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Fresh Trailer: Daisy-Edgar Jones And Sebastian Stan Star In This Twisted Romance Hulu By Anya Stanley/Feb. 15, 2022 9:14 am EST An unending barrage of poor dating matches. Unsolicited nudes. Dinner dates dripping with cringe. Mimi Cave’s directorial debut “Fresh” tackles the pitfalls of the modern dating scene. The story is told particularly from a straight woman’s perspective: Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is like any woman of today, gingerly but desperately trying to gauge whether the man sitting across from her was raised right, or if he’s trying to picture her head on a stick....

Gene Hackman Nearly Quit Get Shorty Over A Scene That Was Cut From The Movie MGM By Jeremy Smith/June 21, 2022 4:58 pm EST Gene Hackman is one of the most brilliant and beloved actors of his generation. Prior to his retirement in 2004, he appeared in loads of classics, and, because he really liked to work, quite a few stinkers. Given this prolificness in a business known for its hurry-up-and-wait frustrations, you’d think he’d be a pretty easygoing fella....

How Robin Williams Made A ‘Horrible’ Happy Days Script Worthy Of The Mork & Mindy Spinoff ABC By Travis Yates/May 5, 2022 10:27 am EST No matter the profession, it’s hard to say no to the boss. That was certainly the case in the “Happy Days” writers room in 1978. That is when show creator Garry Marshall asked the writers to develop a concept for the next episode that was out of this world....

How The Jurassic World Team Pulled Off That Gyrosphere Scene Universal Pictures By Witney Seibold/Feb. 25, 2022 3:32 pm EST Colin Trevorrow’s “Jurassic World” had one of the most expansive release structures in film history, opening in 4,273 theaters simultaneously. It also opened on 809 IMAX screens around the world, making it the third-largest release in that format. This overwhelming worldwide saturation of dinosaurs was likely the key contributing factor in “Jurassic World”’s box office track record: It opened to $524 million in its first weekend (!...

In Appreciation Of Kristen Stewart’s Sci-Fi Work NEON By Sandy Schaefer/May 25, 2022 9:54 am EST Perhaps you know Kristen Stewart best for her role as Bella Swan, the sensitive, lip-biting heroine of the mega-popular “Twilight Saga.” Or perhaps you know her better for her career since the “Twilight” films ended, which has seen her evolve into a darling of the art house scene thanks to movies like “Clouds of Sils Maria,” “Personal Shopper,” and “Spencer....

Martin Scorsese Made Sure Gangs Of New York Debuted As His Director’s Cut Miramax By Mike Shutt/June 21, 2022 9:30 am EST Martin Scorsese has made a number of movies that have cost more, but in my mind, his grandest picture is “Gangs of New York.” The 2002 gangster epic about anti-Irish immigrant hatred in Civil War-era New York City contains a bevy of period detail set on a massive scale....

Matt Reeves Borrowed From A Western Master While Making War For The Planet Of The Apes 20th Century Studios By Sandy Schaefer/May 23, 2022 12:18 pm EST There’s a reason Matt Reeves’ “War for the Planet of the Apes” is listed by critics alongside “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “Logan” as one of the most significant big-budget franchise movies of the 2010s. Unlike 2014’s “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” where he replaced “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” director Rupert Wyatt a year into pre-production, Reeves was involved with “War” from the very start....

Nearly 30% Said This Is Their Most Anticipated Animated Movie Of 2022 Sony Pictures By Lindsay Duke/Jan. 29, 2022 11:22 am EST We asked you which animated films you were most looking forward to in 2022, and the results are in! There are some wonderful treats coming out this year for animation fans, so the competition was rich. However, one title in particular played a little dirty simply by being tied to one of the most audience-friendly franchises of all time....

Nicolas Cage Stokes Hopes For Face/Off 2 Paramount Pictures By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 3, 2022 12:00 pm EST Remember “Face/Off?” Yes, the 1997 Nicolas Cage and John Travolta starrer, which follows a bonkers plot of face-swapping, slo-mo gun-wielding, and a lot of (fun) melodrama. It seems like Cage might return for a potential “Face/Off 2,” as he recently confirmed that he has been in talks with “Face/Off” producer Neal H. Moritz. Speaking to Comic Book, Cage explained that “some calls” are being made by Moritz in an attempt to help the sequel materialize, and that he might be interested if it were to actually happen:...

Peter Dinklage Won’t Say If He’s Returning For Thor: Love And Thunder, But Yeah, He Totally Is Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/Feb. 21, 2022 4:24 pm EST “Thor: Love and Thunder” will hit theaters this summer, and we will might see Peter Dinklage’s Eitri again. It certainly seems likely. Eitri had a rough time of it, with Thanos killing all the other Dwarves in Nidavellir. The big purple piece of Bubble Yum (I’m sorry, but that is absolutely what he looks like) wanted these famous Dwarves to forge him an Infinity Gauntlet, and when they said no, he killed all but Eitri....

Tales From The Box Office: Grindhouse Was A Love Letter That Didn’t Get Enough Love Dimension Films By Ryan Scott/April 10, 2022 1:25 pm EST (Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.) There are movies that seem ahead of their time, and there are movies that feel a little behind the times....

Outland (1981) Warner Bros. Peter Hyams’ sci-fi thriller takes place on Io, one of Jupiter’s moons, where a mining colony has been established. Sean Connery stars as William T. O’Niel, a police marshall who uncovers a secret drug smuggling operation, which greatly enhances miners work efficiency – until it turns them psychotic. Because of his discovery, O’Niel finds everyone has turned their backs on him and he has consequently been marked for murder....

The Dude in The Big Lebowski is the perfect ’90s man Gramercy Pictures “The Big Lebowski” might be the ultimate ’90s comedy. The hero, Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski (Jeff Bridges), is the ultimate slacker in a decade full of them. The Stranger, who narrates the film, even describes him as such: “Sometimes, there’s a man, well, he’s the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that’s the Dude, in Los Angeles....

The Best New Blu-Ray Releases: The Batman, Ambulance, X And More Warner Bros. By Chris Evangelista/June 10, 2022 1:00 pm EST Greetings, my beautiful Blu-ray babies. If you’re reading this that can mean only one thing: you clicked on this link by accident. Or, perhaps you are genuinely interested in the latest Blu-ray releases! If so, you’re in the right place. As always, I’ve gathered up several recent Blu-ray releases that you may or may not want to add to your collection....

The Exorcist’s Real-Life Curse Is Absolutely Terrifying Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/Jan. 14, 2022 11:06 am EST What does it mean that a film is “cursed?” There are several films throughout the medium’s history that seem to have accumulated a husk of evil; Films wherein actors or filmmakers came to untimely ends, or there were more disasters on set than average. Horror films in particular seem to acquire these dark legends more commonly (there are no curses reported from the set of “Police Academy 3: Back in Training,” for instance), and the horror-centric streaming service Shudder delves into five of the better known cursed films in Jay Cheel’s aptly-titled documentary series “Cursed Films....

The Orville: New Horizons Sneak Peek Showcases A High-Octane Space Battle; Show Now Premieres In June Fox/Hulu By Debopriyaa Dutta/Feb. 7, 2022 12:45 pm EST The wait is (finally) over for fans of “The Orville,” as the beloved sci-fi comedy-drama is returning with its season 3 premiere in June. After season 2 of “The Orville” ended with the successful restoration of the original timeline, fans of the show eagerly waited for the next season, as it was supposed to pick right up after the Kaylon uprising, which emerges as a major threat in the show’s in-world galaxy....

The Real-Life Bank Robbery That Inspired Heat Warner Bros By Lee Adams/March 9, 2022 1:59 pm EST One cop, one robber, two cups of coffee; it’s the set-up for that legendary diner chat in “Heat,” one of the most famous scenes in modern movie history. In a three-hour crime epic punctuated by teeth-rattling shootouts, this quiet conversation is one of the most riveting moments in the whole film. Not only is it expertly written and shot, it went down in history as the first onscreen meeting of two acting heavyweights, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro....

The Surprising Way The Director Of Good Luck To You, Leo Grande Made Actors Comfortable For A Sex Scene Hulu By BJ Colangelo/June 16, 2022 3:23 pm EST When we first meet Emma Thompson’s Nancy in “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande,” you can feel her anxiety radiating off the screen. After faking orgasms with her now deceased husband for over three decades of marriage, Nancy has sought out the company of a full service sex worker, the young, irresistibly sexy, and effortlessly cool Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack)....

The Tourist Trailer: Jamie Dornan Is An Amnesiac In Trouble HBO Max By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 11, 2022 10:15 am EST The good folks at HBO Max just dropped the full trailer for their U.S. exclusive premiere of the BBC limited series “The Tourist,” starring Jamie Dornan (“Belfast,” “Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar,” “50 Shades of Grey”) as a man who wakes up in an Australian hospital bed following a car crash with no memory of what happened, or who he is....

Tom Hanks’ Catch Me If You Can Casting Completely Changed The Story DreamWorks By Mike Shutt/April 18, 2022 2:04 pm EST Steven Spielberg after the turn of the 21st Century has a strange reputation. In an era where so many film fans are craving movies with sizable budgets that are made for adults, Spielberg is one of the few directors doing this on a consistent basis. “Munich,” “Lincoln,” “Bridge of Spies,” and “The Post” are all the kinds of movies people claim they want, yet when Spielberg does it, they are sometimes thought of as old hat, old fashioned, or “dad movies....