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Warrior’s Fights Weren’t Always Fake For Joel Edgerton And Tom Hardy Lionsgate By Lyvie Scott/Aug. 19, 2022 4:57 pm EST No sensible actor signs onto an action film with the hopes of getting roughed up. Unfortunately, though, that’s always been an occupational hazard for anyone in a combat-heavy role. It can be difficult to avoid injuries when you’re required to train for your own stunts, and Tom Hardy is no stranger to the process....

What The Rings Of Power’s Director Admired Most About Peter Jacksons’ Lord Of The Rings Films Prime Video By Jenna Busch/Nov. 28, 2022 9:30 pm EST Major spoilers ahead for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” is set thousands of years before the events of the Peter Jackson trilogies “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit.” Despite that, there are characters that the films and the series have in common, like Galadriel (Morfydd Clark in the series, Cate Blanchett in the films), and locations like Mordor … well, at least by the end of season 1....

‘It’s deeply gratifying’ Universal Pictures Over the course of three hours, Ginger McKenna proves to be much more than a trophy wife for De Niro’s protagonist, Ace Rothstein, in “Casino.” His underestimation of her and misguided attempts to buy her affection and control her through their “arrangement,” or marriage, eventually leads to more than one person’s downfall, as Ginger becomes involved in a love quadrangle with Ace, her old pimp Lester Diamond (James Woods), and gangster Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci)....

Jaws: The Revenge (1987) Universal Pictures As a child of Blockbuster, I would stare at the VHS’ of the “Jaws” movies, salivating with love for the franchise. Of all the covers, Part 4 was the scariest to me. It looked as though Mrs. Brody would face off against the shark on a sailboat. Okay, let’s do this. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I came to appreciate the lunacy of the plot: a shark — who might or might not have known the sharks from parts one to three — travels south to seek his revenge....

Amsterdam Review: Enjoyable Performances Can’t Save David O. Russell’s Undercooked Movie 20th Century Studios By Jeff Ewing/Oct. 4, 2022 12:00 pm EST At face value, it sure seems like David O. Russell’s new film “Amsterdam” must be swinging for the rhetorical fences. The film boasts an A-list cast, lead by three very bankable stars in Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie. It’s lensed by repeat Oscar winner Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki, a true talent....

An Ode To The Monster In Smile, One Of The Coolest Creature Designs Of The Year Paramount Pictures By Lex Briscuso/Oct. 4, 2022 2:42 pm EST Warning: Spoilers for “Smile” ahead. Despite its overarching amount of positive reviews from critics, there’s no doubt that audiences will have mixed opinions on “Smile.” Among a lot of great things about the film lies a slightly irresponsible and wholly incomplete look at mental illness and the way trauma is both coped with and passed between people, namely leaving out how it manifests on its own without prompting, for starters....

Ana De Armas Hadn’t Fully Let Go Of Marilyn Monroe Before Shooting No Time To Die Netflix By Mike Shutt/Sept. 22, 2022 3:00 pm EST The life of a working actor can be quite unusual. Yes, plenty of other professions require you to go from gig to gig and adapt to whatever task is at hand. But for an actor, those gigs are embodying the life of another person. No other job has you be a beleaguered cop about to snap one day, and then the next day, you fly halfway across the country to be a magnanimous rock star....

Andor Confronts The Politics Of The Star Wars Universe — And It Feels All Too Real Disney+/Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/Oct. 19, 2022 4:00 pm EST This post contains spoilers for “Andor” episode seven. Like it or not, all art is inherently political. (Yes, even “My Little Pony.” In fact, especially “My Little Pony.”) It’s why any and all variations on the “Keep your politics out of my pop culture” argument always wind up being silly, not least of all when applied to “Star Wars....

Christian Bale Ignored Every Warning Telling Him Not To Become Batman Warner Bros. By Michael Boyle/Oct. 23, 2022 4:09 pm EST Playing a role as iconic as Batman seems like a clear-cut good thing, but the men who’ve actually played him have other things to say. Ben Affleck was the most recent actor to step down from the role, doing so before he even got his solo movie, and handing the cape and cowl over to Robert Pattinson....

Does Gandalf Have A Moth Obsession? The Rings Of Power Finale Says…Maybe Prime Video By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 17, 2022 3:53 pm EST One does not simply walk into Mordor without expecting spoilers. Read no further if you haven’t watched the finale of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” Let he who is without magical animal sidekicks throw the first stone. Don’t ask me why, but characters in fantasy always seem to fall back on this one particular trope time and time again....

Hellraiser Actor Odessa A’zion Finds The Power In Overcoming Trauma [Exclusive Interview] Hulu By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 7, 2022 11:00 am EST Warning: This interview contains spoilers for “Hellraiser.” Stepping into a legacy franchise is one of the most difficult tasks an actor can have, but with a series like “Hellraiser,” where the highs are into the stratosphere and the lows are in Hell, the challenge can feel insurmountable. The first two “Hellraiser” films introduced the protagonist of Kirsty Cotton, a whip-smart teen girl with a chip on her shoulder thanks to her wicked stepmother Julia’s affair with her Cenobite-obsessed uncle Frank....

How Quaritch Has Changed In Avatar: The Way Of Water, According To Stephen Lang 20th Century Studios By Rafael Motamayor/Dec. 7, 2022 2:00 pm EST When James Cameron released the first “Avatar,” it was a marvel of technology and an introduction to a vast world of possibilities. As writer Aaron Stewart-Ahn put it, “[‘Avatar’] is a virtual window into being immersed in natural wonder that most people on the planet no longer have access to and can only experience through technology....

How Straight Time And The Jericho Mile Influenced Michael Mann’s Approach To Heat Warner Bros. By Joe Roberts/Nov. 10, 2022 4:09 pm EST There’s a reason “Heat” occupies such a unique space in the crime thriller genre — and it’s not just Al Pacino’s deafening delivery of the line “great ass”. Influencing everything from Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” to the virtual remake that was 2018’s “Den of Thieves,” the movie is a crime movie touchstone....

M3GAN Trailer: James Wan And The Writer Of Malignant Made A Killer Doll Movie, And It Looks Wild Universal Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Oct. 11, 2022 12:24 pm EST Anyone who’s ever seen a James Wan horror movie knows the man is downright terrified of human-like dolls, as well as he should be. So it’s no surprise to see him involved in the making of “M3GAN,” the upcoming Blumhouse thriller about a killer doll that looks like a cross between Annabelle from “The Conjuring” and the teched-out Buddi doll version of Chucky from the “Child’s Play” remake....

Marvel’s $25 Million Infinity Stones Gem Collection Will Break Your Wallet Marvel Studios By Shania Russell/July 26, 2022 10:45 am EST Now that the Infinity Saga has come to a close and the MCU is on the verge of entering a bigger, more complicated era, we can finally look back fondly on the battle to save the universe from Thanos. Surely everyone’s recovered from the traumas of The Blip, by now?...

Max Headroom Reboot In The Works As Nation Desperately Attempts To Flee To The ’80s ABC By Jenna Busch/July 29, 2022 3:48 pm EST It’s all ’80s, all the time these days, from fashion to music, and we’re about to add yet another 1980s staple to our lives. Deadline is reporting that a “Max Headroom” reboot is in the works at AMC networks. Matt Frewer, who starred in the original series, is set to reprise the role of Max, who was an A....

Meet The Suspects Of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Lionsgate By Rafael Motamayor/Aug. 29, 2022 1:21 pm EST “I suspect foul play!” states a special report from one detective Benoit Blanc sent in the early hours of today. The unusual, unpopular, but still very successful “Last of the Gentlemen Sleuths,” Blanc is probably best known for solving the bizarre murder of best-selling novelist Harlan Thrombey by his money-grabbing jerk of a grandson, Hugh Ransom — who does have an impeccable sweater taste....

‘The key is to know what you’re doing’ 20th Century Studios In the past, Ridley Scott has likened his approach to directing to that of a painter who steadily crafts a clear, striking image on their canvas. “The key is to know what you’re doing,” he explained to Entertainment Weekly. “If you do 90 takes it means you don’t really know what you want.” This is also why Scott feels it’s important to figure out as much of any movie as possible in pre-production....

Freedom fighters and fierce friends Paramount When Shaxs arrives on Deep Space Nine, he and Kira greet one another with a big hug and a lot of warmth, then immediately start arguing over which of them is indebted to the other for saving their life. Kira starts it all off with, “He saved my life during the raid on the Haru Outposts, I still owe you for that one!” and it devolves from there, with the two of them bringing up the many times in which they saved one another’s lives....

The 5 Things Billy Wilder Believed Every Director Needs To Be Paramount Pictures By Devin Meenan/July 22, 2022 5:50 pm EST Directors were regarded as mere workmen during the Golden Age of Hollywood. However, the studio system still produced some filmmakers with such singular vision and distinctive work that they formed the bedrock of Auteur theory. One of those was Samuel “Billy” Wilder. Born in Austria-Hungary to a Jewish family, Wilder left Europe to escape the Nazis and then found himself in Hollywood in 1933....