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The One Aspect Of Saul Goodman Bob Odenkirk Never Learned To Like Sony Pictures By Steven Ward/March 29, 2022 12:51 pm EST Bob Odenkirk has spent a long time inside the flashy suits and complicated mind of Jimmy McGill aka Saul Goodman. Over the course of five seasons in “Better Call Saul” and three in “Breaking Bad,” audiences have witnessed the rise and fall of the ambitious defense attorney. For Odenkirk, he is nearing the satisfying completion of his character’s arc, one carried across two shows and at least one upcoming animated spin-off....

The Real-Life Serial Killings That Inspired Scream Dimension Films By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 18, 2022 11:49 am EST “Scream” is one of the most beloved horror franchises of all time. But did you know there’s a disturbing true story that inspired it all? To be clear: there wasn’t a real murderer stalking around in a Ghost Face mask, prank calling his victims and asking them about scary movies. But there were a very real series of horrifying murders that inspired screenwriter Kevin Williamson to pen his game-changing script (originally titled “Scary Movie”)....

The Reason Ari Aster Didn’t Pitch Hereditary As A Horror Movie A24 By Ryan Leston/April 22, 2022 10:33 am EST It’s undeniable — “Hereditary” is one of the most unsettling films of the last decade. A highly strung family melodrama that hides elements of the supernatural, “Hereditary” goes to great lengths when keeping its hideous secrets just out of sight. And that’s only the beginning. “Hereditary” tells the story of the Graham family, whose matriarch, Ellen Taper Leigh (Kathleen Chalfant), has passed away....

The Two Nicolas Cages: A Case Study In How To Properly Utilize One Of Our Best Actors Screen Media Films By Matt Donato/Jan. 14, 2022 11:02 am EST The “memeification” of Nicolas Cage is a digital age phenomenon. Younger generations watch the Oscar-winning Coppola’s catalog as “hilarious” YouTube compilation videos featuring titles like “Deadfall,” “The Wicker Man,” or “Vampire’s Kiss.” He’s become infamous for his extravagant spending habits (he had to return a $276k dinosaur skull for legal reasons), which drives the online theory that he’ll take any role for the right price to pay off castle-sized debts....

Ticket To Paradise Footage Reaction: Julia Roberts And George Clooney Star In A Modern Rom-Com [CinemaCon 2022] Starz By Lex Briscuso AND Kaylee Dugan/April 27, 2022 9:16 pm EST It’s that time again: CinemaCon 2022! This year at the conference, we’re getting an inside look at the upcoming romantic comedy “Ticket to Paradise,” starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts. Talk about a legendary lead cast reunion — the pair also played opposite one another in 2001’s “Ocean’s Eleven....

Why Darth Vader Was Behind The Scenes During The Filming Of Labyrinth Tri-Star Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 28, 2021 11:19 am EST When he wasn’t voicing Kermit the Frog and other members of the beloved Muppet gang, Jim Henson often made dark, weird fantasy movies like “The Dark Crystal” (which he co-directed) and 1990’s “The Witches” (which he produced). As a kid who loved dark, weird fantasy movies, his non-Muppet work was firmly in my wheelhouse when I was growing up, in the same way that his Muppet films and the original “Star Wars” movie trilogy were....

Why The Amityville Horror Remake Tried To Ignore The Original’s Influence MGM By Witney Seibold/May 2, 2022 1:50 pm EST The year was 2005, and remaking horror movies was becoming the dominant trend of the decade. Up to and including 2005, the decade had already seen remakes of “Willard,” “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” “Boogeyman,” “The Fog,” “Dawn of the Dead,” “Thirteen Ghosts,” “The Ring,” “The Grudge,” and “House of Wax....

Method Blade New Line Cinema According to a report in Showbiz Cheatsheet, Snipes also affected a method approach to playing Blade for “Trinity.” Blade is a stoic badass, intense and cool, not speaking a lot, and capably taking up a sword should creatures of the night attack. “Trinity” paired Blade with two additional vampire hunters played by Reynolds and Biel, forming a superhero team called The Nightstalkers (named after a Marvel comic that starred Blade, a former Ghost Rider, and Dracula’s son)....

61st Street Trailer: Defending The Wrongfully Accused AMC By Jenna Busch/Feb. 24, 2022 4:12 pm EST Today AMC Networks has released the trailer and release date for their upcoming two-season television event “61st Street.” The first season will premiere on both AMC and AMC+ on April 10, 2022 at 10 P.M. ET/PT. The first episode will air on both networks, with the second going up on the streaming service at the same time, according to Collider....

C-3PO Actor Anthony Daniels Teases His Return To Star Wars Lucasfilm Anthony Daniels is an absolute golden legend. He’s played C-3PO, everyone’s favorite protocol droid, for decades. May he do so forever, insulting everyone in every language he speaks! (He is fluent in over six million forms of communication, you know. If you don’t know, he’ll surely tell you.) Daniels is playing C-3PO yet again in a new project for Lucasfilm....

Clips Round-Up: Batman And Me Collects, Topic’s Arctic Circle Trailer, & More! [Exclusive] Freestyle Digital Media By Max Evry/March 8, 2022 4:40 pm EST (Welcome to SlashClips, a series where we bring you exclusive clips from hot new Digital, Blu-ray and theatrical releases you won’t see anywhere else!) In this edition: “Batman and Me” “Arctic Circle” “Sin Eater” Batman and Me Our first clip this week comes riding in on the new wave of Batmania sweeping the nation with the amazing box office performance of Matt Reeves’ “The Batman....

David Harbour To Star In Cooper Raiff’s The Trashers Netflix By Eric Vespe/April 25, 2022 7:59 pm EST We all know David Harbour is quickly attaining “national treasure” status. He was a working actor who slowly established himself as a respectable “that guy” character actor until he landed the career-making role of Jim Hopper in “Stranger Things.” I know I get excited to see him pop up and I can’t be alone in that sentiment....

Disney Restores Same-Sex Kiss In Lightyear After Pixar Animators Speak Out About LGBTQ+ Censorship Disney / Pixar By Witney Seibold/March 18, 2022 3:52 pm EST It was revealed in February by the Orlando Sentinel that Disney had donated about $200,000 to Republican politicians backing the infamous HB 1557 bill that forbade discussions of gender and sexuality from elementary school classrooms. As a result, the bill was nicknamed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by its critics....

Don’t Look Now, But Don’t Look Up Has A Behind The Scenes Podcast Series Netflix By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 29, 2021 9:32 am EST Regardless of your personal feelings on the film, “Don’t Look Up” has become one of the most popular films on Netflix, and in the wake of the film’s success, the streaming giant has announced “The Last Movie Ever Made,” a new short-run podcast series dedicated to the making-of Adam McKay’s satirical disaster flick....

Kill Sasuke: Vol 1 D-VISIONS/Shutterstock An avowed cinephile, Kishimoto cited Quentin Tarantino’s films as a major influence on “Naruto”: “I watch a lot of movies, and I tend to be influenced by scenes that intrigue me, that make me want to use the same effects or technique…I like the way Quentin Tarantino creates a scene using a series of close-ups or showing very cool images of a person or people walking on some ordinary street in slow motion....

In Praise Of Ted Raimi, The Other Raimi Starz By Sandy Schaefer/May 4, 2022 9:00 am EST First, a confession: This article’s headline is a little inaccurate. We’re actually going to talk about the two other Raimis who’ve led fruitful careers in showbiz, in addition to director Sam Raimi. The first of them, Ivan Raimi, is a physician who co-wrote “Darkman,” “Army of Darkness,” “Spider-Man 3,” and “Drag Me to Hell,” all of which were directed by his brother Sam....

Joaquin Phoenix Had A Tense Scene In Signs That Made M. Night Shyamalan Laugh Buena Vista Pictures By Witney Seibold/May 14, 2022 11:36 am EST In 2002, the world was looking at M. Night Shyamalan. His 1999 film “The Sixth Sense” was more successful than anyone could have expected, grossing over $670 million worldwide on a $40 million budget. It would go on to be nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (for Haley Joel Osment), Best Supporting Actress (for Toni Collette), Best Screenplay, and Best Editing (for Andrew Mondshein)....

Manhunt: Everything We Know So Far Netflix By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Feb. 24, 2022 12:37 pm EST After Tobias Menzies terrified viewers with his role as “Black Jack” Randall in “Outlander,” and then did a 180 and charmed them with his Emmy-winning performance as Prince Philip in Netflix’s big-budgeted drama “The Crown,” the actor is being sent on a manhunt across the pond. Based on James Swanson’s 2007 book “Manhunt: The 12-Day Search For Lincoln’s Killer,” “Manhunt” is a new Apple TV+ limited series will star Tobias Menzies as Edwin Stanton, the friend and war secretary of American President Abraham Lincoln....

Nicolas Cage Says He’s Never Had A ‘Career,’ Only ‘Work’ The Samuel Goldwyn Company By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 16, 2022 4:27 pm EST Nicolas Cage is having a moment, but it seems he’ll be the first to tell you that it’s a moment built upon a long filmography full of moments. The “Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” star spoke with Rolling Stone this week in an interview that turned out to be a bit of a career retrospective....

Pachinko Review: Soo Hugh’s Stirring Prestige Series Streamlines A Singular Immigrant Saga Apple TV+ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 11, 2022 1:46 pm EST “What family hasn’t suffered? Tell me the truth, when old people talk of suffering, isn’t it tiresome?” asks the Korean landowner (Park Hye-jin) in “Pachinko” with whom Solomon Baek (Jin Ha) is trying to cut a deal. She’s a mother and a grandmother, and has been living in Japan all her life, having immigrated there from Korea as a young woman — but it’s the ’80s and her property is suddenly an extremely desirable spot for the real estate tycoons who have flocked to Tokyo in recent years....