Filming on “The Penguin,” HBO Max‘s first series spinoff of Matt Reeves‘ “The Batman” got underway in New York City last month, with set footage of star Colin Farrell back in full Oz makeup on the street making the rounds online. The series focuses on the power vacuum in Gotham’s criminal underworld after the events of Reeves’ film and The Penguin’s rise to power.

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Though it never won any major awards, FX’s long-running “Sons of Anarchy” is one of the most popular series to ever grace the cable network. In fact, the show’s recent spinoff, “Mayans M.C.,” is one of the best spinoffs in recent memory and easily one of the most underrated series on TV today. So, even though there are plenty of people out there who want to write off the ‘Sons’ franchise as macho biker bullshit, that is not even close to representing the legacy of the series or just how great the storytelling was.

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The crushing weight of debt and the stress of financial struggle have led many to find creative problem-solving methods. The Sundance crime drama “Emily The Criminal” explores one such story about a character pressed to the limits by a system intent on keeping her in the loop of student debt and marginalized job opportunities. Premiering at Sundance 2022, this entry from filmmaker John Patton Ford offers an intense — but all too authentic — portrait of a dire economic landscape that creates desperation and bad choices.

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Things have not been going well for Emily. Some of it is just terrible luck. Much of it may be due to her somewhat combative personality. But as the focal point of John Patton Ford’s “Emily the Criminal,” which debuted at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival this week, her toe-dip into the dark side is somewhat understandable.

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As portrayed with a steely determination by Aubrey Plaza (also a producer), Emily spends her days working for a food delivery company while attempting to land a permanent, “real” job.

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“Army of the Dead” marks Zack Snyder‘s return to a zombified world since his directorial debut, 2004’s remake of George A. Romero‘s “Dawn of the Dead.” While the two films are unrelated, they’ll undoubtedly share the same fast-paced, unrelenting action violence that first put Snyder on the Hollywood map.  

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The movie follows a group of mercenaries in Las Vegas who venture out of the quarantine zone to pull off a bank heist during an outbreak of the undead.  Dave Bautista leads the soldiers-for-hire.  Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Garret Dillahunt, Raul Castillo, Omari Hardwick, Tig Nataro, and Matthias Schweighöfer round out the large, multicultural ensemble cast.

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