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Kathy Bates Says This Is Her ‘Achilles Heel’ When It Comes To Acting Buena Vista Pictures Kathy Bates is most famous for her role as an unhinged, obsessed fan in “Misery,” which won her an Academy Award, but the actress has portrayed many memorable characters in unforgettable films. She is the bored Southern housewife Evelyn Couch in “Fried Green Tomatoes,” the boisterous “Unsinkable” Molly Brown in “Titanic,” and the prim and proper Mrs....

Once Upon A Time In The West Was A Twist On The Genre’s Greatest Hits Paramount By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 19, 2022 5:13 pm EST Sergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time in the West” is an elegy for a genre that has died countless deaths. The Western has passed in and out of favor many times since the advent of the motion picture, and is currently ticking anew thanks to Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” franchise....

Richard Dreyfuss Traces The Start Of His Career Back To British Acting Legend Cinecom Pictures By Witney Seibold/Sept. 30, 2022 4:00 am EST According to his 2000 appearance on “Inside the Actor’s Studio,” Richard Dreyfuss began acting as a teen at his synagogue in Beverly Hills before landing his first professional job in a TV production of the Norman Weiner play “In Mama’s House.” He was 15. There was, it seemed, no doubt in Dreyfuss’ mind that we was going to be a successful actor....

Gathering clues Paramount The horror movie “Smile” centers on a supernatural mystery. After witnessing her patient’s tragic suicide, Rose discovers that there are others who suffered the same fate. She has the brilliant idea to track down everyone affected by a trail of suicides. With Joel’s help, they gather clues in hopes of finding some answers. Their impromptu investigation takes them on a road trip that does wind up unearthing one important detail: Remember, Rose and Joel pay a visit to a prison inmate named Robert Talley, who has managed to stay alive by killing a perfect stranger to fend off the curse....

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 Uses A Classic Trek Trope To Tell Its Most Meaningful Story Yet Paramount By Witney Seibold/Sept. 22, 2022 2:00 pm EST The fifth episode of the third season of “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” called “Reflections,” delves deeper into a few intriguing mysteries surrounding the cranial implants sported by Ensign Rutherford (Eugene Cordero). Rutherford has previously stated that his implants were voluntarily added to his body as a way to merely enhance his brain and senses....

Flawless Lionsgate Flawless, as described in Variety, originally pioneered its AI facial mapping technology — called TrueSync — as a means to digitally alter actors’ mouth for purposes of dubbing into other languages. The idea was to match the actors’ mouths — and facial expressions — to match another actor’s vocal performance. Flawless calls the process “vubbing.” There are examples of the process on their website, where Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson can be seen conversing in French or where Forrest Gump is speaking Japanese....

Delirium DC Comics The least powerful of the Endless is poor Delirium, who was once Delight. The story surrounding her transformation is a mystery, but the other Endless treat her as the damaged kid sister of the crew. Delirium is a manic pixie dream girl for the ages, except that her ridiculous dreams can come true through her powers. She’s a whimsical girl, a chaos being if there ever was one, but she’s generally good-natured....

The Score For Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Was Performed With Only Wooden Instruments Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Nov. 11, 2022 9:03 pm EST The first tracks from Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” dropped earlier today, and they’re exactly as magical as we hoped they’d be. Del Toro’s films always dazzle, and so do Alexandre Desplat’s scores. So of course tracks like “Carlo’s Theme” and “The Pine Cone,” which you can listen to on the Still Watching Netflix YouTube account, are almost moving enough to make a person cry, even without the context of the movie itself....

The Winchesters Will Feature Villains That Are Much Different From Supernatural’s The CW By Shania Russell/Oct. 13, 2022 3:18 pm EST Ghosts, vampires, and werewolves are old news. Nowadays, if you’ve got plans for a supernatural saga with a “monster of the week” format, then you better have creativity on your side because a deep-dive into the wide world of folklore is an absolute must. When the series first began in 2005, “Supernatural” welcomed this challenge, happily digging deep to tell the story of two brothers traveling across America to face off against not-so-mythological creatures....

The Batman Bible Warner Bros. Show creators Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski had set out to create something truly unique with “Batman: The Animated Series.” From the outset, the pair envisioned a much darker take on the character than was typical for children’s programming at the time. It wasn’t long before writer Paul Dini added his spin on the whole thing, bringing in the now famous elements of film noir and even using Alfred Hitchcock for inspiration....

On the axing of Batgirl… Warner Bros. Aside from explaining that DC will be getting a massive overhaul, Zaslav also addressed the scrapping of “Batgirl,” as well as “Scoob! Holiday Haunt.” It really all comes down to the fact that movies made specifically for streaming don’t generate nearly as much revenue as theatrically released movies that subsequently go to streaming, such as “The Batman.” Zaslav continued: “We’ve looked hard at the direct-to-streaming business....

‘My responsibility is to the production and to the cast to protect them’ Warner Bros. The moviemaking business is and always has been about managing egos. Unfortunately, countless instances of negligence and outright abuse have been allowed to fester as a direct result of that mindset … but, thankfully, this long overdue reckoning may have finally begun with a new generation of filmmakers. Olivia Wilde was quick to replace the ill-fitting Shia LaBeouf with pop star Harry Styles once the former’s antics became too much to stomach....

Winston Churchill Was A ‘Useful’ Tool While Steven Knight Was Writing Peaky Blinders Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 10, 2022 5:56 pm EST Writers know better than most how taking historical figures and dropping them into a world of fictional characters can sometimes run the risk of overwhelming the story at hand. The plot at the center of “Peaky Blinders,” for instance, shares several parallels and intersections with actual historical events taking place during the time period that creator Steven Knight chose to cover — specifically set during the moment in time between both World Wars in early 1900s Birmingham, England....

1923 Review: Harrison Ford And Helen Mirren Shine In Taylor Sheridan’s Latest Adventure Emerson Miller/Paramount+ By Barry Levitt/Dec. 16, 2022 9:58 am EST It seems like there’s no stopping Taylor Sheridan. Since writing “Sicario” and making his directorial debut with the seriously underappreciated “Hell or High Water” in 2016, Sheridan has found his home at Paramount, creating “Yellowstone,” an enormous success for the company, and one of television’s biggest success stories....

A Simple Rule Made Sure Buster Keaton Could Always Throw In Some Improv Metro Pictures By Shae Sennett/Sept. 4, 2022 4:51 pm EST Buster Keaton was one of the biggest names in early cinema, famous for his physical comedy. He thrived on an ability to improvise these gags; Keaton grew up as a vaudeville performer, and spent his childhood improvising slapstick routines with his father onstage. As a Hollywood filmmaker, Keaton continued to rely on improvisation for his comedy — but this required him to follow one simple rule....

Christopher Nolan Never Has A Cast In Mind While He’s Working On A Script BAFTA/YouTube By Joe Roberts/Dec. 24, 2022 8:00 pm EST Christopher Nolan always seems to have a confident vision for each movie he makes. His signature style is in part defined by his self-assuredness when delving into a new project. Whether it’s the finely-tuned narrative of films like “The Prestige” or the clearly defined styles of Nolan’s Batman movies (origin story, crime thriller, war epic), the British visionary always seems to have a solid and well-thought-out idea behind each of his projects....

Devotion Review: Jonathan Majors And Glen Powell Make A Great Team In This Muddled Korean War Drama [TIFF] Sony By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 13, 2022 2:17 pm EST The marketing for “Devotion” is bound to play up the fact that, just like the recent mega-hit “Top Gun: Maverick,” this is yet another Navy pilot movie that co-stars Glen Powell. But while that may put butts in seats, it also does a disservice to J....

Every Main Character In Andor, Ranked Worst To Best Lucasfilm By Eric Pierce/Oct. 12, 2022 6:57 pm EST Spoilers for “Andor” up through episode 6 follow. When Disney first announced that a bevy of new “Star Wars” programming was heading to its streaming service, the initial reaction to “Andor” was somewhere between “meh” and “ugh.” Oh, look, another prequel story about a character who’s already dead. Where could such a story possibly go?...

GWAR’s Michael Bishop On New Doc This Is GWAR And A Wild Show At Taco Land [Exclusive Interview] Shudder By Jack Giroux/Oct. 28, 2022 2:42 pm EST GWAR is a unique, beautiful, grotesque beast. The metal band was founded nearly 40 years ago in Richmond, Virginia, and while there have been a rotating lineup of artists throughout the band’s wild history, Michael Bishop has been a part of it all since their debut album, “Hell-O....

HBO To Adapt The David Cronenberg Classic Scanners As A Series New World Pictures By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 21, 2022 3:19 pm EST Big news, horror fans — try not to let your head pop! David Cronenberg’s incredible 1981 science fiction horror film “Scanners” is being made into a television series for HBO. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Emmy-winning writer William Bridges will pen the series and serve as showrunner. “Black Mirror” fans will know Bridges best as the man who co-wrote the “USS Callister” episode, which featured a crew of people trapped in an AI simulation for the pleasure of one disturbed man....