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Venkatesh Maha’s Drama Meets Satyadev’s Magic in ‘Rao Bahadur’
Director Venkatesh Maha’s ‘Rao Bahadur’ creatively explores themes of oppressive patriarchal legacy through magical realism and a stellar performance from Satyadev Kancharana.
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Can Everyone Just Calm Down About ‘Supergirl’?
‘Supergirl’ might be a mediocre movie, but it hardly marks the death of female superhero cinema, as some on the internet might claim.
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‘Disclosure Day’ Masterfully Made But Misses Spielberg Classic Status
Steven Spielberg brings his signature sense of wonder to Disclosure Day, along with John Williams’ score and Janusz Kaminski’s cinematography, but the sci-fi story doesn’t quite live up to the sum of its parts.
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Big Screen ‘Backrooms’ An Unsettling But Uneven Debut for Kane Parsons
Kane Parsons becomes the latest (and youngest) in the YouTuber-to-horror-filmmaker pipeline with the A24 adaptation of his Backrooms liminal space series.
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Curry Barker’s ‘Obsession’ a Humorous and Harrowing Horror Story
YouTuber-turned-filmmaker Curry Barker’s Obsession is like Get Out for “nice guys”, blending funny, disturbing, and highly entertaining horror with surprisingly impactful themes.
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Conan O’Brien gets his own museum at Comic Con
One of the cool parts of Comic Con that wasn’t housed inside the Convention Center was MoCA: Museum of Conan Art. Also dubbed the Flaming C Gallery, it was filled with Conan O’Brien inspired art. Pieces ranged from balloon figures to giant paintings. Plus, the Team Coco gang knows how to treat fans and gave…
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A bunch of videos from the Beavis and Butt-Head panel at Comic Con
Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head panel was one of the coolest parts of Comic Con. Not only did Judge talk about the early days of the show, but she also showed preview clips from the brand new episodes coming to MTV this fall. In these clips, Judge and moderator Johnny Knoxville kick back with a…
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Randall does Comic Con
Randall, narrator of one of our favorite internet videos ever, helped Entertainment Weekly cover Comic Con by narrating this footage from the convention floor. “Comic Con don’t care!”
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Yahoo! interviews Dominic Cooper of The Devil’s Double
Dominic Cooper, star of The Devil’s Double, talked about the film with Yahoo! Here, he explains how he wanted to play the two roles very differently and how independent films are different from huge studio films. Our review of The Devil’s Double is coming soon to trashwire.com.
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First look: Machine Gun Preacher
Relativity media has released this first-look photo from Machine Gun Preacher, starring Gerard Butler. Synopsis from Relativity Media: In this inspirational true story, Machine Gun Preacher is about Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard…
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Elijah Wood is ‘incredibly sexy’
Elijah Wood answers fan questions at the Wilfred panel at Comic Con 2011. In this clip, a fan asks him about similarities and differences with his character, Ryan. At one point, a girl shouts out that Elijah and Ryan are both “incredibly sexy” and Elijah reacts.
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The cast of It’s Always Sunny signs at Comic Con
We’re flying back to Denver today, but we got a quick few minutes to pop back to the Convention Center to catch the tail end of the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia cast signing at the FOX booth. Check out pics of of the gang below:
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MoCA: Museum of Conan Art at Comic Con
TBS’s MoCA, or Flaming C Gallery, might not have been in the convention center, but it was a huge highlight of Comic Con. Fans entered a world of free stuff and outstanding art in this special location. There was everything from enormous Flaming C paintings to a Flaming C doll made out of yarn.
