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A Blue Sky Studios production, Robots is an often forgotten animated masterpiece. However, many have speculated that the film may have deeper meaning relating to and explaining the trans experience. Robots was released in 2005 and, at the time, the transgender community was not as prominent or accepted in the media as it is today. Thus, if the film were to be an allegory for the trans experience and ostensibly be geared toward kids and young adults, it would have to be more of a subtle undertone in the film....

Heat Vision Blog is reporting that I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence will direct Sgt. Rock, based on the WWII hero from DC Comics, from a script by Chad St. John. Joel Silver, who has been steering the project for nearly 20 years, is teaming with Akiva Goldsman, who recently boarded as producer, to bring the project to the big screen via Warner Bros. Sgt. Frank Rock was the leader of his infantry unit, Easy Company....

Actor Frank Vallelonga Jr., known for appearing in the Oscar-winning movie Green Book, has died. The NYPD responded to reports of an unconscious man on the street in the Bronx, and when officers arrived, they determined that the individual was deceased. He was then identified as Vallelonga, but a cause of death wasn’t immediately apparent and is pending the results of the Medical Examiner’s investigation. Vallelonga was 60 years old....

Will Smith has shared our first look at the upcoming The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 30th anniversary reunion special. It was recently revealed that HBO Max is gearing up to bring the cast of the beloved series back together for an unscripted reunion special looking back at the show three decades later. These photos were taken on the 30th anniversary of the show’s premiere. Taking to Instagram, Will Smith shared two photos from behind the scenes of the Bel-Air reunion special....

Fashion is more than a moment or a little black dress with the right heel or jewel. As much as a pair of red bottoms or our partner’s sweatshirt in autumn bring us a sense of chic and comfort, the significance of fashion in film and television has been watered down into a few moments and haircuts. Of course, modern television shows that center fashion, like Sex and the City or Schitt’s Creek, act as free advertising for designer labels....

Justice League star Gal Gadot has vowed to never work with director Joss Whedon again. The actress, who features as Diana Prince AKA Wonder Woman in the Justice League movie, has responded to the recent, lengthy version of events revealed by Joss Whedon, with Gadot rejecting them outright and saying she will not work with the director again. Revealed by Vulture, the Wonder Woman actress’ stern words come in response to Whedon’s recent explanation regarding reports that he had threatened Gadot’s career during reshoots on the DC movie, with the director instead blaming a misunderstanding and reasoning that “English is not her first language....

Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to The Carol Burnett Show and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in Blazing Saddles, died Thursday. He was 81. Korman died at UCLA Medical Center after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago, his family said. He had undergone several major operations. “He was a brilliant comedian and a brilliant father,” daughter Kate Korman said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press....

Cruising – the murder thriller that is set against the gay S & M subculture of the late ’70s and prompted widespread community protests when it opened in 1980 – makes its long-awaited DVD debut September 18 as a Deluxe Edition DVD from Warner Home Video (WHV). Acknowledging years of consumer requests, Cruising will receive a limited theatrical release in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco the first week of September, prior to its DVD release at $19....

Despite not being part of the original series announcement, it has been reported by Deadline that The Santa Clause star David Krumholtz will be reprising his beloved role as Bernard the elf in the upcoming Disney+ sequel show, The Santa Clauses. Fans were disappointed when the original cast for the new series was announced and both Krumholtz and Eric Lloyd, who played one of Scott Calvin’s son Charlie, were absent from the list....

Legendary director Sidney Lumet, the man behind such classic films as 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, and Network, passed away Saturday morning in his Manhattan home at the age of 86. The cause of death was lymphoma. Sidney Lumet was a technical genius known for his ability to get Oscar-worthy performances out of his actors. A thick social commentary runs throughout the late director’s oeuvre, as he was an artist whose life goal was to examine the consequences of prejudice, corruption, and betrayal....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has established an impressive expansive gallery of superheroes. Even if the characters were not exactly front and center like Captain America or Iron Man, they were still able to win over the hearts of many fans. Characters such as Wanda Maximoff, Valkyrie, Shuri, and even the MCU’s post-Endgame Captain America, originally started off as supporting characters. They have since risen up to become the most prominent characters in the entire franchise....

A revival of Nash Bridges is currently in the early stages of development for the USA Network, and Don Johnson is on board to reprise his role as the San Francisco Police Department captain. It’s not yet clear if Cheech Marin or any other of Johnson’s co-stars will also be appearing, but series creator Carlton Cuse is reportedly not involved. The planned revival will be a collaboration between IP owner Village Roadshow and the USA Network, which is owned by NBCUniversal....

According to Variety, DreamWorks and Parkes/MacDonald Prods. have acquired the rights to Oscar-nominated documentary The Life of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club. The producers will use the film and tap the research of director Dan Krauss for a feature about the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer. Carter dodged bullets to capture images of famine and violence in the waning days of apartheid. South African-born Carter grew up loathing apartheid, and through photography found an outlet to show its impact to the world....

TNT has given the greenlight to The Hero (working title), a new reality-competition series that will set out to find the next great hero. TNT has ordered eight episodes of the series from Benjamin Silverman’s multimedia entertainment studio Electus and its 5x5 Media exclusive producers. The Hero will be headlined by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who will executive-produce with his producing partner, Dany Garcia. The series is set to premiere on TNT in summer 2013....

Some of Hollywood’s biggest names will turn out to toast their friend for Eddie Murphy: One Night Only, the first-ever televised tribute to the comedic superstar. The celebrity lineup features many of Eddie Murphy’s peers and co-stars including: Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Tracy Morgan, Arsenio Hall, Brett Ratner, Charlie Murphy, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Martin Lawrence. Eddie Murphy: One Night Only will tape on Saturday, November 3 at the Saban Theatre in Los Angeles and will air on Wednesday, November 14....

Following the success of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, The El Rey Network is bringing its second original series to the small screen with Matador. The network has released new promo art and an extended trailer for the action-packed series, which follows the double life being lead by a covert operative named Tony “Matador” Bravo (Gabriel Luna), who is recruited by the CIA to go undercover as a pro soccer player for the L....

A ride-share driver embarks on a dark odyssey after picking up a mysterious passenger. Endangered is a taut, noir thriller loaded with surprising twists. What begins as a straightforward narrative deviates into truly unexpected territory. The lean runtime keeps adrenaline flowing by avoiding excess. There’s no fat or fluff to hamper the pace. Everything you see and hear, literally the tiniest details, are significant to the developing plot. Endangered reminds to take nothing for granted when dealing with a stranger....

Ever since its initial release in June 2019, people have been obsessing over the HBO series Euphoria. Zendaya stars in this teen drama alongside the talented Hunter Schafer, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, Barbie Ferreira, and Angus Cloud. The show follows the life of drug abuser Rue (Zendaya) navigating her way through high school and battling addiction, while also showing the struggles her friends and classmates go through....

Nigerian-American director Chinonye Chukwu made history when she became the first Black woman to win the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize. She won for her film Clemency, which starred Alfre Woodward and Aldis Hodge, and launched her career to the spotlight it deserves. Now, three years later, her follow-up to Clemency, the historical movie Till, tackles the story of Emmett Till’s life and tragic death. But there is a catch here: it centers the experience through the eyes of his mother Mamie Mobley-Till, who became an activist due to what happened to her son....

One of the horror genre’s most dastardly killers of today would have to be Art the Clown, the demented antagonist from the Terrifier movies. The appropriately-titled original film, released in 2016 by filmmaker Damien Leone, introduced David Howard Thornton as Art the Clown. The film follows the sadistic, murdering clown as he torments young women on Halloween night. Leone brought back Thornton for the new sequel, Terrifier 2, with Art the Clown resurrected for another Halloween night massacre....