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The Daily Stream: Prop Culture Unearths A Treasure Trove Of Cinematic History Disney+ By Ben F. Silverio/Oct. 3, 2022 5:00 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: “Prop Culture” Where You Can Stream It: Disney+ The Pitch: The Walt Disney Archives are home to some of the most important items from throughout cinema history....

The Rings Of Power Sets Up A Major Lord Of The Rings Location With The Southlands Prime Video By Lyvie Scott/Sept. 9, 2022 2:59 pm EST Warning: Major spoilers ahead for episode 3 of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” kicked off with a familiar storytelling technique. Not unlike Peter Jackson’s film series, “The Rings of Power” reeled viewers in through the eyes of one of its most valuable players: the ultra-cool Galadriel (Morfydd Clark)....

Why Kevin Smith Will Never Make A Star Wars Or Marvel Movie Saban Films By Witney Seibold/Oct. 7, 2022 9:39 pm EST If one knows anything about filmmaker Kevin Smith, it’s that he loves “Star Wars.” Also superhero comics. He is an old-school Gen-X pop culture nerd. If the Death Star conversation in his 1994 film “Clerks” wasn’t enough evidence, the constant Marvel Comics references in his 1995 film “Mallrats” ought to clinch it....

Why The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Fan Theories About Sauron Are Wrong New Line Cinema By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 17, 2022 12:17 pm EST Perhaps one of the most hotly debated points among fans looking forward to this new series, set thousands of years before the events of “The Lord of the Rings,” has to do with the identity of the actor playing Sauron. The villainous Dark Lord was only briefly seen in corporeal form early in Peter Jackson’s movies, but his actions as a younger being throughout “The Rings of Power” — at the time, still capable of appearing in the flesh and not just as a big, flaming eyeball which was mostly meant to be metaphorical, but I digress!...

Drag Me to Hell Universal Pictures Sure, we could have put any Sam Raimi horror movie on this list — “The Evil Dead,” “Army of Darkness,” “The Gift” — but the woman-oriented witchcraft of “Drag Me to Hell” feels particularly close to the story of the “Doctor Strange” sequel. Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), channels Sylvia Ganush (Lorna Raver), the evil witch in “Drag Me to Hell” whose sole intention is to condemn the soul of Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) to hell when she’s refused a mortgage extension....

A Guide To Which Star Trek Show To Watch Next If You Loved Strange New Worlds Paramount+ By Jacob Hall/July 20, 2022 3:00 pm EST I have spent the past few months fielding emails and messages from friends, family members, and acquaintances, all asking the same burning question: “Hey, I started watching ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ and I love it. What ‘Star Trek’ show should I watch next?” The beauty of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is that it’s simultaneously a gift for longtime fans (so many deep cut references and canonical explanations!...

A trio of new directors join Andor season 2 Lucasfilm After all the (arguably unnecessary) secrecy surrounding so many “Star Wars” projects (hello, Rian Johnson’s hypothetical trilogy of planned movies!), Tony Gilroy’s willingness to spill some intriguing creative details for season 2 of “Andor” feels like a breath of fresh air … which feels fitting for a series as brilliant and thrilling as this one is. Thanks to Collider’s Steve Weintraub, we now know a little more about how next season’s block of episodes for “Andor” will shake out....

We’ll suddenly realize we hadn’t thought about it at all Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television As the episode begins, we see Jimmy and Kim doing exactly what Mike told them to do: going about their normal day. Kim heads to court, Jimmy heads to his office, and the day ticks on. Meanwhile, Mike and his guys are cleaning out the condo and removing any trace of Howard’s murder. Sure enough, when Jimmy and Kim finally return home that night, it’s as if nothing had ever happened....

Yep, that bear’s definitely on coke Bank’s new film is inspired by a true story about a bear that ate millions of dollars worth of cocaine after it fell from the sky in Kentucky in 1985. That’s right, a drug smuggler apparently dropped bricks of the drug from a plane, but instead of hitting its intended target, it ended up squarely in black bear country. /Film attended a trailer premiere event for the film where Banks explained that she had empathy for the real-life bear caught in the crossfire, and wanted to imagine “the bear’s revenge story....

The Impact of Rengoku’s Death Aniplex of America The episode opens with tragic and heroic demise of beloved Flame Hashira Rengoku at the hands of the power-obsessed demon Akaza, much to the anguish and sorrow of everyone present. Thankfully, Inosuke cuts through the sadness with his hysterical shouting and calls for Tanjiro and Zenitsu to stop crying — despite the fact that he was literally crying so hard that even his boar head mask was spilling massive tears....

A Ted Lasso favorite Disney+ The opening scene of “Hocus Pocus 2” is a bit of a prequel to the Sanderson sisters’ origin story. In 1653 Salem, a young Winifred is causing quite the fuss in her puritanical town and is banished by Reverend Traske (Tony Hale). She and her sisters, Mary and Sarah, escape to the forbidden forest, where they are greeted by the Mother Witch who gives Winifred a book of spells for her16th birthday....

Disenchanted Filmmakers Talk About The Importance Of Giving Idina Menzel Her Own Song In The Sequel Disney By Valerie Ettenhofer/Nov. 14, 2022 5:49 pm EST Anyone who’s seen it can tell you that “Enchanted” is a great movie musical. Anyone who’s into musicals can tell you that Idina Menzel is a great musical performer. Yet, for some reason, those two facts didn’t add up in the way audiences might have expected when the Tony-winning actress never sang a peep in the 2007 Disney movie....

Euphoria Standout Barbie Ferreira Will Not Be Returning For Season 3 HBO By Erin Brady/Aug. 24, 2022 8:07 pm EST Although production on the third season of “Euphoria” hasn’t officially started yet, it looks like it will feature one less character. In a now-deleted Instagram story, Barbie Ferreira captioned a piece of art made of her character, Kat, by castmate Hunter Schafer with some pretty sad news. Although the answer itself is a bit cagey and indirect, it sounds like she might not be returning to “Euphoria” for its third season....

Every Black Mirror Episode Ranked Worst To Best Netflix By Nick Bartlett/Oct. 26, 2022 12:30 pm EST Picking up where “The Twilight Zone” left off, Charlie Brooker’s seminal anthology series might be a little more hit-and-miss than “Inside No.9,” but where it excels is in the use of technology. Often described as “techno-paranoia,” it retains the ability to regularly devastate audiences. The thing that makes “Black Mirror” stand apart from most science fiction series is that Brooker is never content to simply say, “Imagine if this was possible,” but instead looks at precisely how advanced technology is applied to universally recognizable situations....

Charmaine Rinaldi FX The “wacky neighbor” character is a comedy staple, and in true supernatural sitcom fashion, “What We Do in the Shadows” turns the trope on its head by making sure its vampire stars and the humans who live next door all qualify as wacky neighbors. Charmaine Rinaldi (Marissa Jaret Winokur), the local wine enthusiast and wife of Sean (Anthony Atamanuik), is actually a great neighbor. She’s warm and hospitable, making sure Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) has fun at the Rinaldis’ Super Bowl party....

Game Of Thrones Prequel Bloodmoon Shot A $30 Million Pilot That No One Will Ever See HBO By Jeremy Mathai/July 19, 2022 11:48 am EST Working in television can be a notoriously punishing experience. It’s hard enough for toiling writers to get their scripts commissioned in the first place and exciting new shows have a long road to walk in development. But as difficult as it is to attain even that level of success, too often these projects end up languishing in production hell or, perhaps even worse, resulting in a pilot that never actually gets picked up as a series....

Getting Dances With Wolves Into Kevin Costner’s Hands Took Some Serious Doing Orion Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 2, 2022 1:47 pm EST “Dances with Wolves” earned Kevin Costner two Academy Awards, one for Best Director and one for Best Picture (the latter of which he shared with co-producer Jim Wilson). Costner beat out Martin Scorsese for “Goodfellas” and also scored his only acting nomination to date for “Dances with Wolves,” but it took some convincing before he would even read the script for the 1990 Western that would become his most celebrated film....

Glass Onion’s Jessica Henwick And Madelyn Cline On Quit Vibes And Wild Turkey [Exclusive Interview] John Wilson/Netflix By Vanessa Armstrong/Dec. 23, 2022 11:00 am EST While the story in “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” has been kept tightly under wraps (as it should be!), we’ve known for a while that the movie has a large ensemble cast full of a lot of ridiculous characters. Two of those characters — Peg, played by Jessica Henwick, and Whiskey, played by Madelyn Cline — have close relationships with two of the “disruptors” invited to billionaire Miles Bron’s island....

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 Footage Reaction: It’s The End Of The Road For The Guardians [Comic-Con] Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer AND Jacob Hall/July 23, 2022 9:02 pm EST Since 2017, the Guardians of the Galaxy have been milling about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, waiting for the chance to conclude their trilogy — and now the first footage from “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” is here. The Guardians haven’t exactly been inactive the last five years, as they’ve had a roller coaster, Cosmic Rewind, open in Disney World, and the team has shown up onscreen in “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame,” the latter of which teased further space-faring adventures with them and Thor....

Here’s What Jimmy Was Really Trying To Accomplish In The Better Call Saul Finale AMC By Rafael Motamayor/Aug. 18, 2022 3:14 pm EST Jimmy McGill evaded consequences for years. He got away with fraud and escalated a conflict that led to the death of his brother. He got away with making deals with the cartel, and spent two years building Walter White’s meth empire. But in the end, Carol Burnett finally made “Better Call Saul” face consequences....