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The PG-13 Rating Has Become Meaningless Marvel By Danielle Ryan/May 10, 2022 2:00 pm EST “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” has created some online hubbub with regards to its rating, with some viewers claiming that the film was “too dark” and violent for its PG-13 rating, while others felt it was perfectly appropriate. Here’s the thing: regardless of whether the latest MCU entry should have been rated PG, PG-13, or R, the ratings system is inherently broken....

The Sea Beast Review: A Crowd-Pleasing Anti-Imperialist Seafaring Adventure Netflix By Rafael Motamayor/June 16, 2022 11:00 am EST “The Sea Beast” is a seafaring adventure with lots of exciting nautical battles, terrifying giant sea monsters, big thrills, and a great dynamic between a hardened monster hunter and an energetic and hopeful kid. Oh, and it is also a poignant animated film about anti-imperialism and how truth and history get distorted to benefit those in power, you know, what kids love....

What Are The Odds Of Getting Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2? Lucasfilm By Lyvie Scott/June 22, 2022 2:00 pm EST This post contains major spoilers for the series (season?) finale of “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” After five surprisingly-short weeks, Ewan McGregor’s return as Obi-Wan Kenobi has ended — and for most, it feels like things barely even got off the ground to begin with. As satisfying as the series has been for a lot of fans, it’s failed to really capitalize on its own potential for others....

What The Boys Season 3’s Soldier Boy Twist Means For The Finale (& Beyond) Prime Video By Michael Boyle/July 2, 2022 12:00 pm EST I don’t want to say anything too controversial, but Homelander (Antony Starr) is a pretty good villain. Any other show that kept a villain like this around for so long would’ve crumbled under its own weight, but “The Boys” has centered around Homelander for nearly three full seasons without showing signs of running out of steam, despite my earlier concerns....

By Travis Yates/Feb. 23, 2022 12:56 pm EST Over the years, it’s become clear that audiences feel a deep connection to “Office Space” and its material. From the refusal by Joanna (Jennifer Aniston) to wear the required number of pieces of flair at Chachki’s to the cathartic beatdown of the company printer by Peter (Ron Livingston) and friends, audiences bonded with the characters and related to their experiences. The studio didn’t like much of anything In an interview with The AV Club, Judge pointed out that the backgrounds of most movie execs and filmmakers are very different from the everyday person....

Why Palm Springs Couldn’t Actually Be Shot In Palm Springs Hulu By Travis Yates/April 25, 2022 3:00 pm EST Independent filmmaking is a lot like running a household. You might have big ambitions for the month, but you are beholden to your monthly budget. Sometimes you’re forced to scratch together macaroni and cheese with old noodles and some almost-expired cheese squares you find in the back of the fridge, and the kids will still love it....

The Sixth Day Sony Pictures It’s the year 2000. Arnold Schwarzenegger is not yet the governor of California. But his action films aren’t hitting like they used to, and the trailers for “The Sixth Day” look like a blue chrome rip-off of “Total Recall.” That’s all fair. I’m kicking this list off with a garbage movie, but it’s great garbage — the cinematic equivalent of a raccoon scarfing a bloating heirloom tomato off a discarded IKEA catalogue....

Meet The New Banks Family We also see Will reunite — seemingly in the middle of a swanky family event — with his Aunt Viv (Cassandra Freeman), Uncle Phil (Adrian Holmes), and cousins Ashley (Akira Akbar) and Hilary (Coco Jones). Across the original sitcom’s six-season run, Will had a rocky relationship with some of his upper class relatives, but when he meets the Banks family in “Bel-Air,” they’re all smiles. Hilary looks very elegant, with a long ponytail and pink seersucker suit, and she soon gets Will decked out in a new outfit as well....

Brent Spiner Desperately Wanted Data To Die In Star Trek: Insurrection Paramount By Witney Seibold/March 21, 2022 1:00 pm EST Actor Brent Spiner is on record with his ambivalence about playing the android Data on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” On the one hand, Spiner appreciates the boost in visibility the role provided, while on the other, he was all too cognizant of the way “Star Trek” pigeonholes an actor. When “NextGen” was wrapping, Spiner mused that no matter what impressive acting he may do for the rest of his career, Data would be listed first in his obituary....

Brian And Charles Review: Friendship Blossoms In A Lo-Fi Frankenstein Riff With A Kooky Robot [Sundance 2022] Sundance Film Festival By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 24, 2022 5:39 pm EST Take the dry comedy of Aardman Animation. Bring it into live-action. Throw in a reclusive, quirky inventor and his makeshift robot made out of junk. Mix for roughly 90 minutes, and you’ve got “Brian and Charles,” an endlessly charming, funny, and delightfully lo-fi British comedy from director Jim Archer, adapted from his own short film of the same name....

Disney+ By Jenna Busch/Feb. 8, 2022 10:15 am EST The Disney+ “Cheaper by the Dozen” is the second remake of the 1950 film of the same name, itself based on the the autobiographical book by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. But the 2003 film starring Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt is probably the best known version. This time around, our couple is Zach Braff and Gabrielle Union. They’ve blended in all the kids, and they seem to approach discipline with humor....

Chernobyl Director Will Helm Episodes Of The HBO Max Dune Prequel Series Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/April 27, 2022 2:08 pm EST Original “Dune” author Frank Herbert’s vision of a vast and sprawling fantasy world on planets utterly unlike our own is continuing to be fully realized in live-action. Barely a month after first hearing the news that the script for “Dune: Part 2” has been completed, we’re now set for an even greater expansion into the lore and world-building featured throughout director Denis Villeneuve’s spectacular adaptation of “Dune” last year....

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Action Figures Deliver Multitudes Of Doctor Strange Sony By Jenna Busch/Dec. 18, 2021 10:26 am EST “Spider-Man: No Way Home” may be in theaters now, but some of us are already getting excited about “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” That film opens on May 6, 2022, and some collectibles are already making the rounds (or at least, pictures of them are). We’ve got eight figures on the way, including the Marvel Legends Target exclusive Defender Doctor Strange....

Gaslit Trailer: Julia Roberts And Sean Penn Get Caught Up In Watergate STARZ By Debopriyaa Dutta/March 16, 2022 12:41 pm EST There’s a new series about abuse of power, covert conspiracies, and political intrigue on the horizon. The newest official trailer for “Gaslit,” an upcoming limited series from STARZ, just dropped, and the show centers on the Watergate scandal, which can be deemed as one of the most disruptive events in American history....

How Halo Became A TV Series Instead Of A Movie Paramount+ By Eric Vespe/March 17, 2022 10:50 am EST As an ’80s kid, I grew up with video games. A proud member of the Nintendo generation, I was front and center for the NES, Sega (OG and Genesis), Gameboy, Super Nintendo, N64, and Gamecube run of consoles. Then I kinda left video games behind — not in a conscious “time to grow up now” way, but my priorities just shifted and, honestly, there wasn’t a whole lot on offer for me....

How Much Of Russian Doll Season 2 Is A True Story? Netflix / The New York Times By Danielle Ryan/April 24, 2022 1:38 pm EST Content warning: This piece digs into the history of Europe during World War II, including the events of the Holocaust. Reader discretion is advised. Season 1 of the Netflix series “Russian Doll” had fun with a time-loop à la “Groundhog Day,” but season 2 ups the ante with some good old fashioned time travel, made possible through the magic of the New York subway’s 6 train....

How The Last Jedi Led To Laura Dern’s Jurassic World Dominion Return Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/June 7, 2022 1:26 pm EST There’s much I can appreciate about or, at the least, excuse when it comes to “Jurassic Park III.” Smack-talk the 2001 film’s raptor nightmare scene all you want, but it’s the perfect tone-setter for a “Jurassic Park” sequel that has little interest in being anything beyond a full-blown monster movie....

How The Last Of Us On HBO Will Differ From The Original Game HBO By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 14, 2022 1:57 pm EST Naughty Dog’s 2013 post-apocalyptic saga “The Last of Us” is one of the most beloved video games of the 21st century. The award-winning game’s heart-stopping thrills, devastating character arcs, and stunning visuals made it an instant fan favorite upon its release, while a sequel and additional playable content deepened the story even more....

How The X-Files Created A Fan-Favorite Character Out Of Thin Air By Christian Gainey/April 13, 2022 2:41 pm EST William B. Davis is the Canadian actor behind the smoke of CSM. Originally, he was hired to do exactly what you see him do in the premiere episode, which is creep in a corner and make us ask questions that would never get an official answer. He was so good at this that the show’s creator, Chris Carter, decided to make him more than a background mystery....

Break out the popcorn The teaser footage included here doesn’t show us a ton of footage we haven’t seen before, although it does give us a good look at “Teen Wolf” star O’Brien playing what appears to be a Pete Davidson type in Quinn Shephard’s new satire “Not Okay.” The actor sports a bleach-blonde hairdo and a thick layer of tattoos as he attempts to light what looks like a five-pronged blunt on a street corner....