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TORONTO – The Hallmark Channel announced a new movie airing this month that has raised some eyebrows. As part of its holiday programming and in an effort to court more viewers, the Hallmark Channel will air “I Fucked My Christmas Tree”,…

Liz Truss, the former British prime minister who only lasted 44 days in office, is sounding the alarm on the permanent bureaucracy, or the deep state, which she believes poses the biggest existential threat to Western civilization. “The…

By Cash Ritchie, Senior VP, Finance, at WoodHolly Studios The Wicked movie has already proven a resounding success not only for Universal, but for show business at large. As the industry continues to bounce back from the pandemic and also…

“Are you not entertained?” roared Maximus to the crowd in the original “Gladiator,” bloodied, furious, and standing victorious in the sand. Back in 2000, it was a challenge — to the Colosseum crowd, yes, but also to us as an audience. And…

From Terminators to R2-D2 and C-3PO, Hollywood has long wrestled with the dramatic potential of personal, industrial, and military AI-driven robotics, often hinging its optimism or dread on whether such manmade creations will be evil, good,…

Toy manufacturer Mattel said it deeply regretted an error on the packaging of its Wicked movie-themed dolls, which mistakenly linked toy buyers to a pornographic website. What do you think? “Doll porn or regular?” Ryan Brister,…

I don’t study politics, but I do study culture, and there have been some signs that a cultural shift leading to this election result has been brewing for years in America. Most of the professional political analysts just completely missed…

Warning: spoilers ahead. The unexpected billion-dollar success of Todd Phillips’ R-rated “Joker” (2019) on a modest $55 million budget makes the $300 million budgeted “Joker: Folie à Deux’s” 37-million-dollar…

“Megalopolis” is the Kamala Harris of prestige arthouse cinema. The monstrously ambitious big-budget science fiction/fantasy drama, written and directed by one of cinema’s greatest voices, is intended as an immensely earnest, optimistic,…

Hollywood, CA – Love it or hate it, no one can deny that The Shawshank Redemption is one of the most iconic film franchises of all time. The Shawshank Redemption launched the career of then-little-known actor Morgan Freeman, who went…