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Whoopi Goldberg Was Determined To Get A Role In Star Trek: TNG Because Of Lt. Uhura CBS By Ben F. Silverio/July 31, 2022 6:59 pm EST It’s extremely important to include representation and diversity in mainstream media. I could say this every day of my life and it still won’t be enough for some people to understand, but sometimes a good story can better illustrate the point. One of the most famous examples of how integral it is for everyone to see people that look like them in the movies, shows, and literature that they consume involves legendary comedian and actor Whoopi Goldberg and “Star Trek....

Why Daniel Craig Turned Down His First Offer For Casino Royale MGM By Lyvie Scott/Sept. 22, 2022 4:56 pm EST Martin Campbell’s take on the very first James Bond novel, “Casino Royale,” had major work cut out for it. The film was coming off the heels of Pierce Brosnan’s final outing as the British super spy, the financially successful but ridiculous “Die Another Day.” Longtime Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson wanted to bring the character back to basics, to take the world seriously, and to retrofit the Bond franchise with enough grit to compete with the darker spy thrillers of the aughts....

Why Jurassic Park’s VFX Have Stood The Test Of Time, According To VFX Legend Phil Tippett Universal Pictures By Mike Shutt/July 25, 2022 6:53 pm EST Visual effects artists are notoriously underpaid and painfully overworked. You rarely find a movie nowadays that doesn’t require some level of effects work, whether they’re creating entire environments and characters or just painting out modern tech for a period movie. These artists are being stretched so thin that a lot of the effects work that ends up in the final cuts of films are not at the level they need to be....

‘Don’t Breathe 2’ Ending Explained: Let’s Talk About This Very Stupid Movie By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 13, 2021 7:00 am EST Don’t Breathe 2 hits theaters this weekend, bringing back Stephen Lang’s highly-capable blind man/killing machine Norman Nordstrom. This sequel takes the character in a new direction – and makes him the lead, rather than a slasher in the background dispatching anyone in his way. That’s not to say Norman has mellowed out....

15 Movies Like Prisoners That You Need To See Warner Brothers By Liam Gaughan/Aug. 4, 2022 3:39 pm EST What’s the worst thing that can happen over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend? Maybe your flights got delayed. Perhaps, the football game you were excited about ended in disappointment. A few awkward dinner conversations or a less-than satisfying meal may have made the holiday evening a little bit uncomfortable for your tastes. However, that can’t compare with the truly nightmarish events that take place in Denis Villeneuve’s 2013 thriller “Prisoners....

Not concerned with being tasteful Netflix New Zealand-Australian filmmaker Andrew Dominik has established himself as skilled at deconstructing and recontextualizing American mythology. With “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” the filmmaker set his sights on the myths of the American West and its malignant, ill-formed hero-worship. The nasty, acidic, hate-soaked “Killing Them Softly” took a sledgehammer to the faulty promise of Obama-era hope and change. And now, with “Blonde,” Dominik performs surgery without anesthetic on the glory days of Hollywood and the bombshell image of Marilyn Monore....

Breaking Bad And The Walking Dead Left An Impression On Jujutsu Kaisen’s Anime Adaptation Crunchyroll By Marcos Melendez/Oct. 5, 2022 11:08 am EST After a successful box office run, “Jujutsu Kaisen 0” is now streaming on Crunchyroll. The film serves as a prequel to “Jujutsu Kaisen,” which is headed towards its second season after an acclaimed freshman outing. Both projects are engaging, brutal pieces of anime that have been propelled into popularity by their tight writing and jaw-dropping animation....

Clint Eastwood Took A Major Pay Cut To Get His First Directing Gig Universal By Jeremy Smith/July 11, 2022 5:57 pm EST 1971 was hands-down the most important year of Clint Eastwood’s career. Having solidified his movie star status via Sergio Leone’s “Dollars Trilogy” (which consists of “A Fistful of Dollars,” “For a Few Dollars More” and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”), Eastwood was spinning his wheels a bit as he segued into the next chapter of his career....

Doom Patrol Season 4: Release Date, Cast, And More For The Offbeat DC Superhero Show’s Return HBO Max By Marcos Melendez/Dec. 2, 2022 1:31 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) One of the most offbeat superhero shows to date, “Doom Patrol” has solidified itself among the best the genre has to offer....

Glass Onion Brought Back Another Knives Out Cast Member You May Have Missed Netflix By Rafael Motamayor/Nov. 23, 2022 3:00 pm EST “Knives Out” is one of the best movies of the past decade. There, I said it. The film has some very cool and inventive visuals, is brilliantly written by Rian Johnson, with plenty of memorable twists and jokes, a very memorable sweater, and an exquisite ensemble cast you just want to follow for hours on end....

Goodnight Mommy Review: This Forgettable Remake Starring Naomi Watts Treads Familiar Water Prime Video By Erin Brady/Sept. 16, 2022 12:46 pm EST It is probably easy to argue that the 2014 Austrian film “Goodnight Mommy” helped to usher in the existence of “elevated horror” into the mainstream. Upon its release, it garnered almost near-universal acclaim for its subversion of horror conventions and its omnipresent feeling of dread. How you feel about the elevated horror label will likely affect whether you enjoy Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s feature debut, and I’ve certainly heard both passionate defenses and takedowns of the movie over the years for this very reason....

How Futurama Got Al Gore To Guest Star 20th Television By Devin Meenan/Sept. 15, 2022 12:40 pm EST Matt Groening has never been shy about making fun of even the most powerful political figures. The classic “The Simpsons” episode “Two Bad Neighbors” is a parody of former President George H.W. Bush, and not an affectionate one. When Bush moves across the street from the Simpsons, the uptight stick-in-the-mud suffers indignity at Bart’s hands, in the vein of Mr....

Kubrick Completely Mistreated Duvall on Set Warner Bros. The magnum opus of his cruelty toward Duvall came in the form of one of “The Shining’s” most iconic scenes — the baseball bat confrontation on the stairs. Kubrick made Duvall and Nicholson shoot the scene in a record-setting 127 takes, something that horror fans love to spout off as a fun bit of trivia. The result of the constant takes were Duvall’s hands were shredded raw from gripping the bat for such a prolonged period of time, her voice was hoarse from crying, her eyes became swollen, and she left the set completely dehydrated....

Howard Hawks And John Wayne Made Rio Bravo Out Of Hatred For High Noon Warner Bros. Pictures By Shae Sennett/Oct. 12, 2022 8:50 am EST A certified classic Western was born totally out of spite. “Rio Bravo” was spearheaded by two of the biggest names in Old Hollywood — the on-screen cowboy John Wayne and the multi-faceted director Howard Hawks. The 1959 film was a direct response to a Western released seven years prior, “High Noon....

In Westworld Season 4, Episode 6, Everyone’s ‘Fidelity’ Is Put To The Test HBO By Danielle Ryan/July 31, 2022 10:00 pm EST Spoilers for season 4 of “Westworld” ahead. In the fourth episode of season 4 of “Westworld,” the various story threads finally came together into a cohesive narrative, and last week’s fifth episode, “Zhuangzi,” dealt with the fallout of that collision of character arcs, following a number of hosts in Hale’s (Tessa Thompson) “perfect world” as they begin to realize that their lives are not all they seem....

Jodie Foster Was The Person Least Concerned With Her Taxi Driver Casting Columbia Pictures By Matt Rainis/Oct. 19, 2022 7:29 pm EST Martin Scorsese, in addition to being one of the most talented filmmakers of all time, is also no stranger to controversy. From the ultra-violent ending of “Taxi Driver” to the much stupider outrage over his criticism of Marvel movies, Scorsese is used to being in the crosshairs of the media....

Reservoir Dogs’ Opening Diner Scene Was A Pain For Quentin Tarantino To Shoot Miramax By Ernesto Valenzuela/Oct. 25, 2022 5:32 pm EST Quentin Tarantino’s directorial debut “Reservoir Dogs” helped set expectations for what would come in future Tarantino movies: Long-winded conversations, excessive and bloody violence, non-linear storytelling, and of course, inspired music choices. The story of six criminals and their botched robbery made for a wildly compelling film. The small scale of “Reservoir Dogs” could be seen as limiting, but Tarantino took the small budget he had to work with and gave audiences a different kind of heist film....

Shazam!: Fury of the Gods trailer Dame Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu are our big baddies this time around, but with Billy Batson’s entire family now able to become superheroes as well, Shazam has one heck of a supercrew to help him save the world. During CinemaCon, Levi said it was “super dreamy” to get the band back together, and Helen Mirren lovingly called her co-stars “absolute children.” If you’ve ever seen Mirren in Kevin Williamson’s “Teaching Mrs....

Strange World Trailer: A Multigenerational Family Adventure Film With Wobbly Creatures Disney By Rafael Motamayor/Oct. 19, 2022 5:43 pm EST This has been an outstanding year for animation. From Mamoru Hosoda’s “Belle” and the brilliant creativity of “Turning Red” to the sea-faring, sea chanty-singing adventure of “The Sea Beast,” the stop-motion insanity of “Mad God,” and the upcoming stop-motion marvel of Henry Selick’s “Wendell & Wild” and Guillermo del Toro’s haunting fairy tale “Pinocchio....

Surprisingly, You Can Thank Disney For Barbarian Becoming A Sleeper Hit 20th Century Studios By Sandy Schaefer/Oct. 4, 2022 3:08 pm EST Given how many pies Mickey Mouse has his finger in these days, it both is and isn’t a shock to learn Disney was essential to making “Barbarian” — the last film one would associate with the Mouse House’s all-ages-friendly image — one of 2022’s most talked-about sleeper hits....