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Magnolia Selects has unveiled its full lineup of titles available to stream starting in September 2021, including the award-winning drama Angels Crest, directed by Gaby Dellal and adapted by Catherine Trieschmann from the novel by Leslie Schwartz. Starring Thomas Dekker, Lynn Collins, Elizabeth McGovern, Joseph Morgan, Jeremy Piven, Mira Sorvino, and Kate Walsh, the movie centers on the disappearance of a 3-year-old boy that divides a tightly knit community and culls out its secrets.
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Netflix has acquired the global rights to the new film in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise from Legendary Pictures, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The next installment was directed by David Blue Garcia (Tejano) and written by Chris Thomas Devlin (Cobweb) from a story by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues.
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The new film, a continuation of Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel’s 1974 seminal horror classic, marks the return of Leat

"You say, 'I can't' – I'll show you I can, even if I die trying." Amazon has unveiled a trailer for My Name Is Pauli Murray, an acclaimed documentary about one of the most influential figures in American 20th century history. And you probably don't even know who they are! The film is a look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray, a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall. Pauli's personal path and tireless advocacy fores

"For the avant-garde, it was liberating. It just changed everything." Submarine Ent. has debuted the doc trailer for Fire Music: The Story of Free Jazz, about the exciting free jazz movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s. This music history documentary is opening in select theaters starting in September. This incredible music documentary focuses on a new form of jazz that began in 1959. This new jazz was separate from the happy sounding commercial jazz music that made jazz a well known musi

Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms is set to arrive on digital and physical storefronts on August 31. The film is the direct sequel to 2020’s Scorpion’s Revenge. In it, Raiden and his band of Earthrealm fighters enter the titular tournament to save the realms from Shao Kahn, who showed up in the movie’s first trailer. Joel McHale (The Soup) stars in the film as Johnny Cage.
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Lost Judgment is only a few weeks away from its September 21 launch and Sega has revealed who will provide the English voices. The cast ranges from returning voices to a few new ones as well.
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Some of these actors had already been more or less confirmed, but Sega has finally given the official word. Greg Chun will return as the protagonist Takayuki Yagami and Crispin Freeman will once again be his sidekick, Masaharu Kaito

Apple Original Films is currently in the process of developing a new feature film titled Raymond and Ray, with Golden Globe winner Ewan McGregor, and Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke attached for the leading roles. It is a production by Apple Studios, which hails from Rodrigo García, and Alfonso Cuarón.
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Raymond and Ray is written and directed by Rodrigo García (Albert Nobbs). It will center

Last week, GOG announced that a handful of classic Konami games on their platform would be getting a big update in the form of controller support.
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According to an update from the company, the following games will be getting what they call “an important update” that gives them support for modern controllers:Konami Collector’s Series: Castlevania & Contra
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Death Stranding launched just under two years ago, but another entry in the series may already be in the works, according to Norman Reedus.
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Speaking to AdoroCinema (via IGN Brasil), Reedus touched on the future of the Death Stranding series, reportedly saying that a second game may currently be in negotiations. “I think we’re doing a second Death Stranding,” Reedus said. “[Death

The Dead Space remake was only announced in July and is slated to come out sometime next year on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. But even though it’s so far away, fans will get a sneak peek at the game during an upcoming livestream. EA Motive announced that it would be showing an early development build on August 31 at 10 a.m. PT on its Twitch channel.
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Two people from the development team will be hos

Amazon Studios has announced that Dave Franco (The Rental, The Afterparty, Day Shift) will direct the upcoming Amazon Original film Somebody I Used to Know from a script he wrote alongside Alison Brie (Glow, Promising Young Woman). Brie will also star in the Temple Hill Entertainment and Black Bear Pictures-produced romantic comedy alongside Jay Ellis (Insecure) and Kiersey Clemons (The Flash).
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It has been over three months since Peacock granted a series order to Julie Plec’s Vampire Academy, and now the streamer has finally unveiled the main cast for the upcoming teen supernatural drama. After appearing as Mileena in Warner Bros. Pictures’ Mortal Kombat reboot, Sisi Stringer has been tapped to lead the project for the role of Rose Hathaway, the vampire-human hybrid who’s training to become a guardian at St. Vladimir’s Academy. Joining her is Daniela Nieves (Sex

Wonder Woman 1984 launched day-and-date in theaters and on HBO Max, making it one of the first films to adopt the format during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to director Patty Jenkins, that decision might have hurt the film.
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Speaking during an appearance on a panel at last week’s CinemaCon (via Deadline), Jenkins touched on the day-and-date model that the film followed, and called the decision to release it that way

The first trailer for Todd Haynes’ upcoming documentary on The Velvet Underground has been released – scroll down the page to watch it now.
The film, titled The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film By Todd Haynes, will arrive on Apple TV+ on October 15.READ MORE: The Velvet Underground review: revisionist doc reworks narrative of New York rock and rollersIn the trailer, members of the band like John Cale and Moe Tucker appear as talking heads, while archive footage of Lou Reed

When the Xbox Series X launched last year, many joked that it looked a bit like a tiny version of a mini-fridge. Microsoft ran with the meme, actually making a product out of the idea, and is now updating fans about it.
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During Xbox and Bethesda’s E3 2021 Showcase, the Xbox Mini Fridge was announced, but not much more information was revealed. Last week on Twitter, though, Xbox’s General Manager of Xbox Games Marketing A

"The Black community cannot just stand by and allow this to happen." Amazon has released an official US trailer for the BBC documentary series by Steve McQueen & James Rogan called Uprising. This first premiered in the UK in July, and arrives on Prime Video in the US + Canada this September. Uprising is a 3-part doc series made for the BBC by McQueen (fresh off of making the fantastic Small Axe anthology of films) and Rogan. The series is about the tragedy and aftermath of events in 1981 wh

Netflix has released the teaser for Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming crime thriller titled The Guilty, starring Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal as a 911 Dispatcher. The film is set to arrive in select theaters on September 24 and will be available for streaming on Friday, October 1.
The Guilty teaser, which you can check out below along with the key art, features Gyllenhaal’s Joey Baylor as he gets a call from a woman who claims that she has been abducted. Now, he must find a way to locate her

Jungle Cruise proved to be a hit for Disney and now more action and hijinx featuring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt is on the way.
As the original just crossed $100 million at the box office domestically, Disney has committed to a sequel according to THR. Both Johnson and Blunt are expected to reprise their roles in Jungle Cruise 2 as Frank Wolff and Dr. Lily Houghton. Judging by their chemistry and a desire to keep working together, this shouldn’t come as a surprise.
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Lionsgate has announced that the studio is reteaming on Millennium Media’s The Expendables saga, once again reuniting the world’s top action stars for an all-new film. Jason Statham (Wrath of Man, F9), Dolph Lundgren (Creed II), Randy Couture (Blowback), and Sylvester Stallone (The Suicide Squad) will all reprise their roles as Lee Christmas, Gunner Jensen, Toll Road, and Barney Ross, respectively.
In addition, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Power), Megan Fox (Till Death)

"Not only was it new, but it was radically different." Apple TV+ has unveiled the first official trailer for The Velvet Underground, a rock doc music biopic documentary made by filmmaker Todd Haynes (I'm Not There, Carol, Wonderstruck, Dark Waters) profiling the iconic band and their influence. "A hypnotic new documentary and the first major film to tell the band’s legendary story." Fresh from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered as a Special Screening. The Velvet Underground

Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms is set to arrive on digital and physical storefronts on August 31. The film is the direct sequel to 2020’s Scorpion’s Revenge. In it, Raiden and his band of Earthrealm fighters enter the titular tournament to save the realms from Shao Kahn, who showed up in the movie’s first trailer. Veteran voice actor Patrick Seitz reprises his portrayal of Scorpion in the film, a role that he previously had in the video gam

Sony Pictures has finally dropped the first Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City photos for Johannes Roberts’ upcoming horror reboot of the popular video game series. The film is currently slated to hit theaters on November 24, which pits it against Ridley Scott’s crime biopic House of Gucci, and Disney’s new animated film Encanto.
The photos, which you can check out below, provide us with our first look at new iterations of fan-favorite video game characters including Leon S

ComingSoon is excited to debut an exclusive The Boss Baby: Family Business behind-the-scenes clip, which details how Tim supports his daughter Tabitha throughout the film. The family film arrives on digital tomorrow, August 31, and will hit 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD on September 14. The clip features commentary from James Marsden, director Tom McGrath, and co-editor Mary Blee.
“The Templeton brothers—Tim (James Marsden, X-Men franchise) and his Boss Baby little bro Ted (Ale

Netflix has shared the eerie new trailer for its upcoming film The Guilty – scroll down the page to watch it below now.
The movie is directed by Antoine Fuqua (The Magnificent Seven, Southpaw) and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Riley Keough, Bill Burr and more.
In the trailer, audio of Gyllenhaal answering a 911 call can be heard, with the speech appearing as text on screen. “911, what is the address of your emergency?” he asks, with a female voice responding: “

Netflix has finally announced the release date for the upcoming third season of the hit psychological thriller series You, starring Penn Badgley, and Victoria Pedretti. The series is scheduled to make its long-awaited return on Friday, October 15, more than a year since the second season debuted in 2019.
The date announcement also comes with the release of the first You Season 3 teaser which you can check out below, teasing the arrival of Joe and Love’s baby boy as Joe promises to change b

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia‘s Rob McElhenney and Free Guy actor Ryan Reynolds have raised a toast to celebrate Wrexham AFC’s first win of the season.READ MORE: Rob McElhenney: “I want to do ‘Always Sunny…’ forever”Earlier this year, McElhenney, who plays Mac in the popular show, and Reynolds purchased the club after their bid to buy it was approved by Wrexham’s Supporters Trust Board back in November.
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With only less than a week left, Marvel Studios has debuted another behind-the-scenes featurette for the highly-anticipated first Asian superhero-led MCU movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, starring Simu Liu as the titular Master of Kung-Fu. The film is set to make its debut in theaters this Friday, September 3.
The video, which you can check out in the player below, features interviews by director Destin Daniel Cretton and writer Dave Callaham along with the cast as they talked abo

"We are the last freaks in Havana!" Topic has unveiled a trailer for an acclaimed indie documentary called Los Últimos Frikis, which originally premiered at the 2019 DOC NYC Film Festival. It's finally debuting on VOD and on Topic this fall. Filmed over 10 years, Los Ultimos Frikis charts the tumultuous journey of Cuban heavy metal band Zeus, who went from persecuted to government sanctioned. On their first national tour, the band confronts the fate of heavy metal amid the changing times

After several years of trying to save the world in six Marvel Cinematic Universe films, it looks like long-time collaborators Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson have found their next project together in the form of Apple Studios and Skydance’s Ghosted. According to Deadline, Evans and Johansson have already entered advanced negotiations for the leading roles in the upcoming romantic action-adventure movie, with Rocketman director Dexter Fletcher attached to helm the high-profile proje

Jennifer Hudson has reflected on the divisive 2019 film Cats, saying she believes it was “misunderstood”.READ MORE: Cats review: weird and occasionally wonderful, this feline flick is no cat-astropheHudson played Grizabella in the film, which was panned by critics upon its release, largely owing to its use of CGI.
In a new interview with Total Film, she discussed the film’s impact and reception, saying: “You know what? I think it was a bit overwhelming.
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"If we're going to be roommates, I need ground rules." 1091 Pictures has revealed an official trailer for an indie feature from actor / filmmaker Chad Werner called The One You're With, a low key stuck-at-home comedy about two people. A girl running from her past has a one-night stand with a guy who's stuck in his ways, only to wake up the next morning to discover they're now forced to live together due to a state of emergency. This is basically a pandemic concept, waking up on the morning of t

ComingSoon is excited to debut the exclusive trailer for Mattel’s newly imagined Thomas series Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, arriving in the U.S. on September 13 on Cartoonito, WarnerMedia Kids & Family’s new preschool block (Monday-Friday between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. ET/PT) on Cartoon Network. After the launch week, new episodes will roll out on Mondays.
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Comedian and actor Hannibal Buress has teased his upcoming role in Spider-Man: No Way Home in a new rap – watch it below.
Buress played Coach Wilson, the gym teacher at Peter Parker’s high school, in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Though Wilson didn’t appear in the recently-released trailer for the film, he’s confirmed in the new rap that he’s set to return in No Way Home.
Shared to his Twitter page and titled ‘Coach Wilson: Into The Hannibal Verse&rsquo

Marvel boss Kevin Feige has addressed ongoing rumours about a forthcoming Secret Wars movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.READ MORE: In the battle of bulging bank balances – neither Scarlett Johansson nor Disney come away richerBack in 2018, Avengers directors Joe and Anthony Russo said that they would be open to creating movies within the MCU again in the future, pinpointing a Secret Wars film as a project they would specifically like to work on.
“If we’re moving into

Over the weekend, James Corden and Camilla Cabello blocked traffic in Los Angeles, holding a flash mob in the street – watch footage below.
The stunt came as part of promotional activities for the forthcoming Cinderella remake, which comes to Amazon Prime Video this week (September 3).
As footage captured on social media shows, the flash mob saw Corden dancing in a giant rat costume in traffic, while Cabello lip-synced to Jennifer Lopez’s 1999 single ‘Let’s Get Loud&rsquo

Hey there, fellow couch potatoes, to another edition of DEG’s Watched at Home Top 20. This week, nothing much changed at the top – proving we are very much in the dog days of August – with Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, Wrath of Man, and A Quiet Place Part II occupying the Top 3 spots.
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In a surprise move, Harry Potter transported himself into the Top 10 yet again, landing at No. 9 on the chart just behind Peter Rabbit 2 a

Candyman slashed his way to the top of the box office where the iconic villain slashed a cool $22 million from 3,569 theaters, proving yet again that audiences simply can’t get enough horror in their appetite. Per Deadline, in terms of August releases, Nia DaCosta’s thriller (from producer Jordan Peele) ranks fourth behind 2009’s Final Destination ($27.4 million), 2016’s Don’t Breathe ($26.4 million), and 2007’s Halloween ($26.3 million). Not too shabby!
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Ed Asner, best known for being one of TV’s most decorated actors, has died aged 91.
In a statement shared by his family, the actor passed away peacefully this morning (August 29). No cause of death has yet been revealed.
“We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch passed away this morning peacefully,” the statement read. “Words cannot express the sadness we feel. With a kiss on your head- Goodnight dad. We love you.”We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch