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John Williams Debuts Indiana Jones 5 Song ‘Helena’s Theme’ In Concert At Hollywood Bowl Paramount Pictures By Valerie Ettenhofer/Sept. 3, 2022 1:32 pm EST Here’s a dose of pure euphoria for your day: legendary composer John Williams performed at the Hollywood Bowl last night, and shared a brand new piece of music called “Helena’s Theme” from the upcoming fifth Indiana Jones film. This marks the first time Williams has created new music for one of his most beloved franchise collaborations in well over a decade, and the song is remarkably beautiful....

Matt Reeves Wasn’t Sure Let Me In Should Even Be Made Overture Pictures By Erin Brady/Sept. 11, 2022 5:00 pm EST Upon its release in 2008, “Let The Right One In” became an instant horror classic. Weaving a coming-of-age story with vampire mythos, Tomas Alfredson’s film and its story of Oskar and Eli remains essential viewing for horror fans to this very day. Considering how well-received this film was, it is probably no surprise that an American remake was met with a fair amount of skepticism....

Mythic Quest’s David Hornsby On Their First Christmas Episode And Acting With Joe Manganiello [Exclusive Interview] Apple TV+ By Valerie Ettenhofer/Nov. 8, 2022 5:00 pm EST David Brittlesbee (David Hornsby) can never catch a break. The underappreciated executive producer of the game Mythic Quest is played by writer and executive producer David Hornsby, and while Hornsby’s series is consistently one of the best Apple TV+ has to offer, Brittlesbee seems trapped in an ever-turning wheel of fortune, with his nemesis, Brad (Danny Pudi), turning the crank....

Netflix Rejected Pleas To Keep Glass Onion In Theaters Longer Netflix By Shania Russell/Nov. 30, 2022 1:56 pm EST When the knives come out, the people head to theaters. Rian Johnson proved as much in 2019 by introducing the world to the wonderful gentleman sleuth, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig with a Kentucky fried southern drawl). A twisty whodunit with a star-studded cast? “Knives Out” was destined for success, but nothing like what it ultimately accomplished....

Okay, so what about Cavill? Warner Bros. There is no word yet on who will play this younger Superman. It’s also not clear who will direct, though James Gunn does seem like an obvious choice. However, Gunn made it clear on Twitter that the director’s chair has not officially been filled as of yet. But the most interesting part of this relates to Henry Cavill, who first played the part in 2013’s “Man of Steel,” which kicked off the current iteration of the DC Universe as we know it....

One Of The Scariest Scenes In Ghostbusters Comes With Overdue Fees Columbia Pictures By Matt Donato AND Chris Evangelista/Nov. 4, 2022 4:00 pm EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror with your tour guides, horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato. In this edition, Matt finds something scarier than overdue library books in “Ghostbusters.”) This week, I’m getting nostalgic over what used to scare me as a child....

Quentin Tarantino Is Making An Eight-Episode TV Series Sony By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 17, 2022 7:13 am EST What’s next for Quentin Tarantino? How about a TV series? The filmmaker is out there promoting his excellent new book “Cinema Speculation,” and while appearing during an event for the book he dropped the news that he plans to shoot a TV series next year. This won’t be Tarantino’s first time working in TV — in the past, he helmed episodes of “ER” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” but this will be his first full series (unless you want to count that alternate, multi-part version of “The Hateful Eight” he cut for Netflix)....

The Desperate Lionsgate In a 2005 interview with Movieweb, Bousman and “Saw” screenwriter Leigh Whannell talked about how “Saw II” came to be, and how the film was based on a wave of desperation. Fittingly, the original project that “Saw II” was derived from was called “The Desperate.” Many changes were made in the adaptation, but one script was indeed replaced with another. As Bousman tells it: “I had written a script called ‘The Desperate,’ it was very similar toned and themed to ‘Saw....

Strange World Heads Of Animation Talk About ‘Poop Pickles’ And The Other Weird Creatures They Created [Exclusive Interview] Disney By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 21, 2022 12:15 pm EST The upcoming Disney animated film “Strange World” lives up to its title. The world that the Clade family visits is, indeed, strange. And the creatures that inhabit that world are, if it’s possible, even stranger. Even though there’s a lot of weirdness in the film, all of those odd creations are still relatable and, dare I say, even adorable at times....

The 10 Films We’re Most Excited To See At Fantastic Fest 2022 Toho Co., Ltd By Rafael Motamayor/Aug. 16, 2022 11:59 am EST It’s the most fantastic time of the year, because Fantastic Fest is right around the corner! After a few unusual years of virtual premieres, location changes, and smaller lineups, Fantastic Fest seems to be coming back in full swing this year. This means the best movie week for cinephiles, genre fans, and overall weirdos is making its triumphant return, with new titles promising laughs, scares, depravity, and bizarre imagery coming to Austin next month in between all the parties and events....

The Blackcoat’s Daughter A24 Oz Perkins’ feature directorial debut may not be for everyone, but “The Blackcoat’s Daughter” aka “February,” is an effective and memorable chiller. The atmospheric film tells the story of what happens when Kat (Kiernan Shipka) and Rose (Lucy Boynton) are left alone at their prep school over winter break after their parents mysteriously forget to pick them up. The school exhibits unexplainable behaviors while the girls are stuck on campus, and a strange woman named Joan (Emma Roberts) is on a quest to arrive at the school by any means necessary....

The Amazing Visual Easter Egg Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Uses In Its Season Finale Paramount By Danielle Ryan/July 7, 2022 1:45 pm EST This post contains spoilers for the season finale of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is a lovingly crafted return to form for “Star Trek,” harkening back to the classic original series while also managing to feel completely fresh. There’s a lot of attention to detail that makes every episode feel authentically “Trek,” from the uniforms to the dialogue, but the season 1 finale, “A Quality of Mercy,” features a much more subtle reference to “Star Trek: The Original Series....

The Best Sci-Fi Movies Streaming In October 2022 And Where To Find Them Sony Pictures Releasing By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 30, 2022 9:42 pm EST With fall well underway and spooky season rearing its haunted head, now is the perfect time to curl up on the couch with a good movie. While horror typically reigns supreme this time of year, there are still plenty of incredible films well worth your precious viewing minutes, especially from the science fiction genre....

The Daily Stream: Coco Is The Perfect Film For Día De Los Muertos Disney/Pixar By Jenna Busch/Nov. 1, 2022 11:00 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: “Coco” Where You Can Stream It: Disney+ The Pitch: If you’re looking for a beautiful film to watch in honor of Día de Los Muertos, Pixar’s “Coco” will have you laughing through tears....

The Daily Stream: The Watermelon Woman Questions Film History, And Makes It Too First Run Features By Valerie Ettenhofer/July 26, 2022 3:00 pm 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: “The Watermelon Woman” Where You Can Stream It: Fubo, Kanopy, Fandor, and Showtime streaming The Pitch: This 1996 indie follows Cheryl (writer, director, and editor Cheryl Dunye), a Black lesbian in her 20s who’s working at a video store alongside her friend Tamara (Valarie Walker)....

The Morning Show Season 3: Everything We Know So Far About The Return Of The Series Apple TV+ By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Aug. 20, 2022 7:30 pm EST Earlier this year, the Apple TV+ series “The Morning Show” was renewed for a third season, with most of its ensemble cast members set to return. The show features Jennifer Aniston as news anchor Alex Levy and Reese Witherspoon as field reporter Bradley Jackson. It follows Alex struggling to keep her job when a rivalry begins to brew between her and Jackson; an impulsive decision-maker who is quickly rising to the top....

‘Shuri is the center of the story’ Marvel Studios It’s well-known by now that “Wakanda Forever” was going to be a bit of a different movie. Unfortunately, due to Boseman passing away in 2020 and Marvel wisely deciding not to recast the role of T’Challa, it had to be retooled in a big way. This caused Shuri, who was introduced in the 2018 film as the Black Panther’s wise-cracking techy sister, to become the film’s lead....

The Real Life Robbery That Inspired Andor’s Big Heist Storyline Lucasfilm By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 11, 2022 9:40 am EST The first season of “Andor” has managed to be both a heist movie and a prison movie set in the ever-expanding “Star Wars” universe. While the show’s latest arc has seen Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) tucked away as an inmate and worker in an Imperial factory (where he’s kept up the trend of alliterative aliases by trading “Clem” for “Keef”), the whole reason Cassian landed there in the first place is that he was vacationing on a beach resort planet using his cut of the money from the heist of an Imperial sector’s payroll....

‘We always hear a little bit of buzzing flies’ Prime Video For as much as “The Rings of Power” makes us want to live among the nomadic harfoots or the elegant elves, the incredible visual design of those monstrous orcs provokes the exact opposite reaction. As much as the show went above and beyond to suggest a brief sympathetic viewpoint for those villains, everyone involved in the series made sure to provoke feelings of disgust and discomfort whenever the orcs appeared on screen....

Was Orson Welles A Failure? Why The Citizen Kane Director Died A Hollywood Outcast (& Legend) RKO Radio Pictures By Jeremy Smith/July 19, 2022 5:28 pm EST When Orson Welles died on October 10, 1985, at the age of 70 he was, as ever, broke. As David Thomson noted in a lovely appreciation for The Guardian in 2009, the profound absence of money was Welles’ “abiding condition.” Welles had outsized appetites (and, according to his many biographers, his tendency to overeat no doubt contributed to his too-early death), but his most insatiable hunger was for filmmaking....