Posts

’80s cult classics were a huge inspiration Netflix Aside from these classics, there are lots of lesser-known ’80s anime that bear a striking resemblance to “Stranger Things.” One example is the 1987 film “Wicked City.” In this dark fantasy, an alternate dimension known as the Black World is inhabited by black tentacled demons. The Black World is incredibly similar to the Upside Down of “Stranger Things,” home to spidery monsters like the Mind Flayer....

Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story Trailer: Netflix Takes On A Stomach-Churning Subject Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/March 23, 2022 2:59 pm EST Every now and again, a Netflix docuseries comes along that’s so serious in its subject matter, it makes the running jokes about the streamer’s penchant for kooky and bizarre true crime series stop dead in their tracks. “Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story” looks to be one of those....

Lawrence Of Arabia Ending Explained: Barbarous And Cruel Columbia By Anthony Crislip/March 22, 2022 10:35 am EST “Lawrence of Arabia” begins and ends with a question. Like “Citizen Kane,” it opens with the death of its lead character, and various characters asking what made the great man who he was. When T.E. Lawrence (Peter O’Toole) dies in a pathetic motorcycle incident on the English countryside, a hard cut from his goggles hanging off a branch to a bust at St....

Lion King Frustrations Built The Foundation For Finding Nemo Disney/Pixar By Sandy Schaefer/June 21, 2022 8:55 am EST “Finding Nemo” is a funny, lovely, and touching film where the three leads — the neurotic clownfish Marlin, his young son, Nemo, and Dory, a regal blue tang with short-term memory loss — spend nearly every other scene being emotionally traumatized, having their very lives put in danger, or narrowly avoiding being maimed....

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Has Begun Filming, Which Means My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Exists IFC Films By Kaylee Dugan/June 22, 2022 9:47 pm EST Break out the ouzo and get ready for another rowdy family event. The “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” cinematic universe is expanding, and you know what that means — come hell or high water, someone is definitely getting married. This might not be the trilogy you thought you’d get in 2022, but if there can be a million Joker-based movies, why can’t there be 69 “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” movies?...

My Mind To Your Mind: Vulcan Katras Explained Paramount By Witney Seibold/June 2, 2022 11:30 am EST When “Star Trek” first debuted in 1966, the standout character was very much Spock (Leonard Nimoy) the half-human, half-Vulcan science officer on board the U.S.S. Enterprise. Spock, for the uninitiated, devoted himself to the expulsion of emotion from his being, relying on only logic and scientific proof to traverse the show’s weekly conundra. Over the course of various “Star Trek” shows and movies, the specific abilities and beliefs of Vulcans were revealed: Vulcans are incredibly long-lived....

“Have I done nothing to advance the cause?” Disney Dinklage continued: “You’re progressive in one way and you’re still making that fing backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together, what the f are you doing man? Have I done nothing to advance the cause from my soapbox? I guess I’m not loud enough.” Dinklage makes a good point here about the double standard that can arise when a studio driven by mercenary motives (commercial blockbusterism being Disney’s) robs Peter to pay Paul in terms of being superficially enlightened or forward-thinking....

Robin Williams Kept Steven Spielberg Sane While Filming Schindler’s List Universal Pictures By Mike Shutt/April 28, 2022 1:23 pm EST 1993 was a landmark year. First off, I was born. Pretty big deal. Secondly, Steven Spielberg had one of the greatest years any director has ever had, as 1993 saw the release of both “Jurassic Park” and “Schindler’s List.” What a one-two punch. He made a timeless blockbuster that started a franchise that runs through today, and a sobering, powerful holocaust drama that finally won him the Academy Award for Best Director after 20 years of making movies....

Ryan Gosling Almost Joined Atlanta Season 3, But Had To Back Out At The Last Minute FX / Warner Bros. By Valerie Ettenhofer/March 26, 2022 7:36 pm EST “Atlanta” returned this past week, making the TV landscape considerably more interesting (as it always does) after four years off the air. The show’s long-awaited third season is set largely in Europe, during Paper Boi’s (Brian Tyree Henry) first international rap tour. While the ever-surprising, genre-defying show surely has some guest stars on deck, there’s apparently one actor we shouldn’t expect to see on the series anytime soon: Ryan Gosling....

Shazam 2 Will Now Open Against Avatar 2, And That Is A Very Bad Idea Warner Bros. / 20th Century Studios By Ryan Scott/March 14, 2022 8:30 am EST Warner Bros. did a whole lot of shuffling with its release calendar last week, and it moved quite a few big DC movies around, with “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” and “The Flash” getting pushed to 2023, while The Rock’s “Black Adam” will now have to wait until October....

Shooting Arnold Schwarzenegger In Front Of A Green Screen Wasn’t Going To Work For The Climax Of True Lies By Witney Seibold/May 27, 2022 1:51 pm EST The climax of the 1994 action film “True Lies” saw Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) commandeering a Harrier jet — the kind that can hover in midair like a helicopter — to rescue his kidnapped daughter, Dana (Eliza Dushku) from a terrorist character named Aziz (Art Malik)....

Superhero Bits: The Batman Trailer In Glorious 4K, Ghost Rider Rumors & More Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/Dec. 27, 2021 7:09 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....

Himself — Ocean’s Twelve Warner Bros. Bruce Willis has always been incredibly self-aware. Not every Hollywood star is willing to poke fun at themselves, but Willis hasn’t been opposed to playing himself for laughs. He had amusing cameos in films such as “The Player,” “Nancy Drew,” “What Just Happened,” and “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.” However, his cameo in 2004’s “Ocean’s Twelve” was the funniest of them all....

The bat and the stache Warner Bros. Every movie about Batman includes a Jim Gordon, and they all tend to include at least one scene where the two meet at the rooftop of the GCPD building and talk shop. Gordon, of course, needs Batman because he can operate outside of bureaucracy, and Batman needs Gordon’s access to crime scenes and police intel. These scenes often play more like a detective talking to his informant, very official and straight to the point....

The Daily Stream: Little Monsters Will Make You Smile As The World Burns Neon By Marisa Mirabal/Jan. 2, 2022 8:03 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Little Monsters” Where You Can Stream It: Hulu and HBO Max The Pitch: We’re only a couple of days into 2022, a new year filled with minimal hope and a lot of frustration....

The Daily Stream: Navalny Is A Fearless Documentary Shocker HBO Max By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 21, 2022 4:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Navalny” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: This is a documentary about Vladimir Putin’s boldest critic, a gutsy and confident man named Alexei Navalny who frequently makes a meal out of exposing the Kremlin’s lies and control tactics....

The Daily Stream: Unfaithful Shows The Mature Side Of The Erotic Thriller By Mike Shutt/March 16, 2022 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) Movie: “Unfaithful” (2002) Where You Can Stream It: Hulu, Tubi The Pitch: “Deep Water,” the first film from Adrian Lyne in 20 years, hits Hulu this week....

The LED Screens Used In Our Flag Means Death Were So Realistic They Made The Crew Seasick HBO Max By Sandy Schaefer/May 24, 2022 12:42 pm EST Filming on the actual ocean is incredibly difficult, as Steven Spielberg famously learned the hard way when he made “Jaws.” Luckily, “Our Flag Means Death” creator David Jenkins and his crew didn’t have to trek across the actual Caribbean Sea for their acclaimed pirate comedy series....

The Wire Couldn’t Be Made In The Post-Game Of Thrones Age, According To Co-Creator Ed Burns HBO By Jeremy Smith/June 3, 2022 8:39 pm EST Twenty years ago, HBO’s original drama programming consisted of “Oz,” “The Sopranos,” and “Six Feet Under.” The pay-cable outlet had been blazing a daringly original trail comedy-wise with series like “The Larry Sanders Show” and “Mr. Show with Bob and David,” but this foray into seriousness shook up an industry that expected hour-long dramas to hew to network broadcast standards....

A superhero film with tonal whiplash Disney The real issue comes down to the script, by Waititi and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, which veers from dark and dour tragedy to glib, dismissive comedy often in the same scene. Much of the backstory surrounding Jane Foster’s return, and why it is that she’s transformed herself into The Mighty Thor, is steeped in pathos … until she tries to riff her way into getting the right catchphrase....