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Life must be pretty easy for a famous guy named Chris, since statistically you’re the most famous and handsome man in any room you walk into, but the filming of Avengers: Infinity War has apparently been a real culture shock for one famous Chris. Speaking with Elle (via Entertainment Tonight), Chris Hemsworth (who…

Though much of the excitement around Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 has been turned down to a simmer while we await the heroes’ appearance in Infinity War, there’s still some fun to be mined from the acid-washed sequel—mostly at David Hasselhoff’s expense.. Take this cameo-filled video for his contribution to the…

Chris Pratt and Anna Faris—one of those rare celebrity couples whose relationship seemed based in genuine human affection rather than shared ambitions, and whose affable presence had an affable, inclusive air that allowed you to delude yourself into thinking that, if you only knew them, you’d definitely be friends—are…

The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences is the organization behind the Academy Awards, and it consists of thousands of people who work in the movie industry—from actors and directors to hairstylists and PR people. That means The Academy is basically the not-so-shadowy cabal that runs Hollywood, breaking hearts…

The misadventures of Star-Lord and his crew of not-quite-antiheroes continue in James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2: more weird creatures, more FM radio oldies, more Groot-related hijinks, more gags. Meanwhile, The A.V. Club’s film critics, A.A. Dowd and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, continue their own ongoing…

James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy was a stock ragtag superhero movie with a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor and a hearty dose of nostalgia, but its sequel is something a little smoother. One might chalk it up to the Marvel Studios house style’s recent embrace of the stranger legacies of comics artists Steve Ditko…

Chris Pratt has some well-reasoned thoughts about Suicide Squad that should nonetheless go over terribly with DC fans, given the mildly critical stance he takes. Though initially Pratt told io9, “I really like all the Warner Bros. movies,” he did have a specific suggestion as to how that company’s bad-guys-doing-good…

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Despite it having been released less than a year ago, Passengers was a hyped, big-budget sci-fi romance starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt that you probably don’t remember. It currently sits at a 31 percent not-so-fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and was widely considered a box office flop (though it fared…

Near the end of Guardians Of The Galaxy, Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) finally unwraps the birthday gift his mother gave him all those years ago, and it’s another awesome mixtape. The first one played throughout the movie, providing delightful musical accompaniment for Star-Lord’s scavenging early on, so naturally,…

Who he is: Star-Lord, a.k.a. Peter Quill

In what’s either a savvy bit of brand-building, or a legitimate mental reaction to a diet designed to turn Andy Dwyer into a dinosaur-punching muscle king, Jurassic World 2 star Chris Pratt is going kind of food crazy on his Instagram. To sublimate his cravings, Pratt has started a new “game” on his social media…

We’ve not yet seen Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, which is due out on May 5, but the trailers suggest the sequel is every bit the clever, action-packed movie that the first volume was, if not more so. Director James Gunn has doubled down on everything here: the firepower and the star power (Kurt Russell is…

Look, the jig is up: Josh Gad has been whiling away the hours on the set of Murder On The Orient Express by trying to trick Daisy Ridley into divulging plot details of her other gig, a science fiction series about wizards and talking dogs called Star Wars. While first his ruse was pretty transparent, Ridley has…

Avengers: Infinity War started shooting today, with Marvel releasing a brief featurette for the May 4, 2018 film. And while the video is mostly the studio’s creative side, discussing things like the careful moving of pieces that split the Avengers apart in Captain America: Civil War, or the difficulties in…

Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence could very well be the ideal couple. Sure, they’re both whiter than Wonder Bread, but they’re also both gorgeous and have great bodies, with great personalities and senses of humor to match. Lawrence can act circles around Pratt, but he’s so darn affable you just don’t care. They’ve…