How To Watch Terrifier 2 At Home

How To Watch Terrifier 2 At Home Bloody Disgusting By Valerie Ettenhofer/Oct. 25, 2022 3:03 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Apparently, “Terrifier 2” has been making people throw up and pass out. The extremely gory sequel to 2016’s killer clown horror film “Terrifier” has had an impressive theatrical run this month. It’s even managed a box office increase in its third week in theater thanks, most likely, to positive word of mouth from twisted horror fans who want to witness Art the Clown’s (David Howard Thornton) excessive violence on the biggest screen possible....

May 25, 2022 · 4 min · 715 words · Whitney Wong

How Westworld Season 4 Is Borrowing From The Franchise S Long Bizarre Past

How Westworld Season 4 Is Borrowing From The Franchise’s Long, Bizarre Past HBO By Bill Bria/July 18, 2022 8:00 am EST Michael Crichton’s 1973 film “Westworld,” for all its world-building and thematic complexity, is a simple story at its core. Its structure of a guest attending the titular resort where robot facsimiles of people programmed to fulfill the guest’s every whim go haywire and start murdering the humans around them is as direct as a slasher movie, and with its technophobia combined with cynicism about humanity skirting responsibility for its actions, it can even be called quintessential Crichton....

May 25, 2022 · 17 min · 3492 words · Catherine Stidham

Is There More Of A Bootlicking Weasel In The Star Wars Universe Than Andor S Syril Karn

Is There More Of A Bootlicking Weasel In The Star Wars Universe Than Andor’s Syril Karn? Lucasfilm By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Oct. 26, 2022 3:15 pm EST “Andor” is a story of galactic reckoning. Week by week, we’ve been watching the slow construction of the Rebel Alliance through the eyes of a young and disillusioned Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) caught in the middle of it. It largely succeeds in its departure from the “Star Wars” status quo by focusing on the political power plays of the galaxy....

May 25, 2022 · 11 min · 2269 words · Patricia Nassif

Jack Lemmon Wasn T The First Choice For His Some Like It Hot Role

Frank Sinatra and Jerry Lewis were offered the role first United Artists Tony Curtis revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that Frank Sinatra was also considered for the role of Jerry in “Some Like it Hot”: “​​​​Billy Wilder told me he wanted to get Frank Sinatra, and Mitzi Gaynor for the girl. Then about a week later Billy told me he wasn’t going to use Frank. He said Frank would only be trouble....

May 25, 2022 · 5 min · 963 words · Stephanie Frahm

Jordan Peele Wanted To Capture The Feel Of Two Alfred Hitchcock Classics In Us

Doppelgängers Peele told BackStageOL that he’s been scared by doppelgängers since childhood, thanks to “The Twilight Zone” episode “Mirror Image.” He considered doppelgängers to be both “well-trodden and under-explored” on film, so he decided his spin on the idea would be a whole family of doppelgängers: “When I got the idea of a doppelgänger family, I knew I had something that was gonna forge new ground in the pantheon of doppelgänger tales....

May 25, 2022 · 6 min · 1139 words · Luke Welch

Karl Urban S Contribution To The Boys Included Making Billy Butcher A Matrix Fan

Karl Urban’s Contribution To The Boys Included Making Billy Butcher A Matrix Fan By Steven Ward/Aug. 15, 2022 2:48 pm EST For a show so focused on the insane actions of immoral superheroes, you’d think a regular guy like Billy Butcher might have some trouble shining in “The Boys.” But as played by Karl Urban — to borrow one of the character’s favorite adjectives — he’s absolutely diabolical. Deceptively charismatic, blissfully flawed, and with a tragic backstory to boot, Butcher is a lot of things all at once throughout the comics and show....

May 25, 2022 · 4 min · 756 words · Dustin Hammond

Kevin Conroy Had To Unlearn Adam West S Version Of Batman

Kevin Conroy Had To Unlearn Adam West’s Version Of Batman ABC By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 11, 2022 2:20 pm EST The late, great Kevin Conroy provided the voice of Batman for over 30 years, and many (myself included) consider his performance to be the definitive portrayal of Bruce Wayne and the Dark Knight. Batman and the comic book world of Gotham have varied in popularity since the character came to prominence in the 1940s, but as a child, the version of Batman Conroy grew up watching looked, acted, and certainly sounded a lot different than the character he would later bring to life....

May 25, 2022 · 6 min · 1148 words · Myra Martin

Oni Thunder God S Tale Director On Craig Robinson S Charm And Making Cg Look Like Stop Motion Exclusive Interview

Oni: Thunder God’s Tale Director On Craig Robinson’s Charm And Making CG Look Like Stop Motion [Exclusive Interview] Netflix By Rafael Motamayor/Oct. 21, 2022 4:41 pm EST Stop-motion animation is one of the oldest, most difficult, and most stunning animation techniques there is. But as beautiful as stop motion projects are, the amount of effort, time, and money required to produce them means we see fewer and fewer projects using this technique....

May 25, 2022 · 33 min · 6909 words · Robt Delorenzo

Pakistan S Joyland Was Banned In Its Own Country But Can Still Qualify For The Oscars

‘We must raise our voice collectively’ Film Constellation The story of “Joyland” does not justify such a hateful response. The film centers around a traditional Lahore family after the youngest son Haider (Ali Junejo) falls in love with a dancer named Biba (Alina Khan), a trans woman. Reviewing it after the world premiere at Cannes, /Film’s Ryan Leston called it “a wonderful film about longing and desire with a melancholy undertone that you just don’t expect....

May 25, 2022 · 6 min · 1162 words · Keith Disher

Production Designer Anton Furst Took The Same Creative Approach In Making The Sets For Batman And Full Metal Jacket

Production Designer Anton Furst Took The Same Creative Approach In Making The Sets For Batman And Full Metal Jacket Warner Bros. By Joe Roberts/Dec. 24, 2022 6:00 pm EST Since 1989, we’ve had eight live-action “Batman” movies (not counting the DCEU films) and have yet to see as good an on-screen representation of Gotham as the city from Tim Burton’s first movie about the Caped Crusader. At least, that would be true if it wasn’t for Bo Welch’s elegant expressionist nightmare from “Batman Returns....

May 25, 2022 · 15 min · 3116 words · Michael Howzell

Severance S Practical Hallways Were Made Possible By A Star Trek Trick Comic Con

Hallways of the mind Apple TV+ Ben Stiller mentioned employing “the ‘Star Trek’ trick” while shooting “Severance,” and this isn’t the first time a member of the show’s production team has referenced classic sci-fi or likened Lumon Industries to a spaceship. As he alludes and as TV Guide further notes, “Star Trek: The Next Generation” had a single hallway set, which it recycled again and again for different shots by tweaking the set dressing and filming it from different angles....

May 25, 2022 · 5 min · 937 words · Lynne Mckeever

Smile And Terrifer 2 Scare Up Big Wins At The Box Office Halloween Ends Dies A Horrible Death

Micheal Myers peters out, Art the Clown triumphs Universal Pictures Universal opted to put “Halloween Ends” on Peacock on the same day it hit theaters, as they did with “Halloween Kills” last year. However, 2021 was still less certain in regards to the pandemic. Moviegoers were still regaining confidence. That is no longer as much of an issue and it made little sense, in my mind, for the studio to leave money on the table....

May 25, 2022 · 7 min · 1301 words · Robert Banks

Star Wars Bits Andor Tales Of The Jedi Damon Lindelof Galactic Pals Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga And More

Andor reviews & breakdowns Above, Nerdist’s Dan Casey breaks down everything you might have missed in this week’s episode of “Andor.” Next, Alex at Star Wars Explained shares his thoughts on “Narkina 5.” On Live Action Star Wars, Ralph and James discuss the eighth episode of “Andor.” Tales of the Jedi reviews & reactions Lucasfilm “Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi,” a six-part animated short series, premiered on Disney+ this week....

May 25, 2022 · 14 min · 2812 words · Alex Lambert

Teen Wolf Trailer Breakdown The Pack Is Back In A Compelling Continuation Of The Show S Best Plotline

The return of Argent? The “Teen Wolf” movie trailer also shows the return of Crystal Reed’s Allison, Scott’s original love interest who died in season 3 of the show. At first, the pack starts seeing visions of her, but then, she is seemingly there for real, which doesn’t seem possible. In the series, Allison was stabbed to death by one of the Oni, who were being controlled by the Nogitsune — an entity that possesses a body for the sole purpose of causing chaos — who later possessed Dylan O’Brien’s beloved character, Stiles....

May 25, 2022 · 7 min · 1419 words · Kevin Reyes

The Sopranos Title Caused Some Confusion Over What Kind Of Show It Would Be

The Sopranos’ Title Caused Some Confusion Over What Kind Of Show It Would Be HBO By Caroline Madden/July 15, 2022 8:33 am EST Before the name “The Sopranos” became synonymous with the most famous television family and its anguished patriarch Tony (James Gandolfini), HBO executives feared audience members would think the show was about opera singers. In the 20th anniversary oral history for Deadline, several cast members revealed they were also mixed up about the series’ title....

May 25, 2022 · 7 min · 1457 words · Linda Greene

Why Animation Fans Are Going Wild For Hazbin Hotel S King Of Hell

Why Animation Fans Are Going Wild For Hazbin Hotel’s King Of Hell A24 By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 1, 2022 3:04 pm EST On October 28, 2019, Vivienne “VivziePop” Medrano unleashed an animated musical pilot called “Hazbin Hotel” on YouTube, and the world has never been the same. The pilot, which was created entirely by freelance animators and almost exclusively financed by Medrano’s Patreon followers, quickly went viral, with the episode currently boasting over 81 million views....

May 25, 2022 · 11 min · 2190 words · Sarah Hunter

A Very Silicon Valley Moment Inspired Brett Leonard S Lawnmower Man

A Very Silicon Valley Moment Inspired Brett Leonard’s Lawnmower Man New Line Cinema By Witney Seibold/Nov. 3, 2022 12:06 pm EST Brett Leonard’s 1992 film “The Lawnmower Man” shares its title with a 1975 Stephen King short story, but the film and the source material couldn’t be more different. In King’s original story, a man hires an unusual-looking gardener to mow his lawn, only to find out that the gardener’s lawncare process involves stripping naked and eating grass clippings....

May 24, 2022 · 11 min · 2341 words · Nicole Weatherly

Avatar The Way Of Water Is Further Proof That No One Does Action Better Than James Cameron

Avatar: The Way Of Water Is Further Proof That No One Does Action Better Than James Cameron 20th Century Studios By Ernesto Valenzuela/Dec. 17, 2022 4:51 pm EST This post contains spoilers for “Avatar: The Way of Water.” James Cameron’s newest film, “Avatar: The Way of Water,” is finally in theaters after a 13-year wait between movies. The sequel to the original “Avatar” movie is not only a breathtaking visual upgrade that explores the depths of the ocean of Pandora; it’s also a more thematically resonant film than the first, with exceptional character work that builds up to an exciting and climactic conclusion....

May 24, 2022 · 16 min · 3220 words · Elizabeth Lester

Award Winning Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Sentenced To Six Years In Prison

Award-Winning Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Sentenced To Six Years In Prison Kanibal Films Distribution By Rafael Motamayor/July 19, 2022 12:33 pm EST One of the most celebrated Iranian filmmakers, Jafar Panahi, has been sentenced to six years in prison. Per BBC, Panahi was arrested after going to the Evin prison to inquire about director Mohammad Rasoulof, who had been arrested alongside colleague Mostafa Al-Ahmad earlier this month for social media posts criticizing the repression of protests around the country....

May 24, 2022 · 7 min · 1304 words · Paul Corney

Billy Madison Caused A Behind The Scenes Scramble To Find A New Title For Tommy Boy

Billy Madison Caused A Behind-The-Scenes Scramble To Find A New Title For Tommy Boy Paramount Pictures By Matt Rainis/Nov. 5, 2022 7:30 pm EST “Saturday Night Live” is a very prestigious show for any comedian to appear in, but it’s often treated as a stepping stone to greater success. It’s the natural life cycle of an “SNL” cast member to spend a few seasons on television, increasing their reputation, before leaving the show and attempting to get big in movies or to get a television show of their own....

May 24, 2022 · 8 min · 1588 words · John Hillis