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Year Of The Vampire: The Addiction Bites Into Dependency And The Problem Of Evil October Films By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 6, 2022 4:50 pm EST (Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.) Though it sounds like the key to unlocking the whole movie, the title of “The Addiction” is not necessarily as straightforward as it seems....

The opening credits Warner Bros. The world of Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” is an alternate universe, very similar to — but crucially different from — our own. What can be quickly conveyed in a graphic novel could have taken a lot more work to explain on film, but Zack Snyder wisely uses the “Watchmen” opening credits to sketch out the inflection points where this movie’s timeline diverges from our world. In a series of pretty vignettes set to Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin,’” we witness a number of familiar, yet slightly off moments from history — the assassination of U....

5 Things We Learned From The Musical Anatomy Of A Superhero: Film And TV Composer Comic-Con Panel Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/July 22, 2022 8:48 am EST It might not seem like it to the uninitiated, but composers would maintain that they’re just as much storytellers as any writer, director, or actor on a television series or movie. The only difference is that their medium of choice is purely auditory and, unless their name happens to be Hans Zimmer, their tireless efforts may not seem as readily apparent....

A Christmas Card Did More For It’s A Wonderful Life Than Three Legendary Hollywood Writers RKO Radio Pictures By Sarah Musnicky/Nov. 28, 2022 10:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Had author Philip Van Doren Stern not self-published his short story, “The Greatest Gift,” and sent it out to his friends and family as his Christmas card, we may never have got “It’s a Wonderful Life....

The characters are the heart of Gravity Falls Disney+ When the series begins, we learn that the Pines twins are spending a summer in the sleepy town of Gravity Falls. Just as they must grow accustomed to the supernatural happenings, they must also adjust to the quirky locals. Across the show’s two seasons, we spend time with recurring presences like Mabel’s best friends Grenda and Candy, fully-fledged antagonists like Lil’ Gideon, and minor off-shoots who might not get a ton of development but whose presence is very much treasured (I’m looking at you, Waddles)....

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Trailer: Something Wicked This Way Comes On AMC+ AMC+ By Erin Brady/Oct. 6, 2022 8:52 pm EST Did you think that AMC would stop at adapting just “The Vampire Chronicles?” We’re here to tell you that is far from the case, as the supernatural trilogy “Lives of the Mayfair Witches” is about to come to the small screen. “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches” has been in development at AMC’s streaming platform, AMC+, for some time now, and we just got our clearest look at the adaptation yet....

Everything Everywhere Star Ke Huy Quan Joins Loki Season 2 [D23] A24 By Valerie Ettenhofer/Sept. 10, 2022 3:34 pm EST From one multiverse to another, Ke Huy Quan is set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The news comes via D23 Expo today, where Quan’s casting in “Loki” season 2 was revealed as he joined the rest of the show’s cast, including Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, and Owen Wilson, on stage at the event....

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Release Date, Cast, And More Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/Aug. 22, 2022 11:02 am EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” was a unique entry in the crime whodunit genre, following brilliant detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) as he solved a particularly convoluted mystery....

Plot isn’t everything Netflix While I understand some being turned off by the perceived self-indulgence of “Bardo,” I don’t understand those who resist the film because they can’t grasp what is going on. Abstraction, symbolism, and surrealism are not new concepts in filmmaking, and on the spectrum of hard-to-decipher stories, “Bardo” is fairly straightforward. It just tells the story of a documentary filmmaker and journalist (Daniel Giménez Cacho) struggling with personal and professional imposter syndrome through an ethereal and dreamlike lens....

The three-week fight In a recent interview on the podcast Happy Sad Confused, Cavill was asked about the arm cocking move, and he was forthcoming about why he did it. It seems that the fight scene took so long to film that the actor’s arms became fatigued. With sore biceps, Cavill needed to do something to warm himself back up, as it were. For however cool it looked, it was not part of McQuarrie’s direction....

How Christina Hendricks’ Accordion Skills Made It Into The Mad Men Script Lionsgate Television By Steven Ward/Aug. 20, 2022 6:00 pm EST One of the ways “Mad Men” makes its many dour moments more palatable is through music, from impromptu musical numbers to dinner party concerts. Who can forget Bert Cooper’s song-and-dance number, or Megan Draper’s French serenade of “Zou Bisou Bisou.” In another memorable musical moment from the show, Joan Holloway sings in French while also wielding an accordion with uncanny skill....

How Eraserhead Led David Lynch To The Elephant Man’s Script Paramount Pictures By Shae Sennett/Aug. 19, 2022 9:14 pm EST David Lynch’s sophomore film “The Elephant Man” has an origin story that’s almost as crazy as the film itself. A period piece set in the Victorian era, the epic drama is about a man with significant facial deformity working as a sideshow attraction. He is brutally mistreated by the world around him until a kind surgeon takes him under his wing and their friendship blossoms....

How House Of The Dragon Darkly Inverts A Classic Game Of Thrones Scene HBO By Debopriyaa Dutta/Sept. 26, 2022 2:00 pm EST This post contains spoilers for episode six of “House of the Dragon.” The latest episode of “House of the Dragon” takes place after a 10-year time jump, meaning that several characters have aged up and are currently embroiled in tense familial dynamics and Westerosi politicking. The episode opens with Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) experiencing an intensely painful childbirth and giving birth to a third child, whom Alicent (Olivia Cooke) wants to see immediately after he’s born....

How Scream Gave Wes Craven’s New Nightmare A Second Shot At Success New Line Cinema By Bill Bria/Aug. 3, 2022 7:07 pm EST In the annals of horror movie lore, 1996’s “Scream” is lauded as a watershed moment in the same league as 1978’s “Halloween” or 1968’s “Rosemary’s Baby.” Written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven, the movie acts as a sort of meeting of the minds between Williamson’s fan of the genre and Craven’s veteran of horror, the two artists exploring the tropes and conventions of the genre (and specifically the slasher subgenre) from both sides of the screen....

John Lithgow Originally Passed On Playing The Trinity Killer In Dexter, Even After Learning All The Secrets Showtime By Anya Stanley/July 28, 2022 2:07 pm EST John Lithgow is an actor you risk it all for. Since 1972, the “Blow Out” star has worked with an array of prestigious filmmakers, including Brian De Palma, Bob Fosse, Alan J. Pakula, Christopher Nolan, and most recently, Martin Scorsese. He’s got Golden Globes, Primetime Emmys, Tonys, SAG Awards, and a tidy handful of Oscar and Grammy nominations....

One Of 12 Angry Men’s First Shots Was More Complex Than You Think United Artists By Witney Seibold/July 31, 2022 5:30 pm EST Sidney Lumet’s seminal 1957 classic “12 Angry Men” — required viewing for any American citizen who finds themselves called to sit on a jury — remains as salient and immediate today as it did 65 years ago. Bare-bones and visually simple, “12 Angry Men” takes place almost entirely in a jurors’ deliberation room as the titular men argue as to reasonable doubt in their murder case....

Never meet your heroes Universal Pictures Though Grant stopped appearing in films after 1966, he’d continue to tour the country in auditorium performances he’d call “An Evening With Cary Grant.” The performances were just that: casual, sit-down affairs where the actor would converse with fans and answer their burning questions. And naturally, Grant was often asked whether or not he would ever reconsider his retirement. His answers ranged in ambiguity, but on one evening recorded by GQ, Grant explained why exactly he decided to retire when he did:...

Run Sweetheart Run Star Pilou Asbæk Explains Why He Wanted To Play Another Villain [Exclusive Interview] Prime Video By Erin Brady/Oct. 28, 2022 6:00 pm EST Pilou Asbæk has quickly become one of those actors that many might not immediately know by name, but certainly remember for his villainous characters. From Euron Grayjoy in “Game of Thrones” to Wafner in “Overlord,” he’s gotten quite good at portraying characters you are either terrified of or want to punch in the face....

Shadow And Bone Season 2 Teaser: Time To Go Back Into The Fold Netflix By Shania Russell/Sept. 24, 2022 1:27 pm EST The wait for season 2 of “Shadow and Bone” has been long and excruciating, but prepare to thank the saints, because our patience has finally been awarded! Okay, fine, the series hasn’t actually been gone for an insane period of time — the first season premiered back in 2021 and got the official green light to continue just a few months later....

Ad-libbing in the freezing cold was brutal Paramount Pictures “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” was shot in New York in the winter of ‘87. According to the John Hughes biography “John Hughes: A Life in Film,” the freezing temperatures sucked all the fun out of Steve Marine and John Candy’s improv groove. During filming some outside scenes, Hughes employed a one-shot shooting technique, which positions just one actor in the frame of the camera....