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Michael Mann Didn’t Want Will Smith Faking Any Of His Fights In Ali Sony By Jeremy Smith/Sept. 27, 2022 3:36 pm EST When you make a movie with Michael Mann, you’re likely going to become an expert in your character’s field of expertise. James Caan had to study safecracking to a level where he could actually pull off a job. The cops and crooks in “Heat” went through such rigorous firearms training, Val Kilmer’s on-the-fly reload mid-shootout has been singled out as textbook by military instructors....

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Interrupts A Heartfelt Reunion With The Witches From Earth Crunchyroll By Adam Wescott/Dec. 27, 2022 1:32 pm EST Well, that didn’t take long. Just last week, Suletta was convinced that Miorine had left her behind as she became increasingly enmeshed in the workings of GUND-ARM, Inc. This week, after ten minutes of increasingly painful misunderstandings, Miorine confronts a spiraling Suletta and assures her that no matter what happens, she will always care about her....

Playing Wednesday Addams Was Never ‘Work’ For Christina Ricci Paramount Pictures By Debopriyaa Dutta/Dec. 4, 2022 7:00 am EST Christina Ricci played Wednesday Addams with a biting edge, making the character her own in a definitive way. Wednesday’s refusal to fit in strikes a chord with those who relates to her outcast status, and her borderline-sociopathic, deadpan demeanor is, dare I say, iconic for many reasons. Ricci’s performance is a clear standout in the 1990s “Addams Family” films, even when stacked up against the movies’ solid cast of eccentric characters....

Robert Zemeckis Is Responsible For Samuel L. Jackson’s Best Jurassic Park Line Universal By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 9, 2022 1:29 pm EST On top of being the most influential blockbuster of the 1990s, Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” is a ridiculously quotable movie. From Jeff Goldblum’s smug witticisms (“If Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don’t eat the tourists”) to John Hammond’s jovial salesmanship (“Spared no expense”), the film is a showcase for David Koepp’s sparkling way with dialogue....

Squid Game Director Hwang Dong-Hyuk Is Open To Hollywood Stars Like Leonardo DiCaprio Joining The Show … Eventually Netflix By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 16, 2022 4:41 pm EST South Korean filmmaker and Emmy award-winning director Hwang Dong-hyuk of “Squid Game” is heading into season 2 of the smash-hit series, with Netflix inflating the show’s giant, gold piggy bank of a budget, and not making Hwang wait a full decade to see his vision come to life....

Star Trek: Lower Decks Pays Off A Joke Years In The Making Paramount By Witney Seibold/Oct. 27, 2022 11:00 am EST This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of “Star Trek: Lower Decks.” A bit of technical explanation is required. On “Star Trek,” the engines on Federation starships function more or less like internal combustion engines. Instead of generating energy through the combustion of flammable petroleum products, however, they channel the overwhelming power created by a series of matter/antimatter explosions....

A comedy sketch show for movie lovers TBS “In high school I wished on a monkey’s paw that more people liked the stuff I liked, and it backfired because now we have more ‘Star Wars’ and superheroes than I can even keep up with,” Abramson (above) tells us. Good. Now I know who to blame for the hashtag happy superhero bros and bots that flood my inbox whenever I even breathe the word “Batman....

Why it’s essential viewing FX Were you under the impression that the espionage drama/thriller series about Russian operatives infiltrating the highest levels of the American government during the peak of the Cold War would never be more relevant than it was around the 2016 presidential election? When a certain Russian interference story broke while the show was airing? Think again! Not only is “The Americans” far more complex and nuanced than viewers may have expected back when it first premiered in 2013, but it’s proven its staying power tenfold in the years since thanks to its heady mix of thrilling action sequences (like the one that kicks off the entire series), the aforementioned moral drama of how far Philip and Elizabeth are willing to go to maintain their cover and get the job done, and creator Joe Weisberg’s uncanny penchant for some of the most perfectly-timed needle drops you’ll ever encounter on network television (including the utterly inspired use of Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk” in that earlier scene)....

The Karate Kid Headband Came From An Improvised Moment During An Audition With Pat Morita Columbia Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 26, 2022 4:50 pm EST Thanks to a mix of irrepressible charm, a timeless rags-to-riches story of an underdog overcoming all odds, and some classic imagery that inspired countless fans and filmmakers alike, John G. Avildsen’s “The Karate Kid” has remained squarely at the forefront of pop culture ever since the original movie’s release in 1984....

The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King Ending Explained: The End Of All Things New Line Cinema By Steven Ward/Nov. 19, 2022 4:00 pm EST For the final film in his adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Ring” trilogy, Peter Jackson faced a seemingly insurmountable task: Getting the ending right. After all, as beloved as Jackson’s film trilogy is today, when it first arrived it was buried under no shortage of scrutinizing criticism from Tolkien scholars and readers alike....

The Multiverse Saga Officially Named As Marvel’s Follow-Up To The Infinity Saga Disney+ By Ben F. Silverio/July 23, 2022 9:58 pm EST As expected, Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios brought out the big guns for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. After a three-year absence, the House of Ideas came into Hall H with their proverbial guns blazing as they announced major project after major project. They covered the end of Phase Four, which now concludes with “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever....

The Clerks III that never was Lionsgate The last time we saw Dante, he was checking in for another day at the Quick Stop (which he and Randal bought and re-opened at the end of “Clerks II”) when he got caught up in a police raid on Jay and Silent Bob’s drug operation next door in 2019’s “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.” Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Smith revealed this was actually a revised take on the opening scene for his early “Clerks III” script draft:...

The Patient Is A Good Miniseries That Would’ve Been A Great Movie FX By Devin Meenan/Oct. 25, 2022 1:00 pm EST Spoilers for “The Patient” follow On October 25, 2022, “The Patient” concluded its 10-episode run. The mini-series tells the story of Dr. Alan Strauss (Steve Carrel), a therapist held captive by one of his patients, Sam Fortner (Domhnall Gleeson). It turns out Sam didn’t disclose a pretty big detail during their sessions — he’s a serial killer....

Keeping the Faith Buena Vista Pictures Norton’s sunny directorial debut “Keeping the Faith” in 2000 could not be more different than his cerebral, brooding roles on screen. He explains in an illuminating interview with Nora Ephron that he wanted to work on something with a more positive tone than the dark “American History X” and “Fight Club.” It may be surprising that he took on such a lighthearted project, but he wanted to work with his longtime friend and screenwriter Stuart Blumberg....

What James Gray Intended For Ad Astra And Why Brad Pitt Was Perfect By Walter Roberts/Oct. 5, 2022 5:38 pm EST As director James Gray intended, the 2019 film “Ad Astra” is deeply contemplative and melancholic. Your mileage may vary on how appealing that sounds, but to its credit, the movie does have a lot on its mind. Through an allegory centered around fatherhood and searching for life in the universe, the movie wrestles with themes of isolation, loneliness, and masculinity — all of which called for a lead actor that could represent a specific walk of life....

Wonderful beginnings Marvel Comics Simon Williams was created in 1964 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Don Heck for “The Avengers” #9. After his father died, Simon took over the family’s industrial munitions factory called Williams Innovations when his older brother Eric declined. While he was a capable scientist and electrical engineer, he was no businessman and the company started to flounder against competition like Stark Industries. At the urging of his brother, Simon tries to embezzle funds from the failing company and gets caught....

Why Star Wars Creator George Lucas Trusted Irvin Kershner To Direct The Empire Strikes Back Lucasfilm By Witney Seibold/Dec. 8, 2022 5:42 pm EST Conventional wisdom dictates that Irvin Kershner’s 1980 film “The Empire Strikes Back” is the best feature in the long-running “Star Wars” film series. Although only the second film — the third if you count “The Star Wars Holiday Special” — “Empire” startled audiences by announcing itself as “Episode V....

Wildwood Cast And New Image Revealed For Laika’s ‘Most Ambitious Film’ Yet Laika By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 25, 2022 12:30 pm EST Animation as a medium might not be the biggest priority or receive the greatest amount of respect among most studios — especially in recent days — but Laika has done all in its power to fight back against the rising tide and produce several gems in its own right over the years....

Will There Be A Cyberpunk Edgerunners Season 2? Here’s What We Know Netflix By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 21, 2022 5:48 pm EST All good things must come to an end, but fans of the Netflix series “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners” were probably hoping that it wouldn’t happen quite so soon. The animated series from CD Project Red and Studio Trigger was set in the same world as the “Cyberpunk 2077” video game and became such a hit that the anime actually helped sales of the video game, which had a notoriously troubled launch....

Andy Serkis Never Felt Like His Job As Gollum Was Finished New Line Cinema By Ernesto Valenzuela/July 26, 2022 8:10 pm EST Before Andy Serkis portrayed Caesar in the second reboot of the “Planet of the Apes” franchise and before he took over directing duties in the second installment of the “Venom” franchise in “Let There Be Carnage,” Serkis found himself putting on a mo-cap suit to play Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy....