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The Aladdin Prince Anders Spin-Off Movie You Forgot About Is Still Happening Disney By Sandy Schaefer/May 3, 2022 12:31 pm EST Sometimes, Hollywood announces projects that make perfect sense. A sequel to “The Batman?” Of course! A “Sonic the Hedgehog” spin-off series about Knuckles the Echidna? Probably don’t need it, but why not? And then there are projects like the “Aladdin” spin-off movie centered on Prince Anders, a film that begs the question: Who, exactly, wants this?...

The Dangers of the River United Artists While most everyone else working on “The African Queen” was worried about dysentery (Bogart and director John Huston were the only two who didn’t get it, thanks to drinking alcohol instead of water), the thing that made the star of “Casablanca” most uncomfortable is now a classic movie moment. In the film, Bogart’s gruff, alcoholic Charlie Allnut is on a journey down the Ulanga River with missionary Rose Sayer (Katharine Hepburn) to blow up a German torpedo boat during World War I....

The French Neo-Noir Classic That Inspired Reservoir Dogs ViacomCBS / Janus Films By Anthony Crislip/Feb. 11, 2022 1:08 pm EST Whether it’s disreputable exploitation films or Western TV shows or classic Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s filmography is littered with tributes. His movies traffic in allusions and references and shots and scenes mainlined directly from the whole of cinematic history. That goes back to his first feature (which he’s even thought about remaking), “Reservoir Dogs,” which drew liberally from gangster movies for its taut, nonlinear telling of a heist gone wrong....

The Honey, I Shrunk The Kids Spinoff That People Forgot Buena Vista Pictures Distribution By BJ Colangelo/March 12, 2022 5:35 pm EST After the success of “SCTV,” “Ghostbusters,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” and “Spaceballs,” Rick Moranis joined The Walt Disney Company for its latest family feature, “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” (1989). Moranis starred in the film as Wayne Szalinski, a well-meaning father and genius inventor whose shrink ray … actually works....

The Wonderful Winter Of Mickey Mouse Trailer Teases The Next Seasonal Animated Special Disney+ By Jenna Busch/Jan. 18, 2022 6:04 pm EST The second season of the Disney+ project will be comprised of four different extended-length specials, each of which will be themed to celebrate each season: Winter, spring, summer, and fall. The new streaming special “The Wonderful Winter of Mickey Mouse” will premiere on February 18, 2022, exclusively on Disney+....

This Halo Episode 3 Teaser Features A Familiar Blue AI Paramount+ By Joshua Meyer/April 2, 2022 6:13 pm EST Paramount+ has dropped a teaser for the third episode of “Halo,” and it features a glimpse of a certain blue AI, who may be familiar to fans of the Xbox video games on which the series is based. That’s right: it looks like Cortana is about to make her live-action debut on the next episode of “Halo....

Watch The First 5 Minutes Of Showtime’s The Man Who Fell To Earth Showtime By Kaylee Dugan/March 15, 2022 9:50 am EST If you were looking for a David Bowie-influenced cash grab, you’ve come to the wrong place. Showtime has released a five minute snippet of their upcoming adaptation of “The Man Who Fell To Earth,” and while Bowie may have dazzled as a yearning, misunderstood alien who is desperately trying to save his home planet in the 1976 movie adaptation, the Showtime series seems to strike a decidedly different tone....

West Side Story History Lessons From Music Producer David Newman [Interview] Disney By Jack Giroux/Jan. 13, 2022 1:14 pm EST It’s almost as if destiny brought composer David Newman to Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story.” Newman, who composed “Anastasia,” “Galaxy Quest,” and Danny DeVito’s films, first worked on “West Side Story” as a teenager. Since then, the Broadway show and the 1961 film adaptation have been a major part of his career and life....

1883: The Bass Reeves Story: Everything We Know So Far About The Latest Yellowstone Spin-Off PBS By Erin Brady/June 23, 2022 8:26 am EST The “Yellowstone” franchise is expanding in a big way. Earlier this year in May, it was announced that “1883: The Bass Reeves Story” will be joining the acclaimed franchise, this time dipping into the real-life history of the titular Wild West lawman. Originally envisioned as a standalone series, its new focus as a part of the history of “Yellowstone” is sure to entice viewers who have grown to fall in love with the Dutton clan....

Baz Luhrmann’s Australia Movie Is Becoming A Limited Series On Hulu By Jenna Busch/June 28, 2022 3:24 pm EST In 2008, Baz Luhrmann co-wrote and directed the film “Australia” starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Set between 1939 and 1942, it’s the story of Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) whose husband owns a cattle ranch named Faraway Downs in Australia. She travels there from England to get him to sell the failing ranch, but gets caught up in a plot to take the ranch and the murder of her husband, before falling in love with a drover (Jackman), and creating a family with him, all while having their lives changed forever by World War II....

Black And White Version Of Nightmare Alley Coming To Theaters Searchlight Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 17, 2021 9:41 pm EST In the tradition of recent Oscar nominees for Best Picture like “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “Parasite,” Guillermo del Toro has put together a black-and-white version of his new film, “Nightmare Alley.” Whereas “Fury Road” billed its black-and-white version as the “Black and Chrome Edition,” “Nightmare Alley” is calling its desaturated version “Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light....

Blonde Trailer: Ana De Armas Plays Marilyn Monroe In Netflix Drama Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/June 16, 2022 9:46 am EST It’s a match made in heaven. One of the most recognizable movie stars of the last several years will be taking on the immense responsibility of portraying one of the most famous celebrities to ever live. And after months and months of waiting, today we’re getting our first look at what “Blonde” has in store for us....

Chip ‘N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers Review: An Unexpectedly Wild Industry Satire Disney By Josh Spiegel/May 17, 2022 12:00 pm EST Almost all of the remakes of Disney classics — those retreads of recent years like “The Lion King” with Donald Glover; “Beauty and the Beast” with Emma Watson; and “Dumbo” with Colin Farrell — have been ungainly and often painful to watch. If nothing else, they’re disjointed and rough because the people working on these remakes try to do new things with beloved stories, while also delivering every single beat of those beloved stories to audiences that are vastly less interested in remakes being anything other than a copy....

Alex Wheatle Prime Video The fourth installment of “Small Axe” is easily the weakest of the series. While “Alex Wheatle” may tell an important story, it lacks the emotional depth and visual complexity of McQueen’s best work. McQueen has a unique way of making history come to life. His films are so vivid that the historical figures are compelling as characters and are not overshadowed by their importance. “Alex Wheatle” is the only project in McQueen’s filmography that feels like a stale retelling of history....

The Toast of Gallifrey In a trailer released by “Doctor Who” fan and animator Robert Ritchie, fans get a chance to see the bombastic Matt Berry as the Doctor. The “What We Do In The Shadows,” “The IT Crowd,” and “Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace” star has long been a fun bit of fan casting for the role, so it’s great to get a glimpse of what that would look like. This new Doctor stumbles and boasts his way through Daleks and Cybermen alike, swearing the whole way....

Dredd’s First Draft Went Fully Apocalyptic With Its Plot Entertainment Film Distributors By Ryan Leston/May 19, 2022 3:56 pm EST Back in 2012, “Dredd” reinvented a classic British comic book for a modern audience. Starring Karl Urban as the legendary Judge Dredd, the film reimagines the dystopian future of Mega-City One with a deep dive into the violent and brutal world of Peach Trees — a 200-storey slum tower block....

Everything Everywhere All At Once Composers Son Lux On Their Epic, 49-Track Score [Interview] A24 By Jack Giroux/April 8, 2022 11:47 am EST Son Lux’s score for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is not lacking in scope. As the band told us themselves, there are over 100 music cues in the film, each of them capturing limitless emotions and universes. The score is simultaneously maximalist and minimalist, featuring artists such as André 3000, David Byrne, Mitski, and Randy Newman....

Expendables 4 Posters Reveal A Perfect Tagline, No Notes Lionsgate By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 25, 2022 1:50 pm EST Big-name action sequel “The Expendables 4” has revealed its first poster, and it’s not one that could easily fit on your wall at home. The Sylvester Stallone-led franchise is set to release its newest chapter sometime this year, and ScreenRant snapped a first look at a massive six-panel poster highlighting all eleven of the film’s stars....

House Of The Dragon Trailer Breakdown: Gearing Up For The Dance Of The Dragons HBO By Mike Shutt/May 5, 2022 4:59 pm EST When “Game of Thrones” closed up shop three years ago, it did so more with a whimper than with a bang, ending with a final season that left a lot of fans bewildered who had been with the show for nearly a decade. Chief amongst those complaints was the culmination of the character arc for Emilia Clarke’s Daenerys Targaryen, a character who many saw as an avenging liberator that was turned to full-fledged psychopath seemingly out of nowhere by the end....

How Jeremy Renner Ended Up On The Umbrella Academy Season 3 Soundtrack Netflix By BJ Colangelo/June 29, 2022 8:22 am EST From the very beginning of the show’s inception, music has always played a vital role in “The Umbrella Academy.” Some of the show’s most powerful moments, like the full house season 1 dance to “I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tiffany or the massive fight sequence in season 2 set to the Backstreet Boys’ “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” have become fan favorites, due to the oftentimes anachronistic usage....