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Nicolas Cage plays Nicolas Cage as Nicolas Cage “Stanislavski, is he part of the resistance?!” Pedro Pascal’s billionaire Cage super-fan Javi Gutierrez wants nothing more than to have the chance to “act” alongside his movie hero. In this video from The New York Times’ “Anatomy of a Scene,” series, director and co-writer Tom Gormican breaks down the part of “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” when Nicolas Cage realizes that his appearance at Javi’s birthday party is more than just a paid celebrity gig....

The Sixth Sense Cast Thought They Were Making A Very Different Kind Of Film Buena Vista Pictures Distribution By Miyako Pleines/March 16, 2022 12:13 pm EST The first time I saw “The Sixth Sense,” I wasn’t really supposed to be watching “The Sixth Sense.” My parents had rented it to watch one night while I was supposed to be asleep, but I snuck downstairs and hid behind the couch, occasionally peering out from behind to catch a glimpse of the screen....

Watch: How Encanto Made The Elaborate Choreography For ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ Disney By Joshua Meyer/Jan. 30, 2022 10:12 am EST One of the musical highlight’s of “Encanto,” the 60th Disney animated feature, is the song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” which has topped the Billboard charts and become a viral hit. For this song, directors Byron Howard and Jared Bush took a page from how classic Disney movies were animated in the past, in that they actually adapted a live-action dance number to animation....

What The DHARMA Initiative Was Really Trying To Accomplish On Lost ABC By Ryan Leston/Jan. 25, 2022 10:49 am EST Namaste and welcome to the DHARMA Initiative, the scientific research project at the center of many of the biggest mysteries of the hit TV show, “Lost.” As a fan, I remember when John Locke and Boone first encountered the mysterious hatch with no idea what awaited them within. But as the series progressed, we discovered the enigmatic DHARMA Initiative with its shadowy motives and weird orientation videos....

Why Sam Raimi Put A Stop To Evil Dead 4: Consequences Renaissance Pictures By Andrew Housman/March 16, 2022 3:09 pm EST The direction of the “Evil Dead” franchise has never been a meticulously planned venture, but the sudden appearance of an unauthorized sequel called “Evil Dead 4: Consequences” was particularly spontaneous. In a bizarre legal battle that serves as a case study in what happens when someone pays zero attention to copyright laws, Sam Raimi and his production company, Renaissance Pictures, stopped the production of a bootleg “Evil Dead” film back in 2012....

Daily Podcast: The Future Of Star Wars Comes Into Focus Lucasfilm On the May 17, 2022, episode of /Film Daily, /Film news writer Ryan Scott talks about the latest film and TV news, which today is all about a galaxy far, far away, and the wealth of “Star Wars” news that recently dropped. In The News: Ryan: Kevin Feige’s And Rian Johnson’s Star Wars Movies Are Probably Not Happening Any Time Soon...

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Repeats Marvel Comics’ Worst Scarlet Witch Mistakes Disney By Jamie Gerber/May 17, 2022 4:00 pm EST There is a lot to love about “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” Sam Raimi brought something truly unique to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and those elements were intensified by Danny Elfman’s incredible score. Seriously, how fun was that music fight? However, the film has proven divisive, and honestly, I get it....

Dog Director Reid Carolin Says Working With Animals Taught Him A Valuable Lesson [Interview] United Artists By Danielle Ryan/Feb. 20, 2022 3:44 pm EST Most movies about the military are kind of a bummer, and most movies about dogs aren’t a whole lot better. Thankfully, “Dog” writer and co-director Reid Carolin, who shared the director’s chair with star Channing Tatum, wasn’t interested in making people feel bad. After several years of extended misery due to the pandemic, Carolin and Tatum figured a feel-good movie might be better for the masses....

Edgar Wright Wanted Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World To Be Gene Kelly Meets John Woo Universal Pictures By Lyvie Scott/April 14, 2022 11:49 am EST Edgar Wright obviously drew inspiration from a bunch of disparate sources for “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” the 2010 film in which Michael Cera faces off with superhero stars like Chris Evans and Brandon Routh — and wins. Wright is, as dubbed by Time, something of a “cinematic DJ,” known for sampling a number of genres to build his surreal, cinematic worlds....

My clay pot is leaking A24 Before we explain the end of this movie, we need to establish how everything works first. Michelle Yeoh’s Evelyn is able to travel through the multiverse thanks to a process called “verse-jumping.” Her counterpart from the Alphaverse created this technology so that people in her universe could tap into the skills, memories, and bodies of their parallel selves. It’s triggered by random acts like eating lip balm, snorting a fly, or leaping onto a butt-plug-shaped trophy....

Fresh Star Sebastian Stan Is Drawn To Roles That Scare Him [Interview] Hulu By Shania Russell/March 4, 2022 3:34 pm EST This post contains spoilers for “Fresh.” Sebastian Stan is embracing his dark side. He was always a bit of a brooder, whether you think all the way back to his “Gossip Girl” stint as a rich sleazebag or, more recently, to his famed role as the mass-murdering villain turned Avenger, the Winter Soldier....

Here’s Why You Need To Make Kid Cosmic Your Next Superhero Binge [Interview] Netflix By Rafael Motamayor/Feb. 18, 2022 1:59 pm EST For the past decade and a half, superhero stories have dominated pop culture, but also created an idea of what a superhero movie is: either dark and violent, or filled with quips and one-liners. Sure, some of the recent Marvel and DC movies have made an effort to embrace the weirder parts of comic books, but the few projects that take that approach still feel like outliers....

Fennec is The Droid I’m Looking For Disney+ Before Fennec became bio-mechanical, she was a gifted female bounty hunter, elite mercenary, and Master Assassin who worked for the top crime syndicates during the age of the Galactic Empire. Cybernetic modification was not necessary for her to fulfill her roles, and her ability to strike fear in the souls of her enemies was established long before the Mod Artist (indie bassist and singer Thundercat) gave her a gut full of hydraulics....

Law & Order Revival Gets Sam Waterston Back On The Bench NBC By Jenna Busch/Dec. 17, 2021 2:14 pm EST Dun dun! Sam Waterston is set to reprise the role of Jack McCoy in the upcoming revival of “Law & Order,” according to THR. It’s nice to report news that will fill millions of people with comfort and joy this close to the holidays. There were reportedly “prolonged negotiations,” but it’s all worked out and the deal is happening....

Leeloo’s Language In The Fifth Element Is More Real Than You Think Columbia Pictures By Witney Seibold/Feb. 7, 2022 5:07 pm EST J.R.R. Tolkien never visited Finland, but as a lexicographer and philologist, the Finnish language fascinated him. Not only did Tolkien adapt a tale from the Elias Lönnrot’s Karelian’s “The Kalevala” (1835), often called the Finnish national epic — Tolkien’s book was called “The Story of Kullervo” — but he famously derived Quenya, the High Elvish language from the “Lord of the Rings” books, from the syntax of Finnish....

It Started With D&D Prime Video If you’re uninitiated and not submerged into the lore since its launch in 2015, “Critical Role” is a weekly Twitch- and Youtube-livestreamed tabletop Dungeons & Dragon roleplaying game featuring a group of prominent voiceover actors. Voice actor Matthew Mercer, who showruns the animated series, runs the campaigns (i.e. storylines) as the Dungeon Master. An eventual crowdfunding quest to adapt the first campaign of Critical Role, with the mainstays reprising their roles, into an animated adaptation culminated in a record-breaking Kickstarter of $11 million....

Liam Neeson Is A Big Fan Of Denzel Washington, Loves Those Equalizer Movies [Exclusive] Open Road Films By Joshua Meyer/April 29, 2022 8:35 am EST With his starring role in “Taken” in 2008, Liam Neeson pioneered what now practically constitutes a whole sub-genre of action-dad films. The movie saw Neeson moving out of the mentor phase in his career, seen in films like “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace,” “Kingdom of Heaven,” and “Batman Begins,” and into a fresh phase where he would exercise a new “very particular set of skills” to kick butt and, yes, take names....

Nearly 37% Of Fans We Polled Think This Is The Best ’80s Horror Movie Ever Made De Laurentiis Entertainment Group By Miyako Pleines/April 5, 2022 9:27 am EST The ’80s were a special decade for horror. In a lot of ways, it’s a hard decade to top simply because there are just so many damn good movies from that time period. Of course, the ’70s were a great decade for horror, as well....

Neil Gaiman Had To Get Creative While Translating Princess Mononoke Studio Ghibli By Devin Meenan/June 28, 2022 10:55 am EST Sub or dub? Ever since anime became an international phenomenon, it’s a question that’s divided fans. It really comes down to what you prefer. Subtitles will be closer to the original, but it’s hard to deny that words carry a greater impact if you hear them in your own language. Furthering the debate is that the quality of anime dubs has improved since the 1990s, when the medium first broke out of a niche in the West....

Sean Penn Made Brian De Palma Shoot This Carlito’s Way Scene 20 Times Universal Pictures By Joshua Meyer/June 13, 2022 8:11 am EST Sean Penn is known as a method actor, just like his “Carlito’s Way” co-star, Al Pacino. Even before he became a five-time Oscar nominee (and two-time winner, for “Mystic River” and “Milk”), Penn was so dedicated to giving an authentic performance that he went method for his comedic role as the surfer dude Jeff Spicoli in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High....