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‘My old man thought I’d lost my mind’ Sony Pictures Classics While Molina’s parents never outright discouraged him from pursuing acting, they didn’t fully understand his choice either. “They weren’t mean,” he explained. “They never said ‘what are you playing at?’ But they weren’t involved in it.” Molina’s father especially struggled with his career choice. His first acting gig paid him “equity minimum wages, 15 a week.” It paled in comparison to his 50-pounds-a-week job at the hotel, and the opportunity to train as an assistant manager....

Andor Episode 7 Shows Cassian Has Always Been A Rebel, Even If He Tries Not To Be Disney+ By Marcos Melendez/Oct. 19, 2022 3:30 pm EST Spoilers follow for the seventh episode of “Andor.” “Andor” is slowly nurturing the journey of its titular character that will inevitably arrive at the events of “Rogue One,” but we’re already seeing signs of a rebellion in Cassian Andor (Diego Luna). Arriving at the midpoint of its first season, we’ve seen the mercenary-for-hire fight for the rebel cause with mixed results....

There’s one positive side to these funeral screenings Adil El Arbi / Warner Bros On the one hand, this whole situation sucks. It sucks for fans. It sucks for the filmmakers. Hell, it even sucks for Warner Bros., whose stock has plummeted since the merger and has fallen even further in the wake of the cancellations Zaslav has overseen. On the other hand, the literal least the studio could do is give closure to the filmmakers who poured their blood, sweat, and tears into this movie and give them a chance to celebrate what they made....

Beyoncé Made Sure Austin Powers In Goldmember Marketing Accurately Represented Her Figure New Line Cinema By Demetra Nikolakakis/July 21, 2022 8:58 am EST Austin Powers movies are known for their extreme kitsch, and while it’s hard to get away from the bright, unapologetic camp, the contrast between Beyonce’s performance as Foxxy Cleopatra and her carefully curated modern persona is always a little bit shocking. Foxxy Cleopatra makes her debut in the trilogy’s final film, “Austin Powers In Goldmember,” where she works as a club singer and secret FBI agent....

Every Fellowship Of The Ring Member From Lord Of The Rings Ranked New Line Cinema By Molly Turner/Aug. 23, 2022 3:27 pm EST With “The Hobbit” first published nearly a century ago, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth is one of fantasy’s most enduring worlds. Inspired by the rise of fascism and the horrors of war, Tolkien’s fantasy culminates in a battle for good and evil over the Ring of Power, an ancient tool of evil made by Lord Sauron to control and wield power over Middle Earth....

For Harvey Guillén, Working On What We Do In The Shadows Is A Hilarious Game Of Hot Potato [Exclusive] FX By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 7, 2022 4:40 pm EST Watching the FX vampire comedy series “What We Do in the Shadows” is a whole heck of a lot of fun, but it might be even more fun making it. The series, which just finished its fourth season and has already been renewed for two more, follows a found family of vampires living in Staten Island, New York....

Frank Darabont Begged For The Mist To Have A Better Release Date [Exclusive] Dimension Films By Ryan Scott/Nov. 22, 2022 6:00 pm EST 15 years removed from its original theatrical release, “The Mist” has garnered a reputation as one of the finest Stephen King adaptations ever captured on film. Yes, it is extremely brutal and dark, but it’s King we’re talking about. It’s easy to forget that, at the time, the movie was straight-up screwed over by Dimension Films, with the studio opting to release it in the middle of the pre-Thanksgiving holiday rush against stiff competition....

Going Villainous Was Easy For Locke & Key’s Griffin Gluck Netflix By Rafael Motamayor/Aug. 2, 2022 2:16 pm EST “Locke & Key” is one of the best comics of recent decades. Written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodríguez, the series is a great coming-of-age story that mixes horror and fantasy, treating its characters with respect as they deal with rather mature and horrific things but still understanding that they are teenagers with teenage lives and problems....

‘The galaxy needs its Guardians’ Marvel Studios Peter Quill opens the trailer with a moving, motivational statement: “We were gone for quite a while but no matter what happens next, the galaxy still needs its Guardians.” The crew arrives on a new, Earth-like planet, but the inhabitants are far from human. Sadly, Gamora is not with them, as she died in “Avengers: Infinity War.” A different version of Gamora from an alternate universe came to the central MCU universe via the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” but now, the Guardians, hoping to reunite with ANY version of their lost friend, are searching for her....

HBO Max 2023 Preview Offers New Looks At The Last Of Us, Succession, True Detective: Night Country, And Much More HBO By Erin Brady/Dec. 21, 2022 3:16 pm EST With a new year rapidly approaching, that means new shows and new seasons of our favorite programs are on their way. HBO and HBO Max are home to some of the most anticipated media of 2023, and they recently released a new sizzle reel of footage of what we can expect to watch....

The importance of plot-driven gore Marvel Studios In an interview with /Film’s Ryan Scott, Giacchino enthused that his go-for-broke desire for gore was enabled by the studio: “[I]t became a joke on set while we were shooting, which was like, when they would ask me, ‘What do you think, Michael? What do you think?’ And they would stop me and they’d go, ‘Let me guess. More blood.’ I’d be like, ‘Yes, more blood....

If You Want To Know The Future Of House Of The Dragon, Just Listen To Helaena Targaryen Ollie Upton/HBO By Valerie Ettenhofer/Oct. 4, 2022 7:00 am EST This post contains spoilers for all recent episodes of “House of the Dragon.” “House of the Dragon” has a lot of characters on its roster, and not all of them seem to matter in equal measure. But just as Bran ended up winning the game of thrones after spending a whole lot of that series’ runtime on the sidelines, a seemingly unimportant “House of the Dragon” character may actually be the key to the show’s future....

Luthen’s Shop In Andor Episode 4 Is Packed With Star Wars Easter Eggs Lucasfilm By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Sept. 28, 2022 3:53 pm EST One of the more enigmatic characters introduced in “Andor” is Stellan Skarsgård’s Luthen Rael, a mysterious member of the Rebel Alliance that sets the entire story in motion as he reaches out to recruit our titular Cassian Andor to the anti-Imperial cause. Episode 4 of the series stays true to its spy-espionage tone in “Star Wars” by allowing us to see Luthen don a regal disguise, complete with a royal purple cloak and a curly wig....

Mayor Of Kingstown Was A Decade In The Making For Hugh Dillon And Taylor Sheridan Paramount+ By Debopriyaa Dutta/Aug. 3, 2022 11:01 am EST A show about the corruption rampant in the U.S. prison system is a potentially interesting premise, and “Mayor of Kingstown” taps into this aspect with varying degrees of success. Helmed by Hugh Dillon and Taylor Sheridan, this gritty crime drama is set in a small town in Michigan and focuses on the McCluskey family, who act as power brokers between prison inmates and corrupt bureaucratic systems....

Like mother, (not) like daughter Disney+/Lucasfilm It’s been obvious for a while that the kids aren’t alright in the Mothma household. Mon’s teen daughter Leida (Bronte Carmichael) has spent much of “Andor” so far ducking out of her parents’ social gatherings and either talking back to her mother or eying her with suspicion. The hope was that Leida merely believed Mon (Genevieve O’Reilly) was another misguided adult caught up trying to make the clearly broken system that is the Galactic Senate work when she should be ardently trying to overthrow it....

Netflix’s The Midnight Club Has A Tragic Real-Life Origin Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 18, 2022 12:39 pm EST Spooky season is just around the corner (yes, I’m one of those weirdos who would happily celebrate Halloween all year long if I could), which also means there’s a new Mike Flanagan horror series making its way onto Netflix. The creator of “The Haunting” anthology and “Midnight Mass” currently has his hands full adapting the macabre works of Edgar Allan Poe for his upcoming miniseries, “The Fall of the House of Usher....

High octane stakes Canal+ Turns out her best skill is stealing bikes, something that attracts the attention of the gang leader Domino (Sébastian), who rules from prison via facetime. Julia is a firebrand, boldly doing whatever she wants without fear of the consequences — which have hit her hard, as she’s no longer welcome at home. As previously mentioned, her gender makes her something of a pariah with the rodeo gang, and the guys frequently make note of the fact she’s female....

Star Wars: Andor’s Theme Will Break The Mold For The Franchise Disney+/Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 12, 2022 4:07 pm EST Having to operate in the shadow of John Williams — only perhaps the greatest film composer in the history of the medium, no biggie — is about as intimidating a challenge as any musician could ask for, but it’s also one a growing number of artists have taken on in recent years with their contributions to the “Star Wars” franchise....

Strange World Designers Talk About The ‘Chonky’ And ‘Juicy’ Look Of The Movie [Exclusive Interview] Disney By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 21, 2022 12:30 pm EST In Disney Animation’s upcoming feature “Strange World,” the description of some of the settings is right there in the title. In the film, the Clade family finds themselves in a very strange world indeed, one that differs from their town of Avalonia, even after it has gone through a technological revolution after Searcher Clade (voiced by Jake Gyllenhaal) discovered a plant called Pando that produces large amount of energy....

Studio Execs Didn’t Understand What They Had On Their Hands With Marilyn Monroe Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer By Christian Gainey/Sept. 22, 2022 3:42 pm EST Today, Marilyn Monroe is recognized as the ultimate movie star. She was a beautiful, media darling with a rags-to-riches story and boatloads of talent, all of which made audiences (and fellow celebrities) fall head over heels in love with her. Throughout the ’50s and ’60s, Monroe was the hottest actress in Hollywood, and starred in popular films like “The Seven Year itch,” “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” and “Some Like it Hot....