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Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful Netflix “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” sets the tone right away by telling the story of how old Geppetto (David Bradley) lost his 10-year-old son, Carlo, when a bomb was dropped on a church where Geppetto had been putting the final bloody touches on a grand crucifix. (Religion is another sensitive topic that “Pinocchio” doesn’t shy away from.) Years later, Geppetto falls into a mad, drunken, grief-stricken rage and chops down the tree that grew over his son’s grave....

Halloween Ends Is Like An Update Of The Thorn Trilogy Universal Pictures By Anya Stanley/Oct. 20, 2022 9:23 am EST David Gordon Green’s “Halloween Ends” caps what is known as the “H40” trilogy, breathing new life into the Michael Myers-centered “Halloween” franchise that has chugged along since John Carpenter’s original horror film in 1978. In the new trilogy, Myers — or The Shape, as he was referred to in Carpenter and Debra Hill’s script for the o....

How Martin Scorsese And Robert De Niro Rescued Joe Pesci’s Acting Career Warner Bros By Lee Adams/Sept. 12, 2022 2:21 pm EST Maybe the most intimidating question ever asked in a movie consists of only two words: “Funny how?” The moment comes 20 minutes into Martin Scorsese’s mob classic, “GoodFellas.” Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) is in a restaurant entertaining his cronies, including partner-in-crime Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), with a story about getting beaten up by a cop....

The Fear Street Trilogy Netflix At the end of June, Netflix released the “Fear Street” trilogy from Leigh Janiak (“Honeymoon”) to near-universal praise from both teen audiences and adults. Based on the R.L. Stine book series, the trilogy focused on a teen girl, her girlfriend, and their friends as they attempt to put to rest the evil that has been plaguing their town for centuries, and reveal the truth behind the curse of Shadyside....

James Cameron Calls Avatar: The Way Of Water ‘The Worst Business Case In Movie History’ 20th Century Studios By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Nov. 21, 2022 4:46 pm EST James Cameron remains one of the film industry’s biggest technological innovators and a titan-level director that is obsessed with pushing the medium to its limits. What makes him truly great as a populist filmmaker is that he always knows how to properly sell a humane story that makes full use of that ambitious appetite for cutting-edge technological prowess....

Jon Hamm’s Bridesmaids Appearance Was A Favor To Kristen Wiig Universal Pictures By Sarah Musnicky/Sept. 26, 2022 3:00 am EST It’s been just over a decade since the female-led comedy “Bridesmaids” dropped in theaters. In that film, we follow Annie (Kristen Wiig), a single woman who is low-key the personification of a dumpster fire. She’s barely holding it together when she learns that her lifelong best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) is engaged and she is asked to be the maid of honor....

Most Of The Lord Of The Rings’ VFX Team Had Never Made A Movie Before New Line Cinema By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 30, 2022 8:51 am EST Though it has contributed to some of the highest-grossing movies of all time, including “Avatar” and “Avengers: Endgame,” Peter Jackson’s visual effects company, Wētā FX (formerly known as Weta Digital), was still in its infancy when it set to work on “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy....

Netflix’s The Watcher Has Led To A Mind-Breaking Increase In Home Security Sales Netflix By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 20, 2022 8:12 pm EST Remember last December when a high profile “Sex and the City” legacy character showed up in the pilot episode of “And Just Like That,” had a heart attack after using a Peloton exercise bike, and then real-life stocks of Peleton plummeted into the ground? Well, that’s a thing that happened in case you aren’t up to date on all things related to “Sex and the City....

‘I was really rebelling against that’ 20th Century Studios Dan, there are two oners that I wanted to talk to you about, and they’re very different. The first is early on, following Naru as she walks through the village. I thought the camera placement was interesting there because it starts out behind her, but then she turns toward it, and the majority of that shot is with her facing the camera as the camera moves backward....

Prey Reminds Us That Predator Was Never About Firepower 20th Century Studios By Hannah Shaw-Williams/Aug. 11, 2022 8:00 am EST Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Prey.” It isn’t easy for the fifth movie in a franchise (seventh, if you count the “Alien vs. Predator” movies) to feel original and refreshing while also remaining true to the core of the franchise — but Dan Trachtenberg’s “Prey” manages it. Part of that is owed to its place in the woefully under-explored genre of historical sci-fi....

Quentin Tarantino Made It Tough For Michael Madsen To Rehearse Reservoir Dogs’ Torture Scene Miramax Films By Miyako Pleines/Sept. 14, 2022 2:55 pm EST Quentin Tarantino has made a name for himself as a violence-obsessed filmmaker with a knack for blending different film genres and pop culture references into twisted tales of revenge. “Reservoir Dogs,” his first feature-length film, tells the story of a group of thieves who, after pulling off a diamond heist, become increasingly paranoid that their group is harboring a traitor....

Requiem For A Dream Ending Explained: The Many Faces Of Addiction Artisan Entertainment By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 3, 2022 6:00 pm EST Anything can be an addiction. People sometimes casually throw around the word “addicted” when talking about shows they’re hooked on and other likes and loves, but in “Requiem for a Dream,” television is but one of many things that can be habit-forming for humans in all the wrong ways. Darren Aronofsky’s 2000 film descends into a cacophony of cross-cutting and nightmarish images as its four central characters plunge deeper into addiction and self-destruction....

Sigourney Weaver Explains How She Prepared To Play A Teenager In Avatar: The Way Of Water 20th Century Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 29, 2022 12:56 pm EST Oh, James Cameron. What will he think of next? Not only will “Avatar: The Way of Water” debut well over a decade after the original box office-smashing hit first arrived, but a number of familiar faces who we thought had kicked the bucket in the previous movie are set to join in on the action once more....

Tales Of The Walking Dead: 4 Things We Learned From The Comic-Con Panel AMC By Jacob Hall/July 22, 2022 7:21 pm EST Each series in the “Walking Dead” franchise offers a window into a world undone. The flagship show showcases the zombie apocalypse in the American southeast, while “Fear the Walking Dead” spotlights a ruined southwest. “The Walking Dead: World Beyond” shook things up, following young people who came of age during this new world....

The 10 Best Mike Myers Movies And TV Shows, Ranked Paramount Pictures By Simon Bland/Oct. 20, 2022 2:47 pm EST Throughout his decades-long career, writer, actor, comedian, and director Mike Myers has been part of not one, not two, but three mammoth movie hits. Google his name, and you’ll find stories alternating between the mullet hero of “Wayne’s World,” a psychedelic spy, or a grumpy green ogre — such is the versatility of this Canadian-born comedy machine....

The editing efficacy of John Frankenheimer MGM As far as Spielberg is concerned, no one cut a film with more invigorating flair than John Frankenheimer. The director of such classics as “Birdman of Alcatraz,” “The Manchurian Candidate” and “Seconds” had an innate feel for how a movie should play rhythmically. Speaking to Sight and Sound in 1977, Spielberg observed, “His editing often has more energy than the content of the story....

The Idea For Inside Out Came From The Production Of Pixar’s Up Disney / Pixar By Witney Seibold/July 7, 2022 9:25 am EST Peter Docter’s 2015 film “Inside Out” is possibly the best film put out by Pixar. Set partly inside the brain space of an 11-year-old girl named Riley, the film is about five anthropomorphic emotions — Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear, and Anger — who serve as the “pilots” of their human host....

The Lion King’s Directors Had To Fight Disney To Keep Disco Out Of The Movie Walt Disney By J. Gabriel Ware/Aug. 15, 2022 5:30 pm EST I’ve watched babies who have yet to speak their first words sit in front of a TV or an iPad and break into laughter as they watch cartoons. Every time, I ask myself: How are they laughing when they don’t even understand what’s going on?...

The Live-Action Superhero That Keanu Reeves Would Want To Play Lionsgate By Rafael Motamayor/July 15, 2022 12:21 pm EST Keanu Reeves has done it all. The 57-year-old actor has helped revolutionize cinema with sci-fi epics, charmed us in rom-coms, delighted us in goofy comedies, thrilled us in action films, and then did all of those simultaneously in the “John Wick” films. He’s even been a teddy bear reporter! But like any actor, Reeves wants a new challenge....

Putting nipples on the Batsuit Warner Bros. No look back at the most controversial costumes in sci-fi history — nay, the history of cinema — would be complete without a mention of the phrase which sends a shiver down the spine of Batman fans everywhere: the nipples on the Batsuit. The films are Joel Schumacher’s “Batman Forever” and “Batman & Robin,” and the be-nippled Batsuits are the ones worn by Val Kilmer and George Clooney, the latter of whom admitted in a Reddit AMA that he was embarrassed by it....