Only Murders In The Building Gets In The Ring In Its New Episode Hulu By Josh Spiegel/Aug. 16, 2022 12:00 pm EST We’re in the home stretch of the second season of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” with just two episodes (this week’s and next week’s finale) to go. Last season waited until the cliffhanger moment of its penultimate episode to clue us in on who the killer was — Jan (Amy Ryan), a psychopathic bassoonist....
Rian Johnson’s Knives Out Sequel, Glass Onion, Is Heading To Theaters For One Week Only, One Month Early Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 6, 2022 3:46 pm EST When writer/director Rian Johnson’s whodunnit “Knives Out” debuted in 2017 and promptly lit the box office on fire (on its way towards an Oscars nomination for Best Screenplay, no less!), theatrical release analysts spoke glowingly about how the throwback, mid-budget, star-studded hit provided a welcome dose of hope that original, old-school studio programmers not based on comic books or any other preexisting IP could, in fact, thrive on the big screen....
New York was in turmoil Universal Pictures Los Angeles might have taken center stage for tumultuous race relations in the 1990s after the Rodney King beating, but in the decade prior, New York City dominated the headlines. In 1982, a white mob beat a Black transit worker named Willie Turks to death. In 1986, a Black teenager named Michael Griffiths was beaten to death by a white gang. And just before the film’s release, five innocent Black and Latino kids were convicted of assaulting a white woman jogging in Central Park; they spent years in prison until they were eventually exonerated....
Yaddle’s fate revealed (c) Lucasfilm In the fourth episode of “Tales of the Jedi,” entitled “The Sith Lord,” Yaddle has quite an impact on “Star Wars” canon. Count Dooku, who has long since left the Jedi Order, laments the loss of his old padawan, Qui-Gon Jinn. He finds himself talking to Master Yaddle (voiced to perfection by Bryce Dallas Howard) in the halls of the Jedi temple on Coruscant. Something about Dooku’s manner is suspicious to her, though, and she follows him to the industrial quarter of Coruscant where Dooku holds his clandestine meetings with Darth Sidious, secretly Chancellor Palpatine, in a location we see years later in “Attack of the Clones....
Tanya’s Stay At The White Lotus Season 2 Is Exactly What She Deserved HBO By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 12, 2022 6:00 pm EST This article contains major spoilers for “The White Lotus” seasons 1 and 2. Jennifer Coolidge’s Emmy award-winning role as Tanya McQuoid in the debut season of Mike White’s “The White Lotus,” was one of the most talked about performances of 2021. Coolidge was effortless as the wealthy, daffy, emotionally unstable socialite struggling to cope with the recent death of her mother....
The 15 Best Paul Rudd Movies, Ranked Marvel Studios By Molly Turner/Sept. 19, 2022 11:53 am EST Thanks to his affable charm, charismatic screen presence, and seeming agelessness, Paul Rudd has become one of Hollywood’s most endearing performers. Though primarily known for his comedic roles, Rudd was classically trained at the beginning of his career, studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts-West and the British Drama Academy at Oxford University....
Elves, and dwarves, and humans, and hobbits (oh my) Prime Video With “The Rings of Power,” showrunners J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay aren’t turning directly to Tolkien’s trilogy. Nor are they doing a straight adaptation of one of his works. Instead, “The Rings of Power” draws inspiration from other parts of the writer’s material, especially the various appendices that provide historical context for Tolkien’s worlds (think of them as very elaborate footnotes)....
The Naruto Fight That Changed Animation History Crunchyroll By Adam Wescott/Aug. 1, 2022 6:00 pm EST One of the most memorable sequences in the classic anime “Naruto” is an early fight in episode 30 between Sasuke, Naruto’s rival, and the villainous snake-man Orochimaru. Dramatic camera angles heighten the action, but keep the detailed hand-to-hand combat legible. Sasuke’s body springs off-model as he throws kunai and breathes fire with his whole strength....
The Office LEGO Set Is Coming In October With (Almost) All The People Person’s Paper People LEGO By Ethan Anderton/July 15, 2022 2:32 pm EST “An office is for not dying. An office is a place to live life to the fullest, to the max, to … an office is a place where dreams come true.” – Michael Scott Now your office dreams really can come true with “The Office” LEGO set coming to shelves this fall....
‘You reach more people’ MGM “Thelma & Louise,” starring the Oscar-nominated pair Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, centers on these two women escaping their domineering husbands for a short vacation, and while they’re away, Davis’ Thelma is sexually assaulted by a man outside a bar who Sarandon’s Louise murders. This setup does not sound like the makings of a fun, on-the-run chase movie, but that’s exactly what it is. Instead of wallowing in the pain of what these women experienced, this is their ride of freedom....
Yellowstone Sets A Huge Record As The Most-Watched TV Show Of 2022 Paramount By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 18, 2022 9:35 pm EST Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” continues to absolutely crush it in the ratings game, with Deadline reporting the season 5 simulcast premiere of the hit series brought in nearly 16 million viewers, making it the most-watched show on TV for all of 2022 and the most-watched cable premiere since “The Walking Dead” in 2017....
A Viral Marketing Campaign For Smile Is Photobombing Baseball Games (And The Today Show) Paramount By Valerie Ettenhofer/Sept. 24, 2022 6:56 pm EST Creative marketing is the best. There’s nothing like going about your day and suddenly noticing that gas costs 34 cents because “The Wonder Years” is back, or that all your favorite actors suddenly have red balloons in their Instagram posts. Since moving to LA, I’ve barely been able to leave my house without being bombarded by everything from free flowers to floating beach-side advertisements to NFT coupons, all circulating in the name of spreading buzz for TV shows and movies....
Angela Lansbury’s ’80s Workout Tape Positive Moves Is An Unexpected And Affirming Delight CBS By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 13, 2022 10:00 am EST Despite the nostalgic gloss we often apply to the 1980s through the lens of shows like “Stranger Things,” the decade Reagan built was a lot weirder than we often choose to remember. There’s plenty of questionable fads to look back on with one eyebrow raised (I’m sorry, but jelly shoes were always ugly and gave you blisters) but the obsessive culture of health and wellness skyrocketed into the mainstream during this time period, and we’re still reeling from the effects of it today....
Avatar: The Way Of Water Is The World’s Most Expensive Commercial For Saving The Whales, And That Rules 20th Century Studios By Rafael Motamayor/Dec. 16, 2022 4:00 pm EST This post contains mild spoilers for “Avatar: The Way of Water.” James Cameron’s “Avatar” is many things — a movie with thrilling action set pieces, a vast world rich in mythology and detail, with some of the most incredible visuals ever put on film — but the film is also a giant, expensive, exhilarating excuse Cameron uses as an avenue to explore his passions as an environmentalist....
Watch the Babylon trailer An early report in 2019 from THR described “Babylon” as: “…set in the late 1920s, during the movie industry’s transition from silent films to talkies. The rise and fall of fictional and historical characters figure into the proceedings. If deals are made, [Margot Robbie] would portray Clara Bow, the early sex symbol and box office star who was Hollywood’s first “It” girl. [Brad] Pitt would play a fictional character, a silent film star who fails to make the transition to the new technology; sources say he is based on real-life figure John Gilbert....
An ‘out of body experience’ Warner Bros. Some of the best moments in “Elvis” are the stage performances. From when the young superstar first wows the crowd with his provocative crotch gyrations to the “‘68 Comeback Special” and the final, all-out tour de force stage shows in Vegas, the film never shies away from showcasing its subject’s performance prowess. Now, as IndieWire reports, Luhrmann is considering cutting together all the footage of Butler on-stage to create a “director’s assembly” of concert performances filmed specially for the movie:...
Bradley Cooper’s ‘Obsession’ Convinced Steven Spielberg To Hand Him The Reins On Maestro Warner Bros. Pictures By Marcos Melendez/Nov. 30, 2022 12:13 pm EST After dazzling audiences with his fervor for music in “A Star is Born,” Bradley Cooper is set to take his directing (and acting) talents to “Maestro,” a biopic based on the life of conductor Leonard Bernstein. And judging from the first look released for the film, Cooper has enveloped himself in the titular role in every way possible....
Ending on a positive note Sony Pictures Manchevski also told JoBlo that “‘Ravenous’ could have been a really quirky, fun, disturbing and sophisticated little gem.” The silver lining for everyone involved, including the film’s eventual director, the late Antonia Bird, was that “Ravenous” turned out to be just that. Originally released as a box office disappointment, the stellar cast including Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Neal McDonough, and Jeremy Davies has helped the horror western become a beloved period piece that is consistently listed as one of the best genre films of the ’90s....
Charles in charge: murder days, murder nights USA and Syfy The second season of “Chucky” begins by setting itself a bit of a challenge. We begin with Andy driving the truck full of murder toys and using a distraction to disrupt the Chucky army’s nefarious plans. We then quickly pivot to our young protagonists from season 1. Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur) is moving away with his new foster family, much to the dismay of boyfriend Devon (Björgvin Arnarson)....
Even George Lucas Knows That The Star Wars Prequels Could Get ‘Pretty Corny’ Lucasfilm, Ltd. By Witney Seibold/Sept. 14, 2022 2:15 pm EST George Lucas’ 2002 film “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones” features a scene wherein the young Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Cristiansen) has an emotional bonding moment with Senator Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman). The two are slowly falling in love, but they have been prevented from pursuing a romance in earnest by the vague tenets of Anakin’s celibate religious order....
