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‘Memory: The Origins Of Alien’ Review: A Fascinating, Uneven Deep Dive Into The Sci-Fi Classic [Sundance] Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi filmAlienis a classic, plain and simple. It’s one of those movies studied in film school and has been poured over by critics, filmmakers, scholars and fans for decades. But believe it or not,Alexandre O. Philippe’s new documentaryMemory: The Origins of Alienshows there is still plenty to learn about the development and making of such an influential and iconic movie....

‘New Mutants’: Maisie Williams And Anya Taylor-Joy Rumored For X-Men Spinoff UPDATE:Nerdisthas gotten in touch with a rep at 20th Century Fox who says theNew Mutantscasting rumor is not true. Original story follows. 20th Century Fox’sNew Mutantsmay have just picked up some new mutants. According to a new report,Game of Thrones’Maisie WilliamsandThe Witch’sAnya Taylor-Joyhave been cast as Wolfsbane and Magik, respectively, in theX-Menspinoff, where they’ll joinAlexandra Shippas Storm andJames McAvoyas Professor X....

‘Orange Is The New Black’ Season 3 Trailer: “This Place Is Going To Hell” Coming in just under the wire, Netflix has released one last trailer forOrange Is the New BlackSeason 3. The new promo doesn’t reveal a whole lot about the plot of the new season, but it suggests we’re in for the same mix of funny and heartbreaking that made the first two seasons so irresistible. Watch theOrange Is the New BlackSeason 3 trailer after the jump....

‘Paranormal Activity 2’ To Get IMAX Release Quick, what’s the film that seems least suited for an IMAX release? If you thoughtParanormal Activity 2, then you and I are on the same page. And yet Paramount’s sequel to the low-fi horror hit will now hit the nation’s largest screens. Here’s a statement from IMAX about the release: “Paramount has delivered another great movie that we believe will really resonate with IMAX fans,” said IMAX CEO Richard L....

‘Spider-Man Homecoming’ Sequel Will Kick Off The MCU’s Phase 4 The last nine years and 16 films have been building up to the climactic face-off between the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Big Bad, Thanos. And it will all happen in the upcomingAvengers: Infinity Warand the mysteriousAvengers 4— two movies that are set to change the MCU as we know it. But what happens after that?...

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Finally Has Its Me Too Moment In “Smart Power” (We’re going to kickstart our weeklyThe Handmaid’s Talereview by answering one simple question: Who suffered the most?) A grenade went off in Gilead, and we waited for something to change. And waited. ButThe Handmaid’s Taleloves the status quo too much, and everything sprung back into place — except in the smaller, quieter moments of rebellion among the women in crisis....

‘Westworld’ Episode 2 Arrives Early As HBO Launches New Online ARG The first season of HBO’sWestworldhas barely even begun and we’re already starting to pretty obsessed with it here at /Film. In addition to myweekly spoiler reviews, our own Peter Sciretta has already done a deep dive onhow the show’s futuristic theme park operatesand has collecteda batch of theoriesabout what may be going on with this show’s dense and complex world....

‘Where The Crawdads Sing’ Adaptation Gives Leading Roles To Rising Stars From ‘The Outpost’ And ‘The King’s Man’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Reese Witherspoonhas lined up another promising adaptation withLauren Neustadterthrough their Hello Sunshine production banner. Teaming up with 3000 Pictures, they’re producing an adaptation ofWhere the Crawdads Sing, based onDelia Owens’best-selling novel of the same name.Daisy Edgar-Jones(Normal People,War of the Worlds) is starring in the film, and the production has brought in up-and-coming starsTaylor John SmithandHarris Dickinsonto take the two male leads...

Comic Con: Thursday And Friday Schedule Announced The schedule lineup for Thursday and Friday, day one and two of the San Diego Comic Con, has been announced. Thursday is a huge movie day in Hall H —Scott Pilgrim vs the Worldwill showcase the entire cast,MegaMind,Salt,Battle: Los Angeles,The ExpendablesandREDwill all be on hand. Friday isn’t as packed full of film-related events as Thursday’s schedule is. But there are a few —Drive Angry 3D,Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,Skyline,The Walking Dead,SuperandThe Goon(the latter noted specifically as a film-related panel) all get slots....

Cool Stuff: Dark Knight DVD/Blu-Ray Exclusives We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Dark Knighthits stores on Tuesday.Some stores are holding midnight launches Tonight. There are so many different options, giftsets, exclusives, that I thought I’d simplify everything in one easy to digest post. First up, lets explain the four different editions: Single-Disc Edition DVD which comes in either Widescreen or Full Screen $14....

Cool Stuff: Matt Ferguson’s ‘Empire Strikes Back’ 40th Anniversary Poster Gets A Limited Edition Release Even though there are cheap versions ofMatt Ferguson’s outstanding 40th anniversary artwork forStar Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the art collectors out there have been waiting for a collectible screen print of the imagery honoring one of the greatest sequels ever made. They won’t have to wait much longer, because Bottleneck Gallery is selling high quality versions ofThe Empire Strikes Back40th anniversary poster starting today, and you can check out the various versions of the prints below....

Cool Stuff: The Coolest Movie Theater In Hong Kong Last week I posted a cool stuff feature on the coolest movie theater on the planet –The Alamo Drafthouse, an independently run theater in Austin Texas. That’s not to say that a huge corporate cinema chain couldn’t create a cool movie theater. /Film Reader George J sent me a tip about this cool looking movie theater in Hong Kong. The AMC Pacific Place Cinema opened on December 9th 2006 in Hong Kong, China....

Dept. H Comic Getting Movie Adaptation From Paradise Hills Director Alice Waddington Alice Waddington, who directed the stylish 2019 indie film “Paradise Hills,” has been hired by Netflix to direct a movie adaptation of the Dark Horse comic series “Dept. H.” Screenwriter T.S. Nowlin, who wrote “The Maze Runner” movies and was a co-writer on “Pacific Rim Uprising,” wrote the screenplay, and Dark Horse Entertainment’s Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg, and Paul Schwake will produce the movie adaptation....