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Amazon Spider-Man Noir Show Adds Punisher Showrunner

Dogpool returns in another new look at Deadpool 3. New Percy Jackson character posters take a look at its young cast. Get another look at Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu. Plus, what’s coming on Rick & Morty and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Spoilers, away!“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedDust BunnyMeanwhile, Collider reports David Dastmalchian will star alongside Mads Mikkelson and Sigourney Weaver in Dust Bunny, the feature debut of Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daises) following “an eight-year-old…

A Christmas Carol: 8 Facts You Might Not Know About Charles Dickens’ Story And Its Many Adaptations

Charles Dickens’ classic novella, A Christmas Carol, has been adapted time and after, ever since its original publication nearly 180 years ago, with countless film and TV adaptations having been released over the course of the past century. Decorated actors like Albert Finney, George C. Scott, Michael Caine, and even Bill Murray have played some version of Ebenezer Scrooge over the years, introducing the timeless story to audiences all over the world.As part of CinemaBlend’s partnership with Plex, where you can find…

Holiday Theme Park News: Disney, Universal Studios, More

Image: Disney ParksIt’s approaching peak time for festive merriment, both for travelers packing for those winter trips and locals getting their holiday theme park fixes. Here’s what’s going on at Disney Parks, Universal Studios, Meow Wolf, and other immersive experiences just in time for the season of cheer. Things kicked off this past weekend with Marvel Studios star Brie Larson hosting Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional. There’s upcoming Christmas movie fun to be had in theaters with the 20th anniversary of Elf, and

Todd Haynes Believes He Got a Better Performance Out of Barbie

Todd Haynes is, in this writer’s opinion, one of our greatest living filmmakers. Ever since his 1987 film, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, a moving examination of the singer’s battle with anorexia using Barbie dolls and created while he was at Bard College, his unique voice has enraptured audiences. Safe. Velvet Goldmine. Far From Heaven. Carol. The Velvet Underground. There are too many classics to mention. In his latest film, May December, Haynes has reunited with his muse Julianne Moore for their fifth…

Bridget Jones, Santaland Diaries and A Christmas Carol: 25 literary treats to read this December | Fiction

1 DecemberThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenAll Enid Lambert wants is everyone home for one last Christmas. Her husband, Alfred, is rapidly deteriorating with Parkinson’s. And so her three adult children – banker Gary, wannabe writer Chip and celebrity chef Denise – dutifully make their way from Philadelphia, Lithuania and New York up the snow-lined path of their parents’ house in St Jude. They manage breakfast together on the day itself. “This is the best Christmas present I’ve ever had,” poor Enid exclaims. A sabotaged…

Best Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Films Streaming December 2023

Mad Max: Fury RoadImage: Warner Bros.What’s available on Max December 1?Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)The Box (2009)Die Another Day (2002)Elektra (2005)For Your Eyes Only (1981)From Russia with Love (1964)Goldfinger (1965)Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)Jurassic World (2015)License to Kill (1989)Live and Let Die (1973)Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)9 (2009)On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)Paranormal Activity (2009)Paranormal Activity 2

Carol Ann Duffy writes poem paying tribute to England’s female footballers | Carol Ann Duffy

The UK’s first and so far only female poet laureate has written a sonnet to honour England’s Lionesses and their forerunners.Carol Ann Duffy, who said she grew up in a “footballing family”, pays homage to the trailblazers behind today’s team in We See You, a poem described as a “team talk” to the nation.It is “an ode to every woman from the pitch to the boardroom, the communities and grassroots who are helping to level the playing field”, said Duffy, who was poet laureate from 2009 to 2019.The poem was composed for the…

Fake Carol Writer’s Message to Hollywood Post-Strikes – The Hollywood Reporter

“The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. One insider called it “a cruel but necessary evil.” We’re all glad the strikes are finally over, but I feel misunderstood. I mean, sure, I pull down tons of cash to stonewall and bulldoze artists on behalf of multinational media conglomerates who want to protect their many billions of dollars in beautiful, beautiful profits. And I get that a certain…

The Marvels Confirms Carol Danvers Is The Most Powerful Avenger With One Ability

The MCU is host to some true powerhouses, but the heroes aren't normally the ones at the peak of the pyramid. Dormammu, Ego, Gorr, Hela — these are just some of the villains who've left their mark on the franchise. And while the likes of Hulk, Thor, and Wanda Maximoff are all incredibly strong, they generally fall a step short of those other names in terms of straight-up power. Captain Marvel has now made a case that she belongs in the top echelon. Restarting a star in mere seconds is a power so absurd…

How Carol Danvers Became Marvel Comics’ Flagship Hero

Captain Marvel was dead, to begin with. More than one Captain Marvel, if we want to be perfectly accurate about it. By 2012, the Marvel Comics hero that bore the company name had been relaunched in no fewer than six different series, and seen a total of three separate characters take on the name. More than three decades in, it seemed increasingly that Captain Marvel was the flagship character who just couldn’t manage to hoist a flag—and the Marvel powers that be were determined to change things once and for all.What…