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The Ghost Problem Netflix While talking to The Wrap, Flanagan said that, in order for it to be a “Haunting” follow up, you need one crucial thing that Poe’s story doesn’t have: ghosts. People can be haunted by all sorts of things. Memory, trauma, bad life decisions, eating an entire greasy medium pizza at 10 pm. Those kinds of things. But he’s not wrong that if you label “Usher” a “Haunting” story, the audience is going to expect a certain kind of experience, most likely involving ghosts hidden in the background somewhere....

One Of Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3’s Geekiest Jokes Hides In Plain Sight Paramount By Witney Seibold/Aug. 25, 2022 7:00 am EST While “Star Trek: Lower Decks” is a delightful workplace comedy in its own right, Trekkies have been having a ball combing through every episode looking for cute references to classic “Star Trek” episodes. In the first season episode “Veritas,” the characters visited a museum of alien artifacts that featured a 50-foot humanoid skeleton that appeared to be wearing a tattered blue Starfleet uniform....

Reginald The Vampire Release Date, Cast, And More Syfy By Joshua Meyer/July 26, 2022 9:33 am EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Jacob Batalon cut his teeth on Spider-Man movies — and now they’re sharp enough to be considered vampire fangs. Going one step further with the vampire metaphor, you might say Batalon — known for his role as Peter Parker’s best bud, Ned Leeds, in the Jon Watts and Tom Holland “Spider-Man” trilogy — is now ready to spread his bat wings and fly solo in “Reginald the Vampire....

Star Trek: Lower Decks Features The Best New Star Trek Characters In Years Paramount By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 1, 2022 12:00 pm EST “Star Trek: Lower Decks” may not carry the same level of gravitas as many other current genre shows, especially given a fanbase initially wary of its “Rick and Morty” influences and the general stigma that sometimes comes with animated storytelling. That said, the broadly self-parodying and comedic show has still managed to win over hearts and minds thanks to a mix of sharp humor, clever writing, and a seemingly endless volume of deep-cut references, Easter eggs, and expansions on lore that only the most dedicated “Trek” super-fans would appreciate....

Steven Spielberg Couldn’t Resist Doing Some Directing Behind The Scenes Of Jurassic Park 3 Universal Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 5, 2022 2:27 pm EST You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become one of the better-received “Jurassic Park” sequels. Such is the legacy of director Joe Johnston’s “Jurassic Park III.” To be fair, the 2001 movie was far from a failure financially, grossing nearly four times its $93 million budget at the box office....

Strange World Footage Reveals The Wondrously Weird (And Juicy) New Movie From Disney Animation Disney By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 21, 2022 12:00 pm EST The Disney feature “Strange World” is still a couple of months away from its premiere, and while we’ve gotten a fun trailer teasing how the Clade family finds themselves on an airship trip that takes them some place completely and entirely strange, we don’t know much about the film....

Superhero Bits: Captain America Is The Sexiest Man Alive, Jason Momoa’s DC Dream & More McFarlane Toys By Ryan Scott/Nov. 8, 2022 4:27 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....

Superhero Bits: Watch The First 10 Minutes Of Black Adam, Eminem Meets Spider-Man & More Marvel Comics By Ryan Scott/Nov. 22, 2022 5:50 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....

A peek inside Taika Waititi’s brain Marvel Studios Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, who co-wrote “Thor: Love and Thunder” alongside Waititi, told Variety how the filmmaker often added to the script on the day of filming. Previously, Natalie Portman, who played Jane Foster/Mighty Thor in the film, confirmed the report in her cover story for the magazine. Waititi and Robinson worked together on the scripts, but the New Zealand-based director often altered his work....

The Best Horror Movies Streaming In October 2022 And Where To Find Them Netflix By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 3, 2022 9:53 pm EST It’s high time that someone rewrote Andy Williams’ hit single “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” to be about Halloween instead of the godforsaken hellscape known as Christmas. With October officially in bloom and everyone currently scrambling to figure out what to wear this All Hallow’s Eve, there’s no better time to curl up with a good scary movie....

The Bodies Bodies Bodies Cast Had To Remind Themselves The Horror Wasn’t Real A24 By Matthew Bilodeau/Aug. 16, 2022 5:17 pm EST Halina Reijn’s “Bodies Bodies Bodies” is a wonderful late summer surprise that boasts an awesome ensemble turning on one another trying to figure out who’s leaving a trail of dead bodies in their wake. The Gen Z-infused whodunnit is a very funny encapsulation of a toxic friend group reaching their breaking point, but amid all of Peter Davidson’s fragile masculinity and pretty much anything that comes courtesy of Rachel Sennott, Reijn knows when to take this cursed get-together to some dark places....

The Daily Stream: The To Do List Is A Call For More Women-Led Sex Comedies CBS Films By BJ Colangelo/July 22, 2022 9:51 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: “The To Do List” Where You Can Stream It: PlutoTV The Pitch: Picture it: 1993....

The Daily Stream: Under The Banner Of Heaven Is About More Than Just Murder And Mormons FX Productions By Joshua Meyer/July 27, 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 Series: “Under the Banner of Heaven” Where You Can Stream It: Hulu The Pitch: Andrew Garfield stars as Mormon detective Jeb Pyre, who undergoes a crisis of faith as he investigates a double homicide and comes to terms with his own religion’s buried secrets....

Chucky Comes to TV SyFy “Chucky” sees the two-foot terror returning to his comfort zone — clinging to a child to kickstart more murderous antics. His latest “friend to the end” is the unfortunate Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur), an eighth grader with a tragic backstory, a drunk father, and no shortage of bullies to torment him in school. The tortured young artist has big plans to use doll parts in his latest sculpture and heads to a yard sale that brings him face to face with the infamous Good Guy doll....

Columbia Pictures By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Aug. 28, 2022 11:00 pm EST The film focused on Gordie’s journey ‘I thought, why didn’t I have that?’ Richard Dreyfuss, who portrayed an older version of Gordie, chimed in, stating that Reiner worked to enhance the story in every way he could. In the novella, the death of a particular character is given away in the beginning, but Reiner made sure it remained a secret until the film’s end....

We Need To Talk About The Blue Noodles In Andor Lucasfilm By Erin Brady/Sept. 21, 2022 3:00 pm EST We’ve all had those days where we’re just too busy to take breaks. Of course, this is a reflection of our work-obsessed capitalist society, but that’s another piece for another time. So, what do we do when we don’t have enough time in the day to cook? We order takeout. I’ll admit that I’ve written many pieces on /Film thanks to the fuel I get from a meal I ordered on Doordash....

Why Star Trek: Voyager’s Captain Janeway So Often Clashed With The Franchise’s Ideals Paramount Television By Witney Seibold/Dec. 27, 2022 3:00 pm EST When “Star Trek: Voyager” debuted in 1995, Trekkies found themselves in new, exciting territory. Mixing the premises of “Star Trek” and “Lost in Space,” “Voyager” saw a Federation starship, the very small but technologically advanced U.S.S. Voyager suddenly whisked clear across the galaxy to a remote quadrant — the Delta Quadrant — that Starfleet hadn’t yet explored....

Why Vin Diesel Walked Away From 2 Fast And 2 Furious (And Why He Returned) Universal Pictures By Ernesto Valenzuela/Dec. 23, 2022 1:00 pm EST When looking at the “Fast & Furious” franchise, there are some clear weak links in the absolutely absurd action films led by Vin Diesel. The second film in the series is toward the bottom of most people’s lists, aptly titled “2 Fast and 2 Furious.” A critical difference between this sequel and the many other “Fast” films (besides torture rats and ejector seats) is the absence of Vin Diesel’s character, Dominic Toretto....

‘French is a more heroic version of myself’ A24 I understand that this is a very autobiographical film, with French’s whole character arc very strongly based on your life. What would you say is the biggest departure, the biggest creative liberty that you took with the movie? The movie is 100% autobiographical when it comes to the hopes, fears, desires, and primary motivations of our lead character, even if it’s not something I necessarily went through....

Yellowstone Creator Taylor Sheridan’s Secret Casting Weapon Is Wine, And Lots Of It Paramount+ By Jenna Busch/Dec. 20, 2022 4:38 pm EST The following post contains mild spoilers for the premiere of “1923.” The Paramount+ series “1923” is the second prequel after “1883” for the drama “Yellowstone.” The history-spanning saga of the Dutton family and their Montana cattle ranch comes to us from Taylor Sheridan, the current king of the western genre and a man who clearly does not require sleep as the rest of us do....