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The (actual) Gray Man Disney+/Lucasfilm Filmmakers like the Russo Brothers love to wax poetic about the cinema of the ’70s and their efforts to pay homage to that era with their own modern thrillers, be they “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” or “The Gray Man.” But unlike the Russos, “Andor” creator Tony Gilroy has long gone the whole nine yards in harkening back to that age of film with his work, both as a writer on the “Bourne” movies and his directorial efforts like “Michael Clayton....

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Concludes Phase 4 Of The MCU With A Bang At The Box Office Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Nov. 14, 2022 1:18 pm EST It was a weekend for the record books and one that people in the movie business had their eyeballs on ever since the calendar rolled over to 2022. Marvel and Disney’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” hit theaters, marking the debut of one of the biggest, most-anticipated movies of the year....

Bones And All Director Luca Guadagnino Is Working On A New Movie, Won’t Say A Word About It United Artists Releasing By Drew Tinnin/Nov. 18, 2022 12:22 pm EST One thing that “Bones and All” is not is a cannibal movie. That’s just false advertising. Chalamet and Russell’s characters are “eaters” and they’re born that way. Cannibals choose to resort to that kind of treachery “eaters” are driven to it. This is a beautiful, haunting film that cements Guadagnino and Chalamet as a powerful creative force....

Christopher Nolan And Warner Bros. Faced A Bizarre Lawsuit Over The Dark Knight Trilogy Warner Bros. Pictures By Matt Rainis/Sept. 22, 2022 3:06 pm EST Plenty of villains have tried to take Batman down over the years. From failed comedians with mental health issues, to Danny DeVito with an umbrella, to the most annoying guy you’ve ever seen who asks riddles all the time. But following the release of Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight,” the caped crusader faced one of his greatest opponents yet: the mayor of a town in Turkey....

Daniel Craig Learned A Painful Lesson On His First Day As James Bond Sony Pictures By Demetra Nikolakakis/Aug. 5, 2022 9:54 pm EST How do you introduce a new James Bond? It’s a delicate balancing act — you have to reassure viewers that this is the same suave agent they know and love, yet forge a distinct enough impression that the new actor isn’t overshadowed by his predecessors. Sure, you can take the “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” approach and have the girl run away in the opening shot, only for Bond to shake his head and complain that “this never happened to the other fellow [Sean Connery]....

Game Of Thrones Actress Kate Dickie Flies Through The Moon Door Into Loki Season 2 HBO By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 2, 2022 3:03 pm EST Are you normal, or have you ever wondered how “Game of Thrones” might have ended if Lysa Arryn had managed to avoid her grisly death at the hands of Littlefinger and instead made it all the way to the end of the story? This following bit of news won’t quite scratch that itch for you if (for some reason) you were holding out hope for that alternate universe series of events — which, to be clear, would’ve been hilariously entertaining; just imagine if the half-wild, Moon Door-obsessing ruler of The Vale had inexplicably wormed her way to the Iron Throne alongside her ill-suited lover, Littlefinger — but it is what it is....

George Lucas Says There’s Only One Correct Order In Which To Watch The Star Wars Films 20th Century Studios By Matt Rainis/Dec. 4, 2022 9:00 am EST When George Lucas’ “Star Wars” prequel trilogy came out in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, the reception was not very warm. With the three original movies considered such unimpeachable classics, expectations were always going to be unfairly high. But despite their predictably great success at the box office, the films were largely received with vitriol and loathing....

Hollywood Legend And Godfather Star James Caan Has Died At 82 Paramount By Danielle Ryan/July 7, 2022 1:58 pm EST Absolute Hollywood legend James Caan has died at the age of 82, according to a statement released by his family via Twitter. The prolific and profound performer starred in just about every genre over his more than 50-year-long career, giving depth and passion to his roles no matter the film. Most people know him best as Sonny Corleone in “The Godfather” and “The Godfather Part II,” but Caan had significant roles in numerous other films, playing everything from a Chicago Bears football player dying of cancer in “Brian’s Song” to an author held captive by his biggest fan in “Misery....

I’m Totally Fine Stars Natalie Morales And Jillian Bell Went To A Papa Roach Concert Together [Exclusive Interview] Decal By Jack Giroux/Nov. 4, 2022 5:12 pm EST “I’m Totally Fine” is not your average alien invasion movie. In this story, an extraterrestrial (Natalie Morales) swings by Earth to study a human being (Jillian Bell) who recently lost her best friend and business partner. The alien takes the form of her friend, which forces Bell’s character to look deeply into her friendship, to both question and cherish it....

John Carpenter Would Totally Make A Dead Space Movie, And That Sounds Incredible Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images By Ryan Scott/Oct. 12, 2022 10:53 am EST It has been a long, long time since John Carpenter, the director of “Halloween” and the unquestioned master of horror, has made a feature film. We have to go all the way back to 2010’s “The Ward” for that, meaning it’s been well over a decade since he stepped behind the camera to make a movie....

John Wick Prequel Series The Continental Leaves Starz, Heads To Peacock Lionsgate By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 15, 2022 1:38 pm EST More and more, the future appears to be on streaming … or, at least, that’s what the Powers That Be appear to believe these days. In quite a dramatic change, the “John Wick” prequel series titled “The Continental” has changed hands and will premiere exclusively on Peacock in perhaps the up-and-coming streaming service’s most major acquisition yet....

Movie Title Designer Dan Perri On Taxi Driver, Star Wars, And A New Museum Exhibit [Exclusive Interview] Sachyn Mital/Museum of the Moving Image By Devin Meenan/Nov. 22, 2022 3:00 pm EST Nothing sets a movie’s mood like a good title sequence and one of the best to ever design them is Dan Perri. An apprentice of legendary graphic designer Saul Bass, Perri has been putting together title sequences since the 1970s....

On-Set Fires And Jodie Foster’s Costume Made Contact’s Wormhole Scene A Slog To Film Warner Bros. By Debopriyaa Dutta/Aug. 5, 2022 11:57 am EST Robert Zemeckis’ “Contact” hit theaters in July 1997 and managed to break the mold of sci-fi drama prevalent during the time. The reasons were manifold. Ann Druyan, who was the creative director at NASA at the time, along with partner and acclaimed astronomer Carl Sagan, envisioned an unconventional tale about a headstrong female scientist on a mission....

Sean Connery Never Struggled With His Transition From Leading Man To On-Screen Dad Paramount Pictures By Matt Rainis/Nov. 3, 2022 12:19 pm EST Sorry to start this article off with a bit of a bummer, but you’re going to die one day. You may not exactly be thrilled about the prospect of your own mortality, but imagine how your favorite movie stars feel! The ever-ticking clock of Father Time affects us all but can be especially brutal on actors....

She-Hulk Director Kat Coiro Was ‘Squeamish’ About The Finale’s Big Fourth Wall Break Marvel By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 15, 2022 1:45 pm EST This article contains spoilers for the finale of “She-Hulk.” Breaking the fourth wall in fiction is always a huge risk. It blurs the line between the story and reality and can completely ruin the suspension of disbelief necessary for a lot of genres, but when it’s done right, it can be a fun way to comment on the very nature of storytelling....

Small Mistakes That Almost Ruined Horror Masterpieces Universal Pictures By Chad Collins/Sept. 6, 2022 1:44 pm EST Movie mistakes come in a lot of different forms. Sometimes they’re inconsequential gaffes, minor continuity errors, or shaky science. Sure, they’re occasionally noticeable, but “The Shining” is still “The Shining,” even if the infamous hedge maze is missing from the first overhead shot of the hotel. “Moonfall” is still “Moonfall,” even if the moon would never quite fall like that....

Alone with No-Face Studio Ghibli Miyazaki has said that, for him, what “constitutes the end of [‘Spirited Away’] is the scene in which Chihiro takes the train all by herself.” Technically, she’s not alone, as she’s sitting next to No-Face, the uninvited bathhouse customer who became a monster, eating everything and everyone in his path. At one point in “Spirited Away,” No-Face is described as “the richest man in the whole wide world....

Steve Martin Saved The Jerk’s Script With A Single Sentence Universal Pictures By Witney Seibold/Oct. 30, 2022 11:30 pm EST In modern parlance, a jerk refers to a cruel, mean-spirited, or hateful person. In 2022, “jerk” is synonymous with “bully” or “a**hole.” In 1979, however, when director Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, and screenwriters Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias were making their comedy film “The Jerk,” the word referred to a fool or a buffoon, someone who was clueless....

Superhero Bits: She-Hulk Funko POP! Figures, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Poster & More Caboose YouTube By Ryan Scott/Aug. 19, 2022 4:33 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....

A horror dream team Universal Pictures Johnstone, who is taking the helm on “M3GAN,” doesn’t have a huge resume to speak of — but he does make up for that in quality. His horror-comedy “Housebound,” which he wrote and directed, premiered in 2014 and garnered a ton of positive buzz on the genre festival circuit. It’s widely considered one of the best of its kind. Not that a Rotten Tomatoes score is the end-all-be-all determiner of a good film, but “Housebound” does have a whopping 95% on the platform from critics....