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All Quiet On The Western Front Review: A Bleak, Beautiful, Anti-War Film [TIFF] Reiner Bajo By Sarah Milner/Sept. 13, 2022 1:34 pm EST War is a horrific, futile waste of human life. This is the basic message of Edward Berger’s “All Quiet on the Western Front,” a war film based on the 1928 German novel of the same name. The film, which had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, is a powerful condemnation of warfare, presenting audiences with a grueling, wretched depiction of the physical, financial, and psychological toll that The Great War had on the German people....

Cool Hand Luke Ending Explained: A Failure To Communicate Warner Bros.-Seven Arts By Lee Adams/Aug. 23, 2022 12:08 pm EST If you’re a law-abiding citizen with no experience of life behind bars, a good prison movie is a window into a harsh world far removed from regular day-to-day life. There is something so intense about the idea of incarceration that makes it great for drama, and also lends itself to symbolism and metaphor beyond the usual narrative beats of violent inmates, old lags, sadistic screws, and suspenseful escapes....

Why it’s essential viewing Lions Gate Films The results of journalism can be exciting, but the work itself is not. The day-to-day grind is a grueling mix of phone calls, emails, and research, and whether all your effort will be fruitful is 50/50 at best. It’s almost a miracle that there’s a canon of great movies chronicling the grunt work of journalism, from “All The President’s Men” to “Zodiac,” from “The Insider” to “Spotlight....

Here’s What It Was Like For Paul Reiser To Be Cast In James Cameron’s Aliens By Jeremy Smith/Nov. 8, 2022 8:31 pm EST Before Paul Reiser met with James Cameron for the role of Burke in “Aliens,” he had to find a proper pair of pants. Reiser was no babe in the Hollywood woods when Cameron came calling in the mid-1980s. He’d earned raves for his portrayal of the menschy Modell in “Diner,” and stole a scene from Eddie Murphy as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in “Beverly Hills Cop” (“This is not my locker!...

Hocus Pocus 2 Trailer: The Sanderson Sisters Are Back For More Disney+ By Ryan Scott/Sept. 9, 2022 6:55 pm EST ’90s kids have waited a long, long time for this one, but the time is finally upon us! “Hocus Pocus 2” is nearly here and we even have a first look at the long-awaited sequel to prove it. The original movie was released nearly 30 years ago and, curiously, was released smack dab in the middle of summer by Disney, despite being a clear Halloween season film....

House Of The Dragon’s Aegon Is A Dumpster Fire, But You Would Be Too HBO By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 27, 2022 12:00 pm EST This article contains spoilers for “House of the Dragon.” Now that “House of the Dragon” has jumped a decade into the future, the adorable silver-haired bundle of toddler joy of Queen Alicent Hightower and King Viserys Targaryean has transformed into a thing of nightmares — an entitled, hormonally charged, revolting teenage boy....

The precarious line of succession HBO Do you have an underage daughter? Would you like her to marry King Viserys? Well, you better get in line because apparently, everyone in Westeros is just throwing their teenage girls at him! Half a year after the Queen’s death, the social climbers are thinking about how best to position themselves as the King begins his search for a new wife. The thought of remarrying is of little interest to Viserys, but his small council has made it abundantly clear that mourning is less important than strengthening the line of succession....

Incest in ancient times HBO Some of the most prolific practitioners of siblings parenting children together lived during the classical era, in the dynasties of the Egyptian pharaohs and of some Roman emperors. The “boy king” Tutankhamun was definitely the product of incest, as the Egyptian kings were thought of as living avatars of the gods, and the gods married their siblings. King Tut’s father, the radical Akhenaten who tried to convert Egypt to monotheism under the son god Aten, was married to the legendary beauty Nefertiti, but later married his own sister as well when Nefertiti did not bear him any children....

I Attempted A Fight Scene From Bullet Train At David Leitch’s 87North Stunt Facility Sony Pictures Releasing By Jenna Busch/Oct. 17, 2022 3:42 pm EST “Bullet Train,” directed by David Leitch and starring Brad Pitt, is hitting home video this week. In honor of the event, I got a chance to visit Leitch’s 87North, the stunt studio he and producer Kelly McCormick recently started in Hollywood. The last time I was there, for the opening event, I got to watch some amazing stunt people kick all sorts of ass....

James Cameron Cut A Shot From True Lies That Took Three And A Half Weeks To Film By Jeff Kelly/Dec. 17, 2022 1:00 pm EST Making a movie is hard. There are more moving parts than any lay person could possibly realize that are needed to make a production look professional and seamless. One of the most important components of any film production, especially when it comes to action films before the advances of CGI in the last two decades, is the special effects team....

Peter Jackson Is Working On Another Beatles Project That’s ‘Not Really A Documentary’ Disney Platform Distribution By Debopriyaa Dutta/July 21, 2022 10:55 am EST Folks, we are about to get more of The Beatles, courtesy of Peter Jackson. Jackson’s 2021 docuseries, “The Beatles: Get Back,” allowed a behind-the-scenes look into the band’s 1970 album, “Let it Be,” and granted a unique perspective on the creative process that was a part of history in the making....

Pop Culture Imports: A Look Back At The Best Foreign-Language Movies And TV Featured On This Column Jet Tone Production By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 9, 2022 6:00 pm EST Hello, old friend. Here we are, you and me, on the last page. Yes, this will be my last Pop Culture Imports column, as I will be leaving /Film for another job. So I thought a good way to end this column would be to take a look back at my favorite titles that I’ve featured here....

Potential Black Panther 3 Villains That MCU Phase 5 Could Introduce Marvel Studios By Marcos Melendez/Nov. 15, 2022 10:16 am EST This article contains major spoilers for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Although it was never in doubt, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” has already made considerable waves at the box office in just its opening weekend. A sequel has not been officially announced yet, but it feels like an inevitable outcome at this point....

‘It was a lot, man’ HBO Max Collin and Salim admitted to EW that those skin-tight grey suits were no fun to put on work during production. In the series, Mother and Father almost constantly wear them and even provide their adopted children with identical clothing. Salim was not a fan of it, stating that “It was a lot, man … the suits made you sweat so much, so you kind felt like you were constantly working out....

Mr. Brooks Has an Imaginary Friend Played by William Hurt MGM The most interesting thing about “Mr. Brooks” is Marshall, Mr. Brooks’ imaginary friend, played by William Hurt, who is really just having a great time chewing the scenery. Hurt and Costner make for a unique pairing, and while Costner (mostly) plays Brooks straight, Hurt gets to have more fun as Marshall. In deleted scenes, we learn that Brooks “met” Marshall when he was a kid, and Marshall has been with him ever since....

Here’s the plot Netflix Aronofsky is directing his adaptation of “The Whale” from a screenplay by Samuel D. Hunter, who originally wrote it as a stage play in 2012. Here’s the official synopsis for the play, via Playwright Horizons: On the outskirts of Mormon Country, Idaho, a six hundred pound recluse hides away in his apartment, eating himself to death. Desperate to reconnect with his long-estranged daughter, he reaches out to her, only to find a viciously sharp-tongued and wildly unhappy teen....

Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 31 Review: The Premier Halloween Haunt Goes Back To Basics Universal Orlando Resort By Erin Brady/Sept. 5, 2022 4:30 pm EST When you think of Halloween, what do you think of? Perhaps you think of candy, pumpkins, black cats, and scarecrows. You wouldn’t be alone, as these elements of classic holiday iconography have been used and celebrated for decades, even after they weren’t necessarily considered scary anymore....

Watch the Wednesday trailer Mystery, mayhem, and murder. If there’s anything that could help the youngest member of the Addams clan feel right at home in extraordinarily strange surroundings, it’s the promise of those three chaotic events. “Wednesday” comes from director and executive producer Tim Burton, with Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (“Smallville”) serving as showrunners and executive producers of the exciting new series. As befitting the cultural legacy of these iconic characters, the star-studded and perfectly cast ensemble is led by Ortega as Wednesday, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia Addams, Luis Guzmán as her husband Gomez, Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley, Gwendoline Christie as Principal Larissa Weems, Jamie McShane asSheriff Galpin, Percy Hynes White as Xavier Thorpe, Hunter Doohan as Tyler Galpin, Emma Myers as Enid Sinclair, Joy Sunday as Bianca Barclay, Naomi J Ogawa as Yoko Tanaka, Moosa Mostafa as Eugene Ottinger, Georgie Farmer as Ajax Petropolus, and Riki Lindhome as Dr....

Buster breaks into the movie biz Metro Pictures After years on the stage, a newly adult Keaton decided he wanted to support his family. He went to New York to speak with his family’s representative and get himself a job. “While I was leaving that office walking down the street I ran into an old vaudeville performer who was with Fatty Arbuckle,” a star from of “[Mack Sennett’s] Keystone Cops,” Keaton recalled....

Why The Predators Hunt Humans, According To (Mostly) Canon Sources Hulu By Rafael Motamayor/Aug. 15, 2022 3:48 pm EST We’re experiencing a “Predator” renaissance, and it’s all thanks to “Prey.” The latest entry in the 35-year-old franchise takes us back in time and features the first female protagonist to kick a Predator’s butt. “Prey” is already the best-reviewed film in the entire series, thanks largely to the central performances by Amber Midthunder and Dakota Beavers, a script that takes the “Predator” story back to basics, Dan Trachtenberg’s eye for grounded action, and a very good dog....