Directing duties for Bohemian Rhapsody, the Freddie Mercury film biopic, have been taken on by Eddie the Eagle’s Dexter Fletcher, after the firing of Bryan Singer. The actor turned Bafta-nominated director was previously set to direct the Mercury film only to leave the project in 2014. 20th Century Fox said production would resume next week. …

As you get ready for the holidays, there’s nothing like Bing Crosby crooning “White Christmas.” Or, if chaos is more your speed, how about Gremlins on a violent spree? Or Robert Downey Jr. getting turkey all over his uptight sister? Here are all the holiday movies you can watch now on Netflix and Amazon Prime. …

Hallmark isn’t the only place to get your holiday movie fix this year. Both the Lifetime channel and Netflix are celebrating the season with their very own original Christmas movies featuring romance, over-the-top plot lines, and a whole lot of Christmas cheer. Over Thanksgiving weekend, Netflix premiered its very first holiday romance, A Christmas Prince. …

A British camera operator has died on the set of the BBC/Netflix miniseries “The Forgiving Earth”, according to Ghanaweb.com. Agent Sarah Prince said Mark Milsome died in Ghana over the weekend while filming a night-time stunt sequence for the thriller. She said Monday that an investigation is underway. Prince says Milsome was “an incredibly humble …

Mudbound In Mudbound, the searing second feature by director and cowriter Dee Rees (Pariah), you feel the Mississippi Delta’s damp dirt between your toes from the first frame. A powerful cast led by Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, and Mary J. Blige draws you into a Southern Gothic drama about the return of two World War …