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Let’s Talk About Sam Raimi’s Most Underrated Movie Paramount Classics By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 2, 2022 2:00 pm EST We need to talk about Sam Raimi’s most criminally underrated film: the 2000 supernatural thriller, “The Gift.” Raimi has churned out a wide range of movies across genres, and some of his films, despite dismal box office performances, have garnered acclaim over the course of time, such as his revisionist Western, “The Quick and the Dead....

Oscar Isaac Explains The Origin Of His Wild Moon Knight Accent Disney+ By Jenna Busch/March 21, 2022 6:42 pm EST Marvel’s new Disney+ series “Moon Knight” is set to premiere at the end of this month, and star Oscar Isaac is playing a character with dissociative identity disorder. One part of his character is Steven Grant, a mild-mannered museum gift shop worker. He speaks with a delightful British accent, and now we’re learning about where that accent came from....

Sonic 2 Star Jim Carrey On Whether He Prefers Playing Dumb Or Smart Characters Paramount Pictures By Joshua Meyer/April 8, 2022 8:00 am EST Since 1994, the year he broke big as a movie star with “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” “The Mask,” and “Dumb and Dumber,” Jim Carrey has played both buffoons and evil geniuses. People may debate who is dumb and who is really dumber, Lloyd Christmas (Carrey) or Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels), but the fact of the matter is, neither one of those characters is the brightest bulb in the box....

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Collects $6.3 Million At Thursday Box Office, Laps The Original Paramount Pictures By Ryan Scott/April 8, 2022 1:56 pm EST It is a downright huge weekend at the box office — in some ways one of the biggest we’ve had since the pandemic began. Not only is it the second weekend for “Morbius,” but both “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” and Michael Bay’s “Ambulance” are hitting theaters, while “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is expanding wide....

Superhero Bits: Vin Diesel Teases Groot Return, The Justice League Goes Jurassic & More DC Comics By Ryan Scott/Feb. 7, 2022 5:29 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....

The Book Of Boba Fett Episode 2 Features Yet Another Robert Rodriguez Cameo Disney+/Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/Jan. 5, 2022 12:42 pm EST Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” episode 2. “Desperado” and “Spy Kids” filmmaker Robert Rodriguez made a big splash when he directed “The Mandalorian” season 2 episode that reintroduced Boba Fett to a galaxy far, far away. As such, it only made sense when he signed on to executive produce its spinoff series, “The Book of Boba Fett....

The Daily Stream: Penguindrum Will Show You Fate Can Be Changed Sentai Filmworks By Adam Wescott/May 12, 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 Series: “Penguindrum” Where You Can Stream It: HIDIVE The Pitch: Kanba, Shouma, and Himari Takakura are siblings living by themselves in Tokyo....

The Daily Stream: The Women And The Murderer Brings Perspective To True Crime Netflix By Anya Stanley/Jan. 20, 2022 5:10 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: “The Women and the Murderer” Where You Can Stream It: Netflix (US) The Pitch: As the pages flip along in Barbara Kingsolver’s 1998 novel “The Poisonwood Bible,” the reader is bound to notice, sooner or later, that of all the voices narrating the tale of the missionary Price family are women....

The Improvised Lower Decks Moment That Spawned A Brand-New Star Trek Character Paramount By Ryan Leston/March 7, 2022 2:09 pm EST These are the voyages of the USS Cerritos. “Star Trek: Lower Decks” follows the madcap antics of one of the most average ships in Starfleet. More specifically, it’s the adventures of the lowly crewmates who man the lower decks — the support crew who never even get near the spotlight....

Are You Lonesome Tonight? Warner Bros. On the podcast, Luhrmann makes an important distinction between his film and traditional Hollywood biopics, notably that his is not so much a biography as it is an historical portrait. To extend the Shakespearean parallel, one does not do to the Bard’s “Richard III” for an accurate portrayal of the historical Richard III. When asked what drew him to Elvis, Luhrmann admits it was the legend more than the man:...

The Scariest Netflix Original Movies, Ranked Netflix By Cass Clarke/May 31, 2022 6:15 pm EST In 2016, Netflix entered the world of horror with its first spine-tingling original film, “Rebirth.” After debuting at 2016’s Tribeca Festival, Netflix purchased the then-exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the Fran Kranz-starring project. At that time, Netflix was only a year into its decision to debut original television and film content on its streaming service. Months later, Netflix produced and distributed writer-director Osgood Perkins’ Toronto Film Festival hit “I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in This House,” and the company has been purchasing and producing horror films ever since....

Why You Can Never Tell Exactly What Era A David Lynch Film Takes Place In Universal Pictures By Shae Sennett/June 28, 2022 8:08 pm EST Everybody loves a good period piece, from the modern classic “Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood,” to the timeless throwback “Grease.” We all share a deep nostalgia for bygone eras, and even avant-garde directors like David Lynch aren’t immune to this wistful longing for the past....

A grueling shoot that helped inform the performance Paramount Pictures When asked about what it was like to ride along with real paramedics to understand the role, Nicolas Cage was candid about just how scary it is to witness life-or-death situations: “I found it terrifying and depressing. I saw more things in some places than I did in others. But sometimes, nothing will happen and it’s like a microcosm of life and you think you’re invincible, like that’s the way life really is, and then you get something horrible that happens and you realize that’s the reality of the situation....

‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ Insight Editions As the story sprints along, Ripley meets the Queen alien unexpectedly, and they have an awkward interaction which results in Ripley setting her entire brood aflame and killing several of her soldiers. The Queen resurfaces later to voice her displeasure, and a literal power struggle ensues, with Ripley acting as a proto-Jaeger pilot in a power loader. It’s a spectacular set of scenes with no CGI, just a little bit of elbow grease and madness — a potent combination that shot that movie to the number one box office spot for four weeks before David Cronenberg spread his wings with “The Fly” in August of 1986....

Dollface Season 2: Release Date, Cast, And More Clubhouse Pictures By Anya Stanley/Jan. 3, 2022 2:34 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Over two years after the premiere of its pilot episode, Hulu’s “Dollface” series has finally offered a premiere date for round two. The comedy series, about a young woman rekindling her support system in the wake of a breakup, is a shrewd study of millennial women featuring a welcome return to form for its star Kat Dennings, who recently wowed as Darcy Lewis in Marvel’s “WandaVision” series....

Every Movie Scene Where Someone Beats The S*** Out Of Paul Dano, Ranked Paramount Vantage By Mike Shutt/March 11, 2022 6:00 pm EST Paul Dano is one of the most dependable and versatile character actors working today. Throughout his career, he has shown a complete lack of vanity in choosing which parts to play. Dano drifts towards the unseemly, the odd, and the extreme a lot of the time, but he can also bring a tremendous amount of warmth and understanding to a character....

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Sequel: Release Date, Cast, And More Sony Pictures Releasing By Sandy Schaefer/June 28, 2022 3:26 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) The first time Sony tried to revive the “Ghostbusters” franchise, it was with “Bridesmaids” and “Spy” director Paul Feig’s film reboot of the same name....

Hacks Season 2: Release Date, Cast, And More HBO Max By BJ Colangelo/April 15, 2022 2:00 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Jean Smart has been consistently delivering dynamite performances for over four decades, but over the last five years, she’s been tearing down the house....

Here’s All The Concept Art From The Book Of Boba Fett Episode 4 Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 19, 2022 12:38 pm EST This article contains spoilers for the latest episode of “The Book of Boba Fett.” Last week, we hit the official midway point for the inaugural season of “The Book of Boba Fett.” Episode 4, “The Gathering Storm,” lives up to its title as a table-setter that does the important work of looking ahead to the final two climactic episodes and putting the pieces into place for what’s to come....

Here’s How Robert Englund Landed His Stranger Things Role Netflix By Jenna Busch/June 3, 2022 6:00 pm EST Spoilers for “Stranger Things” 4 follow. Horror fans were thrilled to hear that Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund, would appear in “Stranger Things” season 4. Be warned that there are spoilers ahead for the first seven episodes of the current season. Englund is royalty in the horror world, and with the nods to classic films of the 1980s, including a reference to the boiler room in the film “A Nightmare on Elm Street” in the actual dialogue, it’s sort of perfect....