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A new approach to the Holocaust film Wild Tribe Films The Holocaust is an extremely challenging subject for a film, though it’s been attempted countless times. These films typically focus on the atrocities themselves — “Son of Saul,” “The Pianist,” and “Schindler’s List” are the most prominent examples. There is so much death in these films, so much suffering — which makes perfect sense given the impossibly difficult subject matter. “SHTTL,” however, does something completely different....

Steven Soderbergh Pitched Magic Mike’s Last Dance As Two Movies In One Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/Dec. 15, 2022 3:54 pm EST Steven Soderbergh’s 2012 film “Magic Mike” appeared to be, on paper, a wild, raucous night at the movies. Alex Pettyfer plays a handsome young buck named Adam who’s working in construction and just looking to make ends meet. He is taken under the wing of Michael, a.k.a. Magic Mike, played by Channing Tatum, a handsome veteran in the world of male exotic dancing....

That ’90s Show Will Feature An Updated Version Of The Original Theme Song Netflix/Patrick Wymore By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 29, 2022 3:49 pm EST “HELLO, WISCONSIN!” It’s time to face the hard truth — we are now as far removed from the 1990s as “That ’70s Show” was from the 1970s when it first ran from 1998-2006. I’ll give you a moment to pick yourself up off the floor after having to accept the crushing passage of time, but the good news is that Netflix is debuting their 10-episode, live-action sequel, “That ’90s Show,” early next year....

Through a Glass, Darkly Searchlight Pictures Aronofsky denied using “Perfect Blue” as inspiration for his 2010 Oscar-winning horror film “Black Swan,” but this comes off as highly disingenuous when you consider that he reportedly purchased remake rights for Kon’s film so that he could reference specific shots in “Requiem for a Dream.” Aronofsky not only uses mirrors in a manner similar to Kon’s, he also details how the sexist pressures of the entertainment industry (here represented by a New York ballet company) ravages the body and the mind of the woman at the center of his story....

The Missing Aragorn Moment Viggo Mortensen Wanted To See In The Lord Of The Rings New Line Cinema By Andrew Housman/July 23, 2022 3:29 pm EST “The Lord of the Rings” films were a bit of a miracle, faithfully adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic, sweeping tomes into a trilogy that makes up one long but totally comprehensible story. All the while, director Peter Jackson managed to incorporate important details of Tolkien’s original lore to flesh out the history of Middle Earth....

The Money Was Never What Drew Sidney Poitier To Acting United Artists By Lyvie Scott/July 29, 2022 5:56 pm EST Sidney Poitier’s career has always been synonymous with dignity, both on-screen and off. The late actor searched for films that respected their Black characters, and characters that would create better opportunities for Black actors. He would often turn down roles in films that failed to align with his principles, even when he needed a job more than anything....

The Santa Clauses teaser Jack Burditt, the creator of Allen’s sitcom “Last Man Standing,” is serving as show-runner and an executive producer on “The Santa Clauses,” with Jason Winer (“Modern Family”) directing. Among those joining Allen in the cast are Elizabeth Mitchell and David Krumholtz as, respectively, Scott’s wife Carol Calvin-Claus and his right-hand elf Bernard from the previous “Santa Clause” movies. Kal Penn also stars as Simon Choksi, a career-driven game inventor and single dad who dreams of being the next Jeff Bezos but might just end up changing his mind after a surprise visit to the North Pole....

The School For Good And Evil Trailer: The Good Do Not Room With The Evil Helen Sloan SMPSP / Netflix By Jenna Busch/Oct. 12, 2022 5:31 pm EST There is only one week to go before Netflix releases the new film “The School for Good and Evil.” To celebrate the streaming adaptation of the best-selling series of the same name by Soman Chainani, we have a brand new trailer that gives a deeper look at what’s coming....

An optimistic ending? Pixar / Disney “Toy Story 2” introduces two new very important characters: Jessie the Cowgirl and Bullseye, Woody’s faithful steed. Prior to his adventures in “Toy Story 2,” Woody had no idea that he was actually part of a group of toys based on an old ’60s television show called “Woody’s Roundup.” After being accidentally purchased at a yard sale by a greedy toy collector named Al, Woody meets and befriends the rest of the Roundup gang — including Pete the Prospector — as Al prepares to ship all of them off to Japan to be displayed in a museum....

The Palace of Dreaming Netflix “The first thing that we were tasked with was figuring out Dream’s palace,” Markiewicz said. “That becomes a real interesting question where it’s like, ‘Okay, so this is a palace of the dreaming.’ It’s supposed to be something that is, in my mind, a mosaic of all different forms and things and shapes. In the comic books, there’s a wonderful progression — depending on Morpheus’s mood, that palace is a reflection of that, or where he sits in time and space, that palace is a reflection of that....

Why Karl Urban Considers Pathfinder More Challenging Than Shooting Lord Of The Rings By Debopriyaa Dutta/Aug. 24, 2022 12:23 pm EST Karl Urban has brought several seminal characters to life. Apart from playing the complex, unhinged role of Billy Butcher in “The Boys,” Urban has been a part of several major franchises over the course of his career, including “Star Trek” and “The Lord of the Rings.” Peter Jackson’s 2002 film “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” was a breakout film for Urban, in which he played Éomer, a leader of the Riders of Rohan who went on to become the King of Rohan....

Why Steve McQueen Always Felt A Little Guilty About The Great Escape’s Motorcycle Jump MGM By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 17, 2022 5:02 pm EST In the annals of all-time great movie stunts, Steve McQueen jumping a six-foot barbed-wire barrier on a motorcycle in John Sturges’ “The Great Escape” ranks awfully high. The thrilling sequence comes near the end of the film, when McQueen’s dogged Captain Virgil Hilts, aka “The Cooler King,” is on the run from German soldiers....

1923 Trailer: Harrison Ford Joins The Yellowstone Family Paramount+ By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 14, 2022 10:13 am EST It’s a good time to be Taylor Sheridan right now. After the filmmaker’s breakout success on the big screen, penning the scripts for “Sicario” and “Hell or High Water” before making his directorial debut with “Wind River” (which, by the way, is now set to receive a sequel, as well), Sheridan promptly took his talents to television....

A Disagreement Over Johnny Depp Landed Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction At Miramax Paramount Pictures By Andrew Housman/Dec. 21, 2022 4:14 pm EST It seems that with every major successful film release in Hollywood, there’s a story about how a studio or producer turned down their chances at financing or distributing what would have otherwise made them legends in the industry. Such is the case with “Pulp Fiction,” which famously turned Miramax into a household name associated with critical acclaim and independent filmmaking in the 1990s....

Biutiful (2010) Roadside Attractions If you can vibe with unadulterated misery porn, then “Biutiful” might be just the thing for you. Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s first screenplay credit is two-and-a-half hours of non-stop bummers delivered with cheap, lazy cynicism. He’s aiming for profundity in a pitiable situation but finds nothing but grim pronunciations. The subject matter has a right to be dour: Javier Bardem’s Uxbal, a hustling businessman in Barcelona, learns he has terminal prostate cancer at the start of the film....

All The Predator Series Easter Eggs In Prey hulu By BJ Colangelo/Aug. 10, 2022 8:38 am EST The last few years haven’t been great for legacy sequels, but Dan Trachtenberg absolutely knocked it out of the park with “Prey,” the prequel film of the “Predator” franchise. Set in 1719, the film centers on a young Comanche woman named Naru (Amber Midthunder) whose desire to become a hunter is put to the ultimate test when her tribe becomes the target of the ultimate Predator as it hunts them all for sport....

Barbarian’s Alternative Trailer Is All About Justin Long Having A Very Bad, No Good Day 20th Century Studios By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 24, 2022 12:45 am EST “Barbarian” has been out for a couple of weeks now (read our review of it here), but as word-of-mouth about the movie continues to grow, the surprise horror hit of the fall is looking to lure new prospective viewers and rental home guests out to the theater....

Bardo Trailer: Oscar Winner Alejandro González Iñárritu Is Back With A New Film For Netflix Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Oct. 24, 2022 1:19 pm EST For the first time since 2015’s “The Revenant,” Alejandro González Iñárritu is back behind the camera. The Academy Award-winning filmmaker, who’s taken home directing trophies for both the Leonardo DiCaprio survival thriller and 2014’s trippy, Michael Keaton-led dark comedy “Birdman,” returns with the Netflix film “Bardo.” The movie’s full title is actually “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” and Iñárritu serves as not just director of the project, but also writer, producer, and editor....

‘How blessed and lucky were we to have the outlet for our emotions at the deep loss we were all feeling?’ Marvel Studios Really, even before we lost Chadwick, this movie was always going to be a movie where the characters went through transformations. A movie where the characters would lose things that defined them and have to figure out a way to pick up the pieces and move forward. So I think that was what we were aiming at, you know what I mean?...

Devil In The White City Series Loses Keanu Reeves In Today’s Heartbreaking TV News Lionsgate By Valerie Ettenhofer/Oct. 7, 2022 5:13 pm EST “The Devil in the White City” seems to have lost its architect in what might be the worst TV news we’ve heard in weeks. According to Variety, Keanu Reeves has exited the long-gestating adaptation of Erik Larson’s popular book, where he was set to play real-life Chicago World’s Fair designer Daniel H....