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Star Trek: Lower Deck’s California Class Climax Was A Metaphor For The Show’s Success Paramount By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Nov. 7, 2022 3:31 pm EST The third season of “Star: Trek: Lower Decks” wrapped up on Paramount+ recently with its explosive finale, “The Stars at Night.” The automated Texas class starships sent out by Admiral Les Buenamigo’s (Carlos Alazraqui) that have become hostile were destroyed thanks to the help of Mariner (Tawny Newsome), who made a heroic return to the U....

Everything will (probably) work out in the end Prime Video Surprisingly, the man who regularly pens unspeakable horrors for this series also offered some comfort to those rightfully worried about Homelander’s latest victory. “The story’s not over,” Kripke said, adding: “Hang out, folks. There’s more story to tell and I’ll make a pledge to you right now that I will not end this series with Homelander winning. So, you can hold me to that....

Ringu opening scene Toho The first line of dialogue in “Ringu” launches us right into the urban legend of a Tokyo boy on a family trip to Izu, who mistakenly recorded a blank TV channel, only to see a woman onscreen and receive a phone call telling him he’d die in a week. Masami (Hitomi Sato) relates the story with great gusto, relishing with laughter as she says, “And a week later, the boy died!...

The Daily Stream: The Master Finds Paul Thomas Anderson (And America) At A Crossroads The Weinstein Company By Sandy Schaefer/Oct. 10, 2022 7:00 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 Master” (2012) Where You Can Stream It: MUBI The Pitch: WWII Navy vet Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) struggles to find his way in 1950s America, his self-destructive tendencies and unpredictable violent outbursts costing him one job after another....

The Real-Life Inspiration Behind Mulan Disney By Miyako Pleines/Sept. 13, 2022 11:07 am EST Disney’s 1998 animated film “Mulan” gave us one of the most badass Disney women the company has ever created. The movie tells the story of Fa Mulan, a young woman who does not fit into the traditional mold of the other Chinese women in her village. Her family is constantly embarrassed by her nontraditional behavior, but they still hold out hope of her one day bestowing honor upon their family name....

The Star Trek: Lower Decks Season Finale Features One Darn Good Starship Battle Paramount By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Oct. 27, 2022 2:14 pm EST This post contains spoilers for the season finale of “Star Trek: Lower Decks.” Who knew that the spin-off cartoon from a writer/producer on “Rick and Morty” would be delivering some of the best modern “Star Trek” stories we’ve seen lately? As crass and silly “Star Trek: Lower Decks” can often be, the show has always been a genuine and loving attempt to capture the adventurous essence of the historic sci-fi franchise....

Tim Burton’s Batman Was A Potential Career-Killer For The Top Brass At Warner Bros. Warner Bros. By Erin Brady/Nov. 5, 2022 7:00 pm EST It may seem strange now, but there was a time when superhero movies weren’t taken seriously in the movie industry. After all, superheroes and the comics they originated from were often seen as fluff entertainment, primarily for children and teenagers. Movies like “Superman” and pretty much anything released by Marvel at this time solidified this....

Watch the Vampire Academy trailer In the lore of the series, there are a few different kinds of vampires. Sisi Stringer (“Mortal Kombat”) plays Rose Hathaway, a Dhampir, which are vampire-human hybrids. She’s sworn to protect her best friend Lissa Dragomir, played by Daniela Nieves (“Snowfall”). Lissa is a Royal Moroi vampire whose sister is set to inherit the Moroi throne. Lissa isn’t interested in playing a part in politics. Of course, politics find her, and the threat of the Strigoi could change the power structure forever....

Who Are The Members Of The Justice Society Of America In Black Adam? Warner Bros. Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 11, 2022 3:46 pm EST The hierarchy of power in the DC Extended Universe is about to change, though surely not in the way Dwayne Johnson meant when he first began using that tagline to promote “Black Adam” on social media. Despite the company’s best efforts to draw attention away from last week’s kerfuffle involving “Batgirl” and the “Scoob!...

A ‘Huge Amount’ Of The Rings Of Power’s Volcanic Aftermath Was Filmed Practically, Without Green Screen [Exclusive] Prime Video By Debopriyaa Dutta/Oct. 7, 2022 11:45 am EST This post contains spoilers for “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” After things quite literally heated up with the creation of Mordor in Episode 6 of “The Rings of Power,” Episode 7, titled “The Eye,” has taken its time to allow things to settle down....

A Blink-And-You-Miss-It Moment In Heat Took Robert De Niro Three Days To Get Right Warner Bros. By Drew Tinnin/Oct. 18, 2022 1:56 pm EST With the runaway book success of “Heat 2,” the literary prequel and sequel written by Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner, the L.A. crime classic “Heat” is even hotter than it was back in the mid-’90s. Over time, Mann’s cat-and-mouse modern noir epic has grown in esteem to become known as one of the greatest American heist films ever made....

According To Neil Gaiman, This Is Why The Sandman Hasn’t Been Given A Second Season … Yet? Netflix By Ryan Scott/Sept. 22, 2022 12:19 pm EST Neil Gaiman spent years (and years!) trying to bring his beloved comic book series “The Sandman” to life on screen, for much of that time as a movie, which consistently kept falling apart at every turn. But that dream was finally realized thanks to Netflix this summer as the heralded comic was adapted as a big-budget TV series, one that drew a huge audience for the streaming service....

Drama Series HBO “Better Call Saul” (AMC) “Euphoria” (HBO) “Ozark” (Netflix) “Severance” (Apple TV+) “Squid Game” (Netflix) “Stranger Things” (Netflix) “Succession” (HBO) — WINNER “Yellowjackets” (Showtime) Limited Series HBO “Dopesick” (Hulu) “The Dropout” (Hulu) “Inventing Anna” (Netflix) “Pam and Tommy” (Hulu) “The White Lotus” (HBO) — WINNER Lead Actor in a Drama Series Netflix Jason Bateman (“Ozark”) Brian Cox (“Succession”) Lee Jung-jae (“Squid Game”) — WINNER Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”) Adam Scott (“Severance”) Jeremy Strong (“Succession”)...

Ana De Armas’ First Marilyn Monroe Screen Test For Blonde Was A Bit Of A Disaster Netflix By Witney Seibold/Sept. 22, 2022 4:15 pm EST Playing a figure as distinct as Marilyn Monroe is going to be fraught under the best of circumstances. An actor must carefully consider their approach. Does one, for instance, attempt a straight imitation of Monroe? Is it better to look and sound correct, even if it’s to the detriment of bringing one’s own unique acting impulses into the equation?...

Anakin Skywalker Inadvertently Gave Ahsoka Everything She Needed To Survive Order 66 Lucasfilm By Bryan Young/Oct. 26, 2022 9:00 am EST This post contains spoilers for “Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi.” Few Jedi survived the Palpatine’s great purge of their order. His plan was insidious, separating the Jedi from their comrades and turning their own troops against them. Although the plan was long and circuitous, taking decades to pull off, none of the Jedi saw it coming and were swept up into its clutches....

Angelina Jolie Didn’t Plan On Becoming A Director Universal Pictures By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Sept. 20, 2022 10:27 am EST Angelina Jolie took her first stab at directing a feature film nearly two decades after starring in them. The revered actress wrote, produced, and directed the 2011 film “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” a war-torn romance drama between a Serbian camp administrator and his Bosnian prisoner, against the backdrop of the Bosnian war of 1992....

Angelo Badalamenti, Composer For Blue Velvet And Twin Peaks, Has Died Kevin Winter/Getty Images By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 12, 2022 5:20 pm EST Angelo Badalamenti, the Grammy-winning composer who brought viewers the scores to such beloved projects as “Twin Peaks,” “Mulholland Drive,” and “Blue Velvet,” has died, his niece has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. The musician, who died of natural causes in his family home in New Jersey on Sunday, was 85 years old....

Angelo Badalamenti’s Twin Peaks Theme Music Is Unlike Any Other Score – And It’s Perfect ABC By Jeremy Smith/Dec. 13, 2022 4:15 pm EST The further we get away from the premiere of its pilot, the harder it is to understand how David Lynch and Mark Frost’s “Twin Peaks” briefly seized the imaginations of American television viewers. On April 8, 1990, the 90-minute pilot scored what would be the highest single movie rating of the 1989-90 network season....

Black Christmas Was A Stepping Stone On The Way To Creating A Christmas Story Warner Bros. By Bill Bria/Dec. 11, 2022 6:00 pm EST Given that 1983’s “A Christmas Story” only continues to grow in popularity with each passing year, one of my favorite party tricks to use when a relative or friend is in the throes of TNT’s annual 24-hour marathon of the heartwarming holiday comedy is explain how it and 1974’s “Black Christmas” — a bitter, bleak, and uncompromising horror classic — were made by the same director, Bob Clark....

A cancer survivor who still has demons to face Warner Bros. The as-yet-unnamed “Constantine 2” will see John a little older and (potentially) a little wiser, and there are dozens of stories from the comic book run that the filmmakers could draw from. While the magician and occultist managed to survive terminal lung cancer because Satan himself (Peter Stormare) intervened, he still has plenty of problems to deal with. Everyone who cares about John ends up dead, and the events of the first “Constantine” movie cemented that with the death of Chaz (Shia LeBeouf)....