Funny Pages Trailer: A Dark Comedy About Drawing Comics A24 By Jenna Busch/July 20, 2022 9:32 pm EST A24 has released the official trailer for the dark comedy “Funny Pages,” the directorial debut from Owen Kline. It’s the story of a young man named Robert (Daniel Zohlghadri from “Eighth Grade”) who loves to draw and wants to get into comics. Of course, his parents don’t approve when he says he’s going to drop out of school for this....
The Fanny Knight connection Netflix As it turns out, the plot of “Persuasion” may have been more than idle caprices of a genius author. Indeed, in about 1814, when Austen was writing “Persuasion,” letters (edited by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey) revealed that Jane’s niece, Fanny Knight, was going through something very similar to Anne. Fanny, like Anne, was 27 and unmarried — something of a scandal in 1810s England. Jane seemed very impressed by Fanny, once writing to her: “You are the paragon of all that is silly and sensible, commonplace and eccentric, sad and lively, provoking and interesting....
‘It feels like a movie’ Paramount+ “It’s rough, but we start season three full tilt looking for her,” Newsome says. “Trying to fix it, trying to set it right.” In the world of “Star Trek,” the undervalued support crew members don’t always get to be the heroes, but it sounds like this time, they just might. Newsome, who plays rebellious crew member Beckett Mariner in the show, says that the upcoming season premiere is an especially cinematic outing for the series....
Art was conceived in the world of Damien Leone’s first short film RLJE Films Prior to becoming a box office draw, Art made his debut appearance in director Damien Leone’s short films, with the first being “The 9th Circle.” Leone told Entertainment Weekly that his idea for Art stemmed from a nightmarish idea he had over a decade ago: “I had this idea of a clown terrorizing a woman on a city bus … She’s all alone, coming home from work or whatever, in the middle of the night, and then this clown gets on, and sits across from her, and starts staring at her and toying with her....
How The Twilight Zone And A Literary Classic Helped Inspire Jacob’s Ladder TriStar Pictures By Anya Stanley/Sept. 27, 2022 12:50 pm EST The “life flashing before their eyes” genre of storytelling is usually met with the general criticism of lazy writing. But when it’s done well, as “Jacob’s Ladder” was in 1990, the result can be disorienting and bleak in the best of ways. Written by “Ghost” scribe Bruce Joel Rubin, the Adrian Lyne-directed psychological drama concerns Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins), a Vietnam vet beset by increasingly grotesque visions, plunging him into a hellscape in which the veil between reality and lunacy wears thin....
James McAvoy Didn’t Get Much Advice Out Of Stephen King While Researching His Role For It Warner Bros. By Anya Stanley/Sept. 16, 2022 8:58 pm EST When the “It” film series was preparing for its second installment, few were more jazzed than star James McAvoy, who would get to meet celebrated author Stephen King. “It: Chapter 2” is the latter of a two-part adaptation of King’s behemoth 1986 novel, “It,” released a couple of years after the first “It” in 2017....
Javier Bardem Had The Skyfall Script Translated Into Spanish To Get Into Character For His James Bond Villain MGM By Lyvie Scott/Nov. 9, 2022 2:06 pm EST What makes a good Bond villain? It depends on who you ask, but to this writer at least, the best of Bond’s adversaries pose a serious threat to the world, and to the spy at the center of it. In our post-9/11 landscape, the concept of a more realistic villain is infinitely more compelling, and it’s a concept that Sam Mendes’ “Skyfall” — which celebrates its 10th anniversary today — understood well....
The project has shifted production before Marvel Comics This isn’t the first time the film’s schedule has been impacted. In fact, it sounds like the production shifts are part of what caused Tariq to exit in the first place, as Marvel’s official statement to THR on his departure said the following: “Due to continued shifts in our production schedule, Bassam is no longer moving forward as director of ‘Blade’ but will remain an executive producer on the film....
Marvel’s Blade Movie Taps Yann Demange To Direct, Michael Starrbury Writing New Script Marvel By Valerie Ettenhofer/Nov. 21, 2022 5:29 pm EST Marvel’s “Blade” has just found its director (again). Deadline is now reporting that “Lovecraft Country” director and “White Boy Rick” filmmaker Yann Demange will step in to replace Bassam Tariq, who was originally slated to direct the film but stepped down in September. The movie looks to be getting a pretty big revamp, as the outlet also reports that a new screenwriter is on board....
Mythic Quest Spin-Off Mere Mortals Will Have ‘A Lot Of Interplay’ With The Original Show [Exclusive] Apple Inc. By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 17, 2022 3:34 pm EST The world of “Mythic Quest” is expanding. This week, Apple TV+ shared the news that the wild gaming industry comedy about a video game company led by dysfunctional genius duo Poppy (Charlotte Nicdao) and Ian (Rob McElhenney) has garnered a spin-off, “Mere Mortals.” The new eight-episode series will also be set within the world of “Mythic Quest,” and will apparently take inspiration from the show’s critically acclaimed one-off episodes, telling specific stories about MQ fans, players, and even employees at the company....
Sherlock’s History Was Freeing For Henry Cavill While Filming Enola Holmes Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/Oct. 18, 2022 5:08 pm EST Sherlock Holmes films and TV shows have been all the rage since most of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original stories about the character entered the public domain at the turn of the century. In the years that have followed, the super-sleuth and his deerstalker hat have been re-imagined as everything from a troubled modern-day detective to a quirky 19th-century investigator to a cartoon garden gnome prone to twerking....
The 12 Best James Stewart Movie Moments, Ranked Paramount Pictures By Fiona Underhill/Oct. 25, 2022 1:36 pm EST James “Jimmy” Stewart is a beloved national treasure and one of the few Hollywood stars of the golden era who maintained an unimpeachable reputation as a faithful husband and war hero. Despite his public persona as a “gee shucks” goody-two-shoes, Stewart’s film roles were often more complex. Audiences in the 1950s struggled to accept Stewart’s most dark and twisted role in Hitchcock’s “Vertigo,” but this wasn’t the first time he had dipped his toe in murkier waters....
About a Boy Universal “About a Boy” is a perfect example of the latter half of Hugh Grant’s “charming rogue” era, as he plays a commitment-phobe who, in the process of attempting to woo a single mother, ends up inadvertently becoming a father figure to a perennially bullied preteen. Although at first he tries to shake this kid off, it isn’t long before they develop a strong bond. On its own, “About a Boy” is a top-tier Hugh Grant romantic comedy, but it’s made even more special by knowing that the awkward little boy singing “Killing Me Softly” in his middle school talent show would grow up to be none other than Nicholas Hoult, giving hope to young nerds everywhere....
The Big Difference Between Directing Film And TV, According To Andrew Stanton [Comic-Con] Netflix By Shania Russell/July 23, 2022 2:29 pm EST Not too long ago, movie stars and big-name directors were careful to keep their distance from the small screen — but times have changed and the Prestige TV era is well upon us. Save for the occasional Tom Cruise, who hasn’t tried their hand at helming a TV show?...
The Boys Deaths We May Never Recover From “The Boys” is one of the most violent, disturbing, and shocking television shows out there. Although the series has no shortage of creative death sequences, the most disturbing aspects of the show are often the ways that it mirrors our current reality. Between government corruption, the rise of fascism, media propaganda, and sexism within the entertainment industry, it’s almost terrifying how many real-world issues “The Boys” has been able to address....
The Dwarves’ Secret Names In The Rings Of Power Explained Matt Grace/Prime Video By Valerie Ettenhofer/Oct. 7, 2022 7:40 pm EST The idea of “true names” has existed for thousands of years. Ancient cultures, religious traditions, and folktales all make mention of a “true name,” a signifier for a person or deity’s deepest self that must be guarded closely, lest its power dissipate. Speak your true name only in a moment of utmost trust and intimacy, if at all, because once the word has been given, it can’t be taken back....
The Umbrella Academy Gets A Renewal For A Fourth And Final Season From Netflix Netflix By Shania Russell/Aug. 25, 2022 11:13 am EST Netflix has announced that fans of “The Umbrella Academy” will get to spend a little bit more quality time with the Hargreeves — right before the superhero family says their final farewell. The Brellies have been renewed for a fourth and final season, marking the conclusion of the hit series based on the comic book series from Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá....
Watch the trailer for The Whale As this new trailer highlights, critics have been showering praise on Brendan Fraser’s performance in “The Whale” left and right. /Film’s own Chris Evangelista called it “the best performance the actor has ever given, and a reminder of what we’ve been missing during Fraser’s acting pause.” At the same time, Chris was much colder on the rest of the film, describing it as a “pale, and often cruel, imitation” of Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler” — a film that was also about a lonely dying man trying to rekindle ties with his daughter — that fancies itself as being far more empathetic to its lead character than it actually is....
Severance isn’t all that different from our own lives Apple TV+ With 14 Emmy nods and two wins, Erickson’s astute observations seem to have resonated. And in the age where Elon Musk is telling Twitter workers to work “long hours at high intensity” and that “only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade,” it’s easy to see why. So many have experienced the effect of being at the behest of cult-like corporate conglomerates and the kind of personality-numbing that comes with life in a cubicle....
Why 3 Ninjas Recast Rocky When It Came Time For A Sequel Buena Vista Pictures By Witney Seibold/Aug. 3, 2022 10:47 am EST The primary thing one must know about Jon Turteltaub’s 1992 film “3 Ninjas” is that it contains one use of “Pysche!,” one use of “Not!,” and one use of “Face!” Additional details are but window dressing. In “3 Ninjas,” the Douglas brothers — 12-year-old Rocky (Michael Treanor), 11-year-old Colt (Max Elliott Slade), and 8-year-old Tum-Tum (Chad Power) — are being trained in deadly martial arts by their affable grandfather Mori (the venerable Victor Wong)....
