Chris Hemsworth Wants A Radical Shift In Tone For A Potential Thor 5 Marvel Studios Of all the major heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Chris Hemworth’s Thor may have had the bumpiest ride. His first two solo movies, “Thor” and “Thor: The Dark World,” weren’t nearly as memorable or well-received as the pre-Avengers films for Iron Man or Captain America. They weren’t terrible, exactly, but they were just a little dull....
Noah Paramount Pictures Through the Biblical story of Noah’s ark, Darren Aronofsky created a Trojan horse with which he could foist an ecological parable onto mass audiences. The ardent environmentalist gets a little too preachy with “Noah,” however, and his hundred million-dollar plus epic is the film where Aronofsky’s reach most glaringly exceeded his grasp. It’s impressive that Aronofsky got a studio to back a vision that flies in the face of every stodgy genre convention, and that shows little interest in hitting the big points from Sunday school....
Here comes the Man in Black Magnum Pictures In the wake of “Season of the Witch,” franchise producer Moustapha Akkad insisted on bringing back Michael Myers for future installments. And so, “Halloween 4” became “The Return of Michael Myers,” with the Shape returning to Haddonfield to murder everyone in his path. This time, Michael learns he has a niece (the daughter of Laurie Strode, who we learn died in a car accident, although “Halloween H20” reveals that Laurie faked her death to go into hiding, and apparently never contacted her daughter again)....
House Of Darkness Review: An Ably Performed, But Largely Toothless Vampire Yarn Saban Films By Jeff Ewing/Sept. 9, 2022 7:00 am EST The modern dating scene can be murder. You meet someone at an event, a club, a bar … you never know if you’re seeing the real them. You likely aren’t. What’s lying underneath the surface of your boozed-up interlocutor? Are they kind? Better than you’re seeing? Or more likely, are they worse?...
The plight of the unluckiest assassin on Earth Sony Pictures In an interview with The Upcoming, Leitch revealed that he used Domino’s “luck-based action sequences” as a jumping off point for a pivotal scene near the end of “Bullet Train.” He describes the scene as a Rube Goldberg “meditation on fate” where The Elder (Hiroyuke Sanada) is at last seeing his 30-year quest for revenge snap into place. At the center of this melee is Ladybug, the least lucky man on the planet....
Making connections and gaining experience Warner Bros. Cuarón helped write the screenplay for “Children of Men” right after finishing his 2001 Mexican road film “Y Tu Mamá También,” but the movie never got off the ground until around 2004. “I’m thankful that it happened the way it happened,” Cuarón said. “Because of the way it happened, I had the opportunity of doing ‘Harry Potter’ before and that gave me the opportunity of having two years of work relationships in Britain, in London....
A scream queen on the rise Blumhouse While some will recognize Jenna Ortega from her Disney Channel days and others from her “Jane The Virgin” stint, this actress has been hovering around the world of the macabre for years. In 2013, she had a small role in Blumhouse’s “Insidious: Chapter 2” as Annie, a young girl who could see spirits. Later that same year, she took on some child-friendly scares with the Nickolodean anthology series “Deadtime Stories....
Indiana Jones 5 Will De-Age Harrison Ford For Its Opening Scene Paramount Pictures By Lex Briscuso/Nov. 21, 2022 9:47 am EST Nostalgia is usually a surefire way to get an audience excited. After all, we’re all getting older and the world is changing fast. Films are becoming an escape again fast, and what better world to escape into than one we already know well — which is why the news that our very own Indiana Jones, also known as the great Harrison Ford, will be de-aged in the opening sequence of “Indiana Jones 5” is so exciting....
Is Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan Biopic With Director James Mangold Still Happening? Sony Pictures Classics By Miyako Pleines/Nov. 16, 2022 7:34 pm EST Unless you’ve been living off the grid for the last couple of years, you’ve no doubt heard of Timothée Chalamet. The young actor who skyrocketed to fangirl levels of fame (seriously, just check out the Venice premiere for his latest film, “Bones and All” for proof) after starring in director Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name” is definitely on his way to becoming a household name....
The creature in question Sony Pictures Releasing In a 2022 oral history of Sonnenfeld’s film conducted by Inverse, the director, his production designed Bo Welch, and screenwriter Ed Solomon all discussed the fineries of making “Men in Black,” and some of the things they enjoyed — and didn’t enjoy — about the process. Like all big studio productions, “Men in Black” was subject to a great deal of studio tinkering, causing no small amount of headaches for the filmmakers....
Oliver Stone Was Happy To ‘Clash’ With Eric Bogosian On The Set Of Talk Radio Universal Pictures By Witney Seibold/Nov. 20, 2022 1:00 pm EST Oliver Stone’s 1988 film “Talk Radio” was based on the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play by Eric Bogosian which was, in turn, inspired by the book “Talked to Death: The Life and Murder of Alan Berg” by Stephen Singular. Set largely entirely in a recording studio, “Talk Radio” is about a call-in radio DJ named Barry Champlain (Bogosian) whose ratings have been rising thanks to his strident political streak of blustery misanthropy....
Personal Shopper Ending Explained: Kristen Stewart Talks To Dead People IFC Films By Lee Adams/Nov. 15, 2022 12:25 pm EST Do the spirits of the recently departed hang around to watch over those they left behind? It’s a question that Oliver Assayas pointedly refuses to answer in his supernatural mystery “Personal Shopper,” leaving the viewer to draw their own conclusions by the intriguingly ambiguous ending. While it’s a film that will madden people who like everything spelled out for them, it provides plenty to chew on for those who like to puzzle things out for themselves....
Playing Uhura In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Taught Celia Rose Gooding How To Let Go Paramount By Lyvie Scott/July 15, 2022 2:15 pm EST Few franchises have a legacy (or a fandom) quite as strong as “Star Trek.” And with an interconnected story that continues to evolve, it’s easy for fans to get protective of established aspects of the canon. This can make things tough for the “Trek” prequels, especially “Strange New Worlds,” which has remixed its fair share of fan favorites from “Star Trek: The Original Series....
Sandman Moments That Make Us Question Everything Netflix By Scott Thomas/Aug. 19, 2022 4:40 pm EST In 2022, the veil between waking life and dreams is razor-thin. A 2021 survey found that three out of five Americans felt more exhausted than ever. With many still working from home in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, bedrooms are nebulous spaces that house sleep and service alike. Pop entertainment responded accordingly. Disney +’s “Moon Knight” concerned a hero who couldn’t tell the difference between his awoken and slumberous states....
She-Hulk Finale Director Kat Coiro Originally Wanted Kevin Feige To Voice K.E.V.I.N. [Exclusive] Disney+ By Jeff Ewing/Oct. 17, 2022 3:34 pm EST It’s fitting that “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” ends on a dramatically novel note unlike anything Marvel has tried before. The fourth-wall-breaking series builds up to a teased high-spectacle battle between She-Hulk, Titania, the Abomination, and the Hulk, before Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) takes over and, in her wink-to-the-audience fashion, cancels the fight....
Hulu By Lex Briscuso/July 11, 2022 12:00 pm EST The third season of a television show is often when things start to drag, if they’re going to drag at all. When I think of legacy third seasons that were tough to pull through, I think of some of my favorite shows, “Lost” and “Breaking Bad,” where I had to really kick myself into high gear and power through to the other side, where I knew things would pick back up....
Star Trek: Lower Decks May Be A Comedy, But It Isn’t Afraid To Get Real Paramount+ By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 13, 2022 7:11 pm EST This article contains spoilers for the latest episode of “Star Trek: Lower Decks.” Adult animation in America is kind of a strange thing, because many people assume that cartoons exist only for children. While cartoon comedies for grown folks exist, they have a tendency to be ridiculous romps that rarely dig into anything particularly emotionally deep....
Terence Stamp Believes The First Two Superman Films Set A High Benchmark Warner Bros. By Jamie Gerber/Oct. 24, 2022 6:23 pm EST When people talk about the gold standard of superhero movies, they are often referring to “Superman.” Even after all these years, the 1978 film remains the bar by which all other movies of the genre are judged. From John Williams’ iconic score to the pitch perfect casting of Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder — not to mention its groundbreaking special effects — “Superman” truly made audiences believe a man could fly....
The Daily Stream: The LEGO Movie Shows Us That Everything Is Awesome When You Make Time To Play Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/Dec. 3, 2022 11:00 am 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 Movie: “The LEGO Movie” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max...
The Lesson The Rings Of Power Learned From Game Of Thrones Prime Video By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 4, 2022 3:00 pm EST “House of the Dragon” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” continued their parallel prestige fantasy ride this last weekend, each with an episode that — dramatically, at least — may well be the best the series has delivered thus far. “Driftmark” and “Udûn,” respectively the seventh and sixth episode of “House of the Dragon” and “The Rings of Power,” were full of unbearably tense confrontations and fights where long-simmering plotlines came to a head in an explosive manner....
