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After Saturday Night Live had two back-to-back killer episodes with John Mulaney and Idris Elba, there was a lot of hope that the cast and crew could keep that momentum going into spring with the next batch of new episodes. Unfortunately, despite the strength of first-time host Sandra Oh ( Grey’s Anatomy, Killing Eve ), the sketches didn’t make nearly as big of a splash as the previous two episodes. That’s not to say there aren’t some great sketches, but most of them were only mildly amusing, weird without any real payoff, or just plain disappointing. Let’s run through the best and worst sketches of the Sandra Oh hosted Saturday Night Live . The Best Discover Card – This sketch was so good that we already gave it the spotlight on its own, so it should come as no surprise that it’s the best sketch of the night. Ego Nwodim is great as both of the parts Lupita Nyong’o played in the movie, and spoofing Jordan Peele’s film by combining it with those Discover card commercials that ha...

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD , some say is very underappreciated which , had a panel at WonderCon to tease the show’s upcoming sixth season. /Film had a chance to speak with creators Jed Whedon and Maurisa Tancharoen , producer Jeff Bell and cast members Clark Gregg and Henry Simmons about the new season. It will be a full year by the time season six premieres on May 10 , but here’s a few tidbits to get you through the coming weeks. A Simple Stan Lee Tribute Since Marvel legend Stan Lee died last year, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been paying tribute to him. The biggest was the Stan Lee-packed Marvel logo at the beginning of Captain Marvel . But Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD will model their approach after The Punisher season two which simply had a title card in his honor. “We had the In Memory Of at the end of the first episode,” Bell said. “There is an In Memory Of him. Anything beyond that, we would be just going down, so we’ll acknowledge it.” Bell is probably right tha...

Tom Holkenborg , aka Junkie XL, is preparing to teach a whole new generation of film composers. The composer behind the scores of films like  Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Mad Max: Fury Road,  and  Deadpool, is launching the SCORE Academy, an annual year-long program that offers emerging composing talents the chance at hands-on instruction with him. Created in collaboration with ASCAP, The SCORE Academy “aims to raise students skill sets to the highest level in all aspects of scoring, sound design programming, music production, music technology and film music business.” “I have always been a passionate advocate of making education accessible to all, and my SCORE Academy will provide the hands-on tuition and training that’s required to make it as a composer,” said Tom Holkenborg. “Vocational education in this field is invaluable, and SCORE Academy will equip our students with the tools they need to succeed.” The full-contact curriculum, designed by H...

I’m sorry guys, I really am. I got as far as having my seat booked for Dumbo , but one final watch of the trailer sealed it for me, I just can’t bring myself to experience that kind of heartbreak all over again. Fool me once, Disney, fool me once. I’m busy preparing myself for the live action Lion King for god’s sake, I can’t expose my mental health to the cutest, most tragic CGI elephant of all time so soon beforehand! Thankfully, there were a few other options this week, though what it says about me that I would happily rather experience a potentially grizzly murder mystery than the threat of a sad animated animal, I don’t know… My Dumbo avoidance came on the form of Out Of Blue , a neo-noir crime thriller with existential and experimental sensibilities. The audience follows Detective Mike Hoolihan (Patricia Clarkson), a weathered New Orleans cop with a mysterious past and an alcohol problem who takes on the case of a murdered astrophysicist (Mamie Gummer). As the investigation d...

Jordan Peele ‘s latest film Us has been talked about endlessly since hitting theaters over a week ago. The film is a layered, terrifying allegory for, well, a lot of different issues facing our society today. And what’s great is that there are so many interpretations of the movie out there which make perfect sense. It’s the kind of movie we’ll be dissecting for years. Meanwhile, Saturday Night Live did what they do best by taking the popular movie and putting a comedic spin on it. In what is probably the best sketch we could have gotten based on Us , the movie is turned into one of those Discover credit card commercials where a customer talks to themselves as a customer service representative. There’s even an explanation for one of the most incessantly asked mysteries in the movie. Watch the Saturday Night Live Us sketch below. Saturday Night Live Us Sketch Not only is this an outstanding parody of both Us and those recurring doppelgänger commercials from Discover, but it giv...

Cobra Kai put YouTube Premium on the map with originals. The sequel to the Karate Kid films became a phenomenon when it premiered last year, and YouTube ordered a second season in the first week. Since then, YouTube decided to stop investing in original series . Now the second season of Cobra Kai is about to premiere and fans definitely want to know there will be more Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald were at WonderCon for Cobra Kai. The creators seemed to have it on good authority that YouTube is still behind Cobra Kai , and had some more teases for the upcoming season. YouTube Won’t Sweep Cobra Kai’s Leg YouTube may have previously indicated that they were shifting their originals strategy to make it ad supported instead of the Premium paywall. Analysts have speculated that means they won’t order new series, which isn’t an unreasonable leap. However, that doesn’t mean they’d cancel their popular shows. They need something big to generate ...

With the new Child’s Play this summer ( watch the teaser trailer ), we get an all new Chucky. This time the doll is said to turn towards the sinister side thanks to advanced artificial intelligence inside a new doll for a contemporary audience. Since we’re getting a whole new Chucky, it only makes sense that the doll who turns into a murderous force of nature gets a new voice. Today Orion Pictures and MGM announced Star Wars saga legend and beloved voice actor Mark Hamill will bring the evil doll to life. Mark Hamill Voicing Chucky in Child’s Play "People let me tell you 'bout my best friend…"? The wicked fun begins when @ChildsPlayMovie is unleashed in theaters: Friday, June 21st 2019. #SoLuckyImChucky ? @MGM_Studios @OrionPictures pic.twitter.com/ExOYuwj9sP — Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) March 31, 2019 Mark Hamill made the announcement on Twitter and Orion Pictures followed up with an official press release. Hamill didn’t give us a taste of what he’ll br...

Annabelle Comes Home is the third installment of the horror franchise spin-off of The Conjuring , and the haunted doll looks to be more terrifying than ever. This time it’s not just the possessed doll who is bringing scares, because it turns out she’s some kind of beacon that calls other spirits to wherever she is. Unfortunately, she just so happens to be locked up in the home of Ed and Lorraine Warren ( Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga ), that is until a curious teen unleashes her evil again and the doll begins to target the Warrens’ daughter ( Mckenna Grace ). Annabelle Comes Home Trailer Could this be a spark to opening even more doors to other spin-offs from The Conjuring universe? The fact that the babysitter’s friend spookily says that she touched “everything” in the room where the Warrens keep their most dangerous supernatural artifacts from their investigations over the years certainly suggests that a lot of evil has been unleashed. But maybe that’s because this could end...