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An honest portrayal Protagonist Pictures “War Pony” is not a pretty or sentimental portrayal of rez life and indigenous communities, but a brutally honest depiction of its hardships. From the violence and the drugs, to the poverty and the total abandonment by the rest of the country. Without drawing so much attention to it to appear preachy, the film fully acknowledges the hardships faced by the 574 federally recognized Native American tribes, and the more than 300 reservations across the country, which never saw the education or healthcare that they were promised in exchange for ceding their land to the federal government....

Why David Cronenberg’s The Fly Almost Didn’t Get Made By Devin Meenan/March 24, 2022 1:19 pm EST “Remakes are never as good as the original” is a truism that isn’t so true. One of the most compelling cases against this is David Cronenberg’s 1986 rendition of “The Fly,” a remake of a 1958 sci-fi horror B-movie. Cronenberg’s “The Fly” centers on Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), a counterpart to the original’s André Delambre (David Hedison)....

Why Peter Weller Left The RoboCop Franchise For David Cronenberg Criterion/20th Century Studios By Shae Sennett/May 26, 2022 11:00 am EST When body horror maestro David Cronenberg announced he would be adapting William Burroughs’ “Naked Lunch” into a feature film, skeptics doubted whether or not the surrealist stylization of the groundbreaking novel would translate onscreen. Cronenberg grappled with many similar themes in his own work, but the question of how to transform the author’s string of drug-infused imagery into a comprehensive narrative still remained....

You Can Finally Watch Rooster’s Full ‘Great Balls Of Fire’ Performance From Top Gun: Maverick Paramount Pictures By Jenna Busch/June 16, 2022 8:15 pm EST If you’re like most people in the country, you’ve seen “Top Gun: Maverick.” It’s an absolute blast and it’s been a long time since I’ve wanted to sing along with a song in a theater. However, during the scene at Penny’s (Jennifer Connelly) bar, Rooster (Miles Teller) sits down at a piano like his father Goose (Anthony Edwards) did in the first film and sings “Great Balls of Fire,” I almost sang with the group....

34% Of Star Wars Fans We Polled Said This Was Their Favorite Jedi From The Movies By Steven Ward/April 6, 2022 8:43 am EST It’s quite simply an unspoken fact that every “Star Wars” fan has a favorite Jedi. Whether you’re just a lover of the films or someone who devours every bit of canon and non-canon lore they can get their hands on you absolutely have an answer to this question....

A New Beavis And Butt-Head Movie Is Coming To Paramount+ Paramount Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 5, 2022 9:36 pm EST Paramount+ is quickly becoming the home for all of our favorite ’90s cartoons. The streaming platform nabbed a killer deal with the creators of “South Park” to host 14 exclusive movies for the next five years, with the first two imagining what the town of South Park would look like after the four boys reached adulthood and endured the world changes caused by COVID-19....

A Short History Of Number One In The Star Trek Universe Paramount+ By Mike Williams/May 5, 2022 7:00 am EST If you’re exploring the cosmos and going where no one has gone before, it makes sense to have someone reliable at your side. In “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” Captain Christopher Pike commands the classic Enterprise with Lieutenant Spock as his third. His second-in-command is the steadfast Number One. But “Number One” is just a nickname....

Bill Murray Had To Invent His Entire Tootsie Role Columbia Pictures By Christian Gainey/April 20, 2022 11:37 am EST “Tootsie” is the story of Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman), an arrogant, out-of-work actor no one will hire because he is so difficult to work with. His roommate, Jeff (Bill Murray), has written a play that Dorsey believes will revitalize his acting career, but neither has any money to make it. To raise the money, Dorsey dresses up as a woman and auditions for a corny soap opera....

Every Actor Who’s Been In Both Star Trek And Star Wars Paramount / Disney By Witney Seibold/June 5, 2022 5:34 pm EST The rivalry is as old as the hills: Is “Star Trek” superior to “Star Wars” or vice versa? While one is a TV show that began in the mid-1960s, and the other is a film series that didn’t start until after “Trek” had been off the air for eight year, a schism arose in fandom, pitting the two against one another — perhaps inspired by nothing more than their shared genre, mutual popularity, and similar titles....

Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness Trailer: JVN Is More Than Just Fabulous Hair Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 4, 2022 2:56 pm EST If you’re a podcast listener, you might already be familiar with Jonathan Van Ness’ endless quest to figure out the answers to life’s most interesting questions. Since 2015 -– even before “Queer Eye”! — the hairstylist and pop culture personality has been hosting the podcast “Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness....

How Alan Rickman Influenced Snape’s Wardrobe In Harry Potter Warner Bros. By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Jan. 31, 2022 12:04 pm EST The “Harry Potter” universe has always been divided over their feelings for Severus Snape. Is he a bully? An antihero? Did he save Harry’s life or just make it harder? The questions are endless. But if there’s one thing any “Harry Potter” fan worth their salt will agree — it is that Alan Rickman utterly embodied him....

How Alfred Hitchcock Pulled Off Psycho’s Most Daring Stunt Universal By Bill Bria/Feb. 9, 2022 3:58 pm EST Anyone who’s seen Alfred Hitchcock’s immortal “Psycho” instantly recalls “the shower scene,” the shocking murder of Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) made even more brutal by Hitchcock’s ingenious editing and Bernard Herrmann’s iconic score. Yet Marion’s death at the hands (and knifepoint) of “Mother” in a room at the Bates Motel is only one of two on-screen murders in the film....

Joe Manganiello Joins Samuel L. Jackson & Uma Thurman In Dark Comedy The Kill Room Warner Bros. By Joshua Meyer/April 24, 2022 3:25 pm EST Deathstroke the Terminator has entered the kill room, and chances are, there will be some murder and mayhem. Joe Manganiello, whose time as Deathstroke in the DC Extended Universe was cut short, is set to star alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman in the recently announced dark comedy “The Kill Room....

Kevin Feige Calls Doctor Strange The ‘Anchor’ Of The MCU Marvel Studios By Debopriyaa Dutta/March 1, 2022 10:26 am EST “Avengers: Endgame” surely marked the end of an era in many ways, ushering in the beginning of a new phase in the MCU and the inklings of an emerging multiverse via its in-universe projects (“Spider-Man No Way Home,” “WandaVision,” and “Loki”). The MCU used to be held together by the likes of Iron Man and Captain America, but now, the mantle has been passed over to someone else, per Marvel Studios boss, Kevin Feige....

Love, Victor, Initially Pushed To Hulu Over Mature Themes, Is Coming To Disney+ After All Hulu By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 26, 2022 7:56 pm EST If you, like me, have just finished heaving the biggest gay sigh about every ridiculous thing this week, month, and year has already brought for the queer community, well, get ready to take another deep breath. Today, Variety is reporting that “Love, Victor,” the sweet young adult romance series that landed on Hulu after it was reportedly deemed too mature for Disney+, is headed back to the streamer after all....

Delicious aspect ratios A24 “The Witch” was presented in a 1.66:1 aspect ratio, also known as the European widescreen standard in projection booths. Up until 1953, most films were shot and presented in the Academy Standard ratio of 1.37:1. The release of the Roman epic “The Robe” introduced CinemaScope to a mass audience (“The Robe” was presented in 2.55:1, although the standard Scope eventually settled into 2.39:1). Following that, movie aspect ratios began to gradually widen....

Introducing Moon Knight Steven Grant. Marc Spector. Moon Knight. Aas a character that suffers from dissociative identity disorder, he goes by many names and several different personalities to match, which series director Mohamed Diab goes ahead and spells out for us at one point in the featurette. “The way we’re tackling the story, we learn about Steven. Then we learn about Marc. And they’re the same person.” It was rather hard not to notice Oscar Isaac’s hilarious Cockney(?...

Multiverse Of Madness Action Figure Reveals Doctor Strange’s Luxurious Ponytail Sony Pictures By Ben F. Silverio/Jan. 1, 2022 5:27 pm EST During a New Year’s Eve celebration in the mid-2010s, before “man buns” became “fashionable”, a very good friend of mine and I looked at each other seriously and said, “Why don’t more dudes rock ponytails anymore?” For the rest of that year, we grew our hair out and did our best to rock ponytails as much as we could....

Percy Jackson And The Olympians Has Officially Been Given A Series Order At Disney+ Disney Hyperion By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 25, 2022 1:38 pm EST Fans of magic, monsters, and mayhem won’t have much longer to wait for the streaming adaptation of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” The fantasy series by author Rick Riordan, which was adapted into two feature films in 2010 and 2013, is getting the live-action treatment once more, this time with the original writer’s stamp of approval....

The 2022 Oscars Broadcast Cut A Key Part From The Best Makeup And Hairstyling Acceptance Speech Searchlight Pictures By Lex Briscuso/March 28, 2022 10:49 am EST While we’re all struggling to process what the 2022 Oscars looked like last night, it is important to note that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continues to wear a bit of egg on their face due to the way they handled several below-the-line awards that are crucial to the success of the films they support....