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Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Umbrella Academy season 4.The Umbrella Academy season 4 certainly had no shortage of faults, but one of the most prominent was highlighted even more by a Diego fight scene near the end of the Netflix show's final run. The Hargeeves siblings are all incredibly powerful individuals when they have Marigold in their systems. Still, the last run of episodes didn't seem to know how to abide by the rules the show had set for itself over the previous three seasons. There was an attempt to shake up the formula, but all that happened was the Hargreeves' powers became unnecessarily confusing.

Diego's powers in The Umbrella Academy are some of the most useful in combat. In short, he's deadly accurate with almost any projectile. Although he's often loaded up with knives and other sharp objects, he's been shown to hit the bullseye with pretty much anything he can lay his hands on.

The penultimate episode of The Umbrella Academy season 4 pays homage to two famous movies, adding fun moments for viewers to enjoy. Despite being the weakest season, The Umbrella Academy season 4 still keeps viewers entertained with its quirky storyline and movie references. Luther's elevator scene mirrors The Winter Soldier, while Klaus makes a direct reference to Kill Bill.

The Umbrella Academy season 4 may not have been perfect, but the penultimate episode of the show's final run includes two fun tributes to famous movies that are otherwise unrelated to the Netflix show. One of the movies in question is roughly within the same genre as The Umbrella Academy whereas the other is pretty far removed from the superhero saga. The parodies are well-executed and blend well into the context of the uneven storyline, but they're still easy to notice for cinephiles.

Despite all the problems with The Umbrella Academy season 4, the...

Ghilli Re-Release Box Office Is A Blockbuster In Two Days (Photo Credit – IMDb)

In a classic celebration week, many old releases in the South were re-released this week, including Paarijatha Parvam, Tenant, Market Mahalakshmi, Theppa Samudram, and more. But only two of them garnered attention: Nani’s Jersey, which is celebrating five years of release, and Thalapathy Vijay’s Ghilli.

Also starring Trisha, the action sports drama where Vijay plays a Kabaddi player is celebrating 20 years of its release. While it was a blockbuster 20 years ago, it is performing the same way now as well.

In two days, the film has garnered a whopping 12 crore gross worldwide. The film was collected in India and overseas. Scroll down to read more about the stats and figures earned over the weekend.

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At the end of 2021, a surprise contender zoomed toward a best picture nomination when Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car began to sweep critics groups’ awards across the country. The Japanese drama earned the prize for best film from critics in Boston, Los Angeles, New York and Seattle, besting then-frontrunners Dune and The Power of the Dog and eventual best picture winner Coda. Buoyed by critical acclaim, Drive My Car went the extra mile beyond the international feature category, which it won: It also earned Academy Award nominations for best picture, director and original screenplay, way outpacing any predictions made by prognosticators when the season had begun in earnest.

People often deride the Oscars for being about artsy films most moviegoers don’t see. But the fact remains that it’s the studio-backed movies with fat FYC budgets that typically garner Oscar nominations — making Drive My Car’s success all the more the outlier.

Mash was initially a ratings failure but found success after changing timeslots. Alan Alda received the Mash script while filming a movie in prison. Loretta Swit had to fight to develop her character, Margaret, beyond the "Hot Lips" persona.

The Mash reunion included several big reveals about the inner workings of making the series, including how some of its biggest elements came to be. When CBS greenlit the project in the early '70s, it was already the second adaptation of Richard Hooker's book — Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. The success of Robert Altman's film was a double-edged sword for the war show, but it eventually proved that the story was so much better with a longer storytelling format. 40 years since it ended in 1983 with the highest-rated TV episode, "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen," Mash remains at the forefront of pop culture, and somehow, eternally relevant.

Due to its cultural impact,...

Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night.

There’s been intense speculation about just what’s behind the dearth of hip-hop at the top of the charts this year. It took until August for a rap album (Travis Scott’s Utopia) to top the Billboard 200. Industry experts, troubled by the shift, have been pondering: Is this a sign of a commercial decline, or...

Killer Mike has announced Michael Deluxe, a deluxe edition of the solo album he shared back in June. The new release will arrive next Friday, September 15th, and Mike is celebrating the announcement by sharing a bonus track called “Maynard Vignette” featuring T.I., Jid, and Jacquees.

Along with the original tracklist that comprises Michael, Michael Deluxe will feature four new bonus tracks: “Maynard Vignette” along with “Yes,” “Get Some Money,” and “Act Up.” A press release describes is as something like a “director’s cut,” expanding beyond the more concise version Mike had whittled down for the initial release. Additionally, fans can finally get their hands on the music in physical formats, with the long-awaited vinyl and CD versions of the album available to pre-order now.

“Maynard Vignette” spotlights Mike’s mellower side, backed by a sleek, piano-embellished instrumental and toned-down tempo. He, Jid, and T.I. take turns on the verses,...

In the Aughts, Killer Mike was a fiery maelstrom, the South’s answer to Ice Cube, and an Atlanta polemicist comfortable with both dope-boy fantasies and bruising Black politics. But it’s been eleven years since R.A.P. Music, a classic pairing with rapper/producer El-p that inspired the two to form the world-conquering duo Run the Jewels. On his sixth album, Michael, the rapper focuses on his personal life, particularly his late mother and grandmother, with uncharacteristic empathy and restraint, even as he continues to utilize his uniquely brusque vocal style.

Killer Mike is gearing up to release his new album, Michael, this Friday, and he’s shared a collaboration with fellow Atlanta rappers André 3000 and Future called “Scientists & Engineers” as a final preview. Stream it below.

Also featuring a contribution from R&b singer Eryn Allen Kane, the “Scientists & Engineers” instrumental contains futuristic synths that contrast with the soulful backing vocals about living forever as all three rappers spit introspective verses. Whereas André hopes he’ll get a “second wind” at 80 and Future talks about turning “a trap house to a ranch,” Mike closes out the track by promising to keep it “a hundred percentage authentic.” He adds, “I got no gimmicks, so I ain’t protectin’ no image.”

Along with “Scientists & Engineers,” Mike shared the full list of features for the album, which includes Ty Dolla $ign, Curren$y, 2 Chainz, 6Lack, Kaash Paige, CeeLo Green, Jagged Edge, Mozzy,...

Killer Mike has shared the artwork and tracklist for his previously announced solo album, Michael, and shared the latest preview, “Motherless,” featuring R&b singer Eryn Allen Kane. To accompany the single, the Atlanta rapper shared a two-part short film tribute to his late mother featuring the music video for the recently released “Don’t Let the Devil” and “Motherless” visual.

Marking Killer Mike’s first solo effort in more than a decade, Michael contains every track he’s released over the past year, including the Young Thug-assisted “Run,” “Talkin Dat Shit!,” and the previously mentioned “Don’t Let the Devil” featuring fellow Run the Jewels member El-p and thankugoodsir. In a previous statement, the album was described as Killer Mike’s “most autobiographical” to date.

To that end, the Davi Peña-directed “Don’t Let the Devil” video is an homage to the “bohemian-artsy-disco infused parties” that Killer...

Longtime IFC Center senior VP and general manager John Vanco is leaving his post at the Manhattan arthouse institution to lead programming for all Netflix movie theaters. That includes New York City’s Paris Theater, the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, and the Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades. He starts April 10.

He’ll focus on Netflix programming at the Egyptian Theatre, which is undergoing an extensive renovation. The iconic venue, originally known as Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre, opened in 1922. Long the home of the American Cinematheque, the theater fell into decline. Netflix purchased it in May 2020, but a reopen date following the renovation hasn’t been announced.

The Paris Theater in Manhattan, located adjacent to the Plaza Hotel, has been a home for Netflix programming for several years, especially as a place to theatrically exhibit Netflix’s awards-contending titles for voters. It’s currently programmed by former Museum of the...

Despite their stock seemingly falling in the decade since the widely acclaimed Two Days, One Night, a new film by the Dardennes will always have our curiosity; even better that our critic was a major fan at Cannes. Winner of the 75th Anniversary Prize at the festival, Tori and Lokita, set to arrive from Sideshow and Janus Films starting March 24, follows the story of two immigrants struggling to survive on the margins of society. Ahead of the release, the first U.S. trailer has now arrived.

As David Katz said in his review, “Tori and Lokita, the latest from the eerily consistent Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, pulls you in opposite directions when assessing it. It is as consummately made and passionately intended as anything they’ve done, but the filmmakers, as is apparent in less-successful films, can really undermine themselves with choices in plotting. I’ll never forget viewing my first,...

Nearly a decade after its debut in competition at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered alongside the likes of Goodbye to Language, Winter Sleep, Clouds of Sils Maria, Maps to the Stars, and Two Days, One Night, Naomi Kawase’s drama Still the Water is getting a North American home courtesy of Film Movement. Ahead of a March 3 digital release, we’re exclusively debuting the new trailer for the film starring Nijirô Murakami, Junko Abe, Miyuki Matsuda, Tetta Sugimoto, and Makiko Watanabe.

On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. Following a typhoon and during the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito (Nijirô Murakami) discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend, Kyoko (Junko Abe), will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life,...

Teen Wolf star Tyler Posey says he would love to explore Scott McCall's adult life even more in a future spinoff. Posey starred on all 100 episodes of MTV's Teen Wolf series, which was adapted from the 1985 Michael J. Fox film of the same name and ran from 2011 through 2017. He played Scott McCall, a young man who was bitten by a werewolf and attempted to manage his newfound lycanthropy while also balancing his life in high school and battling the evil forces that descended upon the town of Beacon Hills. He also reprised the role in Paramount+'s Teen Wolf: The Movie, which just premiered on January 26.

TVLine had the opportunity to sit down with some of the folks behind Teen Wolf: The Movie and break down the future of the franchise. While there is not currently an official plan for a continuation of Teen Wolf after the film,...

KollywoodDirected by Franklin Jacob, the film is produced by Pa Ranjith's Neelam Productions in association with Golden Ratio Films and Little Red Car Films.Tnm StaffThe first look posters of Writer, an upcoming Tamil film starring Samuthirakani in the lead was released on April 14. Directed by Franklin Jacob, the film is being jointly produced by Pa Ranjith's Neelam Productions in association with Golden Ratio Films and Little Red Car Films. Dressed in khaki uniform, Samuthirakani can be seen playing the role of a writer at a police station. One of the posters shows the actor seated at a desk at the police station, making notes on a clipboard. In the other, he’s seen walking out of an old building, a bunch of papers in hand. The reflection shows a younger man walking with his backpack on. The posters are an interesting first look at what could possibly be a...

From her work in the 2 Days series to her performances in Three Colours to the Before trilogy, which she co-wrote with Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy often imbues her characters with a tinge of heartfelt lunacy, going on creative, insightful, and downright hysterical outbursts regarding some sociopolitical scheme or the real reasons people fall in and out of love. In her latest film, My Zoe––which she wrote, directed, and leads––she takes these career-long ideas to deliver one of her most passionate performances and ambitious scripts to date.

My Zoe is essentially two films, its first 40 minutes taking the form of marriage melodrama on par with the best scenes in Noah Baumbach’s recent work. Delpy’s craft excels when she puts two people in a room—not just conversing but destroying each other, throwing verbal daggers with intent to kill. Delpy plays Isabelle, a scientist...

"Listen to your heart, Isabelle." Signature Ent. has released an official UK trailer for the indie drama My Zoe, the latest film written and directed by actress Julie Delpy (she most recently directed 2 Days in New York and Lolo). This first premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year, and then played at the Zurich Film Festival and it was also programmed at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. "Prepare for one of the most emotionally-engaging film of the year." A divorced mother looks to protect her daughter after an unexpected tragedy. My Zoe is a heartbreaking family drama with a dystopian science fiction twist (oooooh) starring Julie Delpy, Richard Armitage, Gemma Arterton, Daniel Brühl, and also Lindsay Duncan. The strangest part about this is that Arterton doesn't appear until the very end. Huh. I'm intrigued, looks good. Here's the first official UK trailer (+ poster) for Julie Delpy's My Zoe,...

Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu makes playful movies with a lot to say. From the chatty historical inquiries of his debut “12:08 East of Bucharest” to the deadpan musings on the language of justice in “Police, Adjective” to the ethics of filmmaking in “When Evening Falls in Bucharest or Metabolism,” Porumboiu has managed to mine compelling ideas out of slow-burn narrative techniques loaded with unpredictability. With 2015’s heartwarming father-son story “The Treasure” — in which the roving narrative builds to sentimental payoff — he started to enrich his style with more approachable methods. That proclivity grows even stronger with his entertaining noir “The Whistlers,” a polished mashup of genre motifs that suggests what might happen if the “Ocean’s 11” gang assembled on the Canary Islands.

That’s right: One of the directors tied to the so-called Romanian New Wave of the aughts, when dreary masterpieces like “4 Months, 3 Weeks, and Two Days” and “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu...

The film follows three dancers who reunite 25 years after they split up.

Veteran Russian director and screenwriter Aleksandr Mindadze is plotting English-language drama Parquet.

The film is the story of three dancers, the creators of the tango à trois, who reunite for an encore performance 25 years after breaking up.

Mindadze’s credits include 2011 drama Innocent Saturday, which premiered in Berlin, and 2007 drama Soaring, which premiered in Venice. He has previously written the screenplays for Vadim Abdrashitov’s Plumbum, which was in competition in Venice in 1987, and Vadim Abdrashitov’s A Play For A Passenger, which won a Silver Bear in...

Our pick of the star’s finest performances to date. What others deserve to be on the list?

Marion Cotillard’s career is one to be marvelled at. Ever since La Vie en Rose, she has won an impressive number of awards for her lead roles in French and American films, performing in French, English and even Polish (The Immigrant, 2013). She has been involved in films set in the past, the present, and even in dreams, playing a range of complex characters. In anticipation of her latest film, Two Days, One Night, which is out in cinemas this month, we took on the challenging task of picking out her Top 5 moments. What do you think? Contribute to the thread below with your own suggestions.

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Patrick Swayze is to be cremated within 48 hours. The "Dirty Dancing" actor - who lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on Monday aged 57 - will have his ashes scattered on his New Mexico Ranch.

Website RadarOnline reports: "Swayze loved the ranch and visited whenever he could. Swayze turned his Rancho de Dias Alegres (Ranch of Happy Days) into a wildlife preserve and timber farm, he loved the rugged mountains and canyons of his ranch and the cowboy life he led there."

Patrick was well known in the area, and often told friends it was his favorite place to be.

He could often be found flying his private jet across the ranch, and was well-loved by locals.

I smell a cease and desist coming my way...

To the best of my knowledge, this new trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon was supposed to debut during the VMAs on MTV this weekend, but these things have a way of leaking online before their official debuts. It's a handheld recording, so the quality's not stellar, but you get to see the Volturi (including Dakota Fanning as Jane and Michael Sheen as Aro), and I don't think they've made appearances in any of the video before now.

Kudos to Big Picture reader Lillian J., who Tweeted me about this little find, and now you have one less reason to watch the Video Music Awards, so I just saved your weekend. Thank me later.

"This Is It", the movie documenting Michael Jackson's final performance rehearsals days before his death, will come out in theaters across the U.S. earlier than what has been planned before. On Thursday, August 20, Sony made the announcement that the release date for the film has been advanced from the original date on October 30 to a new slot on October 28.

Sony also made public that the movie will be released in a limited two-week theatrical engagement worldwide. And, in anticipation of huge demand for the movie, the studio revealed that tickets will be made available for purchase on September 27, more than a month before the official release of the movie, which is directed by Jackson's longtime collaborator Kenny Ortega.

"As we began assembling the footage for the motion picture we realized we captured something extraordinary, unique and very special," Ortega promised on what the fans will get to see.

by Judd Apatow

As arguably the biggest comedy director working in Hollywood today, Judd Apatow is a funny guy and almost as importantly, he’s been a longtime friend to the MTV Movies Blog, acting as one of our first guest contributors way back when “Knocked Up” was coming out. Well, the big guy is back. Apatow’s next project, of course, is “Funny People.” And lucky for us Judd’s re-joining the MTV Movies Blog gang with a series of exclusive columns hitting every single Thursday between now and the film’s release. Which is This Friday. So without further ado, here’s Judd…

At Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

"Funny People" opens this Friday.

Looks good.

Reviews are solid.

Some raves. New Yorker. Rolling Stone.

A few didn't quite get it.

Their hearts are cold and dark.

I pray for them.

Leslie is funnier than me on talk shows.

Lest you had forgotten, antenna TV is being forcibly retired by the FCC in favor of a hard-wired digital connection that will offer better picture and sound. Earlier this year, the transition deadline--the date that antenna TV would officially turn off--was pushed back by Congress to allow people to get converter boxes that they'd need for old TVs to use the new Dtv signal. Well, that deadline is now only two days away: June 12. The airwaves are about to go silent.

But not for long. Back in January, the FCC auctioned off various chunks of the analog spectrum formerly occupied by antenna TV for almost $20 billion. The biggest winners were At&T and Verizon, who scored almost three-quarters of the available spectrum combined. Other blocks were made available to smaller companies to prevent the titans from muscling out competition completely; over 1,000 licenses were sold to 101 bidders.

So what's it for?...

Rejoice Harry Potter fans!

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" will open two days early on Wednesday July 15.

The film was originally schedule to open Friday, July 17, but to satisfy fans, like me, it's opening two days earlier. I can't wait for this film! I read the book, and I'm so excited!

For more Harry Potter goodies, go to the film's official website.

And here's more info about the film from our friends at Warner Bros. Pictures:

Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague,...

Just like every other big Summer release, Warner Bros has decided to give "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" two more days during the opening weekend. The new release date of the film is now July 15th, which is a Wednesday. The studio made a similar move with "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" last year, by releasing the film mid-week. "Phoenix" we on to earn $44 million that Wednesday and $139 million during the first 5 days. In related news, the new trailer for "Half-Blood Prince" will appear online this Thursday (April 16th). Come back to WorstPreviews.com to check it out. Click here to read more about "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."...

"Harry Potter" fans rejoice! After Warner Bros. pushed back the release date of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" from November last year to July 2009, the film will now hit cinemas two days earlier.

The movie - the sixth installment in the popular franchise - was originally set for a November 2008 release. However, the studio decided to postpone the film and opted for a summer 2009 release date instead.

Now, movie bosses again decided to move the release date. This time, the film will be shown two days earlier, from July 17 to 15.

WB's head of distribution, Dan Fellman, explained the reason behind the move, saying that that giving the film a Wednesday release date is like giving it two consecutive debut weekends.

This just in...Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will now jump forward a couple of days and open on July 15th instead of Friday the 17th.

There's no official announcement from Warner Bros. as to why the move was made, probably because they don't need to explain that it's a money grab. My hunch is this will be the second biggest movie of the summer, certainly no lower than third, and this will really only build up opening week totals.

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Warner Bros. Pictures has moved Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince two days from Friday, July 17th to Wednesday, July 15th. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was also released mid-week in July two years ago (July 11, 2007). "Phoenix" earned $44 million that Wednesday and $139 million over the 5-day period including the weekend. In related news, the new trailer for the sixth installment will come online at 9:00pm Edt this Thursday, April 16. Stay tuned! The huge cast of the David Yates-directed film includes Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Julie Walters, David Bradley, Jessie Cave, Frank Dillane, Tom...

In a last-minute move, 20th Century Fox has moved back Dragonball Evolution two days so that it will open on Friday, April 10th now instead of the previously scheduled Wednesday opening. It will debut the same day that Hannah Montana The Movie and Observe and Report are released wide in theaters. Written and directed by James Wong, the big screen adaptation stars Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Eriko Tamura, Joon Park, Chow Yun-Fat, Texas Battle, Randall Duk Kim and Ernie Hudson.

The 20th Century Fox have adjusted the U.S. release date of their upcoming "Dragonball Evolution" yet again. After moving it to the April 8 slate late last year, the studio decided to put it back on the Friday release schedule on April 10. With the new date, the live-action adaptation will be in competition with "Hannah Montana: The Movie" and "Observe and Report".

Putting the schedule change aside, IGN has just got the chance to interview James Marsters. In the chat, the actor who played Lord Piccolo talked about the differences of this feature film character from the one in "Dragon Ball Z". "This character is nothing like you're going to recognize from Dragon Ball Z because this is a story that happens before Dragon Ball Z. In the actual source material that we were adapting, we were only dealing with Dragon Ball," he began explaining.

"In Dragon Ball, Lord Piccolo is a very old,...

That's right - there's just two days remaining in our Darksmith Legacy Giveaway! To be in with the chance of winning the first  two releases from BBC Books' new series of Doctor Who books which feature an ongoing story arc, interactive tasks and a superb website hosting additional online tasks, simply answer this quick question... The Dust of Ages (by Justin Richards) and The Graves of Mordane (by Colin Brake) are the first 2 parts of a ten-part series of interactive adventures from BBC...

Paramount Pictures has just announced that they have moved up the release date for "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" by two days to Wednesday, June 24th. The first "Transformers" made a similar move in 2007. At this point, a brand new trailer is set to appear in front of "Friday the 13th" this weekend. Michael Bay has confirmed that it will be full length and will be released online on Monday. Bay also revealed that those who will be seeing the movie in IMAX theaters can expect three scenes formatted specifically for the extra big screens. Click here to read more about "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."...

Coming Soon reports that we'll have a shorter wait than we thought to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Paramount has apparently decided that, much like the first Transformers, people will come out in droves to see it in the middle of the week, so instead of June 26th, the Fallen will seek its revenge beginning Wednesday, June 24th.

Summer blockbusters do this kind of thing all the time, particularly the closer the release date comes. If there's not any major competition opening up against it, the blockbuster might jump back to Wednesday, knowing it's going to make all the money anyway on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman are partnering with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment's Sidney Kimmel to produceThe Great Buck Howard, starring Colin Hanks. Kevin Kline is in negotiations to also star in the movie, which follows the foibles of a down-on-his-luck magician/illusionist and his assistant as they re-invigorate his career. Tom Hanks will make a special appearance in the film playing his son Colin's on-screen father. The project is to be directed by Sean McGinly (Two Days) from his screenplay. Kimmel's SKE will finance the feature along with Film & Entertainment VIP Medienfonds, with pre-production scheduled to begin in June and principal photography in September.