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Billie Lourd comments on the passing of her mother Carrie Fisher and grandmother Debbie Reynolds

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Scream Queens star Billie Lourd has broken her silence regarding the loss of her mother Carrie Fisher and grandmother Debbie Reynolds with a message on her Instagram. Lourd was very touched by the outpouring of support and kind tributes, stating: “Receiving all of your prayers and kind words over the past week has given me strength during a time […]

Michael Keaton on why he dropped out of Batman Forever: “It sucked”

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When Tim Burton left Batman Forever, Michael Keaton followed suit, and now we know why. On The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter Podcast, when asked what prompted his exit from the project, the Spider-Man: Homecoming villain sugarcoated nothing. “Let me simplify it for you: it sucked,” said Keaton. “The script was never good, I didn’t understand why he […]

Mark Hamill says his life “would have been so much drabber and less interesting” without Carrie Fisher

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Last week came the unfortunate news of Carrie Fisher’s heart attack and subsequent death at the young age of 60. Such a monumental loss to the entertainment history has brought out numerous comments and written letters from various other celebrities whose lives she had impacted, including Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill. Although he spoke to […]

Movie Review – Insidious: The Last Key (2018)

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Insidious: The Last Key, 2018. Directed by Adam Robitel. Starring Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Josh Stewart, Caitlin Gerard, Kirk Acevedo, Javier Botet, Bruce Davison, Spencer Locke, Tessa Ferrer, Ava Kolker, Hana Hayes, Marcus Henderson, Rose Byrne, and Patrick Wilson. SYNOPSIS: Parapsychologist Dr. Elise Rainier faces her most fearsome and personal haunting yet – […]

Movie Review – Patriots Day (2016)

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Patriots Day, 2016. Directed by Peter Berg. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan, Christopher O’Shea, Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Wolff, Themo Melikidze, Jimmy O. Yang, Jake Picking, and Melissa Benoist. SYNOPSIS: An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis’s actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing […]

Movie Review – Assassin’s Creed (2016)

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Assassin’s Creed, 2016. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Michael K. Williams, Charlotte Rampling, Denis Menochet, Ariane Labed, Khalid Abdalla, Essie Davis, and Brendan Gleeson. SYNOPSIS: When Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, he discovers he is a descendant of […]

Andrew Garfield on Spider-Man: “I did not compromise who I was”

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Speaking to The Guardian, Andrew Garfield has commented on the rumors that the reason Sony wanted to boot him as Spider-Man was due to him no showing an event in Brazil where The Amazing Spider-Man 3 was to be announced. Apparently, some people believe that the no-show was intentional by Garfield so that he wouldn’t […]

Movie Review – Fences (2016)

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Fences. 2016 Directed by Denzel Washington Starring Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, and Mykelti Williamson. SYNOPSIS: An African-American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events of his life. Filmmaker Spike Lee once […]

The Fate of the Furious originally had a post-credits sequence, which Vin Diesel reportedly nixed

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To the surprise of many fans of the franchise, The Fate of the Furious did not have a post-credits sequence, but The Wrap has learned that one did previously exist. The stinger centered on the characters of Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, who have dynamite chemistry together and steal the show. There are currently two […]