michael shannon
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The Final Ranking of DC Extended Universe Films
That only 10 years have passed since the first film in the DC Extended Universe seems absurd. Somehow, through all the ups and downs, it feels like we’ve lived with Henry Cavill as Superman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Ezra Miller as the Flash, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, and Gal Gadot as…
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Regé-Jean Page Speaks on His Reportedly Racially Motivated Rejection From Syfy’s Krypton
Among the many, many bombshells dropped in Tuesday’s revelatory, distressing Hollywood Reporter exposé on more of what Ray Fisher dealt with, both during and after Justice League, were allegations that Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page had not been cast as Superman’s grandfather Seg-El in the 2018 Syfy series Krypton because he is Black. Now, Page has…
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Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘The Shape Of Water’ Is A Beautiful Love Story Where The Story Doesn’t Matter
In Guillermo del Toro’s latest film The Shape of Water, a mute cleaning lady falls in love with a mysterious fishman. It’s a weird premise, to be sure, but nothing about how it’s handled feels weird. Instead, del Toro’s film is poetic, sumptuous, emotionally complex, and yet almost strikingly simple in its narrative.
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Does Midnight Special Really Live Up To Its Spielberg Roots? Yes And No
Midnight Special, the fourth film from popular indie director Jeff Nichols, feels like the offspring of Steven Spielberg’s two sci-fi classics, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The potential of that kind of mainstream story, from the heady director of Take Shelter and Mud, sounded like a fascinating and exciting…