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Midnight Special Trailer: Jeff Nichols’ New Sci-Fi Chase Film

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The first trailer for Jeff Nichols’ long-delayed new film Midnight Special finally hit the web late in 2015. The director’s track record coupled with the ensemble cast is already giving this new sci-fi case film some steam.

Jeff Nichols is one of the most exciting filmmakers working today. His two previous films, Take Shelter and Mud, are a couple of the best films of the past five years. Seriously, check them out if you haven’t already. He’s finally tackling his first big studio budgeted film, and it’s already looking to play to his strengths.

Check out the trailer to Midnight Special for yourself:

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The Conjuring 2 Trailer Has The Warrens Fighting An All New Horror

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The trailer for The Conjuring 2 just landed online and it’s ready to scare you up all over again. Prepare yourself for an all new outing with the demon-fighting Warrens.

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return as real-life paranormal researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring 2, which takes the couple to London in the 1970s to investigate the Enfield Poltergeist. The sequel to the successful first film brings back director James Wan, who also wrote the screenplay with Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes and David Leslie Johnson.

The trailer was released via Wan’s official Facebook page, you can check it out below:

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Kodak Making a Comeback With Help From A-List Directors

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Kodak rang in the New Year with some promising news. Thanks to movies like Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Hateful Eight, film, and I mean real 70mm film, has begun to make its comeback.

For those of you unaware, big name directors banded together back in 2013 to re-amp the dying medium, promising to buy Kodak film; and thankfully it looks like it’s working as the CEO of Kodak, the only remaining motion picture film manufacturer, says the company will actually turn a profit in this new year. After going from losing $100 million a year in the film division, to breaking even the last 3 quarters of 2015, things are really starting to look up for Kodak.

Now, love him or hate him, Quentin Tarantino was loud and proud about using film in his latest movie The Hateful Eight. He even made an in-depth video that screened at Comic-con, explaining how important the film itself is. Check it out here.

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Thor: Ragnarok – Will This Team Up With The Hulk Mean The End of Thor?

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There are magnificent things happening in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  With shows like Daredevil and Jessica Jones on Netflix, Captain America: Civil War preparing for release, more Avengers movies in the works AND a third Thor movie, The Walt Disney Company has figured out that the biggest audience in the world right now is almost completely inhabited by nerds. A lot of those nerds have been die-hard comic book fans for generations.  Seeing their heroes on the big screen is something every nerd has dreamt about and Disney/Marvel have been making those dreams come true.

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Ben Mendelsohn Joins the Cast of Ready Player One

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We haven’t heard too much about the adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One following the news that Steven Spielberg would be directing the film. On the heels of that announcement we learned Spielberg was hoping to pull Gene Wilder out of retirement for a specific role, but nothing really solidified there.

Now we have word that Ben Mendelsohn has joined the cast as the villainous Nolan Sorrento. Mendelsohn has been impressing lately with roles in The Dark Knight Rises,  Mississipi Grind, his excellent turn on Netflix’s Bloodline, and a role in the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Tale.

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