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Harry Potter Highlighted One Of John Hurt’s Biggest Problems With British Cinema Warner Bros. By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Sept. 9, 2022 9:41 am EST English actor John Hurt had an illustrious acting career. In addition to four BAFTA wins, including a lifetime achievement award, he was nominated for two Academy Awards for his contributions to the films “Midnight Express” and “The Elephant Man.” Although Hurt was introduced to a younger audience with his role as the elderly wand-maker Mr....

Here’s Who Brought The Predator To Life In Prey Hulu By Anya Stanley/Aug. 8, 2022 1:27 pm EST There’s a new Predator in town. The science fiction-horror franchise that began with John McTiernan’s 1987 blockbuster gained a new entry with the stunning prequel “Prey,” the fifth film in the “Predator” series, which just dropped on Hulu to rave reviews. Dan Tratchenberg (the filmmaker behind the best “Cloverfield” franchise entry) helms the new feature, which is set in 1719 and concerns Naru (Amber Midthunder), a young Comanche woman who must protect her tribe from attacks by wild beasts, fur traders, and eventually a heat-sighted alien predator that hunts humans for sport....

Wherever the road takes us Sony Pictures While speaking to the Los Angeles Daily News in 1996 about his then-recent film, Ramis detailed how he and his crew managed to turn one Keaton into four Doug Kinneys. Similar to “The Parent Trap,” they utilized stand-ins and shot the scene twice. However, to make things easier for their leading man who had to play off of himself, the director went one step further....

How Matthew Weiner’s Time On The Sopranos Set The Stage For Mad Men AMC By Matt Rainis/Sept. 23, 2022 9:51 am EST “Mad Men,” considered by many to be one of the greatest television shows of all time, was intensely character-driven and extremely well-written. And creator Matthew Weiner gets a lot of credit for both having the idea for the show and assembling the team of writers who would make it as excellent as it became....

Schwarzenegger had no reason to worry 20th Century Studios The problem arose because Schwarzenegger directed a TV movie in 1992 called “Christmas in Connecticut” which starred Jamie Lee’s father, Tony Curtis. As Jamie Lee Curtis explained to Yahoo! Entertainment, it was hard for Schwarzenegger to separate a family friend’s daughter from the character she’d be playing. “I just don’t think he thought of me as his leading lady. I think he thought of me as Tony’s little girl....

Modern Family Creator Steven Levitan Thinks There Could Be Another Great Multi-Cam Sitcom [Exclusive] Hulu By Matthew Bilodeau/Sept. 21, 2022 1:52 pm EST As the world evolves, so does the primetime entertainment that reflects it. The line from a traditional ’50s sitcom like “The Dick Van Dyke Show” to a more modern approach with “Abbott Elementary” zigs and zags in all sorts of directions, but the latter can’t exist without the foundation set by the other....

One Weekend At Bernie’s Scene Had Terry Kiser Gasping For Air By Witney Seibold/Nov. 5, 2022 6:00 pm EST Ted Kotcheff’s 1989 comedy “Weekend at Bernie’s” was considered outrageous at the time. Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman play a pair of low-level insurance wonks who, in the course of their daily work, find a mysterious “mistake” on the books. It seems that someone has been committing fraud. When they take it to their boss Bernie (Terry Kiser), he invites them to his beach house as thanks for figuring it out....

Scrubs’ Move To ABC Put It Under Disney Scrutiny ABC By Michael Boyle/Oct. 16, 2022 5:00 pm EST As fondly remembered as “Scrubs” is today, it was never a huge hit at the time it was airing. The ratings were certainly strong enough in the beginning, but by season 6 the viewership numbers were nearly a third of what they were at the show’s height in season 2. (Then again, season 2 of “Scrubs” aired directly after the timeslot for ratings juggernaut “Friends,” which gave it a boost....

Taking On His About Schmidt Role Left Jack Nicholson ‘Terrified’ New Line Cinema By Witney Seibold/Aug. 6, 2022 8:07 am EST Warren R. Schmidt, the title character played from Alexander Payne’s 2002 dramedy “About Schmidt,” was a large departure for actor Jack Nicholson. Throughout his career, Nicholson has played a wide variety of incredibly intense, sometimes even broad roles. Even when he played characters who are professional or buttoned down, he carries with him an intellectual intensity, a confidence, a terrifying, underlying rage, that often sees his characters emerging as fierce and heightened....

Tatiana Maslany Calls An Upcoming She-Hulk Cameo The ‘Greatest Moment’ Of Her Life Disney+ By Ryan Scott/Aug. 19, 2022 1:53 pm EST A new hero has entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the form of Jennifer Walters, aka She-Hulk, thanks to the latest Disney+ series “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.” Tatiana Maslany, who audiences likely know from her work on the Emmy-winning “Orphan Black,” has stepped in to bring the classic character to life....

High-Rise StudioCanal Ben Wheatley adapted “High-Rise” for screens in 2015 with a shoestring budget and a terrific cast. The story is one of J.G. Ballard’s most thematically insistent. Less garish than “Crash,” “High-Rise” explores the eroding architecture of social hierarchy in a tower where the ultra-wealthy live, cutting themselves off from the rest of society. There’s a sense that something’s not quite right with the outside world, but since the tower can support all its residents’ needs, those questions become unimportant....

The Biggest Fashion Statements In House Of The Dragon HBO By Shania Russell/Sept. 22, 2022 4:00 pm EST Some people watch “House of the Dragon” for the action. Some come for the soap opera-esque family drama. Some come to recreate the joys they felt during the early seasons of “Game of Thrones” and others hop aboard because they heard tell of Daemon Targaryen’s chaotic antics and let’s face it, Matt Smith is worth the hype....

The rarity of Black film noir TriStar Pictures Throughout the history of film, noir has rarely been a genre centered on the lives of Black people. There are a number of works featuring Black faces and places, but they are typically seen through the eyes of a white protagonist. Either they are mingling within that world to show how removed from the typical white society they are or, in a far more queasy way, to demonstrate that the environment they have entered is dangerous....

The Daily Stream: Get Out All Your Holiday Stress With Nobody Universal Pictures By Jenna Busch/Dec. 26, 2022 10:00 am EST Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Nobody” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: Ah, the holidays. That magical time of year when you spend money you don’t have for presents and have your life choices questioned by your family....

The Unusual Way Christopher Nolan Pitched Batman Begins’ Alfred To Michael Caine Warner Bros. By Jamie Gerber/July 27, 2022 4:47 pm EST At this point, it’s kind of difficult to imagine a Christopher Nolan film without Michael Caine. After all, the actor has been featured in eight of the auteur’s eleven films: all three entries in “The Dark Knight” trilogy, as well as “The Prestige,” “Inception,” Interstellar," “Tenet,” and even a brief voice cameo in “Dunkirk....

‘I have this deep-rooted fear’ Netflix The reason for her fear revolves around Enola’s fourth wall breaking. She said at the premiere: “While filming, I had a dream that I was on the set of ‘Stranger Things,’ and I couldn’t stop looking at the camera. And now, I have this deep-rooted fear that now I will never stop looking at the camera. So now, I’m so obsessed with it.” It makes sense, of course....

Why Fire & Blood Doesn’t Actually Spoil House Of The Dragon’s Entire Plot HBO By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 3, 2022 3:00 pm EST Like the infighting Targaryen family increasingly at each other’s throats in “House of the Dragon,” fans seem to have a pretty intense love/hate relationship with most adaptations these days. Make one mildly controversial change from the source material and may the gods (both the old and the new) save anyone who gets in the way of the backlash....

Why The First Film James Caan Directed Was Also His Last United Artists By BJ Colangelo/July 7, 2022 3:08 pm EST As we mourn and celebrate the life and career of James Caan, it’s important that we remember not only what a remarkable talent he was in front of the screen, but also what a straight-shooter he was about the ridiculous industry we all love so much. Caan became one of the most recognizable actors in the business, and was known for playing badass characters on screen that could only hope to be as cool as he was....

Why Was Steven Spielberg Not Nominated For Best Director For Jaws? Universal Pictures By Mike Shutt/Dec. 13, 2022 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Did They Get It Right?, a series where we take a look at an Oscars category from yesteryear and examine whether the Academy’s winner stands the test of time.) One of the greatest pieces of cinematic ephemera in history is the video of Steven Spielberg reacting to nominations announcement for the 1976 Academy Awards....

Your Name: Everything We Know About The Adaptation So Far Toho By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Nov. 4, 2022 8:03 am EST Another beloved Japanese animation film is getting a live-action adaptation. Makoto Shinkai’s breathtaking 2016 sci-fi anime film “Your Name” is getting the live-action treatment, with Paramount enlisting Academy Award-nominated filmmaker of “Raya and the Last Dragon,” Carlos López Estrada, to helm it. The film is currently in development, with Estrada writing the script, following an initial draft from “Bird Box” writer Eric Heisserer....