Movie News
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DC’s Blue Beetle Movie Has A Release Date And News That Will Make Fans Very Happy
With HBO Max now established as one of the market’s major streaming services, Warner Bros. is starting to produce a number of projects as online exclusives. This very much includes movies based on the heroes from DC Comics – though some of the moves made have been a touch controversial. For example, while fans have been stoked about Jaime Reyes a.k.a. Blue Beetle getting his own upcoming solo film since the project started development back in 2018, the anticipation has been tinged with some disappointment due to the fact that it wouldn’t provide an opportunity to see a Latino hero at the center of a blockbuster on the big screen.…
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Iconic movie ‘Selena’ inducted into the National Film Registry for preservation
The movie that tells the inspirational and tragic story of Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez has been inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. “Selena,” the 1997 biographical film that’s a longtime fan favorite, is one of 25 films selected this year that explore “stories from the nation’s diverse communities that often carry universal themes,” according to a news release from the Library of Congress. Directed by Mexican American filmmaker Gregory Nava, the film explores Selena’s rise to fame in her family’s band — and her death at 23 after she was shot and killed in 1995 by the president of her fan club. The film…
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2021 Notebook: Alec Baldwin and the movie-set shooting
On Oct. 21, on a movie set in New Mexico, what was supposed to be fiction reached into reality in the most destructive of ways By The Associated Press December 15, 2021, 2:53 AM • 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article THE BACKGROUND: On Oct. 21, on a movie set in New Mexico, what was supposed to be fiction lurched into reality in the most destructive of ways. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed by a prop gun held by Alec Baldwin, one of the country’s most prominent actors. The ensuing anguish and investigation revealed what some said were dangerous gun-handling protocols on a set…
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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ review: What happens? Is it good?
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” had its premiere Monday night in Hollywood and across the country at different press screenings. I attended a press screening Monday night, and here’s my immediate reaction the movie. What happens in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’? The story of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is pretty simple. Taking place after the events of “Spider-Man: Far From Home” when Peter Parker (Tom Holland) was outed as Spider-Man, Parker seeks out the help of Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to cast a spell that would reverse that situation. But things go wrong and soon Spider-Man villains from the past — specifically, past villains from the Tobey Maguire “Spider-Man” films and…
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Greg Sestero brings cult favorite ‘The Room’ to Grand Cinema
Courtesy Greg Sestero Whenever Greg Sestero screens the 2003 cult classic “The Room” he always has a few audience members who are seeing it for the first time. “Which is always fun to see the shock on their face and the laughter,” Sestero said in a recent phone interview. Shot as a drama but received as a comedy, “The Room” is an unintentional guide: how not to make a movie on just about every level. Sestero, who co-starred in “The Room”, is hosting a screening of the film Friday, Dec. 17 at The Grand Cinema in Tacoma. The film will be preceded by a Q and A with the actor.…
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Florence Pugh and Rami Malek Join Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, and More Movie News
This week’s Ketchup brings you more headlines from the world of film development news, covering such titles as Oppenheimer, Shang-Chi 2, and Disney’s Strange World. This WEEK’S TOP STORY FLORENCE PUGH AND RAMI MALEK JOIN CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S OPPENHEIMER (Photo by Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection) Ever since it was first announced in September as the next film from director Christopher Nolan, one of the few things that was known about his atomic bomb biopic Oppenheimer was that it would feature an ensemble cast. That initial story was followed in October by the casting of Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Emily Blunt as Oppenheimer’s wife, and in November, by the casting of…
