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Disney+ has had a lot of success with its ever-growing list ofStar Warsshows. One of the upcoming series that everyone is buzzing about isObi-Wan Kenobi. This series will see starEwan McGregorreturn to this iconic title character after almost 20 years away from the franchise. The show itself is still over a month away from its release, but now we have gotten more insight into who wrote for the show. One of the names included on theWGA’s listingfor the series isAndrew Stantonwhich many Disney fans should know well....

Olivia Flowersand her ex-best friendTaylor Ann Greenare not parting ways amicably. At the reunion for Season 9 of the Bravoreality series,Southern Charm, Flowers and Green went back and forth about Green hooking up withAusten Kroll. To get the heat off of her, Green said: “Forgive as you would want to be forgiven,” to Flowers which prompted a reveal that no one saw coming. The rest of the cast andAndy Cohenall looked confused by Green’s comment, and it prompted Flowers to call Green out, knowing what she was insinuating....

While Netflix has yet to release a full trailer for the upcoming second season ofRaising Dion, they’ve just dropped a series of stills giving us a first look at the return of theMichael B. Jordan-backed superhero show. Season 1 focused on a family trying to get to grips with the emerging super abilities of their son Dion (Ja’Siah Young) and ended on something of a twist. With the Twisted Man (Dion’s godfather, Pat, played byJason Ritter) thought dead, we meet up with Brayden (Griffin Robert Faulkner) who, apparently, has been possessed by the Twisted Man, as implied by a flourish of the baddie’s lightning in the distance....

Legendary BritishsingerRod Stewart has set himself apart from other rock and pop artists with his raspy voice and by penning catchy tunes like “Baby Jane” and “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy.” As one of music’s best-selling artists of all time, his prolific work spans over six decades, having collaborated with other famous artists, includingPaul McCartneyandElton John, among others. The now 80-year-old father of eight had until recently shown no signs of slowing down....

Sony Pictures is weighing whether to offload several projects to streaming services to minimize the studio’s risk and maximize its profits. A trusted source tells Collider that newly-promoted Sony execSanford Panitchhas had multiple meetings with Netflix’sTendo Nagendaabout selling off risky development projects, andthe Hollywood Reporter’s aceKim Mastersreports that the He-Man movieMasters of the Universeis among them. Now, before you start with “the sky is falling at Sony” line of thinking, this is actually a smart move for the studio, from a business perspective....

Most anthology films have ups and downs. It’s almost inevitable.Southboundis more even and has more connective tissue than most, but it does feature one segment that singlehandedly justifies seeing the whole movie. Hopefully producersRoxanne Benjamin,Brad Miskaand the rest of the team that carried over from theV/H/Sfilms will continue churning out anthologies, but the big takeaway from this one is directorDavid Brucknerand his short segment, “Accident.” The Way Out The directing collectiveRadio Silencekicks things off with “The Way Out....

Tickle Me Elmo. Beanie Babies. Furby. If these words conjure up images of crowds of crazy people shoving each other aside for a chance to grab the last box of the season’s hottest toy, then you should be fully prepared for the next entry on this list:Star Wars’newest droid, BB-8. We’ve gotten plenty of looks at the feature film version of the orange-and-white, free-rolling bot in all of the marketing forStar Wars: The Force Awakens, but the biggest emergence of BB-8 might be on the horizon....

For horror fans who love an adrenaline-fueled, bloody, brutal picture, there is one thriller from the last decade that stands out as more gruesome, claustrophobic, and exhilarating than just about anything: A24’s 2015 film,Green Room, written and directed byJeremy Saulnier. The movie starsAnton Yelchinas the frontman of a punk band caught in a terrifying situation when the bar they are playing a gig at is revealed to be operated and patronized by neo-Nazis....

[This is a re-post of my retrospective series in which I take a look back at the Marvel Cinematic Universe. These articles do not contain spoilers for unreleased Marvel movies. If you know any spoilers about the unreleased Marvel movies, please do not post them in the comments section.] IfIron Man 3is a break from the MCU, thenThor: The Dark Worldis getting back to work. This time, Marvel had the freedom to expand on the character since audiences liked Thor (Chris Hemsworth), they understood how his world worked, and they wanted to see more....

From filmmakerBianca Stigter, the new trailer forThree Minutes — A Lengtheningtrailer presents an unusual documentary, as a homemade video from 1938 is stretched out in the hopes of prolonging the only existing register of dozens of people killed during the Holocaust. Shot byDavid Kurtzin the Polish town of Nasielsk, the three minutes of the homemade footage are used as the starting point for Stigter’s investigations of the lives of the city’s population....

As expected, Sony’s newly-minted franchise-starterUnchartedis poised to repeat at the top of the box office. The film is expected to make $23 million in its second weekend, afterexceeding expectationswith $44 million in its first. It made $52 million in the extended Presidents' Day weekend. This takes the action-adventure video game adaptation’s running domestic total to over $80 million—a fine result for a project that was long believed to be cursed....

In the 37 days following a mass shooting at their school in Parkland, Florida, the teenagers from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School organized a worldwide protest against gun violence and then moved from that straight into a nationwide bus tour to encourage people to vote against politicians that were in the pocket of the gun lobby. We’ve seen these young people in the eye of the media, but directorKim A. Snyder’s new documentaryUs Kidsgoes behind the scenes to show the toll taken on kids who were traumatized but felt it was their duty to fight on behalf of their classmates who lost their lives....

Editor’s Note: The following contains Oppenheimer spoilers. For many,Oppenheimeris the movie event of the year. The new film byChristopher Nolanis a continuation of the director’s admiration of IMAX cinematography. His commitment to shooting film on these heavy, expensive cameras has come to define his artistic style and as one of the true advocates of cinema. Nolan has practically made70mm IMAX screenings, his preferred format of experiencingOppenheimer,a household name. His pedantic approach to filmmaking at a populist level is why he is one-of-a-kind....