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Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 Revives A Classic (And Silly) Trek Trope Paramount+ By Valerie Ettenhofer/Sept. 1, 2022 10:00 am EST This post contains spoilers for episode two of “Star Trek: Lower Decks” season 3. There’s an episode of “Star Trek: The Original Series” called “The Apple” that exemplifies one of the franchise’s most superficially goofy tropes. The Enterprise crew visits Gamma Trianguli VI, a beautiful planet that they soon learn features exploding rocks, poisonous plants, and Vaal, a god-like technological system that looks like a crudely made dragon’s head statue....

Ted White, Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter’s Jason Voorhees, Dies At 96 Columbia Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 15, 2022 10:07 am EST Stuntman and actor Ted White, who played Jason Voorhees in “Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter” among other roles, has died at the age of 96. Convention owner Sean Clark confirmed the news on Facebook (via Bloody Disgusting), writing that White “passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home....

Terrifier Wears Its Exploitation Label As A ‘Badge Of Honor’ Bloody Disgusting By Matthew Bilodeau/Nov. 4, 2022 3:41 pm EST Exploitation films often thrive among cult audiences who hold a reverence for a bygone era of filmmaking, which makes it even more fascinating to see the “Terrifier” films blow up in popularity. Although, it’s not entirely difficult to see why. The brutal slasher film series revolves around Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton), a sadistic pantomime killer whose affinity for mutilating the human body is boundless....

Peaceful efforts don’t always go as planned HBO Even without using their dragons, things start to feel promising in the Dragonstone war room before Luke and Jace are sent off to suss out their allies. Unfortunately this strategy ends in tragedy when the younger brother’s mission with the Baratheons at Storm’s End is impeded by Aemond, Aegon’s younger brother. Aegon chases him out on his enormous dragon and Luke’s baby dragon lashes out and spits fire at it....

Who’s behind the mysterious slayings? Vlad Cioplia/Netflix After spending eight episodes investigating a series of mysterious monster attacks around Nevermore Academy, Wednesday finally gets a clue in “A Murder of Woes.” Funnily enough, it’s not even a real clue that leads her to realize that Tyler (Hunter Doohan) is responsible for a string of mutilations around campus, but a psychic vision she gets when they kiss. In a polarizing departure from pretty much every version of Wednesday Addams that came before her, this version seems to be hungry for human connection, but when she gets it, it comes with a reality check....

Why Enterprise’s Dr. Phlox Is The Greatest Star Trek Character Paramount By Witney Seibold/Nov. 1, 2022 2:00 pm EST (Welcome to Yesterday’s Enterprises, a series where we explore every corner of the vast “Star Trek” universe. In this edition: a tribute to Dr. Phlox, one of the all-time-great “Trek” characters.) For any neophytes that may be reading, the uniforms on “Star Trek” are colored to coordinate with their department. On the original series, those who are on the command track wear gold uniforms....

I think that’s something that people just want to complain about. Bloody Disgusting “Terrifier” is a feature-length vehicle for Leone’s deadly reveler Art the Clown. Mute but theatrical, Art was played first by Mike Giannelli in Leone’s short films “The 9th Circle” and “Terrifier,” followed by an appearance in Leone’s 2013 anthology film “All Hallows Eve.” A crowdfunding campaign made a feature-length spin-off for the clown possible and that’s when David Howard Thornton took over as the boogeyman of Miles County, slaughtering its citizens every Halloween like a sleazier Michael Myers....

14 Best Harley Quinn Episodes Ranked HBO Max By Caroline Cao/Sept. 21, 2022 12:31 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Arkham Asylum psychiatrist-turned-henchwoman Harley Quinn has undergone a rich evolution across cartoons, movies, and comics. Bat-smashing her way through adversaries, Harley Quinn is ripe for enthralling chaos. Since her breakout debut in the “Batman: The Animated Series,” which spawned her a fanbase and spin-offs, Harley Quinn has ascended to the star of her own television show....

Abbott Elementary’s Team Gave Away Their Entire Emmy Campaign Budget To Schools In Need ABC By Jenna Busch/Sept. 13, 2022 2:09 pm EST At last night’s 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards, “Abbott Elementary” star Sheryl Lee Ralph won Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, with creator, showrunner, and star Quinta Brunson taking home the statue for Best Writing for a Comedy Series. Those weren’t the only awards they were up for either....

Disney v. Disney Marvel Studios Here’s the nature of the current box office landscape: “Wakanda Forever” and its greatest opponents are playing for the same team. The film’s weekend gross is the second highest of 2022 so far. At the top of the rankings is another Marvel Studios film, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” which arrived in May 2022 to a $185 million domestic gross. This victory isn’t set in stone, though....

Every Sergio Leone Movie Ranked Worst To Best Warner Bros. Pictures By Joe Garza/Aug. 5, 2022 6:09 pm EST There are few directors whose films are so unique and definitive in their style that audiences can easily point out their handiwork within only a few minutes of viewing. Sergio Leone is certainly one of those directors, a filmmaker who cultivated a singular approach to moviemaking and took the medium to new and interesting places it had not yet been....

Futurama’s Bittersweet Tone Made It A Tough Series To Write By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 5, 2022 7:07 am EST On “Futurama,” the cigar-chomping robot, Bender, voiced by John DiMaggio, is known for his sparkling catchphrase, “Bite my shiny metal ass.” It’s a variation on his five most frequently used words, which are actually (in descending order) “bite,” “my,” “shiny,” “daffodil,” “ass.” The point is, Bender has attitude, and the same could be said for the brand of irreverent humor “Futurama” employs....

Genndy Tartakovsky Didn’t Take Recasting Samurai Jack’s Aku Lightly Adult Swim By Ernesto Valenzuela/Aug. 6, 2022 6:30 pm EST “Samurai Jack” has widely been lauded as one of Genndy Tartakovsky’s most significant works, with the Cartoon Network show delivering a fun five-season run filled with incredible animation. Not only that, but the show managed to provide a satisfying conclusion even after ending its original run in 2004. The show would return in 2017 for its final season, giving a definitive conclusion to the story of Samurai Jack and his goal to get back to the past and save his people from the demon Aku....

Getting Character Height Right In The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Took Every Trick In The Book [Exclusive] Ben Rothstein / Prime Video By Valerie Ettenhofer/Aug. 23, 2022 9:11 pm EST When “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” debuts on Prime Video next month, it’ll mark a milestone in television history, reportedly becoming the most expensive show ever made. With a budget as massive as the one it’s working with, the prequel series will be expected to look pretty much flawless to appease wary fans of Peter Jackson’s films....

Gravity’s Crew Had To Get Creative To Make Sound Work In Space Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 14, 2022 10:00 pm EST In space, no one can hear your space station exploding into a million pieces in the nightmare scenario of humanity’s increasingly crowded journey into the stars. The exact orbital physics and logistics that drive much of the action in director Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity” may not be entirely up to NASA standards – don’t take my word for it, but that of an actual astronaut!...

How Scruffy’s Voice Actor Changed His Fate On Futurama 20th Television By Witney Seibold/Aug. 2, 2022 1:10 pm EST The first time “Futurama” audiences saw Scruffy the Janitor, he was standing in the background, quietly doing his job in the episode “My Three Suns.” Later, in “Anthology of Interest I,” Scruffy was brought into the building’s Accusing Parlor (a room specifically built for whodunnit scenarios) where he and Leela (Katey Sagal) both admitted to never having seen each other before....

How Top Gun Set The Stage For A Military Coup In The Movie Business Paramount By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Sept. 19, 2022 5:20 pm EST In 1986, Tony Scott’s “Top Gun” was the highest-grossing film of the year. Audiences flocked to see its newest movie star Tom Cruise, fresh off of “Risky Business” and “The Outsiders,” frolic around a sun-kissed dreamscape of Coronado, California. Military recruitment booths were set up outside theaters, and naval aviator applications skyrocketed....

No Role Was ‘Too Small’ For Humphrey Bogart To Take Warner Bros. By Demetra Nikolakakis/Sept. 9, 2022 10:55 am EST Humphrey Bogart may have built himself a reputation as the perfect smoldering lead — the tough guy who could banter with the villain, save the day, then wash his cares away with a nightcap — but he was far from pretentious about it. Rather than always insisting upon playing the lead role, Bogart was excited by small parts....

Sydney Sweeney To Reteam With Michael Mohan For Psychological Horror Film Immaculate HBO Max By Lex Briscuso/Oct. 28, 2022 5:46 pm EST It’s safe to say “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus” star Sydney Sweeney is taking over the industry. She will now star in an upcoming psychological horror film called “Immaculate,” which will reunite Sweeney with “The Voyeurs” director Michael Mohan. It’s the latest in a slew of announcements centering on Sweeney and her blossoming actor-producer career....

The Best Kids’ Animation Of 2022 Netflix By Caroline Cao/Dec. 22, 2022 3:15 pm EST Animation for children deserves more respect, especially lately. In an industry that values profits over artistic risks, kids’ animation remains a dismissible art form, and the intelligence of its audience is often underestimated. In 2022, the industry faced HBO Max’s purge of several animated projects, an ongoing battle for fair wages, and the abridgement or outright cancelation of numerous shows and movies....