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It’s not the years, it’s the mileage Netflix Looking at the man in the picture above, we have to acknowledge that Dr. Jones isn’t the only influence on Hopper. The Hawkins Police patch and his instantly recognizable Hawkins Police vehicle are almost 1:1 lifts from “Jaws.” Roy Scheider’s Chief Brody served as a pretty direct inspiration for Hopper’s look, but the Duffers insist they keep going back to Harrison Ford when directing Harbour and you can tell....

Doom Patrol Has A Confusing Place In The DC Universe HBO Max By Ernesto Valenzuela/July 19, 2022 5:56 pm EST “Doom Patrol” is a rare comic book adaptation that subverts expectations on almost every level. The HBO Max show, which has been renewed for a fourth season, is filled with lively characters that make for an unconventional superhero team. Before being picked up by HBO Max, the show was originally a part of a shared universe of sorts on the DC Universe streaming service alongside “Titans” and “Swamp Thing....

Eskil Vogt Didn’t Expect Such Drastic Reactions To The Innocents IFC Midnight By Anya Stanley/Nov. 14, 2022 2:36 pm EST When you’re a horror fan, it can be hard to gauge what gentler crowds would consider to be “too far.” Horror is a wide umbrella housing tons of subgenres, each with their own expectations; pushing those boundaries can — and does — cause visceral reactions in moviegoers. The most recent recipient of this lesson is Norwegian filmmaker Eskil Vogt, director of the bad seed horror movie “The Innocents....

Filming The Truman Show’s Finale Put Jim Carrey’s Actual Life On The Line Paramount Pictures By Travis Yates/Aug. 23, 2022 3:59 pm EST Just two short decades ago the television landscape was very different. Traditional sitcoms and serial dramas still dominated both cable and network TV. Then along came reality television. It disrupted programming and viewing habits that had been in place for half a century. And a Jim Carrey movie predicted it all....

Don’t be a dummy 20th Century Studios In the final cut, Kevin’s fear of the basement is personified by a menacing furnace which comes alive not by changing shape but by bearing its iron “teeth” and laughing maniacally. Cauley still used her mannequins, albeit to decorate the master bedroom to give the audience the idea that Mrs. McCallister might like to sew. The decision to leave the mannequins as inanimate objects and tools of Kevin’s joy, rather than his fears, was a genius move on Hughes’ part....

How Jurassic Park III Created The Roar Of The Spinosaurus Universal Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 19, 2022 5:38 pm EST Few moments in “Jurassic Park” film history have ruffled feathers — and not of the dinosaur variety — quite like the scene where a Spinosaurus fights and kills a Tyrannosaurus rex in “Jurassic Park III.” This was meant to be a way of announcing the Spinosaurus as the next Big Bad of the franchise, a carnivore so powerful even the T-rex couldn’t defeat it....

John Wick Moments That Went Too Far Lionsgate By Scott Thomas/Sept. 6, 2022 2:36 pm EST The John Wick movies thrive on maximalism. It’s their secret weapon. Released in 2014, the original “John Wick” appeared to be a revenge thriller built from spare and familiar elements. Instead, director and former “Matrix” stuntman Chad Stahelski, uncredited director David Leitch, and writer Derek Kolstad unleashed a sprawling underground of hitmen, John Alberto Leguizamo running a chop shop, and an underworld-only hotel that forbids assassinations on-site....

The British accents you’ll rarely hear Channel 4 One of O’Connell’s earliest roles was in the TV show “Skins” (pictured above), the cast of which has since achieved “Short Term 12” levels of “wow, a lot of people in this went on to be famous.” Other graduates of “Skins” include Nicholas Hoult, Dev Patel, Daniel Kaluuya, Kaya Scodelario, Joe Dempsie, and Hannah Murray. When it came to casting that show, the creators visited youth drama clubs (where they discovered Kaluuya) and held open auditions to cast a wide net in their search for talent....

Making Two Marvel Movies In Tandem Took Its Toll On The Russo Brothers Marvel Studios By Ernesto Valenzuela/July 24, 2022 7:00 pm EST The Russo Brothers continued trying to one-up themselves with every Marvel Studios project they took on. Initially joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe with 2014’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” the Russos would soon finish the “Captain America” trilogy with “Civil War,” a film that would be much more of an ensemble piece compared to “Winter Soldier....

Many Paintings And Artifacts In The Invitation Have A Hidden Meaning [Exclusive] Sony Pictures Entertainment By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 27, 2022 9:04 am EST In “Army of Thieves,” Nathalie Emmanuel played a jewel thief in a zombie-adjacent world, but in “The Invitation,” she’s no longer content to be carrying out heists on the sidelines while monsters run amok elsewhere. “The Invitation” puts her right down in the thick of things with a “sexy aristocrat” in the countryside, per the official synopsis....

Marlon Brando Left Rod Steiger High And Dry For On The Waterfront’s Most Famous Scene Columbia Pictures By Witney Seibold/Aug. 28, 2022 7:30 pm EST Elia Kazan’s 1954 film “On the Waterfront” is a harrowing drama about corrupt dockworkers unions, the easy proliferation of crime in the American postwar workplace, and the washed-out hopefuls a corrupt system needs to survive. The film ultimately comes down to a decision: Testify in court against the corrupt organization that is exploiting working, garnering wages, and occasionally murdering the ones who threaten to put a stop to it … or keep the criminal code of silence, continue to let the system proliferate, and ensure your survival....

Martin Scorsese Gave More Than His Name To Boardwalk Empire Warner Bros. Entertainment By Anya Stanley/Aug. 18, 2022 3:18 pm EST American period drama “Boardwalk Empire” ended its five-season run, plot-wise, with the termination of Prohibition in the early 1930s. Enoch “Nucky” Thompson (Steve Buscemi) and his disreputable associates rose and fell alongside the crest of a nationwide ban on alcoholic beverage sales the decade prior. Speaking to Esquire at the celebrated series’ conclusion in 2014, creator Terence Winter recalled Martin Scorsese’s involvement in the show, which quickly evolved from producing to directing the pilot:...

Network Execs Thought Adding A Monkey Would Somehow Save Community NBC By Ernesto Valenzuela/Aug. 14, 2022 7:00 pm EST “Community” is well-known for its tumultuous production history and showrunner Dan Harmon’s rocky relationship with network executives. Behind the scenes drama was nothing new to the cast and crew, who had come to adapt to the hectic production. But despite the turbulent methods with which it was made, “Community” is still considered one of the most inventive and comedic sitcoms in history....

‘OK … I think we’re done.’ Netflix Even though “Arrested Development” has six Emmy Awards and another 19 nominations, it also features material so outlandish that it’s prompted one of its stars to refrain from watching the show with his child. Tony Hale joined “The Jess Cagle Show” to discuss how awkward it can be to watch the show with others. He said he’s watched some of the show’s episodes with his daughter, but one stands out as the moment he realized he was done watching the show with her....

Our Latest Westworld Theory: No, Caleb Isn’t A Host … Yet HBO By Lindsay Traves/July 15, 2022 4:05 pm EST This story contains major spoilers for “Westworld” season 4. We’re almost at the halfway point of one of the internet’s favorite mystery box shows, “Westworld.” If the first episode of this season didn’t convince everyone the show was back to basics, the second seemed to pull everyone back into the beautiful vibe of season 1....

Preparing For A Knight’s Tale Was Easy For Heath Ledger And The Cast Sony Pictures Releasing By Witney Seibold/July 18, 2022 4:25 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Knight’s Tale” was the first of 24 stories featured in his 1400 anthology “The Canterbury Tales,” originally written in Middle English to the chagrin of frustrated literature majors the world over. The premise of Chaucer’s work is that a group of pilgrims, all from different walks of life, would take turns telling stories while they traveled from London to Canterbury to visit a shrine to Thomas Becket....

Other important findings Prime Video As for the rest of Parks Associates’ findings, they are about what you probably expect. Hulu currently stands as the third most popular streamer in the U.S., with around 47.2 million subscribers. Its family-friendly contemporary, Disney+, is in fourth place, although domestic subscriber numbers do not appear to be available now (it currently has 164.2 million subscribers worldwide, according to Tech Crunch). HBO Max places fifth on the list with around 48....

‘Wow, that’s a big f*cking dragon’ HBO When Smith first saw his dragon, Caraxes, on screen in all its CGI glory, he was suitably impressed. “I thought it looked cool,” he shared. “I thought, ‘Wow, that’s a big f**king dragon.’” According to Smith, Daemon and Caraxes are two peas in a pod and have a “weird symbiosis” between them. “They’re grumpy, belligerent, sort of cross loners,” he said. “And I think, in many ways, his dragon’s one of the only people that truly understands him....

‘I wanted to make a love letter to the Cursed Chain subgenre’ Paramount Pictures Knowing that this movie pulls its structure from some really great films in the past, like “The Ring” for example, why do you feel like it feels so fresh? I wanted to make a love letter to the Cursed Chain subgenre, I suppose, because I’ve always loved those films or even stories that some of them were inspired by....

Smile Won The Box Office But Bros Bombed In A Mixed Weekend For Original Movies Paramount Pictures By Ryan Scott/Oct. 3, 2022 2:55 pm EST We are finally climbing out of the depths of hell that was September at the box office, as Paramount’s original horror flick “Smile” hit theaters this past weekend and topped the charts. It is just the first of several big movies on the way in the coming weeks that should help end the year on a high note....