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Scenes from a Marriage is a 2021 drama miniseries reuniting Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain as husband and wife (the pair previously starred together in A Most Violent Year). Directed by Hagai Levi, the limited series is an English-language remake of Ingmar Bergman’s movie of the same name from 1973. The five-episode series premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival in September 2021 and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Isaac and Chastain in particular....

Nearly seven months after the debut of the first trailer, Machinima has released the second trailer for Season 2 of Mortal Kombat: Legacy. It was also announced that the whole season will debut in its entirety on Thursday, September 26, take a cue from the Netflix model employed with shows such as Arrested Development and House of Cards. Take a look at the latest footage from series creator Kevin Tancharoen’s upcoming season, then read the official press release for more details....

Smallville started this season off by turning the status quo upside down. A new Kryptonian girl arrived, Lionel was presumed dead, but actually carried off, Lex went to jail, Chloe died and then came back, Lana disappeared to Shanghai, and Bizarro was destroyed through the combined efforts of Clark and the Martian Manhunter. (Incidentally, would it be too much to hope that when they bring a major villain from the comics into the show, they could last through more than two episodes?...

NBC is bringing a late-night institution to primetime with a four-episode order for Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update, which joins the schedule starting Thursday, Aug. 10 at 9 p.m. The half-hour telecast will feature Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che. Additional Saturday Night Live cast members will also make appearances. Here’s what Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment, had to say in a statement about the new series. Weekend Update, which comments on and satirizes the news and current affairs of the week, has consistently ranked as one of the most popular segments of NBC’s Saturday Night Live throughout the show’s storied 42-year history....

Rusty dreams of becoming a trucker, but Early shows him how tough a life on the road can be in Episode 6.10: Trucked Up, the season finale of Squidbillies Season 6 airing Sunday, Nov. 13 at 11:45 p.m. (ET, PT) on Adult Swim. Always the supportive parent, Early tells Rusty he’s not fit for the big rigs. But how would Early know so much about truckin’? Well, just over a week ago, Early was “The Scrambler,” an infamous truck driver responsible for the biggest environmental disaster in the history of the state....

There have been plenty of comparisons made between the latest season of Stranger Things and A Nightmare on Elm Street, from its almost dreamlike blurring of reality to its Freddy Krueger-style villain, Vecna. Now one fan has brought the two worlds together with a recreation of the iconic poster for Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, with Vecna and Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven replacing Krueger and Nancy. While the early series of Stranger Things pulled a lot of inspiration from family-orientated 80s movies such as The Goonies and Ghostbusters, there was always going to be some kind of dark escalation as its young cast grew older....

WOLVERINE EXPECTED TO TEAR UP BOX OFFICE There appears to be little doubt that X-Men Origins: Wolverine will open this weekend with the biggest gross of the year – possibly as high as $120-130 million – thereby setting a record for the first weekend in May, according to box-office prognosticators (who, incidentally, have had a lousy record themselves this year). Some indication of how big the opening gross will be may come as early as Friday when the tally for tonight’s (Thursday) midnight opening in about 1,500 theaters comes in....

A LAST-MINUTE REPRIEVE FOR DEADWOODThere’s life in Deadwood after all, it turns out. After all sides had indicated that the critically acclaimed HBO series would not be returning after this season concludes, HBO, in an unusual Sunday announcement, said that it has decided to produce two two-hour specials that will “bring closure” to the series for its fans. It had been announced last month that HBO would not renew the contracts with the cast of the show and that the sets were being torn down....

TERMINATOR IS BACK This memorial day may be memorable for the congested crowd of blockbusters competing for attention on the marquees of multiplexes. Although attendance is up significantly this year, it’s not at all clear whether the audience is growing or whether they’re just seeing more movies. This weekend, therefore, is likely to be regarded as a test to determine whether there are enough moviegoers around to justify packing so many blockbusters into theaters all at once....

HEEEEERE’S JAY, DAVID, CONAN, & CRAIG Jay Leno, appearing on his first live Tonightshow since the writers’ strike began two months ago, surprised viewers by delivering a funny monologue that, he admitted during the course of it, he had written himself. Although Leno said, “We are following the guild thing. … We can write for ourselves,” the WGA’s strike rules specifically prohibits “all writing by any Guild member that would be performed on-air by that member (including monologues, characters, and featured appearances) if any portion of that written material is customarily written by striking writers....

Superman is coming to DVD again! Warner Home Video, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Animation are set to release an all-new original movie Superman Doomsday on September 18, 2007. Utilizing the vast history and tradition of DC Comic’s classic comic book stories along with a more provocative and action-packed story line for avid comic fans as well as kids and their parents, Superman Doomsday features the voices of Adam Baldwin (Independence Day) as Superman, Anne Heche (Men in Trees) as Lois Lane and James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as Lex Luthor, and will be available for $19....

In what has to be the DVD event of the year (at least for Mushy!) we are very happy to give away copies of Leave It to Beaver: The Complete Second Season! Join the Beaver, Wally, June and Ward as they deal with the everyday ups and downs of family life! CLICK HERE to return to Mayfield! Synopsis Now, with this release, fans nostalgic for the simple moral lessons at the heart of Leave It to Beaver can own the show’s entire second season....

Family Guy: Blue Harvest is coming to DVD on January 15, and we know our MovieWeb readers are psyched for this release. In celebration of this new addition to the Family Guy library, we’re giving away copies of this DVD to our readers. Winners Receive: Family Guy: Blue Harvest DVD CLICK HERE to bring the Harvest home. The laughs come full Force when the Griffin clan puts a freakin’ sweet spin on the greatest sci-fi saga ever told!...

Taylor Lautner is looking back on his time as a star of the Twilight franchise. In an interview with Today, the actor discussed how becoming famous at 16 years old affected his life. He was a significant part of the five-movie series, where he played Bella Swan’s friend and werewolf Jacob Black. The Twilight films were based on the popular Stephanie Meyers books and were a massive success. In total, the motion pictures grossed over $3 billion at the worldwide box office....

Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games film series was one of the most successful in the young adult dystopian genre. Adapting Suzanne Collins’ book series of the same name, The Hunger Games almost became a $3 billion franchise with 2015’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2. Following the saga’s completion, fans wondered whether there would ever be another Hunger Games film. For years, the film franchise was on ice, and audiences began turning their attention towards other films....

Warner Bros. Animation has begun production on new seasons of two returning series, for air on Kids’ WB! on The CW, the No.1 rated Saturday morning kids broadcast slate, it was announced by Warner Bros. Animation President Sander Schwartz and Kids’ WB! Senior Vice President and General Manager Betsy McGowen. Kids’ WB! gave the green light to a second season of Legion of Super Heroes, recently named Wizard magazine’s “Best Animated Series” of 2006....

This movie marks a first for me. It’s my first theatrical DVD review. Confused? So was I when I got my latest DVD package and found this title I was semi-familiar with. I remember talking about it in my column because the premise was fairly cool, but then never heard much about it after that. So, after trying to find any DVD info on this (release date, etc.) I discovered that this was picked up by National Lampoon and given a theatrical release....

As soon as there were ’talkies,’ there were literally musicals; the very first motion picture with full sound (The Jazz Singer) was, in fact, a musical. Twentieth century cinema introduced the world to the popular movie musical that’s remained admired and adored as a Hollywood staple, continuously captivating fans. The spellbinding genre shined brightly during this period in Hollywood, with countless pictures being released featuring dazzling and famous stars. Famed performer Gene Kelly danced his way into the hearts of moviegoers in critically acclaimed pictures like An American in Paris and Singin’ in the Rain, while queen of the silver screen Julie Andrews enchanted audiences as a nanny in both Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music....

Although it frequently requires years of preparation and countless trials to develop into a good actor, several people are drawn to the form of art as a duck is drawn to water. No matter if they are artists, entertainers, or even singers, some professionals are natural performers who understand how to tackle a part better than anybody else. Given that many artists are accustomed to doing entertaining live sets virtually every night, it seems to reason that they would also excel in a film role....

The Good Within these 6 films we really get to see variances on the cool guy persona imbued by Robert Mitchum. The Bad I wish this collection would have had The Night of the Hunter in it. Brimming with movies that contain subtle shifts in each performance Robert Mitchum: The Signature Collection is a well put together release, even though it doesn’t contain some of the movies that his fans may really want....