The Studio Didn’t Want Pat Morita As Mr. Miyagi In The Karate Kid Columbia Pictures By Demetra Nikolakakis/Oct. 27, 2022 1:08 pm EST When an actor does such a good job at playing their role, it’s hard to imagine anyone else taking their place — a testament to the casting director’s final call. But it doesn’t always mean that they were originally the first (or even third) choice for the role....
The Sympathizer: Everything We Know So Far About Park Chan-Wook’s HBO Max Series MUBI By Erin Brady/Nov. 9, 2022 8:28 pm EST With “Decision to Leave” recently hitting theaters to critical acclaim, it’s fair to say that Park Chan-wook is on a roll right now. Then again, when hasn’t he been? He’s been an extremely consistent director in terms of quality and themes, with classics like “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden” to his name....
This Is What The Original Ariel Voice Actor Had To Say About Halle Bailey’s Performance In The Little Mermaid Remake Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 12, 2022 5:38 pm EST Once upon a time, the Disney corporation was not the most powerful entertainment entity on the planet and arbiter of all mainstream media, and was, in fact, at the risk of shuttering its doors for good. All of that changed with the Disney Renaissance, the period between 1989 and 1999 that was jam-packed with animated smash-hits for the House of Mouse, and established the roots of what would become their current empire....
Trevor Noah’s Daily Show Exit Was A Complete Surprise To The Crew Comedy Central By Valerie Ettenhofer/Nov. 21, 2022 7:48 pm EST On September 29th, when comedian Trevor Noah announced he would be leaving “The Daily Show” after hosting the political talk show for seven years, audiences were shocked. The in-studio audience responded with audible gasps, and viewers at home were equally astonished. Now, a new profile of Noah for The Hollywood Reporter reveals that we weren’t the only ones: even his crew didn’t know what was coming that day....
What You Need To Watch (And Read) Before Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities Netflix By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 15, 2022 5:59 pm EST Like most hardcore horror fans, Guillermo del Toro loves a good anthology series. From “The Twilight Zone” to “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” which del Toro produced, the notion of getting a completely different tale of terror each week is too tantalizing to resist. So genre fans should be giddily anticipating the October 25, 2022, Netflix premiere of “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities,” which boasts eight episodes of spine-tingling fright from some of the most talented horror directors working today....
A Complex Family Drama Is At The Heart Of Netflix’s Resident Evil Netflix By Ryan Leston/July 15, 2022 12:00 pm EST When you think of “Resident Evil,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Horror? Zombies? Those mediocre action flicks starring Milla Jovovich? You’d be right on the money with any one of those, not to mention the critically acclaimed video games they were all based on. But one thing you probably won’t think of is a family drama....
Avatar: The Way Of Water Star Jack Champion Wants Audiences To ‘Expect The Unexpected’ In Avatar 3 20th Century Studios By Ryan Scott/Dec. 21, 2022 11:18 am EST James Cameron took his sweet time following the record-shattering success of the first “Avatar” in 2009 when it came to delivering a sequel. But that didn’t mean he wasn’t hard at work: the filmmaker ultimately hatched very ambitious plans for a five-movie franchise....
Broker Trailer: A Story Of Found Family From Academy Award-Nominated Filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-Eda Neon By Jenna Busch/Dec. 1, 2022 9:35 pm EST Neon has released the trailer for “Broker,” a film from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda who won the Palme d’Or for “Shoplifters,” making his Korean language debut. “Broker” is the story of Sang-hyun (Song Kang-Ho) who runs a laundry, but moonlights on the side with Dong-soo (Gang Dong-Won) who works at a “baby box” facility where young women drop off unwanted children....
Every Onscreen John Constantine Ranked DC Comics By Erin Brady/Aug. 11, 2022 11:00 am EST John Constantine is a fascinating character not just in the realm of DC Comics, but for modern comics as a whole. The occultist is both a fun and tragic character, never diving deep into edgy territory and always being entertaining to read, even if some of his stories are better than others. This isn’t even taking into consideration how badass he can be....
Everything You Need To Know About Thor’s Hammer Marvel Studios By Joe Garza/July 8, 2022 4:52 pm EST Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, has always been famous among Marvel comic book fans ever since it appeared in 1962’s “Journey Into Mystery” #83, which also marked the introduction of the God of Thunder himself. Over the course of sixty years of ongoing Asgardian continuity, Mjolnir has accompanied Thor on countless adventures and has even been wielded by numerous heroes and villains alike (more on that later)....
Frontier Scum Is A Rules Lite Western RPG With A Heart Of Lead Games Omnivorous By Matthew Monagle/Dec. 21, 2022 11:00 am EST A few weeks ago, the Criterion Collection announced that their specialty December programming would include a block dedicated to winter westerns. Gathering together films like “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” and “Ravenous,” the collection casts a wide net, drawing on the history of the American West to combine the classic with the mondo and beyond....
HBO Max Tries To Offset Its Purge Of Dozens Of Titles With A Price Cut HBO By BJ Colangelo/Aug. 18, 2022 7:09 pm EST It seems like after yesterday’s gutting of animated programming offered on HBO Max, the streamer is trying to smooth things over with their outraged subscriber base by announcing a new discounted rate like a parent promising a Happy Meal to their rightfully frustrated child. New customers now have the option to sign up for a prepaid annual subscription with a 30% slash on the original price, dropping the no-ads plan to $104....
Daniel Malik as Black Phillip in The Witch Shawn Goldberg/Shutterstock/A24 Robert Eggers’ debut film “The Witch” featured a stunning performance from newcomer Anya Taylor-Joy, playing a young woman accused of witchcraft. One of the avatars of evil on the family farm is their irascible goat, who is named Black Phillip. In one of the film’s most chilling and memorable sequences, the goat speaks. “Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?” it asks her, tempting her, beginning her descent into Satanism....
James Cameron Redesigned Aliens’ Power Loader After Seeing Empire Strikes Back 20th Century Studios By Anya Stanley/Dec. 10, 2022 5:00 pm EST On the subject of the rare sequels that equal or excel their predecessors, “Aliens” is surely one of the most popular nominations. James Cameron’s 1986 sci-fi action extravaganza comes seven years after Ridley Scott’s terrifying slasher-in-space “Alien,” though Cameron was tapped to write the sequel years earlier. He already had “The Terminator” and a script for “Rambo: First Blood Part II” under his belt, and would carry the intensity of both into his “Alien” franchise entry....
Kate Winslet Had A Hilarious Reaction To Beating Tom Cruise’s Breath-Holding Record 20th Century Studios By Matthew Bilodeau/Dec. 7, 2022 1:15 pm EST If director James Cameron has anything to say about it, you’ll probably want to brace yourselves for a heavy dose of H20 with “Avatar: The Way of Water,” especially when it comes to its new batch of characters. Among the sprawling roster is a Metkayina Na’vi named Ronal, who acts as the spiritual leader of her people....
Making Pinocchio In Stop Motion Brought Guillermo Del Toro Back To His Roots Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/Oct. 11, 2022 9:30 am EST Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion “Pinocchio” might be the first animated feature film he’s ever called the shots on, but it’s far from the only time he’s dabbled in the medium. On top of producing DreamWorks Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda” movies, “Puss in Boots,” and “Rise of the Guardians,” del Toro created the “Tales of Arcadia” animated shows (most of which also featured him as a co-writer and director) and paid homage to some of his many influences in the horror genre by helming the “Simpsons” opening couch gag for “Treehouse of Horror XXIV....
‘The last bipartisan TV comedy’ The premise for “King of the Hill” was rooted in reality, inspired by real people surrounding Judge in his north Dallas neighborhood. “I just had this image of just four guys with beers standing out in front of the fence, kind of like I used to see when I’d look out my kitchen window,” Judge said. “And I just drew them all saying, ‘Yep, yep, yep....
Ms. Marvel Might Have Set The Stage For This Major Marvel Group’s MCU Debut Disney+ By Debopriyaa Dutta/July 13, 2022 11:44 am EST Warning: major spoilers ahead for the season finale of “Ms. Marvel.” “Ms. Marvel” has managed to cement itself as a stunning, worthwhile entry into Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the show’s season finale wrapped up its storyline quite well. There are many questions yet to be answered — most of them revolving around the nature of Kamala’s (Iman Vellani) powers and her connections to the Noor dimension — but as Ms....
No One In ’90s Hollywood Thought A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Movie Would Work New Line Cinema By Miyako Pleines/Oct. 10, 2022 6:12 pm EST Some might think a story about a group of discarded baby turtles who turn into kick-ass fighting ninjas might be a bit of a stretch. After all, turtles, by all accounts, are slow, so how could one ever believe they could figure out how to use nunchaku?...
On Better Call Saul, Kim’s Fate Proves That Tragedy Doesn’t Always Involve Death AMC By Erin Brady/Aug. 9, 2022 1:08 pm EST Death is often seen as the worst thing that could happen to someone, whether they lived a long or short life. An eventful life or a boring one. While an inevitability, death is something universally feared because of how unexpectedly it could come. However, what if there was a worse fate than death?...
