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The Daily Stream: Smiling Friends Is A Funny, Messed Up, And Horrific Adult Animation Series Adult Swim By Lex Briscuso/Aug. 2, 2022 4:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Smiling Friends” (2022) Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: The premise of this new animated Adult Swim series is simple: A bunch of random creatures work together to make people smile as employees at a company (aptly called Smiling Friends) where that is, quite literally, their job....

The Muppet Christmas Carol Was Almost A TV Special Instead Of A Movie Disney By Ben F. Silverio/Sept. 13, 2022 9:04 pm EST At this year’s D23 Expo, Brian Henson announced that his directorial debut “The Muppet Christmas Carol” would finally be coming to Disney+ in its complete and uncut form later this year. After a number of years of trying, the studio has finally found a way to properly restore the song “When Love Is Gone” to the film, so now it can be viewed the way it was originally intended....

The Rings Of Power Episode 6’s Epic Battle Scene Has An Indiana Jones Connection [Exclusive] Paramount Pictures By Valerie Ettenhofer/Sept. 30, 2022 1:24 pm EST Warning: spoilers ahead for “The Rings of Power” episode 6. “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” was all action this week with an episode that saw our Middle-earth heroes engage in not just one major battle, but several. “Udûn” starts with a looming orc army and ends with the epic eruption of Mount Doom, and every moment between brims with either action or the anticipation of action....

The She-Hulk Finale Features Another Meta Cameo You Surely Didn’t Catch Disney+ By Marcos Melendez/Oct. 13, 2022 3:48 pm EST Spoilers ahead for the ninth episode of “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.” Whenever a film or TV project leans heavily into fourth-wall breaking — whether that be “Deadpool” or “Family Guy,” for example — there is a sense of restraint at times to not go overboard with it. “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” has been fairly lenient on that front, only having Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) speak to the audience in quick bursts....

Warner Bros. Discovery Blames Lower Box Office On Badly Timed Movie Releases Warner Bros. By BJ Colangelo/Aug. 4, 2022 5:55 pm EST Keeping track of the chaos known as “whatever is going on at Warner Bros. Discovery” feels like its own full time job, but that’s what your good friends at /Film are here for. The company had their Q2 earnings call today, and released the results of their second-quarter 2022 earnings....

Wolf Pack: Everything We Know So Far About The Teen Wolf Spin-Off 20th Century Television By Jenna Busch/Aug. 4, 2022 9:53 pm EST It’s time to howl at the moon again, with the announcements of the Paramount+ projects “Teen Wolf: The Movie” and the “Teen Wolf” spinoff series “Wolf Pack” from MTV Entertainment Studios off the ground. “Teen Wolf” premiered on MTV in 2011 and ran for six seasons. Now the story will continue, first with the film, and then the subsequent show....

I Care a Lot (2020) Netflix Before “Gone Girl,” Rosamund Pike already had a long and established career. She’d appeared in period pieces such as “Pride & Prejudice” and “An Education,” and as a love interest in thrillers like “Die Another Day” and “Jack Reacher.” While clearly talented, Pike had never received a role that showed how versatile she was. Thankfully, “Gone Girl” gave her the opportunity to craft one of the most complex cinematic villains of the 21st century....

50 Takes Of Crawling On The Ceiling Left Poltergeist’s JoBeth Williams Battered And Bleeding MGM/UA Entertainment Co. By Matt Rainis/Sept. 28, 2022 3:18 pm EST “Poltergeist” is an absolute classic of the horror genre. It’s the sort of movie where you don’t realize how many of its genre’s tropes it invented until you see it yourself for the first time. The movie is well-written and consistently scary the whole way through, whether it be the swimming pool full of skeletons or the technician ripping his own face off....

Andor VFX Producer And Supervising Sound Editor Tell Us About Creating The Eye Of Aldhani And More [Exclusive Interview] Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 9, 2022 1:00 pm EST It’s easy to watch a series as acclaimed and well-received as “Andor” and heap credit upon the most obvious, surface-level aspects that immediately leap out at most audiences. In terms of a breath of fresh air, the final result feels like the most original and ground-breaking “Star Wars” production we’ve received since Disney first took ownership of Lucasfilm....

Bambi Is A ‘Vicious Killing Machine’ In Upcoming Horror Movie From Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey Producer Disney By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 26, 2022 7:47 pm EST I’ve heard of just about every kind of killer animal movie in my time, from hordes of ravenous rats to the mutton monsters of “Black Sheep,” but a killer deer is a new one. According to Dread Central, the team behind the demented “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” are tackling the beloved story of “Bambi,” but with their signature sickening twist....

Before It Was A Frank Darabont Movie, Stephen King’s The Mist Was A 1984 Audio Drama Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Dimension Films By Witney Seibold/Nov. 21, 2022 5:00 pm EST Stephen King’s novella “The Mist” was originally published in 1980 as part of a horror compilation called “Dark Forces.” The impressive compilation included stories by Ray Bradbury, Edward Gorey, Joyce Carol Oates, and Robert Bloch, along with several others. “Dark Forces” was notable in the horror community, and it was widely read by other horror authors....

Brian Henson Didn’t Want The Muppet Christmas Carol To Be Compared To His Father’s Work Buena Vista Pictures Distribution By Mike Shutt/Dec. 3, 2022 9:00 am EST Since the death of Jim Henson in 1990, there has been a scramble to figure out what to do with his signature creation, The Muppets. Some of the attempts have been quite successful, and some have fallen flat on their face. Remember that primetime ABC mockumentary series from the 2010s?...

Enola Holmes 2 Is Built Around An Actual Event, But How Much Is True? By Demetra Nikolakakis/Nov. 4, 2022 2:00 pm EST Warning: Spoilers for “Enola Holmes 2” ahead. It’s happened, y’all. The spunky little detective better known as Enola Holmes is finally back. But unlike the fictional cases that turned Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes into a wildly successful character, “Enola Holmes 2” sees his younger sister Enola (created by Nancy Springer, not Sir Doyle) get caught up in real-life events — namely, the matchgirls’ strike of 1888, which was organized by employees of the Bryant & May match factory....

Hiring Ridley Scott Boosted Alien’s Prospects In More Ways One Than One By Debopriyaa Dutta/Oct. 21, 2022 3:59 pm EST After Ridley Scott’s “Alien” hit theaters in 1979, the film changed the face of sci-fi space horror. The Nostromo became the site of fresh terror, with a rapidly-evolving xenomorph taking out the competent crew one after the other. Several unspoken rules about horror were shattered at once, especially with Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley, who paved the way for strong, level-headed female survivors in the genre....

Hulu’s ‘Into The Dark’ Brings Serial Killers To Mother’s Day With ‘All That We Destroy’ By Matt Donato/May 15, 2019 1:00 pm EST (Blumhouse Television and Hulu have partnered for a monthly horror anthology series titled Into The Dark, set to release a full holiday-themed feature the first Friday of every month. Horror anthology expert Matt Donato will be tackling the series one-by-one, stacking up the entries as they become streamable....

Resident Evil Review: Strong Action And Monstrous Creatures Elevate The Latest Adaptation Of The Video Game Series Netflix By Barry Levitt/July 12, 2022 3:00 pm EST “They said the world would end in 2036, but they were wrong. The world ended a long time ago,” Jade Wesker (Ella Balinska) tells us. She sounds pretty pissed off, but she has every right to be. The world technically hasn’t ended, but most of the planet has been overrun by a virus that makes covid look like a walk in the park....

Superbad Bet Everything On The Success Of One ‘All-Or-Nothing’ Scene Columbia Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Aug. 17, 2022 8:16 pm EST There’s always a risk when including a joke, gimmick, or punchline in a comedy that the audience won’t respond well or find it funny, but featuring a long-running gag that continues throughout the story is one of the greatest cinematic gambles of all. If Biff Tannen getting covered in manure in the “Back to the Future” films didn’t get a laugh, or Ted Striker’s literal drinking problem in “Airplane!...

Terrifier 2’s Lauren LaVera Is A Worthy Addition To The Scream Queen Roster Cinedigm/Bloody Disgusting By Matthew Bilodeau/Oct. 28, 2022 2:13 pm EST This article contains major spoilers for “Terrifier 2.” You’ve all seen the headlines by now. Known as the horror movie responsible for making people faint and even vomit in theaters across the country, “Terrifier 2” has become this surprise unprecedented hit in the world of independent horror. Word of mouth regarding director Damien Leone’s unrated splatter flick has quickly spread among gore fiends, in addition to people outside of the horror bubble....

The 10 Coolest Moments From The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special Disney+ By Cass Clarke/Nov. 27, 2022 12:16 pm EST Warning: The article below contains spoilers for Marvel Studios’ “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.” For over a decade, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has painstakingly interwoven interconnected superhero storylines. But after 30 films, nine television shows, and countless mid-credit scenes, it’s a welcomed relief that James Gunn’s “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” refreshingly feels like a zany one-shot comic about Drax (Dave Bautista) and Mantis (Pom Klementieff) came to life....

The 55 Best Space Movies Ever Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer By Gino Orlandini/July 7, 2022 7:59 pm EST Try watching 55 space movies in a row and not feeling a little short of breath. It’s not the most hopeful genre, as filmmakers grapple with the existential dread inspired by the endless vacuum of the cosmos. It’s almost as if, when screenwriters turn their imaginations to the heavens, they’re overwhelmed by all that nothing staring back....