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Under The Radar: Metal Lords, Apollo 10 1/2, And More Led The Way In April Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/May 4, 2022 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Under the Radar, a column where we spotlight specific movies, shows, trends, performances, or scenes that caught our eye and deserved more attention … but otherwise flew under the radar. In this edition: Richard Linklater takes us on a nostalgia trip to space in “Apollo 10 1/2,” “Metal Lords” provides a welcome dose of wholesome edginess, Michael Bay reminds us why bigger is sometimes better in “Ambulance,” and Robert Eggers makes an adult movie for adults with “The Northman....

Wendell & Wild Teaser Introduces The Whole Cast Of The Netflix Stop-Motion Dark Comedy Netflix By Shania Russell/March 14, 2022 12:01 pm EST Netflix has a killer slate for animated releases in 2022. This week marks the SXSW premiere of Richard Linklater’s semi-autobiographical “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure,” and later in the year we’ll finally get to see Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion musical “Pinocchio,” Aardman’s sequel to “Chicken Run,” Chris Williams’ “The Sea Beast,” Wendy Rogers’s “The Magician’s Elephant,” and Minkyu Lee’s “The Witch Boy....

Archive 81 Season 2 Isn’t Happening, So Check Out The Podcast Instead Netflix By Mike Williams/March 25, 2022 9:26 am EST “Archive 81” is no longer alive at Netflix. The streaming service confirmed that the show has been canceled after only a single season. It’s a cancelation that has folks wondering about the massive black box of Netflix’s metrics, given that the public-facing side of those metrics pointed to a very successful series....

Daily Podcast: Doctor Strange Box Office, Pixar’s Next Movie & Netflix Going Live Marvel By Peter Sciretta/May 16, 2022 1:55 pm EST Opening Banter: The wonders of TeleDoc. In The News: Also mentioned: How are sites claiming Strange is a disappointment? Does Peter’s summer movie wager look less strong now? Plug: Tales From The Box Office: 20 Years Ago, Attack Of The Clones Set A Low Bar For Star Wars How are sites claiming Strange is a disappointment?...

Daily Podcast: New Muppet TV Series & Paramount Reveals Their Future Movie & TV Plans Disney By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 16, 2022 3:25 pm EST Opening Banter: In The News: Also mentioned: The Muppets history with Disney Is this a good pairing? The Muppets history with Disney Is this a good pairing? Place bets on if this will actually happen this year What do we think the plot could be? Place bets on if this will actually happen this year...

Doctor Who: Eve Of The Daleks Trailer: The New Year’s Special Gets Stuck In A Time Loop With Killer Robots BBC By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 27, 2021 4:12 pm EST Who needs a New Year’s resolution to do something practical, like finally donating all of the clothes you haven’t worn in years or drink more water*, when you can EX-TER-MIN-ATE?! The end of Jodie Whittaker’s run as the Thirteenth Doctor has seen a return from some all-time favorite baddies, like the Weeping Angels in “Doctor Who: Flux,” but the New Year’s Eve special is calling on the Doctor’s greatest enemy: the Daleks....

Everything You Need To Know About Sox, The Robot Cat From Lightyear Walt Disney Studios By Lex Briscuso/April 21, 2022 12:30 pm EST If you’re anything like me, your nostalgia won’t let you not be excited about the upcoming Pixar film “Lightyear” — but one of the things I’m most looking forward to about the film is a newer element to Buzz’s story as we know it: his extremely cute robot cat, Sox....

I Am Jack’s Failed Bombing Attempt Tenecent Video Well, the Chinese edit of “Fight Club” completely omits the explosive ending in favor of a title card explaining that the exact opposite has taken place. According to a report from Vice, the Chinese streaming site Tenecent Video offers a display letting viewers know that Tyler’s plan was thwarted by the almighty state, and the Narrator was taken in for serious mental health assistance....

How Face/Off Pulled Off That Famous Transplant Scene Paramount Pictures By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 9, 2022 11:32 am EST John Woo’s “Face/Off” has been cemented into popular culture due to a plethora of reasons, be it the powerhouse, all-in performances by the leads, an implausible, yet fun central premise, or simply the idea of John Travolta and Nicolas Cage swapping faces. The face transplant scene in “Face/Off” forms the crux of the narrative, as it allows the characters to slip into the shoes of another, and the results are both hilarious and terrifying....

How The Adam Project Managed To Dodge Disney’s Legal Department Netflix By Ryan Leston/March 25, 2022 11:51 am EST If you grew up in the ’80s, you’ll want to watch “The Adam Project,” Netflix’s new family sci-fi flick starring Ryan Reynolds. It’s a love letter to the films I watched as a kid, with “Flight of the Navigator” vibes and a plot that’s reminiscent of “The Last Starfighter.” Reynolds stars as Adam Reed, a time-traveling pilot who goes rogue to save the woman he loves, then ends up trapped in his own past....

Nudity Was A Necessity For The Northman’s Climactic Scene Focus Features By Natalia Keogan/April 21, 2022 4:39 pm EST For those familiar with the work of Robert Eggers — the director behind the buzzy Viking epic “The Northman” — it comes as no surprise that his latest film adheres to the same standard of meticulous period accuracy that has come to define his film career. The story begins in the year 895 A....

Oscar Isaac Is Having An Identity Crisis In The Latest Moon Knight Spot Disney+ By Jenna Busch/March 29, 2022 3:08 pm EST Marvel fans, it’s that time again. Forget sleep, because “Moon Knight” will air in the middle of the night tonight (well, technically, early morning) for American viewers, and similarly inconvenient times in other places. Don’t get me wrong. I am always happy to watch Oscar Isaac in anything he does....

Leave your woes behind The concert will feature songs from the show, which are plentiful. For the bulk of the series, the character of Chef, played by Isaac Hayes, would often dispense advice to the show’s young protagonists with an inappropriate bedroom anthem. The concert will also feature Mark Shaiman’s songs from 1999’s “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.” The opening acts will be Primus, whose frontman Les Claypool performed the “South Park” theme song, as well as longtime rock kooks Ween....

Stranger Things Season 4 Takes Place Six Months After Season 3 Netflix By Danielle Ryan/March 24, 2022 1:02 pm EST While we’ve waited for three long years in the real world for “Stranger Things” season 4, the characters who fight against the Upside Down have only experienced six months. Half a year has passed in-canon in “Stranger Things” since the battle at the Starcourt Mall, and all of our favorite characters have experienced some real change....

The 20 Best Dustin Hoffman Movies Ranked United Archives/Getty Images By Liam Gaughan/May 2, 2022 4:58 pm EST Dustin Hoffman is one of the most highly respected actors in Hollywood history, delivering great performances since the 1960s. Although he first started acting in off-Broadway productions, Hoffman quickly became an important figure in the New Hollywood era. New Hollywood, also known as the “American New Wave,” was a generation of groundbreaking artists in the late 1960s and 1970s....

The Moon Knight Easter egg in question Disney+ Much of the episode follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered museum gift shop worker who has some odd issues he’s trying to sort out. For him, he thinks he just has perplexing sleep issues and intense dreams. In reality, he’s at the mercy of another personality named Marc Spector, who is a markedly different man in a variety of ways. Towards the end of the premiere episode, Steven discovers a cell phone in his apartment that doesn’t belong to him, with quite a few missed calls from someone named “Layla....

The Matrix’s Original Bullet-Time Method Was A Little Too Risky To Work Warner Bros. By Debopriyaa Dutta/July 5, 2022 3:22 pm EST The term “bullet-time” was first used in the original script for “The Matrix,” in the context of the memorable sequence in which bullets glide through the air in slow motion while Neo (Keanu Reeves) bends back and evades them like a boss. The effect is still incredibly cool to see, even after so many years since the film’s release in 1999....

The Matrix Series Has Always Been A Love Story Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 22, 2021 1:50 pm EST Ask several different people the first thing that comes to mind when they think of the “Matrix” franchise, and you’re bound to get several different answers. To many, the biggest takeaway will likely be the gleefully ’90s trappings of it all, filled with black leather, dorky-looking cell phones (which, between you and me, are actually cool as hell), and cutting-edge “wire-fu” fight sequences that thrill and satisfy action junkies to their heart’s content....

The Surprising Reason Henry Cavill Almost Never Played Superman Warner Bros. By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Jan. 30, 2022 3:16 pm EST When the DCEU kicked off with “Man of Steel,” Superman fans recognized that Henry Cavill’s iteration of the superhero was a Superman for a different sensibility. He effortlessly embodied the DC Extended Universe, a world that teetered between being gloomy and dangerous. This Superman was visibly darker than those that came before him....

Top Gun: Maverick Review: Tom Cruise Takes Audiences On A Satisfying Trip Back To The Danger Zone Paramount Pictures By Ben Pearson/May 12, 2022 9:00 am EST “Top Gun” fans have been waiting more than three decades to see a sequel to the high-flying 1980s action classic, and after years of rumors, development, and several Covid-related delays, “Top Gun: Maverick” is finally here — and it was worth the wait. Like the sleek fighter jets in the film, this movie feels engineered from the ground up for maximum efficiency....