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Studio 666 Review: Dave Grohl’s Commitment To The Bit Makes This Horror-Comedy Scary Good Open Road Films By Lex Briscuso/Feb. 22, 2022 12:00 pm EST I’m very picky about horror comedies. I don’t typically seek out horror with an impulse to laugh, so the conventional meshing of the genres has always felt a bit foreign to me. There are definitely great movies that fit the horror-comedy subgenre bill; movies that I count as gems....

Survey says… Paramount Pictures Coming in with an overwhelming 50% of the total vote (consisting of 609 respondents in the U.S.), the original 1980 slasher classic “Friday the 13th” absolutely dominated the competition. Indeed, the slasher film that started it all, and the one that paved the way for a tidal wave of other slashers to arrive throughout the 80s (after “Halloween,” of course), remains the king of the hill in the eyes of the internet more than 40 years later....

The Boxer (Literally) Left Its Mark On Daniel Day-Lewis Universal By Anthony Crislip/June 23, 2022 1:20 pm EST Few actors command the screen with the gravity of Daniel Day-Lewis, the man who has crafted characters as indelible as Bill the Butcher in “Gangs of New York” (where his legendary method process led to illness) and Reynolds Woodcock in “Phantom Thread.” His physical and vocal transformations for movie performances are well-known, so much so that he’s practically synonymous with the idea of method acting, or at least the popular conception of it....

The Daily Stream: Mindhunter Is A Pristine, Pitch-Black Study In Obsession Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Feb. 25, 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: “Mindhunter” Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: “Mindhunter” is a gorgeous slow-burn psychological thriller with a pitch-black heart....

The Everything Everywhere All At Once Sound Team On Enhancing The Movie’s Most Spoilery Moments [Interview] A24 By Jack Giroux/April 12, 2022 2:02 pm EST Sometimes actors, filmmakers, and crew members will say that the experience of working together on a movie was “like one big family.” In the case of “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” it’s easy to believe. From the composers to the stunt coordinator to the costume designer to the sound department, everyone describes the process with love....

The Flash Will Apparently Bring Back Man Of Steel’s General Zod & Faora Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 22, 2021 10:31 am EST Man, remember the days when the “Flash” movie was meant to be the first “solo” film to be released after “Justice League” in 2017? How quickly things change. In the time since, multiverse stories have become all the rage — though general audiences have come to associate that with “Spider-Man” of all characters, through the double-whammy of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and the most recent runaway success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home....

The Flight Attendant’s Kaley Cuoco Became A More Disciplined Actor To Play So Many Versions Of Cassie HBO Max By Jeremy Mathai/April 19, 2022 12:33 pm EST One of the most entertaining things to come out of the 2020 lockdown was the HBO Max series “The Flight Attendant.” Starring Kaley Cuoco as the eponymous flight attendant who gets caught up in a vast murder-mystery, much of the show’s appeal came from Cuoco’s strong acting and her easy chemistry with co-star Michael Huisman, whose Alex Sokolov ends up dying in the very first episode after spending a drunken and horny night with Cuoco’s Cassie Bowden....

The Harrison Ford Classic That Inspired Janeway’s Star Trek Return Paramount By Collier Jennings/March 21, 2022 1:46 pm EST “Star Trek: Prodigy” has fast become one of my favorite weekly series on the streaming circuit. Not only does it boast some sleek animation, but it’s also a great “Star Trek” story that appeals to both the younger audience it was designed for and longtime Trekkies — including yours truly. And it looks like the back half of the first season of “Prodigy” will present a new adversary for the young crew of the U....

The Harry Potter Producers Originally Had A Much Different Plan For Fantastic Beasts Warner Bros. By Fatemeh Mirjalili/April 8, 2022 4:54 pm EST The “Harry Potter” series ended in 2011 with “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2” serving as the fantasy franchise’s sweeping conclusion. So Warner Bros. found another way to keep the magic going. “Fantastic Beasts” promised fans a return to the magical world of Hogwarts, but not without complications....

The Long Legacy Of The Biopic At The Academy Awards Prime Video By Audrey Fox/March 22, 2022 2:21 pm EST Here’s a classic dilemma of awards season: Does an actor deliver a good performance, or merely a good impersonation? Each year, it seems like the Oscar conversation is increasingly dominated by campy performances of beloved historical figures in mediocre-to-bad biopics. From Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody” to Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland in “Judy,” there’s a maddening focus on these types of performances at the expense of actors who play fictional characters without the benefit of a real-life template....

What Stranger Things’ Vecna Really Looks Like Under The Makeup Netflix By Shania Russell/June 16, 2022 4:42 pm EST Warning: there are spoilers for “Stranger Things” season 4 below. Six months after The Battle of Starcourt, new horrors await the “Stranger Things” gang around every possible corner, and they’re much more terrifying than the last. Since its debut, the Netflix series has been packed with creepy creatures and curling tendrils, and if you hoped the fourth season might relax the horror influences, then here’s some bad news: the latest season of “Stranger Things” is easily the scariest....

Bridgerton Season 3 Has Recast The Role Of The Second Youngest Bridgerton Daughter, Francesca Netflix By Shania Russell/May 12, 2022 1:05 pm EST Regency-era romance will soon return to Netflix thanks to “Bridgerton” season 3 heading into production this summer. As the adaptation of Julia Quinn’s steamy novel series prepares to thrust another Bridgerton sibling into the spotlight, the show is shoring up its roster of romantic leads: Variety reports that Hannah Dodd is set to take over the role of Francesca Bridgerton from Ruby Stokes....

Christopher Nolan Brought A Unique Sound To Hans Zimmer’s Dunkirk Score Gp Images/Getty Images By Sarah Musnicky/June 27, 2022 11:15 am EST The collaboration between Christopher Nolan and composer Hans Zimmer is the stuff of legends. Their working relationship goes back to 2005 when they worked on “Batman Begins.” Since then, they’ve collaborated on films such as “Inception,” “Interstellar,” and more. Of the scores Zimmer has worked on for Nolan, his score for “Dunkirk” is arguably the most memorable....

The door is open for more Hawkeye Disney+ The site shows a list of categories into which “Hawkeye” is throwing its name in the running, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Directing For A Comedy Series, and recognition for performances by Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Alaqua Cox, and more. While “Hawkeye” has its funny moments, it doesn’t always feel like a comedy, but the category switch is less about tone and more about longevity....

Every Rob Zombie Movie That Was Never Made Dimension Films By Witney Seibold/June 25, 2022 10:20 am EST Rob Zombie’s eighth film as a director, “The Munsters,” is due for release later in 2022, fulfilling a personal dream of his. Zombie has always been an enthused fan of the popular 1964 sitcom, even once recording a commentary track for the 1966 feature film “Munster, Go Home!” His making of a new “Munsters” feature film felt eerily inevitable; if it was going to happen, then Zombie was the man for the job....

Regina, Saskatchewan New Line Cinema In a 2005 interview with Conan, Reynolds, himself from Vancouver, explains that Regina — the capital of its province — is particularly frigid. “Just Friends” takes place at Christmas, and Reynolds explains to O’Brien that the filmmakers required genuine snow. Reynolds recalls stepping off the plane into a day that was, in his worlds, -45 degrees. This sounds like an exaggeration, but according to Toronto.com, Canada has experienced temperatures much lower....

GoldenEye Was Almost The End Of The James Bond Franchise MGM / UA By Witney Seibold/March 21, 2022 3:08 pm EST From the release of “Dr. No” in 1962, all the way through “Licence to Kill” in 1989, a new film in the James Bond series came around every other year or so. The British spy hero was a steady and constant reminder of a certain kind of masculine ideal (always capable in situations of violence, possessed of sophisticated taste in booze, access to fun gadgets and high-end hotels, the ability to seduce any number of slinky women), as well as a way to fictionally assert power over England’s (as well as America’s) enemies during the Cold War; the antagonists of James Bond movies were typically a shadowy cabal of “foreigners,” deranged billionaires, or the USSR....

How Colin Trevorrow’s Canceled Star Wars Movie Helped Him Make Jurassic World Dominion Universal Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/June 6, 2022 12:21 pm EST A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, “Jurassic World” director Colin Trevorrow was originally hired by Lucasfilm to step behind the wheel of “Star Wars: Episode IX” and guide it to its grand finale. Those plans very obviously (and very publicly) changed when Trevorrow was inauspiciously given the boot, thanks to those good ol’ fashioned “creative differences....

How Spike Jonze Made The Set Of Her Intimate For Joaquin Phoenix Warner Bros. Pictures By Shae Sennett/May 11, 2022 3:40 pm EST Joaquin Phoenix has a reputation for being socially uncomfortable. The “Joker” star often has rocky starts with co-stars and is famously resistant to interviews and press, often breaking the fourth wall and asking the interviewers questions like, “how long does this go on for?” (via Golden Globes). This made him the perfect fit to play Theodore, the introverted and downtrodden protagonist of “Her....

Is The Book Of Boba Fett Done With Flashbacks Now? Lucasfilm By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 19, 2022 3:03 pm EST “The Book of Boba Fett” just set up a major confrontation with “The Gathering Storm,” the fourth episode in “The Mandalorian” spin-off series that has further expanded the “Star Wars” universe. We’ve been expecting some kind of face-off between Boba Fett and at least one of the crime families in Mos Espa since the former bounty hunter chose to take over Jabba the Hutt’s territory, and it’s clear there’s a war coming with the Pyke Syndicate....