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Javier Bardem Had A Hard Time With That No Country For Old Men Haircut Miramax Films By Steven Ward/Aug. 12, 2022 7:43 pm EST There are plenty of things to find unsettling and downright terrifying about “No Country For Old Men” antagonist Anton Chigurh. There’s the disturbing grin he eagerly flashes to hide murderous intent and his brutal efficiency with a captive bolt stunner. Not to mention his unfeeling disregard for human life....

United Artists tried to help out United Artists To their credit, United Artists was just as hopeful that the film would do well. As the film neared its release date, the studio gave “The Alamo” a ridiculously intense publicity campaign: advertisements implied that watching the film was one’s civic duty, and seven states organized an “Alamo Day” that commemorated the real-life battle upon which the film was based (as wild as this all sounds, I can’t help but wish that today’s publicity teams would come up with equally outlandish ideas....

Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Marvel Character Has Been Totally Inconsistent – And That May Be The Point Marvel Studios By Ben F. Silverio/Nov. 17, 2022 3:00 pm EST When characters have been around for decades, a number of people tend to leave their creative fingerprints on them. For example, Captain America was created in 1940 by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby for Timely Comics. He was a World War II soldier that went above and beyond the call of duty to aid in the fight against the Axis powers, particularly the Nazis....

Matt Smith Has Become The King Of The Reaction Shots On House Of The Dragon HBO By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Oct. 11, 2022 8:45 am EST Matt Smith arrives in every episode of “House of the Dragon,” says about three badass lines, glares at a bunch of people, sarcastically sighs and giggles, commits a murder or two, and then leaves. But somehow, he still manages to be the highlight of every episode. You anticipate his next move and find yourself asking, “How will Daemon react?...

Monty Python And The Holy Grail’s Success In America Was All About Timing EMI Films By Witney Seibold/Aug. 20, 2022 11:30 pm EST When the seminal British TV program “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” was still on the air (1969 – 1974), it wasn’t yet reaching a massive international audience. To facilitate the show’s spread, a feature film consisting of re-staged sketches from the show’s first two seasons — called “And Now for Something Completely Different” — was released in England in 1971....

From Burke to Dr. Sam Owens Netflix In an interview with Consequence, Reiser acknowledged that Burke probably “has something to do with why the Duffers called me for ‘Stranger Things.’” It’s savvy casting in that, as a Department of Energy executive, we’re cued to distrust Owens from the outset. But Owens winds up being the opposite of Burke. He possesses a conscience. He arranges for Jim Hopper (David Harbour) to be the adoptive father of Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown)....

Killmonger — Black Panther (2018) Marvel Studios It’s a little weird that Killmonger shares a first name with the other Marvel guy to be right, if actionably questionable. Erik Stevens (Michael B. Jordan) is forced to grow up as an exile from the isolationist country of Wakanda. Instead of the opportunities he could have had as a child of nobility, he lived in Oakland, California during the worst of the economic oppression and violence that was done to Black families....

Some Of Tony And Carmela’s Best Sopranos Scenes Didn’t Involve A Word Of Dialogue HBO By Shae Sennett/Oct. 19, 2022 5:25 pm EST Lil Wayne once said, “Real Gs move in silence like lasagna,” and “The Sopranos” is definitely proof of that fact. Some of the most memorable moments in the series didn’t include a single word, even between the central couple. James Gandolfini’s Tony Soprano and Edie Falco’s Carmela developed an incredible onscreen relationship, one that frequently left a lot unsaid between them....

Striking The Right Tone With Station Eleven Was A Challenge For Director Jeremy Podeswa HBO Max By Michael Boyle/Nov. 12, 2022 3:30 pm EST One of the best shows to come out of HBO Max so far is “Station Eleven,” the 10-episode mini-series that covers before, during, and after an apocalyptic pandemic. It’s a show that jumps around to a whole bunch of different characters, many of them strangers to each other, and gradually shows us how they’re all connected....

Terrence Malick Is One Of The Unsung Heroes Behind Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry Role Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/Aug. 8, 2022 2:04 pm EST A modern audience member cannot watch Don Siegel’s 1971 cop drama “Dirty Harry” without first being made aware of its politics. The landmark Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona had been decided five years earlier, granting certain rights to people in police custody. While the measure protected people from being unduly coerced into confessions by the cops — they had the right to remain silent, and to have an attorney present prior to police questioning — many at the time objected to Miranda rights, arguing that cops now had less recourse to apprehend and imprison suspects....

The 12 Best Episodes Of The Munsters, Ranked CBS By Bee Delores/Oct. 5, 2022 7:48 pm EST “The Munsters” is one of the most beloved TV series of all time. While it only ran for two seasons, each of which boasted 30-plus episodes, the family residing at 1313 Mockingbird Lane wormed their way into our collective hearts. Whether it was Herman’s (Fred Gwynne) antics or Grandpa’s (Al Lewis) latest money-grubbing scheme, the show retooled typical sitcom conventions by running them through a very spooky lens....

The Rehearsal Trailer: Nathan Fielder Is Bringing His Brand Of Weird To HBO HBO Max By Jenna Busch/July 6, 2022 5:49 pm EST It’s unusual when you come across a trailer that makes you wonder about the nature of reality and what the hell you just saw. HBO Max has released a new trailer for the upcoming series “The Rehearsal,” and if you’re familiar with Nathan Fielder, you might have some idea of what we’re about to see....

A clever turn from Brendan Fraser A24 The parallels between “The Whale” and “The Wrestler” only continue when factoring in the meta-casting of the films. Fraser, not unlike Mickey Rourke in 2008, arrives to the role laden with metatextual baggage. Both actors were massive stars and sex symbols in their heyday yet slipped out of the limelight as they began to age. What Aronofsky provides them is a vessel for redemption on-screen that mirrors their comeback off it....

A sweet escape Wonka Warner Bros. Pictures/Instagram Rumors about the prequel to “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” have been swirling since 2021. The first bit of welcome news we received was that Willy Wonka was not receiving the all too common “dark and gritty reboot” treatment. This was affirmed by Chalamet himself in a TIME Magazine interview, where he explained the movie had a lighter tone. “It’s not mining the darker emotions in life,” said Chalamet....

Tom Hardy Turned His ‘Gangster’ Roles Into A Career-Long Character Study Netflix By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Sept. 7, 2022 5:36 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In an era of Hollywood less interested in movie star power, the most interesting performers these days tend to be character actors. Enter Tom Hardy, an English actor with a face chiseled and handsome enough to pass as the leading man, but looks are not very high on his list of priorities....

What Do Arvel Skeen’s Tattoos Mean In Andor Episode 5? Lucasfilm By Bryan Young/Oct. 5, 2022 11:24 am EST There will be spoilers for “Andor” Episode 5 – “The Axe Forgets” As Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) wakes up from a fitful bout of sleep in a hammock on Aldhani, he realizes his roommate, Arvel Skeen (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), is gone — and so are all of his belongings. After confirming he still has the valuable sky kyber crystal necklace he was given as collateral by Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) gave him in the last episode (you can read about it here), he goes to confront his roommate....

Meet Dr. Ted Sallis Disney In the comics, the backstory of Man-Thing is the stuff of 1950s monster movies. Dr. Ted Sallis was working in a remote lab in the Florida Everglades aiming to reproduce the powerful steroid, the SO-2 Serum, that would protect soldiers from chemical warfare. This was a time when Agent Orange and Agent White were being used by the United States in the Vietnam War, so the research was topical....

‘The character of Saul Goodman is indefatigable’ Universal Pictures Although Bob Odenkirk is only two years apart in age from Keanu Reeves, the two actors have had vastly different careers leading up to their action roles in “John Wick” and “Nobody.” So when Odenkirk wanted to do an action movie, there was a level of uncertainty about whether he could sell audiences on his action star potential. In an interview with GQ, Odenkirk was asked how he sold the idea of someone like him starring in an intense, highly choreographed action film like “Nobody....

Why It Was Terrifying For Zoe Saldaña To Return To Neytiri In Avatar: The Way Of Water 20th Century Studios By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Dec. 7, 2022 12:30 pm EST This month, audiences are making their return to the world of Pandora with the long-awaited sequel to James Cameron’s ambitious, cutting-edge blockbuster, “Avatar: The Way of Water.” For all of us at home, it has been a long 13 years since the original took over the world — long enough that some of us can’t even seem to remember the first film’s significant cultural impact....

An ’80s Indie Film Cost Paul Newman And Gene Hackman A Role In Jackie Brown Miramax Films By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 18, 2022 3:10 pm EST With a dime of films under his belt, the debate regarding which Quentin Tarantino film is his best rages on. With such a wide spectrum of subgenres and influences on display in his work, assessing Tarantino’s filmography comes down to a matter of subjective taste, but real ones know that “Jackie Brown” should always be in contention for the top spot....