The Best Characters In Avatar: The Way Of Water, Ranked 20th Century Studios/Disney By Dalin Rowell/Dec. 19, 2022 12:37 pm EST When it comes to James Cameron’s luscious 2009 blockbuster, “Avatar,” audiences likely fall into one or two camps: they can’t wait to rediscover the magic of Pandora or they can’t wait to mock it. In the case of this writer, I fall somewhere that’s a bit more in the grey zone (or blue, in this case)....
The Most Chilling Moments In The Menu, Ranked Searchlight Pictures By Cass Clarke/Nov. 20, 2022 12:39 pm EST Warning: The article below contains major spoilers for “The Menu.” Director Mark Mylod (“Shameless,” “Succession”) has made a career off of crafting class-conscious comedies that bitingly remind audiences of the absurd lengths people travel to obtain status, wealth, and social clout. “The Menu” serves a similar dish to viewers but with a darker, horrific bent....
The Most Savage Animal Attack Horror Movies Warner Bros. By SlashFilm Staff/July 8, 2022 10:19 pm EST While aquatic horror specifically has a forever home firmly tucked into the summer months, there’s something particularly (and twistedly) special about animal attack horror movies. From the absolutely ludicrous like the 1980 flick “Alligator,” the Richard Harris-starring “Orca,” and the so-bad-it’s-good late-’80s romp “Slugs” to classic fare like “Jurassic Park,” “Jaws,” and “Cujo,” there’s genuinely something for everyone....
The Powerpuff Girls: Everything We Know So Far About The Upcoming Reboot Cartoon Network By Shania Russell/July 19, 2022 2:33 pm EST In a world dominated by superhero stories, it was only a matter of time before crime-fighting kindergarteners made a comeback. Prepare to cue the nostalgia — “The Powerpuff Girls” are officially returning to screens! Again! The original series debuted on Cartoon Network in 1998 and was created by Craig McCracken at Hanna-Barbera Studios....
What exactly happened in The Ring, anyway? DreamWorks Pictures When her 16-year-old niece Katie unexpectedly dies, journalist Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) is determined to find answers. Strangely, Rachel’s niece isn’t the only sudden teen death in the Seattle neighborhood. Katie and her friends rented a cabin a week before their collective demise, prompting Rachel to rent the same room they occupied. She finds an unlabeled tape, which turns out to be a sequence of bleak, disturbing images....
Learn to swim with Okoye Marvel Studios Gurira said she hired her own swimming coach for “Wakanda Forever” and unlearned some of the improper techniques she had picked up as a teen, but when her character goes into the water, she’s still in peril from the undersea army led by Namor (Tenoch Huerta). You might think Namor would be more at home in the water than Okoye, but as we previously reported, Huerta secured the part of “Marvel’s Aquaman,” as it were, despite being unable to swim....
The Witch From Mercury Goes To Jail, Does Not Pass Go In ‘The Cursed Mobile Suit’ Crunchyroll By Adam Wescott/Oct. 10, 2022 5:34 pm EST The second episode of “Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury” throws a spanner into the works. Did you think that our heroine Suletta would get in her powerful Gundam Aerial and lay waste to the rest of Asticassia School of Technology? Not so fast. A team of robots flies into the arena to arrest her, claiming that her mecha relies on forbidden GUND-based technology; a type of device that, as we learned in the prologue episode, strengthens itself by drawing directly upon human life force....
Top Gun: Maverick Nearly Featured A Cameo From One Of F1’s Greatest Drivers Paramount Pictures By Shania Russell/Aug. 9, 2022 10:54 am EST Another week brings yet another fun fact for everyone involved in “Top Gun: Maverick” to brag about. As if saving the box office isn’t notable enough, this film can also tout its status as the seventh biggest film at the box office ever, plus it has the Quentin Tarantino stamp of approval....
What These DC Villains Really Look Like Under The Makeup Warner Bros. Pictures By Larry Fried/July 12, 2022 5:44 pm EST DC Comics’ rogues gallery is filled with an eclectic array of villains, many of whom look just as fearsome as they act. On the page, artists can splash colors and stretch proportions to create memorable characters as needed, but what happens when they need to appear on the silver screen?...
15 Movies Like Gladiator That You Need To Check Out Dreamworks Pictures By Liam Gaughan/Aug. 3, 2022 4:29 pm EST “Are you not entertained?” Ridley Scott declared to the summer movie audience of 2000. The enthusiastic response was worthy of the ancient gladiatorial arenas. Scott’s epic historical drama was a sensational smash hit, and became one of the rare films that impressed both professional film critics and the general public. A resounding critical and financial success, “Gladiator” was one of the few “summer blockbusters” that actually won the Academy Award for Best Picture....
24 Star And Ever-Present Character Actor Gregory Itzin Has Died At 74 20th Television By Lex Briscuso/July 8, 2022 11:14 am EST “24” star and ever-present character actor Gregory Itzin has died. The performer passed away on Friday, July 8 at age 74. A cause of death has yet to be confirmed. Jon Cassar, executive producer and director of “24,” revealed Itzin’s death via Twitter. He wrote: “My friend Greg Itzin passed away today....
More of a Fredo than a main character? Paramount Pictures In a 2019 interview with GQ, Al Pacino revealed that he was not favored for the role of Michael Corleone. “Once Francis [Coppola] wanted me in the film, nobody else did,” he recalled. “Paramount didn’t want me. So that was a very difficult time.” He explained that Coppola “always took an interest in [him],” but Pacino had to jump through a series of hoops to eventually convince everyone else he was right for the part....
A short king and his tall queen RKO Hitchcock thoroughly recounted the process of making “Notorious” with François Truffaut in 1962. During that interview, the topic eventually turned to the pairing of Bergman and Rains, which Truffaut always found fascinating — at the very least because of their height difference. For the record, Rains was 5'7", and Bergman herself two inches taller at 5'9." Truffaut seemed to love the idea of a “small man in love with a taller woman....
‘The freedom on this show was unprecedented’ Disney+ Like “Rogue One,” the upcoming “Andor” is teasing a darker tone with more mature themes and grounded action. In the latest issue of Empire Magazine, “Andor” creator and “Rogue One” writer Tony Gilroy says the upcoming show has a surprising level of freedom for a Lucasfilm project, from the more adult tone and themes, to the appearance (or lack thereof) of known characters....
‘The show is in the kitchen and not in the restaurant’ Lucasfilm I’ve loved “Star Wars” my whole life. And beyond “Star Wars,” Episode 10 of the show, “One Way Out,” is now one of my favorite episodes of television of all time. I just have to straight-up thank you for making that exist. You’ve got to stop watching television now. You should just quit with that and don’t watch anything else....
Ari Aster Wanted Midsommar To Leave The Audience Laughing A24 By Joshua Meyer/July 30, 2022 9:34 am EST Horror is not an exact science, though Ari Aster’s directorial debut, “Hereditary,” has been scientifically shown to elevate heart rates better than any other horror movie. With “Midsommar,” Aster avoided the sophomore slump, just as he avoided the dark suburban interiors of his first film in favor of bright pastoral exteriors. Crowning Florence Pugh’s protagonist, Dani, the May Queen in colorful flowers against a green backdrop, “Midsommar” was at the forefront of the 2010s folk horror revival, but it isn’t as frightening as “Hereditary,” nor is that its aim, to hear Aster tell it....
Bridgerton Season 3: Everything We Know So Far Netflix By Lyvie Scott/July 20, 2022 5:47 pm EST The second season of “Brigerton,” satisfying as it was, left an understandable void in the hearts of many a Regency romance fan. Granted, we all knew the series was poised to continue — and soon— and we haven’t had to wait all that long at all for developments in the forthcoming series. But now “Bridgerton” fans have an even bigger scoop about the love story to come, which will finally deliver the friends-to-lovers realness that we’ve been waiting to unfold between Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton)....
Dale McRaven, Mork & Mindy And Perfect Strangers Creator, Has Died At 83 Warner Bros. Television Distribution By Ben F. Silverio/Sept. 25, 2022 7:40 pm EST After bringing us some of the most beloved sitcoms of all time, Dale McRaven died on September 5, 2022 at the age of 83. His son, David McRaven, told The Hollywood Reporter that the creator of “Mork & Mindy” and “Perfect Strangers” passed away due to complications from lung cancer at his home in Porter Ranch, CA....
Halo Season 2: Everything We Know So Far About The Return Of The Video Game Adaptation Paramount+ By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 15, 2022 5:39 pm EST The Master Chief is back and — stop me if you’ve heard this before — he’s ready to finish the fight. After a sprawling opening season introduced diehard gamers and casual viewers alike to the Paramount+ live-action take on “Halo,” the sci-fi series is set to make its return for a second go-around depicting the epic war between 26th century humanity and the fearsome conglomerate of alien species known as the Covenant....
Henry Cavill Explains The ‘Key’ To His Sherlock Performance In The Enola Holmes Franchise [Exclusive] Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 27, 2022 4:08 pm EST You know all that recent talk about the resurgence of murder mysteries? Between the newly-christened “Knives Out” franchise by “The Last Jedi” director Rian Johnson (/Film’s report out of Chicago International Film Festival offered Ethan Anderton’s take on “Glass Onion”), the Saoirse Ronan-starring “See How They Run” (reviewed by /Film’s Hoai-Tran Bui here), and more recent entries, it seems pretty clear that Hollywood is finally picking up what audiences are laying down....
