‘The Matrix’ reminds us why AI is so dangerous

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When SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher addressed the audience gathered at the Shrine Auditorium during this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, she hammered home what many understand to be the industry’s most urgent threat: artificial intelligence. […]

In ‘Palm Royale’, Bruce and Laura Dern finally family on screen

Laura Dern and Bruce Dern in "Palm Royale."

Laura Dern and her father, veteran actor Bruce Dern, are in a room together and, within minutes, the stories begin. There was talk about the advice he received from the giants that orbited his life […]

20 Kids Movies That Were Obviously Not for Kids

20 Kids Movies That Were Obviously Not for Kids

Making children’s movies is a delicate balancing act between giving kids the age-appropriate stimulation they want and not making the adults charged with policing their media consumption want to throw themselves out the window in boredom. […]

Labyrinth and Dark Crystal wouldn’t happen now, say Jim Henson’s kids

Jennifer Connelly’s Sarah talks with Hoggle, a wrinkled sort of goblin/dwarf puppet character in Labyrinth.

“They don’t make ’em like they used to” is a phrase you’ve heard a thousand times. But for famously puppet-forward, dark fantasy films like Jim Henson’s Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, the reasons seem apparent, […]

Hollywood & Media Obituaries – Deadline

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2024 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries – Deadline You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content Photo gallery and obituaries for Hollywood and media figures […]

10 Famous Cartoon Characters With Glasses

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Cartoons are as old as the history of cinema. It dates back to as far in history as the late 1800s. However, animation historians often consider Émile Cohl‘s 1908 French animated film Fantasmagorie as the […]

10 Popular German Actors In Hollywood

Daniel Brühl in The King's Man (2021)

Over the years, there has been a rising number of German actors in Hollywood. These actors have either transitioned fully into American cinema or continue to work in the German and American film industries. Some […]

Sacrifice Game and The Holdovers are 2023’s best Christmas pairing

Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa), Mary Lamb (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), and Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) stand outside at night in the snow in The Holdovers

When the film world gets one of its unexpected cross-studio theme pairings — the way summer 1998 offered two “impending planetary apocalypse” movies in Armageddon and Deep Impact, or 2022 gave us two major Pinocchio […]

Disney brought Robin Williams’ Genie back for a new short, without AI

Animated Disney characters surround a receptionist’s desk at Disney Animation, including Merlin from The Sword in the Stone; Mrs. Potts, Chip, and Cogsworth from Beauty and the Beast; the Mad Hatter and March Hare from Alice in Wonderland, Moana from Moana, Flounder from The Little Mermaid, and more, in the Disney short Once Upon a Studio

Disney’s new animated/live-action hybrid short Once Upon a Studio is kind of like the final battle in Avengers: Endgame: packed with every single relevant character you could possibly think of. The short, meant to celebrate […]

Here’s what the Dungeons & Dragons movie directors would do in a sequel

Edgin the Bard (Chris Pine) backs up against a wall in a panic as a displacer beast corners him in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves in theaters and Critical Role’s animated series The Legend of Vox Machina fresh off its second season, it feels like D&D onscreen is having a particularly mainstream moment. […]

Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac, Andrew Garfield to star in Guillermo Del Toro’s new film

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Another incredible project helmed by Guillermo del Toro is in the works at Netflix. The acclaimed director is moving quickly to write and direct a new ‘Frankenstein’ live-action film, with some brilliant casting choices. Three […]

‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Leads – Deadline

‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio’ Leads – Deadline

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio was the big film winner at the 50th anniversary Annie Awards, which were handed out Saturday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The stop-motion film came in with a leading nine nominations […]