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The Mandalorian Vs. Boba Fett, Round 6: Storytelling Edition We’ve been breezing along through “The Book of Boba Fett,” and we finally have enough of a window into the series and its world to start making some bigger picture comparisons between it and that other “Star Wars” series that follows a helmeted space tank in the shape of a man, “The Mandalorian.” Today’s episode picked up where last week’s Mando-centric episode left off, continuing Armored Space Dad’s attempt to give Grogu a present to celebrate his first days at school....

The Morning Watch: The Batman Trailer Easter Eggs, The Expanse Heads To The Smithsonian & More (The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, dig into nearly five dozen Easter eggs, comic book references, and details you might have missed in “The Batman” trailer from DC FanDome this past weekend....

The Similarities Between Alexander Skarsgard’s True Blood And The Northman Characters Are ‘Not A Complete Coincidence’ If you’ve noticed the similarities between Alexander Skarsgård’s “The Northman” role as Amleth and his character Eric Northman in “True Blood,” know in your heart that the character overlaps are no coincidence. In a conversation withEntertainment Weekly, Skarsgård talked about how the narrative of Robert Eggers' Viking epic, “The Northman,” sounded like a spin-off for his “True Blood” character, confirming it is “not a complete coincidence....

This Week In Trailers: Buster’s Mal Heart, David Lynch: The Art Life, Supersonic, ‘85: The Story Of The Greatest Team In Pro Football History, Chasing Great Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Warner Bros. Emulates Pixar Brain Trust By Assembling Animation “Think Tank” Warner Bros. was once a studio synopymous with animation thanks to the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon lines. But it has been a long time since WB was particularly commanding in theatrical animation. (The studio does have a healthy direct to video animation arm, however.) Other studios such as Pixar and DreamWorks have taken center stage there. Pixar is famous for its “brain trust,” and the concept of having some individual or group of people to guide other projects, beyond the basic producer capacity, has spread to Marvel, which has Joss Whedon, and Fox, which hired Mark Millar to emulate Whedon’s “godfather” duties with superhero projects....

Watch A Brief History Of Movie Title Designs As part of the screening put together in relation to the SXSWTitle Design Competition,Ian Albinsonfrom the websiteThe Art of the Title Sequenceput together a nice two and a half minute compendium of excellent film titles. (That features an occasional piece of television, too.) For any long-time film lover, this little video will probably elicit quite a few responses simply on the strength of the title cards on display....

Why The A24 Horror Trailer Aesthetic Is A Double-Edged Sword Editing film trailers is a true art form. Ridley Scott might blamethose no-good millennialsand their “f***ing cell phones” (his words, not mine!) for “The Last Duel” bombing, but friends and family members have told me it was the trailers that left them uninterested in the director’s latest period piece … only to end up loving the movie when they eventually sat down and watched it....

‘Artemis Fowl’ Actor Nonso Anozie Trained In Kendo Fighting And “Troll Fighting” [Set Visit Interview] There are some unusual requirements to play a bodyguard to a 12-year-old criminal mastermind. ForNonso Anozie, who reunites with hisCinderelladirectorKenneth Branaghin the upcoming Disney fantasy movieArtemis Fowl,a few things he had to add to his resume were kendo fighting and “troll fighting.” More so the kendo, as the troll fighting would be mostly done by his stunt double....

‘Artemis Fowl’ Turns The Fairy World Into A High-Tech Utopia [Set Visit] When you think of fairy tales and all they encompass — elves, dwarves, centaurs — your mind immediately jumps to the mystical, the faraway lands. But the fairy world ofArtemis Fowlis a lot closer to our urban sprawl, in more ways than one. The fairies ofKenneth Branagh’s upcoming Disney adaptation of the belovedEoin Colferfantasy novels live deep underground, far from the prying eyes of the human world....

‘Critical Thinking’ Review: John Leguizamo Turns Inner-City Teens Into Chess Champs In This Powerful, Inspiring Drama There are plenty of movies where inner-city kids with troubled lives get inspired by their teachers. But you’ve never seen one likeCritical Thinking, which takes that formula and puts a different kind of intellectual twist on it by focusing on a group of Black and Latinx kids in 1998 who were determined to become national chess champions....

‘Exposed’ Trailer: Keanu Reeves Just Wants The Truth Keanu Reevesis a pesky detective that just won’t stop digging, asking questions nobody wants the answers to. I wouldn’t be surprised if we hear a line just like that in Reeves' latest film,Exposed, as the trailer has its fair share of clichéd dialogue. But the familiar film does star Reeves,Ana de Armas(Knock Knock), andChristopher McDonald(The IronGiant), a trio of actors I’d happily watch in the same movie....

‘Game Of Thrones’ May End With Two Shortened Seasons Even as we look ahead to another thrilling season in Westeros, it may be time to start preparing ourselves for the very end. A new report indicatesGame of Thronescould go out with abbreviated seventh and eighth seasons, meaning we may only have 13 episodes left once season 6 wraps up. Speaking withVariety, showrunnersDavid BenioffandDan Weissrevealed that they are considering two final, shortened seasons forGame of Thrones, with season 7 consisting of seven episodes and season 8 consisting of six....

‘Ice’ Teaser Trailer: Cam Gigandet And Ray Winstone Star In Antoine Fuqua-Produced Drama Antoine Fuquais on a roll right now. Fuqua’sThe Magnificent Sevenremake opened strong at the box office this past weekend. The western may be another hit from Fuqua, whose three previous movies –Southpaw,The Equalizer, andOlympus Has Fallen– also performed well. After a few hit-or-miss movies post-Training Day, the director has been connecting with moviegoers again and again lately. We’ll soon see if audiences embrace his next project,Ice....