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Daily Podcast: RIP Ray Liotta, Speed Racer Show Zooms To Apple TV+, And More Universal Pictures By Ben Pearson/May 26, 2022 2:18 pm EST On the May 26, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson talks about the latest film and TV news, including the death of Ray Liotta, a new Speed Racer show from J.J. Abrams, and more. Opening Banter: In The News: Ray Liotta, Hollywood Legend And Goodfellas Star, Has Died At 67...

Season 8 NBC It’s actually surprisingly easy to choose the worst season of “Frasier” because one season contains a choice so bafflingly bad and offensive, it has to be considered the worst. Unfortunately, the three worst seasons are all at the bottom for Daphne-related reasons. The brilliant Jane Leeves is, of course, innocent — but the writers often did not treat Daphne kindly. In Season 8, Leeves was pregnant, and even though Daphne was with Niles by this point, her pregnancy could not be written into the show for some reason....

Halo Episode 6 Reaches A Boiling Point As The Endgame Comes Into Focus Paramount+ By Jeremy Mathai/April 28, 2022 3:00 am EST Spoilers for “Halo” episode 6 follow. For all the unexpected twists and turns throughout these past few episodes, it hasn’t been terribly difficult to discern the overarching storyline of the inaugural season of “Halo.” Even as early as the premiere, showrunners Kyle Killen and Steven Kane firmly established the show’s building blocks and suggested the kind of series this would ultimately become....

Here’s Why The Green Knight Is A Proper Christmas Movie A24 By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 22, 2021 12:26 pm EST It’s that time of year again. The hot cocoa is brewing, the tree is decorated, and the annual Twitter fights are breaking out. It wouldn’t be the holiday season without a rousing debate about what constitutes a Christmas movie. Thankfully, this year we’ve got a great new potential Christmas classic to debate, in the form of David Lowery’s Medieval epic “The Green Knight....

Heroes Is Better Than You Remember NBC By Ryan Leston/May 23, 2022 4:31 pm EST It’s 2006. You’ve seen the trailer. “Save the cheerleader, save the world.” “Heroes” quickly became a massive pop culture phenomenon, posing the question, “What would superheroes be like if they really existed?” Let’s not understate it: “Heroes” was a groundbreaking TV show released at a time that predated “Iron Man” and the MCU. Its grounded and realistic depiction of superpowers was revolutionary, and more in line with M....

How Hayden Christensen Reacted To Being Replaced As Darth Vader In Rogue One Lucasfilm By Joshua Meyer/March 11, 2022 9:59 am EST When last we saw Hayden Christensen’s face in the live-action “Star Wars” movies, it was having Darth Vader’s mask lowered onto it. That was in “Revenge of the Sith” back in 2005. It’s been a long road to “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” the upcoming Disney+ series, in which Christensen is set to make his return as Vader....

Jason Momoa Confirms He’s Playing The Villain In Fast And Furious 10 Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/March 2, 2022 1:50 pm EST Word first broke in January of 2022 that the “Fast & Furious” franchise had added a fresh (nitro) boost of star power with Jason Momoa joining the cast of the still-untitled (but most likely gloriously absurd) “Fast 10” movie. The “Aquaman” and “Dune” star immediately felt like a perfect fit for the long-running series which already stars tough-guy meathead types like Vin Diesel, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Jason Statham....

Jensen Ackles Says The Winchesters Can Bring Back Other Supernatural Characters The CW By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 20, 2022 10:37 am EST The CW’s upcoming “Supernatural” prequel series, “The Winchesters,” is developing faster than fans anticipated, as a full-fledged trailer dropped yesterday, in which Dean Winchester returns as the narrator of his parents’ story. Jensen Ackles, who is producing the series as well as reprising his role as Dean, has stoked hope for “Supernatural” fans by saying that there is always a way of bringing back fan-favorites from the original show (via TV Line):...

Laurence Olivier Was In No Hurry To Make His Hollywood Film Debut United Artists By Mike Shutt/June 22, 2022 12:13 pm EST If you were to make a Mount Rushmore of the most important and influential actors in the 20th century, Laurence Olivier would have to be on that list. The legend of stage and screen approached all of his work with a complete command of language and an unmatched assuredness in how he carried himself....

‘Just a consummate professional, very down-to-earth guy’ Marvel Studios I know your episode only just aired, but I have to ask: Has it sunk in yet that you’re officially a Marvel superhero now? Kind of. I feel like it was a secret for so long that I’d kind of suppressed it, kind of tried to forget about it, let it out of my body and mind. But now that it’s come to fruition, I’m hearing people talk about it and people are so excited about it....

The Fortress Inquisitorius Lucasfilm Leia is taken by Reva to the Fortress Inquisitorius on the water moon of Nur in the Mustafar system and it carries a lot of significance throughout “Star Wars” storytelling. The first hints of the importance of the Mustafar system continuing beyond “Revenge of the Sith” began in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” when it was revealed that Vader’s castle was nestled along the rocky lava flows of Mustafar....

The Setup Universal Pictures “Unfriended” opens on an uncensored recount of high school student Laura Barns (Heather Sossaman) killing herself as onlookers plead for her to stop. We’re watching Blaire Lily’s (Shelley Hennig) MacBook activity as she accesses Spotify playlists and surfs Google. Blaire messages her boyfriend Mitch Roussel (Moses Storm) and eventually hops onto a Skype call with other friends as they dish out hot gossip like most high schoolers with too much time on their hands....

Sam Raimi Was Ahead Of The Superhero Curve With Darkman Universal By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 2, 2022 8:00 am EST Sam Raimi’s filmography is fascinating and diverse, which is worth celebrating; the director has effortlessly jumped genres while infusing them with his own unique worldview. First and foremost, Raimi is a master of horror, which was reflected even in his 1978 horror short, “Within the Woods,” which ultimately paved way for “The Evil Dead” — a genre staple for most horror fans....

The 20 Best Seasons Of The Simpsons Ranked By Joe Garza/May 6, 2022 1:24 pm EST “The Simpsons” is less of a TV show and more a force of pop-cultural nature. While the series has undergone many changes over the years and decades, it has never lost its perfect balance of satire, humor, and heart. Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie have embarked on countless (mis)adventures, and yet audiences have never gotten tired of seeing the Simpson family stick together through all of the zaniness....

Phyllis Dietrichson - Double Indemnity Paramount Pictures Femme fatales generally fall into two categories as far as looks go. You’ll see those with black hair and black outfits (what you would typically expect from the black widow type), or the icy blond who wears white (see: “Body Heat” and “Basic Instinct”). Perhaps the prototype of the latter category is Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson. Director Billy Wilder and co-screenwriter Raymond Chandler adapting James M....

The Bob’s Burgers Movie Trailer: The Belcher Family Goes On A Big Cinematic Adventure 20th Century Studios By Ryan Scott/April 4, 2022 10:38 am EST “Bob’s Burgers” has quietly become one of those animated shows that has been on the air for a ridiculously long time and its characters have just been folded into the lexicon of recognizable figures from pop culture. But this summer, Bob, Linda, Gina, Tina, and Louise will be making the leap from the small screen to the big screen in “Bob’s Burgers The Movie,” offering a major boost to their profile....

The Daily Stream: Euphoria Was Never Meant To Be Relatable, And Season 2 Proves It HBO By Natalia Keogan/Feb. 28, 2022 3:21 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: “Euphoria” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: “Euphoria” follows a group of teens getting high (and experiencing adolescent lows) at East Highland High, and it is absolutely as ridiculous and outlandish as you’ve probably heard....

The Daily Stream: Servant Of The People Will Bring You Laughter In The Dark Kvartal 95 By Hannah Shaw-Williams/Feb. 26, 2022 9:26 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: “Servant of the People” Where You Can Stream It: YouTube, Netflix The Pitch: Vasyl Petrovitch Goloborodko (Volodymyr Zelensky, “Love in Vegas,” “Corporal vs....

The Die Hard Stunt That Left Bruce Willis Partially Deaf By Christian Gainey/March 25, 2022 10:27 pm EST Let’s go ahead and get this out of the way, “Yippee-ki-yay, mother f*****!” “Die Hard” was kept on regular rotation in my childhood home. It was one of my dad’s favorites, along with “Road House” and “Fire Down Below.” To me, Bruce Willis has always been the kind of guy to blow up elevator shafts with C4 and a computer monitor or propel down a massive building with a fire hose around his waist, but that’s far from the image he had in the early ’80s....

The Enduring Appeal Of Channing Tatum Warner Bros By Natalia Keogan/March 11, 2022 10:00 am EST As a result of his forthcoming return to the silver screen after a short yet palpable absence, everyone is catching Channing Tatum fever. Perhaps more aptly, it appears that a collective appreciation for Tatum’s varied career has resurged with the news that we’re currently blessed with two Tatum joints — one currently in theaters and the other arriving imminently....