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‘Creed II’ Review: A Very Good Boxing Drama That Can’t Quite Top The First One It is perhaps fitting that a film all about characters struggling to escape the crushing weight of expectations would itself have to grapple with similar expectations. Such is the case withCreed II, a follow-up to the superlative 2015 filmCreed, which remixed the originalRockywith panache and style that had been missing from the franchise for a long time....

‘Doctor Who’ Spinoff ‘Class’ Coming In 2016 The world ofDoctor Whois getting a little bit larger. BBC Three has announced aDoctor Whospinoff titledClassto premiere in 2016, with YA authorPatrick Nessserving as showrunner.Steven Moffatwill executive produce. Get all the details on theDoctor Whospinoff after the jump. Consisting of eight 45-minute episodes,Classwill be aimed at a young adult audience. The show will be set in the present day at London’s Coal Hill School, which has been a part of the Whoniverse since the 1963 episode “An Unearthly Child....

‘Euphoria’ Special Episode Streaming Early On HBO Max Atrailerfor theEuphoriaspecial episode dropped yesterday, and if the brief amount of footage there had you craving more, you’re in luck! Because HBO Max is dropping the new episode early – on Thursday,December 3. The episode will then premiere on HBO onDecember 6. It’s the first of two special episodes, with one focusing on the holiday season and the other covering COVID-19. Here’s what the episode is about: In the aftermath of being left by Jules at the train station and relapsing, the first special episode follows Rue (played by Emmy-winnerZendaya) as she celebrates Christmas....

‘Flatliners’ Trailer: Ellen Page Lives, Dies And Lives Again If Netflix’sThe Discoverywasn’t quite what you were hoping for in a movie that explores what happens after we die, maybe the remake of the 1990 thrillerFlatlinerswill make up for it. Ellen Page(Juno),Diego Luna(Rogue One: A Star Wars Story),Nina Dobrev(The Perks of Being a Wallflower),James Norton(Happy Valley) andKiersey Clemons(Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) star in the remake of Joel Schumacher’s film, taking on the roles originated by Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon....

‘Futurama: Worlds Of Tomorrow’ Continues The Series In Free-To-Play Mobile Game While word of yet another free-to-play game for mobile devices may elicit groans from some, when said game is based on a beloved TV show and manages to round up its creators (and an impressive list of stars!), it’s hard for fans not to take notice. Such is the case withFuturama: Worlds of Tomorrow, which is available on the App Store and Google Play today....

‘Greta’ Trailer: Chloë Grace Moretz Is Stalked By Isabelle Huppert In This Neil Jordan Thriller Acts of good Samaritanism usually result in tears, hugs, and maybe a viral video. But inChloë Grace Moretz’s she’s rewarded with sinister friend played by the elegantIsabelle Huppertwho slowly becomes a sinister stalker. In theGretatrailer, Oscar-winning directorNeil Jordandirects a psychological thriller about a toxic friendship that dissolves into a life-threatening relationship. Greta Trailer Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz in a homoerotic thriller directed by the director ofThe Crying Game?...

‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ Poster: Hiccup And Toothless Are All Grown Up One of the advantages of an animated sequel is that the characters never really have to get older if the filmmakers don’t want them to. They can even regress in age, as Sulley (John Goodman) and Mike (Billy Crystal) did for this summer’sMonsters University, twelve years afterMonsters Inc.first came out. But the folks behindHow to Train Your Dragon 2have chosen to keep their characters aging more or less in “real” time, so the sequel features a handsome, grown-up Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) rather than the bumbling teen we met in the first film....

‘Luz’ Director Tilman Singer On How His Student Horror Film Became A Festival Darling [Fantasia Film Festival Interview] Let’s be real: most film students' thesis films are mediocre, at best. And certainly most thesis films don’t get into Berlinale or Fantasia. So let me introduce you toLuz,a 70-minute feature written and directed byTilman Singer. He’s a young German filmmaker with a hell of a future ahead of him if he’s given the opportunity (i....

‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ Trailer: Nicole Kidman Is Clearly Up To No Good Nicole Kidman, who seems to gravitate more towards TV these days, is back with another adaptation of a book by the author ofBig Little Lies. InNine Perfect Strangers, Kidman leads a big cast in a series set in a boutique health-and-wellness resort. Sounds nice and relaxing, right? Well, don’t get too comfortable yet. Things aren’t what they seem. Watch theNine Perfect Strangerstrailer below....

‘Princess Diaries 3’: Garry Marshall Has Met With Anne Hathaway And Julie Andrews Rumors of aPrincess Diaries 3have been floating around for some time now, but in recent weeks they’ve grown ever-so-slightly more concrete.Garry Marshall, who directed bothThe Princess DiariesandThe Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, confirms he’s actually had a meeting with starsAnne HathawayandJulie Andrews— though he stops short of announcing the project outright, maybe because, according to him, Disney likes to do that stuff itself....

‘Rambo 5’ First Look: John Rambo Is A Cowboy Now, Apparently Howdy, partner. Rambo is back, and he’s a cowboy now.Rambo 5is gearing up to start shooting, and starSylvester Stalloneoffered up a rather perplexing first look at the film. Saddle up the horses and ride on down to see theRambo 5first look below. Yee-haw! Sylvester Stallone announced viaInstagramthatRambo 5starts filming tonight, which means we now have the first look at Stallone in character as Rambo once again....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Taps ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ And ‘Glass’ Stars As January Hosts It’s a new year, but the 44th season ofSaturday Night Liveis only halfway done. The late night sketch series returns this weekend with first-time hostRachel Brosnahan, who has been getting acclaim and awards left and right for her leading role on the Amazon seriesThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Then later this month,SNLwill bring even more characters out ofJames McAvoybeyond those he plays as the split personality monster from M....

‘SNL’ Delivers A ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Toy Commercial For Kids Ages 6 And Up…Way Up Once Force Friday arrived back in September, it wasn’t just kids who were excited to get their hands on the newStar Wars: The Force Awakenstoys. In fact, part of me wonders if there were more adults anxious to get their hands on some toys that night instead of the youngsters. But that doesn’t mean any of the toy commercials are geared towards adults…until now....