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Tales Of The Walking Dead Trailer: The Dead Keep On Walking AMC By BJ Colangelo/July 22, 2022 3:39 pm EST As sad as it may be for diehard fans to say goodbye to “The Walking Dead” after 11 seasons and 12 years on the air, this doesn’t mean the end of stories set in the world of walkers. As part of AMC’s continued efforts to expand the world of “The Walking Dead,” the anthology series “Tales of The Walking Dead” is heading our way for even more flesh-eating goodness, and addictive stories about how humanity turns into chaos during the apocalypse....

They Died with Their Boots On (1941) Warner Bros. Pictures General Custer is one of the most well-known figures of the Civil War, a dashing war hero with distinctive long blonde hair. In pitch-perfect casting, Errol Flynn plays Custer in “They Died with Their Boots On,” the eighth film that he made with Olivia de Havilland (“The Charge of the Light Brigade,” “The Adventures of Robin Hood”). As a highly fictionalized account of Custer’s military career, it gets some things right, such as the fact that he was bottom of his class at West Point Military Academy....

The Breach Review: A Strong Finish Opens The Gates To Hell [Fantasia] Fantasia Film Festival By Matt Donato/Aug. 1, 2022 11:00 am EST Rodrigo Gudiño welcomes viewers into “The Breach,” a mix between Lovecraft and Cronenbergian squishiness (think “The Fly”) produced and co-scored by Guns’ N Roses shred master, the horror-lovin’ Slash. Ian Weir’s screenplay adapts Nick Cutter’s novel of the same name, and Gudiño — Rue Morgue’s founder turned filmmaker — returns to feature-length thrills after 2012’s festival darling “The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh....

The Daniels Couldn’t Have Picked A Better Time To Pitch Paul Dano On Swiss Army Man A24 By Steven Ward/Nov. 5, 2022 11:30 pm EST Before the massive breakthrough success of their second feature film “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” it’s safe to say that directorial duo the Daniels (a.k.a. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) were considered extremely niche filmmakers. Eight years before they wowed the world with their multiversal dramedy they released their first film “Swiss Army Man” to a far more lukewarm reception....

Not all horses get along New Line Cinema When discussing his time on set during “The Lord of the Rings” films with The Independent, Dominic Monaghan said of Merry and Pippin’s trusty steeds: “My horse absolutely hated Billy Boyd’s horse. I have no idea why they put them together. We were always together and all the horses would do was bite each other.” As someone who had a horse for more than half my life, I can attest that they can be extremely picky about their companions....

V/H/S/99 Review: One Of The Least Interesting Entries In This Wobbly Franchise [TIFF] Shudder By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 16, 2022 2:04 pm EST I love horror anthology movies … at least in theory. I really love the idea of an anthology — a series of short films tied together in one neat package. But the truth is, there are more bad horror anthologies than good. Even the best of the best almost always have at least one segment worth skipping....

Violent Night’s John Leguizamo On How It Felt To Face Off Against Santa Claus [Exclusive Interview] Universal By Bill Bria/Nov. 30, 2022 9:00 am EST Actor John Leguizamo needs no introduction — partially because of his international fame as a comedian and personality, but mainly due to his staggeringly large body of film and television work. Appearing steadily on screen since the mid-1980s, Leguizamo’s film roles are as varied as his résumé is lengthy, with the actor turning up in everything from action (“Revenge,” “Die Hard 2,” the “John Wick” films) to big budget curios (“Super Mario Bros....

12 Best Performances In Martin Scorsese Movies United Artists By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 4, 2022 3:00 pm EST Martin Scorsese is a filmmaker’s filmmaker. Watch him rattle off keen insights on “A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies” and “My Voyage to Italy,” and you will emerge with a list of vital viewing and a valuable primer to understanding visual storytelling. As John Cassavetes, the godfather of independent cinema, once observed, “Making films is an obsession, and very few people can put everything they have into it....

‘He has such a great smell for bulls***’ Universal Pictures Upon completing his acclaimed 2001 road trip drama “Y tu mamá también,” Cuarón began writing his iteration of the “Children of Men” script with Timothy J. Sexton (“The Liberator”). In a January 2017 interview with Vulture to mark the film recently turning 10 years old, Cuarón noted that his trusted director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki (whom he referred to by his nickname, “Chivo”) was also very involved in crafting the script from an early stage....

An Unsuspecting Poodle Was On The Wrong End Of Sam Worthington’s Avatar Training 20th Century Studios By Matthew Bilodeau/Dec. 15, 2022 5:50 pm EST When Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) arrives on Pandora, he has to go through a rigorous training process involving dragon birds, clean hunts, and floating rocks in order to gain the trust of the Na’vi. James Cameron’s regimen to star in “Avatar” isn’t nearly as fantastical, but it’s probably just as difficult nonetheless....

Ava Gardner Didn’t Think She Was Right For The Role That Defined Her Career Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer By Christian Gainey/July 29, 2022 1:49 pm EST Ava Gardner made a name for herself portraying sensual beauties in films like “The Killers” and “The Barefoot Contessa.” With dark hair, bright green eyes, and a sultry voice, Gardner was the perfect embodiment of a Hollywood femme fatale, and this typecasting followed her off-screen. Gardner entered showbiz as a shy eighteen-year-old but began to discover a freer version of herself in her 20s, and she had to do it in the spotlight of Hollywood....

Benioff And Weiss’s Adaptation Of The Three-Body Problem Will Bring ‘Lots Of Humanity’ To The Story [Exclusive] YooZoo Pictures By Michael Boyle/Nov. 9, 2022 1:00 pm EST Most big science fiction fans are at least somewhat familiar with the ground-breaking novel “The Three-Body Problem,” written by Cixin Liu. Originally published serially in 2006, “The Three-Body Problem” was published as a standalone book in 2008 and translated for an English-speaking edition in 2014....

Butcher’s Crossing: A Bleak, Brutal, Abstract Western [TIFF] Saban Films By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 10, 2022 9:20 am EST “We don’t belong out here,” says Fred (Jeremy Bobb), a professional buffalo skinner. He’s right. The “out here” is the vast, sprawling, harsh foothills of the Rocky Mountains, where a group of men have come to make a killing, both literally and monetarily, hunting buffalo. It’s 1874, and the overwhelming theme of men being where they don’t belong prevails through “Butcher’s Crossing,” Gabe Polsky’s ultra-bleak abstract Western based on the novel by John Edward Williams (which I hear is also ultra-bleak, although I confess I have not read it)....

Chris Rock Stand-Up Special Will Stream Live On Netflix Netflix By Jeremy Smith/Nov. 10, 2022 8:03 pm EST It’s been six years since Netflix shelled out $40 million to Chris Rock for the rights to stream two stand-up specials, but we’ve only seen one, 2018’s scathingly self-reflective “Tamborine,” thus far. Just when you were worried he might be receding from view (particularly in the aftermath of getting slapped across the face by Will Smith at the 2022 Academy Awards), Netflix has announced that the trailblazing comic is roaring back to become the first artist to perform live on the streaming platform....

David Harbour Thinks Hopper Deserves Peace In Stranger Things … But Isn’t So Sure He’ll Get It Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/Nov. 7, 2022 11:10 am EST Jim Hopper (David Harbour) has gone through the wringer over the course of 4 seasons of “Stranger Things.” The man lost his daughter, carried out the ultimate sacrifice, and went through literal hell while being locked up in a Russian prison for months. Season 4 of the show ended on a note of hope for Hopper after he gets rescued by Joyce (Winona Ryder) and reunites with El (Millie Bobby Brown)....

Harrison Ford Was Acting On The Fly In One Of The Fugitive’s Best Scenes Warner Bros. By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 6, 2022 9:32 am EST In “The Fugitive,” when Harrison Ford’s protagonist, Dr. Richard Kimble, fishes a green hat out of the trash and joins a St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Chicago, it would be easy to think you are witnessing a well-choreographed bit of movie magic. However, director Andrew Davis, a Chicago native, obtained permission from the city to film in a real parade, putting Ford, his costar Tommy Lee Jones, and camera operator Robert Ulland in the middle of the festivities with a Steadicam to capture their chaotic scramble....

House Of The Dragon’s Violence Deserves A More Nuanced Conversation Than We’re Giving It HBO By BJ Colangelo/Aug. 26, 2022 9:00 am EST Any concerns that the general public had lost interest in the stories of Westeros following the lackluster “Game of Thrones” finale have been rightfully put to rest, with last week’s debut of the prequel series “House of the Dragon” earning the biggest premiere in HBO history. The world built by acclaimed author George R....

Girls from the trailer park Warner Bros. Part of what makes Maggie and Frankie, as well as Scrap (Morgan Freeman, using his famous voice to narrate the film), such compelling characters is their humility and realism. All three of them look and move as if they’re beaten-down, holding onto one small kernel of optimism in Maggie’s career potential. Essentially, they look and feel like real people, in a way that’s become increasingly uncommon (and consequently refreshing) for Hollywood....

How to watch Minions: The Rise of Gru at home Universal Pictures “Minions: The Rise of Gru” is now available for rent via any of the major digital retailers, including Prime Video, Apple TV, Xfinity, Vudu, YouTube, and Microsoft. It’s certainly an animated outing that works on the silver screen, but the retro vibes, banana-obsessions, and villainous plotting should work just as well at home as they in theaters. If anything, watching it at home confers a few advantages — you have a little more time to translate Minionese into your language of choice, and you can avoid besuited Gen Z crowds....

Living her best donkey life Searchlight Pictures Working with children and animals is genuinely considered difficult, but it’s even harder when they’re as stubborn as a, well, donkey. Little Jenny could apparently be convinced to hit her marks with carrots, but if she decided she didn’t want to look at the camera, no one could make her. Jenny’s handler, Rita Maloney, told Empire that Martin McDonagh didn’t want to put Jenny through the rigmarole of promoting the film and acting in other films, so he ensured that she could have a nice retirement in another county in Ireland, where she can run with a bunch of other donkeys in a field....