How Scrubs’ John C. McGinley Applied His Own Hospital Experiences To Dr. Cox ABC By Travis Yates/July 8, 2022 10:52 am EST “Scrubs” was a medical workplace sitcom that ran for nine seasons, following the lives of the interns and doctors at the fictional Sacred Heart teaching hospital. The surprisingly realistic series was based on a real person and sought to find a balance of humor and drama in a medical series....
Good talk Warner Bros. Decades before Eugene Levy and Jason Biggs perfected cringeworthy coming-of-age interactions in “American Pie,” Chevy Chase provided audiences with plenty of memorable father-son moments. In the first film, Clark and Rusty (Anthony Michael Hall) discuss skinny-dipping with a beautiful woman, rag on elderly family members, and down a roadside beer. In the sequel, Rusty (Jason Lively) and his dad have a lighthearted shoving match on a train to Rome and debate the fashionability of berets....
Liam Hemsworth’s Weird Road From The Hunger Games To The Witcher Lionsgate By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 9, 2022 7:22 am EST When it was announced that “The Hunger Games” star Liam Hemsworth would be replacing Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia on “The Witcher,” fan reactions ranged from perplexity to downright rage. Cavill has served as the leading monster slayer on the hit Netflix series’ first two seasons and upcoming third, but due to what is presumably scheduling conflicts regarding Cavill’s return to the DC Extended Universe as Superman, Hemsworth will be stepping into the role for season 4....
Neve Campbell’s Red Cross Commercial Might Be The Closest We’ll Get To Seeing Her In Scream 6 Red Cross By Jenna Busch/July 29, 2022 5:46 pm EST Neve Campbell is starring in a fun new horror-themed ad to get people to donate blood. The Red Cross spot has Neve and a number of other actors discussing how they really shouldn’t have gone into certain classic horror movie trope situations because the blood spilled is irresponsible during a blood shortage....
A dream deferred Universal Pictures After reading an early draft of the script by future “Alien” writers Ronald Shusett and Dan O’Bannon based on a Philip K. Dick novelette from 1966, Schwarzenegger had an immediate interest in starring “Total Recall.” Sadly for him, Dino De Laurentiis — a self-made producer from Italy whose studio was behind “Flash Gordon” (1980), “Conan the Barbarian” (1982), and David Lynch’s “Dune” (1984) and “Blue Velvet” (1986) — owned the rights to the source material....
The Daily Stream: Richard Ayoade Expertly Captures Wry Teenage Life In Submarine The Weinstein Company By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 13, 2022 6:00 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: “Submarine” Where You Can Stream It: Tubi TV The Pitch: Based on Joe Dunthorne’s novel of the same name and set in the mid-1980s, “Submarine” follows Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts), a Welsh teen determined to lose his virginity before his upcoming 16th birthday....
The Full Studio Ghibli Catalogue Is Now Available To Rent On Digital Studio Ghibli By BJ Colangelo/Aug. 30, 2022 8:48 pm EST Studio Ghibli is the most important animation production company in movie history, and I say this with absolutely no hyperbole. The home of living animation legend Hayao Miyazaki and the studio responsible for some of the most brilliant works of animated cinema ever put to screen, Studio Ghibli has consistently broken new ground and completely redefined what stories are possible to tell in animation since its inception in the 1980s....
The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special Reminds Us Why These Are The Best MCU Characters Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 25, 2022 2:00 pm EST This piece contains spoilers for “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.” It’s the year 2022 and Marvel Studios has just released a holiday special short starring the characters from “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Seriously, just think about that for a second. Well over a decade removed from the start of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, all the advancements that superhero media has made in the time since can make such once-unbelievable developments seem almost weirdly … commonplace....
The Mist’s First Day Of Filming Was Almost A Total Disaster [Exclusive] MGM By Mike Shutt/Nov. 22, 2022 8:30 am EST 2007 was one of the last years before digital filmmaking completely consumed Hollywood. Celluloid was still the name of the game. If you were shooting digital video, you were pushing an artistic boundary, such as Michael Mann with films like “Miami Vice” or “Public Enemies.” Now, it’s just commonplace, where even films with the biggest budgets are shot on digital ARRI Alexa cameras....
The Saddest Moments In The Boys By Jessica Scott/Aug. 15, 2022 2:51 pm EST When viewers think of “The Boys,” many of them probably focus on the show’s biting humor or its bombastic gore before they consider its devastating emotional beats. The satirical superhero series is full of gut-wrenching emotion and heartbreaking moments, made all the more affecting by its stellar cast. “The Boys” digs into what it really means to have unlimited power in a world ruled by greedy CEOs and mendacious media companies, and it uncovers a great deal of sorrow in the “collateral damage” that is often ignored by more straightforward superhero stories....
V/H/S/99, The Fifth Installment In The Found Footage Horror Series, Is Coming To Shudder Shudder By BJ Colangelo/July 28, 2022 3:37 pm EST Just when you thought it was safe to hit ‘play’ on the VCR, Shudder has announced the fifth installment in the popular “V/H/S/” found footage horror series, “V/H/S/99,” is heading our way. First launched in 2012, the “V/H/S/” series is a horrific showcase of found-footage short films from some of the best creatives working in horror today from across the globe....
We Need To Talk About The Worst Categories At The 2022 Emmys Hulu By Valerie Ettenhofer/July 12, 2022 5:40 pm EST The limited series section of the Emmys has been through a lot. Created in 1973, what’s now called the Emmy for an Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series has perhaps always been more exciting than we give it credit for. In its earliest years, vital programming like “Roots” and fun, enduring television like “Columbo” won the award....
What Are The Lands Of Rhûn? The Lord Of The Rings’ Eastlands Explained Prime Video By Debopriyaa Dutta/Oct. 16, 2022 10:42 am EST This post contains spoilers for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” Prime Video’s “The Rings of Power” concluded its first season with a heart-thumping finale, while managing to bring stray narrative threads together in a satisfying fashion. A lot of big reveals took place, confirming flaming hot fan theories: Halbrand is Sauron!...
What Separates House Of The Dragon From Game Of Thrones Is The One Thing It’s Missing, According To George R.R. Martin Ollie Upton/HBO By Jenna Busch/Sept. 20, 2022 4:00 pm EST Spoilers for episode 5 of “House of the Dragon.” The HBO series “House of the Dragon” is halfway through its first season now. We’ve been introduced to many of the major players in five episodes. The show is, of course, a prequel to the juggernaut “Game of Thrones,” based on the novel series “A Song of Ice and Fire” by George R....
Not the only one NBC Of course, Kristen Bell isn’t the only star who loves playing unlikeable characters. Most shows and movies have at least one sleazy, unethical character in them, and the performer playing them always seem to be having the time of their lives. Be it Neil Patrick Harris’s villainous Barney Stinson, Aziz Ansari as the perpetually-selfish Tom Haverford, or basically everyone in “Always Sunny,” there’s something appealing about a character who the story doesn’t need you to care about....
Adam Scott Has A Very Wholesome Dream For Mark S. In Severance Season 2 Apple TV+ By BJ Colangelo/July 14, 2022 5:26 pm EST Adam Scott has been in the business for a very long time playing across a multitude of genres (remember, he’s in “Hellraiser: Bloodline”), but made a name for himself as a funnyman in shows like “Party Down” and “Parks and Recreation” and as Will Ferrell’s jerkwad brother in “Step Brothers....
‘I was trying to make each one of these films distinctly my own’ HIFF Pyun’s personal vision for his films often brought him into conflict with the studios producing them. “I had a streak of about a dozen films where I was kicked out of the editing room,” he told WSJ. No matter which property he was bringing to the screen, even a classic superhero like Captain America, he was always “trying to make each one of these films distinctly my own....
Baz Luhrmann Brought Austin Butler To Tears To Get Him Into Character For Elvis Warner Bros. By Ernesto Valenzuela/July 27, 2022 5:38 pm EST Baz Luhrmann is an eccentric filmmaker whose ambition makes his projects feel larger than life. His 2022 “Elvis” biopic is a testament to his intense passion for telling stories on an epic and massive scale. The man known as Elvis Presley is a subject more than worthy of Luhrmann’s lens for grandiose storytelling....
Cinematographer Chris Norr Takes Us Behind The Scenes Of Sinister [Exclusive Interview] Chris Norr By Ryan Scott/Oct. 12, 2022 5:00 pm EST It has been a full decade since “Sinister” hit theaters in 2012, and while it may not have felt like it at the time, it was a watershed moment in modern horror cinema. For one thing, the movie was a huge success, helping to establish the model that has made Blumhouse Productions a $5 billion box office behemoth....
Dwayne Johnson Went All-In On Channeling Danny DeVito For Jumanji: The Next Level Columbia Pictures By Marcos Melendez/Sept. 10, 2022 11:30 pm EST Dwayne Johnson has led several blockbuster franchises, but his time in “Jumanji: The Next Level” may very well be one of his most dynamic turns as an action star. Although he still rocks his typical attire — a tan shirt and cargo pants — as the video game character Dr....
