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Season 6A HBO The final season of “The Sopranos” was the longest, airing in two parts in 2006 and 2007. This has become an increasingly popular strategy for telling an extended conclusion to a beloved series; shows such as “Breaking Bad,” “Mad Men,” “Ozark,” “BoJack Horseman,” “The Walking Dead,” and “Better Call Saul” adopted similar release patterns. The story arc of Season 6 is a compelling one, where, after a spiritual reawakening following his near-death experience, Tony finds himself facing an uncertain future....

Handing Dirty Harry To Clint Eastwood Was A Decision John Wayne Would Come To Regret Warner Bros. By Jeremy Smith/Sept. 12, 2022 3:47 pm EST Following a brief resurgence powered by his enormously entertaining (and Oscar-winning) portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in “True Grit,” John Wayne suddenly found himself scrambling in the midst of the 1970s New Hollywood era. He’d already played the tough old man of the West who whips kids into shape in “Big Jake” and “The Cowboys,” effectively leaving him nowhere to go in the genre but revisionist à la Sam Peckinpah or Clint Eastwood....

Into The Deep Trailer: The Murder That Took Place Midway Through A Documentary Netflix By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 23, 2022 12:06 pm EST Documentaries about living subjects are always a bit of a wild card, and “Into the Deep” looks like one of the wildest documentaries to come out in recent memory. The doc premiered to rave reviews at Sundance Film Festival but had its Netflix release put on hold due to concerns about the consent of some of the documentary’s participants....

James Gunn And Peter Safran Are Apparently Almost Done With Their DC Road Map Already Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 15, 2022 12:04 pm EST It’s been a curious last few weeks for DC films, to say the least. Ever since the bombshell news that “The Suicide Squad” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn had teamed up with executive Peter Safran to take charge of Warner Bros.’ superhero division of feature films, fans and observers alike have waited with baited breath to see just how their grand vision would unfold....

Keeping it in the family MGM It wasn’t always Gardner’s intention to become a filmmaker. Like most young people, she actually rebelled against following in her parent’s footsteps. “I actually originally wanted to be a nurse,” she said. “Because of my dad, though, I was really desensitized to blood and guts and those types of things from a young age. So I thought, ‘Hey, I could be a nurse. I could handle the ER....

Jared Leto Is a Sick Bat Man Sony Pictures The trailer kicks off with Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) heading to a mysterious cave to cure his chronic disease, which prevents him from walking on his own power, among other things. This leads him to a cave with lots and lots of bats in it. He then cuts himself to draw their attention and is bathed in bats, which seemingly gives him his powers in the movie version of this Marvel Comics adaptation....

Our Flag Means Death Actor Nathan Foad On Fan Art And The Sexy Ghost Theory [Interview] HBO Max By Ben F. Silverio/Aug. 9, 2022 2:00 pm EST David Jenkins’ “Our Flag Means Death” — a silly, swashbuckling romcom set during the golden age of pirates – took the world by storm when it debuted on HBO Max in March 2022. As word of mouth spread, more and more people started watching the first season on the streamer, and the masses fell in love with the characters played by Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, and the rest of the crew of the Revenge....

Showing Up Review: Michelle Williams’ Portrait Of A Frazzled Sculptor [NYFF] FLC Press By Caroline Cao/Oct. 4, 2022 11:01 am EST “I won’t get the time back,” the artist laments. Alas, a day off from work should have been a sacred loss of productivity. But little worries slip through the cracks and nag at her. In the hands of a less astute director, a portrait about a distressed artist — a sculptor in this case — may give into the worst impulses of indulgence or overexploitation....

The 10 Best Mike Flanagan Horror Movies And Shows, Ranked Netflix By Eric Langberg/Sept. 26, 2022 10:10 am EST Horror director Mike Flanagan has some interesting ideas about the genre. “Horror affords us the opportunity to really look at ourselves and the things that scare us… as a society and individuals,” he once told The New York Times. His characters often face literal ghosts. But just as often, they confront their haunting past mistakes — lingering memories of grief or trauma....

The 15 Best Peaky Blinders Episodes, Ranked Netflix By Liam Gaughan/Aug. 4, 2022 4:07 pm EST The BAFTA award-winning drama series “Peaky Blinders” wrapped up its sixth and final season, which is streaming on Netflix. Thankfully, the final season was well worth the wait. “Peaky Blinders” gave a satisfying conclusion to each character’s arc, but in the show’s tradition, it didn’t try to wrap things up too neatly. If you haven’t checked out the series yet, then you have a new, bingeable television obsession in front of you....

Memoirs from Hollywood’s finest Celadon Books / Dutton / HarperOne Screen Legends The best actor memoirs are full of captivating and sometimes downright funny anecdotes, pieces of trivia, and behind-the-scenes stories about the making of your all-time favorite movies. If you’re a fan of “Only Murders in the Building,” you might want to check out Steve Martin’s own memoir, “Number One is Walking.” Or maybe you’re a child of the ’80s, in which case “The Karate Kid” star Ralph Macchio’s “Waxing On” could be more your speed....

The Nope Soundtrack Is Coming On Vinyl, With Some Incredible Artwork Waxwork Records By BJ Colangelo/Aug. 12, 2022 6:10 pm EST Waxwork Records is continuing their undefeated streak of releasing soundtracks genre fans would sell their first born child to keep on their shelves, this time with a release for Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror spectacle, “Nope.” Waxwork is releasing the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Michael Abels in partnership with Back Lot Music....

‘How many more of these?’ Sony Pictures While it was far from the first movie to include a post-credits scene, John Hughes’ classic 1986 high school comedy “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” was certainly one of the most famous films to do this prior to the MCU (with 2016’s “Deadpool” even going so far as to pay direct homage to the movie’s post-credits gag). In a 2018 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige confirmed that Hughes’ film helped pave the way to the MCU’s own parade of post-credit treats:...

Thor: Love And Thunder’s Trailers Hid The True Meaning Of Love Marvel By Valerie Ettenhofer/July 9, 2022 5:28 pm EST Note: this article includes spoilers for “Thor: Love and Thunder.” At this point, it’s de rigueur for Marvel movie trailers to hide major chunks of plots from the general public for months on end. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” hid the three Peter Parkers. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” hid Scarlet Witch’s villain status....

Tony Gilroy Had ‘No Interest’ In Star Wars When He Was Hired For Rogue One Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/Aug. 1, 2022 11:37 am EST The Disney era of “Star Wars” has been going strong for nearly a decade now since the purchase of Lucasfilm in 2012, though it began in earnest with the release of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in December 2015. While it has been a bit of a mixed bag (for various reasons) a great many fans would agree that 2016’s “Rogue One” remains a high point, if not the single high point, of this era....

Westworld Season 4 Episode 3 Roars Into The 1920s With ‘Années Folles’ HBO By Danielle Ryan/July 10, 2022 10:00 pm EST We’re back for another week of weirdness in “Westworld,” the HBO series where timelines are fluid, characters never stay dead for long, and everything is a mystery! Last week’s episode, “Well Enough Alone,” finally started to give some answers left in the wake of season 3, though we still don’t know what that post-apocalyptic future at the end of last season was all about....

Why Akira Toriyama Dragged His Feet On Introducing Buu To Dragon Ball Z Toei Animation By Ernesto Valenzuela/July 14, 2022 10:54 am EST “Dragon Ball Z” has had its fair share of antagonists throughout the manga’s run. Goku and company have gone against some fantastical foes, from androids to aliens to evil spirits. “Dragon Ball” creator Akira Toriyama is full of ideas, so it should surprise no one that the creator isn’t short on opponents for the “Dragon Ball” crew to fight....

Keeping the continuity in check AMC While talking to Rolling Stone about his final turn as a writer/director on “Better Call Saul,” Vince Gilligan looked back at the difficulties of writing a pre-“Breaking Bad” Saul Goodman and how it only got easier the closer the timeline got to the original series: “I think it was really, really challenging in the first season, and in the early seasons. But I should say that it had been a couple of years since I’d been in the writers room before this season....

Wicked: Everything We Know About Jon M. Chu’s Two-Film Musical Adaptation Netflix By Ben F. Silverio/Dec. 10, 2022 12:00 pm EST Universal Pictures has been working on a feature film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical “Wicked” since 2004. At various points in time, people like J.J. Abrams, James Mangold, Ryan Murphy, and Rob Marshall were linked to the movie, but award-winning director Stephen Daldry of “Billy Elliot” and “The Crown” fame ended up in the director’s chair in 2012....

A Deadpool Christmas Movie Was Written But Got ‘Lost In The Shuffle’ Of Disney Buying Fox When I was growing up, the Walt Disney Company was a strong contributor to the holiday spirit in my home through original movies and special episodes on Disney Channel or through ABC Family’s (now Freeform’s) “25 Days of Christmas” and “13 Nights of Halloween” extended movie marathons. But even Disney has needed time to realign its holiday content strategy as it’s built out Disney Plus....