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The Netflix documentary Disclosure features a group of trans actors discussing the portrayal of trans characters throughout the history of entertainment. With Laverne Cox (Orange is the New Black) behind the project, she uses the documentary as a teaching opportunity for others in Hollywood as well as viewers. Across the entertainment-scape, a myriad of tropes has been used that create a distance from the group in question. Often, when groups speak out about the harm that the tropes that perpetuate, it is taken as an attack....

Doctor Who is set to have a great year. Following the return of Russell T. Davies, responsible for the revival of the series in 2005, a new protagonist will arrive and also an incredible celebration for the 60 year anniversary of the franchise, which will serve as an introduction to the new Doctor from the star of Sex Education, Nguti Gatwa. However, the main hero is not the only one who will change on the way to the new stage of the series....

With a live-action prequel miniseries, a brand new animated movie by Studio Mir, and of all things, a family-friendly animated series already in the works, one can very easily be forgiven for thinking that Netflix’s The Witcher is as on top of the world as Game of Thrones was at the height of its popularity. Indeed, there is good reason for thinking this beyond all the announced spinoffs. Both currently available seasons of Netflix’s The Witcher, despite all their flaws, were very well received by fans, with said fans, of course, eagerly anticipating the show’s upcoming third season....

Doug Jone’s official website, The Doug Jones Experience has a brief interview the actor about his portraying the Silver Surfer in the upcoming Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer: WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT PLAYING SILVER SURFER?{@@@newline@@@}{@@@newline@@@}I am thrilled out of my mind. It has been so difficult for me to sit on this developing news, with all the casting speculation happening on the web. As my research into this character continues, I am falling more and more in love with him … his valiance, his nobility, his stance for truth, hope, faith, and his history of self-sacrifice....

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke has arrived in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. At Disney’s D23 Expo, the official trailer for the Disney+ series was released. It had previously been reported that Clarke had been cast in the show in a mystery role, and there have been images taken of her on the set. However, the new Secret Invasion trailer, which you can watch below, revealed our official first look at Clarke in character, though it still remains to be told who exactly she’s playing....

The Weinstein Company today announced the start of a contest to create the best movie poster for the highly anticipated film Factory Girl, about Andy Warhol’s (Guy Pearce) object of attention, Edie Sedgwick (Sienna Miller). The winner of the contest will have their poster prominently displayed at their hometown theater, gets a private screening of Factory Girl for them and 25 of his/her friends, a full-size print of their poster autographed by the cast, which includes Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce and Hayden Christensen, and a promotion for the poster on the film’s official website, www....

Contrary to what Nic Cage has recently said about plans for Ghost Rider 2, his co-star, Eva Mendes is more unsure about making another film in the franchise. “I don’t know about a sequel, but I don’t think it needs one,” Mendes told MTV. “No, I think Ghost Rider had its moment.” Now, it’s certainly possible that the talks Cage has had with the studio are still so nebulous that Mendes hasn’t been contacted yet....

Beba is a fascinating new film, a documentary that’s less traditionally explanatory than one more in line with the philosophical video essay films of Chris Marker or the incredibly personal self-portraits Tarnation or Little White Lie. Rebeca Huntt, the filmmaker behind the project, turns the camera onto herself and her family in a soulful exploration so raw it hurts. Niani Scott called it, “the coming-of-age story that Black American children have been waiting for, a documentary that encompasses every step of reclamation of an American bloodline,” and it’s a beautiful, methodical montage of personal experiences....

We have a brand new exclusive clip from the upcoming release Abandoned, which will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 24. Click below to watch our exclusive clip, which features the Brittany Murphy in her final performance, looking for her boyfriend Kevin in the hospital. Abandoned follows Mary Walsh, a successful bank executive taking her boyfriend Kevin Peterson in to the hospital for what should be a routine surgery....

Director Neil Jordan returns to his roots with Ondine, a distinctly Irish romantic fantasy starring Colin Farrell as a hard-luck fisherman and recovering alcoholic trying to make ends meet for his sick daughter Annie (Alison Barry). One day He catches a mysterious woman in his net, who Annie believes is a mythical mermaid sent to rescue them. Ondine’s (Alicja Bachleda) arrival signals a change of fortune for Syracuse and Annie. Their long despair turns to happiness, but it may be short-lived as mysterious men descend on their village searching for the lost woman....

The brand new NBC series Parenthood is about to debut, with its series premiere set to air on Tuesday, March 2 at 10 PM ET on NBC. One of the cast members, Bonnie Bedelia, was kind enough to take some time out of her schedule to give a shout-out to our MovieWeb readers and she also introduced a brand new exclusive clip from this series premiere. Click on the video below to watch Bedelia’s shout-out and this exclusive sneak peek into the series....

The New York Post has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming TV series Falling Skies, which will debut in June 2011. Click below to watch the first footage from this new alien invasion series, which is executive produced by Steven Spielberg: Falling Skies is an exciting new series from DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg. Noah Wyle (ER, TNT’s The Librarian movies) stars as a former college professor who becomes the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians struggling against an occupying alien force....

There is something great about a revenge film. The idea of a lone gunmen unleashed on society to right a wrong is a classic theme in film and one that serves Faster quite well. Dwayne Johnson makes his long over due return to the genre he began in with an intense and powerful performance. Director George Tillman, Jr. sets a mood and tone for the film, which is reminiscent of classic revenge movies from the ’60s and ’70s like “Point Blank,” “Vanishing Point,” “Deathwish,” or even a Sam Peckinpah movie like “The Getaway” starring Steve McQueen....

You can get together with an interesting quartet of brothers this May in 1080p. Four Brothers is coming back to Blu-Ray on May 20. We don’t have a price for this new BD disc yet, but we’ll update this story as soon as we get the info. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Andre Benjamin, Tyrese Gibson and Garrett Hedlund. Four adopted brothers come together to bury the woman who raised them....

With every successful movie comes the obvious question of when will it be given a sequel? Ryan Reynolds’s movie Free Guy was a big success when it was released last year, pulling in a gross of $331 million worldwide and now ready to be a hit all over again to Disney+ audiences in the U.S. after being released on the streaming platform to subscribers. Directed by Shawn Levy, the movie stars Reynolds as a background character in a video game who becomes aware that his world is not what he is programmed to believe....

HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon has become the latest major production to be shut down due to Covid19 in the last week. On the day that many had declared “Freedom Day”, when masks and social distancing would be pulled back in the UK and other countries, the UK shoot on the epic Thrones prequel had to be halted for two days after a positive Covid test in zone A, including cast and crew....

Four new video clips from Disney’s National Treasure: Book of Secrets have landed on the web, thanks to ReelzChannel. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Bruce Greenwood, Helen Mirren and arrives in theatres on December 21. Click the players below to watch the four National Treasure: Book of Secrets video clips: In this follow up to the box-office hit National Treasure, treasure hunter Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) once again sets out on an exhilarating, action-packed new global quest to unearth hidden history and treasures....

A new spot has begun airing that features two of the best-kept secrets in government agencies - Hellboy, the star of Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and Chuck Bartowski from NBC’s television series Chuck. To watch the hilarious clip click on the player below. Hellboy II: The Golden Army stars Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Selma Blair (Liz Sherman), and Doug Jones (Abe Sapien). The sequel film directed by Guillermo del Toro comes to theatres July 11, 2008....

The highly versatile actor talks about his role in the film based off the wonderful true story Clifton Collins Jr. had one hell of a year in 2009, appearing in a vast array of films portraying vastly different characters such as Star Trek, The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, Brothers and Extract, just to name a few. He’s back this year with a starring role in the true-story sports film The Perfect Game, which was released in theaters this past weekend....

Ever since the release of Cloverfield in January of 2008, there has been talk of a sequel. But information on Cloverfield 2 has been quite sparse over the last few years. Some fans have even started to think that this will never happen. That is not true, says Matt Reeves. The director of the original movie explains that he has been too busy to lock a script, but that he is constantly working on perfecting the sequel’s storyline....