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Nicole Kidman Has Gotten Too Powerful In Saturday Night Live’s AMC Theatres Parody NBC By Devin Meenan/Oct. 2, 2022 12:47 pm EST Since September 2021, Nicole Kidman has become the face of AMC Theatres. Ahead of every screening at the chain, there’s a one minute ad featuring Kidman entering an AMC theater and describing the magic of movies. As the lights begin to dim and she goes someplace she’s never been before, she delivers lines (scripted by Oscar winning screenwriter Billy Ray) like, “Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this....

PlutoTV Grabs The Daily Double And Buys A Vowel With 24/7 Jeopardy And Wheel Of Fortune Channels ABC By BJ Colangelo/July 11, 2022 8:40 pm EST If you’ve been craving that old familiar feeling of staying home sick and watching reruns of game shows in the middle of the afternoon, the free streaming app PlutoTV is about to deliver the ultimate gift. Now, I am well versed in the ways of PlutoTV, spending countless hours cheering for roided out slabs of 1980s tanned meat while binging “American Gladiators,” and screaming at sweater-clad suburbanites from the early 1990s who can’t answer grocery store riddles on “Supermarket Sweep....

Reservation Dogs Writer/Director Tazbah Chavez On Trust, Homages, And That Choreographed Dance [Exclusive Interview] By Jack Giroux/Oct. 17, 2022 4:57 pm EST Tazbah Chavez is one of the voices behind “Reservation Dogs.” The writer, executive producer, and director first met the show’s creator, Sterlin Harjo, when she was a teenager attending film festivals. Harjo was one of the many artists, including Taika Waititi, who responded to Chavez’s writing. Almost a decade later, they’re all now working together on the acclaimed FX show....

The raging spirit that dwells within them Marvel Studios Here is the text for “The Incredible Hulk” intro: Dr. David Banner — physician, scientist — searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have. Then an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry. And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs. The creature is driven by rage and pursued by an investigative reporter....

This weather map looks like a Ninja Turtle It’s gonna be ninja turtles today pic.twitter.com/mlyHKSqkm7— 𝙿𝚒𝚡𝚒⋆ (@xstarlitedecay) July 18, 2022 Recently, the above (very real) weather map from the National Weather Service started making the rounds on social media. Not necessarily because it was trying to get across some important information for certain U.S. citizens, but because it happens to look a whole lot like one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles....

Superhero Bits: DC Pays Tribute To Kevin Conroy, Wakanda Forever’s Great Start At The Box Office & More Kotobukiya By Ryan Scott/Nov. 11, 2022 4:55 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....

Tales From The Box Office: 15 Years Ago, Enchanted Cast A Classic Disney Spell On Audiences Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures By Ryan Scott/Nov. 19, 2022 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.) The word “Disney” brings so much to mind and has for going on 100 years now....

Cate Blanchett - Tár Universal Oscar number three is deservedly en route to Cate Blanchett for her bravura turn as problematically brilliant composer/conductor Lydia Tár in Todd Field’s finely nuanced character study that asks the audience to consider societal cancelation from the viewpoint of the cancelee. Field issues no judgment on Tár’s behavior — which allows Blanchett to both enthrall and disgust us with her character’s creative genius and personal transgressions....

The Best Fight Scenes In House Of The Dragon Season 1, Ranked HBO By Eric Pierce/Oct. 25, 2022 2:24 pm EST Warning: The below article contains descriptions of violence, miscarriage, and abuse. “House of the Dragon” flew onto our screens and did the impossible — it made us (mostly) forget about that terrible, horrible, no good, very bad final season of “Game of Thrones.” But more importantly, it made us excited to return to Westeros....

The Book Of Life Director Guilted The Studio Into Letting A Character Wear A Certain Color [Exclusive] 20th Century Studios By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 9, 2022 4:12 pm EST Jorge R. Gutiérrez’s “The Book of Life” is an extremely vibrant and colorful film. After all, the 2014 computer animated film takes place largely in the Land of the Remembered, an afterlife that echoes the often bright and celebratory aesthetics of the Mexican holiday of Día de los Muertos....

The Crown Season 5 Trailer: The Princess Diana Story Continues In The New Season Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Oct. 20, 2022 10:03 am EST A lot has happened in the British Monarchy since the fourth season of “The Crown” debuted on Netflix in late 2020. Buckingham Palace confirmed in a statement that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will not “be returning as working members of The Royal Family.” Prince Andrew settled a high-profile sexual assault civil suit....

The Fake Dinosaurs Of Jurassic Park III Could Actually Kill You Universal Pictures By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Aug. 17, 2022 3:32 pm EST The original “Jurassic Park” film by Steven Spielberg made history through its outstanding achievements in animatronics and complex puppetry, truly bringing dinosaurs to life through pure blockbuster magic. It is a movie that provided modern culture with the image of what a dinosaur looks like, and how it moves and behaves....

The Long Wait For Neill Blomkamp’s District 10 Will Be Even Longer To ‘Time It Right’ Sony Pictures Releasing By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 27, 2022 8:26 am EST Don’t hold your breath for “District 10,” the sequel to Neill Blomkamp’s Oscar-nominated directorial debut, “District 9,” unless you’re prepared to go without air for another two years or more. “District 9” first hit theaters in mid-August 2009, so it’s been over 13 years now since the movie introduced Blomkamp and star Sharlto Copley to the world....

The Wildest Things That Happened On The Set Of Waterworld Universal Pictures By Witney Seibold/Sept. 18, 2022 2:29 pm EST Kevin Reynolds’ 1995 film “Waterworld” was, at the time of its release, the most expensive movie ever made. Thanks to a slew of production problems (not least of which was a floating set that persistently sank) the movie’s budget ballooned, ultimately costing Universal Pictures about $172 million. Adjusted for inflation, that’s about $306 million....

Vin Diesel Sees The Fast & Furious Films As More Than Just A Movie Franchise Universal Pictures By Bill Bria/Aug. 17, 2022 9:08 pm EST If you went back in time to 2001 and told a person that “The Fast and the Furious,” a mid-budget summer programmer based on a magazine article about street racers that bears a very close resemblance to 1991’s “Point Break,” would not only become a success but turn into one of the most profitable longest-running film series in history, that person would probably freak out and scream “Help!...

When The Wind Blows Is A Devastating Blend Of Traditional Animation, Stop-Motion, And Roger Waters Music Recorded Releasing Company By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 10, 2022 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Animation Celebration, a recurring feature where we explore the limitless possibilities of animation as a medium. In this edition: “When The Wind Blows.”) When thinking about animation geared toward adults, people often immediately think of hyper-violent anime like the recent Hulu series, “Chainsaw Man,” or excessively vulgar comedies like “Sausage Party,” which is getting a series reboot, by the way....

Why Jonathan Kasdan Wanted A 20-Year Time Gap Between Willow And Its Sequel Series MGM/UA Distribution Co. By Cameron Roy Hall/Dec. 21, 2022 6:02 pm EST “Willow” is one of the latest episodic adventures to release on Disney+ and it follows a band of heroes as they embark upon an epic quest to rescue a princely dude in distress. There’s, uh, not really a male equivalent to that particular traditional phrase, so “dude in distress” is just going to have to be enough until we make something better....

Why Landing James Bond Was A Double-Edged Sword For Sean Connery United Artists By Joe Roberts/Nov. 26, 2022 2:00 pm EST There’s something about playing James Bond that seems to really stress actors out. While everyone is waiting to hear who will be next Bond, most of the actors who’ve played him before have been vocal about their issues with the entire affair. In 2012, Daniel Craig told Rolling Stone that he’d been “trying to get out of this from the very moment [he] got into it,” while Pierce Brosnan, post-007 tenure, lamented the “stupid one-liners” and celebrated no longer being “shackled by some contracted image....

The Game (1997) PolyGram “The Game,” David Fincher’s 1997 predecessor to “Fight Club,” stars Michael Douglas as Nicholas Van Orton, a work and wealth-obsessed banker. His brother Conrad (Sean Penn) returns into his life to present him with an unusual birthday gift. What do you get the man who has everything? If you’re Conrad, you enroll him into a ridiculously convoluted conspiracy — one where he will struggle to determine what is part of the game and what is not, and one which will see him penniless and scared for his very life....

The final trailer for Andor With the buzz building higher and higher for “Andor,” Lucasfilm didn’t disappoint the many fans who turned out to D23 for a glimpse of what the new “Star Wars” series has to offer. “Andor” is created by Tony Gilroy (“Michael Clayton,” the “Bourne” trilogy, “Rogue One”), with Toby Haynes, Susanna White, and Benjamin Caron all serving as directors on the 12-episode miniseries. The series is written by Gilroy, his brother Dan Gilroy (“Nightcrawler”), Stephen Schiff, and Beau Willimon....