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Netflix has a second Dave Chappelle special premiering on New Year’s Eve

Netflix will premiere a second stand-up comedy special from Dave Chappelle on New Year's Eve this year, titled 'The Bird Revelation.'
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‘Baby Driver’ was an entire film built around music. Here’s how they did it

The sound editor for Edgar Wright's car-chase crime musical 'Baby Driver' explains how the movie took synchronization to a new level.
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Blending new and old, retro and futurism, and excellent storytelling, Denis Villeneuve’s vision for Blade Runner 30 years later was worth the wait.
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How ‘The Shape of Water’ FX team and Guillermo del Toro built a better merman

The head of the visual effects team on The Shape of Water explains how they added another layer of realism to the film's aquatic male lead.
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‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ review

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle lacks the wonder of the 1995 original, but makes up for it with lots of laughs and great action.
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London is a city on wheels in teaser for Peter Jackson’s ‘Mortal Engines’

London is a massive predator city on wheels in the first teaser for Peter Jackson's 'Mortal Engines' movie based on the hit novel.
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‘Star Wars’ wins the box office with second-biggest premiere of all time

Star Wars: The Last Jedi had the second biggest opening weekend of all time to win the box office with a $220 million premiere.
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ review

Director Rian Johnson makes some bold decisions that turn Star Wars: The Last Jedi into one of the best installments of the sci-fi saga.
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Everything we know about ‘The Walking Dead’ season 8 so far

It's all-out war in season 8 of AMC's The Walking Dead, so here's everything we know, including that shocking midseason finale moment.
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‘Coco’ reigns at weekend box office, but ‘Disaster Artist’ and ‘I, Tonya’ thrive

The animated feature Coco is a three-time winner at the weekend box office, but the comedy The Disaster Artist makes big strides.
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Visual effects Oscar contenders include ‘Blade Runner 2049’ and ‘The Last Jedi’

Blade Runner 2049 and Star Wars: The Last Jedi are among the 20 movies the Academy is considering for visual effects Oscar nominations.
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‘Coco’ is box office champ again, but ‘Shape of Water’ goes big in small debut

The animated feature Coco was king of the box office again, but a pair of limited-release movies made a big splash on a few theaters.
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‘The Shape of Water’ review

Guillermo del Toro's dark fantasy The Shape of Water is a story that feels familiar, but is still beautiful to behold.
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Marvel has 20 more movies planned, with many story arcs ending in ‘Avengers 4’

Marvel Studios has 20 more movies planned for its cinematic universe, and an end to some major characters' stories in Avengers 4.
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‘Coco’ knocks off ‘Justice League’ to win holiday weekend box office

Disney and Pixar's animated feature Coco ended the reign of Justice League with a big holiday weekend box office win.
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Which DC films will die if ‘Justice League’ doesn’t deliver?

If Justice League's performance makes WB take a hard look at the DC Extended Universe, here's where some of the movies might stand.
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‘Justice League’: Everything we know about the movie so far

From the superhero lineup to the villain challenging them, here's everything we know so far about the upcoming Justice League movie.
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Alternate-dimension adventure ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ gets a trippy new trailer

Disney's latest trailer for A Wrinkle in Time is packed with trippy visual effects teasing its alternate-dimension adventure.
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‘Justice League’ limps to box office win with worst debut in franchise history

Justice League won the weekend box office battle, but it had the worst debut of any film in the DC Extended Universe so far.
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‘Justice League’ review

Even with more comedy and a packed roster of superheroes, Justice League fails to live up to its super-sized potential.
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Giant gorillas, destruction, and Dwayne Johnson reign in ‘Rampage’ trailer

New Line Cinema has released the first trailer for Rampage, its adaptation of the classic 1980s arcade game featuring giant monsters.
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James Franco will make audiences see double as Multiple Man in X-Men spinoff

James Franco will reportedly star in an X-Men spinoff movie about Marvel Comics mutant Jamie Madrox, a.k.a. Multiple Man.
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‘The Punisher’ review

Superb acting and brutal violence make The Punisher one of Marvel's most faithful series, but it may not please everybody.
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‘Minions’ studio may bring Mario, Luigi back to the big screen in animated film

Minions animation studio Illumination Entertainment is reportedly in talks with Nintendo to make an animated Super Mario Bros. movie.
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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ hammers the competition to win another box office weekend

Thor: Ragnarok reigned supreme at the box office for the second straight weekend, extending the Marvel movie's impressive run.
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Louis C.K.’s film, Netflix special scrapped after sexual misconduct allegations

Comedian and actor Louis C.K.'s new movie and upcoming comedy special have been scrapped in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations.
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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Shape of Water’ gets a creepy new trailer

Fox Searchlight has released a new trailer for The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro's next dark fantasy film.
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Viewers control how the story unfolds in Steven Soderbergh’s app-based ‘Mosaic’

Steven Soderbergh's new project is the murder-mystery series Mosaic, which gives viewers control of how the story unfolds.
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’: Everything we know about the new TV series

The 'Star Trek: Discovery' series has finally launched, and here's everything we know about the new show so far.
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He tackled Kong and T. rex, now he’s taking on Metal Gear’s Solid Snake

Jurassic World and Kong: Skull Island writer Derek Connolly has been hired to pen the script for the Metal Gear Solid movie.
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Ridley Scott reshooting ‘All the Money in the World’ to replace Kevin Spacey

Ridley Scott's film All the Money in the World will reshoot scenes to replace Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer.
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Streep, Hanks take on Nixon’s White House in trailer for Spielberg’s ‘The Post’

Steven Spielberg puts Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in the heart of The Pentagon Papers drama in the first trailer for The Post.
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Universal’s monster-themed Dark Universe might be dead after its architects quit

Universal Pictures' cinematic Dark Universe based on classic monsters might be dead after producers depart the franchise.
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‘Perfect Stranger Things’ might be the weirdest ’80s mash-up ever

Jimmy Kimmel's Perfect Stranger Things skit brings together Perfect Strangers and Stranger Things in a weird, wonderful way.