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Alfred Hitchcock Never Saw Psycho As A Particularly ‘Serious’ Film Paramount Pictures By Joshua Meyer/July 15, 2022 8:54 am EST “Psycho” has a reputation for being an unusually sophisticated thriller, with critical and academic sources and even other films such as the 2012 biopic “Hitchcock” playing up its import in Alfred Hitchcock’s career — and its legacy in Hollywood history. The 1960 classic starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh was the highest-ranking Hitchcock feature on the American Film Institute’s original 1997 list of the 100 greatest American movies of all time, and respondents to our own 2022 poll voted it his best film as well....

An Ode To Prince Durin, The Rings Of Power’s Best Boy Prime Video By Jenna Busch/Oct. 9, 2022 9:00 am EST Spoilers ahead for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” episode 7. A true friend will do anything for you. They will be there for you in your hour of need. They will fight dad and king for you, forgive you for your silly elven faults, and give you shiny rocks as presents....

Bah, Humbug: An Ode To The Importance Of Non-Sentimental Holiday Movies A-Pix Entertainment, Inc. By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 22, 2022 6:00 pm EST The Christmas season is advertised as a time for “peace on earth” and “goodwill toward men,” but for a lot of us, the holidays are little more than a headache and a half. It’s hard not to feel like such a Grinch this time of year when everyone else seems to be filled with joy, but fortunately, there are movies to help us anti-sentimentality Scrooges feel a little less alone....

Doctor Who’s Centenary Special Now Has A Title BBC By Ryan Scott/Sept. 14, 2022 11:07 am EST We now finally know what the title of the upcoming “Doctor Who” centenary special is going to be. This episode, which is set to air in the fall, will serve as a goodbye to Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor, who made history as the first woman to take on the character in the show’s long history....

Koi Pond — Season 6, Episode 8 NBC Universal Memorable costumes: Jim paints “book” on his face to be Facebook, but Darryl calls him “Bookface” instead. Michael is one of the “D*ck in a Box” guys. Erin is a zombified Princess Fiona from “Shrek.” How is one of the show’s best Halloween bits, a haunted warehouse that the Dundler-Mifflin employees put on for local kids, a deleted scene? It originally aired with the episode, but was replaced with a new cold open in subsequent airings and on streaming services....

Grimcutty Trailer: Moral Panic Meme-Ery Turns Monstrous And Murderous Hulu By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 14, 2022 4:19 pm EST Few things are as universally creepy as an old-fashioned urban legend. Kept alive through scary retellings at sleepovers and campfire tales, the information age ushered in by the internet had all but killed the wonder and fascination with these stories. That is until a new form of urban legend was born — the creepypasta....

Marvel’s Jacob Batalon Hid His Role In Spider-Man From His Family And Friends Marvel Studios By Shania Russell/Nov. 3, 2022 12:34 pm EST Jacob Batalon had come a long way since his breakout role in “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” Though his career kicked into gear as Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) guy in the chair, the trilogy has officially wrapped and for better or worse, the future of the MCU’s Spidey remains somewhat of a mystery....

Max’s Stranger Things Season 4 Fate Wasn’t What Sadie Sink Was Expecting Netflix By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 16, 2022 7:23 pm EST It’s been a few months since season 4 of the hit Netflix series “Stranger Things” debuted and had us all binge-watching 13 hours in one sitting, but we still can’t stop talking about how our faves threw down with Vecna and mostly lived to tell the tale. Season 4 was jam-packed with great scenes, high stakes, kickin’ tunes, and plenty of scary adventures, but Sadie Sink’s Max Mayfield was the MVP of it all....

A lonely childhood Sony Pictures Releasing “Jumanji” was inspired by Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 picture book of the same name, although their plots have little in common outside of the enchanted board game conceit. In the film, which Allsburg worked on as a writer, Alan is born into a life of wealth. His father owns a local shoe factory that employs much of Alan’s hometown, yet he struggles to connect to his son on an emotional level....

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3’s Opening Credits Now Feature Another Classic Star Trek Enemy Paramount By Witney Seibold/Aug. 25, 2022 6:00 am EST The opening credits of “Star Trek: Lower Decks” establish what kind of a show audiences can expect. Most classic Trek shows feature a bold, adventurous orchestral fanfare paired with gorgeous shots of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Deep Space Nine, or the U.S.S. Voyager inspirationally trekking through vast and awe-inspiring spatial phenomena....

Tales From The Box Office: Dr. No Kicked Off Cinema’s Most Enduring Franchise With Bond, James Bond MGM By Ryan Scott/Oct. 8, 2022 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.) It is extremely difficult to make a movie of any kind. Talk to any director or read any interview with anyone who has made a motion picture before....

Terminator Nearly Made Mackenzie Davis Turn Down Her Offer For Station Eleven HBO By Sandy Schaefer/Sept. 28, 2022 12:55 pm EST Where do you go after the unthinkable has happened? It’s a question people in the real world have been trying to answer as they’ve navigated the pandemic for the past two years. It also speaks to the heart of “Station Eleven,” an affecting HBO miniseries based on Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 post-apocalyptic novel of the same name....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Coming To Netflix In August 2022 Columbia Pictures By Mike Shutt/July 20, 2022 3:35 pm EST Another month, another opportunity for Netflix to fill its platform with more content for you to consume as they frantically hope you aren’t unsubscribing from the service. Okay, let’s not get too cynical about it. Sure, Netflix is going through some financial issues and looks to implement an advertisement-supported tier in the near future, but they still do have some quality programming, even if you have to search for it more than you would like....

The Border: Everything We Know So Far About The FX Adaptation Of Don Winslow’s Book Series FX By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 9, 2022 6:44 pm EST A bestselling cartel epic is set to make the leap from page to screen with “The Border.” Deadline reports that a series based on Don Winslow’s super-popular “Cartel Trilogy” is in the works at FX with a pilot deal. The 720-page tome “The Border” is actually the third book in the pulpy, epic crime novel series, following “The Cartel” and “The Power of the Dog” (a name that wouldn’t work for the new series, since it was just used for Jane Campion’s own Oscar-winning literary adaptation)....

The Daily Stream: Ever After Is A Cinderella Story With A Self-Rescuing Princess By Jenna Busch/July 28, 2022 3:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Ever After” Where You Can Stream It: Starz The Pitch: Right around the time when Disney’s princesses started to get some agency in films like “Beauty and the Beast” and “Mulan,” another fairy tale princess was changing the genre in live-action....

Thor: Love And Thunder Shot One Of Its Biggest Scenes In A Parking Lot Marvel Studios By Jacob Hall/July 7, 2022 11:45 am EST If you’ve ever been on a film set, you know the dirty, filthy, stinky, no-good truth about making motion pictures: it’s just a job! There are cables everywhere, everyone is tired and just wants to eat lunch, and hours can pass without anything exciting or remotely interesting happening....

Treason Trailer: Charlie Cox Trades In His Devil Ears For MI6 Spy Games Netflix By Shania Russell/Dec. 7, 2022 12:56 pm EST Charlie Cox (of “Daredevil” fame) is suiting up for his grand return for Netflix, but sadly, there are no devil ears involved this time around. He won’t be prowling the streets of Hell’s Kitchen or defending New Yorkers with his background in law. But don’t start moping quite yet — just because Netflix is no longer the home of his breakout role, doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten Cox’s virtues as an action star....

What You Need To Remember Before The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Hulu By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Aug. 20, 2022 10:03 am EST It has been nearly a year since “The Handmaid’s Tale” season 4 ended with the most shocking cliffhanger of all time, surprising viewers with its jaw-dropping conclusion. The series is based on author Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel of the same name and is the first production from Hulu to win significant accolades, including being the first series on a streaming service to win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series....

Why The Woman King Is The ‘New Blueprint’ For Film, According To Lashana Lynch Sony Pictures By Erin Brady/Sept. 9, 2022 5:29 pm EST It is no secret that Hollywood has historically not taken the importance of showcasing Black talent very seriously. That’s why “The Woman King,” which premieres tonight at the Toronto International Film Festival, is considered to be a game-changer. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, the film has a cast compromised almost entirely of Black actors from several corners of the African diaspora....

Yes, Sony And Venom 2 Helped Pave The Way For Top Gun: Maverick’s Success Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/July 19, 2022 5:16 pm EST “Top Gun: Maverick” has become one of the biggest surprises of 2022 in the movie world. Not that anyone expected a Tom Cruise-led sequel to an ’80s classic to flop or anything, but the film has obliterated expectations, recently crossing the $1.2 billion mark at the global box office....