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House Of The Dragon Borrowed A Star Wars Trick To Make Its Dragon Riding More Realistic HBO By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 2, 2022 10:10 am EST Most would consider it an unenviable task for any show to follow up on the pop culture phenomenon known as “Game of Thrones.” After successfully getting audiences to become invested in a colorful and wide-ranging cast of characters, could HBO possibly get lightning to strike twice with “House of the Dragon”?...

How Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin And Riverdale Are Connected HBO Max By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 12, 2022 12:31 pm EST After six seasons (but, sadly, no movie yet) and two spin-off shows, “Riverdale” has gone from being the tale of an idyllic small town with a seedy underbelly to a saga about the cosmic battle between the forces of good and evil, pitting himbo-next-door Archie Andrews and his friends against serial killers, evil nuns, cult leaders, and, most recently, warlocks from other dimensions....

Joss Whedon Wanted Vision To Bare It All In His Avengers: Age Of Ultron Debut Marvel Studios By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Aug. 28, 2022 10:30 pm EST With his old-school clothing and uber cool hairstyle, Paul Bettany’s Vision oozed serious hot dad energy (despite being a confused synthezoid most of the time) in “WandaVision.” The character’s evolution in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been worth watching; he went from being a voice in Tony Stark’s armor to becoming a real-life synthezoid and a fully formed superhero that was born in “Avengers: Age of Ultron....

Miracle On 34th Street Took A Legal Gamble That Ended Up Paying Off In Spades By Cameron Roy Hall/Dec. 10, 2022 12:00 pm EST “Miracle on 34th Street” is a Christmas classic that proves we’ve been worried about capitalism ruining the holiday magic since at least 1947. Considering how that particular concern is still heavier than the annual snowfall here in the states, it’s a film that’s just as relevant in 2022 as it was nearly 100 years ago....

Only Murders In The Building Gets Explosive In A Glittery New Installment Hulu By Josh Spiegel/July 26, 2022 12:00 pm EST Two of the aspects of the second season of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” that had taken a breather for a while are back in full swing in the latest episode, “Performance Review.” (I noted last week in the wrap-up that it felt like some of the show’s early-season details were close to vanishing, and I avoided mentioning these two aspects because … well, I’d seen this episode already....

Superhero Bits: Clarity On Henry Cavill’s Superman Contract, The Power Rangers Tribute To Jason David Frank & More James Gunn/Twitter By Ryan Scott/Nov. 23, 2022 5:05 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 Daily Stream: A.P. Bio Is A Lesson In Letting People In Peacock By Danielle Ryan/Dec. 2, 2022 2:00 pm EST The series: “A.P. Bio” Where you can stream it: Peacock The pitch: Harvard philosophy professor Jack Griffin (Glenn Howerton) loses his job and is forced to move back into his mother’s now-empty house in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. Worse still, he has to take a job teaching advanced placement biology at the local high school, a job he finds belittling....

The Daily Stream: Easy-Bake Battle Brings A Classic Toy Into Cooking Competitions Netflix By Jenna Busch/Oct. 20, 2022 6:00 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 Series: “Easy-Bake Battle: The Home Cooking Challenge” Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: Cooking shows are everywhere these days....

The Daily Stream: The Lady Vanishes Is A Delightful 1938 Crowd-Pleaser MGM By Valerie Ettenhofer/July 15, 2022 3:09 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: “The Lady Vanishes” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max, The Criterion Channel, The Roku Channel, TubiTV, and more...

The Original Penguin Actor, Burgess Meredith, Almost Had The Perfect Cameo In Batman Returns Warner Bros. By Marcos Melendez/Dec. 10, 2022 11:00 pm EST At the ripe age of 30, Tim Burton’s “Batman Returns” has aged pretty wonderfully. The film did not exactly adhere to the source material, but it was able to capture the essence of a great live-action Batman film. It featured Michael Keaton’s best performance as the titular character, while Michelle Pfeiffer cemented herself as the quintessential Catwoman....

The Pitfall Peter Dinklage Hopes House Of Dragons Can Avoid HBO By Jeremy Mathai/July 29, 2022 12:12 pm EST If you’re tired of Peter Dinklage and his refreshingly candid, unfiltered thoughts on “Game of Thrones” and the franchise in general, well, he put it best himself in “Game of Thrones” as Tyrion Lannister: “You’ve come to the wrong place.” The outspoken and immensely talented actor has never shied away from making headlines, whether it be taking a stand against the depiction of little people in movies these days, defending the divisive finale of “Game of Thrones,” or even opening up about his own mixed feelings about the prequel/spin-off series “House of the Dragon....

Why That Needle Drop In The Boys Season 3 Finale Is Perfect Prime Video By Erin Brady/July 9, 2022 1:00 pm EST Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Boys” season 3 finale. There are plenty of stand-out stars that have made their way onto “The Boys” throughout its three-season run. It is easy to single out actors like Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, and Antony Starr as these stand-outs, but it’s also important to remember the hard work and dedication that the behind-the-scenes crew brings to the show....

It Follows Radius-TWC The movie that “Smile” draws the most comparisons to is 2014’s “It Follows.” Both center on a female protagonist who is the victim of a mysterious curse, a ticking clock, incredible performances, shocking kills, and a creepy atmosphere. While “Smile” takes the simple act of smiling and makes it terrifying, “It Follows” crafts its scares from something that’s been exploited in horror for decades, sex. Most early slashers are thinly veiled in their anti-drug and anti-sex attitudes....

10 Things We Want To See In Scream 6 Paramount Pictures By Cass Clarke/Dec. 23, 2022 3:57 pm EST When news broke that Neve Campbell won’t portray Sidney for “Scream 6” due to contract disputes around inequitable pay, it felt like a sucker punch for the fans that grew up with the character famed for rewriting the rules of final girl engagement in horror. Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) first showed us that the archetype could do more than run and scream throughout the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise (and especially in “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare”)....

There be whales here! Paramount The majority of “Star Trek IV” is devoted to amusing fish-out-of-water humor as the stuffy and formal utopians of Gene Roddenberry’s idealized future have to contend with backward tech, currency acquisition, and cussing in public. Kirk is called a “dumbass,” and retorts with a “double dumbass on you!” It’s the lighthearted moments that most audiences may recall from “Star Trek IV,” and the film was a massive mainstream hit; until the 2009 “Star Trek,” it was the most financially successful film in the franchise....

Harper might have lied about kissing Cameron HBO As for whether Harper was lying to Ethan when she said she and Cameron only kissed, the jury is still out. “What happened is, we did some stuff, and I hated every minute of it. It was disgusting, and there was no penetration,” Aubrey Plaza proclaimed, per Seth Meyers. When Meyers suggests that Harper and Cameron grabbed each other’s butts, Plaza retaliated, “I think I grabbed a little more than that....

Taking cues from the social thriller 20th Century Studios “I went over to his house and he gave me a ton of advice on inevitable issues I could expect to encounter on my first feature,” Cregger told Empire. “Then I showed him a cut and he gave me notes. He was very helpful.” It’s always a wonderful sight to see artists like Peele dedicate their time to boosting up-and-coming filmmakers. Ever since he found industry recognition for his debut film, “Get Out,” making a change behind the camera and boosting fresh talent has been something Peele has been working towards with his production company, Monkeypaw....

Broker Director Hirokazu Kore-Eda On Competing Philosophies And Chosen Families [Exclusive Interview] Neon By Shae Sennett/Dec. 27, 2022 2:00 pm EST Director Hirokazu Kore-eda earned an Oscar nomination with his 2018 family drama, “Shoplifters.” His film pulled heartstrings organically, subtly, and unforgettably. The director’s humor resonated with audiences around the world, and his earlier films also manage to feel both meditative and packed to the brim at once. So when I heard Kore-eda was making a road film with some incredible South Korean actors, including Song Kang-Ho of “Parasite” and Bae Doona of “The Host,” I was overjoyed....

Causeway Trailer: Jennifer Lawrence Returns In A Harrowing War Drama Apple TV+ By Ryan Scott/Oct. 6, 2022 11:09 am EST Apple TV+ is still riding high after becoming the first streaming service to win Best Picture at the Oscars earlier this year with “CODA.” Now, as fall is upon us and the leaves change, we are starting to get a better sense of which movies will be in the awards season race this year....

Clips Round-Up: Netflix’s Super Giant Robot Brothers Squabble, Jim Gaffigan Gets Serious In Collide & More [Exclusive] Netflix By Max Evry/Aug. 2, 2022 2:13 pm EST (Welcome to SlashClips, a series where we bring you exclusive clips from hot new Digital, Blu-ray, and theatrical releases you won’t see anywhere else!) In this edition: Super Giant Robot Brothers Collide My Favorite Girlfriend Allegoria Givers of Death Super Giant Robot Brothers First up, we have an exclusive clip from Reel FX Animation Studios’ new series “Super Giant Robot Brothers,” which premieres on Netflix on August 4, 2022....