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‘The Bachelors’ Review: J.K. Simmons Grapples With Grief [LAFF] The majority of movies at film festivals don’t release trailers beforehand, so we often choose which films to see based on the filmmakers involved, the cast, and a brief description. Approaching a movie fresh is a hugely different experience than seeing one that’s strategically unveiled three trailers and a barrage of TV spots, and because so much about them is unknown, I find myself watching festival films with a different level of anticipation....

Cool Stuff: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Gets A Fifth Anniversary Mondo Vinyl Soundtrack With Boneface Artwork If you’re ready to die historic on the fury road, Mondo has you covered. Mad Max: Fury Roadis a vibrant, masterfully shot action bonanza directed byGeorge Miller. But a big part of what makes the movie ride so seamlessly through the desert is the incredible score fromJunkie XL. It’s been available for purchase for a long time, including on vinyl, but for the film’s five-year anniversary, we’re finally getting aMad Max: Fury RoadMondo vinyl soundtrack with a die-cut slipcover and artwork by Boneface featuring both Max Rockatansky and the horrifying Immortan Joe....

Now Scream This: The Best Spring Break Horror Movies Streaming Right Now (Welcome toNow Scream This, a column where horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato tell you what scary, spooky, and spine-tingling movies are streaming and where you may watch them.)Matt:In striving to become more theme-driven with our bimonthly streaming choices, Chris and I landed on a “Spring Break” concept for this first offering of May. Sorority girls in bikinis, slashers with a thirst for vacation-crashing, outdoor carnage – Horror 101 type stuff....

Paul Feig Wants To Make ‘Ghostbusters’ As A “Really Scary” Full Reboot Paul Feig(Freaks & Geeks,Bridesmaids) is really making the newGhostbustersfilm, and it won’t be a sequel featuring the classic cast. Instead, he’s got the idea to reboot the story entirely, focusing on a new and likely all-female team of Ghostbusters.The HeatscreenwriterKatie Dippoldis co-writing, and they’re already at work putting together a script. There are still many questions about this new Paul FeigGhostbusters....

Catch Up On ‘Star Wars Rebels’ In Three Minutes [Video] Since the iconic character Grand Admiral Thrawn is coming toStar Wars Rebelsfor the Disney XD animated series' third season, there are probably someStar Warsfans out there keen on seeing how that plays out, even if they haven’t watched a single episode of the show yet. There’s only two seasons to catch up on made up of 37 episodes, but if you find yourself short of time to watch all those episodes, a new video will allow you to catch up on all the key things that have happened so far in just three minutes....

Cool Stuff: Blitzway’s Massive Sixth Scale ‘Ghostbusters’ Ecto-1 Is Incredible Almost a year ago, you might remember we called attention to a new series of sixth scaleGhostbustersfigures from a company called Blitzway. They’re some of the most amazing figures every created based on the paranormal investigators played byBill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold RamisandErnie Hudson, complete with the most accurate likenesses of each of the actors. Now they get their own ride to cruise around in too....

Gina Rodriguez Joins Natalie Portman In ‘Annihilation’, From ‘Ex Machina’ Director Alex Garland Alex Garland’s directorial debutEx Machinahas proven to be one of thevery best films of 2015, thanks in no small part to the exceptional actors at its core: futureStar Warsstars Oscar Isaac and Domhnall Gleeson, and the suddenly ubiquitous Alicia Vikander. Now his follow-up featureAnnihilation, set up at Paramount, is collecting a similarly promising cast.Natalie Portmanjoined the sci-fi projectback in May, and now word is she’ll be joined byGina Rodriguez....

John Malkovich Joins Jude Law In ‘The Young Pope’ Follow-Up ‘The New Pope’ John Malkovichis the latest actor to get the blessing of HBO to join its upcoming seriesThe New Pope. In a heavenly piece of casting, Malkovich will be co-starring alongsideJude Lawin HBO’s follow-up toThe Young Pope.The Hollywood Reporterhas broken the news that Malkovich has been cast inThe New Pope, HBO’s forthcoming second season ofThe Young Pope. The two-time Oscar nominee will star alongside Law, the lead ofThe Young Pope....

Movie Trailer: Gnomeo & Juliet Gnomeo & Julietisn’t a bad concept. What if garden gnomes came to life when people aren’t around kind of like the toys inToy Story. The idea is to use this concept to introduce Shakespeare’s classicRomeo and Julietto kids. The film appears to go wrong is in the execution. The computer animated film has a very Dreamworks vibe to it, complete with unfunny popculture references. Gnomeo & Juliet features the music of Elton John and the voice work ofJames McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, Jason Statham, Maggie Smith, Patrick Stewart, Julie Walters, andOzzy Osbourne....

Universal Sues Global Asylum Over ‘American Battleship;’ Asylum Thanks Universal For Publicity One starsTaylor KitschandRihannaas Naval Officers trying to save the world from aliens. The other starsMario Van PeeblesandCarl Weathersas Naval Officers trying to save the world from aliens. If those two descriptions sound somewhat interchangeable to you, you aren’t alone. The company behind the former, which obviously is Universal’s upcomingmega-budget blockbusterBattleship, is suing Global Asylum, the company behind the latter, a film calledAmerican Battleship....

Unofficial Movie Trailer: ‘Faster,’ The Rampage Version Thisis how I want my action movie trailers to play. Blocky fonts, a fake Cannon Filmslogo, music by The Sword and Rocket From the Crypt, and a whole bunch of arse-kickery. Garrison Dean (who contributes toio9) cut this trailer forFasterstarringDwayne Johnson…er,The Rock, and it is a burly, effective ninety seconds of video. The last work we saw along these lines from Garrison Dean was hismanly trailerforThe Expendables, and this ‘Rampage’ trailer for Faster actually works even better....

Will The ‘Inhumans’ Movie Cross Over With ‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’? Although theInhumansmovie isn’t due in theaters for another three and a half years, Marvel seemed to belaying some early groundworkwithAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.The Inhumans were introduced on the show at the end of last season and have continued to play a major part in the show this season. But accordingClark Gregg, that doesn’t necessarily mean we can expect a crossover betweenAgents of S....

‘Legend’ Marketing Team Deviously, Brilliantly Hides Negative Review Legendhas gotten some pretty good reviews.Total Filmcalled it a “career-best performance” for starTom Hardy,Time Outgushed that it was “surely his finest hour,” and so on. But it had a few detractors as well, including one critic who declared it “disappointingly shallow” in a two-star review. Typically, movie marketers simply don’t use negative reactions. It’s no secret that all those gushing pull quotes in the ads are cherry-picked to make the film look as good as possible....