Swiss Army Man’s Wet, Wild Opening Scene Was 100 Percent Daniel Radcliffe A24 By Bill Bria/May 25, 2022 4:20 pm EST In many ways, “Swiss Army Man” is a very physical movie. Not only is it largely concerned with themes of bodies in terms of what functions they serve and what abilities they have, but it also explores what bodies mean, positing that a person’s spiritual and physical selves are beautifully intertwined....
The Last Waltz United Artists Martin Scorsese is a phenomenal storyteller regardless of what medium he’s working in, and he has the unparalleled ability to capture the essence of a specific place and time in history. Whether it’s the modern vibe of New York City in “Mean Streets” and “Taxi Driver,” the brutal vision of colonial Japan in “Silence,” the fast-paced stockbroker culture of “The Wolf of Wall Street,” or the epic sweep of the criminal underworld in “The Irishman,” Scorsese shows how history intertwines with the men who shape it....
The Best And Worst Penguin Moments In The Batman Ranked Warner Bros. By Scott Thomas/March 7, 2022 12:28 pm EST “The Batman” trailer dropped when the world needed it: August 2020. Six months of a pandemic state marked by casualties, Zoom meetings, and poorly thought through singalongs had many at their wit’s end. That made the first look at Matt Reeves’ “Batman” weirdly hopeful. Here was a grimdark movie that looked excellent, and better yet, that’d we’d get to see in theaters....
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Sony In 2016, Paul Feig dared to reboot “Ghostbusters” with an all-female cast. I personally thought the film was a lot of fun. Did I enjoy it as much as the original “Ghostbusters”? No, but I wasn’t expecting to. Anyway, while that movie was not a flop, it did cause an uproar online, with toxic goons screaming to high-heavens about their childhoods being ruined. And while many of these folks will probably still swear up and down that their outrage had nothing to do with the fact that the movie was about lady Ghostbusters, c’mon – we all know that was the reason....
The Daily Stream: Tetsuo: The Iron Man And The Horrors Of Mechanized Modernity Kaijyu Theatres By Witney Seibold/June 8, 2022 2:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Tetsuo: The Iron Man” Where You Can Stream It: AMC+, Kanopy, Shudder, Spectrum, Arrow Video The Pitch: For those who love body horror, but feel the disease and bodily mutation of David Cronenberg to be too cerebral, or the bloody rendings and torture of an Eli Roth to be too crass: Might I point you toward Shinya Tsukamoto’s 1989 underground cult classic “Tetsuo: The Iron Man?...
The Everything Everywhere All At Once Soundtrack Is Streaming Now For Your Multiversal Needs A24 By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 8, 2022 11:50 am EST Directing duo Daniels gifted us with “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” a heartfelt, delightful, bonkers multiversal treat that revels in the idea of infinite universes. The effect that the film has on the psyche can be overwhelming (in a fun way), and in case you want to lose yourself in the soundscape of the fantastically weird film, fret no more....
The Karate Kid Remake Reflected A Familiar Struggle For Jackie Chan Columbia Pictures By Fatemeh Mirjalili/May 11, 2022 10:59 am EST Everyone loves a good underdog story. “The Karate Kid” is as best as it gets. In the 2010 film, Jaden Smith’s Dre Parker has his life upended when he moves to China with his mom (Taraji P. Henson), finding himself in a stranger’s land. Dre doesn’t speak any Mandarin. He gets picked on endlessly by the school bully, and he struggles to make friends....
‘It was a delightful day working on those scenes’ Paramount+ Did you also find it surreal watching Matthew Goode as Robert Evans? He did an unbelievable job of channeling that man. I was awestruck by how consummate he is as a performer. He manages to have it be such an accurate portrayal of Evans and somehow not make you feel like you’re watching an imitation of him, either. It’s a full 360 on the character....
The Reason Tom Cruise Turned Down Iron Man Paramount Pictures By Fatemeh Mirjalili/March 14, 2022 11:43 am EST Robert Downey Jr. is Iron Man. It’s impossible to imagine otherwise. The actor employed a certain charisma and confidence in his role as Tony Stark in the “Iron Man” trilogy of films that helped kickstart Marvel’s multi-billion dollar franchise. “Iron Man” was the role of a lifetime for Robert Downey Jr. — a two-time Academy Award nominee — after his struggle with substance abuse and legal troubles between 1996 and 2001....
Why Anne With An E Was Great Netflix Have you ever heard of Anne Shirley-Cuthbert? I think you might like her. I first encountered the imaginative, high-spirited, wide-eyed, fire-haired orphan from the sprawling pages of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s “Anne of Green Gables” over a decade before Netflix and the CBC got together to bring her story to life. And they did it well. “Anne With An E” found its heroine in the impeccable Amybeth McNulty, who embodied Anne’s spirit and joie de vivre fearlessness to the T (or should we say E?...
Don’t Look Up Netflix Where to Stream: Netflix The topical comedy follows a pair of dedicated scientists who try to convince the world that a major meteor is coming directly toward Earth and will kill us all — but no one seems to care. Sound familiar? The Leonardo DiCaprio vehicle is a Netflix original film, so you can find it on the streamer should you decide to give it a watch....
Without Blood: Everything We Know So Far Universal Pictures By Mike Shutt/June 9, 2022 8:31 pm EST It has been five years since Angelina Jolie was last seen in the director’s chair with her 2017 film “First They Killed My Father.” Her directorial career has been … interesting. Her films have neither made much of a mark in the popular consciousness or received much in the way of acclaim, yet they do all feel like they come from a truly passionate place from within Jolie....
2001: A Space Odyssey MGM A monolith crafted by unseen beings inspires humankind’s prehistoric ancestors to use tools for the first time. Eons later, scientists discover a similar monolith buried beneath the moon’s surface. While the pacing of Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi classic leaves some viewers cold, most see it as a seminal film for the genre due as much to the authenticity of its technical details as to its embrace of ambiguity....
Amy Adams Will Turn Into A Dog In The Very Literally Titled Nightbitch Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 19, 2022 11:36 am EST There is no dearth of literal movie titles — consider “Snakes on a Plane” or the grindhouse flick “Hobo with a Shotgun” — but now, brace yourselves for …“Nightbitch.” Described as a darkly comic neo-horror, “Nightbitch,” with Amy Adams as the lead, will follow a woman raising a toddler in the suburbs, spending most of her time staying at home and taking care of the child....
Apparently, Andrew Garfield Was Not Hot Enough To Hang Out With Talking Lion Paramount Pictures By Shania Russell/Jan. 11, 2022 1:52 pm EST Andrew Garfield just reported a crime. Apparently in the year 2008, when chaos clearly reigned supreme, the then 25-year-old actor was denied the titular role in “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” because — and this may sound insane — he wasn’t “handsome enough.” Believe it or not, someone looked at a headshot of this future heartthrob and against all odds decided he wasn’t hot enough to share the screen with a talking lion or sword-wielding mice....
Cinephiles Just Wanna Have Fun (But The Oscars Won’t Let Us) ABC By Shania Russell/March 25, 2022 4:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything.) For all of us die-hard film fans, the Academy Awards should be the equivalent of the Super Bowl: once a year, we should gather ‘round our TV screens with friends, a platter of treats, an adult beverage or two, and every intention to spend the next four hours enamored by the annual spectacle crafted in celebration of our shared passion … cinema!...
Colin Cantwell, The Concept Artist Who Designed The Death Star, Dies At 90 Lucasfilm By Eric Vespe/May 23, 2022 8:38 pm EST The world has lost one of the minds behind the world of “Star Wars.” Colin Cantwell, who played a significant role in the early days of filming “Star Wars,” passed away in his Colorado home on Saturday, May 22, 2022 at the age of 90. The news was shared by his partner, Sierra Dall, who posted it on his Facebook page on Sunday....
Daily Podcast: Blade Runner TV Series, Brad Bird’s New Film, Chip ‘N Dale Trailer, And More Warner Bros. Opening Banter: In The News: Also mentioned: (Ben, OG Jenna): Brad Bird To Write And Direct Animated Feature Ray Gunn For Skydance (BJ, OG Danielle): Wonder Twins Movie, Activate! Adam Sztykiel Will Write And Direct The DC Film (BJ, OG Sandy): Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers Teaser: Disney Nostalgia Gets The Lonely Island Treatment...
David Fincher Didn’t Hold Back On His Father’s First Draft Of Mank Netflix By Devin Meenan/June 30, 2022 11:00 pm EST At a glance, “Mank” might seem like an odd film for David Fincher to make. The director broke his streak of lurid crime thrillers for a biopic about the co-writer of “Citizen Kane” — and not even Orson Welles, but Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman). Fincher’s reason for making the movie was personal: His late father, Jack, wrote the screenplay and wanted his son to direct the movie....
Lin directed Tokyo Drift, people Universal Pictures Lin, the Taiwanese-American filmmaker, has an array of properties to his name, having helmed a couple of episodes from the polarizing second season of HBO’s “True Detective,” Paramount’s “Star-Trek Beyond” trilogy finale, and Universal Pictures bangers “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” “Fast Five,” “Fast & Furious 6” and “F9.” Out of the Vin Diesel-led franchise, Lin’s most important contribution is clearly “Tokyo Drift,” which /Film’s Jack Giroux agrees is the purest of the “Fast & Furious” entries....
