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Amazon has committed a big mistake with its new Prime Video release, Fallout, a series based on the video game series of the same name. It has received great reviews from critics as well as audiences, however, the chatter about the series hasn’t lived up to the quality of the series. One of the major reasons for this buzzkill might be Amazon going out of its way to release all the episodes of the series in a single go.

Ella Purnell in Amazon’s latest series Fallout

The studio earlier faced major criticism for the delay in releasing its Invincible episodes. Fans were unhappy with the break between the episodes, which may have prompted the studio to go for a binge model, like its competitor Netflix.

Amazon’s Binge Model Release Of Fallout Episodes May Have Killed Its Hype

Amazon made a major mistake with the release of Fallout...

At long last, Paul Thomas Anderson is ready to share the first look of his new film with the world—well, not the entire world yet. His Phantom Thread follow-up, which had a production title of Soggy Bottom, now has a fresh new name and a trailer that is making the rounds at repertory cinemas from London to LA.

Premiering in front of screenings of American Graffiti and Beavis and Butt-Head Do America at London’s The Prince Charles Cinema, the 35mm trailer then screened last night at LA’s New Beverly between the double feature of Kiss Me Deadly and Repo Man as well as at the American Cinematheque’s Loz Feliz 3 before a screening of Strangers on a Train and at the Aero before Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!.

The title was revealed to be Licorice Pizza, which references the record store chain founded in Southern...

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This spring here at The Film Stage we partnered with Cinephile to present Cinephile Game Night, a livestream series on Twitter that aims to bring attention and support to charities supporting the film community and beyond. We’re now excited to announce our summer lineup, featuring The Big Picture podcast, the Unspooled podcast, Pajiba, ScreenCrush, Battleship Pretension, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Vidiots, and more.

Each evening features The Film Stage crew, including Jordan Raup, Conor O’Donnell, Dan Mecca, and Cinephile creator Cory Everett, and a rotating roster of special guests as we test our knowledge of movie trivia in this online version, adapted for our current self-isolated times. With each show lasting about an hour, we’ll square off and play a few rounds of Cinephile: A Card Game, including Filmography, Movie-Actor, and Six Degrees.

Viewers are invited to tune in and follow along with the cinema-related fun!