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Was Tom Hanks Almost Cast As Jack Traven In Speed (1994) Instead Of Keanu Reeves?

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Tom Hanks almost replaced Keanu Reeves in Speed?

Tom Hanks almost replaced Keanu Reeves in Speed? (Photo Credit – Instagram/Wikipedia) Back in the early ’90s, Tom Hanks was in talks to play Jack Traven in Jan de Bont’s iconic action-thriller Speed, instead of […]

Den of Thieves 2 makes action movie history with an electric-car chase

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Christian Gudegast and Gerard Butler smile while posing with a Porsche Taycan ahead of their movie Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

In 2018, the heist thriller Den of Thieves shot into the all-time-great January movies canon, quickly garnering a passionate fan base, success at the box office, and a green light for a sequel. Seven years […]

Star Trek: Section 31 is Paramount Plus’ attempt to add spies to Trek

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Julian Bashir and Elim Garak stand around in a cool mid-century hotel room (on the holodeck) wearing tuxedos. The title card “Our Man Bashir” is visible.

Star Trek: Section 31, Paramount Plus’ first foray into feature-length Star Trek movies, has to do one, and only one, thing to succeed. The Michelle Yeoh-starring Star Trek: Discovery spinoff follows Philippa Georgiou, former emperor […]

What pioneering cinematographer Rachel Morrison learned as a director

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First-time director, longtime cinematographer Rachel Morrison

“The Fire Inside,” about the survival skills of two-time middleweight Olympic gold medal winner Claressa “T-Rex” Shields inside and outside the ring, was a project with its challenges: a worldwide pandemic, studios merging, last-minute recasting […]

Warner Music Group Acquires DWA and Extravaganza Catalogs

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WMG acquires DWA extravaganza catalogs

Photo Credit: Renato Tanchis, Raffaele Razzini, Pico Cibelli, Roberto Zanetti, Francesco Bontempi, Santiago Menendez Pidal, Luca Gentili, Filippo Pardini Warner Music Group secures a deal to acquire DWA Records’ extensive catalog, as well as that […]

I finally quit ‘doomscrolling’ with three apps – they’re all free and save you from losing hours to social media misery

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Kinnu is a great alternative to scrolling on social media – although you will have to swipe a little

HOW much time did you lose mindless swiping down social media feeds today? How about this week, over the month, or even the whole year? Ugh. It’s probably a shocking number, higher than you’d like […]

Superman and The Fantastic Four could be 2025’s most hopeful sci-fi

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Artwork of the Fantastic Four movie, featuring illustrations of The Thing, Johnny Storm, Sue Storm, Reed Richards, and HERBIE the robot.

Hollywood prognosticators and social media replies alike say that Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps are hobbled from the start. Superman is a boring goody-goody and the Fantastic Four are hokey. Earnest stories about […]

Thomas the Tank Engine’s creator Britt Allcroft dies aged 81 as heartbroken family pay tribute to ‘adoring mum and wife’

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The TV producer secured the rights in the 1970s

THOMAS the Tank Engine series creator Britt Allcroft has died aged 81. The TV producer secured the rights to adapt Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway Series in the 1970s. 6 The TV producer secured the rights in the […]

Did Three Iconic Directors Turn Down George Lucas’ Offer To Helm The Star Wars Prequels?

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Did iconic directors refuse to helm Star wars prequel?

Did iconic directors refuse to helm Star wars prequel? (Photo Credit – Wikipedia) Well, guess what? They all said no. Why? Because sometimes even legends don’t want to mess with the mythos. Ron Howard spilled […]