Flickering Myth

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Dinosaurs-in-suburbia blockbuster The End of Oak Street drops rip-roaring new trailer

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Warner Bros. and Bad Robot have unearthed a brand new trailer for The End of Oak Street, their high concept Dino-blockbuster from the director of It Follows.  Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell (Under the Silver Lake) and produced by J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), The End of Oak Street stars Anne […]

Mission: Impossible III at 20 – The Story Behind the Underrated Action Sequel

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Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind Mission: Impossible III as the film celebrates its 20th anniversary… Despite the box-office success of Mission: Impossible 2, the film was a significant departure from Bruce Geller’s original espionage television series as well as Brian De Palma’s twisty-turny 1996 suspense thriller which launched the big screen franchise. However, […]

Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor face a cosmic dino-crisis in the trailer for David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street

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Warner Bros. has dropped the trailer for The End of Oak Street, the long-overdue return of director David Robert Mitchell, which tells the story of a suburban couple played by Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor whose street is mysteriously transported to some unknown place following a cosmic event.  Written and directed by the It Follows […]

Duster cancelled after a single season by HBO Max

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HBO Max has cancelled the J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan crime drama Duster after a single season. The series starred Lost alum Josh Holloway alongside Rachel Hilson. “While HBO Max will not be moving forward with a second season of ‘Duster,’ we are so grateful to have had the chance to work with the amazingly talented co-creators J.J. Abrams […]

Brie Larson set for J.J. Abrams-produced creature feature Fail-Safe

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Captain Marvel star Brie Larson is set to team with producer J.J. Abrams for Fail-Safe, a creature feature horror which is being directed by JT Mollner (Strange Darling) from a script by Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You). As per Deadline, Fail-Safe is described as “a modern take on the creature horror film told […]

Josh Holloway is magic on wheels in trailer for J.J. Abrams’ crime drama Duster

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Max has revved up anticipation for their J.J. Abrams (Alias) and LaToya Morgan (The Walking Dead) created crime drama Duster, by dropping the official trailer for the Josh Holloway-led series.  The LOST alumni plays a risk-taking getaway driver for a crime syndicate in the American southwest, who appears on the radar of a rookie agent […]

J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek at 15: An Action-Centric Reboot with Surprising Heart & Depth

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15 years on from the release of the J.J. Abrams-directed reboot, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind 2009’s Star Trek… Star Trek is an IP that requires little introduction. The iconic 1960s television series created by Gene Roddenberry became a pop-culture phenomenon of unparalleled proportions transforming the likes of Williams Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest […]

Jenna Ortega to join Glen Powell in J.J. Abrams’ secret movie

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In today’s edition of Glenn Powell-related casting news it has been been revealed that Jenna Ortega (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) is being lined-up as his co-star in J.J. Abrams secretive comeback movie.  According to Deadline Ortega is in final talks to star in the untitled Warner Bros. movie, which will be J.J. Abrams first film since 2019’s […]

Video Review – Batman: Caped Crusader is a Saturday Morning Cartoon for Grown Ups

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EJ Moreno reviews Prime Video’s Batman: Caped Crusader… If you loved what we saw cooked up with X-Men ’97 and were an X-Men: The Animated Series fan, then OG fans of Batman: The Animated Series will love this new series. Batman: Caped Crusader takes the noir stylings of the classic ’90s series and gives them a […]