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A greatdocumentaryhas the power to motivate the viewer. Sometimes we’re motivated to learn more, like in any ofKen Burns' long-form documentaries. Other times, we’re motivated to want to do something about the world around us, like in 2004’sBorn into Brothels.Then there are times when a documentary, like a good narrative, simplymotivatesus, urges us to create. It can help us to see other brilliant artists at their best and at their worst to help us put our own artistic struggles in perspective....

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakislaunched on the sketch comedy website Funny or Die back in 2008. The premise is pretty simple: the show uses public access production values while comedianZach Galifianakisplays a deadpan, cutting interviewer talking to celebrities. A typical interaction will be something like Galifianakis asking Ben Stiller if he ever thought about going into comedy like his parents, and Stiller quietly stewing. The premise works because not only does Galifianakis have great comic delivery and timing, but because it works as a surreal, inverse take on the fawning celebrity interview....

What happens when we die? All kinds of craziness, according toBoo, Bitch, the spine-tingling new teen comedy coming to Netflix this summer. When plays-it-safe high school senior Erica abruptly finds herself having crossed over to the other side, she’s given a challenge: if she becomes more famous in death than she is in life, she can remain in the world of the living. Fail, and the afterlife awaits. Thus, Erica is given a new lease on unlife and proceeds to live it to the fullest - with colorful fashion, teen romance, and not a few unforeseen consequences....

In its fourth and final season, the FX seriesThe Strainhas seen nine months pass since a global nuclear apocalypse was set off, allowing the strigoi to gain control and the Master to establish a totalitarian regime. The majority of humans are not working for the strigoi as part of The Partnership, where they must collaborate or die, and the heroes that we’ve been rooting for have disbanded and will have to overcome personal hardship and stay alive long enough to possibly make it back to each other and save humankind....

Last week was filled with headlines about the future of major franchises. For instance, it seems like there will be more ofJason Bourneon our screens soon anda new James Bond iterationcould be in the works, with a well-known Hollywood producing duo overseeing it. In addition,Colin Farrellmight play another DCU character in a forthcoming film, this time as the hero instead of the villain. For more on these and other recent movie news stories that might’ve passed you by, here is a handy roundup....

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk, John Campea, Jon Schnepp, and Mark Ellis discuss: It’s Monday which means it’s time for our weekly Box Office report brought to you by our friends at AMC Theatres. Coming in at #1 for the 4th time is theMatt DamonfilmThe Martian. The film brought in another $11.4 million to bring it’s world wide 5 week total up to $428 million worldwide. Still holding on to the #2 spot is theJack BlackfilmGoosebumpswhich took $10....

One of the perks with being the lead in aStar Warsmovie is you’re able to help a small independent film get seen by more people. The fact isOtto Bell’sgreat documentary,The Eagle Huntress, would have a tough time getting press in mainstream publications even though it’s a fantastic story. But withDaisy Ridleynarrating and executive producing the film and willing to get out there and do press to promote it, you have a lot more people willing to cover the film and thus greater exposure....

The road to gettingBond 25on to the big screen has been less of a movie production and more a cursed pirate trinket that brings horrible luck to anyone unlucky enough to come into contact with it. Directors are in, and then directors are out. Writer after writer has come aboard to punch up the script. A setliterally exploded.Daniel Craigbroke his foot and, because he didn’t undergo the same freakish Adamantium process asTom Cruise, had to undergo surgery....

Disney’sdecisionto fireJames Gunnas director and writer ofGuardians of the Galaxy 3continues to be the sloppiest thing it’s done since the studio made a bunch of racist films in the 1940’s, material it has since apologized for and moved on from. What a concept! The latest news:Dave Bautista, who playsGuardiansmember Drax the Destroyer, has hinted that he will not be a part of the franchise’s third film if Disney scraps Gunn’s already completed screenplay....

Charlie Hunnammight be best known for ridin' through this world on the small screen, but his big-screen roles have been as diverse in character and style as they have been in critical reception. He punched the sky inGuy Ritchie’s take onKing Arthur, fought the hurricane and ghosts alike inGuillermo del Toro’sPacific RimandCrimson Peak, and ventured into the jungles of the early 20th century inJames Gray’sThe Lost City of Z(ed). Hunnam time-jumps a bit from that film to the mid-20th century for what might be his most dramatic and difficult role to date in the true-life adaptation,Papillon....

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop musicalHamiltonwas one of the biggest hits of any format and genre in 2015. Inspired byRon Chernow’s biographyAlexander Hamilton, the brilliant musical tells the story of the “ten-dollar founding father without a father” as he went from an orphan in the Caribbean to one of the most powerful and influential figures in American history before his life was tragically cut short by his rival Aaron Burr. The musical has been sold out for months and shows no sign of slowing down in popularity....

Freeform is getting an early jump on their 25 Days of Christmas this year, and the full schedule is already upon is. With Halloween officially in the rearview mirror, it’s full steam ahead toward Christmastime, and while it might not be quite time to break out the yule log just yet, it’s never too early to start planning your holiday movie marathoning. In that regard, Freeform’s always go you covered with Christmas movies running round the clock....

However, there are many cryptic symbols and hidden messages that are easy to miss throughout all of Peele’s works, includingKey& Peelesketches and his most recent projectTheTwilight Zone. Warning: this article contains major spoilers. Us - “Craw Daddy” Boat The name of the Wilson’s new boat is a reference to crawdads (turned into a loveable dad-pun), which are also known as crayfish. There’s a species of crayfish that researchers found canclone itself indefinitely due to a mutation....