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Shows Like Outlander You Definitely Need To See Often when we think oftime travelstories, they feel like a fun little jaunt, a brief adventure from which one can easily return. What would it really be like to make a life for yourself in a time that is not your own? “Outlander,” based on a series of novels by Diana Gabaldon, explores such a prospect. In it, Claire (Caitriona Balfe) is sent back in time while exploring an ancient stone circle on her honeymoon, traveling from the 1940s to the mid-18th century in an instant....

Soundtrack Bits: Listen To A Track From M83’s ‘Oblivion’ Score, Michael Giacchino Reunitings With Wachowskis For ‘Jupiter Ascending’ Universal recently revealed that plans to openJoseph Kosinski’sOblivionearly in IMAX theaters has been scuttled, but other plans for the movie are going forward at full speed.Anthony Gonzalezof the electronic/dance bandM83has been recording the score for the film withJoseph Trapanese, and the first track from that effort is now online. Check it out below, and you’ll find that the feeling conveyed by the track is just as big and sweeping as you’d hope....

Spike Jonze Wants You To Check Out ‘The Fighter’ I’m surprised that there isn’t more buzz right now forDavid O Russell’sThe Fighter. Lets face it, the first movie trailer for the film wasn’t exciting, and the poster is kinda “blah”-looking. I had a chance to screen the film at a sneak preview at AFI Fest (you can watch our video reaction here). It’s a good movie and I really believe that Christian Bale’s performance in this film is nothing less than amazing....

Sundance’s ‘Summer Of Soul’ Documentary Will Bring “Black Woodstock” To Hulu In July During the virtual Sundance Film Festival earlier this year,The Tonight Showbandleader and The Roots drummerAhmir “Questlove” Thompsondebuted a documentary about The Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969, an event that would come to be dubbed “Black Woodstock.“Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)chronicles the often-overlooked event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion across six weeks, including performances byB....

Superhero Bits: The Wolverine, Iron Man 3, Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, Captain America Want to watch a video proving Bane’s voice was changed from earlyThe Dark Knight Risesfootage to the final release? How has the look ofCaptain Americachanged recently? Which upcomingBatmanproject will Warner Bros. tone down due to the Colorado shootings? Is there video of filming on the first day ofThe Wolverine? What did the screenwriter ofIron Man 3have to say about the film?...

Talent Of Color Do Not Need White TV Show And Film Hand-Me-Downs (Welcome toThe Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: it’s time that talent of color get their own narratives, not white hand-me-downs.) I don’t know why Hollywood continues to ignore us (AKA people of color) whenever we throw free ideas up into the air about great original narratives centering on minority characters that can easily be adapted for TV or film....

The Inside Story Of How NYFF 2020 Became America’s First Big Pandemic-Era Film Festival For many, the fall conjures up images of pumpkin spice lattes, flannel shirts, or the return of football. For me, the one constant of the season in recent memory has been the New York Film Festival, which I’ve attended in some form since my final year of college in 2014. As the leaves change and the seasonal weather turns, the best of world cinema has beckoned film lovers indoors to the cinemas at Lincoln Center to stare in wonder at a screen inside a dark room....

The Party Down Revival Sends Invites To Jennifer Garner, James Marsden, And More After a fewfalse startsover the years, Starz is finally back in the catering business thanks to a revival of"Party Down.“The short-lived but beloved series created by Rob Thomas, John Enbom, Dan Etheridge, and Paul Rudd received a six-episode order back in November 2021. And in addition to all the original series creators returning, nearly the entire cast including Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen, and Megan Mullally are set to reprise their roles....

The Planned Heathers Sequel We’ll Sadly Never See Hey, Dan Waters! What’s your damage? We want a “Heathers” sequel! If you’re one of the many fans of this ’80s cult classic, you may have spent a lot of time agonizing over not just which plaid blazer to wear to school (never the red unless your name is Heather Chandler) but also the unknown possibility of whether Veronica and the Heathers will finally get a sequel to their teen angst body count....

Three ‘Dune’ Soundtracks Are On The Way, Because Hans Zimmer Scores Are The Wallet-Killer ComposerHans Zimmeris known for his skill at composing sprawling scores for movie epics. Now he’s compiled not one, but three differentDunesoundtracks, all set to be released by WaterTower Music in anticipation of the film’s release. Three Distinct Dune Soundtracks Apparently, Zimmer was so inspired by the world ofDunethat he just kept writing music. He ended up composing enough to create three separateDunealbums, which will release as follows....

Todd McFarlane Says His ‘Spawn’ Film Will Actually Earn Its Hard R-Rating, Unlike ‘Deadpool’ New York Comic Con kicked off today, and in advance of new trailers for anticipated blockbusters likePacific Rim UprisingandJustice League, comic creator and soon-to-be-directorTodd McFarlanehyped his upcoming film adaptation ofSpawn, the formerly-human antihero who preys on the most evil members of society. He also threw some shade atDeadpoolfor some reason. Read McFarlane’s latestSpawnmovie update below. Spawnwas the subject of a movie back in 1997, but this new film is supposedly going to be a hard R take on the character....

Veteran Actor Rance Howard, Father Of Director Ron Howard, Has Died At 89 TodayRon Howardis an accomplished director who first got his start in show business as a child actor on classic television shows likeThe Andy Griffith Show. But we never would have seen theHappy Daysstar turn into the Oscar-winning director ofA Beautiful Mindif it wasn’t for the career of his father,Rance Howard. Sadly, the veteran actor who appeared in several of his son’s films has passed away at 89....

Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Trailer One of my most anticipated films of the year now has a trailer and I’m over the moon about it. The film isMoonrise Kingdom, the latest from the greatWes Anderson. It starsBruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda SwintonandJason Schwartzmanin the story of two twelve year olds (Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward) who fall in love and run away into the woods leaving an entire community on the lookout....