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Published August 4, 2021, 8:36 AM TikTok, the leading destination for short-form mobile videos, has become a haven where gamers and gaming streamers can share and view creative content related to their favorite games. With short-form videos, gaming creators get to focus on specific moments within a game, from epic showdowns to monster kills, and even spotlight players and characters that they love. TikTok also makes it easy for anyone to create entertaining and engaging content that showcase th...

"Be warned: this will shock, alarm, repulse, and revolt you!" Showtime has unveiled an official trailer for a series titled Cinema Toast, an experimental pandemic-created mash-up of old cinema classics. Created by filmmaker Jeff Baena, "Cinema Toast" takes old footage now in the public domain, and updates it again. "Wildly experimental new series from an eclectic group of celebrated indie filmmakers who’ve re-edited and re-scored footage from public domain films and overdubbed them with per...

Kris Rey, David Lowery, and Jeff Baena himself will deliver a variety of stories that sound rather experimental and compelling. Aubrey Plaza’s episode “Quiet Illness” creates a portrait of an emotionally tortured modern woman using footage of Loretta Young. Marta Cunningham delivers a Night of the Living Dead-inspired story called “Attack of the Karens,” which takes clear inspiration from a certain kind of American woman who has become all to prominent in recent years. Mel Eslyn dig...

Showtime Snags Odd New Anthology From CREEP Star Mark Duplass Showtime orders a new public domain anthology series CINEMA TOAST from executive producers Jay & Mark Duplass featuring Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, Fred Armisen, Christina Ricci and director Aubrey Plaza By Mike Sprague Baghead) is called Cinema Toast. It will “re-dub and re-shape” old public domain footage into what creator Jeff Barna calls “transcendent that ext...

‘Margaret,’ ‘American Animals’ and More Streaming Alternatives Still looking for some new things to watch? Take some chances on these titles. From left, Sarah Steele, Anna Paquin and Matthew Broderick in "Margaret."Credit...Myles Aronowitz/Fox Searchlight Pictures Jan. 25, 2021 As we settle in for a few more months of homebound entertainment, you may find those once-abundant watch lists getting shorter and more barren, so it’s time to take a few more chances. This month...

Adjusted Score: 77.47% Critics Consensus: To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You may feel like little more than an amiable postscript to its predecessor, but fans of the original should still find this a swoonworthy sequel. Synopsis: Its a new year and Lara Jean (Lana Condor) and Peter (Noah Centineo) are no longer pretending to be a... [More]