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Scott Bakula Thinks This Is Why Star Trek: Enterprise Was Doomed Paramount By Lyvie Scott/March 7, 2022 10:52 am EST “Star Trek: Enterprise” was the first “Star Trek” series I watched to completion and loved unequivocally. It was the first installment that locked me firmly into the franchise’s tractor beam. Unfortunately, “Enterprise” hasn’t enjoyed as much praise in other corners of the fandom. The series is infamously regarded as the black sheep of “Star Trek....

At least we can have a rewatch Netflix The series was created by Carell and Greg Daniels (“The Office”) and was inspired by the former President’s order to create a space force as an arm of the military. This is the latest in a week which has seen the cancellation of the Netflix series “Raising Dion” and “Pretty Smart.” Whether or not this has to do with the Netflix loss of $54 billion overnight a little over a week ago or not, we don’t know, but it’s certainly coming at a time when Netflix is laying people off....

Star Trek: Picard’s Annie Wersching Says This Is Not The Borg Queen As We’ve Ever Seen Her Paramount+ By Jenna Busch/March 10, 2022 10:31 am EST I’ve always loved the Borg storylines in “Star Trek.” The idea of losing your individuality is haunting, and human/Borg interaction really delves into what it means to be a human, an individual, and also part of a community — and hearing that we’d get to see the Borg Queen again in “Star Trek: Picard” season 2 was so exciting....

The Batman TV Spot: Riddle Me This, Batman Warner Bros. By Debopriyaa Dutta/Jan. 24, 2022 10:21 am EST With the days edging closer to the release of “The Batman” in theaters, it is inevitable for TV spots to emerge as part of the film’s marketing strategy, highlighting the gritty, noir tint it is drenched in. Much like most TV spots, this particular one titled “Riddler’s Game,” does not introduce fresh footage from the film, but contextualizes the central looming threat that haunts the Caped Crusader and Gotham City — The Riddler (Paul Dano)....

Linnea Quigley Orion Pictures No matter what film Linnea Quigley stars in, her joy is contagious. Since her role as Dolores in 1981’s “Graduation Day,” Quigley has become an iconic scream queen that slays in bonkers B-horror films. Known for her work in 1985’s “Return of the Living Dead” and 1988’s “Night of the Demons,” Quigley brings gleeful gore to the screen like no one else. 2009’s “Night of the Demons” tried to redo Quigley’s iconic lipstick scene to no avail....

The Morning Watch: Making Moon Knight’s Monstrous Battle, The Boys Cast Reacts To Fan Theories & More Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/June 1, 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 Most Anticipated Batman Comics Of 2022 Warner Bros. Pictures By Scott Thomas/Jan. 26, 2022 9:40 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Nirvana’s haunting track “Something in the Way” underscores the first trailer for director Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” which finally swoops into theaters on March 4, 2022 on a cresting wave of hype. Matching the trials of young Bruce Wayne with the words of a legendary icon whose pain consumed him is masterstroke stuff, an early reminder of why it’s worth returning to the well of The World’s Greatest Detective over and over again....

Westworld’s Angela Sarafyan Didn’t Know Which Role She Was Auditioning For Until After She Got It HBO By Sandy Schaefer/June 21, 2022 2:10 pm EST Does anyone really know what’s happening on “Westworld” at this point? Three seasons in, and it’s hard to tell if even showrunners Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan have any idea what their TV series is about anymore. That’s not a complaint, either. It’s actually kind of perfect that a sci-fi show about the blurred lines between humans and sentient robots, fantasies and reality, and free will and subjugation should take such great pleasure in messing with its audience....

Why Angelina Jolie Almost Turned Down Clint Eastwood’s Changeling Universal Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/April 5, 2022 9:41 am EST In 2008, “Babylon 5” creator and “Sense8” co-creator J. Michael Straczynski teamed up with director Clint Eastwood — Hollywood icon and chair-whisperer — and his fellow Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie to make “Changeling,” a notable change of pace from the writer’s sci-fi and superhero projects. Despite the heavy-hitters on both sides of the camera, however, the true story-inspired period drama was only a modest critical and box office success....

A Short History Of Nurse Chapel In The Star Trek Universe Paramount+ By Mike Williams/May 5, 2022 8:00 am EST If you’re exploring the galaxy, it tends to be a good idea to keep an open mind. “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” showcases new characters and highlights others that only had a brief appearance in the original series, but it’s also looking to show us new sides of old favorites. Those old favorites include mainstays like Spock and Uhura, but also the lovely Nurse Christine Chapel, one of the most frequent recurring characters in “Star Trek....

Alice Trailer: Keke Palmer Makes A Life-Altering Discovery Vertical Entertainment By Valerie Ettenhofer/Feb. 11, 2022 7:53 pm EST When Krystin Ver Linden’s “Alice” hit Sundance last month, it garnered immediate comparisons to the poorly received 2020 movie “Antebellum.” Both follow enslaved Black women who suddenly realize they aren’t actually living in pre-Emancipation Proclamation times, but the post-civil rights era. Now, “Alice” has a trailer, and it seems to be working hard to distinguish itself from similar shock value fare....

Alison Brie Explains Why The Community Set Felt Frantic, Frenetic, And Chaotic NBC By Michael Boyle/May 27, 2022 3:51 pm EST Alison Brie has had an undeniably impressive acting career on TV, with memorable roles on “Mad Men,” “Bojack Horseman,” “GLOW,” and most significantly, “Community.” Although the community college-based sitcom was never a ratings hit, it went on for six seasons thanks to its passionate fanbase and Yahoo’s short-lived streaming service coming to its rescue....

Beast Trailer: It’s Idris Elba Vs. A Man-Eating Lion Universal Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/May 25, 2022 11:54 am EST First there was “Jaws,” the Steven Spielberg classic that scared the pants off countless moviegoers (and beach-goers!) and singlehandedly turned great whites into the stuff of nightmares for an entire generation. Then, there was “Jurassic Park,” which managed to override all of our scientifically-based notions about dinosaurs to that point (I hate to break it to any readers here, but there’s no proof that T-Rex vision was based on movement, dilophosaurus were capable of spitting venom, or that velociraptors were six-foot-tall killing machines....

Better Call Saul Season 6 Ratchets Up The Tension With ‘Rock And Hard Place’ Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television By Chris Evangelista/April 25, 2022 10:06 pm EST Major “Better Call Saul” spoilers follow, obviously. Farewell, Ignacio “Nacho” Varga. Fans of “Better Call Saul” have long expected this day to arrive — Nacho is, after all, one of the few “Saul” characters who had no presence in “Breaking Bad.” His fate remained up in the air....

No one can say for sure Disney In the Time Magazine Q&A, Day-Lewis revealed some of his conclusions as to finding Lincoln’s correct voice: “Well you look for the clues, as with any aspect of the work. You begin with the places that would have made a huge difference in his life. Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, and the counties that he came from. There are some early recordings, but no contemporary recordings — lucky for me, so no one can say positively that it’s not what he sounded like....

The Riddler writes! DC Comics It’s somewhat surprising to hear that Dano himself is penning the new comic, but the actor has written before — he was a screenwriter on the 2018 film “Wildlife” along with his partner, Zoe Kazan. There’s also likely no one who knows this version of the character better than Dano himself, seeing as the actor embodied him over a long shoot. Though Dano doesn’t at all seem like the insufferable Method actor type, he did tell Entertainment Weekly he sometimes ended up a little bit stuck in the Riddler headspace:...

Euphoria Is The Most-Tweeted-About Show Of The Decade So Far HBO By Valerie Ettenhofer/Feb. 25, 2022 7:54 pm EST In today’s bit of news that is no surprise, Twitter has just shared intel about their trending topics, and HBO’s massive hit drama “Euphoria” is the website’s most popular show. According to Variety, Twitter has named “Euphoria” the most-tweeted-about series, not just of the year, but of the decade to date....

It Was Easy To Get Ethan Hawke To Strip Down And Bark For The Northman, Thanks To Willem Dafoe Focus Features By Witney Seibold/April 25, 2022 9:07 pm EST Early in Robert Eggers’ new film “The Northman,” King Aurvandill War-Raven (Ethan Hawke) and his son Amleth (Oscar Novak) enter a mysterious earthen cavern where they are led in a hallucinatory ritual wherein they are encouraged to discover their true animal nature and bring out their destined savagery as conquering Vikings....

J.J. Abrams’ HBO Series Demimonde Might Be In Trouble Bad Robot By Ryan Scott/May 25, 2022 2:27 pm EST Not all is well within the halls of Bad Robot, the production company headed up by mega-producer and blockbuster director J.J. Abrams. The filmmaker and his company signed a gigantic overall deal with Warner Bros. back in September of 2019 but it has not produced all that much content for HBO, HBO Max, or the movie studio up to this point....

Take me away 20th Century Studios But you know what wasn’t complicated? The decision to make a “Taken 2” (and “Taken 3”) after the first film brought in a cool $226.8 million worldwide. Still, Liam Neeson didn’t realize the first film would completely change his Hollywood cache and typecast him in the best possible way, as an action hero: “I enjoyed doing that first ‘Taken’ movie so much; I had no idea that it would lead onto other films and other action scripts....