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A worthy successor Warner Bros. Pictures “Top Gun: Maverick” was a rarity among reboots in that it received near universal critical acclaim. It was a perfect spiritual successor to the 1986 original, perhaps even eclipsing its predecessor. According to Feldman at the Fanboy Knoxville convention, that’s what “The Goonies” fans really want. “You mean a sequel? You don’t want a remake, because that’s what they did with ‘Ghostbusters’ with the girls....

Elf’s Department Store Fight Scene Had To Be Done In One Take New Line Cinema By J. Gabriel Ware/Nov. 26, 2022 9:00 pm EST In the classic Holiday comedy “Elf,” Buddy (Will Ferrell), a human raised as a Christmas elf on the North Pole, returns to New York City to find his father (played by the late James Caan, who couldn’t keep a straight face on set). A fish out of water, Buddy fails to understand America’s holiday traditions....

Watch the Enola Holmes 2 trailer Returning to direct the film is Harry Bradbeer (“Fleabag”) with a script from returning writer Jack Thorne (“His Dark Materials”). Also returning are stars Helena Bonham Carter as Eudoria, Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes, Susie Wokoma as Edith, Louis Partridge as Tewkesbury, and Adeel Akhtar as Lestrade. Joining the cast are Sharon Duncan-Brewster and David Thewlis. Here is the official synopsis for the film:...

Getting a handle on the dialogue Metro Goldwyn-Meyer In Dave Itzkoff’s book “Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies,” the film’s editor, Alan Heim, explained Faye Dunaway’s struggles. According to Heim: “If you look at the movie closely, you’ll see that Faye fumbles a few places. Those were hard speeches. But she worked. I mean, she worked.” One of the fumbles was cut from the movie but preserved as a blooper....

Greg Daniels’ Simpsons History Comes In Handy On The Set Of Upload Prime Video By Shania Russell/Aug. 20, 2022 5:14 pm EST After a self-driving car goes rogue, an app developer finds himself on the verge of death, with no choice but to upload himself into a digital afterlife where his consciousness will live on in a luxurious digital reality known as Lakeview. In case this isn’t ringing any bells, you might want to check out “Upload,” a clever satire that somehow doubles as a heartwarming romantic comedy series....

The first signs of trouble The CW “The Flash” season 1 thrives by blending a villain-of-the-week formula with an origin story for Grant Gustin’s Scarlet Speedster. An effective adulthood coming-of-age parable, season 1 wisely uses the particle accelerator explosion that grants Barry Allen his powers to explain why his home, Central City, is suddenly flooded with meta-human law-breakers. It then balances these cartoony genre elements with earnest sub-plots involving Barry’s tragic past, his loving friends and adopted family, and his secret affection for Iris West....

Jenna Fischer Called This One Of Her Worst Acting Moments On The Office NBC By Travis Yates/Aug. 25, 2022 4:04 pm EST The first few seasons of NBC’s hit show “The Office” featured a memorable “will-they-won’t-they?” love story between Dunder Mifflin receptionist Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) and salesman Jim Halpert (John Krasinski). The show brilliantly built the relationship over the span of three seasons. Jim finally confessed his love to Pam at the end of season 2, only to be turned away by Pam, who was engaged at the time....

Michael Caine’s Big Break Didn’t Come From His Acting Chops Warner Bros. Pictures By Miyako Pleines/Sept. 15, 2022 11:00 am EST In order to make it big in Hollywood, sometimes talent alone isn’t enough. Michael Caine, one of the industry’s most celebrated movie stars, understands this. Caine has had a remarkably robust acting career that has spanned decades of his life. Perhaps most recognizable to modern audiences for his role as Batman’s faithful butler Alfred Pennyworth in Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy, Caine has also starred in major films like Brian De Palma’s eerie 1980 masterpiece “Dressed to Kill” and Alfonso Cuarôn’s 2006 dystopian thriller “Children of Men....

Neil Gaiman Has The Perfect Cameo Role In The Sandman’s Bonus Episode Netflix By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 20, 2022 3:13 pm EST Netflix and “The Sandman” creator Neil Gaiman had a nice little surprise for fans recently, dropping an extra episode of the series onto the streamer that contains two stand-alone stories: “Dream of a Thousand Cats” and “Calliope.” Both of these tales are wonderful additions to the lore of “The Sandman,” but they don’t really fit into the serialized structure of the rest of the series, so releasing them as a bonus episode is a stroke of genius....

Netflix Loses Almost A Million Subscribers, But Is Still Optimistic Netflix By Eric Vespe/July 20, 2022 9:43 pm EST Netflix better be getting down on its knees and kissing the ground “Stranger Things” walks on because it seems like that show is almost single-handedly holding the top streamer back from falling off the edge of a cliff. According to The BBC, Netflix announced that it beat expectations and only lost around a million subscribers between April and July....

Okja Star Steven Yeun Is Reuniting With Bong Joon-Ho For His Next Movie Netflix By BJ Colangelo/July 7, 2022 6:57 pm EST Director daddy Bong Joon-ho is bringing one of our favorite bees back to the BongHive, with “Okja” star Steven Yeun reuniting with the South Korean cinematic virtuoso for his next project. Yeun joins an already stacked cast that includes Robert Pattinson, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, and Naomi Ackie in an as-yet-untitled adaptation of Edward Ashton’s novel “Mickey7,” which hit bookshelves in February....

Prey Brought Back Some Predator Franchise Legends Behind The Scenes Hulu By Marcos Melendez/Aug. 26, 2022 1:21 pm EST As the best-reviewed film featuring the elusive Predator, “Prey” is a return to form for the long-running franchise in more ways than one. Following a sole protagonist in Naru (Amber Midthunder), the Indigenous-led narrative recalls the bare-bones, cat-and-mouse game that made the original “Predator” film so riveting. The creature that inhabits the unique setting is a different, devolved Predator (Dane DiLiegro) that still instills pure terror in its prey....

Regé-Jean Page Is Totally Cool With His Bridgerton Role Being Recast Netflix By Shania Russell/July 14, 2022 3:22 pm EST Maybe it was his suave demeanor, his meticulously sculpted facial hair, or the fact that he was playing a Regency-era bad boy with ridiculous levels of self-assured charm. Maybe it was the pandemic-caused isolation and our need to rally around something that everyone could get behind. Maybe it was the string-quartet rendition of Billie Eilish’s “bad guy” playing in the background....

Rob McElhenny Wanted The Entire It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Cast To Gain As Much Weight As Mac FX/Hulu By Marcos Melendez/Dec. 11, 2022 11:00 pm EST Unlike most television shows, “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” is at its best when the main characters are at their worst. The long-running sitcom often showcases the gang during their most heinous and devious moments, either to teach them a lesson or to exemplify just how bad they are as people....

Saturday Night Live Sets Steve Martin And Martin Short As December Co-Hosts (Austin Butler Gets An Episode Too) Hulu By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 29, 2022 4:30 pm EST “Saturday Night Live” will be giving us quite the Christmas gift in December. The late night sketch comedy series has announced the hosts for the last two episodes of 2022. One of them will have you jumping for joy, and the other isn’t bad either!...

Like a virgin Disney+ While speaking to Variety about She-Hulk’s introduction into the MCU, Gao touched on her fandom of the character, the various shows that inspired this one, and the budgetary constraints that affected their scipts. The former “Rick and Morty” and “Robot Chicken” writer also shared that the episode order was altered slightly so that material from episode 8 was moved to the pilot in order to reveal She-Hulk’s origins sooner, which ended up changing a running gag in the show about Captain America’s virginity....

She-Hulk Director And EP Kat Coiro On Heroes Who Take Up Space [Interview] Marvel Studios By Valerie Ettenhofer/Aug. 15, 2022 1:41 pm EST There’s no hero quite like She-Hulk, and over a decade into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s also no show quite like the one “She-Hulk: Attorney At Law” promises to be. A mix of everyday superhero antics, courtroom comedy, and fourth-wall-breaking asides, the Tatiana Maslany-led comedy looks a lot different from the grandiose, universe-saving Avengers movies that have helped define Marvel Studios on screen....

Begotten (1989) World Artists Home Video With all respect to the cast’s hard work, Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!” made a mess out of its biblical symbolism, and his core theme of patriarchy fueled by the rightness of God versus the Earth is lost when you’re too busy with more questions than the film will answer. It was also done better in 1990, in E. Elias Merhige’s “Begotten.” With feverish surrealism and nightmarish visuals, this black and white silent film opens with God disemboweling himself — shades of Lars von Trier’s “Antichrist” — and ends with the murder and dismemberment of Mother Earth and her son....

The 14 Most Powerful MCU Weapons, Ranked Marvel Studios By Ben Begley/Aug. 12, 2022 7:58 pm EST As of this writing, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (aka, the MCU) consists of 29 films and 7 Disney+ shows, with more than a dozen new projects on the way. That’s a lot of content, and it’s full of superheroes and villains with varying power sets, as well as the weapons they wield. Honestly, if you’re not an avid comic book reader, it can be overwhelming to keep track of it all without a notepad....

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming To Prime Video In November 2022 Paramount Pictures By Erin Brady/Oct. 22, 2022 2:52 pm EST The selection of media available on Prime Video might be a bit overwhelming at first, and it is probably no surprise that it has one of the largest streaming libraries online. This size means that a lot of movies and television shows heading to the platform end up slipping under the radar....