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EJ Moreno

The Lion King sequel in the works at Disney with Barry Jenkins directing

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Walt Disney Studios will revisit Pride Rock once again, this time with a sequel to 2019’s blockbuster, The Lion King. Deadline reports that Disney has greenlit a sequel to the film that grossed $1.6 billion worldwide, with Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins attached to direct.Shortly after the news broke, Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk […]

Movie Review – The Call (2020)

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The Call, 2020.Directed by Timothy Woodward, Jr. Starring Lin Shaye, Tobin Bell, Chester Rushing, Erin Sanders, Sloane Morgan Siegel, Mike Manning.SYNOPSIS:Four teens must overcome a night in a house of horrors and call a mysterious number to receive $100,000 from a woman they’ve previously tormented.Let’s start this review off by taking a moment to highlight […]

The Invisible Man’s Aldis Hodge to play Hawkman in Black Adam

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Joining Dwayne Johnson and Noah Centino, DC’s Black Adam has found another member of its growing cast. Reports say that Aldis Hodge, last seen in this year’s The Invisible Man, will tackle the role of Hawkman.Hawkman will join Atom Smasher (Noah Centino), Doctor Fate, and Cyclone as the “heroes” depicted in the film, forming the […]

Grown-ish star Yara Shahidi to play Tinker Bell in Disney’s Peter Pan & Wendy

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Get the fairy dust ready, because Disney has found its Tinker Bell for the upcoming live-action Disney remake of Peter Pan with Grown-ish star Yara Shahidi set to play the iconic fairy.Shahidi joins the previously cast Jude Law, who is playing Pan’s nemesis Captain Hook, in the film titled Peter Pan & Wendy. Alexander Molony and […]

Urban Legend: The Last Slasher of Its Kind

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22 years on from its release on this day in 1998, EJ Moreno revisits Urban Legend…I remember being a teenager and hearing the phrase “they don’t make them like that anymore.” It was usually in regards to some form of entertainment, like a music genre or certain movies. My youth left me ignorant to the […]

Rachel Talalay’s A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting gets a first trailer and images

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Director Rachel Talalay is back with a brand-new horror romp for fans. The filmmaker behind Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare and the cult classic Tank Girl looks to take her unique brand of filmmaking to Netflix in A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting.In the new film, high school freshman Kelly Ferguson reluctantly agrees to babysit […]

The Trial of The Chicago 7 – Oscars 2021 Frontrunner? | Video Review

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The Trial of The Chicago 7, 2020.Directed by Aaron Sorkin. Starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Danny Flaherty, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Noah Robbins, Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, Jeremy Strong, and Michael Keaton.Could the relevance and power of Aaron Sorkin’s new Netflix film take him to the 2021 Academy […]

Samuel L. Jackson to headline Nick Fury series on Disney+

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Samuel L. Jackson will don the famous eye-patch oneagain, as Variety reports that he’s heading to Disney+ to reprise the role of Nick Fury in a new series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.While details about the series are being kept under wraps, Variety notes that Jackson is set to star in the new series […]

Two new clips from Robert De Niro-led family comedy The War with Grandpa

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The War With Grandpa is heating up, and these two new sneak peeks show off just how heated the battle between Peter and his grandfather Ed is getting.In one clip, Peter (Oakes Fegley) argues with his parents (Rob Riggle, Uma Thurman) against moving out of his room into the upstairs attic. In another, Ed (Robert […]