Posts

Every Main Character On The West Wing Ranked Worst To Best NBC By Jenn Adams/Nov. 7, 2022 5:47 pm EST Watching “The West Wing” now feels like revisiting a moment in time. Aaron Sorkin’s groundbreaking political drama follows President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and his senior staff as they strive to make the world a better place during two terms in the nation’s highest office. It’s an idealistic — some would say naive — depiction of politics that feels like a fantasy in the divided America of today....

Waiting for Barbossa Disney It seems that Rush was born to play Barbossa in the “Pirates” franchise, but he almost missed out on the life-changing character. In an interview with Inside the Magic, Rush admitted that he initially turned down the role: “I originally had turned it down because I had committed to work with a longtime colleague director in a theater in Australia, and we were planning to do a production of ‘Waiting for Godot....

How AMC Theaters Managed To Recover From The Pandemic Better Than Regal Cinemas AMC Theatres By Ryan Scott/July 28, 2022 1:20 pm EST The COVID-19 pandemic was absolutely brutal for just about any industry that relies on people being able to interact with one another in-person. As a result, the exhibition side of the movie business suffered in a big, bad way, with most theaters closed in the U.S. for months on end during 2020....

How Paramount Pictures Has Completely Bungled The Star Trek Film Franchise’s Potential Paramount Pictures By Witney Seibold/Oct. 18, 2022 4:21 pm EST On February 1, 2004, Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake performed live at the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII. The duo performed Timberlake’s song “Rock Your Body” and gyrated suggestively. Then, as had been choreographed, Timberlake removed a piece of Jackson’s costume, intending to reveal her bustier. He, however, accidentally pulled off too much of said costume....

In Westworld Season 4, Episode 4, ‘Generation Loss’ Gains New Meaning HBO By Danielle Ryan/July 17, 2022 10:00 pm EST The first few episodes of “Westworld” season 4 have been kind of a mixed bag, delivering some great character moments while still getting stuck in mystery box storytelling. Each episode has several storylines running through it, chopped to bits and interwoven with one another to create a confusing but sometimes compelling narrative....

Gunn pledges to run DC Studios on his own creative terms Warner Bros I won’t flatter the malcontents by linking to their petulant posts, but I will gladly share Gunn’s level-headed, five-tweet thread. He began by noting, “One of the things Peter & I were aware of when we took the job as heads of DC Studios was a certain minority of people online that could be, well, uproarious & unkind, to say the least....

Look at this cast! Theo Wargo/Getty Images Michael Shannon, star of such films as “8 Mile” and “Pearl Harbor,” is an extremely accomplished actor in a very different way than Myers. Shannon has been in films and television shows of every conceivable genre, from comedies to serious dramas to superhero movies. Shannon, who has been getting a ton of work since his debut in “Groundhog’s Day” in 1993, is as professional a professional as they come....

Nope Sound Designer Johnnie Burn On Balancing Realism And Spectacle [Spoiler Interview] Universal By Jack Giroux/Aug. 2, 2022 3:08 pm EST Johnnie Burn is one of the mad geniuses behind Jordan Peele’s “Nope.” Burn, who knows his undeniably fantastic name sounds like it belongs to a rock star, is the sound designer, re-recording mixer, and supervising sound editor responsible for the science-fiction film. For a movie that blends horror, comedy, fantasy, and family drama, Peele’s original story left Burn a lot of room to play....

The setup 20th Century Studios Tess (Georgina Campbell) is in Detroit for a job interview. She’s booked an Airbnb-type location for her stay, but when she arrives at the house during a bad rainstorm she discovers someone is already there. Keith (Bill Skarsgård) claims he rented the house, too — and he has proof. Tess can either try to find a motel or crash at the place for the night, but she’s understandably wary....

Primal Season 2 Finale Explained: What Happened To [REDACTED] Adult Swim By Caroline Cao/Sept. 19, 2022 5:35 pm EST Genndy Tartakovsky’s “Primal,” a devastating and bone-crunching prehistoric cartoon saga of the Neanderthal caveman (Aaron LaPlante) and his Tyrannosaur companion, has come to a bloody and bittersweet end — or so it appears for now. Season 2 of “Primal” saw the final battle roars of the cavemen and T-Rex (called Spear and Fang respectively in credits) in its rousing finale, “Echoes of Eternity....

Queens Of The Qing Dynasty Review: A Queer Friendship Set To Electronic Music And Lyrical Textures [NYFF] FLC Press By Caroline Cao/Oct. 18, 2022 2:18 pm EST There are chemicals mixed into the magical focal bond in “Queens of the Qing Dynasty.” It’s perhaps incomprehensible in normal terms but easier to feel in the visual textures of a film about two misfits. The sophomore feature of Canadian director Ashley McKenzie (the 2016 “Werewolf”), “Queens of the Qing Dynasty” expresses a fixation on particles: the freckles, the frost, and the fingernail dust....

So what happens in Three Amigos again? HBO Pictures/Orion Pictures It is 1916, and the small Mexican village of Santo Poco is at the mercy of the merciless El Guapo (Alfonso Arau) and his marauding bandits. In desperation, determined but naive Carmen (Patrice Martinez) heads to the nearest town in search of someone who can help them fight back. When none of the local gunslingers are forthcoming, she chances upon a church hall screening of the latest picture featuring silent movie stars The Three Amigos....

Watch the She-Hulk trailer There is a lot to process with this show. For one, it is bringing Mark Ruffalo once again into the MCU fold as Bruce Banner, which makes sense given the familiar connection there. We can only hope that his presence doesn’t overshadow She-Hulk’s own introduction into the franchise. It’s also significant as this gives yet another female hero center stage, which is something that Marvel Studios has been doing a lot more ever since “Captain Marvel” hit theaters in 2019....

The 12 Most Terrifying Horror Movie Families Bryanston Distributing By Chad Collins/Dec. 2, 2022 4:34 pm EST Family is everything, for better or worse. The blood of friendship might be thicker than the water of the womb, but for these horror families, blood is the fundamental tie that binds them. Horror has historically reflected the contemporaneous fears of society, with early New French Extremity reflecting extreme violence in an enduringly unstable world, while American horror of the 1950s reflected the United States’ insecurity in an ever-changing geopolitical landscape....

The Mundane Imperial Bureaucracy In Andor Is The Most Chilling Star Wars Villain Yet Lucasfilm By Ernesto Valenzuela/Oct. 5, 2022 3:47 pm EST “Andor” has continued its hot streak of being the best “Star Wars” series on Disney+, and a large part of its success in creating an engaging story is its attention to the more minor details. The mainline “Star Wars” films and their grand scale work well for the theatrical experience of witnessing an epic battle of good versus evil....

The Outlaw Controversy Explained: Howard Hughes Vs. The Censors Everett Collection By Lee Adams/Dec. 18, 2022 5:00 pm EST “The picture that couldn’t be stopped!” trumpeted the tagline for “The Outlaw,” Howard Hughes’ fictional tale of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, with Doc Holliday and a little of Jane Russell’s cleavage thrown in for good measure. The latter made the film one of the most controversial pictures of its day, and it would take the Hollywood mogul five years to secure the movie a wide release....

Was Whiplash Realistic? That Depends On Who You Ask Blumhouse Productions By Ernesto Valenzuela/Nov. 5, 2022 7:06 pm EST Damien Chazelle’s second feature film, “Whiplash” is an intense and sometimes horrifying look at what it takes to strive for utter perfection. The film, which premiered at Sundance in 2014, was praised for its sharp direction and performances, specifically from J.K. Simmons, who would go on to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his turn as Terence Fletcher, the twisted instructor to Miles Teller’s Andrew Neiman....

The runners-up Paramount One might immediately assume that William Shatner or Leonard Nimoy would be the reigning champions, but, perhaps surprisingly, it’s not even close for them. Shatner only appeared in seven movies and in every episode of the post-pilot Trek throughout the 1970s, leaving him with a paltry score of 106. No, for the true record-holders, we need to look to the longer-running “Trek” shows. Keep in mind that “The Next Generation,” “Deep Space Nine,” and “Voyager” all ran for seven seasons, while the original series only ran three....

The Material May Change, But Unhinged Fanboys Remain the Same Sunrise In the twelfth session (episode) of the original animated “Cowboy Bebop” series, “Jupiter Jazz (Part 1),” Faye disappears for a bit, telling Gren: “They say humans are social animals; they can’t live alone. But you can live pretty well by yourself. I tell you … instead of feeling alone in a group, it’s better to have real solitude all by yourself....

A win for theatrical exhibition Paramount Pictures As of this moment, “Smile” has raked in over $210 million on a $17 million budget, which makes it the most successful horror film of the year. You’d think that was exactly what Paramount was expecting, but in a surprising turn of events, they really didn’t account for what they had lying in their back pocket. During an exclusive interview with /Film’s Jacob Hall, Gallner talked about how “Smile” was initially supposed to be a Paramount+ exclusive:...