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You Have Edgar Wright To Thank For One Of Top Gun: Maverick’s Best Needle-Drops Paramount By Mike Shutt/Oct. 6, 2022 11:11 am EST “Top Gun: Maverick” features sequence after sequence of bravura action filmmaking that has helped it become a true money-making phenomenon, reaching nearly $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office. Generally speaking, these are the scenes that separate it from the common Hollywood blockbuster, and Joseph Kosinski, Tom Cruise, and everyone involved should be commended for raising the bar on what audiences should expect out of big budget moviemaking....

Akira Toriyama Has A Simple Explanation For All Those Dragon Ball Z Transformations Funimation By Anthony Crislip/July 11, 2022 12:52 pm EST As any fan of the classic shōnen manga and anime “Dragon Ball” (“Dragon Ball Z” for the animated version of the series’ back half) can tell you, that series loves its physical transformations. Characters announce their intentions, with a familiar line to the effect of, “this isn’t even my final form!...

Batgirl Co-Director Teases A ‘Delicious Spaghetti’ Of Multiverses Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/July 18, 2022 1:17 pm EST Between Marvel Studios and the rapidly-evolving DC universe and, uh, whatever Sony has going on in its little corner of the comic book scene, the multiverse arms race is well and truly upon us. It all began with the brilliant “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” and since now the live-action superhero movies have been trying to recapture that magic with whatever characters are at their disposal: Sony with its trio of Spider-Men, Marvel Studios with all those various cameos in “Doctor Strange: In the Multiverse of Madness,” and Warner Bros....

Black Panther Star Chadwick Boseman Wins Posthumous Emmy For Marvel’s What If…? Marvel Studios By Erin Brady/Sept. 4, 2022 11:05 am EST Chadwick Boseman was a one-of-a-kind actor, and his legacy is still being honored to this day. During the first day of the 74th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Boseman’s performance on Marvel’s “What If…?” series was honored with the Emmy for Best Character Voice-Over Performance. The win was specifically for the episode “What If… T’Challa Became a Star-Lord?...

Some test footage and a song Walt Disney Animation Studios Asha is the one who wishes upon a star, and low and behold, a star actually comes out of the sky to assist her on her mission. We’re talking a chubby little star with tiny arms and feet and a point on his head. Now, while Star is magical, there’s a limit to what he can do. The bigger the wish, the harder the journey, and it seems like Asha is going to be making a pretty sizable wish....

Florence Pugh’s Most Disturbing Scene In Don’t Worry Darling New Line Cinemas By Lex Briscuso/Sept. 26, 2022 2:09 pm EST In Olivia Wilde’s sophomore feature “Don’t Worry Darling,” we become, well, quite worried quite quickly, thanks to an incredible, heart-pumping lead performance by Florence Pugh. The actor is known at this point for her skill in these types of roles — the ones where the leading lady is desperate to escape whatever she fears her fate is — so her turn in the idyllic and uncanny thriller was primed to be excellent, no matter how the rest of the film turned out to be, and it did not disappoint....

Game Of Thrones Cameo Legend Ed Sheeran Almost Landed The Theme Song For No Time To Die HBO By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 21, 2022 11:30 am EST It’s almost unfathomable to think about how long James Bond movies have been around, but after six decades and seven different incarnations of the character, the series is an absolute cinematic treasure. Not only are the films some of the most beloved throughout history, but the music has also been consistently phenomenal, so much so that /Film’s own Jeremy Smith considers the music to be the most powerful throughline of the whole franchise....

George Romero Tried To Forget He Was Making Horror During Night Of The Living Dead Image Ten By Drew Tinnin/Oct. 13, 2022 3:43 pm EST George Romero just happened to transition from making local TV commercials in Pittsburg to feature filmmaking during one of the most violent years in U.S. history. 1968 was rife with assassinations, protests, and riots that reshaped the political collective consciousness of America. Made for a mere $6,000 (about $50,000 today), “Night of the Living Dead” arrived in theaters in October, just months after Robert Kennedy’s murder....

Hellraiser Director And Star Explain The Reboot’s Ending And What The Characters Do Next [Exclusive Interview] Hulu By Rafael Motamayor/Oct. 10, 2022 8:00 am EST “Hellraiser” is back to bring you all the pain and pleasure you’ve been missing. Director David Bruckner’s reboot “lifts the series out of the gutter to give it a touch of old-school charm,” as Chris Evangelista wrote in his review for /Film. The movie follows brand new characters, including a brand new version of the iconic Pinhead character, and a whole lot of carnage....

How Andy Became An Aspirational Role For The Office’s Ed Helms NBC By Matt Rainis/Sept. 8, 2022 12:50 pm EST As you know if you’ve used a dating app in the last five years, the US version of “The Office” remains incredibly popular, even almost 10 years after the show’s finale. The show has such a strong following that its removal from Netflix sparked outcry and depression in thousands of viewers....

Kirstie Alley Added A Hilarious Character To Cheers When It Need It Most NBC By Ben F. Silverio/Dec. 7, 2022 2:00 pm EST When Shelley Long decided in late 1986 to move on from her role as a barmaid in the little tavern in Boston where everybody knows your name in favor of a film career and her family, the cast and crew of “Cheers” had to make some huge changes the following year....

‘I’m not gonna lie, I have issues’ Hulu The framing device of “Mike” is presented as the boxer’s one-man show on Broadway, “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth.” After opening with Tyson biting Holyfield’s ear, Tyson himself pauses the entire series and proclaims he’s not going to start with that. Instead, we’re suddenly transported to the backstage of his Broadway debut, and given an appropriately “Raging Bull”-like intro of Tyson talking to himself in the mirror of his dressing room....

Pedal to the metal Adult Swim “Personally, I actually am f**king stoked,” Roiland said about Marvel exploring the multiverse, adding: “I’m like, ‘Let’s go. F**king pedal to the metal, let’s do it.’ I want to see them do it. I want to see more.” Granted, Roiland does acknowledge it is not easy to keep track of all the details when dealing with multiple timelines and universes. “If you’re going to get really logical about it, they’ve got inconsistencies and there are things in the Marvel multiverse canon that are in incongruent with each other,” Roiland continued, going on to say: “But I just turn that part of my brain off and just enjoy....

Sean Connery Completely Flipped The Script On One Hunt For Red October Scene Paramount Pictures By Demetra Nikolakakis/Nov. 25, 2022 1:00 pm EST Sean Connery had a knack for drastically improving scenes. Not only did he improvise one of the funniest lines in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” but the actor also came up with 007’s now-classic “Bond, James Bond” line while filming “Dr. No,” the first of Eon’s Bond adaptations....

You’d float, too Above, you can see the full scene where Georgie encounters Pennywise in “It.” Just imagine you’re an eight- or nine-year-old kid on a TV production set, and you’re trading dialogue with this scary clown face, most likely doing repeated takes of the same scene. It’s no wonder the kid got a little spooked. To paraphrase Pennywise: You’d float, too. Understanding the power of that scene, perhaps, the 2017 movie version of “It” cuts straight to the rainy day where the new Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott) meets his fate at the hands of Pennywise....

The ultimate costume designer Disney+ During the fifth episode, Pug and Nikki venture off from the main plot line to find a person to design clothing for She-Hulk. As they make their way through the backside of a coffee shop, the lawyer duo eventually gain entry into a secret room where a renowned super suit maker operates. Griffin Matthews plays Luke Jacobson, a fashion designer whose work is meant for those in the superhero business....

Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans Wins People’s Choice Award At Toronto International Film Festival Universal Pictures By Mike Shutt/Sept. 18, 2022 4:35 pm EST I do not know if there has been a greater case of FOMO I have experienced in recent memory than seeing the reaction to “The Fabelmans,” the semi-autographical tale from arguably the greatest living filmmaker, Steven Spielberg, coming out of the world premiere of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival....

Let’s break down the plot to this one Paramount Pictures Set in and around LA, the movie follows a meek accountant (played by Johnny Depp) who is recruited by a mustachioed Christopher Walken to assassinate California’s governor. Naturally, he’s not very inclined to take Mr. Walken up on this proposal, but to sweeten the pot Walken kidnaps Depp’s young daughter, which is pretty uncool, but undeniably effective because Depp does what he says....

Why it’s essential viewing Netflix Much of “Sweet & Salty” served as an introduction to lesbian culture for the audience, as many of the stories centered on Fortune Feimster coming to terms with her own lesbianism herself. Now, as one of the most easily identifiable lesbians in the entertainment industry, “Good Fortune” starts off by dispelling the assumption that Feimster is a butch, just because of her appearance. She talks about believing that she was sure that as a lesbian, she was going to be just fine enduring the pandemic-required quarantine, but ended up getting nothing accomplished outside of watching documentaries about old people falling in love while her partner Jax did all of the home repairs....

The Most Surprising Box Office Hits Of 2022 Bloody Disgusting By Ryan Scott/Dec. 15, 2022 3:00 pm EST So many people in the movie business looked to 2021 as the year that was going to save the industry following the disaster that was 2020. Not quite. In truth, the recovery has been more gradual and uneven than any of us expected, though 2022 brought us much closer to something resembling normalcy....