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The Rings Of Power Has Finally Come To A Decision On Where The Stranger Stands Prime Video By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 8, 2022 1:00 pm EST The age of men is over, the time of spoilers has come. Read no further if you’re not caught up on the latest episode of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” Throughout its first season, “The Rings of Power” has carefully built up an air of mystery around several of its central storylines....

Wakanda Forever Screenwriter Joe Robert Cole Reveals Who Else Was Considered To Be The New Black Panther Marvel/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures By Witney Seibold/Nov. 21, 2022 4:17 pm EST This article contains spoilers for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Prior to the release of Ryan Coogler’s sprawling war picture “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the 30th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, speculation ran wild as to who would step into the role of the title character....

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Review: A Polka Party Of Absurdity [TIFF] Roku By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 9, 2022 4:34 pm EST “Weird Al” Yankovic may seem like a nerd who wears Hawaiian shirts and plays the accordion, but did you know he got into a war with drug lord Pablo Escobar, engaged in a toxic relationship with Madonna, outsold The Beatles, and inspired Michael Jackson to write “Beat It”? Of course you didn’t, because none of that is true....

‘Being different is super’ Marvel Studios One of the fundamental ideas derived from horror academia is that monsters are almost always a stand-in for some sort of societal woe. According to Paul Wells in his book “The Horror Genre: From Beezlebub to Blair Witch,” monsters with some sort of continued grasp on humanity represent how “societies are constantly having to address the things which threaten the maintenance of life and its defining practices....

Gloss on gloss on gloss TriStar Pictures Well, if narratively the film is going to gloss over the harder edges of Whitney Houston’s, I guess the look of the film should match it? Cinematographer Barry Ackroyd has made a career for decades working with likes of Ken Loach, Paul Greengrass, and Kathryn Bigelow, shooting realistic, documentary-esque features that are about as rough and gritty as films can be. Why Kasi Lemmons chose him to shoot “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody” I will never understand....

Why Olivia Wilde And Florence Pugh Swapped Don’t Worry Darling Roles Warner Bros. Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 24, 2022 3:00 pm EST Florence Pugh is one of those actors who seems to have popped up on everyone’s radars thanks to very different projects. Some became aware of her talent when they saw her in the acclaimed 2016 drama “Lady Macbeth.” For others, it was the meme-ifying of her excellent crying face in “Midsommar” that got their attention....

10 Coolest Moments From The Indiana Jones Franchise (So Far) Paramount Pictures By Simon Bland/Dec. 25, 2022 3:15 pm EST From the bullwhip to his iconic fedora, there’s plenty about Dr. Henry Jones Jr. that has amazed and delighted movie fans throughout the years. Ever since Indiana Jones made his big-screen debut in 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” action-packed cinema has never quite been the same. With Harrison Ford leading the way and John Williams’ marching score soundtracking each nail-biting quest, the franchise swiftly became a living embodiment of its own tagline: “If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones....

Hitting it out of the park Columbia Pictures As Ganz put it: “The idea was to show the disconnect, that the cultures were completely different. It didn’t come from Tom, but in being him as we were writing, it flowed out of his mouth. … It’s a first-draft scene. First-draft dialogue.” When the cast shot the scene, Hanks’ costar, Geena Davis, didn’t think it would register in the annals of cinema history either:...

I saw what I saw when I saw it! Universal Sure enough, both Dracula and Frankenstein (we’re just going to call him Frankenstein, okay? Let’s accept that now) awake from their slumber, although only Wilbur sees this (leading to one of the funniest scenes in the film, where the undead Frankenstein takes one look at the harmless Wilbur and cowers in fear). No one believes Wilbur — at least at first....

Avatar: The Way Of Water’s High Frame Rate Is Awful And Distracting And This Can’t Be The Future Of Movies, Right? 20th Century Studios By Jenna Busch/Dec. 19, 2022 11:00 am EST Fans have been waiting for “Avatar: The Way of Water” for almost a decade and a half now. James Cameron’s first “Avatar” film was a marvel of technical innovation when it came out and while whether or not you liked the story depended on personal preference, there is no way to argue with how visually beautiful it was....

How Disney’s Enchanted Tale Of Beauty And The Beast Ride Brings The Classic Animated Film To Life Joshua Meyer By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 7, 2022 1:00 pm EST “Beauty and the Beast” is one of only three Disney animated features to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, and 30 years later, it remains such an enduring classic that the late Angela Lansbury was almost just as recognizable for her voice performance as Mrs....

I Am Legend Ending Explained: The Ending We Got (And The One We Didn’t) Warner Bros. Pictures By Lee Adams/Nov. 27, 2022 7:00 am EST When “I Am Legend” was released in 2007, most people watching in crowded theaters probably never thought they’d see its awesome vistas of a deserted, windswept Manhattan in real life. Those images were chilling enough originally but take on an extra poignancy when revisited in a pandemic-era world, now that we’ve all gotten a glimpse of what an apocalypse might actually look like (albeit one without dodgy CGI mutants)....

Jenna Ortega Knows She Will Never Do A Project Like X Again A24 By Witney Seibold/Dec. 15, 2022 1:55 pm EST Ti West’s film “X” is set in Texas in 1979 and follows an aspiring troupe of adult filmmakers who aim to shoot their X-rated magnum opus at a remote, secluded farm, outside the purview of the rest of the adult industry. Audiences will immediately intuit that the character will be summarily stalked and killed; “X” is, after all, a slasher film....

Landing The Seventh Seal’s Leading Role Felt Like A Demotion For Max Von Sydow Svensk Filmindustri By Christian Gainey/Aug. 25, 2022 2:01 pm EST Ingmar Bergman is often considered one of the greatest filmmakers of our time. Bergman began his directing career with moderately successful romantic comedies in the mid-1940s before diving into existential crises ten years later. With films like “Persona,” “Wild Strawberries,” and “Through A Glass Darkly,” Bergman’s most popular films explore the complex nature and experiences of humanity by focusing on themes of self-discovery, religious faith, mental illness, and heartbreak....

Peacock Is Slashing The Price On Its Premium Tier NBC By Jenna Busch/Aug. 24, 2022 4:23 pm EST With other streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ announcing price hikes in August of 2022, and/or adding ad-supported tiers, here’s some news you’ll likely be happy to hear. Well, for a while, anyway. Peacock, the NBC streaming service which is home to titles like “Modern Family,” “The Office,” and “They/Them,” is about to become the exclusive stop for next day NBC and Bravo show streaming, according to TVLine....

That ’70s Show Set The Stage For A Sneaky James Bond Reunion Nostalgia operates on 20-year cycles — that’s why the late 1990s produced a series aptly titled, “That ’70s Show.” Many supporting characters and guest stars were, naturally, ’70s cultural icons. Tommy Chong repurposed his comic persona as Leo, a former hippie and owner of the local photo shop. Dwayne Johnson guest-starred as his own father, wrestler Rocky Johnson, while Billy Dee Williams played a “Star Wars” obsessed preacher....

The Best New Blu-Ray Releases: Pulp Fiction 4K, The Woman King, Amsterdam And More Miramax By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 20, 2022 4:00 pm EST It’s time to close out the year with another Blu-ray round-up! This latest edition of the column features some new 4K releases for a few classics alongside brand new 2022 films hitting home media for the first time. New releases, library titles, re-issues — you name it, we cover it!...

The Daily Stream: Frasier Takes Chances With Comedy CBS By Ben F. Silverio/Aug. 14, 2022 1:00 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 Series: “Frasier” Where You Can Stream It: Paramount+, Peacock, Hulu The Pitch: Following the end of his marriage, eminent psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammar) leaves his life in Boston (and his stool across the bar from Norm Petersen and Cliff Clavin) behind to return to his hometown of Seattle, Washington to start a new life as a radio talk show host and man about town....

Westerns and horror is an oddly good fit Paramount Pictures “The Devil’s Rejects” is, above all else, a revenge story. It follows the Firefly family as they’re on the run from a Sheriff trying to avenge the death of his brother. “Once Upon a Time in the West” is also a revenge story that follows a loner (Bronson) out to kill a dastardly man in black (Fonda) who we find out killed his brother....

Cher’s star power Warner Bros. Sarandon recalls the phone call she received from Miller, asking her to swap roles. The role of Alex, she said, would have had the best moments with the Daryl character, and Jane was a cellist, which Sarandon was most decidedly not. Despite Sarandon’s refusal, Alex was handed over to Cher. This was, it turns out, at Cher’s insistence; she used her star power to take the part she wanted....