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His Dark Materials’ James McAvoy Was ‘Quite Brutal’ About Making Sure His Scenes Were Justified [Exclusive] HBO By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 5, 2022 4:00 pm EST Fans of Philip Pullman’s classic book series “His Dark Materials” have been through a lot. Originally published in 1995, the fantasy saga didn’t see a big screen adaptation until 2007. Chris Weitz’s “The Golden Compass” got mixed reviews and failed to capture the magic of Pullman’s text — plus, it cut out some of the novel’s more pointed religious commentary....

How A 10-Year-Old Genndy Tartakovsky Came Up With Samurai Jack HBO Max By Adam Wescott/Aug. 13, 2022 10:32 am EST “Samurai Jack” gave me something I didn’t know I wanted as a kid, which was violence. At the climax of the show’s “Premiere Movie,” Jack defends a pack of hapless dogs from an army of mechanical beetles commanded by the demon Aku. The beetles are impaled, decapitated, blasted by rocket fire....

How Cate Blanchett Created Her Chimp Voice For Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Hulu By Rafael Motamayor/Oct. 27, 2022 6:18 pm EST Cate Blanchett is one of our best actors working today, a phenomenal performer who has taken on countless dialects, accents, personalities, and looks as she has embodied all kinds of characters from a sketchy psychiatrist in “Nightmare Alley,” to the Lady of Lothlórien herself. Now, Blanchett may be taking on her biggest challenge yet: playing a carnival monkey in Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio....

Is The White Lotus Getting A Season 3? HBO By Shania Russell/Nov. 18, 2022 2:24 pm EST Sorry, were you hoping to book a weekend stay at The White Lotus? Too bad — this luxury resort is all booked up. The popularity of Mike White’s sardonic drama has been soaring, with a buzzy second season to rival the first. Between that and the fact that it isn’t nearly as expensive as some other HBO juggernauts (no need to digitally create 15 different dragons for this show!...

Mike Judge Didn’t Want To Make A Big Deal Out Of King Of The Hill’s Finale 20th Television By Witney Seibold/Sept. 9, 2022 2:05 pm EST As of this writing, a revival of Mike Judge’s long-running animated sitcom “King of the Hill” (which initially ran 13 seasons from 1997 to 2009) is a little up in the air. Back in March of 2021, a revival was announced, followed by a year and a half of radio silence....

Shia LaBeouf Claims Transformers 2 Was Shot Without A Script Paramount Pictures By Marcos Melendez/Dec. 26, 2022 5:00 pm EST Before 2007, it seemed improbable that the cartoon-toy franchise “Transformers” could successfully be brought to the big screen in live-action. And yet, Michael Bay proved that the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons belonged in theaters. Starring Shia LaBeouf, “Transformers” impressed audiences, earning a good chunk of change at the box office in the process....

When and where to watch Squid Game season 2 Netflix Hwang confirmed in November 2021 that “there will indeed be a second season” of “Squid Game,” prefacing the promise by saying that there had been so much love and demand for “Squid Game” that “I almost feel like you leave us no choice.” The showrunner said that season 2 is “in my head right now,” so we can assume that he spent the ensuing months getting the story out of his head and onto paper....

Strange World’s Original Board Game Helped The Filmmakers Keep A Big Theme Alive [Exclusive] Walt Disney Pictures By Ben F. Silverio/Nov. 19, 2022 8:01 pm EST While the creative and commercial aspects of filmmaking often clash due to the sometimes-differing ideologies of art and business, they are two sides of the same coin. One can’t exist without the other: films of course cost money to make, and the money has to come from somewhere....

Stranger Sings! Titanique! What Makes Parody Musicals Popcorn Fun Evan Zimmerman/MurphyMade By Caroline Cao/Nov. 1, 2022 8:00 am EST How do you make a crowdpleasing parody musical of pop culture? There’s no one answer. At their best (or bare minimum), a solid musical parody is a popcorn box of catchy songs, jokes, and wish fulfillment. Enjoy something as bloody and racy as “Game of Thrones”? “Game of Thrones: The Musical (The Unauthorized Parody)” features tap-dancing direwolves and wordplay (“I accept your Hand job”)....

The Daily Stream: Little Demon Is A Profane Family Comedy With A Huge Heart FXX By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 23, 2022 1:21 pm EST The series: “Little Demon” Where you can stream it: Hulu The pitch: Thirteen or so years ago, partying pagan Laura (voiced by Aubrey Plaza) hooked up with the prince of darkness himself, Satan (voiced by Danny DeVito). Nine months later she gave birth to the Antichrist, and named her Chrissy....

By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 20, 2022 6:00 am EST Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin, Wendy Molyneux, and Minty Lewis made something special with “The Great North,” an animated sitcom about the adventures of Tobin family from Lone Moose, Alaska. Patriarch Beef Tobin (Nick Offerman) is a single dad raising his children Ham (Paul Rust), Judy (Jenny Slate), and Moon (Aparna Nancherla), while his adult son Wolf (Will Forte) and his wife Honeybee (Dulcé Sloan) live in the guest house on site....

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Transforms Galadriel In All The Right Ways Prime Video By Marcos Melendez/Sept. 8, 2022 5:00 pm EST Spoilers follow for the first two episodes of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” is not afraid to forge its own journey to Middle-earth by departing from the source material, especially when it comes to Galadriel (Morfydd Clark)....

The Velvet Underground: Todd Haynes On His Approach To The Doc And What The Music Means To Him [Exclusive Interview] Photo by Nat Finkelstein © Nat Finkelstein Estate. All Rights Reserved By Jamie Gerber/Dec. 13, 2022 2:00 pm EST The Velvet Underground is the music that feels like home to me. I discovered them at age 13 when I found “The Velvet Underground & Nico” at my local library. As Jonathan Richman phrases so succinctly in Todd Haynes’ “The Velvet Underground,” I thought, “these people would understand me....

There Was No Back-Up Plan For Black Adam’s Big Credits Scene [Exclusive] Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/Oct. 24, 2022 10:00 am EST Major spoilers ahead for “Black Adam” and the mid-credits scene. “Black Adam” is finally in theaters, 15 years after star Dwayne Johnson revealed that it was happening. (/Film’s Ryan Scott breaks the whole journey down for you here.) If you’ve seen the film or you spend any amount of time on social media, you know that “Black Adam” sets up something that could have big ramifications for the entire DC universe in its mid-credits scene....

Why Ice Cube Wanted First-Time Directors Working On The Friday Franchise Warner Bros. By Drew Tinnin/Oct. 23, 2022 8:00 am EST Most fans of the original comedy classic “Friday” and its subsequent sequels might assume that star Ice Cube actually stepped behind the camera to direct one, if not all, of the entries in his beloved neighborhood stoner trilogy. But in fact, he didn’t direct a single installment in the franchise....

Why James Gunn And Peter Safran Should Shake Up Matt Reeves’ Batman Universe, But Won’t Warner Bros. By Joe Roberts/Dec. 9, 2022 12:00 pm EST This post contains spoilers for “The Batman” 2022 was … an uneven year for comic book movies. Everyone finally seemed to get Marvel fatigue, as the juggernaut of the superhero genre pumped out so much content that even the most rabid fans started to question their loyalty....

18 Black Panther Comics You Need To Read Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures By Scott Thomas/Nov. 29, 2022 1:30 pm EST Comic book movies and comic books exist in an infinite reciprocation loop. Fans of Ryan Coogler’s ecstatic “Black Panther” or epically mournful “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” can turn to Marvel for more in-print stories. Marvel and its stable of A-list writing and illustration talent will continue spinning tales about T’Challa, Shuri, Namor, and more....

Casting Tom Hardy In Inception Was A No-Brainer For Christopher Nolan Warner Bros. Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 29, 2022 12:00 pm EST Christopher Nolan is not exactly known for his sense of humor. It’s not that his movies are devoid of comedy, mind you. Despite his reputation for making ultra-serious, brain-tickling thrillers with labyrinth plots, Nolan often finds room for quips or funny asides in his work. He’s also an avowed fan of “MacGruber,” the 2010 “Saturday Night Live” sketch-turned action-comedy movie in which, at one point, Will Forte pulls down his pants and sticks a piece of celery up his butt to distract his enemies....

Chris Tucker Landed The Fifth Element Because ‘He Looks Like A Shrimp’ Next To Bruce Willis Gaumont Buena Vista International By Matt Rainis/Sept. 13, 2022 11:30 am EST There are few movies like “The Fifth Element,” in just about any sense. The 1997 film was based on a story French filmmaker Luc Besson wrote as a teenager, and it finally came to film when he was 38 years old. It’s a unique and off-beat science fiction flick that has remained popular since its release....

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners trailer Netflix Given the NSFW nature of the trailer, we can’t actually show you it, so you’ll have to click here and head over to YouTube to get your face rightfully rocked off. In all seriousness, whoever edited that trailer deserves a raise and some sort of award because I genuinely can’t remember the last time I physically jumped out of my seat and screamed “LET’S F****** GO!!!!” at a trailer, which is precisely what I did while watching this....