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Umma Trailer: Mother’s Day Is Right Around The Corner Sony Pictures By Anya Stanley/March 1, 2022 3:59 pm EST I have bad news and good news. Last week, Sony shuffled around several release dates, moving the Sam Raimi-backed, Beck & Woods-helmed sci-fi thriller “65” back nearly a year to April 14, 2023. The good news is that the Sam Raimi-backed haunting horror film “Umma” is still on its way, and Sony has a fresh trailer ready for your viewing pleasure....

Why Won’t People Let Former Disney/Teen Idols Grow Up? Hulu By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 20, 2022 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything.) It’s always fascinating to me when something comes out and the reviews are immediately polarizing. As a life-long fan of both Josh Peck and Hilary Duff, I really wanted to see the new spin-off series “How I Met Your Father,” in which they both star....

Why Yellowjackets’ Portrayal Of A DIY Abortion Is So Important Showtime By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 23, 2021 2:36 pm EST Spoilers ahead for episode 6 of “Yellowjackets.” Content warning: discussions of reproductive autonomy and abortion. For the last month, I’ve dedicated no less than 62% of my daily energy to screaming at the top of my lungs about how more people need to be watching “Yellowjackets” on Showtime, and it’s not just because of the teenage cannibalism or abundance of queerness....

Christian Bale’s Acting Method Came Straight From Mr. Bean Disney, Universal Pictures By Witney Seibold/June 29, 2022 3:22 pm EST When Rotten Tomatoes interviewed filmmaker Werner Herzog on his 2006 film “Rescue Dawn” — a fictional remake of his documentary “Little Dieter Needs to Fly” — interviewer Rich Cline asked how lead actor Christian Bale was suited to playing his role. Herzog’s answer was blunt and frank: “He’s the best of his generation....

“Do we hear slurping?” NBC “The Thing About Pam,” “The Witcher,” and “The Romanoffs.” Those shows could not be more different. Still, what are you always looking for in scoring a project, no matter the genre? Belousova: Absolutely. I think we’re always looking for the type of project that would require that unique particular sound and unique particular world that would need to be created. Whether it’s something like “The Witcher,” which is this big, epic fantasy adventure soundscape, or something like “The Romanoffs,” which required a very sophisticated delegate gastro palette, or something like “Pam,” which is hard to describe because it’s so unique and so particular....

Daily Podcast: The Future Of The Ghostbusters Franchise Sony Pictures Opening Banter: At something called Ghostbusters Ecto-Fest, the following announcements were made. In The News: Also mentioned: Sony Pictures Animation is in development with Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan on an animated feature film based on the Ghostbusters IP. The creative team behind the project includes directors Chris Prynoski (executive producer, Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe) and Jennifer Kluska (Hotel Transylvania: Transformania), and writer Brenda Hsueh (supervising producer, Disjointed)....

Dead Poets Society Was A War Of Attrition Between Robin Williams And Ethan Hawke Touchstone Pictures By Shae Sennett/April 29, 2022 5:22 pm EST Ethan Hawke is one of the most renowned actors in Hollywood today, but even a storied career like his has to start somewhere. In this case, it was on the set of the 1989 coming-of-age film “Dead Poets Society,” where he was subject to a little bit of friendly hazing by the film’s star, Robin Williams....

Where Else Have You Seen Shohreh Aghdashloo? Screen Gems The 69-year-old Iranian-American actress recently voiced Gozer the Gozerian in “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” a role she shared with Olivia Wilde and Emma Portner, which means “Renfield” won’t be her first foray into the world of horror. She followed up her Academy Award-nominated performance in “House of Sand and Fog,” by playing Dr. Sadira Adani in Scott Derrickson’s “The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” a professor in anthropology and psychiatry who testifies during Father Richard Moore’s trial regarding Emily’s death, fully believing that a spiritual possession may have taken place....

Every Star Trek Movie Ranked Worst To Best Paramount Pictures By Liam Gaughan/Dec. 28, 2021 1:40 pm EST “Star Trek” is easily one of the most influential science fiction franchises in history. Over half a century in, the saga’s optimistic vision of the future continues to inspire new generations of storytellers. When Gene Roddenberry’s original series debuted in 1966, its sci-fi mythology of a future where mankind has moved past racism, sexism, and bigotry was an absolute game changer....

Here’s Why Courteney Cox Doesn’t Expect Gale Weathers To Die In The Scream Franchise Paramount Pictures By Shania Russell/June 25, 2022 1:50 pm EST As long as kitchen knives and Halloween masks are available to the folks of Woodsboro, there will always be a new Ghostface to rise from the ashes and terrorize some teenagers. At some point, this fictional town should probably be abandoned because nothing says red flag quite like multiple serial killers — but for now, the “Scream” franchise lives on....

How Clint Eastwood Saved The Bridges Of Madison County From Production Limbo Warner Bros. By Jeremy Smith/June 1, 2022 10:36 am EST As a filmmaker, Clint Eastwood is neither precious nor patient. Though the movies he directs tend to unfold at an unhurried pace, he zips through production, bringing them in ahead of schedule and under budget. He crews and casts with an eye toward proficiency and authenticity. When an actor steps in front of his camera, they know precisely what’s expected of them....

How Jackie Chan’s Disappointment In Drunken Master Changed The Sequel Seasonal Film Corporation By Mike Williams/March 23, 2022 9:58 am EST If you love martial arts films, then the 1978 film “Drunken Master” should be on your watchlist. The film is all-time martial arts classic, starring Jackie Chan as Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-Hung. It put Jackie Chan on the map in Asia, the first step towards him becoming the superstar he is today....

Jason Isaacs Accidentally Injured Tom Felton With His Cane While Filming Harry Potter Warner Bros. By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Jan. 1, 2022 5:51 pm EST Jason Isaacs and Tom Felton’s Lucius and Draco Malfoy are two of the most controversial figures in the “Harry Potter” movies. While Malfoy senior is known for being a vile, malicious, and manipulative pure-blood wizard and Death Eater, Draco, on the other hand, is a bit more tragic....

The Best Short-Ass Movies – Look, it’s not just because this is /Film that this came out on top as the best sketch of the night. It’s simply a fantastic premise, a well-written rap, a slickly produced track, and it lets Pete Davidson do one of two things that he consistently knocks out of the park (the other being stand-up bits at the Weekend Update desk). Whom among us hasn’t scrolled through the endless streaming services at our disposal to find the shortest feature film we can squeeze in before bed....

Mark Hamill Thought He Was Going To Throw Up While Seeing Star Wars For The First Time By Travis Yates/May 11, 2022 9:26 am EST One of my favorite things about “Star Wars: A New Hope” is that the hero’s journey by Luke Skywalker is not all that different from Mark Hamill’s. If you fly through Hamill’s early filmography, you’ll see mostly random television appearances, and then there it is, like a moon appearing right smack in front of you when coming out of light speed....

Marlon Brando Only Broke Method Once During His Intense Prep For The Men United Artists By Shae Sennett/April 28, 2022 12:31 pm EST Method acting has received a mixed reputation over the years but, despite its controversy, it is still a tried and true technique used by many of Hollywood’s biggest stars. This performance style is defined by the City Academy of London as an attempt to draw from personal experience to create an authentic performance, but is famously recognized for more extreme examples where actors remain in character for the entirety of production both on and off camera....

Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Bad Batch, Shadow Of The Sith, Crimson Reign, The Vintage Collection, Galaxy’s Edge, And More! Lucasfilm By Adam Frazier/June 17, 2022 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In this edition of Star Wars Bits: “Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith” Review Marvel’s Upcoming “Star Wars” Comics “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Reviews & Recaps New “Star Wars” Toys & Collectibles And More! Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith review...

How No Way Home honors Raimi’s trilogy Walt Disney Pictures / Marvel Studios “No Way Home” is influenced by Raimi’s trilogy in more ways than one — some purposeful and others just inherent, at this point. For one thing, it straight-up pulls in characters from past Spidey movies. The moratorium on minor plot spoilers has passed by now, right? At this point, the cat is way out of the bag. Even serial liar Andrew Garfield is fessing up to the truth!...

Samuel L. Jackson Joins Broadway Revival Of The Piano Lesson, Could Become A Film Apple TV+ By Jenna Busch/March 30, 2022 11:47 am EST Samuel L. Jackson is set to join the cast of the Broadway revival of August Wilson’s 1987 play “The Piano Lesson,” according to Variety. The play might also become a film with some of this cast. The revival also stars John David Washington (“Tenet”) and Danielle Brooks (“Peacemaker”)....

Spider-Man: No Way Home Behind-The-Scenes Look Puts Spotlight On Amazing Stunt Work Sony Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 6, 2022 11:13 am EST Few studios — if any — can hope to match the level of output that Marvel Studios puts out during any given year. Ever since the debut of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008 with “Iron Man” (and “The Incredible Hulk” only a few months later, though you’d be forgiven for wiping that out of your memory banks), audiences have grown accustomed to expecting at least two new movies within the span of 12 months, like clockwork....