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Robert Duvall Went ‘Over The Top’ When Getting Into Character For 1976’s Network MGM By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 11, 2022 2:21 pm EST Robert Duvall is not a method actor. Though he has played a wide variety of characters, from the hauntingly silent Boo Radley at the heart-rending end of “To Kill a Mockingbird” to the surfing-crazed Colonel Kilgore in “Apocalypse Now,” his method is anti-method. “You talk, you listen,” he once said....

‘I got the gig’ ABC According to Williams, “Happy Days” creator Gary Marshall created Mork at the suggestion of his son, who’d just had his mind blown wide open by a little known sci-fi fantasy flick called “Star Wars.” Marshall ran with the idea, and began auditioning comedians for the role. When he spoke to Pioneers of Television, Williams recalled his experience auditioning for the part: “I went in and basically just started talking in a weird helium voice, and sat on my head, and started off just playing because I went ‘what have you got to lose?...

Rocket Is The ‘Secret Protagonist’ Of The Guardians Of The Galaxy Films According To James Gunn Marvel Studios By Ernesto Valenzuela/Dec. 15, 2022 2:56 pm EST It’s taken longer than expected to get to this point, but James Gunn’s final film in his “Guardians of the Galaxy” trilogy is nearly here. After being fired in 2018 and promptly rehired later on in 2019, Gunn set out to properly end what he started in the first “Guardians of the Galaxy” film....

Sci-Fi Horror Movies Most People Could Actually Survive Warner Bros. By BJ Colangelo/Aug. 1, 2022 9:19 pm EST Charles Darwin famously theorized that evolution was the result of “survival of the fittest.” When it comes to surviving science-fiction horror movies, brains almost exclusively rule over brawn. Science-fiction horror deals with stories that feel beyond the capabilities of our wildest imaginations, but the horrors are often defeated by using the ol’ noggin and executing critical thinking skills learned in even the most rudimentary science classes....

Screenwriting Guru Robert McKee Believed A Christmas Story Created A New Genre Of Film Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer By Witney Seibold/Dec. 9, 2022 3:51 pm EST There is an irony at play with Bob Clark’s 1983 film “A Christmas Story.” Set in 1940, “A Christmas Story” told an aggressively unromantic story of what childhood looked like at the time. It was a movie meant to undo any notions of warm nostalgia, freeing Christmastime from its halcyon and clichéd Rockwellian idylls....

Shadow and Bone season 2 release date and where to watch it Netflix Netflix has confirmed the entirety of “Shadow and Bone” season 2 will arrive on March 16, 2023. Like its predecessor, season 2 will have eight hour-long episodes, along with all the magical warfare, romantic drama, and law-breaking that fans have come to expect from the series. Between “Shadow and Bone” and the return of must-watch genre shows like “The Mandalorian” that same month (not to mention the next installment of “Yellowjackets”), March 2023 is shaping up to be quite the busy period for those who make it their mission to stay on top of all things streaming....

Another big shot at a big franchise Universal Pictures It’s no secret that “Solo” didn’t quite pan out in the way that Disney and Lucasfilm hoped it would. It’s one of the big reasons that “Obi-Wan Kenobi” became a show on Disney+ rather than a movie. In any event, Ehrenreich is now getting another crack at one of the biggest franchises on the planet. And, as we know in the MCU, one appearance often leads to much more, assuming the actor’s character doesn’t die that is....

Watch the Something in the Dirt trailer Benson wrote the screenplay for the film, while he and Moorhead not only co-directed and co-starred, but also co-produced and co-edited it, the latter alongside Michael Felker. Moorhead also contributed to the film’s visual effects as a digital compositor. Needless to say, they were wearing a lot of hats, and we can’t wait to see their vision when it is unleashed. “Something in the Dirt” releases in select theaters on November 4, 2022, and arrives on demand a few weeks later on November 22....

The birth of a hard-driving nation Warner Bros. McQueen loved driving, in the words of Harvey Keitel’s The Wolf, “real f***ing fast.” He was a skilled off-road motorcycle racer, and famously showed off his riding expertise in “The Great Escape” (though it was his stunt double Bud Ekins who performed the legendary jump over the barbed-wire barrier). He was equally adept behind the wheel of a car, falling 21.1 seconds short (in a Porsche 908/02) of Mario Andretti (pushing a Ferrari 512S) in the 1970 House of Sebring endurance race....

That Stranger Things 4 Breakout Character Was Never Going To Get A Happy Ending Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/July 11, 2022 1:20 pm EST Warning: Major spoilers ahead for “Stranger Things” season 4. The Duffer Brothers had ominously warned us not to expect a “happy ending” for “Stranger Things” season 4, and they were right, as the ending was bittersweet at best. Although almost all the beloved characters in the central gang of the show are alive (for now), season 4 breakout character Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) met a terrible end after he sacrificed himself fighting demo-bats in the Upside Down....

The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl DC Comics Barbara Gordon wasn’t the first Batgirl — that would be Betty Kane, who debuted in 1961. However, Betty didn’t quite catch on; DC Comic editor Julius Schwartz wrote the character out in 1963. Four years later, however, “Batman” TV producer William Dozier requested Schwartz create a new Batgirl for use in the TV series. Dozier was the one who suggested she be Commissioner Gordon’s daughter....

Deus Ex Machina (Season 1, Episode 19) Bad Robot Productions After the emotional revelations about Locke’s condition in “Walkabout,” the first season continued developing the tragic origin story of one of the show’s most complicated characters with “Deus Ex Machina.” Before he’s confined to a wheelchair, Locke has a brief encounter with his birth mother, Emily (Swoosie Kurtz), who tells her son that he has no father. As a result, a curious Locke hires a private investigator, which leads him to the discovery that his father, Anthony, owns an elaborate mansion....

The Bird With The Crystal Plumage Was A Behind-The-Scenes ‘Nightmare’ For Dario Argento Titanus By Witney Seibold/Oct. 20, 2022 4:12 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of director Dario Argento’s first jobs was writing the script for Sergio Leone’s celebrated Western “Once Upon a Time in the West.” Argento also wrote multiple other thrillers and genre films in his native Italy before directing his first feature “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage” in 1970....

The Daily Stream: Come And See Is The Most Harrowing Anti-War Film Ever Made Mosfilm By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 30, 2022 5:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Come and See” Where You Can Stream It: The Criterion Channel, YouTube (free via the official production company, Mosfilm)...

The Daily Stream: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights Keeps On Getting Better With Age New Line Cinemas By Lex Briscuso/Sept. 12, 2022 3:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Boogie Nights” (1997) Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: “Boogie Nights” follows the story of nightclub dishwasher high school student Eddie Adams, played by Mark Wahlberg....

The Way Down: Everything We Know So Far About Sarah Paulson’s HBO Max Series About Cult Leader Gwen Shamblin HBO Max By Erin Brady/Sept. 19, 2022 5:46 pm EST Weigh Down Ministries and its titular method of weight loss and religious worship have been a subject of public fascination for years. Whether it was because of leader Gwen Shamblin’s eccentric appearance or the allegations of its Remnant Fellowship Church promoting eating disorders and abuse, it seemed like it was a must-know for anyone even slightly interested in the workings of “unconventional” churches....

True Grit’s TV Rights Sparked A Legal Battle With John Wayne Paramount Pictures By Travis Yates/Aug. 3, 2022 11:32 am EST Just how much is an Academy Award worth? That’s exactly what John Wayne wanted to know after he starred in the 1969 film “True Grit.” In the Western, based on the Charles Portis novel of the same name, a drunken, grizzled, one-eyed U.S. Marshal (Wayne) teams with a Texas Ranger (Glen Campbell) and a teenage girl (Kim Darby) to track down the killer of the girl’s father....

A Stunt On The Set Of The 6th Day Almost Did Arnold Schwarzenegger In Sony Pictures By J. Gabriel Ware/July 31, 2022 4:55 pm EST Action stars are cool and all, but the ones who love performing their own stunts are of a different breed, and Arnold Schwarzenegger is, in fact, of that breed. I suspect the man enjoyed the thrill of proving he could do everything his character could. He famously once pushed himself a little too far while filming 1985’s “Commando,” but that didn’t scare him off from doing his own stunts in later productions....

A Tribute To Graham McTavish’s Ser Harrold Westerling, The One Decent Guy On House Of The Dragon HBO By Sandy Schaefer/Oct. 17, 2022 11:54 am EST This post contains spoilers for “House of the Dragon” episode nine. If I didn’t know any better, I might think “House of the Dragon” is suggesting monarchies are bad. But seriously, folks, the shoe finally dropped in the ninth and penultimate episode of the show’s first season....

Adam Warlock Was Almost In Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/July 23, 2022 9:35 pm EST The “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” panel during San Diego Comic-Con didn’t skimp on making the upcoming threequel feel like a genuine event. One thing the Marvel Cinematic Universe could be criticized for is its tendency to never let anything truly end. That trend has finally begun to change in recent years, thanks to the one-two punch of Robert Downey Jr....