TV Bits: Watch Kirsten Dunst’s Showtime Series For Free, ‘Quiz’ Is Coming To AMC, And More In this edition of TV Bits: Kirsten Dunst’s new seriesOn Becoming a God in Central Floridadebuts on Showtime on August 25, but before that, Showtime has put the first two episodes up for free to get people hooked. Here’s the official synopsis: The show follows Krystal Stubbs (Dunst), a minimum-wage water park employee who lies, schemes and cons her way up the ranks of Founders American Merchandise (FAM) — the cultish, flag-waving, multibillion-dollar pyramid scheme that drove her to ruin in the first place, run by the powerful Obie Garbeau II (Ted Levine)....

Verizon And Redbox Planning Netflix Competitor, Netflix More Worried About HBO The worst of the Netflix backlash may be over, but that doesn’t mean it’ll be nothing but smooth sailing for the company from here on out. Even as services like Amazon and Hulu ramp up their offerings to compete with Netflix, Verizon has just announced that it too plans to jump into the fray, as it plans a major partnership with Redbox....

Vicenzo Natali Erecting J G Ballard’s High Rise In The Ocean The first promotional poster forVincenzo Natali’s adaptation ofHigh Risehas been found online, along with a synopsis for the film. you may see them at the site ofCapri Film, or atQuiet Earthwhere I first found them. Capri updating their site at this time suggests they prepared the material for the film market at Cannes. The original novelHigh Risewas written byJ G Ballard, the recently departed visionary of speculative and satirical fiction....

Watch The Ending Of ‘Jurassic World’ Without Any VFX Dinosaurs Ever wonder what a big special-effects driven blockbuster might look likebeforethe effects get added? Wonder no more! A video showcasingJurassic Worldwithout visual effects is here to make you feel awkward! Special effects have become so commonplace and so advanced that sometimes it’s easy to forget that much of what we see on movie screens isn’treallythere. Digital wizards work their magic to conjure up creatures and landscapes comprised entirely of pixels, all for the sake of fooling audiences....

‘Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made’ Review: A Horror Movie About A Horror Movie That Kills People Who Watch It And Uh, You’re Watching It [Sitges 2019] A cursed film that can kill those who see it isn’t really something new. If you’ve seenThe Ring, or John Carpenter’sCigarette Burns, this will look familiar. ButAntrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Madewears its heart (and pentagram) on its sleeve and delivers a fun and sometimes emotional film that feels like a throwback to the films of William Castle and his clever gimmicks....

‘Assassin’s Creed’ Anime Series In The Works From ‘Castlevania’ Producer Remember back in the day when we thoughtAssassin’s Creedcould break thedreaded video game movie curseby actually being, you know,good? Well, so much for that. If a director as interesting as Justin Kurzel and a leading man as strong as Michael Fassbender can’t make it work, it may be time to pack it all in. But no one toldUbisoft, the company behind theAssassin’s Creedseries, who have recruited producerAdi Shankarto develop an animated series set in the world of the video games....

‘Chappie’ Trailer: Neill Blomkamp’s Latest Takes Robots In A New Direction The firstChappietrailer is here. The third film fromNeill Blomkamptells the story of an intelligent robot child which may be the next step in evolution. That scares people, and while the cast-off ‘bot’s existence starts off tough, things get even worse when he’s abducted.Sharlto Copleyvoices the performance-capture main character andDev Patel,Sigourney WeaverandHugh Jackmanco-star. It opens March 6. Check out the firstChappietrailer below....

‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ Trailer: Michael Moore Sifts Through The Wreckage Of The Trump Presidency Provocative documentarianMichael Moore(Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko) is back withFahrenheit 11/9, a look at America under the ludicrous presidency of Donald Trump. The title refers to the date when Trump became president-elect of the United States, and following the news that this moviewill play at the Toronto International Film Festival, the first trailer has arrived. Fahrenheit 11/9 Trailer Here’s the exclusive trailer for Michael Moore’s (@MMFlint) newest documentary “Fahrenheit 11/9....

‘Gravity’, ‘12 Years A Slave’ Are Big Winners At 2014 BAFTA Awards The British Academy of Film and Television Arts unveiled the winners of their 2014 awards this weekend, just two weeks ahead of the Academy Awards. The biggest winner of the night wasGravity, which took home six awards, but Best Film remained out ofAlfonso Cuarón’s grasp. That prize went instead to12 Years a Slave, which secured only one other win last night, for lead actorChiwetel Ejiofor....

‘In The Land Of Blood And Honey’ Trailer: Angelina Jolie Makes Her Directorial Debut Actors are forever jumping behind the camera to try their hands at directing, with extremely mixed results. Sometimes it’s Ben Affleck making a career comeback as the acclaimed helmer ofGone Baby GoneandThe Town; other times it’s Dermot Mulroney attaining that elusive 0% on Rotten Tomatoes withLove Wedding Marriage. If the new trailer forAngelina Jolie’sIn the Land of Blood and Honeyis any indication, it seems she happily falls into the former category....

‘Luke Cage’ Adds Frank Whaley As Rafael Scarfe Luke Cagekeeps making more friends.Frank Whaleyhas just come on board the Netflix series to play Detective Rafael Scarfe, joiningMike Colteras Luke Cage,Alfre Woodardas (probably) Black Mariah, andSimone Missickas Misty Knight. Get details on theLuke CageFrank Whaley casting after the jump. The third of four Marvel shows planned for Netflix,Luke Cagecenters around a man who’s wrongfully sent to prison. While there, an experiment gone awry grants him super strength and near-invulnerable skin....

‘Missing Link’ Animation Studio Laika To Keep Staff On Payroll Amid Coronavirus Crisis In the past month, Hollywood ground to a halt amid the spread of thecoronavirus(COVID-19) pandemic, leading movie theaters to shutter, feature films to be delayed, and major studios to furlough or lay off their employees. ButLaika, the independent animation studio behind Oscar-nominated films likeCoralineandMissing Link, intends to keep all its employees on payroll even as the Portland, Oregon-based studio remains closed....

‘Onward’ Review: When It Comes To Pixar, “Okay” Doesn’t Feel Like Enough It took only a few minutes after I left theOnwardscreening for a distressing thought to settle in my mind. Rare is the Pixar film that disappoints. Rarer still is the Pixar film that tells a story that arguably could’ve been in live-action, not animation. Considering that the story in question,Onward, has characters including a manticore, centaurs, elves, and sprites, you might think that’s impossible....