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Movie about Tetris Creator Starring Taron Egerton Coming from Matthew Vaughn

One of the world’s most popular games is getting a feature film adaptation, but it’s not a live-action version of Tetris. Instead, it’s a story of the Dutch video game designer Henk Rogers, the person responsible for landing the rights to put Tetris on consoles, according to Collider. The focus on the film will be…

Film Review – ‘Don’t Look Up’ Casts a Wide Net in Its Skewering of Societal Stupidity

Much has been written in recent years about how reality has become so absurd that parody no longer has the same effect it once did since it can’t possibly top it. That’s not to say that exaggeration of moments that weren’t perhaps meant to be humorous can’t be funny, but that inventing storylines and characters…

Christian Bale Signs on to Play a Drug-Smuggling Preacher in The Church of Living Dangerously

Christian Bale has signed on to star in a feature adaptation of writer David Kushner’s Vanity Fair article, The Church of the Living Dangerously, which follows the life of a drug-smuggling preacher. Deadline is reporting that the Academy Award-winning actor will play John Lee Bishop, the former pastor of the Portland, Oregon megachurch, The Living…

Phil Lord and Chris Miller Embark on the Latest Work from “Moneyball”, “The Big Short” Author, Michael Lewis

COVID-19 is not yet a thing of the past, but it’s already making its way into the movies. According to Deadline, Universal Pictures has secured rights to adapt Michael Lewis’ book The Premonition: A Pandemic Story. The book was just published earlier this month, and follows a biochemist, public health worker, and federal government employee…