The Best And Worst Moments In Nope, Ranked Universal Pictures By Scott Thomas/July 25, 2022 3:45 pm EST Warning: This article contains major spoilers for Jordan Peele’s “Nope.” It’s hard to imagine anyone who had “Chris Kattan playing a monkey is a key component of Jordan Peele’s new horror movie” on their bingo card. Yet there it is, more than halfway into act two of the sketch performer turned horror auteur’s latest....
The Best TV Shows And Movies Coming To Netflix In January 2023 Netflix By Marcos Melendez/Dec. 15, 2022 9:46 am EST A new year is nearly upon us. Despite a 2022 chock-full of blockbuster movies and groundbreaking television, it is usually tough to have high expectations for the start of the new year. Historically, January has been the month that studios dump their unwanted projects to the masses to disappointing box office results....
The First Two Episodes Of Andor Will Hit ABC, FX, Freeform And Hulu For The Thanksgiving Holiday Lucasfilm By Rafael Motamayor/Nov. 14, 2022 12:08 pm EST Remember the streaming wars? No, not the “South Park” special, although it did hit right at the center of the absurdity of the real streaming wars. I’m talking about the brief moment in time where every studio realized they could monetize their vast library of titles by offering their own alternative to Netflix and charge to watch old shows and movies, as well as a couple of original titles....
The Other Silent Movie Star That Took Buster Keaton Under His Wing Paramount Pictures Studio Store By Shae Sennett/July 31, 2022 6:30 pm EST Some stars from the silent film era have since become household names, while others have been neglected by history. One comic time has forgotten is Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, who was hugely famous in the early days of Hollywood. Sadly, a major scandal cut his career short all too soon....
The Russo Brothers Have A Very Fair Response To The MCU Phase 4 Criticism Marvel Studios By Witney Seibold/July 19, 2022 4:52 pm EST When Disney bought Marvel in 2009, they immediately followed through on a plan to create a broad, interconnected superhero universe. At the time, they were dealing with B- and C-list characters (the X-Men and Spider-Man were taken), so an Avengers feature film seemed like a logical step....
The camera wasn’t allowed to move HBO In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, David Chase discussed the one unbreakable rule the camera crew followed when filming Tony Soprano’s therapy scenes. It was essential for Chase that the sessions reflected authenticity on Tony’s part, and to have that kind of absolute consistency about them, the camera remained stagnant. There was no going up front, no close-up stills to claustrophobically capture Tony’s emotions, nothing....
The Story Of Kundun, The Martin Scorsese Film That Disney Tried To Bury Disney By Kayleigh Donaldson/Dec. 8, 2022 4:00 pm EST It’s been 25 years since Martin Scorsese made “Kundun” and inspired an almighty political battle between Disney and the Communist government of China, and it’s time one of his most underseen films got its due. ‘Tis the season for Martin Scorsese Discourse. Well, in fairness, it feels like the endless, frequently bad-faith conversations surrounding one of our greatest living filmmakers has become a year-round event....
The VFX In The Rings Of Power Episode 6 Is Not What You Think [Exclusive] Matt Grace/Prime Video By Valerie Ettenhofer/Sept. 30, 2022 5:19 pm EST The visual effects process for “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” is endlessly interesting, and I say this as someone whose typical response to VFX talk is of the “old man yells at clouds” variety. CGI-heavy stories too often look very bad, unreal and distracting, and dull all at once....
Tim Burton Didn’t Want Sweeney Todd To Shy Away From Being A Bloody, R-Rated Musical Paramount Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 26, 2022 5:58 pm EST Film musicals, as odd as it sounds, were once the superhero movies of Hollywood. In fact, they were more than that. On top of being money-makers, musicals were catnip for Academy Award voters up until the genre’s decline in popularity in the 1970s. Thanks to “Moulin Rouge!...
Val Kilmer Had To Be ‘Tortured’ Into Even Auditioning For Top Gun Paramount Pictures By Lyvie Scott/Sept. 13, 2022 12:30 pm EST Val Kilmer’s role as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky in “Top Gun” (and in its sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick”) remains one of his most talked-about to date. Was it his aggressively spiked high-and-tight haircut, the tangible chemistry that fueled his rivalry with Tom Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, or Kilmer’s knack for crafting unforgettable characters?...
Why Season 5 Is The Most Impressive Season Of Community NBC By Michael Boyle/Nov. 8, 2022 7:00 am EST If I were to rank the seasons of “Community,” I’d probably put season 2 at the top, followed by season 5, then 3, then 1, then 6, then 4. For the most part, this isn’t a controversial ordering. Most fans agree that season 4, the only season without showrunner Dan Harmon on board, lacked the sharpness or creativity of the rest of the show....
Why The Crown Cast An American In The Role Of Winston Churchill Netflix By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Aug. 29, 2022 9:50 am EST Multi-award-winning actor John Lithgow’s portrayal of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Netflix’s “The Crown” has earned him high praise and applause from fans and critics. The actor won several accolades for his appearance in the period drama series, in which he starred alongside Claire Foy, who played Queen Elizabeth II....
X-Men: First Class — Killing off Darwin Disney “X-Men First Class” is an incredible reboot for the X-Men line. After the massive fumbles of “X-Men: The Last Stand” and “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” the series desperately needed a new direction. Enter director Matthew Vaughn. “First Class” moves the action to the ’60s, and provides an origin for Professor X and Magneto’s friendship and eventual fallout. Hiring Michael Fassbender as Magneto and James McAvoy as Professor X was perfect casting, and the addition of Sebastian Shaw, one of the X-Men’s most powerful villains, provided a compelling new adversary....
Don’s final moments on the beach, Person to Person AMC It is very rare for a beloved television show to end with a perfect final episode. A show’s legacy is often determined by whether the showrunners can “stick the landing,” and prove to the loyal viewers that the time they invested in watching the series was all worth it. Shows like “How I Met Your Mother,” “Game of Thrones,” and “Dexter” ended with such disappointing conclusions that it became difficult to recommend them at all....
5 Brilliant Wolfgang Petersen Movies And Where To Watch Them Columbia Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Aug. 16, 2022 4:08 pm EST Today we lost Wolfgang Peterson, a brilliant director who has helmed cinematic classes for over half a century. Peterson was known stateside for his blockbuster films, but Peterson was never a one-note director, telling rich and ambitious stories across genres. The German-born director saw great success in his homeland and successfully managed to break into Hollywood because of it....
Christian Bale Climbing ‘Everest’ For ‘Contraband’ Director Baltasar Kormákur Asatur Yesayants/Shutterstock Christian Bale is leaping from the rooftops of Gotham to the summit of Mount Everest. The actor is in early negotiations to board Baltasar Kormákur’s Everest, about the ill-fated 1996 expedition to scale the notorious peak. Disaster struck the climbers in the form of a blizzard, killing eight people over two days and helping to make 1996 the deadliest year ever for Mount Everest....
‘I would have been terrible’ Buena Vista Pictures The same year “A New Hope” opened in theaters, Walken played a small but noteworthy role in “Annie Hall” as the titular character’s brother Duane. A rather odd fellow, Duane inexplicably admits to Annie’s boyfriend Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) that he often fantasizes about crashing into oncoming traffic while driving at night. Walken delivers this confession with the utmost sincerity, which makes it all the funnier when (you guessed it) Duane ends up driving Annie (Diane Keaton) and Alvy to the airport shortly after....
David Gordon Green Knew The Backstory Of Michael Myers Was Forbidden Territory For Halloween Ends Universal Pictures By Walter Roberts/Oct. 17, 2022 9:46 am EST We all know Michael Myers’ origin story from 1978’s Halloween. He kills his sister at six, breaks out of an asylum at 21, and begins a 12-movie killing spree (“Halloween III” excluded). Throughout this time, he goes in and out of psychiatric detention, dies multiple times, and then is either resurrected or rebooted....
Every Kevin Smith Movie Ranked Worst To Best Lionsgate. By Simon Bland/Sept. 13, 2022 12:32 pm EST After his heart attack in 2018, Kevin Smith isn’t even supposed to be here today — but boy, are we glad he still is! The New Jersey native with the gift of the gab has spent the better part of the past three decades willing his whimsy into reality. They say write about what you know, and Smith has made a solid career out of doing precisely that, much to the adoration of his die-hard fans across the globe....
Heat 2 Co-Author Meg Gardiner On Writing The Epic Crime Saga [Interview] Warner Bros. By Jack Giroux/Aug. 12, 2022 4:40 pm EST “Heat 2” is a dream come true for fans of the original film, and Michael Mann fans in general. It’s the filmmaker at his most unfiltered, free of budgetary restraints. Mann and co-author Meg Gardiner crafted a novel that, like the filmmaker’s finest work, ticks like clockwork as it often ventures outside of Los Angeles and explores familiar and new characters....
