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Wakanda Forever Isn’t The First Time The Black Panther And Namor Have Clashed Marvel Studios By Devin Meenan/Nov. 19, 2022 2:14 pm EST If there’s a highlight of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” it’s Namor the Sub-Mariner (Tenoch Huerta Mejía). For the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Namor was reinvented as a man of Mayan descent, with his underwater kingdom renamed from Atlantis to Talokan. He’s still just as self-righteous as his comics self, though, and a scarier fighter to boot....

What Selena Gomez’s Working Girl Reboot Needs To Do To Be Relevant For The Here And Now Hulu By Jenna Busch/Aug. 2, 2022 5:43 pm EST Get out the hairspray and shoulder pads: 20th Century Studios is developing a new version of the 1988 film “Working Girl.” The project reportedly has “Only Murders in the Building” star and executive producer Selena Gomez in final negotiations to produce the film, with Ilana Peña (“Diary of a Future President”) adapting the script....

Why Alejandro Inarritu Considers Bardo The ‘Most Challenging Filmmaking’ Of His Career Netflix By Mike Shutt/Oct. 31, 2022 4:17 pm EST Two-time Best Director winner Alejandro González Iñárritu has spent a lot of time on the press tours for his last few films telling stories about the extreme challenges of making them. Whether it was crafting the one-take look of “Birdman of (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” or the brutal weather conditions making “The Revenant,” the lengths to which he will go to push his directorial style further seemingly knows no bounds....

Women Talking Review: Empowering Survivors To Take Back Their Lives [TIFF] Courtesy of TIFF By Sarah Milner/Sept. 15, 2022 9:31 am EST The following review includes reference to domestic abuse and sexual assault. Please proceed with caution. In a world where abortion rights feel tenuous, men’s sexual appetites endless, and domestic abuse cases ubiquitous, we need movies like “Women Talking.” The confident, fearless film is a testament to female empowerment, depicting a colony of vulnerable women banding together to change their lives for the better — facing the unknown in order to improve the situation not just out of their own self-interest, but out of love for their fellow sisters in Christ....

38 Years After Temple Of Doom, Steven Spielberg Still Sends Ke Huy Quan Christmas Presents Paramount Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/Nov. 16, 2022 12:41 pm EST It’s always heartwarming to see a familiar face return to the big screen after disappearing from the industry, such as Brendan Fraser with “The Whale.” The start of the year, however, reacquainted us with another familiar face in Ke Huy Quan with “Everything Everywhere All at Once....

Vacant staging DKC/O&M/Matt Murphy Under Jeremy Herrin’s direction, glimpses of a well-performed play that struggles to breathe through crowded details and Kitt’s music. While not terrible, Herrin’s staging relies on the cast’s performances but fails to underline Crowe’s dialogue with energy — with an exception of a meltdown where Russell storms through a choreography of doorways. Compounding this issue, Derek McLane’s uninspired scenic spread and video design cast only a tint of mood....

An Indecisive Studio Meant Bad News For Brendan Fraser’s Monkeybone Twentieth Century Studios By Travis Yates/Dec. 11, 2022 8:00 pm EST Heading into the new millennium, Fraser had just wrapped the action spectacular “The Mummy” which grossed more than $155 million, and the supernatural romantic comedy “Bedazzled” which raked in more than $90 million worldwide. And just when it looked like anything he touched would turn to box office gold, “Monkeybone” happened....

Black Mirror’s Creators See An Overarching Optimism In Their Show Netflix By Michael Boyle/Oct. 27, 2022 10:44 am EST “Black Mirror” has a reputation for being cynical. Its very first episode centers around the UK’s Prime Minister being forced to have sex with a pig, while the country’s citizens watch for entertainment on their TVs. The second episode centers around a character who passionately tries to fight back against the corrupt entertainment system, only to immediately fold on his values the moment they give him money and his own TV show....

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Is All About The Women Of Wakanda Eli Adé / Marvel Studios By Shania Russell/Nov. 11, 2022 6:30 pm EST The untimely passing of Chadwick Boseman shook the world. Losing the beloved actor left us reeling and forced the MCU to reckon with an impossible dilemma: what would become of T’Challa? Could the man behind the Black Panther mantle ever be replaced? The idea of recasting Boseman’s character quickly became a controversial topic of discussion, but Ryan Coogler wisely chose to walk a different path....

A dream project with a dream director Lucasfilm Ashton had personally approached Bong Joon-ho sometime at the end of 2021 knowing he’d be the perfect fit to tackle the material, and it was alleged that every A-lister in Hollywood was vying for the starring role that inevitably went to Robert Pattinson. Bong Joon-ho has been an undeniable force in filmmaking since his debut feature “Barking Dogs Never Bite” in 2000, but the explosion of success with 2019’s “Parasite” allowed a global audience to see what so many film lovers had been screaming about for over a decade; Bong Joon-ho is the real deal and one of the greatest filmmakers the world has ever seen....

Community’s Cast Knew Dan Harmon’s Firing Could Spell Doom For The Series NBC By Matt Rainis/Aug. 31, 2022 4:03 pm EST Dan Harmon, the creative mind behind such acclaimed shows as “Community” and “Rick and Morty,” was at one point widely known for being hard to work with behind-the-scenes. While his work on the latter has helped Harmon mature as a creator and a collaborator, during his time on “Community,” he gained a reputation for his constant arguments with network executives and a feud with legendary comedic actor Chevy Chase....

Stranger Things is headed to the stage Netflix The “Stranger Things” stage play is described as being “set within the world and mythology of ‘Stranger Things’” and will be produced by U.K. theater producer Sonia Friedman, Stephen Daldry, and Netflix. Daldry will also direct the play, having previously won Tony Awards for his direction on “An Inspector Calls,” “Billy Elliot: The Musical,” and “The Inheritance.” He’s also known for helming the original film version of “Billy Elliot,” as well as the Oscar-winning dramas “The Hours” and “The Reader” and multiple episodes of “The Crown....

Chewie, we’re home. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Objectively, this moment is nothing special. If anything, it’s kind of sad. Sometime in the 32 years between “Return of the Jedi” and “The Force Awakens,” Han Solo goes from being General Solo, hero of the Rebellion and Princess Leia’s bae, to a washed-up has-been who lost his most prized possession to a third-rate junker named Unkar Plutt (Simon Pegg). My, how the mighty have fallen....

Gerwig flipped out when she saw Nef’s audition Netflix All of Nef’s roles have been comedic characters with real dramatic depth. Blythe, for example, appears to be a vapid adversary of the main character at first, but later becomes a trusted friend. She is as ditzy as it is witty, as bookish as she is air-headed. Meanwhile, Bex is a teenager who toes a similar line between sage wisdom and youthful unawareness....

‘I knew nothing’ Warner Bros. Ramis came into his job directing “Caddyshack” as a hotshot young comedy writer, but quickly blew any cred he could have come in with on the first day, according to Ramis in the book. “I walked on the set of “Caddyshack” and made a total fool of myself on the first setup,” said the director, referring to an incident where he was asked by the assistant director where he wanted the camera placed for a certain scene....

How Labyrinth Led To Jim Henson Making Animatronic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Line Cinema By Miyako Pleines/Oct. 12, 2022 4:32 pm EST Puppets and Jim Henson go together like strings and a marionette. It’s basically impossible to talk about puppeteering without turning the conversation back to Henson at some point. Though he passed away in 1990, Henson’s legacy lives on through his company, as well as his Creature Shop which continues to create fantastic puppetry for television and film to this day....

How The Mask Managed To Transform Jim Carrey Without Hiding His Unmistakable Face New Line Cinema By Joe Roberts/Dec. 1, 2022 3:51 pm EST Everyone knows Jim Carrey’s lovably outrageous superhero character in “The Mask.” But it might surprise you to learn the original comic book on which the film is based was a hell of a lot more violent. The “Mask” comic featured a homicidal central character who would don the eponymous artifact only to unleash hell on those who’d wronged him by the most violent means possible....

It would be unjustifiable to single out a favorite or standout Matt Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade Our human center, Brian D’Arcy James and Sara Bareilles (insert joke about the “Waitress” star playing yet another chef) embody a priceless married pair who walk the perfect balance of relatable goofiness and (not always intact) moral compunctions. Sara Bareilles twinges her goofiness at the optimal and never sacrifices her character’s ponderance — especially for the contemplative “Moments in the Woods....

Never change, gang FX/Hulu A part of what makes watching the consistently dumb antics of the gang worthwhile is the show’s commitment to never evolve them (at least, not significantly). Sure, their specific problems may change as they grow older, but they don’t learn from their mistakes in ways that prevent the gang from making them again. Speaking to E! News, series star Kaitlin Olson commented on how “Sweet” Dee and the rest of the crew never “learn their lesson and grow and be better people....

I had to design a dress that would inspire a whole fashion show. Focus Features You just worked on a film set in ’50s London. What are the main differences between costume designing for ’50s London and ’60s London? Close but completely different, and different period. I mean, early ’50s you’re coming out of that whole, much more structured, couture kind of shape where everyone’s much more cosseted. The suits are very different, bigger shoulders, I think....