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The Daily Stream: Heavyweights Understood Fat Characters Better In 1995 Than Hollywood Does Today Walt Disney Studios By BJ Colangelo/Aug. 16, 2022 8:49 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: “Heavyweights” Where You Can Stream It: Disney+ The Pitch: Teenager Gerry Garner (Aaron Schwartz) is excited to hang out with his friends and enjoy his summer vacation, only to come home from the last day of school to an intervention from his parents regarding his weight....

The Meticulous Planning That Went Into The Raid: Redemption’s Martial Arts Mayhem Sony Pictures Classics By Joe Roberts/Dec. 18, 2022 7:00 pm EST If you grew up in a small Welsh village and studied for a career in documentary filmmaking, what would be the logical next step? Make a string of high-intensity Indonesian action movies, of course. And that’s exactly what director Gareth Evans did after becoming captivated by the martial art of Pencak silat....

The Most Frustrating Plot Holes In The MCU Marvel Studios By Joe Garza/Aug. 15, 2022 4:53 pm EST Marvel Studios has created a film and television franchise unlike any other. Intricately stitching together stories that reference and introduce one another, each Marvel Cinematic Universe character and project feels like it’s a fully realized world. Despite containing over twenty films and numerous television shows, Kevin Feige, talented producers, and filmmakers have worked together for over a decade to forge a complex yet coherent series that fans and critics adore....

The Swimmers Review: Sally El Hosaini Tells Remarkable True Story With Vibrance & Flair [TIFF] Laura Radford/Netflix By Sarah Milner/Sept. 9, 2022 3:00 pm EST Based on the remarkable true story of Syrian sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini, “The Swimmers” is a stylish feature film that packs an emotional punch. Directed and co-written by Sally El Hosaini (best known for “My Brother the Devil”), the Netflix movie kicked off the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival — and set the tone for what’s sure to be exciting week....

007 Producer Barbara Broccoli Wants A ‘10-12 Year Commitment’ From The Next James Bond MGM By Ryan Scott/Sept. 21, 2022 12:24 pm EST It has been nearly a year since Daniel Craig hung up his Walther PPK and retired as our resident James Bond after 15 years in the role. But even with “No Time to Die” well in the rearview mirror, we don’t seem to be all that much closer to getting a new 007 for the next generation to (hopefully) embrace....

After 25 Years Of South Park, Liane Cartman Is Still The Best Character Paramount By Sarah Milner/Aug. 19, 2022 5:25 pm EST Many of us millennials literally grew up with “South Park.” When the show first shocked the masses with its unapologetically vile and juvenile hijinks back in 1997, I was nine years old — roughly the same age as the foul-mouthed youngsters who made up the main cast. Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny were cultural phenomenons seemingly overnight; even my stiff, prim, and proper father struggled to hide his affection for the “respect my authoritah” moment (a cultural meme before memes were a thing)....

Alfred Hitchcock Taught Cary Grant A Simple Trick To Keep The Mood Calm On Set Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer By Demetra Nikolakakis/Sept. 15, 2022 11:53 am EST Although Alfred Hitchcock once famously said that “actors should be treated like cattle,” the director may have actually been searching for on-set sheep. In other words, an animal that would be just as easy to herd around, but nevertheless wouldn’t get too worried or agitated. Though Hitchcock was quite demanding, he also make it a point to avoid conflict on set — and one of his strategies to maintain the peace especially resonated with Cary Grant, who starred in several of Hitchcock’s films....

‘Literally the most epic oner in history’ Marvel Studios Of all the ways to market a dark and brooding show about a little-known (at the time) C-list superhero for the first Marvel production released on a streaming service, having fans go absolutely wild over a hallway fight sequence filmed and carefully edited to resemble a “oner” was probably a stroke of genius. The series went on to attempt recapturing that magic in its next two seasons, going all-out in season 3 with a meticulously choreographed prison fight sequence that was actually filmed in a single grueling shot....

Stanley’s bar mitzvah speech, IT Chapter One (2017) Warner Bros. Stanley Uris has one of the most tragic character arcs in “IT.” Unable to cope with the fear of returning to his hometown of Derry, Stan dies by suicide when his adult friends reunite. While Andy Bean delivers a touching performance during his brief appearance in “IT Chapter Two,” Wyatt Oleff was saddled with the responsibility of fleshing the character out in depth....

Every License Plate In Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Has Meaning Paramount By Witney Seibold/Aug. 4, 2022 4:18 pm EST The adult world is insane, and Ferris Bueller knew it. Idly and amusingly thumbing his nose at authority, Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) had reached a point in his teenage life that he knew exactly how to manipulate the world to his liking. Faking sick had become easy for him, and he would frequently skip school for no other reason than school was a drag....

A bigger vision demanded bigger technology Lucasfilm It’s increasingly difficult to imagine now that “Star Wars” has been solidified as one our largest pop culture phenomenons, but the three films that this multi-media franchise are built on came from relatively small, dollar-stretching budgets, innovation, and creativity. “The first three Star Wars films were designed very, very carefully to be done cheaply. We didn’t go to any big cities, we didn’t have a lot of costumes, we didn’t have a lot of extras,” Lucas explained....

‘They have the vividness and the qualities of these characters’ MGM With “Three Thousand Years of Longing” arriving in theaters today, /Film’s Emma Stefansky spoke with George Miller in an exclusive interview covering several different aspects of his newest movie. Inevitably, the conversation turned towards the impressive work by the entire cast and crew, especially by Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba. Though well-familiar with their work over the years, Miller had never actually met them until he began developing the film....

Here’s Why Keke Palmer Appreciates Jordan Peele’s Directing Style Universal By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Oct. 21, 2022 3:46 pm EST With his third feature film, “Nope,” Jordan Peele has proven himself as one of Hollywood’s most exciting mainstream directors working today, capable of bringing original spectacle both with his limited budget horror/thrillers and in his new blockbuster-scale efforts. Embedded in all of his films is a Hitchcockian style mystery box, a purposeful sense of a withholding from his audience, that makes every single one of his releases feel like a special, communal cinematic event....

Hunt Is Like Michael Mann’s Heat Crossed With A Spy Thriller, And Hollywood Should Take Note [Fantastic Fest] Megabox JoongAng Plus M “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae makes his directorial debut with the ass-kicking, almost delightfully convoluted thriller, “Hunt.” Sometimes, actors just aren’t cut out for directing, but Lee clearly has a knack for it. He’s also heavily influenced by filmmakers like Christopher Nolan and Michael Mann, and there’s something refreshing about seeing a big, slick, adult-driven movie like this that has absolutely nothing to do with IP, or superheroes, or brand synergy....

Meet Andor’s Luthen Rael, The Star Wars Universe’s Tragically Unsung Rebel Commander [Exclusive] Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 23, 2022 12:00 pm EST It ain’t easy being a hero in the overlooked corner of the “Star Wars” universe inhabited by Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and the various figures in his circles. As shown in the Disney+ series “Andor” (and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” before it), this is a very different kind of tale from the grand, operatic, and mythic storytelling of the main Skywalker Saga films....

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi’s Return Trailer: Hello There, New Star Wars Documentary On Disney+ Disney+ By Ryan Scott/Aug. 22, 2022 12:24 pm EST After well over a decade away from the “Star Wars” galaxy, Ewan McGregor returned to reprise his role as famed Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in a miniseries on Disney+, appropriately titled “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” The show came and went, but it won’t be the last we see of McGregor in a galaxy far, far away....

Sauron Won’t Appear In The Rings Of Power As You Remember Him In The Lord Of The Rings Prime Video By Rafael Motamayor/Oct. 5, 2022 3:15 pm EST TV’s hottest club is “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” This show has everything: dwarf couples goals, sexy elves, sinister shadow swords that are powered by blood, Rube Goldberg machines that activate dormant volcanoes, and so many dark lord Saurons you will lose count after a while....

She-Hulk Explains One Of The Strangest Moments In Shang-Chi Marvel Studios By Devin Meenan/Sept. 1, 2022 9:00 am EST “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” featured a few unexpected faces, one of them being Emil Blonsky/The Abomination (Tim Roth). Last seen in “The Incredible Hulk,” Abomination’s cameo comes when Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) and his friend Katy (Awkwafina) visit a Hong Kong fight club run by Shang-Chi’s sister Xialing (Meng’er Zhang)....

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Warner Bros. Even for its fans, Stanley Kubrick’s final film, “Eyes Wide Shut,” has always been something of a mystery wrapped inside an enigma. This cryptic drama about a New York couple slowly coming undone by their jealousy and suspicions is an object of dark fascination and, given that Kubrick died shortly before the film’s release, perhaps compulsory reverence. As cinephiles have sat with “Eyes Wide Shut” over time and begun to parse its inscrutability, the film’s reputation has only grown (IndieWire recently named it the best movie of the 1990s)...

Watch The Banshees of Inisherin trailer Nobody in their right mind ever wants to hear the words, “I just don’t like you anymore.” Unfortunately, this is exactly the sentiment — as spoken with shocking remorselessness by Brendan Gleeson’s Colm – that causes Colin Farrell’s devastated Pádraic to spiral in “The Banshees of Inisherin.” Set on a distant island off the coast of Ireland, the desolate location and tiny village only serves to heighten the emotions of the one-time friends as they go through an excruciating breakup that neither of them quite know how to handle....