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Star Trek: Picard’s third and final season had a lot going on—and that’s even before you throw in half the regular cast of The Next Generation, and then some, showing up as the weeks went on. But it turns out, there were almost even more returning faces—and not necessarily just from TNG.‘I Saw Jonathan Frakes Giving Patrick Stewart a Noogie’Speaking to Master Replicas Collectors Club members in a Zoom Q&A recently (via TrekMovie), Picard showrunner and perpetual hoper-for-a-spinoff Terry Matalas revealed that Picard…

The Super Bowl gave us a ton of new trailers to get excited about, but one that has people particularly hyped is the trailer for Wicked. The upcoming film based on a stage play based on a book based on characters from another book has been in development for a long time; in fact, the project was first announced by Universal back in 2012. However, numerous delays in production and the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that the film has been trapped in development hell for almost 12 years. As you can imagine, the direction of…

Mild spoilers for Anyone But You lie ahead.Most probably know by now that Glen Powell pivoted back to rom-coms by way of his latest film, Anyone But You, which pairs him with Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney. But did you know that the 2023 movie release features cameos from Powell’s parents? The Texas native spoke about his folks' appearances in the movie and even shared a funny take about why his dad is a “real method actor.”As seen in the Anyone But You trailer, Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney’s characters getting themselves…

Posted in: Batman, Comics, Comics Publishers, Current News, DC Comics, Justice League, Superman | Tagged: dan mora, mark waid, william shatner, world's finestWilliam Shatner tweeted last night, "Run, don't walk to your local comic book shop TOMORROW" to order his Batman/Superman cameo in March.Article Summary William Shatner teases his cameo on Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #25 cover. The anniversary issue features the first Joker and Lex Luthor meetup. Legendary artist Dan Mora and writer Mark Waid…

Athletes and movie stars have mingled for decades, and while movie stars rarely show up on the sports field, athletes show up in movies quite a bit. Some, like the late Jim Brown, even become professional actors. Here's a list of the most surprising times an athlete has popped up in a movie. (Image credit: Warner Bros.)Alex Karras - Blazing SaddlesAlex Karras had an impressive acting career after he retired from the NFL. Most notably, Karras starred as George Papadopoulos, foster father to Webster on Webster. He was also…

In just a few short days, Doctor Who will conclude its trio of 60th anniversary specials in a flurry of spectacle—a climatic battle, the death of its familiarly faced current hero, and their regeneration into a new era starting just a few weeks later. For the most part, it’s celebrated this event without the typical trappings of past milestones, and replaced them with what has turned out to be a pretty radical concept: what if Doctor Who celebrated sticking around for 60 years by just being the best version of itself it…

One last trailer for the The Marvels hit YouTube today in advance of the movie’s weekend debut and it’s a doozy of a thing. Full of flashbacks to Avengers: Endgame, the reveal of some of the movie’s cameos, and the promise of a “moment that changes everything” — Marvel Studios wants butts in the theater for The Marvels and is willing to do quite a bit to get it. There’s even one blink or you’ll miss it moment so difficult to spot that we’re gonna put it under a spoiler warning before we even talk about it.…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeBy now, everyone knows just how many famous faces are in Barbie – but what about Oppenheimer?The two blockbusters went head-to-head at the box office when they were released on Friday (21 July).While Greta Gerwig’s bubblegum pink vision stormed ahead of Christopher Nolan’s historical epic in terms of opening weekend earnings, Oppenheimer has inched past Barbie to achieve a near-perfect…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeBy now, everyone knows just how many famous faces are in Barbie – but what about Oppenheimer?The two blockbusters went head-to-head at the box office when they were released on Friday (21 July).While Greta Gerwig’s bubblegum pink vision stormed ahead of Christopher Nolan’s historical epic in terms of opening weekend earnings, Oppenheimer has inched past Barbie to achieve a near-perfect…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGreta Gerwig has named the two celebrity cameos she tried and failed to achieve for her star-studded Barbie film.The director’s much-hyped film stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as the main doll and her partner Ken. You can read the first reactions from the film’s premiere here.Emma Mackey, Issa Rae, and Hari Nef are among the actors playing other Barbies, while Simu Liu, Ncuti…