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Meet Andor’s Maarva Andor, The Tough And Tragic Mother You Need In The Star Wars Universe [Exclusive] Lucasfilm By Rafael Motamayor/Nov. 18, 2022 12:00 pm EST “Andor” has been one of the most surprising things “Star Wars” has ever done. After a few years of samey stories fervently focused on nostalgia and cameos from your favorite Glup Shitto-like side characters, along comes “Andor” to show that the franchise is capable of more than power fantasies and recycling nostalgia....

Netflix Confirms It Will Not Portray Princess Diana’s Fatal Crash In The Crown Season 6 Netflix By Rafael Motamayor/Oct. 20, 2022 12:09 pm EST Netflix’s “The Crown” is truly an achievement in episodic storytelling, a show that condenses decades’ worth of history in a better way than even Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” Even as every season (and indeed, every episode) jumps forward in time years and even decades at a time, each individual episode feels self contained and entertaining on its own — unlike other shows about royal disputes in grand castles with magical beasts....

New Scooby-Doo Movie Finally Gives Velma The Gay Crush She Deserves Warner Bros. Animation By Mike Shutt/Oct. 5, 2022 2:15 pm EST “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” first aired on CBS back in 1969, and for much of the franchise’s existence, there has been rampant speculation amongst the fans regarding the sexuality of one of the principal characters, Velma Dinkley. After countless shows and movies, both animated and live-action, over the last 53 years, there has been a desire for Velma to be canonically queer....

One Piece Film Red Features An Incredible Team-Up 23 Years In The Making Toei Animation By Ernesto Valenzuela/Nov. 4, 2022 9:00 am EST This post contains spoilers for “One Piece Film Red.” “One Piece Film Red” is filled with explosive and mind-bending moments that not only features stunning animation and fun world-building but also rewards viewers who have watched or read the series from the beginning. Eiichiro Oda himself said that “One Piece” was nearing its end, and although he’s said that several times before, the events and character interactions up to this point all seem to indicate that it may actually be true this time....

Paul Dano Had ‘Unprecedented Access’ To Steven Spielberg For The Fabelmans Universal By Tyler Llewyn Taing/Oct. 24, 2022 2:49 pm EST Despite his unique mastery of the form from a young age, Steven Spielberg has never been a particularly mysterious filmmaker. His success stories have been well-documented, from his early maverick successes like “Jaws” to his innovative blockbusters like “Jurassic Park.” One other crucial ingredient to his filmmaking that Spielberg takes with him, no matter the scale, is a strong sense of identity....

Paul Dano’s Directing Approach Isn’t That Far Off From Acting IFC Films By Witney Seibold/Aug. 18, 2022 9:15 pm EST Paul Dano has been a professional actor since age 12 when he appeared in a 1996 Broadway revival of “Inherit the Wind” with Charles Durning and George C. Scott. In film, Dano broke out in 2001 playing the lead role in Michael Cuesta’s hard-hitting sexual drama “L.I.E.” opposite Brian Cox in a career-best performance....

Pop Culture Imports: Thirst, All Quiet On The Western Front, Chainsaw Man, And More Foreign Movies And TV Streaming Now Focus/CJ Entertainment By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 28, 2022 2:20 pm EST Welcome to a new edition of Pop Culture Imports for the month of October! Now granted, this month’s column may not be quite as spooky themed as past October editions, but you could argue that it does give us a taste of different kinds of horror — from the erotic horrors of “Thirst” and “La Piscine,” to the horrors of war in “All Quiet on the Western Front,” to the horrors of having a chainsaw for a head (which ironically, isn’t quite that horrific)....

Saturday Night Live Once Added So Many New Cast Members That It Became A Joke NBC By Michael Boyle/Sept. 21, 2022 3:54 pm EST It’s an interesting time to be a fan of “Saturday Night Live.” Since the season 47 finale in May, we’ve seen the cast departures of Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Melissa Villaseñor, Chris Redd, and Aristotle Athari. We’ve also seen four new cast members join the cast: Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker....

M3GAN Universal Pictures/YouTube Movies about lifelike robots imbued with artificial intelligence have run the gamut from whimsical (Steven Spielberg’s “A.I. Artificial Intelligence”) to downright terrifying (the entire “Terminator” franchise), and “M3GAN” definitely hews closer to the latter. “Girls” alum Allison Williams stars as Gemma, a top robotics engineer employed by a cutting-edge toy company who unexpectedly finds herself the sole guardian of her young niece, Cady (Violet McGraw), after the child’s parents die in a car accident....

Studio Execs In The Editing Room Could Have Ruined The Hunt For Red October Paramount Pictures By Miyako Pleines/Nov. 15, 2022 10:11 am EST Part of what makes “The Hunt for Red October” so great is that its focus forgoes the traditional “good guys vs. bad guys” plot for something that’s a lot more complex. The film tells the story of Captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery), the commanding officer of the Red October, a Soviet submarine with the ability to move through the water virtually undetected thanks to the use of a special kind of technology called “the caterpillar....

The 18 Best Curb Your Enthusiasm Episodes, Ranked John P. Johnson/HBO By Joe Garza/Sept. 6, 2022 12:52 pm EST “Curb Your Enthusiasm” is one of the funniest television shows, and anyone with a pulse should watch it. The HBO comedy series follows Larry David portraying a semi-fictionalized version of himself living a wealthy yet mundane life after the success of NBC’s “Seinfeld” — a show the real-life Larry David created. The fictional series follows those who have to deal with Larry’s habit of making a fuss out of everything — from minor annoyances to everyday social interactions....

Worst: Sandra Bullock’s weird cameo Sony Pictures Apparently, there is some sort of running joke between Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock that we’re all missing out on. Earlier this year, Pitt gave a humorous supporting performance in the romantic action comedy “The Lost City,” which starred Bullock and Channing Tatum. Pitt played a hyper-masculine character that showed that the actor has a sense of self-awareness. Bullock apparently wanted to return the favor, and her voice is heard throughout “Bullet Train” as Maria, Ladybug’s handler....

The Best TV Episodes Of 2022, Ranked AMC By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 14, 2022 9:00 am EST At this point, saying that 2022 has been a good year for TV would be like saying water is wet. There’s more TV than ever before, which means that if you thought it was anything but a great year for the medium, you simply haven’t been watching enough of the good stuff. We’re not blaming you, as the total saturation of the format also means it’s tougher than ever to decide what to watch....

The Sandman Netflix Fans of the Neil Gaiman comic book series “The Sandman” have been waiting for decades for an adaptation of the wild, winding story of Morpheus, the embodiment of dreams, and his six eternal siblings, the Endless. Morpheus, played by Tom Sturridge with a mess of black hair and a perpetual pout, has been taken captive by a human sorcerer and held against his will for many years....

The Boys’ Claudia Doumit Didn’t Know Victoria Neuman Was A Supe When She Auditioned By Joshua Meyer/July 7, 2022 8:18 pm EST If your head almost popped when the true nature of Victoria Neuman was revealed on “The Boys,” you weren’t alone. Actress Claudia Doumit, who joined the show as Neuman in season 2, had the same reaction when she auditioned. Neuman first appeared under the guise of a simple human congresswoman who was seemingly anti-superhero and anti-Vought International....

The Character That Was Almost Too Much For James Caan MGM By Bill Bria/Sept. 4, 2022 8:00 pm EST Throughout his career, the recently departed actor James Caan took on a number of roles that would’ve stumped lesser actors than he: a hotheaded and doomed mob boss’ son in “The Godfather,” a crippled and subdued author in “Misery,” and a cold-hearted cynic who denies the existence of Santa Claus in “Elf....

A Deep Dive Into Danger Paramount Ben (James Jagger, son of Mick) and Tina (Camille Rowe) are YouTubers who specialize in spooky places. We first meet them as they navigate dry land, looking for allegedly haunted locations. And then the duo learns of someplace new: a sanatorium submerged in an artificial lake in France. It sounds too good to be true. And it is, because once our pair of video explorers show up at the spot they’re meant to dive, they find it’s an overcrowded tourist attraction, thus ruining their plans to get some good underwater footage....

Dirty old men throughout history 20th Television The cliché of the Dirty Old Man archetype, of course, is as old as ancient literature. Lascivious old men can be found in Shakespeare, Molière, and Commedia dell’arte (in the Pantalone character). The aged male who repeatedly says creepy, sexual things about younger women is a trope that many writers fall back on today, and they still crop up on the regular; remember Herbert the Pervert from “Family Guy?...

The Stranger Things Scene That Left Noah Schnapp Terrified In Real Life Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Aug. 27, 2022 7:06 pm EST The fourth season of “Stranger Things” has plenty of highlights, but no episode stands out quite as much as “Dear Billy.” The fourth chapter of the season has already become a massive part of the pop cultural zeitgeist since its May debut, thanks largely to a scene in which Max (Sadie Sink) faces off against the villainous Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) with the help of a classic Kate Bush song....

When and where you can watch season 5 of Yellowstone Paramount+ Season 5 of “Yellowstone” will premiere on the Paramount Network on November 13, 2022. According to AV Club, the show’s season 5 premiere will be a special, two-hour event that sets the stage for the series of events that will continue to expand the show’s chaotic universe. Yellowstone season 5 teaser and what the new installment will be about...