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Barry’s Penultimate Season-Three Chapter Goes To The Ocean HBO By Josh Spiegel/June 5, 2022 11:32 pm EST Tonight marks the penultimate episode of the third season of the excellent HBO black comedy “Barry,” and last week’s installment made it genuinely impossible to envision how this show gets to its already-renewed fourth season. You may recall that Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) leaped out of the frying pan — in the form of a trio of dirt bikers trying to kill him as part of a twisted vengeance-army plot hatched by Barry’s old frenemy Fuches (Stephen Root) — only to unknowingly arrive in the fire — in the form of being poisoned in the home of the widow of his old military buddy (who he killed in season one)....

Blade II Found Its Inspiration In An Oscar-Winning Classic New Line Cinema By Witney Seibold/April 9, 2022 11:14 am EST In 1998, when Steven Norrington’s “Blade” was released in theaters, it caused only the smallest stir in the consciousnesses of comic book fans. Based on a character from Marvel comics, Blade (Wesley Snipes) was a half-vampire, shades-and-sword-sporting badass who stalked into the night to kill vampires. In the world of “Blade,” vampires were the head of their own secret, elite, class-based underground society divided by those who were born vampires (vampires can have babies in the regular way, it seems), and those who had been bitten and converted....

Brand New Cherry Flavor Director Arkasha Stevenson Boards Prequel Movie The First Omen By Kaylee Dugan/May 11, 2022 9:09 am EST Remember “The Omen” prequel we talked about way back in 2016? Well, it’s risen from the dead and it has a brand new director attached to boot. Maybe it will really happen or maybe it will once again fall into the Hollywood tarpit and circulate from one wealthy and important person’s desk from another wealthy and important person’s desk for another six years, but why take the pessimistic point of view when we can instead get hyped for this movie that doesn’t need to exist, but might still make for a devilishly good time?...

The multiverse holds many horrors Marvel Studios “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is bound to be a film that is wide in scope. It will deal with the direct repercussions of the events that took place at the end of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which saw the multiverse break wide open thanks to a magic spell gone wrong. Now Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), no longer Sorcerer Supreme, will have to seek the help of his allies, such as (possibly) America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) and Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), to fix the multiverse....

Downton Abbey And Men Were Still No Match For Marvel At The Box Office Focus Features By Ryan Scott/May 23, 2022 1:18 pm EST Despite being a good, if not great, weekend at the box office in a lot of ways, it still felt like a quiet one. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” won its third weekend in a row, “Downton Abbey: A New Era” and “Men” both did fine-if-not-exciting business relative to expectations, and some other movies neared or passed big milestones....

Encore! The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Renewed For Fifth And Final Season By Ryan Scott/Feb. 17, 2022 12:39 pm EST View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (@maiseltv) View this post on Instagram View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (@maiseltv) “Amy, Dan, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel have blazed an unparalleled path, elevating the stories we tell about women, challenging the norms in our industry, and forever altering the entertainment landscape with their one-of-a-kind storytelling....

Ewan McGregor’s Daughter Has A Cameo In Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 2 Lucasfilm By Jeff Ewing/May 27, 2022 3:37 pm EST The second episode of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” brings us to yet another spot in the galactic underbelly, as our favorite retired Jedi hermit picks up the lightsaber in an adventure that has major One Last Job vibes. At the end of the first episode, young Princess Leia Organa (Vivien Lyra Blair) has been kidnapped, and Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits) beseeches Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) to stop sulking and find the precocious future Rebel leader....

How Goodfellas Inspired The Shawshank Redemption Columbia Pictures By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 19, 2022 10:25 am EST “As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” The opening line of “Goodfellas” is one of the most memorable in film history. It makes sense, then, that it would’ve inspired other great filmmakers in the years since its release. Count Frank Darabont among them. According to Mental Floss, the director of “The Shawshank Redemption” took inspiration from the Martin Scorsese film’s famous voiceover, along with its editing style....

How The Boys And Peacemaker Tell The Same Story From Different Perspectives Prime Video By Danielle Ryan/July 8, 2022 11:00 am EST This post contains spoilers for “The Boys” season 3 and “Peacemaker” season 1. Toxic masculinity is a complicated topic that unfortunately tends to bring out the worst in people, as those with toxic traits go on the defensive and those who point them out sometimes lean into cruelty of their own....

How The Sea Beast Connects To Master And Commander And Game Of Thrones Netflix By BJ Colangelo/May 18, 2022 3:41 pm EST The new Netflix original animated feature “The Sea Beast” won’t set sail until later this summer, but the more I learn about the new project from Chris Williams, the more excited I am to see the adventures of sea monster hunter, Jacob Holland. A 25-year Disney veteran, Williams made the leap to Netflix to try his hand at something new and have the chance to explore a whole new world....

How To Watch The Bad Guys At Home Universal Pictures By Debopriyaa Dutta/June 30, 2022 10:58 am EST Ready to embark on a heist from the comfort of your home? The animated heist comedy, “The Bad Guys” will soon be available for streaming, and here are all the details that you need to know. “The Bad Guys” opened in theaters on April 22, 2022, and grossed $242 million worldwide, receiving mostly positive reviews from critics and audiences alike....

I’m Starting To Think The Ozark Writers Hate Ruth Langmore Netflix By Shania Russell/Jan. 26, 2022 9:00 am EST Okay, I’ll bite: did Julia Garner run over an “Ozark” writer’s dog, or what? There must be a reasonable explanation for this because Ruth Langmore (Garner) is one of this show’s most tortured characters and it’s starting to feel downright mean. Obviously, bad things are bound to happen on a show like “Ozark” — most of the characters are involved with mobs and violent drug cartels....

Link Click Is A Nail-Biting And Emotionally Complex Time-Travel Thriller From China Crunchyroll By Rafael Motamayor/June 1, 2022 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Ani-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.) The question of what constitutes an “anime” is as old as it is complicated, involving culture, technology, business, and more. Is an animated show with fight scenes made by a Japanese studio anime?...

Nathan Fillion Had An Unorthodox Way Of Keeping Firefly’s Cast Entertained 20th Television By Jenna Busch/June 17, 2022 8:41 pm EST The cast of the cult TV series “Firefly” is still one of the best ensembles out there. Heck, it’s still one of the best shows out there. There are certainly things that don’t hold up, and after recent revelations about the creator, some of it can be a little uncomfortable, but I have to be honest and say that I can still rewatch the hell out of that show....

Why There Wasn’t More of Matt Murdock Netflix Reintroducing Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock into the MCU was just the tip of the iceberg — “Spider-Man: No Way Home” also rehashes three generations of Spider-Man movies. The film has a stacked cast of Spider-Man alumni, including the Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe), Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina), and Sandman (Thomas Haden Church) from the Raimi-verse, plus The Lizard (Rhys Ifans) and Electro (Jamie Foxx) from the Webb-verse....

Phil Lord Says Solo: A Star Wars Story Was A Valuable Learning Experience Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 4, 2022 4:20 pm EST If you ever happen to have a script on your hands that sounds like an absolutely terrible idea on paper, simply bring in the directing duo of Phil Lord and Chris Miller and they’ll somehow manage to spin straw into gold. The pair have essentially made a career out of performing this little magic trick....

Severance Trailer: Adam Scott Has His Memories ‘Surgically Divided’ In The New Apple TV+ Thriller AppleTV+ By Shania Russell/Dec. 17, 2021 8:49 am EST Having a good work-life balance is important — just ask the many people who spent the past year working from home. But there’s a limit to how separate those two major parts of your life can be. Or maybe there isn’t. According to the upcoming Apple TV+ sci-fi series “Severance,” separation is crucial, and if it takes a surgical procedure to keep your personal baggage out of the office, why not embrace it?...

Star Wars Series The Acolyte Will Draw On Wuxia Martial Arts Films Del Rey Books By Sandy Schaefer/May 24, 2022 3:39 pm EST “Star Wars” has always taken inspiration from a myriad of sources that go well beyond pulp sci-fi works like “Flash Gordon.” Besides spaghetti Westerns, a galaxy far, far away was famously inspired by the films of director Akira Kurosawa, most notably his 1954 samurai movie “Seven Samurai” and 1958 adventure flick “The Hidden Fortress....

Tales From The Box Office: Alien: Covenant’s Rescue Mission Was Doomed From The Start 20th Century Studios By Ryan Scott/May 21, 2022 5:11 pm EST There are few movies of any kind that can produce as much affection, from just about every sort of movie lover there is, as “Alien.” Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterwork blends sci-fi and horror together in a way that remains undefeated more than 40 years later. “Aliens” is often regarded as being nearly as good as the first movie (if not better, in the eyes of some), and it was James Cameron who took the director’s chair for that sequel, bringing more of an action element to the series....

The Captain America Easter Egg You May Not Have Noticed In Shang-Chi Marvel Studios By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Feb. 4, 2022 12:47 pm EST Helmed by Destin Daniel Cretton, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” marked the arrival of Simu Liu as Shang-Chi — Marvel Studio’s first Asian superhero and features a predominantly Asian cast and crew. The film was a breath of fresh air in the latest slew of Marvel movies — the combination of martial arts, Chinese mythology, and folklore, and its dangerous-yet-empathetic villain made it one of the most engaging standalone movies we’ve seen from the studio in recent times....