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This Week In Trailers: My Friend Dahmer, Brad’s Status, It’s Not Yet Dark, God’s Own Country, The Force 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?...

This Week In Trailers: One Life, 10,000 Days, Breakaway, Ra.One, Mysteries Of Lisbon 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

This Week In Trailers: The Wolfpack, 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets, Eden, (Dis)Honesty - The Truth About Lies, Select(ED), Soaked In Bleach 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?...

Watch The Trailer For Billie Eilish’s New Disney+ Concert Special Directed By Robert Rodriguez Following in the footsteps of Beyoncé’svisual album inspired byThe Lion Kingandlast year’s intimate concert specialfolklorefrom Taylor Swift, Grammy winnerBillie Eilishis bringing a new concert special calledHappier than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles. Featuring the entirety of her new album performed at the Hollywood Bowl, this won’t just be a series of songs performed in a recorded concert, because there are also narrative and animated elements sprinkled throughout to enhance the album experience....

What Happened This Week On ‘Westworld’ Season 3: “The Absence Of Field” Westworldseason 3 seems to hit its stride with its third episode, “The Absence of Field.” It’s certainly the best episode of the season so far, featuring a killer performance fromTessa Thompson, and more insight into, uh…INCITE. We finally see what it is that draws Delores and Caleb together, and we also learn a bit more about what the hell new big bad Engerraund Serac is up to....

Why Sean Connery Turned Down ‘The Matrix’, But Not The Role You Think He Did Sean Conneryturning downThe Matrixhas become the stuff of legend. The former James Bond was offered a chance to appear in the franchise and ended up passing because he didn’t understand the script. Of course,The Matrixwent on to become a huge hit and a highly influential movie, and Connery missed out on being a part of it — not that his legacy wasn’t already secure by then....

Youth In Revolt Red Band Trailer: One More Time, With Cursing We’ve seen two trailers forYouth in Revolt, and with a month left before the film finally opens (it was delayed from a fall open) we’ve now got a red band trailer. This clip follows much the same structure as the second trailer, only with a lot more dirty dialogue. That’s not a bad thing, necessarily, as it’s funny stuff. Check it out after the break....

‘Army Of The Dead’: Zack Snyder Replaces Chris D’Elia With Tig Notaro While the geek world is fascinated to seeZack Snyder’s cut ofJustice Leaguewhen it arrives on HBO Max next year, we may not have to wait that long to see a new Snyder movie.Army of the Dead, his zombie heist thriller, is in post-production for Netflix right now, but recent events have necessitated a casting change. Actor/comedianChris D’Elia, who was recently accused of sexually harassing underage girls, has been replaced byTig Notaro, the acclaimed actor/comedian you may recognize fromStar Trek: Discoveryor her Amazon seriesOne Mississippi....

‘Bloodshot’ Movie Targets Vin Diesel For The Lead Role Valiant may publish some pretty terrific superhero comic books, but they’re not exactly a household name. So if Sony’s planned cinematic universe adapting these characters is going to take flight, it’s going to need a movie star. Someone fast. Maybe even someone furious. Vin Dieselis currently in talks to star inBloodshot, one of two planned films (so far) that will kickstart the Valiant superhero movie universe....

‘Briarpatch’ Review: The New USA Series Is A Vivid Southwestern Noir [TIFF 2019] The new noir anthology seriesBriarpatch, which airs on USA next year, starts off with a literal bang. A young policewoman named Felicity Dill leaves her apartment and gets into her car. The car explodes, killing her. Roll credits.The mystery of Felicity’s death, and the deeper corruption that lies beneath the surface of the small Texas town of San Bonifacio is the catalyst for season one of the series created by TV critic Andy Greenwald and produced byMr....

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Trailer Breakdown: Everything Happens For A Reason The firstGhostbusters: Afterlifetrailerarrived this morning, delivering a heavy dose of nostalgia in the form of an Amblin-style adventure that looks like it came straight out of the ’80s. Even though the trailer does have plenty of fan service in it, this sequel, which is a direct follow-up to the first two films in the franchise, looks rather promising. Naturally, there were plenty of interesting details for us to pluck out and note, including a bunch of Easter eggs....

‘John Wick 2’ Will Be A ‘Matrix’ Mini-Reunion John Wick 2’s got a pretty solid cast.Keanu Reevesreturns from the first movie, of course, along withBridget Moynahan,John Leguizamo, andIan McShane, andCommon,Ruby Rose, andPeter Stormareare joining the fray this time as well. And now, as if you needed yet another reason to get excited about the action sequel, it turns outJohn Wick 2is also going to be aMatrixmini-reunion. Hit the jump to learn more about theJohn Wick 2 Matrixconnection....

‘Looper’, ‘The Master’, ‘Perks Of Being A Wallflower’, And More Nominated For Writers Guild Of America Awards With just days to go until Oscar nominations are announced, the Writers Guild of America has unveiled its list of nominees for their top screenplay awards. As expected, many of these are films that have picked up plenty of accolades already. It’ll surprise no one to see thatZero Dark Thirty,Moonrise Kingdom, andLincolnare among the contenders....