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Cue the synths: After almost 30 years, Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley will return to the beat with Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F set to hit Netflix next summer.  The long-awaited fourth installment of the hit cop-comedy franchise got its first teaser today. It doesn’t give anything away in terms of plot, but there are shootouts, car chases, wanton destruction, and bits like a Beverly Hills mother making her child take influencer pics and Murphy joking about getting arrested not once, but twice. …

Anna and the Apocalypse, Spirited, and Violent Night are on the list.Image: Shudder, Apple, UniversalEvery holiday season, I sit down and watch the classics. Films that fill me with joy and bring together friends and family. Films like It’s a Wonderful Life, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, Home Alone, A Christmas Story, and Die Hard.Make no mistake, the world is not at a loss for holiday classics, nor is it lacking in lists that include all the same movies. However, every single year brings us more and…

Raphael Saadiq and U.K. singer Kelli-Leigh have dropped a new holiday single, “Miracle.” The classically overwrought, pop-tinged song was written and recorded for Prime Video‘s forthcoming Christmas movie, Candy Cane Lane, which stars Eddie Murphy and Tracee Ellis Ross. “The song ‘Miracle’ is about, of course, a miracle,” Saadiq said in a statement. “Once you see the film, you see all these amazing things happening — a little bit of beautiful magic between a family and a mother and father. ‘Miracle’ just comes on…

TV shows getting big to the point where they warrant a full-on movie doesn’t always happen. But when it does, it’s significant in some kind of way, even if it’s just the fact that the creators involved managed to pull it off in the first place. And in the case of the movie for CBS’ Twilight Zone, its significance is owed to the circumstances of its production.Is Taylor Lautner in the New Twilight TV series? | io9 InterviewOriginally released on June 24, 1983, Twilight Zone: The Movie was based on Rod Serling’s sci-fi…

We often hear age is just a number. But, actor Robert De Niro (79) and Al Pacino (83) announcing that they are embracing fatherhood once more, has stirred a debate around celebrities choosing to have kids this late in life. Is it fair for the children? What impact does a father’s age have on the kid? Recently, the news came out that actor Al Pacino is expecting his fourth child at 82 with his 29-year-old girlfriend These two joined the old daddies club of Hollywood, joining colleagues Richard Gere, Mick Jagger…

If huge box office numbers for films like Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie weren’t proof enough, what follows will make it all but official: blockbuster movies are back.Read more... If huge box office numbers for films like Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie weren’t proof enough, what follows will make it all but official: blockbuster movies are back.Read more... FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of…

Nostalgia has long been an important part of the creative industry, particularly as it relates to film and TV. There’s so many reboots and revivals these days you could fill a modest paperback, but not all of them are created equal. And by that same token, they’re not announced and received equally, either.Earlier in the week, Disney announced that a live-action remake of its 2015 animated film Moana is in the works, with star Dwayne Johnson set to return. Disney also recently announced a live-action Aristocats—and those…

Image: DreamworksEverything old is new again, especially for Illumination. Whether it’s working in sequels to its franchises like Despicable Me or Sing!, or this week’s release of the Nintendo nostalgia trip that is The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the animation studio du jour has a lot on its plate, most of it continuations of familiar tales. That’s also the case for a fifth Shrek movie, apparently.Spoilers of the Week | June 3rdSpeaking to Variety about the long-awaited release of the new Mario film, Illumination CEO Chris…

By Mark Kennedy | Associated Press Ezra Cohen and Amira Mohammed don’t exactly meet cute. He jumps into the backseat of her red Mini Cooper, mistaking it for his Uber and she starts punching him, thinking he’s an intruder. “Help I’m being attacked!” she screams. He apologizes and offers to guide her out of the concrete maze of Century City. That initial awkward struggle gives the audience a taste of what’s ahead in Netflix’s “You People,” which gleefully pokes at the nation’s racial, religious, gender and generational…

Niecy Nash-Betts, right, presents Jeremy Allen White with the best actor in a TV series – musical or comedy award for The Bear Photograph: Rich Polk/NBC/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter…