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An R-Rated Cut Of The Invitation Will Eventually Be Released [Exclusive] Sony Pictures By Sarah Musnicky/Aug. 27, 2022 1:14 pm EST A new take on the Dracula mythos has swept its way into theaters in Jessica M. Thompson’s “The Invitation.” Serving as a modern-day “Brides of Dracula” type of origin story, viewers are whisked away to the English countryside to follow Evie’s (Nathalie Emmanuel) journey in meeting her incredibly wealthy long-lost relatives after discovering a match via a DNA testing service....

Barbarian Features The Funniest Horror Movie Sequence Of The Year 20th Century Studios By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Sept. 13, 2022 12:00 pm EST As far as mainstream horror goes, “Barbarian” is a breath of fresh air, and certainly the type of studio film horror junkies are itching to see more often. Already being compared to last year’s “Malignant,” it’s an oddball September release with minimal marketing, terrifying atmospheric horror, and most importantly, a great sense of humor to tie it all together....

Chris Farley Getting Bored Off-Screen Led To Tommy Boy’s Most Famous Scene Paramount Pictures By Matt Rainis/Oct. 28, 2022 2:37 pm EST There have been few more versatile comedic weapons in history than Chris Farley. During his heyday in the ’90s, Farley was probably the funniest man on the planet. During his time on “Saturday Night Live,” he was the clear standout of the cast, the guy they’d send out to ensure laughter....

Did House Of The Dragon Just Offer The Rarest Game Of Thrones Gift Of Them All? HBO By Jenna Busch/Oct. 4, 2022 12:00 pm EST This post contains major spoilers for the latest episode of “House of the Dragon” and the book “Fire & Blood.” If there is one thing we know about “House of the Dragon” and its predecessor, “Game of Thrones,” it’s that endings for characters are rarely happy....

Every Breaking Bad Reference In Better Call Saul (So Far) AMC By Ernesto Valenzuela/July 12, 2022 5:00 pm EST “Better Call Saul,” which is currently airing its final episodes at the time of this writing, has always been a show with extreme attention to detail. Creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould have taken advantage of the shared universe of “Better Call Saul” and its critically acclaimed forebearer “Breaking Bad.” What’s more impressive is that a spin-off show is of the same caliber, if not better, than its predecessor....

How New The Munsters Actor Jeff Daniel Phillips Honors The Great Fred Gwynne [Exclusive] Universal By Jeremy Smith/Sept. 27, 2022 7:30 am EST “The Munsters” is one of those old-school ’60s sitcoms that couch potatoes of a certain age watched and rewatched throughout their formative years. We absorbed these shows’ quirks and themes and catchphrases so completely that the merest of references can trigger a flood of childhood memories. They weren’t the acme of broadcast art, but they filled our afternoons with machine-manufactured laughs, and we loved them for it....

A chance to get it right Paramount Pictures For those who haven’t seen Mann’s version, it is a visually impressive, utterly bizarre genre work. It also stars a (relatively) young Ian McKellen, as well as Scott Glenn. The problem is, the director who would eventually go on to make classics like “Heat” didn’t have as much clout back then, and Paramount heavily edited down his version of the film. 100 minutes were said to have been axed from his cut, leaving us with a 96-minute version that doesn’t quite come together....

Orion Pictures ‘Really Wanted’ Cher To Play Morticia In 1991’s The Addams Family Paramount Pictures By Demetra Nikolakakis/Dec. 8, 2022 12:52 pm EST The 1990s Addams family movies are generally considered the best entries in the franchise (even if “Wednesday” is giving them a good run for their money), and for good reason. Sure, the jokes are hilarious — who would’ve thought that a couple of kids playing with a guillotine could be so funny — but the movie’s true charm is the cast’s chemistry....

Rob Zombie’s Halloween Timeline Still Had At Least One More Story To Tell Dimension Films By Witney Seibold/Sept. 28, 2022 11:51 am EST The timeline of the “Halloween” movies is as clear as mud. At last count, David Gordon Green’s 2022 film “Halloween Ends” will be the fourth film in its particular continuity, stemming from the 1978 original, but then skipping straight to the 2018 film. The “Halloween” series also did this in 1998 with the release of “Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later,” which stemmed from the 1981 film “Halloween II” (in the “H20” timeline, all of the “Halloween” sequels after “Halloween II” didn’t happen, although “Halloween: Resurrection” still did afterwards)....

‘It felt like such a triumph’ FX “Wide Net” is such a great episode. It’s loaded with feeling. How was it reading it on the page? It was so great reading that episode. We were like, this is brilliant. How is this going to translate? And to see it all come together, it was so beautiful. It felt like such a triumph. Just a triumph for women, I think, for Native women to see themselves represented in that way for the first time....

Sergio Leone Borrowed Some John Ford ‘Pessimism’ For Once Upon A Time In The West Paramount By Jeremy Smith/Aug. 14, 2022 6:03 pm EST No single Hollywood filmmaker did more to mythologize America’s manifest destiny than John Ford. His Westerns, typically shot in tandem with a larger-than-life John Wayne, told two-fisted tales of hard men who braved attacks from outlaws and resistance from indigenous people to bring a European notion of civilization to a supposedly untamed land....

Stanley Kubrick Knew His Full Metal Jacket Cast Would Miss Him On Future Films Warner Bros. By Debopriyaa Dutta/Dec. 10, 2022 11:59 pm EST Working with Stanley Kubrick can be an unforgettable experience. The auteur, known for his unflinching dedication to his personal brand of perfection, was certainly capable of bringing the best out of actors on set. Kubrick’s research-intensive, carefully constructed method of approaching films has undoubtedly been valuable for those lucky enough to work with him....

Stephen Lang Doesn’t Want To Know Fans Who Agree With His Avatar Character’s Viewpoint 20th Century Studios By Matthew Bilodeau/Sept. 13, 2022 5:34 pm EST No matter where you stand on “Avatar,” the one thing you can’t deny is James Cameron’s dedication to the craft. While we’ve been continuing the decade-long joke about a follow-up never seeing the light of day, the “Terminator” filmmaker has taken it upon himself to produce a multi-entry saga of sequels, shooting many of them back-to-back....

The 2022 /Film Holiday Gift Guide (Part 4): Film & TV Vinyl Soundtracks And Stunning Movie Poster Artwork Hero Complex Gallery / Universal / Disney / SlashFilm By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 24, 2022 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The 2022 /Film Holiday Gift Guide should have you stocked up on shopping idea for movies, TV shows, and books. But those aren’t the only items that pop culture fanatics are hoarding these days....

The Crown Returns To The Netflix Top 10 Following Queen Elizabeth’s Death Netflix By Shania Russell/Sept. 14, 2022 12:50 pm EST Over the past few days, viewership for Netflix’s hit prestige drama “The Crown” has skyrocketed so dramatically that the series has snagged a place in the streamer’s weekly Top 10 list. Season 1 of “The Crown” is topping the global chart in 26 countries with 17.57 million hours viewed for the week of September 5-11....

The Quantum Leap Reboot Trades Al And Sam’s ‘Bromance’ For A Romance George Rose/Getty Images By Jeremy Smith/Sept. 23, 2022 5:06 pm EST The central conceit of Donald P. Bellisario’s hit sci-fi series “Quantum Leap,” wherein Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bacula) involuntary time travels around the second half of the 20th century to right historical wrongs, was genius in its simplicity and brilliant in its execution. Over five seasons, viewers tuned in to see where Sam would end up next — always wondering, in the back of their minds, if this leap might bring him closer to home (or at least fill in one of his memory blanks)....

Back from the dead 20th Century Studios It’s amazing how so much can change from one movie to the next, isn’t it? Looking back at the 2009 “Avatar,” the appeal of the steely Quaritch mostly stems from the actor’s wholesale commitment to the bit. Spitting out some of the goofiest dialogue you’ll ever hear and betraying zero sense of self-consciousness while ordering or personally carrying out some of the most over-the-top evil imaginable, Lang’s performance helps turn the Colonel into exactly what the script called for....

When and where to watch A Different Man Netflix It is not entirely clear when and where “A Different Man” will end up. Production began in New York in mid-July (per Stan and Reinsve’s Instagrams), making an early to mid-2023 release likely. If the editing process is quick, there is even the chance that it could be released by the end of 2022, but that admittedly is unrealistic. It also hasn’t been confirmed where “A Different Man” will be released....

Alfred Hitchcock And Salvador Dalí’s Original Spellbound Plan Involved Ingrid Bergman And A Lot Of Ants United Artists By Witney Seibold/Sept. 16, 2022 10:15 am EST Alfred Hitchcock’s 1945 film “Spellbound” is an earnest and intense attempt to suss out the complexities of trauma. In the film, Ingrid Bergman plays a no-nonsense psychoanalyst at a clinic in Vermont, devoted to the then-becoming-popular forms of psychoanalysis. Gregory Peck plays a mild-mannered doctor who starts working at the same clinic, and the two fall in love....

Chainsaw Man Episode 5 Stays Weird With The Gun Devil Crunchyroll By Rafael Motamayor/Nov. 9, 2022 7:09 am EST Life is full of disappointments. Professional, personal, economic, big and small, in your youth and in your adulthood, in love and in being single. But in “Chainsaw Man,” Denji is a character who hasn’t experienced disappointment, not really. After all, he hasn’t even come close to achieving his dreams, until now. Of course, by this point, he’s accomplished everything he’s ever dreamed of, from eating good food to sleeping in a real bed, to his ultimate goal of touching boobs....