The internet can’t decide if it loves or hates Netflix’s new Christmas movie

Netflix has embraced the popularity of the intentionally cheesy and trashy in-house Christmas movie, so much so that the streaming service confirmed the existence of the Netflix Holiday Movie Universe.

The Princess Switch series, A Christmas Prince, The Knight Before Christmas, The Holiday Calendar, Christmas Inheritance and Holiday in the Wild all exist in the same reality, and the latest addition to the rapidly-growing lineup premiered yesterday, and you can put money on A Castle for Christmas finding a place in the upper reaches of the Netflix Top 10 by the end of today.

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Production listing may have revealed first ‘Blade’ synopsis

After two years of virtual radio silence besides brief and vague teases from star Mahershala Ali, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Blade reboot is finally beginning to gather some real momentum as pre-production ramps up.

Delroy Lindo became the first cast member other than the leading man to be officially confirmed for the ensemble, and fans couldn’t have been more thrilled about it. More announcements are expected in the not too distant future, especially when Blade has long been rumored to start shooting in the summer of 2022.

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DCEU fans roast HBO Max for adding the wrong version of ‘Birds of Prey’

There was a minor furor on the internet yesterday when HBO Max re-added Birds of Prey to the library, with one major difference. Instead of the R-rated theatrical cut of the movie, the streaming service had instead uploaded the TV-14 broadcast version that censored blood, violence, profanity and questionable apparel.

Given that there’s plenty of adult-skewing content on the platform, without even mentioning the fact the rude, raunchy, gruesome and foul-mouthed The Suicide Squad premiered simultaneously on HBO Max and in theaters this summer, the decision left many people scratching their heads.

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'It's Like a Dream Start Within a Dream': Axar Patel After Taking 5th Five-wicket Haul in 4th Test

Axar Patel has made a stunning start to his Test career with five five-wicket hauls in just four matches.

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ICC Calls off Women's World Cup Qualifier After New COVID-19 Variant Emerges

The decision was taken during the preliminary league phase of the nine-team tournament, that was to decide the final three qualifiers for the World Cup 2022, to be played in New Zealand

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BT vs TCB Dream11 Team Prediction: Check Captain, Vice-Captain And Probable XIs For Abu Dhabi T10 2021 Match, November 27, 7:30 PM IST Saturday

Check here BT vs TCB Dream11 Team Predictions and hints for the Abu Dhabi T10 2021-22 match 20 between Bangla Tigers and The Chennai Braves. Also, check the schedule of the Bangla Tigers vs The Chennai Braves match.

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IND vs NZ, 1st Test, Day 3: Axar's Five-fer Leads India's Fight Back; Hosts Take 63-run Lead in 2nd Innings

At the stumps on day three, Ajinkya Rahane-led Team India posted 14 for 1, taking their lead to 63 in the second innings.

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Ernie Hudson wants to be the Nick Fury of the ‘Ghostbusters’ universe

Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife has become the latest franchise blockbuster to find critics and fans in complete disagreement, with the 63% score awarded to the hybrid of sequel and reboot being comfortably dwarfed by a 95% user rating, so audiences clearly got exactly the movie they were expecting.

The most succinct way to describe the third canonical installment in the series would be as the Star Wars: The Force Awakens of the Ghostbusters universe, in that it relies heavily on nostalgia and callbacks to what came before, while telling a brand new story that’s still regularly and heavily indebted to the opening installment.

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Benedict Cumberbatch breaks down extensive ‘Doctor Strange 2’ reshoots

Almost every major production has reshoots built into the filming schedule so that all bases remain covered, but alarm bells were set ringing when it was revealed just how extensive the additional photography on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was set to be.

Reports indicated that the Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster would be reassembling the cast and crew to work six days a week right up until the end of the year, which came hot on the heels of the reality-bending comic book adaptation being delayed by a further two months.

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An underrated sci-fi thriller is blasting off on Netflix

When you think of Netflix sci-fi starring Hilary Swank, your mind may be drawn to the much buzzed-about and very costly series Away, which ended up suffering from the ignominy of being canceled after just one season.

However, the two-time Academy Award winner made a much smaller scale-project for the streaming service the previous year, and it’s got to be regarded as one of the platform’s true hidden gems. Written by Michael Lloyd Green and directed by Michael Sputore, I Am Mother is a high concept, smart and ambitious story that may finally be finding the audience it deserved first time around after releasing in 2019.

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‘Loki’ stars may have been confirmed for ‘Doctor Strange 2’

Given that the Season 1 finale of Loki set the stage for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness by removing He Who Remains from the equation and opening the door to all-out war between Kang the Conqueror variants and every strand of reality, it was only natural that the stars of the former would be rumored to appear in the latter.

After all, the entire thing is pretty much entirely the fault of Sophia Di Martino’s Sylvie, with the final episode revealing that Tom Hiddleston’s title hero had been kicked back into the wrong reality, one where the TVA’s Timekeepers had been replaced as the figureheads of the organization by Kang.

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Production start dates revealed for the MCU’s ‘Blade’, ‘Echo’, and ‘Werewolf by Night’

With upwards of 30 film and television projects currently in various stages of development and production, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become more of a logistical nightmare than ever before, especially when Disney Plus has more than doubled the amount of content being put out by Kevin Feige’s franchise.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and The Marvels have just wrapped production, while Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is on hiatus as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness embarks on extensive reshoots, so there’s always a handful of feature films or streaming exclusives in front of cameras at any given time.

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IPL 2022 Retention: Probable Players Retentions to Cost For It - What we Know so Far

The BCCI has announced that all the franchises have to submit the list of retained players by 30th November 2021.

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Ashwin and Umpire Nitin Menon Get Involved in a Heated Exchange, Rahane Intevenes - WATCH

Umpire Menon seemed unimpressed with Ashwin’s movement and was seen speaking with spinner on various occasions.

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Highlights, IND vs NZ, 1st Test Match, Day 3: Axar Patel Stars With Five-wicket Haul, India Take 63-run Lead

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TAD vs NW Dream11 Team Prediction And Tips: Check Captain, Vice-Captain And Probable XIs For Abu Dhabi T10 2021, November 27, 5:30 PM IST Saturday

Check here TAD vs NW Dream11 Team Predictions and hints for the Abu Dhabi T10 2021-22 match 19 between Team Abu Dhabi and Northern Warriors. Also, check the schedule of the Team Abu Dhabi vs Northern Warriors match.

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Chris Gayle Doubtful of Playing For West Indies Again in International Cricket

Chris Gayle confirmed that the cricket board is planning to give him a send-off in the series against Ireland but nothing his finalised yet.

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‘The Boss Baby’ goes viral in the most ominous fashion

Up until yesterday, there was nothing particularly memorable about The Boss Baby, other than the fact the 2017 animated feature marked the last credited appearance of Tobey Maguire, something that may or may not be about to change when Spider-Man: No Way Home comes to theaters in exactly three weeks.

It was lightweight, inoffensive fluff to keep younger audiences occupied, with the movie going on to earn a surprisingly hefty $528 million at the box office, even if reviews topped out at a steadfastly tepid 53% on Rotten Tomatoes. Sequel Family Business was shuffled onto the big screen and Peacock earlier this year to very little fanfare, but The Boss Baby is now back in the most terrifying fashion imaginable.

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Test footage of Jason Momoa’s ‘The Crow’ resurfaces online

Having celebrated the 27th anniversary of its release this past May, The Crow found itself back in the headlines under tragic circumstances recently, after parallels were drawn between the fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and the death of Brandon Lee.

Even though more than a quarter of a century has passed since Alex Proyas’ Gothic comic book adaptation hit theaters, where it was ultimately followed by several disappointing sequels, trying to get a reboot off the ground has been proving nigh-on impossible since it was first announced to be in development back in 2008.

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The James Bond debate begins after producers reveal casting talks have started

No Time to Die still hasn’t finished its theatrical run yet, having recently become the highest-grossing Hollywood blockbuster to release since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker thanks to a box office total sitting at $735 million heading into the weekend, but that doesn’t mean fans can’t speculate on the identity of the next James Bond already.

Daniel Craig’s sage advice to his successor was “don’t be sh*t”, which are wise words indeed. The shortlist has thrown up several interesting contenders over the last couple of months, with The Umbrella Academy and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City star Tom Hopper recently addressing his status as one of the current front-runners.

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A deranged B-movie is slashing through the competition on streaming

Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse experiment was a noble failure, with the best buds and filmmaking duo severely overestimating how much casual audiences share their love for classic exploitation cinema and a double-feature broken up by an intermission.

The movie wound up bombing hard at the box office, so much so that the studio opted to individually release Death Proof and Planet Terror overseas in an effort to recoup the losses, but the one silver lining was that it managed to give Danny Trejo an action franchise to call his own.

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IND vs NZ: It is Special, For Me and Shreyas, it Came Against All Odds - Pravin Amre on Iyer’s Maiden Test Ton

By being a regular in ODIs and T20Is, Iyer now can go on to become an all-three format player. When you have committed coaches like Amre, Iyer has nothing to worry except his own performance and consistency.

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BT vs TAD Dream11 Team Prediction And Tips: Check Team Captain, Vice-Captain And Probable XIs For Abu Dhabi T10 2021 Match, November 26, 7:30 PM IST

Check here BT vs TAD Dream11 Team Predictions and hints for the Abu Dhabi T10 2021/22 match between Bangla Tigers and Team Abu Dhabi. Also, check the schedule of the Bangla Tigers vs Team Abu Dhabi match.

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MSW vs BBL Dream11 Team Prediction: Check Captain, Vice-Captain, and Probable Playing XIs for ECS T10 Malta Encore 2021 match, November 26, 05:00 PM IST

Check here MSW vs BBL Dream11 Team Predictions and hints for the ECS T10 Malta Encore 2021 match between Msida Warriors and Bugibba Blasters. Also, check the schedule of the Msida Warriors vs Bugibba Blasters match.

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IND vs NZ, 1st Test Day 2: Young, Latham Fifties Keep India Bowlers at Bay as New Zealand Post 129/0; Trail by 216 Runs

New Zealand posted 129 for no loss at stumps on Day 2 with both the openers - Tom Latham (50*) and Will Young (75*) returning with half-centuries

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'Couldn't Sleep Well Last Night, Got up at Five Today': Shreyas Iyer After Hitting Century on Debut

Shreyas Iyer scored a sublime century on Test debut.

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MCU Fans Arguing if ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ or ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Will Be Bigger

In exactly three weeks, the wait will finally be over when Spider-Man: No Way Home comes to theaters, where it’s virtually guaranteed to become the biggest box office hit of the pandemic era, and quite possibly the first movie to reach a billion dollars since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Tom Holland is going to have his hands full battling villains from the Sam Raimi and Marc Webb franchises, but we’re all expecting him to get an assist from Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield in what’s shaping up to be a multiversal smackdown for the ages that leaves jaws on the floor.

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A fast-paced sports thriller is the latest surprise hit on Disney Plus

The introduction of the STAR expansion for international subscribers has seen content that would typically be reserved for Hulu make its way to the Disney Plus library, which has in turn dramatically altered the complexion of the platform’s most-watched list.

This week alone, we’ve seen the R-rated duo of blockbuster sci-fi actioner Terminator: Dark Fate and chilling psychological horror The Night House perform incredibly well among viewers, and the latest to make a splash is a gripping sports drama bolstered by two top-tier performances from a pair of A-list stars.

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The internet questions which of 2021’s comic book movies are the best

It’s a smart move to get this particular discussion out of the way before Spider-Man: No Way Home arrives, because based on how loud and rabid the web-slinging fanbase have been the closer we get to the release of Tom Holland’s third solo outing, the rest of the competition will barely get a mention.

Thanks partly to the pandemic, it’s been a very mixed year for the blockbuster comic book adaptation, with critical acclaim constantly battling against fan support and box office dollars, with only one of the year’s major superhero titles arguably managing to land the complete trifecta.

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A low-key Tom Cruise thriller is stomping up the Netflix charts

Tom Cruise does not make small movies, and even when he does lower the scope and scale somewhat, he’s still churning out broad, crowd-pleasing genre films. The actor hasn’t starred in anything resembling a straightforward drama since 2007’s Lion for Lambs, and that doesn’t look as though it’s going to change anytime soon.

In fact, if you include the seventh and eighth installments in the Mission: Impossible franchise and Top Gun: Maverick, then only five of Cruise’s sixteen most recent movies have cost less than $100 million to produce, with just two of them coming in with budgets under $75 million.

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Keanu Reeves thanks Will Smith for turning down ‘The Matrix’

It’s long since gone down in Hollywood folklore that Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix in favor of Wild Wild West, a mistake that still haunts him to this day after he recently admitted the movie’s failure remains a thorn in his side.

Instead, Keanu Reeves ended up headlining the groundbreaking sci-fi actioner, which made a killing at the box office on top of winning widespread critical acclaim and having a massive influence on the next decade of cinema. In less than a month, the beloved star will be back in The Matrix Resurrections, eighteen years since we last saw him in the signature shades and leather trench coat combo.

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'We Owe a Lot to These Brave Policemen': Kohli, Sehwag & Others Pay Tributes to 26/11 Heroes

The 2008 attacks were carried out by heavily-armed Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, which left a total of 175 people died, including nine attackers.

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'I'd Actually Taken a Lot of Time to Warm Up': Tendulkar on His Final Over Heroics in 1993 Hero Cup Semifinal

The occasion was the 1993 Hero Cup semifinal, played between India and South Africa, at the iconic Eden Garden stadium of Kolkata.

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Timothée Chalamet heaps praise on Zendaya’s ‘Dune’ performance

One of the few criticisms audiences had of Denis Villenueve’s Dune wasn’t a concern that was shared by those familiar with the source material, or even the majority of casual audiences who checked out the epic sci-fi on either the big screen or HBO Max.

Instead, in a display of her massive popularity and global fanbase, there was uproar on the internet that Zendaya’s total screentime in a movie that ran for 156 minutes ran to roughly seven. Fear not, though, because Villenueve has already confirmed that her contributions to sequel Part Two will be significantly increased, to the extent that she’ll be just as integral to the story as Timothée Chalamet.

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Fans do a double take as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son shoots new movie

As one of the most iconic action heroes to ever grace the silver screen, it was inevitable that at least one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s five children would follow in his footsteps by trying to carve out an acting career.

Eldest daughter Katherine is a successful author that’s continued the Hollywood connections by marrying Chris Pratt, while 28 year-old Patrick’s onscreen endeavors have largely seen him stick to drama and romance. However, Joseph Baena looks to hewing closely to the template that turned his old man into a superstar, by getting incredibly buff and taking his shirt off.

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Denzel Washington’s new movie scores poor test screening reactions

Denzel Washington is both one of the greatest actors and most popular movie stars of the modern era, boasting a consistent track record of box office success that makes him the envy of his peers, while he’s also got two Academy Award wins from eight nominations under his belt.

While his on-camera resume is impeccable, his directorial career has been much more muted so far. That’s not to say his output has been terrible, but it’s definitely been distinctly more low-key. Antwone Fisher, The Great Debaters and Fences were all intimate character-driven pieces, and the latter was the only one that caught on in a major way after landing four Oscar nominations, with Viola Davis walking away as Best Supporting Actress.

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Sachin Tendulkar Congratulates Centurion Shreyas Iyer For Great Start to Test Career

Shreyas Iyer slammed a sublime century on his Test debut to lead India’s fightback.

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'Virat Kohli is the Best Batter of This Era': Mohammad Amir Lauds Indian Skipper

Amir also named two Australian players who posed a challenge to him whilst bowling.

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Harbhajan Singh Sells his Flat in Mumbai’s Andheri For Rs 17.5 Crore

The deal is a result of growth revival in the property market as the effects of Covid-19 subsides across the country.

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India vs New Zealand 2021: 'Didn't Expect Kyle Jamieson Would Reverse the Ball So Early'-Gill

Indian batter Shubman Gill was all praise for New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson's vicious in-dipper that breached through his defences, admitting that he couldn't read the delivery as he wasn't expecting reverse swing just after lunch on the opening day of the first Test here.

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India vs New Zealand 2021: 'Nice to Get Back Onto the Park'-Kyle Jamieson Says Long Break Certainly Helped

New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson on Thursday said his team will need to make the most of the second new ball when play resumes on the second morning of the first Test against India here.

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Michael Bay is proud that ‘Armageddon’ predicted NASA asteroid mission

On Wednesday morning, NASA launched a particularly cool space mission. Code-named DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), the project will fire a rocket at the asteroid Dimorphos, hoping to alter its trajectory. The idea is that if Earth was ever threatened by a ‘planet killer’ asteroid, plans like this could be humanity’s last line of defense.

If you’ve seen Michael Bay’s Armageddon this is all going to sound very familiar. The 1998 movie saw Earth in similar peril, with NASA resorting to sending a ragtag drilling crew into space to blow up the asteroid. That’s not quite what’s happening here, but the basic concept is the same.

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Fans debate which amazing acting talent Marvel Studios wasted most

A hero is nothing without a villain, and the MCU has had some humdingers. Highlights go all the way back to Iron Man‘s Obadiah Stane, as played by a forceful and charismatic Jeff Bridges. Since then, we’ve seen awesome turns from Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Cate Blanchett as Hela, Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger, and Michael Keaton as Vulture to name just a few.

But there are a lot of amazing actors whose potential has been wasted by Marvel Studios. An ongoing Reddit thread is discussing some of them: ranging from top actors cast in roles too small for them or simply talent buried under a bad script and movie.

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Leon S. Kennedy actor talks playing the hero in ‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’

Of all the Resident Evil heroes, Leon S. Kennedy is probably the most loved. He began his journey into the dark world of survival horror in 1998’s Resident Evil 2, in which he was a rookie cop experiencing the worst possible first night on the job.

But his evening battling biological monstrosities hardened him and by the time of the smash-hit Resident Evil 4 he was a roundhouse-kickin’, one-liner spoutin’, Ganados-blastin’ badass. That would continue through his appearance in Resident Evil 6, with the younger version of him also getting some love in the awesome Resident Evil 2 Remake. All of which means all eyes were on Avan Jogia as he stepped into the role in Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.

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Halle Berry helped ‘Bruised’ star land a role in ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’

It may have been slightly overshadowed by the respective debuts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s festive buddy adventure Hawkeye and Kevin Hart’s semi-autobiographical miniseries True Story, but Halle Berry’s directorial debut Bruised has still been winning plenty of praise after landing on Netflix yesterday.

The hard-hitting drama about a fallen MMA fighter making a comeback against all odds to secure a better life for her son is riddled with cliches and positively oozing formula, but it’s nonetheless an accomplished first-time feature from the Academy Award winner, who also happens to give a suitably gripping performance as Jacky Justice.

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India vs New Zealand 2021: Five Talking Points From Opening Day in Green Park, Kanpur

There was a lot happening at Green Park where the first Test between India and New Zealand is on. Here are the top five talking points.

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‘King Richard’ director teases his Bob Marley biopic

Reinaldo Marcus Green’s latest feature King Richard has been winning rave reviews since debuting last week, with the disappointing box office numbers being somewhat offset by a strong showing on HBO Max.

The biopic charting the role Venus and Serena Williams’ father played in their rise from the streets of Compton to global superstars and tennis icons is every bit as uplifting and inspiring as you’d imagine, with Will Smith firmly established as the front-runner in the race to be named Best Actor at the next Academy Awards.

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