‘We just had Apu, now we got movie stars’ Marvel Studios “Ms. Marvel” may be a superhero origin story, but it’s also a story about Kamala’s struggle to reconcile her identity as a Pakistani-American. It’s a struggle that so many children of immigrants share no matter where they come from, and one personified perfectly in Riz Ahmed’s “The Long Goodbye,” the companion piece to his Oscar-winning short film of the same name....
5 Best Meat Loaf Roles And Where You Can Watch Them 20th Century Studios By Danielle Ryan/Jan. 21, 2022 2:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The rock ’n’ roll singer Meat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, had an impressive career that not only spanned his numerous musical hits, but also included a range of movie roles. Meat Loaf the actor was just as dynamic as Meat Loaf the stage performer and singer, and he worked with directors ranging from David Fincher to Uwe Boll....
5 MCU Characters We’d Love To See Jessica Chastain Play HBO By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Jan. 4, 2022 3:33 pm EST Jessica Chastain knows what she wants — a superhero role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And she won’t settle for anything less. The “Scenes From A Marriage” actress almost made her MCU debut twice, in “Iron Man 3” and later, “Doctor Strange.” Chastain was set to appear alongside Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark as Maya Hansen, a geneticist whose work helped create Stark’s Extremis project, an advanced form of genetic manipulation that granted one the ability to heal and regenerate from damages and deformities....
Armageddon Time Review: An Apologetic Autobiographical Movie That Challenges Nostalgia [Cannes] Focus Features By Rafael Motamayor/May 19, 2022 6:08 pm EST Whether it’s Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God,” Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” or Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari,” a new wave of autobiographical movies tend to look at the past with heavy doses of nostalgia. Even when they show the nasty parts, there’s a fondness to them. That is not James Gray’s “Armageddon Time,” a movie that has more in common with Alfonso Cuarón’s retroactive apology film, “Roma,” than Richard Linklater’s animated “Apolo 10 ½....
Attack On Titan Final Season Has A Therapy Session In Tense, Cathartic ‘Night Of The End’ Studio MAPPA By Rafael Motamayor/March 7, 2022 2:00 pm EST After the nerve-wracking and blood-pumping thrills of the pre-Rumbling episodes this season, “Attack on Titan” has taken a few weeks to hit the brakes a bit, take stock, and air out grievances before the most uneasy of alliances can truly work together to fight Eren and save the world....
Blink trailer “Blink” was directed by “Extinction” and “Moonfall” writer Spenser Cohen from a script he co-penned with Anna Halberg (who co-created the series “Ballistic” with him). “Yellowjackets” and “The Book of Boba Fett” breakout star Sophie Thatcher leads the cast as Mary, with Alicia Coppola (“Why Women Kill”) and Scot Nery (“The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers”) playing supporting roles. Halberg and Scott Glassgold (“Prospect”) also served as producers on the short film....
Breaking Down The Most Important Moment In Moon Knight Episode 4 Marvel By Danielle Ryan/April 20, 2022 12:00 pm EST This article contains major spoilers for episode four of “Moon Knight.” The biggest conflict in “Moon Knight” has been happening inside one body. The personalities of Marc Spector and Steven Grant have both fought for control over their shared body (Oscar Isaac’s!), also inhabited by Khonshu, an Egyptian moon god. Steven and Marc have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), in which the mind splinters into multiple personalities, or “alters....
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Review: A Sam Raimi Marvel Marvel Studios By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 3, 2022 9:00 am EST What does a Sam Raimi Marvel movie look like? That’s the big question going into “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” a sequel whose obligations to the Marvel Cinematic Universe at large are written all over its clunky title and its alarmingly big ensemble of superheroes and supervillains alike....
Luke Cage Creator Cheo Hodari Coker Reacts To News Of The Show Leaving Netflix Netflix By Shania Russell/Feb. 23, 2022 12:00 pm EST The clock is ticking on your rewatch of Marvel’s Netflix Original Programming. “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” “Punisher,” “Luke Cage,” and “The Defenders” are all prefaced with a removal notice stating “Last day to watch on Netflix: February 28” and /Film has confirmed that the rights to the Marvel-Netflix coproductions have reverted back to Disney....
Ms. Marvel’s Iman Vellani, Comic Geek, Knows Kevin Feige Is Lying About The MCU’s Numerical Designation Marvel By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 3, 2022 3:50 pm EST In the upcoming Disney+ series “Ms. Marvel,” Iman Vellani plays Kamala Khan, a superhero fan who becomes a superhero in her own right. It’s a perfect bit of casting, as Vellani herself is apparently a major Marvel comics fan in her own right, and now she gets to play a hero on screen....
Ms. Marvel Trailer: Here Comes Kamala Khan Marvel By Danielle Ryan/March 15, 2022 10:04 am EST Plenty of people are massive fans of superheroes, but very few become actual superheroes themselves. The Marvel comics character Ms. Marvel did just that, and she’s about to make her debut in the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe. “Ms. Marvel” is exciting for many fans who feel represented by the Pakistani-American teen. This will be the first Marvel property to focus on a Muslim character, and Kamala Khan is inspiring in many ways....
New Don’t Worry Darling Image Shows Harry Styles And Florence Pugh Snuggling Warner Bros. Pictures By Lex Briscuso/April 27, 2022 10:05 am EST Darling, it’s been a little slow going, but we’ll get there. That’s what I imagine director Olivia Wilde has been saying to those of us waiting with anticipation for her second feature film “Don’t Worry Darling.” The movie’s trailer dropped in secret at CinemaCon, which was exciting enough … until Wilde shared a first look image publicly, of course....
One Of Liam Neeson’s Least Famous Films Is Also One Of His Favorites Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/June 28, 2022 10:54 am EST Looking back at Liam Neeson’s early career, one finds a young bruiser more likely to be seen throwing punches than delivering intimate, soulful monologues. Prior to a career-making turn in Steven Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List” in 1993, one might find Neeson hamming it up as “Darkman,” fighting alongside Patrick Swayze in “Next of Kin,” or swinging swords in “Excalibur....
Polar Bear Trailer: You Will Never Recover From The Cuteness Overload Disney+ By Jenna Busch/March 11, 2022 5:31 pm EST Today we have a new trailer for Disneynature’s “Polar Bears.” I suggest that you save this for after work, because if there were any dogs in my house right now, they’d be howling from the squeaky noises I made watching it. I have been debating over the cutest pic to use, and while I did post the cuddly one, I must also show you polar bear feeties because everyone needs this in their life....
Ray Liotta Landed Goodfellas Because Of A Run-In With Venice Film Festival Security Warner Bros. By Mike Shutt/June 8, 2022 8:10 am EST Though he had a career of many fantastic performances, there will always be one role we always will associate with Ray Liotta, who sadly passed away far too soon a few weeks ago. This role is, of course, the man who, as far back as he could remember, always wanted to be a gangster....
Rian Johnson’s Inspiration For Looper Came From A Surprising Hollywood Classic Sony Pictures Releasing By Sandy Schaefer/March 24, 2022 3:29 pm EST Does the time-travel logic in “Looper” hold up when you really think about it? Nah. Does it matter? Also nah. Rian Johnson’s sci-fi thriller cares very little about the practicality of its time-loops. It even lamp-shades this at one point by having Bruce Willis as the older Joe flat-out tell his younger self (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) he doesn’t want to talk about time-travel and how it works....
Never discussed working together DreamWorks Screenwriter Robert Rodat (who was nominated for an Academy Award for “Saving Private Ryan”) took his inspiration from Stephen Ambrose historical book “D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II,” first published in 1994. In Ambrose’s book, there is related the true story of the Niland brothers, four siblings who fought in WWII, with only one returning home. Rodat extrapolated from the Nilands the story of the fictional Ryan brothers for “Saving Private Ryan,” three of whom had been killed in action, with the fourth deep into enemy territory....
The 355 Ending Explained: In The Nick Of Time Universal By Deshawn “DeLa Doll” Thomas/Jan. 14, 2022 2:14 pm EST Director Simon Kinberg’s 2022 spy film “The 355” is a fast-paced thriller with so many twists and turns, you may be dizzy by the end. Is it groundbreaking? Not really. Is it fun? Yes. Do the film’s many plot twists call for some explanation and examination? Absolutely, and that’s what I’m here to do!...
The Dropout Trailer: Amanda Seyfried Does The Voice Hulu By Valerie Ettenhofer/Feb. 7, 2022 1:20 pm EST The trailer for “The Dropout” is here, and with it, I think we can officially dub this Scammer Spring. Between “Joe vs. Carole,” “Inventing Anna,” “The Tinder Swindler,” and this Amanda Seyfried-led series about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, our watchlists are overflowing with shows about driven but deceptive people. “The Dropout” looks like it could be the best of the bunch....
A Quick Recap Warner Bros. When we return to Kepler-22b, Paul is bringing a pallet of fruit picked from the Tree for the colony to eat. They test it and find it safe, then begin digging in. It’s a little disgusting watching people eat fruit that looks like human brains, especially when we know it contains some human DNA. Is it cannibalism? Who knows. Campion (Winta McGrath) doesn’t eat the fruit after picking it up and inspecting it, and this seems to disappoint Paul, who is watching from a distance....
