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Image: Naughty Dog/PlayStation2020's The Last of Us Part II is a revenge story built around two sides: that of Ellie (as played in the show by Bella Ramsey) and newcomer Abby (Kaitlyn Dever). Both women have their own respective supporting casts, and the HBO adaptation has mainly cast the folks in Ellie’s social circle like Dina and Jesse.Thanks, Last of Us. Thanks a Lot. | The Last of Us Episode 7 ReviewAccording to Variety, HBO’s managed to lock down four actors who’ll play the people in Abby’s friend group. Top Gun:…

Screenshot: A24Jane Schoenbrun’s new queer horror was one thing to watch at this year’s Sundance—if you were there in person, that is. Now, everyone else can actually get a look behind the buzz, and this coming of age creepshow certainly lives up to it all.Introducing People to Horror Films/Books | Stephen Graham Jones InterviewStarring Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine as two teenagers in a small town united by a shared love of a mysterious cancelled TV show, I Saw the TV Glow looks to put a supernatural twist on…

For a character who is at the center of one full-length story, The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade is as iconic as it gets in the world of detective fiction. Dashiell Hammett‘s book, and John Huston’s 1941 movie adaptation with Humphrey Bogart, loom impossibly large over the gumshoe genre, to the point where Spade is just as famous as Philip Marlowe and Mike Hammer, who have appeared in far more novels and films over the years. But the Sam Spade who appears in the new miniseries Monsieur Spade is not a legend where and…

This was a late-period Peter Bogdanovich film, a screwball spin on Ernst Lubitsch, that had Imogen Poots as the golden-hearted sex worker trying to break into show business. She walks into an audition in front of a big-shot Broadway director and realises he is the man to whose Manhattan hotel room she had gone the night before. And that director is played by Owen Wilson, with that good-natured, halting Texas drawl which was to feature to some degree in all of his performances. He is a pretty bland nice guy here – a…

It’s been a long time coming, but Teardown is finally making its way to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X tomorrow, November 15. And who better to help us get excited than the great Owen Wilson? Wowwwwww…right? Wilson narrates today’s Teardown console launch trailer in a way that only he can. If you’re unfamiliar with the title, the comedic actor describes it perfectly in the video as “a real-time physics simulation game with fully destructible environments.” Essentially, it’s a sandbox game where you can blow literally…

Among Us, the pandemic-era video game sensation, is getting an animated series adaptation. As per Variety, CBS Studios has partnered with indie developer Innersloth to bring the series to a mainstream audience. Owen Dennis, the animator-artist best known for Infinity Train, will act as the creator and executive producer of the animated series. Currently, there is no information on what streaming platform or network it will arrive on, but the official logline notes that the show will follow the same premise as the video…

Image: InnerslothCBS has called an emergency meeting and decided that now is indeed the time to declare an Among Us animated series is in the works.Don’t Mess With Luthen and His Fricking Lasership | Andor ReviewVariety reports that the studio has tapped Star Trek: Lower Decks animation house Titmouse and Infinity Train creator Owen Dennis to helm the adaptation of Innersloth’s smash hit sci-fi multiplayer deduction game. According to the trade, the show will be a pretty faithful adaptation of Among Us’ premise, in which…

via Marvel Studios Deadpool is set to make his official entry into the MCU with Deadpool 3, and a potential addition to the flick’s cast has fans geared up for far more Owen Wilson. The delightful comedian made his own MCU debut recently, via the first season of Disney Plus’ Loki. His character, Mobius, was far more popular among fans than Sony’s antihero of a similar name, and — by the time Loki‘s first season concluded — viewers were pounding their fists for more Mobius. Those demands appear to have been…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeNetflix has “axed” a new Nancy Meyers romantic comedy following a dispute with the director.The filmmaker has lined up her next project, which will be her first feature film since The Intern in 2015.Titled Paris Paramount, the comedy, announced in April 2022, follows a filmmaking duo who reunite on set after a failed romance years before. Paris Paramount is eyeing an A-list cast,…

FrontierImage: SolarisIt’s February, traditionally a month for romance—but 2023 is also bringing a bumper crop of frights! There are several big horror titles out this month, including Stephen Graham Jones’ sequel to My Heart Is a Chainsaw and author Matt Ruff’s return to Lovecraft Country... as well as all the sci-fi and fantasy your heart desires.Image: 47NorthMeru by S.B. DivyaIn a far future in which humans dwell on Earth while posthuman “alloys” handle all the space exploration, the discovery of an Earthlike planet…