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How Creed III Is Bringing Disability Accessibility To The Rocky Franchise Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 18, 2022 12:30 pm EST There were plenty of justifiable skeptics when it was announced the “Rocky” franchise was going to continue with “Creed,” but heading into its third film, the initial naysayers have all been humbled. The story of Adonis “Donnie” Creed (Michael B. Jordan), the so-called illegitimate son of the late and former world champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers), is as deeply complicated and moving as the original series starring Sylvester Stallone, but thrives beyond sports movie tropes and motivational montages....

I Am Legend Deleted Scenes That Change Everything Warner Bros. By Chad Collins/Sept. 20, 2022 3:09 pm EST Francis Lawrence’s feature adaptation of Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel of the same name was a remarkable success, grossing over $585 million total worldwide (not adjusted for inflation). Will Smith was at the apex of his action star career, coasting on the well-earned coattails he cemented in the 1990s with the likes of “Men in Black” and “Independence Day....

Is The Degrassi Reboot Moving Forward At HBO Max? CBC Television By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 3, 2022 7:09 pm EST As it turns out, “whatever it takes” is not enough. The famous Canadian drama series “Degrassi” has been a teen favorite for over three decades, so people were thrilled when it was announced that the series was getting a reboot at HBO Max. The streamer felt like a perfect fit, considering “Degrassi” is the grandmother of other popular shows like “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin” and the teen phenomenon known as “Euphoria....

It Took Months Of Research For Star Trek: Discovery To Get The 10-C Right Paramount By Witney Seibold/Aug. 31, 2022 2:45 pm EST In the fourth season of “Star Trek: Discovery,” random planets and moons are being rent asunder by a free-floating Dark Matter Anomaly that has recently appeared in the galaxy. The U.S.S. Discovery investigates the Anomaly and finds that it is not a natural phenomenon. The Dark Matter Anomaly is, in fact, an energy field created by a mysterious, undiscovered species that is eventually designated Species 10-C....

Mrs. Davis: Release Date, Cast, And More For Damon Lindelof’s New Series Starring Betty Gilpin Peacock By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 8, 2022 11:42 am EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) To call Damon Lindelof ambitious feels a bit like saying James Cameron has a soft spot for the ocean....

One Of The Scariest Scenes In The Children Thinks The Kids Aren’t Alright Vertigo Films By Matt Donato AND Chris Evangelista/Dec. 22, 2022 3:00 pm EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror with your tour guides, horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato. In this edition, Matt makes a case against pregnancy in “The Children.”) Tom Shankland’s kinderhorror meanie “The Children” isn’t an actual reason to avoid childbirth....

TCM Will Celebrate Angela Lansbury With A 24-Hour Movie Marathon In November MGM By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 14, 2022 9:40 pm EST It was only a few days ago that we lost Angela Lansbury, the legendary Dame of both stage and screen, just shy of her 97th birthday. One of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Lansbury starred in a bevy of brilliant films and received numerous accolades for her talent....

The Lawnmower Man (1992) New Line Cinema A true oddity from 1992, “The Lawnmower Man” very loosely adapts a Stephen King novella originally published in the “Night Shift” collection. Bizarrely, the film adaptation elides all the gristle and cosmic invocations of King’s story, instead focuses on concerns around at-the-time cutting-edge virtual reality technology and the dangers it poses. Mostly remembered for its dated computer graphics (as seen in Jan Hammer-scored CG fantasia “Beyond The Mind’s Eye”), “The Lawnmower Man” is a low point in Pierce Brosnan’s pre-Bond career, but has its own specific charms....

The Classic Movie You Need To Watch Before American Gigolo (It’s Called American Gigolo) Paramount By Jeremy Smith/July 14, 2022 5:18 pm EST Paul Schrader’s “American Gigolo” was the perfect movie to kick off the 1980s. The tale of a blindingly handsome, ultra-materialistic male sex worker (brought to brilliantly vapid life by Richard Gere) bedding bored, wealthy women in the hedonistic paradise of Los Angeles presaged America’s headlong plunge into empty-headed excess....

A Whole New World F.O.D. Productions The film’s beginning is told via narration by one Dr. Francis B. Gross (played by Michael Carr), a pathologist whose experiences with death have given him “a greater awareness of the living.” As a self-proclaimed “creative consultant,” Gross is there to give the subject matter some verisimilitude, opining: “Prepare yourself for a journey into a world where each new step may give you a better understanding of your own reality, for I am sure you will gain a new perspective from the many faces of death....

The Ghost Of Margaret Thatcher Haunted Gillian Anderson’s Performance In Sex Education Netflix By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Dec. 13, 2022 7:21 pm EST Though we may always know and love her as Dana Scully, Gillian Anderson has been turning in consistently great and versatile TV performances lately, reminding us exactly why we love seeing her on our screens. Her two most notable Netflix roles could not be more different, and yet they perfectly highlight the amount of range Anderson offers as an actor....

Thor: Love And Thunder Almost Had A Totally Different Beginning Marvel Studios By Debopriyaa Dutta/July 20, 2022 11:40 am EST Warning: Major spoilers ahead for “Thor: Love and Thunder.” Taika Waititi’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” balances varying tones in its overarching storyline — it is the tale of Thor (Chris Hemsworth) trying to turn a new leaf but facing a terrifying threat, but it is also a buddy comedy of sorts wherein four people embark on an adventure that changes their individual destinies....

Tony Gilroy Teases The Fate Of Andy Serkis’ Kino Loy After Andor Season 1 Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/Nov. 23, 2022 1:08 pm EST Warning: this post contains major spoilers for “Andor” season 1. Proceed with caution. We have reached the end of “Andor” season 1, leaving us with many questions dangling until the show returns. The good news is, production on season 2 is underway, with showrunner Tony Gilroy and the rest of the team wasting no time in returning to the “Star Wars” fold to finish telling the story of Cassian Andor....

Watch the Wedding Season trailer “Wedding Season” tells the story of Katie and Stefan, strangers who meet and fall for each other at a wedding. Naturally, they kick-start a beautiful, passionate relationship and are careening toward their happy ending — but only if you ignore the pesky little detail that Katie is already engaged. Fast-forward two months to Katie’s wedding, where her new husband and his entire family are murdered. Upon learning the details of the affair, the police assume Stefan did it, while he worries Katie is responsible....

Weekend At Bernie’s Almost Seemed ‘Too Funny’ While It Was Being Filmed 20th Century Studios By J. Gabriel Ware/Oct. 31, 2022 4:48 pm EST Ridiculously absurd. Cartoonish. Offensive, maybe? Those are just a few words to describe “Weekend at Bernie’s,” the 1989 dark comedy about two young professionals – Larry (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard (Jonathan Silverman) — who drag their dead boss’ corpse around an island to avoid being taken out by a hitman....

Yes, The Stranger Things 4 Subtitle Team Was ‘Trolling A Little Bit’ Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/July 11, 2022 11:00 am EST As someone who always prefers watching films/shows with closed captioning, the subtitles for “Stranger Things” season 4 stood out to me from the get-go, as this season made some, um, distinct choices when describing the shifting tones of the show. From the now-infamous “tentacles undulating moistly” to the underrated “demogorgon feeding wetly” and “eldritch thrumming,” the subtitles for season 4 are clearly something else, and there are many reasons that factored into these creative decisions....

Hellraiser Movies Ranked, From Pain To Pleasure Entertainment Film Distributors By Kayleigh Donaldson/Sept. 29, 2022 5:00 pm EST Clive Barker’s “Hellraiser” series is one of the most recognizable franchises in modern horror history. The gothic horror saga that combined BDSM, queer subtext, and philosophical agony has proven to be a favorite with fans for decades. In adapting his own novella, “The Hellbound Heart,” Barker brought some much-needed freshness to horror in the 1980s at a time when the slasher villain ruled the roost....

James Cameron Doesn’t Know If Titanic Would Be PG-13 Today By Michael Boyle/July 24, 2022 9:00 pm EST It’s been twenty-five years, but “Titanic” still holds a special place in our hearts. It was the movie that launched Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet into A-list celebrity territory and proved that James Cameron could do no wrong. It’s currently the fifth highest-grossing film of all time, proving popular enough for theaters to continue playing it over nine months after its initial release....

Kevin Can F**k Himself Season 2 Trailer: It’s Time For Allison To Finish This AMC By BJ Colangelo/July 18, 2022 4:47 pm EST After the cliffhanger ending of last season, “Kevin Can Fk Himself” is back with the second and final season. Emmy Award winner Annie Murphy (“Schitt’s Creek”) plays Allison McRoberts, a Massachusetts housewife who has spent the last decade in a loveless marriage to the absolute worst type of “King of Queens” style oafish babyman who has pushed her to the edge with his constant whining, weaponized incompetence, and disrespectful antics....

Leslie Nielsen Had Surprisingly Little Input On The Naked Gun Script Paramount Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/Oct. 27, 2022 12:24 pm EST When you look at the world of big screen parodies, there’s truly nothing like what David Zucker and company were doing back in their heyday. I grew up in the era where Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer were in the business of pumping out absolute dreck year after year, confusing half-baked references as comedy....