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Westworld Season 4, Episode 5 Explores The Nature Of Reality HBO By Danielle Ryan/July 24, 2022 10:00 pm EST Spoilers for season 4 of “Westworld” ahead. Season 4 of “Westworld” has been a strange experiment so far, providing a meta-commentary on the show itself while also exploring the same ideas it presents in-world. “Westworld” has always operated on multiple levels and requires a certain willingness to stretch your noodle in order to fully appreciate, but season 4 has taken that obtuse and self-referential mystery to a whole new level....

Built-in laughs NBC Universal It’s clear what Helms sees in the holiday specials. The Halloween episodes of “The Office” showcased a cadre of types seen at a workplace costume party: the person half-assing their costume with a smug label (Oscar Nunez’s straitlaced Oscar once threw on a sweater vest and called himself “the rational consumer”), those who go all-out as Stanley (Leslie David Baker) does in full samurai regalia, and those with little to no shame like Michael Scott (Steve Carell), who thinks he is the only person who can pull off a wildly inappropriate gag (Reader, he traumatized schoolchildren)....

The kiss Netflix Season 2 of “Stranger Things” saw the introduction of Maxine “Max” Mayfield, a spunky skateboarder with seriously dope skills on the “Dig Dug” arcade game. The “Stranger Things” boys instantly take a liking to her and before you know it, Max is effortlessly incorporated into the group. Eventually, her and Lucas develop feelings for one another, and their mutual affections are solidified at the Snow Ball dance....

The Rehearsal will return for a second season HBO HBO released a statement confirming their renewal of “The Rehearsal” for a second season. While still in the very early stages of development, it is more than likely that it will follow a similar formula to that established in its first season. “Nathan has sparked such a lively conversation with ‘The Rehearsal,’” wrote HBO Programming Executive Vice President Amy Gravitt in a statement announcing the show’s renewal....

A Whole Lot Of Teen Wolf Chemistry Carried Over Into Superman & Lois The CW By Marcos Melendez/Aug. 11, 2022 10:38 am EST In “Superman and Lois,” Tyler Hoechlin stars as the titular Man of Steel, a charismatic father and husband to Lois (Elizabeth Tulloch) and their two children, Jonathan (Jordan Elsass) and Jordan (Alex Garfin) Kent. However, before playing the squeaky clean superhero, Hoechlin was known for his turn as the flawed werewolf Derek Hale in “Teen Wolf....

Andor Episode 10 Reaches Into Game Of Thrones Territory With An Unsettling Proposal Lucasfilm By Jenna Busch/Nov. 9, 2022 3:00 pm EST Major spoilers ahead for “Andor” episode 10. “Andor” hit us with a whopper of an episode this week. From an amazing prison break to a speech from Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) detailing the bad things that often must be done for good outcomes, it absolutely restored my faith in the “Star Wars” franchise....

Babylon First Look: Brad Pitt And Margot Robbie Are Showstoppers In Damien Chazelle’s 1920s Hollywood Drama Paramount Pictures By Shania Russell/Sept. 7, 2022 10:53 am EST Six years after winning an Oscar for “La La Land,” Damien Chazelle is returning with yet another ode to the Cty of Angels. According to an exclusive chat with Vanity Fair, this particular project has been a long time coming — Chazelle has been working on the story for his upcoming feature film “Babylon” since he first moved to Los Angeles 15 years ago....

Bruce Timm Sees An Important Difference Between Batman And Superman’s Origin Stories Warner Bros. By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Dec. 25, 2022 10:00 am EST Batman and Superman were both created to inspire — one operated under the light of hope while the other operated in the shadow of fear. The two superheroes are on a similar mission; they aim to defeat evil and protect those who they love, all while leading a dual life so they may defend their city and its people....

Casting Dr. Strangelove’s Major Kong Was A Constant Headache For Stanley Kubrick Columbia Pictures By Anya Stanley/Aug. 18, 2022 1:18 pm EST When one thinks of Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 Cold War satire “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” the most iconic image that comes to mind is that of a hollering Slim Pickens straddling a descending hydrogen bomb. The journey to that image was a royal pain for the celebrated filmmaker....

Chloe Bennet Has Mixed Feelings About How Agents Of SHIELD Handled Its Ending ABC By Sandy Schaefer/Sept. 16, 2022 5:25 pm EST The seventh and final season of “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” was a balm even before it arrived in May 2020. Having luckily shot its last batch of episodes in 2019, the ABC Marvel series was one of the very rare network shows airing new episodes in the early months of the pandemic....

Each Avatar Sequel Will Explore New Na’vi Clans And Cultures 20th Century Studios By Marcos Melendez/Dec. 12, 2022 2:14 pm EST If the early buzz is any indication, James Cameron has already delivered on the promise of a worthy sequel to “Avatar.” A step-up in almost every department, “Avatar: The Way of Water” looks to blow our minds once again through an expanded world, a bevy of new characters, and enough VFX to fill out a few Marvel films....

Every Main Character In Blonde, Ranked Worst To Best Netflix By Leo Noboru Lima/Oct. 6, 2022 5:11 pm EST Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde” has finally made its worldwide debut, bringing with it the expected controversy. A success at the Venice International Film Festival, the film became one of the most critically polarizing arthouse dramas in years, inspiring both fervent defenders and mortified detractors to talk about it, write about it, and tweet scorching hot takes about it....

How Terry Jones’ Dog Landed A Part In Jim Henson’s Labyrinth Sony Pictures By Sarah Musnicky/July 19, 2022 5:56 pm EST The puppet creations of The Jim Henson Company are works of art. Spearheading the way in the realm of puppetry, the company is most commonly associated with the Muppets. However, in the ’80s, their puppetry skills got to flex hard with fantasy projects “The Dark Crystal” and “Labyrinth”. Both of the projects featured puppets with such exquisite detail, there’s always something new to discover with each viewing of the films....

Nosferatu: Everything We Know Far About Robert Eggers’ Take On The Classic Vampire Tale Prana Films By Matthew Bilodeau/Oct. 7, 2022 5:47 pm EST Being known as the man behind “The Witch” would already cement you as a notable voice in horror, but to immediately follow it up with “The Lighthouse” and “The Northman” shows a filmmaker who won’t stop, and thankfully has no plans to. Whichever way you look at it, Robert Eggers just keeps on winning....

Taika Waititi Let Actors Improvise Major Plot Points In Thor: Love And Thunder Disney By Witney Seibold/July 7, 2022 4:25 pm EST Prior to Taika Waititi’s 2017 film “Thor: Ragnarok,” the title character had always felt weirdly distant. Thor was, after all, a full-blown Norse deity somehow roped into fighting alongside small potatoes like a man on steroids, a 50-something guy in a robot suit, an ordinary man with a bow and arrow, and a regular, freelance spy....

The Biggest Differences Between Netflix’s Sandman And The Original Comic Netflix By Erin Brady/Aug. 10, 2022 4:18 pm EST After more than 30 years of waiting, “The Sandman” has finally been adapted for the screen courtesy of Netflix. The first season of a series based on the comic series was released in August, with its episodes being comprised of stories from the first two arcs of the original comics. “Preludes & Nocturnes” and “The Doll’s House” are extremely important comic arcs that set up a great deal about the world of “The Sandman,” and are must-reads for anyone interested in learning about the expansive story....

The Endless Siblings That Are Missing From Netflix’s The Sandman Netflix By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 5, 2022 5:28 pm EST This article contains spoilers for “The Sandman” comic book series. Neil Gaiman’s comic book series “The Sandman” is expansive, spanning over 75 comic issues and several spin-offs. It would be impossible to introduce every character from this massive universe in the first 10 episodes of a television adaptation, although the Netflix series certainly managed to include quite a few of them....

The Shawshank Redemption Made The Green Mile A Risky Move For Frank Darabont Warner Bros, By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 18, 2022 7:46 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Frank Darabont created a heckuva conundrum for himself when his feature directing debut, “The Shawshank Redemption,” wound up becoming one of the most beloved movies of all time. For starters, he joined an elite fraternity of filmmakers who’d hit the bullseye with a difficult-to-adapt Stephen King story....

Another jaw-dropping twist HBO Given all that we witnessed in the “White Lotus” season 1 finale, I’d expect nothing less than my jaw hitting the floor — but the tease is still very exciting. Last time around, we were poised for a surprise: a body lay on the horizon and the series waiting until its final episode for that big revelation. But that death wasn’t the episode’s big kicker. That honor goes to Murray Bartlett’s Armond taking a s*** in a suitcase....

Thor: Love And Thunder Director Taika Waititi Spaced On Natalie Portman’s Role In The Star Wars Prequels Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/July 6, 2022 12:29 pm EST “Thor: Love and Thunder” serves as an interesting “Star Wars” union of sorts, marrying the past with the future of the franchise. Natalie Portman is starring in the film, returning as Jane Foster to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time since “Thor: The Dark World” while taking up the mantle as the Mighty Thor....