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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Warner Brothers Jude Law has always remained grounded in his career, and he’s also grounded in the roles he chooses to tackle. There’s a sense of realism that he carries that distinguishes him from other movie stars, but his performance in Guy Ritchie’s 2017 Arthurian action epic “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” is not that at all. Every great actor deserves the opportunity to chew the scenery with a truly hammy performance, and as the film’s villain Vortigern, Law appears to be having an absolute blast....

The 18 Best Ozark Episodes Ranked Netflix By Jenn Adams/June 20, 2022 7:01 pm EST The long-awaited release of Netflix’s viewership numbers revealed “Ozark” as the streaming giant’s most-watched original series of 2020. The Southern crime drama follows financial advisor Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) as he’s forced to relocate with his family from Chicago to Lake of the Ozarks to launder money for the Navarro drug cartel. When his partner, Bruce (Josh Randal), is caught skimming off the top, Marty watches as he and his accomplices are executed by their cartel liaison, Camino “Del” Del Rio (Esai Morales)....

The 22 Best Characters In Justified Ranked FX Network By Nick Bartlett/June 7, 2022 1:01 pm EST “Justified” is potentially the most unfairly neglected TV drama of all time. It was always critically acclaimed with a dedicated fanbase, but it had the misfortune of airing during the same time as “Breaking Bad” — there was no competing with that! As such, it remains a hidden gem of television, a modern-day western following deputy marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) as he is reassigned from Miami to his hometown of Harlan, Kentucky, where he faces numerous ghosts from his past....

The Movie That Inspired Clint Eastwood To Be An Actor Warner Bros. By Caroline Madden/March 21, 2022 1:38 pm EST Clint Eastwood has had a prolific career both in front and behind the camera, with over 70 film and television credits and over 40 directing credits. His love of cinema began when he made frequent trips to the movie theatre as young as five years old (per Roger Ebert). Eastwood first realized that he wanted to be a part of making movie magic when he was 11 years old and saw the 1941 Howard Hawks film “Sergeant York” with his father who loved war films....

The Spider-Man 2 Soundtrack Almost Featured A Different Dashboard Confessional Song Sony Pictures By Ben F. Silverio/June 29, 2022 10:24 am EST Before the greatness of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” came along, the peak of Spidey cinema was undoubtedly Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 2.” The widespread acclaim for this award-winning film was due to a number of factors. For example, there were stellar performances from the cast including Tobey Maguire and Alfred Molina, next-level special effects, and an engaging script that skillfully balanced comic book superhero action with emotional, character-defining stakes....

This 3-Minute Scene In The Lion King Took 3 Years To Animate Disney By Miyako Pleines/March 8, 2022 2:20 pm EST If you were a young child (or the parent of one) in 1994, there is a really good chance you remember seeing Disney’s “The Lion King” in theaters for the first time. A harrowing tale about a young lion cub named Simba who must reclaim his rightful place as King of the Pride Lands, “The Lion King” was formative for many of us....

This Was Aquaman’s Biggest Challenge According To James Wan Warner Bros. By Sandy Schaefer/Jan. 27, 2022 12:28 pm EST Comic book superheroes are inherently kind of silly, which is part of their charm. That’s not to say you can’t use them to tell dramatic stories or explore serious real-world issues; many talented comic book writers and filmmakers have done exactly that. All the same, it’s quite easy to poke fun at them, from their vibrantly colored outfits to their ridiculous superhuman powers....

Familiar but no less praiseworthy SXSW Once Leslie has exhausted her familial and friend options, she’s back on the street, with only a pink suitcase in tow. However, she’s about to get a chance to turn her life around when motel manager Sweeney (Marc Maron of “GLOW”) can’t help but feel sorry for Leslie in her desperate state. Despite objection by his business partner and motel owner Royal (Andre Royo of “Empire”), who knows Leslie’s reputation all too well, Sweeney offers her a job cleaning up the motel, complete with room and board....

What Lightyear And Interstellar Have In Common Pixar By Rafael Motamayor/April 21, 2022 4:31 pm EST Pixar is back in actual cinemas this year with “Lightyear,” a spin-off of “Toy Story” that is not about Buzz the toy, and is definitely not about Buzz the real human astronaut, no matter what Chris Evans says. Instead, this is a movie about the in-universe sci-fi blockbuster that got turned into a cartoon, which then got turned into a line of toys....

Why Ending Ben Affleck’s Batman Run Was A Big Missed Opportunity Warner Bros. Pictures By Lyvie Scott/June 27, 2022 10:26 am EST It feels like a lifetime has passed since Ben Affleck was tapped to portray Batman in the DC Comics Extended Universe. Granted, nine years really is a long time, and it certainly feels like a near-decade’s worth of drama has transpired between that fateful casting and Affleck’s latest outing as the Dark Knight....

Year Of The Vampire: The Hunger Is A Deceptively Gorgeous Movie About Grooming MGM By Max Evry/May 14, 2022 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. (Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.) TRIGGER WARNING: Be advised that this article deals with issues of assault and grooming....

Yellowjackets Are Up Bloody Premonition Creek With No Compass Showtime By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 27, 2021 9:30 am EST Good news! One of my predictions from episode five came true! Bad news … one of my predictions from episode five came true. “Yellowjackets” ends the holiday weekend with “No Compass,” directed once again by producer Eva Sørhaug (“Witch Hunt,” “90 Minutes” and from a script by Katherine Kearns (“Hacks,” “Little Fires Everywhere”)....

Daily Podcast: Mini-Water Cooler: Deep Water, Kimi, Coca-Cola Starlight, And More Hulu On the March 22, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler. Opening Banter: At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing: Brad went to The Office Experience in Chicago What we’ve been Reading: The Art of the Batman...

Every Ridiculous Character Who Is Now DCEU Canon Thanks To Peacemaker HBO Max By Ben F. Silverio/Feb. 17, 2022 9:02 am EST When they say, “Get you a man who can do both,” they’re probably talking about James Gunn. That is, if the conversation is about getting someone that can deliver a fun superhero movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously, but also still packs as much of an emotional punch as it does a physical one....

Everything Everywhere All At Once Wasted No Time Getting Weird With Its Stars A24 By Ben F. Silverio/April 6, 2022 5:17 pm EST When you hear that “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is a weird movie, that’s putting it lightly. The latest project from the filmmaking duo behind “Swiss Army Man” known as Daniels is absolutely bonkers and completely absurd. However, underneath all the madness that comes with a multiverse filled with different versions of Michelle Yeoh trying to save the world, you get a truly perfect sci-fi action comedy vessel for a heartwarming story about generational trauma in an immigrant family....

Go Behind The Scenes Of Marvel’s Hit-Monkey With Composer Daniel Rojas [Exclusive] Hulu By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 14, 2022 3:50 pm EST Just how expansive has Marvel’s reach become in the years since the Marvel Cinematic Universe first arrived on the scene? Well, the franchise has since crossed over into different mediums altogether, giving fans any number of productions to keep them busy throughout the years. Think of Marvel’s experiment with Netflix streaming, leading to such hits as “Daredevil” and “Jessica Jones” (though their vaguely disconnected status from the rest of the MCU remains clearer than ever)....

Plotting the film Metro Goldwyn-Meyer The premise of “North by Northwest,” of an ordinary man mistaken for a fictitious spy, came not from Hitchcock or Lehman but journalist Otis L. Guernsey. According to “A Companion To Alfred Hitchcock,” edited by Thomas Leitch and Leland Poague, Guernsey pitched the idea to Hitchcock in 1951; the director, for whom “mistaken identity” was a pet theme, bought the idea and kept it in his back pocket....

Jennifer Hudson Just Became The 17th Person To Win An Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, And Tony Dreamworks/Paramount By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 13, 2022 1:02 pm EST Jennifer Hudson just joined a very exclusive group of artists who have dominated across many types of media: the singer and actress has achieved an EGOT after last night’s Tony awards. As a producer on the super-meta Broadway play “A Strange Loop,” Hudson shared the trophy for Best Musical at the 75th Tony Awards....

Nude Tuesday Review: Jemaine Clement Leads A Couple Through A Hilariously Awkward Erotic Retreat [Tribeca] Cornerstone Films By Ethan Anderton/June 17, 2022 4:00 pm EST Jemaine Clement has played plenty of colorful, oddball characters since his breakthrough turn in the musical comedy series “Flight of the Conchords.” An eccentric, plagiarist author in “Gentlemen Broncos,” a time-traveling alien villain in “Men in Black 3,” the vampire Vladislav in “What We Do in the Shadows,” and the shiny giant crab Tamatoa in “Moana” are just some of the characters Clement has inhabited on the big screen....

The rule of two Lucasfilm While Holt will be doing the lion’s share of the work, there is another. The legendary John Williams, who composed all of the music for the main “Star Wars” saga films, in addition to many other classic blockbusters, will be joining her to write the theme for Obi-Wan. “I’m just thrilled to be mentioned in the same breath as John Williams,” Holt says." It’s been exciting and overwhelming at times because I’m such a fan....