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Wendell And Wild Director Henry Selick Knows Stop-Motion Animation Will Never Die [Set Visit] Netflix By Jacob Hall/Aug. 30, 2022 9:00 am EST It’s a typically rainy Portland, Oregon day in April 2022 when we arrive at the nondescript studio. Tucked away in an industrial park on the edge of the city, it looks like a bland warehouse space. It certainly does not look like a building where a crew of artists and animators, led by one of the true geniuses of the medium, have spent the past few years toiling away on a stop-motion movie about demons voiced by two of the funniest people on the planet, and the young girl they rope into their scheme to make it rich in the world of the living....

Willow Creator Jon Kasdan Reveals Some Unlikely Horror Influences On The Series Lucasfilm By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 10, 2022 2:34 pm EST Have you caught the new “Willow” series yet? It’s a whole lot of fun. The Disney+ sequel to the 1988 movie feels like a throwback, not just to the fantasy-comedy that inspired it, but also to the great, dynamic young adult “chosen one” stories of decades past, like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “The Princess Bride....

10 Underrated Shark Movies That You Should Check Out Warner Bros. Pictures By Justin McDevitt/Oct. 18, 2022 11:41 am EST As filmgoers, we are swimming in a never-ending riptide of reboots, requels, and remakes. Jamie Lee Curtis will have battled Michael Meyers seven times after “Halloween Ends,” yet “Jaws” has the distinction of not only being the first modern blockbuster film but also one of the only franchises that have never been remade....

A League Of Their Own Signaled A Shift In The Roles That Tom Hanks Would Take Columbia Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Sept. 6, 2022 6:30 am EST In 1982, Tom Hanks landed his first leading role in a film with “Mazes and Monsters.” Hanks stars in the made-for-TV movie as a college student who suffers a psychotic break from playing the titular role-playing game, a thinly-veiled fictional stand-in for real-life fantasy roleplaying games like “Dungeons & Dragons....

After The Way Of Water, Good Luck Arguing Avatar Has No Cultural Footprint 20th Century Studios By Michael Boyle/Dec. 19, 2022 8:24 am EST This post contains mild spoilers for “Avatar: The Way of Water.” In the thirteen years it took for a sequel to “Avatar” to reach theaters, there’s been a lot of discussion about how little cultural footprint “Avatar” has had despite its massive box office success. The common talking point is that the movie looked nice, but there wasn’t anything of substance going on otherwise....

Barry Sonnenfeld Turned Down Forrest Gump To Direct The Addams Family Sequel Paramount Pictures By Witney Seibold/Dec. 6, 2022 7:00 am EST Upon reflection, there couldn’t be two ’90s Hollywood studio films that are more opposite than Barry Sonnenfeld’s “Addams Family Values” and Robert Zemeckis’ “Forrest Gump.” Both released in the mid-1990s (although the novel “Forrest Gump” was released a decade before making it to the big screen), the two films might represent the ends of an anarchist spectrum....

Better Call Saul Season 5 Had A Cool (But Confusing) Breaking Bad Easter Egg By Valerie Ettenhofer/Aug. 30, 2022 5:25 pm EST From the very first episode of “Better Call Saul,” viewers were primed to notice points of connection between the prequel and its parent series. If Bob Odenkirk’s Jimmy McGill so much as winked a certain way, “Breaking Bad” fans were eager to analyze it. Is this the moment? Is he becoming Saul Goodman in front of our eyes?...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s Dora Milaje Combat Training Became An Obsession For Danai Gurira [Exclusive] Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 21, 2022 7:19 am EST “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” sees Danai Gurira once again becoming the “bald-headed demon” and Dora Milaje leader, Okoye. You’ve seen Gurira slicing and dicing zombies; now, she’s fighting blue merfolk. They’re not really mermaids and mermen, though we can certainly hope to someday see an Okoye vs....

Cast Camaraderie Made The Menu’s Set A ‘Beautiful’ Place For Anya Taylor-Joy Searchlight Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/Nov. 28, 2022 7:00 am EST “The Menu” is proving to be a hit for Searchlight, as its opening weekend box office numbers are the highest since the opening weekend of “Slumdog Millionaire.” It likely won’t go on to make as much as the 2008 Best Picture winner, but the lesson within shows an interest in bizarre genre movies like this....

A Box Set to Die For Arrow Video “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” follows Lucas after he’s released from prison and finds a place to stay with fellow criminal Toole in a run-down Chicago apartment. When Toole’s sister Becky moves in with them, the pair’s murderous tempers begin to flare, and no one is safe. At night they hunt on the city streets, killing seemingly without forethought or remorse. The movie is a cult classic, beloved by true crime fans and horror aficionados alike....

The Roast of Daki Crunchyroll, Inc. While Daki still isn’t dead, she’s having such a terrible time getting her comeuppance that she’d probably be better off dying. After getting brutally curb stomped by a very frightening Nezuko — who is clearly taking joy in the carnage — Daki is then set ablaze by Nezuko’s blood, which is apparently flammable and only harmful to other demons. Before Daki can recover, Tengen arrives to further embarrass the demonic diva by chopping her head off....

‘Their strength echoes through you’ Marvel Studios The footage shown at D23 began with Echo on her motorcycle, while an old man provides a context over her trek. He begins by explaining, “our ancestors were powerful,” and the scene cuts to a flashback of an Indigenous tribe. “Their strength echoes through you,” he tells Maya, which might be another part of why she took on the codename Echo. Although, it’s also a fun play on her abilities as a Deaf woman with photographic reflexes who can echo anything she sees....

Captain America: Civil War Disney “Captain America: Civil War” turned the MCU upside down — even behind-the-scenes. Not only did the 2016 film pit our favorite heroes against each other — Team Cap for life — but it also introduced the world to Chadwick Boseman’s pitch-perfect Black Panther. Marvel Studios has always had a gift for casting, but it was immediately apparent here. The actor’s portrayal of T’Challa was warm but regal, both charismatic and understated....

Here’s How The Design Of Groot Evolved From Concept Art To Finished Character Marvel By Valerie Ettenhofer/Sept. 6, 2022 6:15 am EST Picking a favorite Marvel character can feel like navigating a fandom minefield. Any of the original Avengers, from Tony Stark to Steve Rogers to Natasha Romanoff, come with their own set of baggage, while some of the best new characters remain as-yet unproven as large-scale heroes. But if there’s one major player in the Marvel Cinematic Universe who is capable of side-stepping all drama and scrutiny, inevitably landing near the top of fans’ best character lists, it’s Groot....

How Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Changes Namor’s Comic Book Origins Marvel Studios By Rafael Motamayor/Nov. 11, 2022 10:26 am EST The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always reinvented characters and changed them from their portrayal in the comics. From Bucky being Steve Rogers’ best friend from childhood, to turning Vulture into an underdog, to erasing Drax’s human past, to turning Mysterio into a disgruntled employee. The franchise always takes the essence of these classic characters and updates them to fit the version of the world told in the movies and the medium of film....

It’s A Wonderful Life’s Massive Set Was Far From A Winter Wonderland RKO Radio Pictures By Lee Adams/Nov. 23, 2022 12:23 pm EST If a character in a film or TV show is watching a Christmas movie, chances are it is Frank Capra’s “It’s A Wonderful Life.” It crops up all over the place, which begs the question: Why not “Miracle on 34th Street” or “Home Alone,” or any one of a dozen other festive classics?...

Jesse Eisenberg Was Really Bummed About Everyone’s Reaction To His Lex Luthor Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/Aug. 18, 2022 1:12 pm EST Director Zack Snyder’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is remembered for a great many things: Introducing Ben Affleck’s Batman, the infamous “Martha” line, and bringing us Wonder Woman for the first time ever in a live-action movie. And also Batman and Superman do eventually get around to fighting....

John Sturges Wanted The Great Escape To Show Charles Bronson’s Softer Side United Artists By Anya Stanley/Nov. 2, 2022 2:05 pm EST When John Sturges embarked on a mission to adapt Paul Brickhill’s 1950 memoir detailing a mass prisoner getaway from a German POW camp, it was a challenge from the jump. What would become one of the most beloved American war movies, and one of the great prison escape movies, ended with few successfully making it to freedom....

Oliver Stone’s Tough Platoon Shoot Almost Made Charlie Sheen Walk Away MGM By Drew Tinnin/Nov. 13, 2022 11:30 pm EST Chances are if you’ve seen an American war film in the last 30 years, the name Dale Dye might ring a bell. Dye is a former Marine captain whose brief cameos and appearances are peppered throughout action films like “Under Siege,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Starship Troopers,” and “Saving Private Ryan.” After his first onscreen appearance in Tobe Hooper’s “Invaders from Mars,” Dye played Captain Harris in Oliver Stone’s semi-autobiographical war epic “Platoon....

Resurrection Star Tim Roth Tells Us About Playing A Creep And Remembers His First Role In The Hit [Interview] IFC Films By Jack Giroux/July 28, 2022 2:04 pm EST Tim Roth is a terrifying presence in filmmaker Andrew Semans’ “Resurrection.” Like most films, the less an audience member knows about it going in, the better. But in short, it’s a psychological horror film in which Margaret’s (Rebecca Hall) life spirals when an old face from her past reappears....