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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Kickstarts Something New With ‘Shall We Gundam?’ Crunchyroll By Adam Wescott/Nov. 21, 2022 4:00 pm EST You may have noticed that there was no new episode of “Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury” last week. Instead, the series aired a special episode on November 13 summarizing the events of episodes 1-6, followed by an interview with Suletta and Miorine’s voice actors Kana Ichinose and Lynn....

One Of The Scariest Scenes In Speak No Evil Speaks A Whole Lotta Evil Shudder By Chris Evangelista AND Matt Donato/Oct. 14, 2022 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror with your tour guides, horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato. In this edition, Chris is reminded that hell is other people with “Speak No Evil.”) Spoilers for “Speak No Evil” follow....

Star Wars VFX Legend Dennis Muren Admits Han Solo’s Defrosting Didn’t Make ‘Any Sense’ Lucasfilm By Michael Boyle/Dec. 14, 2022 1:02 pm EST While most people love the original “Star Wars” trilogy, they’d also begrudgingly admit that “Return of the Jedi” is where the cracks begin to show. Nothing here is as bad as the prequels, but some of the issues that would define the prequels first start to reveal themselves....

Superhero Bits: A New Justice League Video Game, Marvel’s Ambitious Oscar Campaign & More Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/Dec. 12, 2022 5:16 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

The 12 Best Fargo Episodes, Ranked 20th Television/Disney–ABC Domestic Television By Liam Gaughan/Sept. 5, 2022 1:37 pm EST In today’s entertainment ecosystem, it seems like almost every film or television project in the works is connected to some previously produced work. Many new films and shows have capitalized on the popularity of established classics. Joel and Ethan Coens’ 1996 crime classic, “Fargo,” is one of those films that is so perfect that it doesn’t require a reboot....

Crimes of the Future Neon The introduction of David Cronenberg’s latest, “Crimes of the Future,” observes a little boy quietly going into his bathroom and chewing on a trash bin like it’s made of crackers; eight-year-old Brecken (Sozos Sotiris) digests the plastic just fine. His mother, repulsed by this biological imperative in her son, coldly smothers the child to death and calls her husband to come pick up the body (a body she refers to as “it”)....

The Daily Stream: Brick Is A Reminder That Rian Johnson Has Always Made Great Murder Mysteries Focus Features By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 14, 2022 5:30 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: “Brick” (2005) Where You Can Stream It: Starz; available to rent on other digital platforms...

The Mummy’s Hanging Scene Wasn’t Entirely Fake For Brendan Fraser Universal Pictures By Steven Ward/Oct. 7, 2022 4:10 pm EST Let it never be said that Brendan Fraser isn’t willing to risk it all to inject a bit of realism into a role. Part of the reason we’re seeing a “Brenaissance” revival at all today is because of the beloved memorability of his characters. From the delightfully naive George in “George of the Jungle” to the swashbuckling Rick O’Connell from “The Mummy....

Jake goes to Pandora for the first time 20th Century Fox/YouTube Although “Avatar” is often praised for its compelling visual effects, the film has some truly underrated character work. James Cameron is often not given enough credit for how good of a writer he is, with films like “Aliens,” “The Terminator,” “True Lies,” and “Titanic” giving audiences characters that they can invest in amidst the mind-blowing spectacle. With “Avatar,” Cameron gave the viewer a character whose situation was very relatable, as Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) served his planet in combat and has been using a wheelchair to overcome his injuries....

Why The Bear Is The Show All Foodies Should Be Watching Hulu By Shania Russell/July 5, 2022 4:19 pm EST For foodies looking to indulge their senses through a screen, reality shows are often the only answer. Unscripted TV is overflowing with food programming: “Top Chef” has an infinite number of seasons, the Food Network is still going strong, every channel seems to have its own signature chef, and even streaming services are getting in on the action....

Christopher Nolan tweaks a supervillain origin story Warner Bros. Pictures In the comics, Bane wears the mask to give himself regular injections of a toxin known as Venom, which lends him incredible power but can also debilitate him if it’s not taken in a timely manner. He also spent his youth in a prison, which is where he first donned the mask. But Nolan’s film differs from the comics in one important way....

Devotion Trailer: A Heroic Friendship Forms Between Two Fighter Pilots Sony Pictures By Jenna Busch/Aug. 1, 2022 2:09 pm EST Today we have a new trailer for “Devotion,” based on the bestselling non-fiction book “Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice” by Adam Makos. The Sony Pictures film is directed by J.D. Dillard (“Sleight”). “Devotion” is the story of two US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War, who risked everything to save the day, and each other....

Edward Norton Wasn’t Given A Choice When It Came To Starring In The Italian Job Paramount Pictures By Christian Gainey/Oct. 20, 2022 3:44 pm EST Edward Norton made his film debut starring alongside Richard Gere as the mentally disturbed altar boy in 1996’s “Primal Fear,” and right out of the gate, he proved he could hang with the top talent in Hollywood. He followed up that smashing debut with roles in “Everyone Says I Love You,” “American History X,” and “Fight Club....

No cabin, but plenty of claustrophobia Warner Bros Lee Cronin tells Total Film that while he doesn’t have a cabin in the woods, he knows they needed to translate the claustrophobic feeling audiences get from the early “Evil Dead” films in order to make it feel right. “It still needed to maintain some of the claustrophobia and that translated really well from the cabin into an urban environment. This is about a family in a rundown building stuck in their apartment, so it follows the same rhythm but puts it in a more contemporary space....

Harrison Ford Was Key To Casting River Phoenix For The Lost Crusade’s Young Indy Role LucasFilm By Devin Meenan/Oct. 11, 2022 9:34 am EST “Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade” may be the finale to the trilogy, but it opened by going back to the adventurer’s earliest beginnings. In a 10-minute sequence set in 1912 Utah, we learn how the future Dr. Jones acquired his hat, his whip, and his fear of snakes....

How The Agents Of SHIELD’s Cast Felt About Their Characters’ Fates ABC By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Oct. 6, 2022 10:28 am EST As of now, there are seven Marvel Studios original series available to stream on Disney+, with so much more on the way. After several different attempts, from the edgy Netflix Marvel shows to the more niche Hulu exclusives, it’s finally safe to say the Marvel Cinematic Universe has embraced TV....

How To Watch See How They Run At Home Searchlight Pictures By Mike Shutt/Oct. 17, 2022 2:47 pm EST When I first saw the trailer for “See How They Run,” it looked like a film that had been engineered to please me specifically. A murder mystery set backstage at the Theatre Royal where the suspects are the cast and crew of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap?” And it stars Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan?...

James Wan Doesn’t Want Saw Overshadowing The Rest Of His Career Lionsgate By Sarah Musnicky/Oct. 16, 2022 5:29 pm EST If you look at James Wan’s career since the beginning, it’s impressive how far he has come in a relatively short time. A horror maestro, most now know the director for his work on “The Conjuring” universe. The frightful film franchise started out focusing on the paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren, before expanding to cover all the supernatural entities that have been directly or indirectly involved in the Warrens’ lives....

Kindred Review: Mallori Johnson Shines In An Imperfect Adaptation Of Octavia Butler’s Seismic Sci-Fi Novel FX By Shania Russell/Dec. 8, 2022 12:00 pm EST The story that drives “Kindred” is deceptively simple: Dana James (Mallori Johnson) is a modern-day Black woman who is violently yanked back in time to a pre-Civil War plantation. It doesn’t take a genius to map out what comes next. Modern-day sensibilities will clash with antebellum-era subjugation, and though audiences will cringe away from the brutality, unwavering resilience will carry our protagonist through....

Lawrence Kasdan Talks Diving Into Documentaries For The First Time With Light & Magic, The Genius Of ILM & More [Interview] Lucasfilm By Ethan Anderton/July 29, 2022 3:00 pm EST Lawrence Kasdan is a legendary screenwriter and director. The man is responsible for writing some of the great adventures of our time, from “Raiders of the Lost Ark” to “The Empire Strikes Back,” and he’s also tapped into grounded dramas like “The Big Chill” and “The Bodyguard....