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The Daily Stream: Honor Society Mixes Caper Thrills With High School Drama Paramount+ By Rafael Motamayor/Aug. 5, 2022 5:00 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: “Honor Society” Where You Can Stream It: Paramount+ The Pitch: With streaming services and giant studios crumbling before our very eyes, it’s the perfect time to give some love to underappreciated streaming platforms and the movies they fail to properly promote but are great fun....

The Wild Doctor Who Movie That Was Never Made Regal Films International By Erin Brady/July 31, 2022 8:30 pm EST “Doctor Who” is probably one of the most chaotic media franchises ever created, and we don’t say that lightly. This is a franchise that has tons of lost episodes because of shoddy recording methods, as well as several plotlines that have either been drastically reduced in scope or completely cut altogether....

Vikings: Valhalla Season 2 First Look: The Netflix Series Is Back To Ragnarok And Roll Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Sept. 24, 2022 2:31 pm EST More blood is no doubt about to be spilled as Netflix’s Viking history series gets closer to seeing Valhalla. The second season of the “Vikings” spin-off “Vikings: Valhalla” is around the corner, and a first look preview just dropped for a batch of episodes that will see the Norse explorers and conquerors continue to push beyond the boundaries of their land....

Why Luca Guadagnino Thinks George A. Romero Was ‘One Of The Greatest Directors’ United Artists Releasing By Drew Tinnin/Nov. 29, 2022 1:54 pm EST Growing up in the blue collar city of Pittsburgh, George Romero came from working-class roots and always remained humble throughout his filmmaking career. As the creator of the modern zombie, Romero caused a ripple effect throughout cinema that is still being felt today with more socially conscious genre fare like “Get Out” and groundbreaking mainstream television like AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” which just ended its phenomenal run after 11 seasons....

Why was it canceled? 20th Television The show was so notorious it eventually became a headline in the Onion: The Chevy Chase Show Enters Sixth Blockbuster Season In Alternate Universe. The easy answer as to why the show was canceled is pretty easy: it simply wasn’t very good. Clips online reveal a low-energy Chase enacting limp slapstick from his glory days, a low-energy audience not laughing at him, and interviews that were full of prolonged pauses and awkward moments....

A New James Bond Won’t Be Cast Until He Has A Villain To Fight MGM By Devin Meenan/Sept. 22, 2022 10:17 pm EST “No Time To Die” may have featured the end of Daniel Craig’s James Bond, but the end credits still promised that 007 will return — it just won’t be the same Bond audiences have known for the last five movies. Now that Craig’s turn as Ian Fleming’s super-spy is over, the time has come for the role to be handed over to a new actor....

Akira Kurosawa Had A Theory About His Films’ International Appeal Toho By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 8, 2022 10:05 pm EST When Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon” won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival in 1951, it allowed Japanese cinema to begin gaining more of a foothold abroad. Throughout his career, Kurosawa incorporated Western influences into his work, with Shakespeare being one ready example as seen in Kurosawa’s “Macbeth” and “King Lear” adaptations, “Throne of Blood” and “Ran....

There’s nothing scarier than vengeful teens Netflix Drea’s downfall comes right when she’s at the height of her powers, primed to rule the school during senior year and finally seize her acceptance to Yale. But that triumph is decimated before it ever becomes real when an intimate Snapchat video sent to her boyfriend is leaked to the entire school. The only thing keeping Drea from physically imploding is a well-timed meet cute with Maya Hawke’s effortlessly cool Eleanor, a queer alt-girl with a tragic tale of her own — she’s still nursing the pain of being publicly outed and made into a social pariah....

Hook Was A (Friendly) Clash Of The Titans For Robin Williams And Dustin Hoffman Sony By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 5, 2022 4:45 pm EST Steven Spielberg’s “Hook” was, to put it mildly, a massive undertaking. The production sprawled across nine sound stages on Columbia Pictures lot and went 40 days over schedule. Stage 27, which housed the Jolly Roger pirate ship, became a celebrity tourist attraction, with Warren Beatty, Kevin Costner and Prince dropping by to gawk at the mammoth vessel....

How Wednesday’s Thing Became So Beloved Without Saying A Word Netflix By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 6, 2022 10:00 am EST It’s been said that big things come in small packages, and few characters in pop culture embody (or should we say “disembody”) the sentiment quite like Thing of “The Addams Family.” Known as the severed hand servant and longtime companion of the family Addams, Thing has remained a vital member of the world of entertainment inspired by Charles Addams’ original cartoons and has evolved into one of the most beloved characters in the family....

James Mangold Wanted Cop Land To Be A Mashup Of Westerns And Sidney Lumet Mirimax By Ernesto Valenzuela/Dec. 11, 2022 3:26 pm EST James Mangold’s sophomore feature film “Cop Land” has interesting intersections of genre and tone that, in hindsight, are telling of the director’s future projects. Starring big-name talent like Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, and Harvey Keitel, the film tells the story of a sheriff in a small New Jersey town who comes into conflict with a group of corrupt New York police officers who live in the community....

‘There’s that really dark physical feeling that happens’ Movies can be judged quickly, too, as they tend to live or die nowadays by aggregated critic and audience scores and their opening weekend gross at the box office. Though Peele as a filmmaker has mostly enjoyed success on that front, he also knows what it feels like to put something out there and have it meet with hostility or utter indifference. That’s a challenge many less established filmmakers face as they contend with a crowded streaming marketplace where recognition or outside acknowledgment isn’t always forthcoming....

Luthen Rael Isn’t Just A Dedicated Rebel, He’s A Total Badass In Andor Episode 11 Disney+/Lucasfilm By Debopriyaa Dutta/Nov. 16, 2022 1:09 pm EST This post contains spoilers for “Andor” episode 11. Rebel middleman Luthel Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) has been goated since he was first introduced on “Andor.” Luthen has served as the catalyst for Cassian Andor’s (Diego Luna) journey as an emerging rebel, as he helped facilitate his escape on Ferrix and his involvement in the Aldhani heist....

Meet Cute Release Date, Cast And More Peacock By Jenna Busch/Aug. 17, 2022 5:14 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) If you could go back in time and relive the first date you had with the love of your life, would you do it? Would you tell this person that they’re not a stranger to you, the way you are to them?...

Michael Madsen Joined Reservoir Dogs Just To Hang Out With Harvey Keitel Miramax Films By Matt Rainis/Nov. 8, 2022 2:20 pm EST “Reservoir Dogs” was Quentin Tarantino’s arrival on the scene as an independent filmmaker, and it immediately proved that he was a director to watch. A low-budget pressure cooker of a movie that centers on the crew of would-be criminals in the aftermath of a robbery gone horribly wrong, the film was the origin of some of Tarantino’s filmmaking trademarks, including witty dialogue and hyper-violence....

Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur Teaser: For When The Avengers Don’t Go Below 14th Street DIsney Channel By Ben F. Silverio/Sept. 12, 2022 4:16 pm EST One girl can make a difference. But can you imagine how much more of a difference she can make with a dinosaur on her side? Well, a tyrannosaurus rex may not be ideal for every situation, but Lunella Lafayette is happy to have Devil Dinosaur with her as she fights crime in the Lower East Side of New York City in the upcoming Disney Channel series “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur....

Moonage Daydream Trailer: Revisit The Life Of Musical Genius David Bowie Neon By Jenna Busch/July 27, 2022 3:34 pm EST The legendary musician David Bowie, whom we sadly lost in 2016 at the age of 69, is being celebrated in the new film “Moonage Daydream.” It will debut exclusively in IMAX, and take us through Bowie’s career with performances, never-before-seen footage, and Bowie’s narration (via archived interviews). “Moonage Daydream” joins the slate of recent films about the lives of famous musicians, such as “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Rocketman,” but this time through a documentary lens....

New ‘Daredevil’ VFX Reel Explains Some Of The Tricks Behind The Netflix Series “Our job is not to be the star of the shot,” says Shade VFX senior exec producer David Van Dyke of his company’s work on Daredevil. Indeed, the show’s effects were not excessively showy, but as some of the effects tricks are revealed one realizes that there was probably more reliance on visual effects in the show than you first assumed....

Pinocchio trailer It takes a special talent to breathe fresh new life into a century-old fairy tale, but that’s exactly what Guillermo del Toro appears to have done with this new stop-motion animated adventure. Teased right from the outset as a “darker” take on the well-known story, the “Crimson Peak” and “Nightmare Alley” director has clearly brought over every iota of his storytelling might to this reimagined fable of a grief-stricken father named Geppetto and the “son” he inadvertently wills into being....

Steven Spielberg Never Saw Lincoln As A Biopic Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 6, 2022 9:30 pm EST “Abraham Lincoln has to think about his whole life before he abolishes slavery and ends the Civil War.” This sentence, I can assure you, is not a real line of dialogue from Steven Spielberg’s 2012 film “Lincoln.” Nor, for that matter, is “Lincoln” what you would call a typical biopic....