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It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Didn’t Always Plan To Make Mac Gay FX/Hulu By Marcos Melendez/Aug. 22, 2022 12:30 pm EST Although Mac (Rob McElhenney) is now an out and proud gay man, the writers of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” did not always plan for that to be the case. Despite subtle hints towards his sexuality in the early seasons, it was not until a decade after the show’s premiere that McElhenney decided to make it official....

Finding horror in the ordinary Paramount Pictures In an interview with our own Jeff Ewing, Hancock said the most important thing for him to do with this story was ground it in a recognizable reality, so naturally he turned to Roman Polanski’s “Rosemary’s Baby” to see what tricks that filmmaker used to ground that likewise outlandish story: “We [also] talked a lot about, for instance, ‘Rosemary’s Baby,’ which is an ordinary story....

Here’s what was shown at the panel Disney The footage begins with a shot of mountains in glowing sunlight. We see the familiar mandrill Rafiki, the Shaman of the Pride Lands, with glowing orbs. We move into the orbs as we head into a rocky desert area. Rafiki tells us that this is where a lion was born with no noble blood in his veins. This is a lion who would change our lives forever....

Nocebo Star Eva Green Will Watch Her Movies When She’s 100 [Exclusive Interview] RLJE Films By Jack Giroux/Nov. 4, 2022 3:21 pm EST “Nocebo” is an equally psychological and physical horror movie. It’s mind and body horror, both surreal and all too realistic. Director Lorcan Finnegan’s film takes a horrific part of the world, which is best not to spoil, and turns it into a suitably nightmarish setting featuring stars Eva Green and Chai Fonacier....

Pop Culture Imports: Athena, Perfect Blue, Petite Maman, And More Foreign Movies And TV Streaming Now Netflix By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 27, 2022 2:00 pm EST The leaves are withering, the air is turning crisp, and film festival season is well underway — which means even more foreign-language movies to receive raves on the fall awards circuit before getting promptly buried on a streamer. But don’t let that happen to “Athena,” a staggering French drama that is in danger of falling into the Netflix abyss, crowded out by your “Gray Men” or “Kissing Booth’s....

Raya And The Last Dragon Director Carlos López Estrada Is The Latest To Try His Hand At Adapting Live-Action Your Name Crunchyroll By Rafael Motamayor/Nov. 1, 2022 11:58 am EST Hollywood simply can’t stop trying to discredit the merit of animation, can it? The latest big anime project that Hollywood is desperately trying to bring to live-action is Makoto Shinkai’s seminal film “Your Name.” The film is a gorgeously animated romance with a body-swapping twist, and follows a boy from Tokyo named Taki Tachibana and a girl from the country named Mitsuha Miyamizu who find they share a strange connection, which develops into a romantic and cosmic entanglement....

Rod Serling Looked To His Real-Life Experience For The Title Of The Twilight Zone CBS By Matt Rainis/Oct. 1, 2022 9:30 pm EST “The Twilight Zone” is an absolutely foundational piece of American media. Its influences on the science fiction and horror genres are incalculable. The show, which ran on CBS from 1959 to 1964 in its original run, was the brainchild of Rod Serling, who served as both the host of the show and its head writer....

Superhero Bits: Patrick Stewart’s Professor X Sets A World Record, Spawn Reboot Talk & More NECA By Ryan Scott/Oct. 7, 2022 2:24 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

The 10 Best Celebrity Moments On South Park By Shae Sennett/Aug. 8, 2022 6:15 pm EST Every episode of “South Park” begins with a disclaimer: There might be some celebrity impersonations ahead, and the celebrity probably had nothing to do with it. The animated series has always been known for its biting cultural commentary and has become hugely popular over its two decades-plus on the air, but its irreverent nature has remained in tact....

The 13 Best Lightsaber Duels Of All Time, Ranked Lucasfilm By Ben Begley/July 14, 2022 3:43 pm EST Star Wars fans will never forget their first experience with a galaxy far, far away. Whether they saw “A New Hope” on the big screen in 1977, rented the original trilogy on VHS in the ’80s and ’90s, caught “The Phantom Menace” on opening night with a group of rabid fans, or ducked into “The Force Awakens” to see what all the fuss was about, multiple generations have become entranced by the magical world created by George Lucas....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Coming To Hulu And Disney+ In December 2022 Buena Vista Pictures Distribution By Shania Russell/Nov. 22, 2022 2:50 pm EST The holiday season is upon us and you know what that means: The vibe is about to get really cozy across all 900 of the streaming services you’re subscribed to. As usual, the year comes to a close with no shortage of heartwarming family films and holiday-themed titles....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Leaving HBO Max In November 2022 Universal Pictures By Mike Shutt/Oct. 24, 2022 5:45 pm EST The forever-rotating catalog of streaming movies and television has ebbs and flows of availability with what we gain and lose every month. November 2022 happens to be a month when we’ll lose quite a number of great titles to the digital ether from HBO Max. Everything from some recent genre material, Hollywood classics, and films by major auteurs all leave the service by the end of the month....

The Great British Baking Show Host Matt Lucas Is Exiting The Series Mark Bourdillon / Netflix By Jenna Busch/Dec. 6, 2022 5:48 pm EST Sugar and flour-dusted friends, all is not well in the world of baking. Like Ian Watters’ Baked Alaska sailing into the bin in 2014, a host for “The Great British Baking Show” (aka “The Great British Bake Off” in the U.K.) is leaving the tent. Matt Lucas, who has appeared alongside co-host Noel Fielding and judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith for three seasons, is leaving the reality series....

The Proper Reading Order For Marvel’s Secret Invasion Marvel Comics By Ryan Scott/July 23, 2022 7:00 pm EST Marvel Comics has published a great many crossover events over the years, with the likes of “Infinity Gauntlet” going on to inspire huge blockbuster hits in “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame.” But one of the publisher’s biggest, most ambitious crossovers came in 2008 in the form of “Secret Invasion,” which reshaped the Marvel universe as we know it and saw the Skrulls attempting a long-in-the-works invasion of Earth....

Violent Night Director Tommy Wirkola On Making A New Christmas Classic, Easter Eggs, And More [Exclusive Interview] Universal By Bill Bria/Dec. 2, 2022 9:00 am EST Making a Christmas movie used to be a mostly simple affair: A Dickens adaptation here, some melodrama there, and a generous helping of cheerful holiday farce all around. But as the Christmas movie canon grew exponentially, the very definition of “Christmas movie” became broader and more muddled, leading to debates over a film’s holiday bonafides that still rage to this day....

Warner Bros. Discovery Is Turning The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring Into NFTs Warner Bros. Pictures By Hannah Shaw-Williams/Oct. 20, 2022 7:35 am EST Jumping onto the NFT bandwagon while it’s hot, Warner Bros. Discovery has partnered with blockchain company Eluvio to launch (deep breath) “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (Extended Version) Web3 Movie Experience. There will be two limited-edition releases of Peter Jackson’s fantasy trilogy opener as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), available to watch via the newly-launched Warner Bros....

Why Ending Cartoon Network’s Craig Of The Creek Is A Huge Mistake Cartoon Network By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 3, 2022 10:00 am EST 2022 has been a devastating year for the world of animation. The Oscars kicked things off by relegating animated feature films to nothing more than children’s fodder, Netflix is slowly disintegrating its entire animation department, an animated voice-over legend left this mortal plane far too soon, some of the best animated films of the year were unceremoniously dropped on streaming instead of being given the opportunity to shine in theaters, and HBO Max has absolutely obliterated its animation catalog, recreating the very problem that Cartoon Network was created to solve....

10 Moments In Steven Spielberg Movies That Blew Our Minds Universal Pictures By Simon Bland/Nov. 22, 2022 4:24 pm EST When it comes to mainstream American cinema, is there a more prominent or influential name than Steven Spielberg? For over 50 years the filmmaker with the iconic beard has made hits of almost everything he’s put his name to. From groundbreaking modern classics like “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial” and “Jurassic Park,” to producing nostalgic mega-hits like “Back To The Future,” “Gremlins” and “The Goonies,” Spielberg could arguably be labeled as one of the chief architects of modern pop-culture as we know it....

World War Z 2 Paramount “World War Z” is one of the most high-profile genre films ever made. With Brad Pitt in the leading role and a gigantic budget said to be in the $190 million range, it is a true horror outlier, especially when you consider the legacy of zombie movies, which are almost always made on the cheap. With a big budget comes big expectations, especially when tackling beloved source material, as was the case here, with the movie taking inspiration from Max Brooks’ popular novel of the same name....

All hail the queen of chaos HBO It’s hard to imagine anyone doing a better job than Alcock has at fleshing out Rhaenyra as the feisty Targaryen daughter who just wants to fly on her dragon all day we met at the start of “House of the Dragon.” In just two episodes, Alcock wholly sold her character’s arc from postmodern Disney princess type to her father’s heir presumptive, her mother’s horrific death having forced Rhaenyra to grow up far too quickly....