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Beverly Hills Cop Was Michael Eisner’s Response To A Speeding Ticket Paramount By Bill Bria/Sept. 8, 2022 9:24 pm EST 1984’s “Beverly Hills Cop” contains a plot hook so good it seems like a no-brainer idea in hindsight: a streetwise Detroit policeman finds himself in a fish-out-of-water situation when he pursues a criminal to luxurious Beverly Hills, whereupon his blue-collar attitude clashes with the snooty, affluent natives. Yet a study of the making of the film reveals that it had a fairly rocky transition from concept to screen, with the production going through several different directors, stars, and tonal approaches before landing on director Martin Brest and star Eddie Murphy....

Brian Dennehy Saw A Career For Chris Farley That Went Far Beyond Comedy Paramount Pictures By Travis Yates/Nov. 20, 2022 12:00 pm EST It’s such a sad irony that Chris Farley is often remembered as a tragedy considering the hilarious human that he was. Substance abuse cut short the life of a star in his prime — and on the verge of breaking beyond the physical comedy he was known for....

The Enormity of Life First up we have an exclusive trailer for “The Enormity of Life,” a drama starring Breckin Meyer and directed by Eric Swinderman (“Made in Cleveland”). The film ⁠— which opens via Virtual Cinema, VOD and digital on July 22, 2022 ⁠— was nominated for Best Feature at the 2021 Paris Art & Movie Festival, where Meyer captured the Best Actor award. Here is the official synopsis: After his life hits rock bottom, emotionally despondent Casey (Breckin Meyer, “Happily,” “Clueless,” “Road Trip”) decides to end it all....

Comedy Horror Movies The Average Person Would Never Survive Wild Street Pictures By Erin Brady/July 29, 2022 7:12 pm EST Horror comedies are difficult to execute well — there needs to be just the right balance of terrifying scares and lighthearted laughs. But it truly is a wonderful subgenre when that balance is found. Films such as “The Lost Boys,” “The Little House of Horrors,” and “Shaun of the Dead” stand the test of time for this very reason, by being able to provide viewers with the adrenaline rush of horror, followed by the relief of comedy....

Disney CEO Bob Iger Says The Company Won’t Be Sold To Apple Disney Princess By Ryan Scott/Nov. 28, 2022 6:03 pm EST Bob Iger took over once again as the CEO of Disney last week. It was a bombshell bit of news, with Iger immediately taking the place of Bob Chapek, who had been heading up the company since February of 2020. Iger handed the keys to the Magic Kingdom to Chapek and, even taking the pandemic into account, things haven’t gone well over the past couple of years....

Disney Epcot Mascot Figment Is Getting A Movie From Seth Rogen And Detective Pikachu Writers Walt Disney World By Erin Brady/Sept. 28, 2022 8:06 pm EST If you are in any way interested in the Walt Disney theme parks, then you probably have heard the name Figment before. This little purple dragon is a staple over at the EPCOT park at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and he’s got quite the popular and committed fanbase....

Gina Prince-Bythewood Wanted To Show That ‘Real Women’ Can Be Warriors In The Woman King Sony Pictures Releasing By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 16, 2022 9:35 pm EST Tonight marks the theatrical debut of screenwriter Dana Stevens and director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King,” the Viola Davis-starring historical action-adventure epic about the Agojie, the all-female group of warriors loyal to the new King Ghezo (John Boyega). Set in 1832, Davis plays Nanisca, a General in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey....

Homer Simpson’s Famous D’oh Catchphrase Has A Surprising Unscripted Origin 20th Television By Witney Seibold/Aug. 31, 2022 9:02 pm EST In the early days of Matt Groening’s “The Simpsons,” Bart (Nancy Cartwright) was seemingly intended to be the main character of the show. This makes sense when one considers that Groening named the Simpsons after his own family. Groening also has two younger sisters named Lisa and Maggie, his parents are named Margaret and Homer, and his grandfather was named Abraham....

How 9/11 Made Jim’s Proposal To Pam On The Office Much More Difficult To Shoot NBC By Travis Yates/Aug. 21, 2022 7:30 pm EST Jim Halpert’s proposal to Pam Beesly on “The Office” was one of the most anticipated moments of the entire series. So fans were completely caught off guard when the romantic moment seemed to come out of nowhere in an almost anti-climactic way. But it was always designed to be like that....

How Everything Everywhere All At Once Accidentally Recreated A Scene From Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom A24 By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 15, 2022 11:03 am EST In retrospect, it’s no surprise that “Everything Everywhere All At Once” received the breakout mainstream success that it enjoyed earlier this year. Audiences were clearly starved for the kind of high-concept, fantastical, and refreshingly original story that not even big-budget superhero movies could deliver....

Kevin Conroy And Mark Hamill Had A ‘Rule’ For Conversations Between Batman And The Joker Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/Nov. 11, 2022 5:14 pm EST Tim Burton’s 1989 film “Batman” was a hit the likes of which the world hadn’t previously seen. In terms of cultural and advertising ubiquity, “Batman” even seemed to outstrip “Star Wars” in terms of its deep saturation. Burton’s Gothic designs and Danny Elfman’s Stravinsky-like score came to dictate a great deal of popular media that followed....

Mark Wahlberg’s Father Stu Has Been Re-Edited For PG-13 Re-Release, So Bring Those Kids Sony Pictures By Shania Russell/Nov. 2, 2022 4:29 pm EST Mark Wahlberg may have waited seven months instead of the traditional three days, but the end result is the same: He Is Risen! This holiday season, the well-known hamburger salesman and occasional actor is set to return to a theater near you, where he will star in a movie that already came out earlier this year....

Rosie O’Donnell Defied The Director To Keep Her A League Of Their Own Character Gay Columbia Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 7, 2022 8:13 pm EST Based on the beloved 1992 film of the same name, the new Prime Video series “A League of Their Own” is an American period sports comedy drama co-created by Will Graham and series star Abbi Jacobson, about the historical formation of a World War II-era women’s professional baseball league....

Santa’s Jolliest Beatdowns In Violent Night, Ranked Universal Pictures By Ben Begley/Dec. 7, 2022 1:56 pm EST This below post contains spoilers for “Violent Night.” We’re all tired of hearing the age-old holiday season debate of, “Is “Die Hard” a Christmas movie?” While we won’t go down that rabbit hole, there’s a new contender for the best holiday action movie that is undoubtedly a Christmas movie. What happens when you take the plot of “Die Hard,” add a dash of “Home Alone,” and a healthy heaping of “John Wick”?...

She-Hulk Smashed And Proves More Superheroes Need To Get It On Disney+ By Shania Russell/Oct. 7, 2022 7:00 pm EST This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.” The fact that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has a romance problem has long been documented. Across its twenty-some movies and many television series, this franchise has barely crafted a handful of compelling romances. But there’s no need to reiterate all that here, because we have bigger fish to fry....

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 Finally Lets A Starfleet Officer Rant About A Common Franchise Problem Paramount By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 8, 2022 12:00 pm EST “Star Trek” has a long history of civilian scientists getting in way over their heads and needing Starfleet’s help, and this week’s “Star Trek: Lower Decks” finally gave one of its officers a moment to vent about it. In the third episode of season 3, “Mining The Mind’s Mines,” Commander Jack Ransom lets loose with his deep annoyance that yet another civilian science outpost needs rescuing....

TMNT: The Last Ronin hardcover release trailer IDW has released “TMNT: The Last Ronin” in a hardcover format which will provide fans the chance to read the acclaimed story in its entirety soon. The tale was more than 30 years in the making and came from the mind of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” creator Kevin Eastman. A lone turtle survives in an apocalyptic wasteland and it’s all about vengeance for his fallen family members....

Padma Lakshmi Sometimes, the conceit of “Hot Ones” is three-fold. Yes, the questions are hot, as are the wings — but has anyone noticed that some of the hottest guests on the show are also the ones that handle spice the best? Padma Lakshmi is just one of many gorgeous guests that conquered the wings without batting an eye, and delivered a classy, funny interview to boot. Padma unpacks her iconic appearance on “Star Trek: Enterprise,” as well as her tenure with “Top Chef....

What makes it so special Netflix Admittedly, the summary I gave above is a bit vague and may be disingenuous, but that’s not without a good reason. “Midnight Mass” is a heavy show not only for its overt religious themes, but because of how devastating it gets as the show unravels its story. Having the show set on an isolated and sparsely-populated island makes the audience feel closer to the events being shown....

The Big Idea Stephen Lang Brought To Avatar: The Way Of Water 20th Century Studios By Marcos Melendez/Dec. 7, 2022 1:30 pm EST The long-awaited arrival of James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” will see the return of Pandora and the characters that inhabit it on the big screen. Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quaritch was a highlight in the original film, a badass villain that represented the worst that the military-industrial complex has to offer....