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White Lies And Dark Truths: How ‘The Farewell’ And ‘The Last Black Man In San Francisco’ Explore Gentrification Onscreen It’s not a comparison most would make, is it? After all, what could two movies that are seemingly as vehemently opposed asThe FarewellandThe Last Black Man in San Franciscopossibly have in common? One is a story about a Chinese American woman dealing with her grandmother’s illness, and the other is an account of a young African American man attempting to reclaim a childhood home he can no longer afford....

Will Yoda (Or Maybe Even Baby Yodas) Be A Part Of ‘Star Wars: The High Republic’? Earlier this week, Lucasfilm announcedStar Wars: The High Republic, anew publishing programfeaturing interconnected stories told across multiple platforms and set 200 years before the events of the Skywalker Saga. The company released a trailer that gave us a behind-the-scenes look at story sessions with various writers involved the program, and now some concept art in that video has fans wondering if Yoda is going to play a role in these stories....

‘Aquaman’ Review: James Wan Steers The DC Universe To Weird, Wild Success Aquamanis a movie that shouldn’t work. You’ve gotNicole Kidmaneating a live goldfish in one scene, and an octopus playing the bongos in another — plus an absurd number of men sticking their heads down toilets (actually it’s just once, but it feels like a bit that goes on forever). And yetJames Wan’s aquatic comic book movie is a total blast to watch....

‘Better Call Saul’ Takes Us For ‘Quite A Ride’ Welcome to our weekly review-recaps ofBetter Call Saulseason 4. Each week, we’ll delve deep into theBreaking Badprequel series, with spoilers galore. This week we examine episode 5 of season 4, “Quite a Ride.” Mike’s story this week is brief, but essential. He’s in the process of meeting with engineers who will help build Gus' massive underground meth lab – the one beneath the industrial laundry that will one day be the stomping grounds of Walt and Jesse....

‘Black 5’: Michael Bay Will Direct New Action Film For Sony Michael Bayhas lined up his next directing gig. TheTransformersandArmageddonfilmmaker will direct a new action film calledBlack 5for Sony Pictures, reuniting him with that studio for the first time sinceBad Boys IIin 2003. Varietyreports that Bay is set to directBlack 5. The outlet doesn’t have any information about the plot or content of the movie, other than the fact that it’s supposed to be “high on action....

‘Black Panther 2’ Director Ryan Coogler Talks About The Death Of Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Boseman’s death last summer was shocking and devastating to many people, and the tragedy is further underscored when you watch him deliver arguably the best performance of his career inMa Rainey’s Black Bottom, his final film. Boseman was an actor in his prime, and he no doubt had many more great performances to deliver – performances we’ll now never see....

‘Black Widow’ Featurette Shows Off How You Blow Up Stuff Real Good For years, fans have been asking Marvel when they were going to make a standaloneBlack Widowmovie. And for years, the Marvel response has been, “Eh, we’ll get around to it eventually.” Eventually is now, becauseBlack Widowis headed to theaters and Disney+ in July (although it really feels like Marvel waited too long for this one, but I digress). Tickets for the film are now on sale, and with that news comes a new behind-the-scenes featurette that showcases all the big, loud, explosion-filled action in the movie....

‘Chip ‘N Dale Rescue Rangers’ Movie To Be Directed By The Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer Five years ago, we wrote about how Disney wasdevelopinga live-action/CG animation hybrid version of aChip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangersmovie, based on the chipmunk pals who solve crimes with a few other pals like Gadget, Zipper, and Monterey Jack. Progress has been slow, but now the movie has a rather unexpected director. Akiva Schaffer, the Lonely Island member and director of films likeHot Rod,The Watch, andPopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, has been hired to direct the movie, which is taking an unusual approach in its story....

‘CSI: Vegas’ Gets Series Order At CBS With Original Stars William Petersen And Jorja Fox CSI is heading back to Sin City. And it’s got a couple of familiar faces to lead the way. OriginalCSIseries starsWilliam PetersenandJorja Foxare set to return inCSI: Vegas, the latest installment in CBS' hit forensics procedural series, which takes the franchise back to where it all began. Varietyreports that CBS has given a series order toCSI: Vegas, a sequel series to the originalCSI, which will feature original series stars William Petersen and Jorja Fox reprising their roles as Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle....

‘Duke Nukem’ Movie Brings ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Producer On Board To Make A ‘Deadpool’-Inspired Film Virtually no one liked theAssassin’s Creedmovie, but that film’s producer,Jean-Julien Baronnet, is going to give another video game adaptation a try. Baronnet has been brought on to produce theDuke Nukemmovie, based on the popular video game series about a sexist meathead who shoots aliens with giant guns. Earlier this year, it was reported that Paramount and Platinum Dunes were working on the film, withJohn Cenaas a possible star....

‘Fast & Furious’ Director To Adapt Patrick Lee Thriller Novel Justin Linhas carved out a unique position for himself. Since makingThe Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Lin has done only one feature that wasn’t part of the FF franchise: the mock-doc comedy calledFinishing the Game. He’s made fourFast & Furiousfilms now, and overseen the franchise as it became both the premiere action franchise in Hollywood and Universal’s most reliable money-maker....

‘Mandy’ Review: Nicolas Cage’s Twisted Riff On ‘John Wick’ Is A Gnarly Acid-Trip [Sundance] A primal, psychedelic rage-scream of a movie,Mandytakes a while to get going, but once it does, it delivers exactly what fans are hoping for:Nicolas Cagefully unleashing the beast within and absolutely wrecking people with a giant axe and a chainsaw. It’s just a shame it doesn’t get to the blood-soaked revenge much sooner. Mandy, the sophomore feature fromBeyond the Black RainbowdirectorPanos Cosmatos, is another full-on plunge into a kaleidoscopic nightmare....

‘Masters Of The Universe’ Netflix Series Cast Reunites ‘Batman’ Voice Actors Mark Hamill And Kevin Conroy The animatedMasters of the Universeseries from Mattel Television and Netflix just announced its overwhelmingly stacked cast, and it’s full of big surprises. Most notable of all: the series will serve as aBatman: The Animated Seriesreunion of sorts, as bothMark Hamill(as Skeletor) andKevin Conroy(as Mer-Man) are among the voice actors. See the fullMasters of the UniverseNetflix series cast list below, and then run around your house shouting, “By the power of Grayskull!...