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Jaeden Martell On The Larger Life Lessons Of Mr. Harrigan’s Phone [Exclusive Interview] Netflix By Jeff Ewing/Oct. 5, 2022 1:17 pm EST In “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone,” an adaptation of the novella of the same name from Stephen King’s collection “If It Bleeds,” we follow a boy named Craig (Jaeden Martell) who is a bit of an introvert. He’s a quiet but good kid who struggles with trying to improve his social status and avoiding the attention of the local bully....

‘My god, that’s dark’ 20th Television In the Science Channel ten-year reunion special “Firefly: Browncoats Unite,” Minear shared Whedon’s initial pitch to him: “[Inara] had this sort of magic syringe. She would take this drug, and if she were, for instance, raped, the rapist would die a horrible death. The story was that she gets kidnapped by Reavers, and when Mal finally got to the ship to save her from the Reavers, he gets on the Reaver ship and all the Reavers are dead....

Manifest Season 4 Trailer: We Are Now Beginning Our Final Descent NBC By Valerie Ettenhofer/Sept. 24, 2022 2:08 pm EST The intriguing, complicated mysteries of “Manifest” are about to be solved once and for all. The supernatural series, which was canceled last year by NBC, will officially return this fall for a final season on Netflix after the streamer decided to give it one last chance to fly. Given that the once-heroic platform rarely rescues high-profile shows these days, and more often cancels trippy ones like this (see: “The OA”), it’ll be especially interesting to see how this last season plays out....

Marvel Comics Creators Who Deserve Credit From The MCU Disney By Witney Seibold/July 20, 2022 5:39 pm EST In a recent article in The Hollywood Reporter, writer Devin Grayson and artist J.G. Jones described the insidious battle they had to fight with the lawyers and contract writers at Marvel in order to be paid for the film rights to a character they had created. The character, Yelena Belova (played by Florence Pugh) first appeared in “Inhumans” #5 in March of 1999, when she had adopted the mantle of Black Widow from Natasha Romanoff (played in the movies by Scarlett Johansson)....

Matthew Modine And Vincent D’Onofrio Couldn’t Stand Each Other On The Set Of Full Metal Jacket Warner Bros. Home Entertainment By Shae Sennett/Oct. 14, 2022 12:30 pm EST On the set of “Full Metal Jacket,” life (unfortunately) imitated art. In Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 war film, Private J.T. “Joker” Davis (Matthew Modine) and Private Leonard “Gomer Pyle” Lawrence (Vincent D’Onofrio) are thrown together by their drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (Lee Ermey), who singles out Pyle as a target for bullying and berating....

Oscar-Winning Pixar Animator Ralph Eggleston Has Died At 56 Amanda Edwards/Getty Images By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 30, 2022 11:02 am EST One of the earliest and most influential contributors to the overall visual design of Pixar animated movies has sadly passed away. Ralph Eggleston, an Oscar-winning animator, art director, and production designer died on August 28, 2022, after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to The Pixar Post (via The Hollywood Reporter)....

Guadagnino wants to see the Joe Dante version, too Universal Pictures According to One Room With A View’s Best Films Never Made series, before Stephen Sommers’ take on the film hit big, horror legend George A. Romero was poised to remake “The Mummy” himself with a script from Alan Ormsby and John Sayles. The story apparently included a reincarnation plot much like the Universal classic, but was at once more romantic and more horror-tinged....

Rick And Morty Season 6 Review: The Hysterical Sci-Fi Havoc Continues In Serial And Procedural Fashion Adult Swim By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 29, 2022 9:00 am EST The fifth season finale of “Rick and Morty” concluded with a game-changing scenario. The episode entitled “Rickmurai Jack” saw the return of Evil Morty and the Citadel of Ricks, both of which were introduced all the way back in the first season in “Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind....

See The Batman With A Live Orchestra When The DC In Concert Tour Begins In Spring 2023 Warner Bros. By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 8, 2022 8:20 am EST The DC Universe now has an official name, as opposed to just one the internet settled on for it, while the newly christened DC Studios has James Gunn and Peter Safran now overseeing it as co-chairmen and co-CEOs. The hierarchy of power really has changed, just as Dwayne Johnson promised it would, and in short, it’s a new day and a new dawn for DC, which is surely cause for musical celebration....

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 Trailer: Mariner Is Taking It To The Limit Paramount By Witney Seibold/July 23, 2022 4:39 pm EST “Star Trek: Lower Decks” is proving to be — most definitely by design — the black sheep of the Trek franchise. Animated, irreverent, and endlessly self-effacing, “Lower Decks” lets its showrunners poke fun at some of the more ridiculous conceits of “Star Trek,” while still endlessly paying homage to them; not an episode will pass without a massive basket of Easter eggs for fans....

The filmmaker directed Marcus Mumford’s ‘Cannibal’ Mumford shared the credits on social media as well, calling Capshaw the Producer, Art Director, and Dolly Grip (the dolly in question, hilariously, seems to be Spielberg’s chair) while Krieger produced and handled behind-the-scenes videography, and Mulligan did sound and costumes. The song itself is called “Cannibal,” and both it and the resulting one-shot video are quite excellent. The lyrics of the song seem to describe a person breaking the silence about a painful childhood trauma....

Superhero Bits: Ant-Man, Batman V Superman, Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Lego Batman 3 Is it actually possible Gwen Stacy could come back for The Amazing Spider-Man franchise? Did Scott Lang’s profession change in the Ant-Man movie? Where is Batman v Superman filming with the full roster of the cast? How does Joss Whedon feel about some of the recent Avengers: Age of Ultron spoilers? Want to read a few pages from a Black Widow script?...

Inspiration strikes United Artists Stallone has never been afraid to cite the places where his ideas originated. His initial idea for the “Rocky” series itself came after he watched Muhammad Ali fight Chuck Wepner in 1975. “Chuck Wepner was basically a guy who everybody considered a joke. He was known as the Bayonne Bleeder, and it was clear that his only notable contribution to the history of pugilism would be just how badly Ali would destroy him,” said Stallone in a GQ interview from 2018....

The 12 Best Brendan Fraser Movies, Ranked Lions Gate Films By Layla Halfhill/Nov. 30, 2022 4:58 pm EST The world may seem like it’s gone to hell in a handbasket these days, but one thing that’s recently united society is the triumphant career revival of beloved actor Brendan Fraser, whose comeback is affectionately being hailed as “the Brenaissance.” Through the ’90s and early aughts, Fraser blessed movie audiences worldwide with his magnetic onscreen presence, bringing his signature earnestness to a plethora of roles both comedic and dramatic, and cementing himself as a bonafide movie star who earned lots of money for the studios....

The Big Lebowski Ending Explained: The Dude Abides Gramercy Pictures By Witney Seibold/July 19, 2022 3:48 pm EST Since its release in 1998, the cult appeal of the Coen Brothers’ “The Big Lebowski” has become self-evident among its many aficionados. Often perceived as a slacker parable, “The Big Lebowski” follows the merry misadventures of Jeffrey Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) as he is enlisted by a millionaire who shares his name (David Huddleston) to hand off the ransom payment in a kidnapping exchange....

What is The Bikeriders about? Columbia Pictures Reporting on the film, Deadline describes “The Bikeriders” as being a “fictional story” Jeff Nichols came up with after being inspired by Danny Lyon’s book of the same name. The outlet goes on to summarize the movie as follows: The film is an original story set in the 1960s following the rise of a fictional Midwestern motorcycle club. Seen through the lives of its members, the club evolves over the course of a decade from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening the original group’s unique way of life....

The Bodies Bodies Bodies Cast Bonded Over Some Mutual Pain A24 By Erin Brady/Aug. 5, 2022 2:32 pm EST It’s pretty obvious that “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” which recently began a limited release run, was a labor-intensive film. After all, our main cast of characters does find themselves fighting for their lives in pretty comical ways, not to mention the titular game they play can get pretty aggressive. This aggressiveness is something that the cast of the film seemed to relish in, at least according to stars Lee Pace and Rachel Sennott....

Why it’s essential viewing MGM Director Sam Mendes is a man largely associated with prestigious cinema (especially up to 2012), having helmed movies such as “American Beauty” and “Road to Perdition,” the latter of which also starred Daniel Craig. He didn’t, at first glance, seem like an obvious choice to direct such a set-piece-heavy, pound-for-pound blast of a spy thriller, but he sure as f*** did. Mendes was aided in no small part by an A-list crew top to bottom, perhaps none more important than cinematographer Roger Deakins, who makes “Skyfall” quite possibly the best-looking “Bond” film ever....

Kingo’s Kristmas Disney+/Marvel Studios Yes, as you see in the above screenshot, Drax and Mantis pass by a light-up sign for “Kingo’s Kristmas,” a special featuring the eponymous Eternal played by Kumail Nanjiani in Chloé Zhao’s 2021 MCU film “Eternals.” Presumably, this sign is advertising a very different type of Christmas special (frontlined by Kingo himself) that actually exists within the MCU, unlike “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.” One imagines it to be a bit like Sofia Coppola’s “A Very Murray Christmas:” The 2015 musical comedy special starring Bill Murray that was itself an homage to older Christmas-themed variety shows stuffed to the gills with celebrity guests....

The Junior Targaryen Family Fight Club Is House Of The Dragon’s Most Epic Battle Yet HBO Max By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 3, 2022 6:38 pm EST The historically fantastical world created by George R.R. Martin has always been riddled with violence, with some of the most memorable episodes of “Game of Thrones” centering around legendary battles and wedding night massacres. Thus far, the spin-off series “House of the Dragon” has been a masterclass in emotional manipulation and the devastating understanding that the birthing bed is as much of a battlefield as the fields of war....