutely gonzo in memoriam starringElijah WoodtitledCome To Daddy....

‘Coming To America’ Sequel Recruits Oscar-Winning ‘Black Panther’ Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Coming to Americais making a fashionable comeback. The endlessly quotable, deeply hilarious 1988 comedy classic starringEddie Murphywas the essential clash of cultures story, following a crown prince of a fictional wealthy African nation who decides to find romance in America. So it’s appropriate that for theComing 2 Americacostumes, the sequel is looking to the costume designer of yet another fictional wealthy African nation....

‘Fantastic Beasts’ First Look: Meet Newt Scamander And His New Friends [UPDATED] You’ve got to hand it toJ.K. Rowling– she’s certainly not resting on her laurels. In the years since she wrapped up her seven-novelHarry Potterseries, she’s dabbled in new genres, even writing under a pseudonym (which ultimately became the worst-kept secret in the world) for a few books. And now that she’s returning to her Wizarding World, a universe that helped the define popular culture for a generation, she seems intent on exploring as many mediums as possible....

‘Greatest Showman’ Reshoots Handled By ‘Logan’ Director James Mangold After the scope of the new musicalThe Greatest Showmanbecame a bit too large for filmmakerMichael Gracey,Logandirector (and veteranHugh Jackmancollaborator)James Mangoldcame to the rescue for a week of reshoots. Mangold also helped edit the film, and ended up with an executive producer credit. More info on theGreatest Showmanreshoots is below. According to a new story inVariety, first-time feature filmmaker Michael Gracey got in a little over his head with the $84 million musical,The Greatest Showman....