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Kevin Feige Has High Standards For The New Fantastic Four Film Marvel Comics By Ernesto Valenzuela/July 28, 2022 1:18 pm EST Kevin Feige has finally revealed that the overarching narrative of the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been dubbed “The Multiverse Saga,” with plans for the next three to four years of films. Feige brought a slew of title announcements to San Diego Comic Con 2022, including the revelation that “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” would mark the end of Phase 4....

‘…Now they are all outside’ Criterion Channel Another way in which “Cure” differs from its brethren is its reluctance to use close-ups. “It is my opinion that directors these days use way too many close-ups of human faces,” Kurosawa says. This sounds bizarre, initially. The murderer confessing guilt, the noir hero crumbling under the strain and the witness shaking with fear are all classic scenes in detective stories that are heightened via the use of close-ups....

Lizzy Caplan Explains How The Fatal Attraction Series Will Improve Upon The Movie Paramount By Jeremy Smith/Dec. 6, 2022 3:05 pm EST Adrian Lyne’s “Fatal Attraction” wasn’t just a surprise blockbuster when it hit theaters in the fall of 1987, it was a cultural phenomenon that answered a titillating “what if” with a terrifying worst-case scenario. Happily married Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) is, in some ways, a victim of timing. He happens to set off sparks over a Manhattan business lunch with book editor Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) as his wife, Beth, (Anne Archer), and young daughter, Ellen (Ellen Hamilton Latzen), head out of town for the weekend....

Locke & Key Season 3 Review: A Disappointing Mess Netflix By Rafael Motamayor/Aug. 8, 2022 3:00 am EST The third and final season of “Locke & Key” encapsulates all the successes and failures of this adaptation endeavor. There are many good ideas in dialogue with the acclaimed comic series by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez in interesting ways and some heartfelt character moments. Sadly, these are bogged down by poor execution and a mismatched tone and pacing that makes the characters look nonsensically dumb....

Preparing For His Find Me Guilty Role Took Its Toll On Vin Diesel One Race Films/Yari Film Group By J. Gabriel Ware/July 25, 2022 11:49 am EST The late director Sidney Lumet’s critically acclaimed catalog spans five decades and includes classics such as “12 Angry Men,” “The Wiz,” and “The Verdict.” After a seven-year hiatus at the turn of the new millennium, Lumet returned to the director’s chair for 2006’s “Find Me Guilty,” another courtroom drama, but this time mixed with a little bit a comedy as Vin Diesel stars as the wisecracking Giacomo “Jackie” DiNorscio, a real-life Italian-American mobster and member of the New Jersey’s Lucchese crime family who infamously represents himself in a late-’80s federal racketeering trial that features 20 defendants....

Rick And Morty’s Justin Roiland And Spencer Grammer Talk Multiverse Mayhem, Mythology, And Meta Mockery [Interview] Adult Swim By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 22, 2022 9:00 am EST “Rick and Morty” is coming on up its 10th anniversary, even though the show is only premiering its sixth season in September. Thankfully, the hang-ups that delayed its production were done away with when Adult Swim renewed the series for a whopping 70 episodes back in 2018....

Destiny in Las Vegas Chris Norr Director Scott Derrickson had been a fan of C. Robert Cargill’s work as a movie critic, and they became friends. One fateful night, they both happened to be in Las Vegas and met up for drinks. It was there that Derrickson revealed he had potential financing for a low-budget horror movie and was looking for ideas. Cargill, meanwhile, had an idea that had been rattling around his head for years....

The Classic 1920s Silent Film That Inspired The Joker Universal Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 15, 2022 5:30 pm EST Riddle me this: what do the Joker and “Casablanca” have in common? If you answered, “Conrad Veidt,” then you’ve survived the first deathtrap, much like the Dynamic Duo coming out of a cliffhanger ending into the next episode of the 1966 “Batman” TV series. 80 years ago, Veidt received fifth billing in “Casablanca” after Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, and Claude Rains....

The Friday The 13th Sequel That Kicked Off A Trend In Horror Movies Paramount By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 12, 2022 8:22 pm EST 1982 was a watershed year in terms of theatrical exhibition. The hit-cluttered summer release schedule — which included all-timers like “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” “Poltergeist” and “An Officer and a Gentleman” — firmly established the season as a commercial goldmine. Tucked in between the blockbusters and bombs was the modest sensation of “Friday the 13th Part 3....

The Machine Teaser: Bert Kreischer Brings His Russian Mafia Story To The Big Screen Legendary Films By Shania Russell/Nov. 5, 2022 11:51 am EST Sometimes, comedians tell stories that are much too funny to be true. Surely no one’s life actually contains mind-boggling hijinks, quotable one-liners, and situations that so carefully toe the line between hilarious and life-threatening? And yet, Bert Kreischer walks among us, living a life that sounds more akin to an R-rated comedy than reality....

Thor: Love and Thunder sets a franchise record Marvel Studios According to Box Office Mojo, “Thor: Love and Thunder” debuted to $143 million domestically over the weekend, which was, admittedly, on the slightly lower end of projections. It seems that those big Thursday night preview grosses were a bit front-loaded. Still, this means that director Taika Waititi’s latest bested the opening weekend of “Thor: Ragnarok” ($122 million), and the strong early showing has pushed the solo “Thor” franchise well past the $2 billion mark worldwide....

Wakanda Forever And Glass Onion Ate Well At The Thanksgiving Box Office Netflix By Ryan Scott/Nov. 28, 2022 11:42 am EST The Thanksgiving timeframe at the 2022 box office is officially behind us and, to say the very least of it, we have much to discuss. Not surprising is the fact that “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” topped the charts for the third week in a row, ensuring that Disney’s big sequel will be a big hit (even if it won’t reach the big $1 billion)....

Why New Star Wars Villain Syril Karn Is ‘Obsessed’ With Cassian Andor Lucasfilm By Erin Brady/Aug. 15, 2022 1:22 pm EST “Andor” is shaping up to be one of the more intriguing “Star Wars” stories in a few years. Slated to last two seasons on Disney+, the show will cover five years in the life of the titular character (Diego Luna) as he grows from a cunning thief to an essential part of the Rebel Alliance, eventually sacrificing himself during the events of “Rogue One....

This world is real to us Lucasfilm /Film attended a press conference for “Andor” where showrunner Tony Gilroy discussed how the show exists because of the passionate “Star Wars” community, so they wanted to show them something new. “We want to bring something to [the fans] that is in a completely different lane than what they had before, but we’re doing it in a completely uncynical fashion,” Gilroy said. “There’s nothing cynical about our show....

Can Targaryens See The Future In House Of The Dragon? Dragon Dreams Explained HBO By Shania Russell/Aug. 22, 2022 8:00 am EST In “Game of Thrones,” Daenerys Targaryen was a marvel: as the Mother of Dragons and the last-known descendant of Westeros’ conquerors, it’s no wonder she commanded armies and ruled over cities. She was one-of-a-kind, with her distinctive silver hair and inability to be burned by fire. But on “House of the Dragon,” Kings Landing is basically overrun with Targaryens....

Did You Know Scarlett Johansson Began Her Acting Career On Late Night With Conan O’Brien? Focus Features By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 26, 2022 4:56 pm EST Everyone’s got to start somewhere, and if you were a child actor living in New York City during the 1980s and ’90s, there was a decent chance you might get called up to appear on a sketch on NBC’s “Late Night” when it was hosted by David Letterman and, later, Conan O’Brien....

Hajime No Ippo Is The Perfect Underdog Anime Story Crunchyroll By Rafael Motamayor/Aug. 26, 2022 5:00 pm EST There is nothing like a good underground story, especially an underground boxing story. There is no thrill quite like watching a boxer becoming stronger, facing adversity, and eventually being the last one standing in the ring. There are many great sports anime about virtually every sport out there, from association football and volleyball to ping pong and more....

Robbie Coltrane’s Most Underrated Performance Came In Rian Johnson’s Most Underrated Movie Summit Entertainment By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 14, 2022 6:00 pm EST When most people think of Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, they probably think of Hagrid from the “Harry Potter” film series, or as the semi-villainous Valentin Zukovsky facing off against James Bond in “GoldenEye,” but I immediately think of the Curator from Rian Johnson’s 2008 film “The Brothers Bloom.” Johnson has a pretty incredible filmography that includes the controversial “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and the universally beloved “Knives Out,” but “The Brothers Bloom” has always been my favorite of his movies....

She-Hulk Almost Had A More Traditional Finale Marvel Studios By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Oct. 14, 2022 2:56 pm EST This article contains major spoilers for “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.” The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s newest Disney+ series “She-Hulk: Attorney At Law” aired its finale this week, and its fourth wall-shattering ending has cemented the show as one of the MCU’s boldest departures from the status quo so far. Just when it seemed the show was about to devolve into a third act smackdown of laser beams and explosions, Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Manslany) takes control of her own narrative, literally....

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 Interrogates The Very Purpose Of Starfleet Paramount By Witney Seibold/Sept. 22, 2022 7:00 am EST In “Reflections,” the fifth episode of the third season of “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” Ensigns Boimler (Jack Quaid) and Mariner (Tawney Newsome) have been assigned to work the Starfleet booth at what is essentially the “Star Trek” version of a college jobs fair. As anyone who has ever attended a jobs fair (or anyone who has ever had the bad luck of working in one of those 10-foot-by-10-foot sunshade tents) knows, the experience can be miserable....