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Of Course ‘Mandy’ Director Panos Cosmatos Will Work With Nicolas Cage Again Mandywas the acid-trip surprise of 2018, featuring eye-popping visuals and one ofNicolas Cage’s best performances in years. So willMandydirectorPanos Cosmatosreunite with Nic Cage for another movie? You better believe it. Cosmatos says he and Cage have already begun talking about working together again, and while it may or may not be aMandysequel, that’s still exciting. Panos Cosmatos has only directed two films in the last eight years, but both have made quite an impact....

One Of Raw’s Most Disturbing Scenes Was Much More Real Than You Think Director Julia Ducourneau doesn’t consider her 2016 film “Raw” a horror film. Rather, she sees it as a frank — if perhaps extreme — view of human bodies, our relationship to them, and how much we are driven by our appetites. Inan interview with The Guardian, she seemed a little wearied by the sensationalism that sprung up around the film, and resented some critics' descriptions of “Raw” being a feminist parable or tale of terror....

Pixar Becomes Reality: ‘Toy Story 3’ Fan Meticulously Recreates Andy’s Room In Real Life From cosplay to homemade replicas, fans have come up with some pretty creative ways to recreate costumes and props from some of their favorite movies. But one group of young fans is taking things to a new level with their meticulous real life recreation of Andy’s room fromToy Story 3. Yes, they’ve recreated his entire bedroom....

Quentin Tarantino To Head Venice Film Fest Jury; Tree Of Life To Debut At The Fest? Quentin Tarantinohas led the jury at Cannes, in 2004, but his experience at theVenice Film Festivalhas been limited to programming a couple of sidebars in ‘04 and ‘07. That changes this year, as the fest has named Tarantino head of the 2010 competition jury for the festival which will run from September 1-11. So what films is he likely to be judging?...

Saw 10 Has Been Written But It’s Not Clear If It’ll Get Made Guess who’s back, backagain? Yeah, Jigsaw’s back, tell a friend. When Lionsgate decided to revive the “Saw” franchise in 2017 with “Jigsaw,” no one — not even “Saw” fans — was sure it would be worth it. Since then, “Saw” sequel “Spiral” (the ninth film in the franchise) was released in 2021, and now, it seems we may have a true “Saw” resurgence on our hands....

Sequel Bits: Fast And Furious 6, Star Trek 3, Muppets 2, Catching Fire, Legend Of Conan Super Bowl, teaser posters, rumors and more are all in this edition of Sequel Bits. After the jump read about: Vin Dieselwent on hisFacebookand revealed this brand new image fromFast and Furious 6, featuring himself and the believed to be deadMichelle Rodriguez. He also said Universal will release the first footage during the Super Bowl on February 3....

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, X-Men Days Of Future Past, Amazing Spider-Man, Kick-Ass 2, Hulk Want to see a new promo image fromIron Man 3? HasBryan Singerstarted working onX-Men: Days of Future Past? What’s the connection betweenIron ManandThe Wolverine? How can you win aMarc WebbsignedAmazing Spider-Manposter? Will the suit be different inThe Amazing Spider-Man 2? WhichMarvel Selectswill be exclusive to the Disney Store? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

The Daily Stream: ‘Angels & Demons’ Is Pulpy Trash, And I Mean That As A Compliment (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you may stream it.)The Movie:Angels & DemonsWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: In this sequel toThe Da Vinci Code, Tom Hanks must once again solve highly implausible historical mysteries. This time, though, he has a ticking clock: a terrorist is threatening to unleash a vial of antimatter (don’t ask) somewhere in Rome....

The Daily Stream: ‘Malcolm X’ Still Transcends The Rote Reenactments Of Most Biopics (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie:Malcolm XWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: Frequent collaboratorsSpike LeeandDenzel Washingtonimmortalize the civil rights activist, Malcolm X, in an electric biopic that is no less relevant today than it was three decades ago....

The Heroic Masculinity Of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ In a typically testosterone-heavy summer movie season,Mad Max: Fury Roadstands out for its unapologetic feminist streak. Most obviously, this is manifested in the compelling female characters, and the (apparently, distressingly) radical notion that women are not property. But the film has just as much to say about men — specifically what masculinity is, and what place it has in our society. At the center of the film are two types of masculinity: the toxic, destructive kind represented by Immortan Joe, and the healthy, productive kind represented by Max....

The Morning Watch: What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Smart People, ‘American Beauty 2’ & More (The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, a video essay explores what Hollywood gets wrong about their portrayal of smart people, and it’s not as pretentious as it sounds....

This Week In Trailers: New Boobs, The Light Of My Eyes, The Honourable Woman, Kidnapped For Christ, To Be Takei 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?...

UPDATE: Oscar Isaac Clarifies His ‘Star Wars Episode VIII’ Quotes UPDATE: We spoke to Isaac and he clarified the intentions of his quote. Original story follows. IfJ.J. Abramsand Lucasfilm were a bit more open about who and what the characters inStar Wars: The Force Awakenswere, what follows might not be news. But right now, even though we knowOscar Isaacplays a character named Poe Dameron, we don’t know who that is. We’ve heard some rumors, and those rumors are that he’s very important to the sequel trilogy; the Han Solo of the younger generation....