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Calling It The Upside Down Was Never Part Of The Stranger Things Plan Netflix By Erin Brady/July 12, 2022 7:00 pm EST The Upside Down, the corrupted, alternate reality version of the town of Hawkins, is one of the most iconic facets of “Stranger Things.” Its dreary atmosphere, decaying corpses, and rotting buildings are the stuff of nightmares, and the name itself is succinct yet perfect. It would be hard to imagine “Stranger Things” without the Upside Down, and no season is complete without at least one adventure into the abyss....

Chainsaw Man Episode 10 Packs An Emotional Gut-Punch And Introduces Smart Power Crunchyroll By Rafael Motamayor/Dec. 14, 2022 2:22 pm EST After two weeks of incredibly tense action, “Chainsaw Man” takes a step back and allows the characters a moment to breathe and grieve their fallen comrades. We catch up with Aki, who is alive but in a hospital with severe injuries. Understandably, he breaks down, having lost possibly the only person in the world he cared for....

Dustin Hoffman Was Deemed Too Famous To Star In The Elephant Man Paramount By Witney Seibold/Aug. 18, 2022 5:34 pm EST David Lynch’s 1977 debut feature “Eraserhead” is a dank, horrifying picture, replete with surrealist imagery and themes of urban blight, suicidal ideation, and parental resentment. There are dreams within dreams, and even pleasant things are craggy and ugly. It’s a smoky, messy film full of squirting bodily fluids and clumps of earth....

Empire Of Light Trailer: Sam Mendes Returns With A Movie About The Movies Searchlight Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 24, 2022 10:01 am EST It’s practically a rite of passage in this business: A widely acclaimed prestige filmmaker, after decades of success in developing award-winning hits and attracting the most talented collaborators to his productions, finally dispenses with all subtlety and makes a movie that’s all about the magic of movies and may or may not be based on his own life experiences....

Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities First Look: An Anthology Of Halloween Treats Netflix By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 15, 2022 12:06 pm EST Spooky season is right around the corner, and the folks at Netflix have an incredible treat in store. “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities” will debut on the streamer over the course of four nights leading up to Halloween weekend, delivering chills and thrills curated by one of the modern masters of horror....

Hasbro Will Soon Let You Become An Action Figure From Star Wars, Marvel, Ghostbusters & More Hasbro By Ethan Anderton/July 13, 2022 5:47 pm EST If you’re a kid with a pile of action figures, you probably put yourself in the shoes of your favorite characters from your favorite movies and TV shows that took the major merchandise route. Now, thanks to the magic of modern technology, you can turn yourself into an action figure from one of your favorite franchises, and it won’t cost you a truckload of money....

Here’s How She-Hulk Managed To Secure Charlie Cox’s Daredevil For The Show Disney+ By Rafael Motamayor/Aug. 23, 2022 1:56 pm EST The big promise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe was an interconnected franchise where each movie tied up to another, and characters could meet and fight together in big crossover events. This promise paid a big role in making the MCU the cultural powerhouse that it is today, with heroes meeting and the world growing larger with each installment....

How Bonnie And Clyde Inspired The Godfather’s Most Famous Death Scene Paramount By Leigh Giangreco/July 8, 2022 5:30 pm EST “The Godfather” is known for its violent scenes, though its gore is never without purpose or imagination. The suspenseful pacing of music and pooling blood slowly exposed in Jack Woltz’s bed makes the big reveal of the decapitated horse head all the more horrifying. And as Michael Corleone stands by as godfather at his nephew’s baptism, he is baptized as the Corleone Godfather while the blood of the Five Families is spilled....

Beck turned Mad Men down and has regretted it ever since Lionsgate Television After Beck’s rejection, “Mad Men” series creator Matthew Weiner went in search of a new song to define the series. He eventually found the track “A Beautiful Mine” by RJD2 while listening to NPR, he told TV.com (via Mic). “It had everything to it: Big old movie quality to it, and updated beat to it, it had drama....

Panda: Everything We Know So Far About Eddie Huang’s New Showtime Series CBS News By Jenna Busch/July 27, 2022 2:54 pm EST A new project from “Fresh Off the Boat” producer and author Eddie Huang is on the way, according to Deadline. The upcoming drama series is called “Panda,” but it’s not about the adorable animal filling up our Instagram feeds (and our hearts). This is about a young man selling ecstasy in Orlando, Florida in the late 1990s rave scene....

Paul W.S. Anderson Had To Fight The System To Make His First Resident Evil Film Sony Pictures By Debopriyaa Dutta/Sept. 6, 2022 1:02 pm EST In 1995, Paul W.S. Anderson broke Hollywood’s video game adaptation curse with “Mortal Kombat,” which was a shining example of a video-game-based blockbuster that could spawn into a long-standing franchise. Riding high on the fresh success of “Mortal Kombat,” Anderson decided to tackle yet another major game franchise that had a history of failed movie adaptations....

Peaky Blinders’ First Episode Had To Set Up As Many Plotlines As Possible Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 9, 2022 4:09 pm EST The first episode of any new show can be one of the absolute hardest for writers to craft. In addition to drawing in a brand-new audience and keeping them hooked for the rest of the season (and ideally beyond), there’s no shortage of heavy-lifting to be done to ground the series on a strong foundation....

Beck Bennett Will Be Missed Beck Bennett wasn’t known for creating many original characters on “Saturday Night Live,” with the exception of CEO Richard Patterson, a genius executive whose only shortcoming was having the body of a baby. Those simple and silly in its premise, the physical comedy in this recurring sketch was pretty funny. Where Beck Bennett truly shined was being an everyman chameleon who could play game show hosts, high-ranking government officials, business executives, regular dudes, and complete weirdos....

Steven Moffat Has An Idea For How Doctor Who Will Finally End BBC By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Aug. 21, 2022 7:00 pm EST Since its original run in 1963 and its revival in 2005, “Doctor Who” has been airing for 60 years. It’s the longest-running sci-fi series in history, and we’re approaching closer to its anticipated 60th-anniversary special by the day. From William Hartnell to Jodie Whittaker, we have, so far, witnessed 13 different, distinguished incarnations of the renegade Time Lord, each personality distinct, with its own quirks and idiosyncrasies....

The 10 Best Dennis Reynolds Moments On It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Ranked 20th Television/Disney-ABC Domestic Television By Simon Bland/Oct. 7, 2022 5:49 pm EST As the longest running live-action comedy series in American television history, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” has been pushing the boundaries of taste, depravity, and hilarity for 15 seasons. If you’re somehow still unfamiliar with its debauched genius, it follows a group of friends — Charlie (Charlie Day), Mac (Rob McElhenney), twins Dee (Kaitlin Olson) and Dennis (Glenn Howerton), and the Reynolds’ father, Frank (Danny DeVito) — who own a Philly pub....

The 16 Best Food Movies, Ranked Warner Bros. Entertainment/YouTube By Fiona Underhill/Dec. 15, 2022 2:34 pm EST Food is a universal theme in movies, and what’s great about that is the wide variety of traditions, customs, and cultures that go into making foods from around the world so different and interesting. Food is strongly tied to family all over the map, whether it’s big events like weddings or a Sunday dinner, or recipes handed down through the generations....

The 22 Best Board Games Of 2022, Ranked Restoration Games By Matthew Monagle/Dec. 22, 2022 5:58 pm EST While there may be many things I love about the tabletop industry, the marketer in me has always struggled with the distribution model. Since many publishers rely on crowdfunding to presell their products, promotions are often frontloaded years in advance. Many high-profile board games get expensive explainer videos and reviews before the campaign’s launch; by the time the game is finally in the hands of the players, the needs of the industry have moved on....

The 8 Best Montages In Better Call Saul AMC By Ernesto Valenzuela/Aug. 4, 2022 11:00 am EST After the historic run of “Breaking Bad” ended in 2014, many considered the show one of the greatest of all time. Audiences wouldn’t soon forget the story of Walter White and his rise to power. So, when “Better Call Saul,” a spin-off/prequel show set before the events of “Breaking Bad,” was announced, the skepticism was well warranted....

The Gentlemen: Everything We Know So Far About Guy Ritchie’s Netflix Series Spin-Off Miramax Films By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 4, 2022 6:39 pm EST Guy Ritchie is keeping pretty busy these days. In addition to his role directing the live-action and somehow TikTok-inspired adaptation of Disney’s “Hercules,” he’s also set to start production on the series spin-off of his film “The Gentlemen” for Netflix. In the 2019 film, Matthew McConaughey starred as Mickey Pearson, an American living in England who oversees a massive marijuana empire hidden in the estates of members of the British aristocracy in need of some fast cash....

A bloody update on the Dr. Seuss tale Atlas Film Distribution “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” follows the titular green antagonist, as he concocts a nasty plan from his mountainside abode to rid Whoville of the holiday they treasure most, whereas “The Mean One” turns his anti-Christmas crusade into a bloodbath. The upcoming horror film follows in the spiking trend of beloved children’s characters becoming slasher villains, whether by means of the rights falling into the public domain, or simply labeling it under parody....