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Joker: Folie à Deux Showcases Some Good Taste, Adds Catherine Keener Universal Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 7, 2022 4:01 pm EST If you think about it, a “Joker” standalone movie about the clown prince of crime that’s been blatantly filtered through some notable Martin Scorsese films and goes on to make a killing at the box office, all while destroying our collective ability to discuss movies like rational adults in the process, has to be the most Joker move ever....

Matthew Modine’s Full Metal Jacket John Wayne Impression Came From Working With Mel Gibson Warner Bros. By Anya Stanley/Nov. 27, 2022 10:00 pm EST “Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?” It’s a recurring line in “Full Metal Jacket,” Stanley Kubrick’s intense 1987 war meditation as famous for its colorful language and memorable characters as it is for its scrutiny of the Vietnam conflict. The line is first uttered by Matthew Modine’s J....

Pearl Trailer: Mia Goth Is The Star She Deserves To Be A24 By BJ Colangelo/July 26, 2022 9:00 am EST After nearly a decade away from the world of horror, Ti West slashed his way back onto the scene this year with the 1970s-inspired “X,” about a group of would-be pornographers who find themselves in a fight for survival after the reclusive elderly couple from whom they rent a farmhouse for production discover exactly what kind of movie these kids are making....

Sebastian Stan Did Some ‘Surreal’ Research For His Role In I, Tonya Neon By Matt Rainis/Oct. 11, 2022 3:46 pm EST The story of Nancy Kerrigan being attacked after a figure skating practice was not an inherently funny one, at the time. The attack was orchestrated by Jeff Gilooly, the then-husband of figure skater Tonya Harding, who also had knowledge of the plan. Kerrigan was attacked by assailant Shane Stant in order to keep her from competing in the United States Figure Skating Championships and the Winter Olympics, though she managed to recover in time for the Olympics....

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Showrunner Henry Alonso Myers On Making The Trek Show He Always Wanted To See [Interview] Paramount+ By Jacob Hall/July 7, 2022 2:03 pm EST Now that the first season of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” has ended — with an emotional and thought-provoking time travel finale, no less — we can say it: This is the best first season of any “Trek” series. Fans of the franchise have spent decades joking that it takes the average “Star Trek” show a few years to get good, but “Strange New Worlds” came out of the gate swinging, delivering 10 episodes of such consistent quality and variety that all future shows in this universe have a new high watermark to chase....

Superhero Bits: The Blue Beetle Movie Wraps Filming, The Real Budget Of The Snyder Cut & More Queen Studios By Ryan Scott/July 19, 2022 4:24 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....

The 15 Best Post-Apocalyptic Board Games Antler Games By Matthew Monagle/July 21, 2022 11:29 am EST I’ve always liked to go through — not around — the things that stress me out. Nowhere is this more evident than in my growing collection of post-apocalyptic board games. With water shortages and record heat scorching our country, any sane person would look for comfort instead of more of the same, but as the famed road warrior Max Rockatansky once said, it’s getting hard to know who is crazier, me or everyone else....

The Daily Stream: The Wheel Of Time Explores Good And Evil, With Some Needed Updates Prime Video By Jenna Busch/Sept. 2, 2022 5:00 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: “The Wheel of Time” Where You Can Stream It: Prime Video The Pitch: “The Wheel of Time” was a book series by Robert Jordan that I read years ago, but even after “Game of Thrones,” I thought there was no way they’d ever make this into a series — there are so many books and so much world-building....

The Rings Of Power Carries On A Tradition From The Lord Of The Rings’ Best Battles Prime Video By Rafael Motamayor/Sept. 30, 2022 2:00 pm EST “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy achieved many things that weren’t deemed possible before its release. It delivered one of the greatest fully-digital movie characters of all time, it proved you can do high fantasy in an epic and grounded scale while making a ton of money, it proved you could adapt Tolkien in live-action, it showed that blockbuster cinema could win a ton of Oscars, and it proved that Viggo Mortensen is one of the hottest men in the planet....

The Wild Bunch Star L.Q. Jones Has Died At 94 Universal Pictures By Ben F. Silverio/July 10, 2022 6:35 pm EST Following an eclectic career in Hollywood that spanned seven decades, L.Q. Jones passed away on July 9, 2022. His grandson Erté deGarces informed The Hollywood Reporter that the veteran character actor died of natural causes at the age of 94 in his Hollywood Hills home. Jones was born Justus Ellis McQueen Jr....

The Wonder Review: Florence Pugh Investigates A Miracle In This Chilly Oddity [TIFF] Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 14, 2022 11:41 am EST The camera glides across a soundstage, showing the rough exterior of the set of a house built on top of a steel platform. “This is the beginning of a movie called ‘The Wonder,’” a narrator tells us, before adding: “We are nothing without stories.” Eventually, the camera pans over to a small set dressed to resemble the bowels of a ship, where a woman (Florence Pugh) sits, eating from a bowl, as the set rocks back and forth to mimic the rolling of the waves....

There Are ‘No Talking Cats’ In Hocus Pocus 2, But Thackery Binx Will Return Disney+ By Sandy Schaefer/Aug. 29, 2022 5:28 pm EST For as much as humans are the stars of Disney’s 1993 box office failure-turned Halloween cult classic “Hocus Pocus,” they’ve got serious competition from Thackery Binx. Of course, it helps that the adorable, irritable feline — who, as seen in the film’s 17th-century-set prologue, was once a teen boy cursed to live forever as a talking black cat by the Sanderson Sisters — is voiced by the talented Jason Marsden....

Why Demián Bichir Sees The Let The Right One In Series As Shakespeare Showtime By Debopriyaa Dutta/Nov. 8, 2022 11:46 am EST Tomas Alfredson’s “Let the Right One In” is a classic vampire tale. Two young kids who are worlds apart bond over their sense of otherness and commit dark deeds together. It is a story both devoid of emotion and drenched in warm companionship that evolves into love. Given the timeless nature of the story, “Let the Right One In” has inspired an American remake and a comic book series, along with the recently released Showtime series of the same name by Andrew Hinderaker....

You Can Thank Rebecca Hall For Resurrection, Literally IFC Films By Erin Brady/July 29, 2022 12:53 pm EST The Black List often highlights some of the best screenplays that haven’t been produced yet, and oftentimes, a screenplay’s inclusion on this prestigious list will eventually allow them to make it into production. Movies like “Juno” and “Slumdog Millionaire” were included in this database, so obviously, there’s a good chance that the scripts in it are incredible....

12 Underrated Stephen King Movies You Should Check Out Warner Bros. By Justin McDevitt/Aug. 25, 2022 3:45 pm EST Not all Stephen King movies are created equal. King’s massive catalog of frights has made for exciting film adaptations ever since Brian de Palma gave us “Carrie” in 1976. However, “The Shining” might be best remembered for King’s criticisms of the film. Those who remember 1979’s “Salem’s Lot” miniseries might have found themselves asking, “Why is the vampire blue?...

20 Different Versions Of A Key Thor: Love And Thunder Scene Were Shot, According To Natalie Portman Marvel/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures By BJ Colangelo/July 8, 2022 4:18 pm EST The latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has hit theaters, so of course, all anyone is talking about is “Thor: Love and Thunder.” The Taika Waititi-directed continuation of the “Thor” series sees our golden, hunky god (Chris Hemsworth) searching for inner peace as he planet-hops with the Guardians of the Galaxy, but he’s interrupted when Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) rears his pale and terrifying head in an attempt to extinguish all gods....

A Live-Action Pac-Man Movie Is Coming To Devour Your Pellets And Eat Your Ghosts Bandai Namco Entertainment By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 8, 2022 3:02 pm EST That classic “Game Over” sound effect you might be hearing right now isn’t poor little Pac-Man getting devoured by a hungry ghost, but the sound of Hollywood officially throwing in the towel and embracing the IP craze at any and all costs. Okay, it’s not quite as dire as all that, especially given the plethora of excellent and thoroughly worthwhile cinematic offerings currently available to widespread audiences (even if some of them deserved a theatrical release)....

Bryce Dallas Howard Is Officially Entering The Star Wars Universe As A Jedi Lucasfilm By Jenna Busch/Oct. 25, 2022 3:32 pm EST You know Master Yoda and his distinctive speech pattern from “Star Wars.” You’ve posted memes of Grogu from “The Mandalorian” with his widdle fingers and his snicky snacks. Now we’re going to get to know Yaddle, the Jedi Master of the same, as-yet-unnamed species in the new animated series “Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi....

How It Follows’ Ending Ruined A Great Horror Movie Radius-TWC By Witney Seibold/July 8, 2022 8:55 am EST When David Robert Mitchell’s film “It Follows” was released in 2015, it officially codified the growing trends in the horror of the decade. Low-fi and high-concept, “It Follows” was a quiet film, set in mundane locations and about ordinary people, able to wring dread out of seemingly innocuous scenarios. “It Follows” would be released around the likes of “Hereditary,” “The Witch,” and “It Comes at Night,” all slow-burn, contemplative horror movies that slide their fingernails under your skin and do not let go....

He phones a friend — but not for their notes Peacock The first thing Tarantino does when he has a good idea is bounce it off of other people. “Usually I’ll call up a couple friends on the phone and I’ll go, ‘Hey, can I read you this scene I just wrote?’” he said. These trusted friends include Eli Roth, the multi-hyphenate filmmaker behind horror movies like “Cabin Fever” and “Knock Knock,” and Stacey Sher, who produced ’90s hits like “Erin Brockovich” as well as Tarantino’s 2012 film “Django Unchained....