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The Duffer Brothers Compared Stranger Things Season 4 To This Polarizing Series Netflix By Fatemeh Mirjalili/April 20, 2022 1:15 pm EST “Stranger Things” season 4 is easily the year’s most anticipated Netflix release. After a three-year hiatus, the beloved sci-fi horror drama will return to the streaming service in two volumes — with the first releasing on May 27 next month. This time around, the Duffer Brothers are leaning hard into the show’s horror themes, promising a season that is expansive in its storyline and offers a scary new take on the Hawkins gang and their adventures....

The Grossest Body Horror Moments In David Cronenberg’s Films Neon By Kayleigh Donaldson/June 3, 2022 11:00 am EST There is no greater filmmaker of body horror than Canada’s finest genre director, David Cronenberg. For over 50 years, he’s been redefining what cinema can do when it comes to revealing the true grotesqueries of the human (and occasionally non-human) body. Cronenberg once said that his films should be seen “from the point of view of the disease,” and that is certainly evident throughout his vast and varied filmography....

The Matrix Resurrections Production Designer Peter Walpole On Turning San Francisco Into The Matrix [Interview] Warner Bros. By Jack Giroux/Dec. 28, 2021 4:54 pm EST Peter Walpole has been working with the Wachowskis for over 15 years. The co-production designer of “The Matrix Resurrections” first collaborated with Lana Wachowski on the film adaptation of Alan Moore’s “V for Vendetta.” Walpole spent years as a set decorator, helping to create the vast worlds presented in “Speed Racer,” “Cloud Atlas,” and “Jupiter Ascending....

The Northman got away from itself Focus Features There was a lot of excitement in certain circles when it was revealed that Robert Eggers, the director behind “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse,” was going big with his next film; a Viking epic with an A-list cast that, in the end, came with a $90 million price tag (before marketing). That proved to be its undoing as “The Northman” took in a mere $12 million according when it opened domestically this weekend, according to Box Office Mojo....

The Strangest Comic Book Characters Of All Time Dark Horse Comics By David Court/Feb. 1, 2022 3:18 pm EST It’s possible to suspend disbelief long enough to accept concepts such as a godlike alien who can fly and shoot heat rays from his eyes, a genius billionaire with Olympian strength and reflexes, and a living goddess of truth sculpted from clay. But to imagine that the aforementioned characters have pets that also team up together for crime-fighting adventures, that’s stretching belief to Plastic Man levels....

The Texas Chainsaw Scene That Changed Elsie Fisher Forever Netflix By Natalia Keogan/March 1, 2022 10:57 am EST It’s all too clear we’re in the grip of a reboot/sequel (“requel,” if you will) craze, with the latest edition to the canon being “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” the Netflix release directed by David Blue Garcia. Though the 2022 foray into the notorious killer Leatherface’s bloodlust is far from the first installment in an arguably already bloated franchise, it is certainly not without appeal....

2022 Oscars Controversy May Lead To Nominees Boycotting The Awards MarcoVerch/Shutterstock By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 24, 2022 10:52 am EST Do you ever get the feeling that the folks in charge of the biggest movie awards show of the year … don’t actually like movies all that much? Admittedly, that’s a gross oversimplification of a much larger and more complicated conversation (hint: the keyword has something to do with “ratings”), but the end result of mishandling Oscars night is sadly the same: those already invested in the Academy Awards feel alienated, the pomp and prestige of the night inevitably become diluted, and, worst of all, the actual talent meant to be celebrated and recognized on the largest stage end up slighted....

Black Bird Trailer: Apple TV+ Drama Will Feature One Of Ray Liotta’s Final Performances Apple TV+ By Shania Russell/June 8, 2022 1:53 pm EST Taron Egerton is taking a break from singing and checks notes inventing Tetris to spend some time behind bars. As the star of “Black Bird,” Egerton is taking on the role of Jimmy Keene, a high school football hero turned criminal who is sentenced to 10 years in a maximum-security prison....

Fallout TV Series For Prime Video Is Still Happening, Jonathan Nolan Set To Direct Bethesda Softworks By Sandy Schaefer/Jan. 7, 2022 11:23 am EST It’s no secret that “Westworld” showrunners Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan are big ol’ video game nerds. Their love of button-smashing has even filtered its way into their otherwise dead-serious HBO sci-fi series. As /Film’s Jacob Hall observed back in 2016, “‘Westworld’ is not a show about video games per se, but it is a show that is well-aware of electronic entertainment, how it’s evolving, and how people engage with it....

Flux Gourmet Review: A Bold Genre Entry With A Slight Genre Misrepresentation That Doesn’t Diminish The Fun IFC Films By Lex Briscuso/June 21, 2022 2:00 pm EST Gastrointestinal issues can be a real nightmare, and Peter Strickland’s fifth and latest feature film, “Flux Gourmet,” is here to show you just how rough an intestinal disruption can be, especially while in the midst of creating thought-provoking, boundary-pushing art. The auteur’s newest genre entry is itself thought-provoking and boundary-pushing, and even despite a bit of a misrepresentation of genre, it sticks out as a bold and self-assured film determined to reframe art and food in its audience’s mind....

Bringing Pinocchio into ’the real world' Netflix/Vanity Fair It’s not just “Honest” John and “Giddy” who have been left out of “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.” Other than Sebastian, the magical spirit that brings Pinocchio to life, and, obviously, Pinocchio himself, the film drops all the other famous fantastical elements associated with the fairy tale (including that horrifying bit about little boys being turned into donkeys and enslaved on Pleasure Island). As del Toro explained to Vanity Fair:...

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight Trailer: Po Is All Grown Up And Saving China Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/June 16, 2022 11:26 am EST Jack Black is back as Po in the trailer for “Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight,” which looks like a lot of fun. The upcoming animated series features Po as “The Dragon Master,” although it seems to be more of a pending title as opposed to him actually embodying it....

Leslie Nielsen Was Extremely Close To Having A Role In Ben-Hur Paramount Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/April 14, 2022 11:31 am EST Screen tests offer a glimpse into what could have been. Once we’ve become accustomed to seeing the film’s original actor in the role, it can be difficult to even imagine someone else filling their shoes. At the very least, screen tests show us how other actors approached the material versus what we ended up getting in the finished film....

Let’s Talk About The MVP Of Stranger Things Season 4 Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/July 1, 2022 8:00 am EST This article contains major spoilers for the final episodes of “Stranger Things” season 4. Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) is the best part of the new season of “Stranger Things.” The latest edition of Netflix’s flagship series is massive and sprawling, with countless moving parts and a core cast that now numbers over a dozen people....

No Time To Die SFX Supervisor Talks Daniel Craig’s Driving Skills And Speeding Through An Ancient Italian City [Interview] MGM By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 21, 2021 12:12 pm EST In its 60-year history, the James Bond franchise has consistently delivered awe-inspiring blockbuster action spectacle. As technology and special effects have evolved, so has the danger and intrigue that 007 finds himself in. For nearly 45 years, Chris Corbould has had a hand in putting everybody’s favorite British secret agent in jeopardy while keeping the likes of Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig as safe as possible....

Patrick Stewart Shares The Most Important Response Someone Can Have To Star Trek Paramount By Jacob Hall/March 1, 2022 2:00 pm EST Growing up, Captain Jean-Luc Picard was my space dad. My friends and co-workers tease me about it. My wife finds it charming. But it’s the truth — I grew up without a father, and the lead character on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” managed to slide into that role....

Richard Linklater Leaves The Door Open For A Before Midnight Follow-Up Columbia Pictures By Eric Vespe/April 15, 2022 9:29 pm EST It may be a little uncouth to press a filmmaker about returning to one of their past projects, but in the case of Richard Linklater’s “Before Trilogy,” I’m sure the writer/director will understand why he keeps getting pestered about a fourth installment. I mean, it’s only fair to want more when you’ve been invested in a single love story between two characters that spans almost 30 years....

‘Don’t worry Joey, I’m gonna get you in a movie this summer’ Universal Pictures The “Hook” screen test in question was for the role of Peter Pan’s young son, Jack, who would end up being portrayed by “Dick Tracy” and “What About Bob?” actor Charlie Korsmo. Prior to that, Steven Spielberg had his eye on casting Joseph Mazzello, having seen him in action on the set of the film “Radio Flyer....

Steven Spielberg To Resurrect Classic Steve McQueen Character Frank Bullitt In New Movie Warner Bros. By Valerie Ettenhofer/Feb. 25, 2022 8:10 pm EST Steven Spielberg is once again putting his cinematic spin on an existing classic. According to Variety, the legendary filmmaker is developing an original film about the character Frank Bullitt, who was first introduced in the 1968 action classic “Bullitt.” Spielberg is set to direct the as-yet-untitled film, which still needs a script, cast, and distributor....

Superhero Bits: The Black Adam Poster, Blade Apparently Begins Filming Soon & More HBO Max By Ryan Scott/June 7, 2022 5:27 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....