Superhero Bits: A New Era For Captain America, The Batman Posters & More Marvel By Ryan Scott/Jan. 19, 2022 4:37 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.)...
The 14 Best World War I Movies Ever Made Good Deed Entertainment By Fiona Underhill/March 25, 2022 2:53 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. World War One is underrepresented on the big screen, certainly in comparison to the Second World War. Although fought from 1914, the late entry of the U.S. in 1917 and their relatively small losses could be a factor in this. The bleak tragedy and hollow futility of the First World War compared to the second, which had a much clearer motive and offered more chances for gung-ho heroism, is another reason why it’s not exactly Hollywood movie material....
The Afterparty’s Xavier Drops New Music Video And Launches Website, All While Being A Fictional Character AppleTV+ By Shania Russell/Feb. 1, 2022 2:19 pm EST Step aside Olivia Rodrigo, the newest pop icon has arrived and he’s… Dave Franco?! In an odd turn of events, Apple TV+ just dropped a banger track, “Imma Live Forever,” from pop sensation Xavier, a character in the streamer’s new murder-mystery comedy series, “The Afterparty.”...
Best: Gil-Man Watches Kay Swim — The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954) Universal Pictures Long before Universal Pictures attempted to launch the “Dark Universe” crossover franchise, the studio created many influential horror films based on beloved genre characters. “Frankenstein,” “The Mummy,” “The Bride of Frankenstein,” and “Dracula” are just a few of the classics that Universal created during this golden era. The “Universal Monsters” films were events, with shocking visual effects and jump scares frightening audiences....
Worst: The Colonel’s introduction Warner Bros. While it would make logical sense to open a movie about the King with, you know, Elvis himself, Luhrmann’s movie doesn’t go that route. Instead, the film takes us into the glittering, chaotic world of Las Vegas in 1997. There, we get a glimpse at the awkward narrator of our story, Colonel Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks. Near the end of his life, news headlines label the Colonel a conman, leading Parker to begin defending his actions....
The Camila Cabello Cinderella Is Leading The Polls In Oscars Fan Favorite Race In what many suspect is an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and the failed fan-led campaign to have the film nominated for “Best Picture” at the 94th Academy Awards, the Academy has recently announced a new “Fan Favorite” award category. Rather than being selected by the mysterious members of the Academy, the voting power for this new category lies with Twitter users, who (as of February 14) can vote for their favorite movie using the hashtag #OscarsFanFavorite....
The Morning Watch: All The Trick Arrows In Marvel’s Hawkeye, VFX Artists React To Paddington & More Marvel Studios By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 11, 2022 8:00 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....
The Morning Watch: Making Of The Batman, A Farewell To Ozark & More Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/May 9, 2022 8:00 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, we go behind the scenes of “The Batman,” with the producers and the cast talking about the video wall technology used on set....
The Original Boyz N The Hood Concept That Never Happened Columbia Pictures By Lyvie Scott/March 31, 2022 11:32 am EST “He was scarily, crazily, absolutely, and completely confident,” recalled Stephanie Allain, then a script reader for the studio. Singleton was firm on directing the film himself, despite never directing a feature before. “I wasn’t going to have somebody from Idaho or Encino [Los Angeles] direct this movie,” he later said of his position....
The Wire Almost Had A Different Theme Song Because Tom Waits Couldn’t Work His VCR HBO By Debopriyaa Dutta/Jan. 24, 2022 2:00 pm EST David Simon’s “The Wire” has been lauded for a great many things over the years, including its visceral depiction of urban life and its deeply-entrenched sociopolitical themes. Equally widely praised is the crime drama’s opening theme, a cover of Tom Waits’ iconic “Way Down in the Hole” by The Blind Boys of Alabama....
Tracy Letts, Jason Segel, And DeVaughn Nixon Talk About The Latest Episode Of Winning Time [Interview] HBO By Jack Giroux/March 31, 2022 12:00 pm EST “Who The F*** is Jack McKinney?” is the latest and aptly titled episode of “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.” Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss (John C. Reilly) begins training camp with his team of star players. They initially resist the innovative methods of the new head coach, Jack McKinney, played by actor and playwright Tracy Letts....
Why The Real Survivors Of K-19: The Widowmaker Weren’t Fans Of The Script Paramount Pictures By Travis Yates/April 18, 2022 3:57 pm EST When you see the phrase “based on a true story” attached to a Hollywood movie, you should always take it with a grain of salt. But in the case of Kathryn Bigelow’s 2002 film “K-19: The Widowmaker,” there might not be enough salt in the ocean — at least according to the people that survived the real-life ordeal depicted in the movie....
6 Canceled Coen Brothers Projects We Wish We Could’ve Seen Andrea Raffin/Shutterstock By Steven Ward/Dec. 20, 2021 3:28 pm EST For nearly four decades, Joel and Ethan Coen have built something of a reputation for creating critically acclaimed films and cult classics alike. Their filmography is a treasure trove of cinema that dramatically pendulums between darkly humorous tales with oddball protagonists, to heavy, noir-like dramas. But there is another category of Coen films that just might be more tantalizing than anything they’ve ever released — if only because they’ve never been made in the first place....
Bridgerton Co-Creator Chris Van Dusen Will Executive Produce And Write YA Adaptation, They Both Die At The End HarperTeen By Debopriyaa Dutta/March 9, 2022 11:25 am EST With “Bridgerton” season 2 just around the corner, promising even more scandals withe the Bridgerton family, series co-creator Chris van Dusen has been signed to co-write and executive produce the adaptation of “They Both Die at the End.” Deadline reports that Entertainment One’s series adaptation of the eponymous Adam Silvera YA novel has been in the works for a duration of 10 months and is expected to release some time soon....
Charlize Theron’s The Boys Cameo Might’ve Been More Than She Bargained For Prime Video By Jeremy Mathai/June 10, 2022 12:39 pm EST Stick around long enough as an A-lister and you’ll eventually find yourself as part of a superhero franchise. That seems like a fait accompli these days, and few know that better than Charlize Theron. The “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Atomic Blonde,” and “The Old Guard” actor found herself playing a small but significant role in two wildly different superhero franchises this year — a post-credits scene cameo in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and another cameo as the hilariously re-imagined Nazi Supe-villain Stormfront in the opening scene of the season 3 premiere of “The Boys....
Downton Abbey: A New Era Trailer: The Moving Pictures Come To Downton Focus Features By Debopriyaa Dutta/Feb. 15, 2022 9:46 am EST “Downton Abbey” fans, this is the trailer you’ve been waiting for. A brand new trailer for “Downton Abbey: A New Era” is here, featuring a return of the Crawleys for yet another adventure: this time, to the south of France! Continuing on from the explosively popular ITV series, the first “Downton Abbey” film depicted a royal visit by King George V and Queen Mary, replete with a tense assassination plot and an inheritance issue....
Everything We Know About Grimsburg So Far AMC By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 30, 2021 12:11 pm EST If you’ve ever felt like there’s simply too much television to keep track of these days, take heart in the fact that you are far from alone! The sheer amount of new can’t-miss shows and buzzy titles coming out on a seemingly everyday basis can quickly become overwhelming, even (or maybe even especially) for those who go out of their way to keep up-to-date with pop culture....
How Hans Zimmer Used His Score To Tell The Story Of Batman Begins Warner Bros. Pictures By Christian Gainey/April 9, 2022 10:27 am EST If you’re familiar with film scores, the name Hans Zimmer should definitely ring a bell. He’s been composing film themes since the early 1980s, which has earned him two Oscars, three Golden Globes, three Grammys, a Tony, and an American Music Award. Throughout his career, he has composed music for over 150 films, including “Rain Man,” “Driving Miss Daisy,” “The Lion King,” “Dunkirk,” and “Dune....
Jason Isaacs Originally Auditioned For A Different Role In Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets Warner Bros By Shania Russell/Jan. 1, 2022 12:41 pm EST No fantastical coming-of-age story would be complete without formidable villains to terrify its young heroes, and Harry Potter is no exception. In fact, the franchise is famous for a Big Bad so threatening that characters often hesitate to speak his name. But before Voldermort invaded this magical tale of childhood, his followers were there to fill the sinister void....
Kirsten Dunst Wants To Play Mary Jane Again In The Marvel Multiverse Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/March 17, 2022 6:06 pm EST It is absolutely no secret at this point that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is in full-on multiverse mode. Shows like “Loki” and “WandaVision” laid some groundwork but “Spider-Man: No Way Home” ripped things wide open, with “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” poised to more than double down on that craziness....
