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Jim Carrey May Be Coming Back as the Grinch - and Ron Howard Could Return to Direct
Jim Carrey is reportedly in talks to reprise his iconic role as the Grinch in a sequel to the beloved 2000 holiday classic.
Daniel Etim Effiong: The Quiet Force Reshaping Nollywood Drama
On a film set in South West Nigeria, a director stood behind the monitor watching a kidnapping scene unfold for what must have felt like the hundredth time. The man … Read more»
Shrek 5 and the Nostalgia Economy: Why Animated Franchise Revivals Keep Printing Money
Few business plans in Hollywood are as quietly reliable as handing audiences a character they already love and asking them to fall in love a second time. The swamp, the … Read more»
Why Invincible Is the Animated Superhero Show Nigerian Fans Cannot Stop Talking About
A teenage boy stands in an empty street, blood on his face, listening to his own father explain, calmly, why none of the people they were supposed to protect actually … Read more»
Judy Austin: The Actress, the Spotlight, and Life in the Public Eye
A camera was rolling on a Nollywood set sometime in 2013, and a young woman who had only just stepped in front of it was being asked to carry a … Read more»
Why Netflix Keeps Canceling Hit Shows: The Streaming Economics Behind Surprise Cancellations
Roughly two-thirds of Netflix scripted originals never make it past their third season. Industry trackers have catalogued the pattern for years, and it holds across genres, budgets and critical reputations. … Read more»
Disclosure Day: Inside Steven Spielberg's New Alien Thriller With Emily Blunt and Colin Firth
A filmmaker who has spent fifty years asking what waits in the sky does not usually return to that question without a reason. When the lights came up at Le … Read more»
Kola Oyewo: The Voice of Jogbo Falls Silent at 80
The crown sat heavy on Oba Lapite's head, and he wore it like a man who knew exactly how to make a kingdom kneel. In Tunde Kelani's 1999 classic Saworoide, … Read more»
Gene Shalit (1926 - 2026): Remembering the Today Show Critic Who Made Reviewing Fun
A television critic does something stranger than telling an audience whether a movie is good. The critic teaches that audience how to talk about the movie at all - which … Read more»