The first American stag film returns to theaters A24 In an interview with /Film’s BJ Colangelo, West revealed that the stag film the projectionist shows Pearl is indeed real: “It was called ‘A Free Ride,’ aka ‘Grass Sandwich.’ If I’m correct on this, and it’s been a little while, I’m pretty sure it’s the first one, I don’t know if it’s the first one ever, but it’s one of the first ones that has been archived....
There’s A Dark Side To The Current Trend Of Semi-Autobiographical Movies Focus Features By Walter Roberts/Nov. 7, 2022 12:00 pm EST James Gray’s “Armageddon Time” is the closest thing to stepping inside a director’s memory. It’s so authentic that the creative team used Gray’s father’s photo collection to build a near-identical replica of his family home on set — matching the wallpaper, paneling, and posters on his bedroom wall. If Paul Graff (Banks Repeta), standing in for a young Gray, was not made out to be a pretty terrible person, it might be easy to call the whole exercise self-indulgent, or at least an expensive form of therapy....
Tobe Hooper Believed Hollywood Had ‘Let Down’ Its Most Important Horror Directors Legendary By Drew Tinnin/Oct. 19, 2022 5:00 pm EST Hollywood didn’t force Tobe Hooper to make horror movies, but he and other top genre directors may have felt a little trapped in genre jail by the Hollywood brass. Tobe Hooper began his career as more of a surrealist filmmaker with the hallucinatory hippie romance “Eggshells” back in 1969. Hooper shot the film in Austin, Texas where, at that time, the capitol city was becoming a haven for the blossoming counter culture movement, even if local law enforcement and conservative Texans weren’t exactly welcoming them with open arms....
Why Does Sight And Sound’s Greatest Movies List Always Snub Steven Spielberg? Universal Pictures By Jeremy Smith/Dec. 2, 2022 4:00 pm EST Every 10 years, the British Film Institute’s Sight and Sound magazine asks hundreds of film critics to name what they believe to be the 10 greatest movies of all time. From this, a master list of the 100 Greatest Films of All Time is compiled. Once released, there’s a brief period of effusion followed by days of rage....
‘It’s like we’re really on the cusp of an Orwellian Armageddon’ Paramount Pictures “Terminator: Dark Fate” acts as a direct sequel to “Terminator 2” and largely takes place in 2020, wisely relegating the events of the other “Terminator” sequels to an alternate timeline. Linda Hamilton, the heart of the franchise’s first two films, reprises her role in the movie as Sarah Connor, now tasked with protecting Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes), a young Mexican woman who’s been targeted by machine forces from the future....
Why The Authority Is The Next DC Superhero Team Who Deserves A Movie DC Comics By Jamie Gerber/Nov. 30, 2022 4:00 pm EST Up until the recent announcement of DC Studios, the new film division at Warner Bros. Discovery to be headed up by auteur James Gunn and producer Peter Safran, it kind of seemed like the DC Universe was lacking direction. While the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become a bit too streamlined, the DCU had the opposite problem and had become increasingly unwieldy....
Yellowjackets season 2 release date and where to watch it Showtime Filming on “Yellowjackets” season 2 began in August 2022 with the goal of making a first-quarter premiere date in 2023. Showtime has since released a short teaser confirming the second season will land on its streaming platform and on-demand channel for subscribers on March 24, 2023, before airing on the main Showtime channel two days later at 9 p.m. EST....
American Horror Story Season 11: Release Date, Cast, And More FX By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 29, 2022 6:38 pm 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.) Just when you thought you were safe from anthology horror series, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk are pulling a real Madison Montgomery because surprise b****, “American Horror Story” is back for its 11th season....
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Is Tracking For A Massive Opening Weekend At The Box Office Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Oct. 20, 2022 1:31 pm EST We had a rough handful of weeks at the box office in September and early October with a mere few bright spots along the way. But things are looking up with “Black Adam” opening this weekend and with “Halloween Ends” keeping horror’s hot streak alive. But the year’s most seemingly massive guaranteed hit is just around the corner in the form of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” and it’s primed to open the floodgates, bringing out moviegoers en masse on near-record levels....
Family matters Shudder Part of the fun of “Blood Relatives” is how Segan plays around with established vampire mythology. Yes, vampires are undead; yes, they drink blood (of humans and sometimes animals, but animals don’t taste as good); and yes, they can be killed by sunlight. But Francis also loves to chug bottles of booze — something Count Dracula, with his aversion to spirits, would gag at. And, even though he’s technically dead, Francis can also sire a child....
Christian Bale’s Mom Gave Him Some Extreme Advice Going Into Velvet Goldmine Miramax By Jamie Gerber/Sept. 2, 2022 5:23 pm EST Christian Bale is known for disappearing into his roles and “Velvet Goldmine” was no exception. Written and directed by Todd Haynes, the 1998 movie was named for David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust” era B-side. Haynes is no stranger to music movies, having begun his career with the 1987 controversial short film, “Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story....
‘If you’re there, we’re there.’ Netflix According to a report from Variety, series co-creator Bonnie Turner ensured that Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith were onboard from the start: “They didn’t need convincing for a second […] They both said separately: ‘If you’re there, we’re there.’ They read the scripts and were very valuable in talking to us about how Red and Kitty have aged and maybe they’re like this.”...
Filming Hollywood Love Scenes Was Never Humphrey Bogart’s Forte Warner Bros. By Erin Brady/Aug. 4, 2022 10:06 am EST When you think of suave and charismatic leading men of Old Hollywood, Humphrey Bogart is probably one of the first actors to come to mind. After all, how can he not? His roles in movies such as “The Maltese Falcon” and “Casablanca” established him as a smooth-talking ladies’ man that can charm anyone....
Frank Capra’s Directing Style Didn’t Sit Well With Cary Grant Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/July 8, 2022 3:03 pm EST Based on the play by Joseph Kesselring, Frank Capra’s 1944 film version of “Arsenic and Old Lace” may be the director’s darkest movie. Playing like a comedic version of Hitchcock, the film is about a pair of kindly old sisters named Abby and Marth (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) who occasionally take in lodgers for the night in their remote home....
Halloween Ends Will Be A Departure From The Rest Of The Reboot Trilogy According To John Carpenter Universal Pictures By Ryan Scott/July 7, 2022 12:09 pm EST 2018 revived a long-dormant horror franchise “Halloween” with what might be one of the most successful legacy sequels ever made. Directed by David Gordon Green, it served as a direct sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, taking place 40 years after the fact. That paved the way for last year’s hit sequel “Halloween Kills” which, despite lackluster reviews, and the availability to stream on Peacock, also did quite well....
It Was A Long And Winding Road Getting Schindler’s List To The Big Screen Amblin Entertainment/Universal Pictures By Lee Adams/Sept. 17, 2022 8:00 pm EST Schindler’s Ark, the factory where German Nazi Party member, industrialist, and profiteer Oskar Schindler sheltered 1,200 Jews from extermination, is quietly falling into ruin. Situated around 30 miles north of Brno in the Czech Republic, the historic buildings nestle beside a bend in the Svitava river, arranged around a small square less than 50 meters across....
Mike Trailer: Trevante Rhodes Channels Mike Tyson In Hulu Limited Series Hulu By Debopriyaa Dutta/July 21, 2022 1:07 pm EST Trevante Rhodes (“Moonlight) is ready to throw some punches inside the ring as Mike Tyson in Hulu’s upcoming limited series, “Mike.” A trailer for the series has dropped, which features Tyson’s arc as a boxer and his gradual rise to stardom amidst troubled waters. In the trailer, we see Tyson being bullied as a child and then turning to a life of crime, which of inevitably seeps into his career as a boxing champion....
Netflix Has Killed Blockbuster (Again) Netflix By Shania Russell/Dec. 18, 2022 3:02 pm EST History has a funny way of repeating itself. After nearly two decades of headlines about streaming services killing off DVD rental services, Netflix is once again delivering the deathblow to Blockbuster Video. Last month, the streamer made the very ironic call to launch a new 10-episode series called “Blockbuster,” embracing the idea of a throwback with a single-camera workplace comedy about the employees of the last Blockbuster video store....
Roger Moore Made A Real-Life Rescue On The Set Of The Man With The Golden Gun United Artists By Matt Rainis/Oct. 12, 2022 1:23 pm EST Roger Moore’s turn as James Bond is typically known as one of the more whimsical interpretations of 007. Moore would compare himself in interviews to his predecessor in the role, Sean Connery, saying, “I always say, Sean was a killer; I was a lover.”...
Rugrats Season 2: Everything We Know So Far Paramount+ By Shania Russell/July 31, 2022 6:30 pm EST 30 years after they first toddled into our lives, the adventurous Rugrats have returned for their inevitable reboot. Much like “The Powerpuff Girls” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” before them, not even these imaginative babies are safe from the power of ’90s nostalgia, which is how they found themselves on Paramount+ with a (mildly disturbing) new look....
