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Full Metal Jacket’s Nod To 2001 Wasn’t Something Stanley Kubrick Had Planned Warner Bros. By Debopriyaa Dutta/Nov. 4, 2022 4:32 pm EST Stanley Kubrick is known for his meticulous devotion to every aspect of his films, which are painstakingly handcrafted from start to finish. The director’s body of work still inspires conversations about the craft of filmmaking, and while some of his works have undergone critical reappraisal over the years, others continue to be lauded due to their thematic richness and enduring appeal....

George Romero’s Knightriders Got Made Thanks To A Joke United Artists By Drew Tinnin/Oct. 28, 2022 2:36 pm EST Our own Max Evry just spoke with actor and makeup effects legend Tom Savini for the 40th anniversary of “Creepshow.” In their conversation, Savini recalled a tale about a lesser-known film in director George Romero’s oeuvre called “Knightriders.” After the runaway success of the 1978 sequel “Dawn of the Dead,” Romero was given carte blanche to make an Arthurian biker movie about a Renaissance troupe who travel the countryside mounting jousting tournaments on their motorcycles....

Glass Onion Star Edward Norton Explains Why Knives Out Stands Apart From Other Murder Mysteries Netflix By Ernesto Valenzuela/Nov. 14, 2022 7:16 pm EST When “Knives Out” was first released in theaters in 2019, /Film’s review praised it as hilarious, clever, and endlessly entertaining. While the marketing made it seem like an old-fashioned mystery, Rian Johnson’s film managed to surpass and subvert expectations with a layered and engaging thriller. Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc had the unsuspecting demeanor of Columbo and the style and sharpness of Hercule Poirot — a welcome addition that changed the genre in new and exciting ways....

‘We put a lot of ourselves into it’ Disney+/Marvel Studios In an interview with the New York Times, Benson and Moorhead were asked about their experience tackling a more commercial project like “Moon Knight” after years of directing strictly personal indie films. Though working in the MCU has its limitations, the filmmakers said that they were welcomed to impose their own vision onto the show. Moorhead elaborated: “It isn’t that we have to erase our personality and work within the machine....

How The Twilight Zone Helped Rod Serling Heal His Own Psychological Scars CBS By Christian Gainey/Oct. 12, 2022 12:12 pm EST In the late ’40s and early ’50s, television focused on the mundane problems of perfect families in idyllic neighborhoods. Popular classics like, “Leave it to Beaver” and “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” reflected happy-go-lucky images of suburbia and domestic life — but that changed when Rod Serling entered the airwaves....

Mike Judge Was ‘90%’ Of The Reason Jason Bateman Joined Extract Miramax Films By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 22, 2022 8:01 pm EST Despite his massive popularity from “Beavis and Butt-Head,” “King of the Hill,” “Office Space,” and the disturbingly relevant “Idiocracy,” the Mike Judge comedy flick “Extract” doesn’t get talked about as much as it deserves. Written and directed by Judge, “Extract” is the story of Joel Reynold (Jason Bateman), the owner of a factory that specializes in the production of flavor extracts....

MoviePass To Return From The Dead, Now With More Waiting And Price Tiers James Andrews1/Shutterstock By Erin Brady/Aug. 22, 2022 2:23 pm EST Frequent movie-going sickos, our time has come once again! On August 22, details surrounding the comeback of MoviePass were finally revealed after months of teasing and speculation. According to a statement sent by cofounder and CEO Stacy Spikes, the official relaunch is set to begin on Labor Day, this upcoming September 5....

Nikyatu Jusu Hopes Nanny Has A Lasting Impact On America’s ‘Horror Paradigm’ By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 17, 2022 5:35 pm EST A lot of fans like to wax poetic about what it would have been like to see the opening weekend releases of classic horror films like “Halloween” or “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” believing that it would have bordered on a religious experience getting to see the career of a horror master beginning in real-time....

Only Murders In The Building’s Season 2 Killer Originally Auditioned To Play A Different Character [Exclusive] Hulu By Valerie Ettenhofer/Aug. 23, 2022 5:32 pm EST This article includes spoilers for the season 2 finale of “Only Murders in the Building.” After 10 episodes of wild red herrings and carefully studied clues, the second season of “Only Murders in the Building” came to a close this week with a wonderfully over-the-top finale....

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Clip: Charlotte Attempts A Daring Escape Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Sept. 24, 2022 1:56 pm EST “Bridgerton” seems like a show that’s designed to fulfill a very obvious pop cultural craving. In a TV landscape that’s largely devoid of the romance tropes that fill novels and fanfics and romcom films of yore, the Regency-era series is always there when we need an enemies-to-lovers plot, or some pining and angst, or a good meet cute....

Randall Park Completely Forgot About His Bit Part On The Office NBC By Demetra Nikolakakis/Aug. 25, 2022 2:40 pm EST Randall Park has a knack for perfectly delivering even the smallest throwaway gag. Sure, he was funny on “Fresh Off the Boat,” but his obsession with card tricks as the MCU’s Jimmy Woo is hilarious, memorable, and endearing all at the same time. But let’s not be like Park and forget his most meme-worthy role: a brief stint as Steve, or “Asian Jim,” in “The Office....

Sadie Sink Brought A Lesson From Her Stage Acting Days To Her Stranger Things Audition Netflix By Drew Tinnin/Nov. 12, 2022 1:40 pm EST Ever since actor Sadie Sink first appeared on the premiere episode of the second season of “Stranger Things” as Max Mayfield, her legion of fans have been steadily growing. Over the last five years, she has solidified herself as one of the most relatable characters in the Duffer Brothers’ ongoing epic series that pits the townspeople of Hawkins, Indiana against the eternal horrors of the Upside Down....

What’s Your Favorite Scary Movie? Paramount Like all “Scream” films, “Scream” 2022 opens with an attack. This attack is meant to reflect the opening of the first film, which saw Drew Barrymore and her blonde Louise Brooks wig brutally dispatched by a horror movie-loving killer who first tormented her via phone before showing up in person. Back then, young people actually answered their phones — and they mostly used landlines. But times have changed, and when a landline rings in the house of 21st-century teenager Tara (Jenna Ortega), she looks utterly perplexed....

The 15 Best Pseudo Documentaries, Ranked BBC By Mary Beth McAndrews/Aug. 14, 2022 10:36 am EST There is a thin line between the mockumentary and the pseudo-documentary. While both categories warp the concept of non-fiction filmmaking, mockumentaries are satirical and often comedic, while pseudo-documentaries exist in the horror space. Think “Best in Show” versus “Cannibal Holocaust”. The pseudo-documentary uses the idea of the truth to weaponize our fear. The more real the film seems, the scarier it is to the viewer....

The Daily Stream: SLC Punk Shows That It’s Possible To Grow Up Without Selling Out Sony Pictures Classics By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 8, 2022 6:00 pm EST The Movie: “SLC Punk” Where you can stream it: HBO Max The pitch: Growing up is hard to do, but it’s hellish when you’re a punk kid trapped in a puritanical place like Salt Lake City, Utah. “SLC Punk” is a coming-of-age story about Stevo (Matthew Lillard), a twenty-something punk living with his best friend Heroin Bob (Michael Goorjian) in a bare-bones warehouse apartment....

The Design Of Futurama’s Hypnotoad Was A Subtle Nod To The Simpsons 20th Television By Witney Seibold/Sept. 7, 2022 9:56 pm EST In the 2001 “Futurama” episode “The Day the Earth Stood Stupid,” Leela (Katey Sagal) has chosen to enter her beloved pet Nibbler into an intergalactic pet show. Fry (Billy West) comments that the animals at such shows are well-trained and difficult to beat. Leela points out that the dogs aren’t an issue, but one really has to look out for the Hypnotoad....

The World’s End Made Its Fight Scenes A Love Letter To Hong Kong Action Films Focus Features By William Bibbiani/Nov. 3, 2022 3:16 pm EST Oscar Wilde famously said that “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” but he probably wasn’t thinking about beating the crap out of people with bar stools when he said it. Edgar Wright, on the other hand, thought a lot about beating the crap out of people with bar stools in his 2013 sci-fi action-comedy “The World’s End,” with scenes that pay homage to some of the most celebrated Hong Kong filmmakers....

What DID happen to the Santa on the roof?! Disney+ During the D23 panel, host Raven-Symoné asked Allen why now for “The Santa Clauses” and he mentioned how his interest in the deep lore of Marvel movies inspired him to want to find the answers to the lingering questions from the franchise, especially from the original 1994 film. “The question that I’ve always wanted, is how come the elves weren’t worried that I showed up in ‘The Santa Clause,’ first thought?...

Tommy Shelby’s Peaky Blinders Season 6 Story Gave Sophie Rundle A Chance To Shine Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 30, 2022 12:15 pm EST It might be easy to think that “Peaky Blinders” is a rip-roaring gangster story, exploring the rise (and likely fall) of Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby as leader of the most fearsome collection of petty thieves and bloodthirsty criminals in early 1900s Birmingham. It certainly is that, to be sure, but that description doesn’t quite manage to do justice to the collection of fascinating characters caught up in the wake of Tommy’s ceaseless ambitions to grow his organization from the mud-soaked grime of horse racing to the upper echelons of political influence in Parliament....

Wendell & Wild Trailer: Key And Peele Take A Devilish Turn In Henry Selick’s Spooky Film Netflix By Shania Russell/Sept. 6, 2022 11:00 am EST Henry Selick is a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. In the world of stop-motion animation, he’s in a league of his own as the acclaimed director behind greats like “James and the Giant Peach” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” After a 13-year gap, Selick is returning this year with his first film since 2009’s “Coraline,” the Neil Gaiman adaptation that scarred a few kids for life but mostly, enchanted them with dreams of another world....