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Why Rutherford Falls Changed Up Its Season 2 Villain Peacock By Sandy Schaefer/June 21, 2022 6:19 pm EST With the release of its second season, Peacock’s critically-acclaimed comedy series “Rutherford Falls” is changing things up. Sure, its lead, Nathan (Ed Helms), is still the well-meaning yet painfully misguided white liberal we met in season 1, but he’s actively working on not making everything about him. Meanwhile, co-lead Reagan (Jana Schmieding) has gotten her new Minishonka cultural center properly up and going with the aid of Running Thunder Casino and its owner, Terry Thomas (Michael Greyeyes), who’s no longer the de facto antagonist on the show....

Why Two Earlier Versions Of Oliver Stone’s Platoon Fell Through Orion Pictures By Joshua Meyer/June 6, 2022 8:55 am EST Oliver Stone’s “Platoon” had a long road to the screen, and when it finally got made, it was only after a couple of false starts. Stone began writing about his experiences in the United States Army as soon as he came back from Vietnam in 1968, but his initial attempt at channeling them into a semi-autobiographical narrative yielded a different screenplay called “Break,” according to the book “Oliver Stone: The Making of His Movies....

Why You Shouldn’t Call Doom Patrol A ‘Superhero Show’ HBO Max/YouTube By Ernesto Valenzuela/June 22, 2022 1:13 pm EST In the vast library of HBO Max series and adaptations, there are few that match the wit, heart, and weirdness of “Doom Patrol.” After finding life for its third season on HBO Max following the brief stint of the DC Universe subscription service, “Doom Patrol” followed up its first two seasons with the third season that upped the ante in both story and amount of were-butts....

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Movie Casts Dredd Actress Olivia Thirlby Disney–ABC Domestic Television By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 15, 2022 3:33 pm EST Thrilling news for people who have been following the casting announcements for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”: apparently the 1940s had women, too! Deadline reports that Olivia Thirlby has been added to the expansive ensemble, which to date includes (among many others) Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Matt Damon, and Robert Downey Jr....

Especially creepy Neon Dark comedy runs all through “Crimes of the Future” particularly in the form of the National Organ Registry, a newly-formed organization (organ-ization?) that is in charge of registering everyone’s new organs. It’s run by two oddballs: the over-eager Wippet (Don McKellar) and the nervous Timlin (Kristen Stewart), who are both far too obsessed with the strange new organs than they probably should be. Timlin in particular becomes erotically charged by Saul and his work, and Stewart garners huge laughs playing her character as a nervous, jittery weirdo; like some sort of cartoon squirrel in human form....

Finally, It’s Time For Dull, Mind-Numbing Action In Episode 9 Of Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Paramount By Witney Seibold/April 28, 2022 4:00 am EST The first season of “Star Trek: Picard,” perhaps infamously, was replete with violence and murder. Not an episode passed without one of the show’s major characters killing someone. Even the mild-mannered Dr. Jurati (Alison Pill) poisoned an old lover. “Picard” even featured a sword-wielding Romulan samurai in the form of Elnor (Evan Evagora) who could take off people’s heads as they would their own hats....

Halo Marketing Team Unleashes Drone Swarm On Terrified Austin Residents Paramount+ By Jenna Busch/March 14, 2022 5:44 pm EST I’m usually a sucker for viral marketing. For example, I spent more time than I should admit to on the viral “The Batman” site, rataalada.com, looking at all the Riddler’s notes. I hiked up a mountain in Griffith Park to use the “Star Wars” app to see ships over the Hollywood sign years ago....

Scream digital release date Paramount Pictures Beginning March 1, 2022 (if you’re reading this on publication date, that’s tomorrow!), “Scream” will be available for purchase on VOD services. While a rental price has yet to be determined, it can be assumed that the film will likely be available for the traditional VOD price on new films of $19.99. If you don’t want to pay the $19.99 price, “Scream” arrived on Paramount+ on March 7....

Garfield helped mold the character Apple TV+ According to Lorne Michaels, they did a total of three table reads, with Andrew Garfield stepping in for one of them. “We were workshopping it in the nicest possible way, and those performances really helped shape the part,” he continued to Variety. “But the process took so long and people had other commitments; things change. I’m so grateful to all the actors who helped us workshop it....

How Francis Ford Coppola Convinced Nicolas Cage To Make Peggy Sue Got Married TriStar Pictures By Mike Shutt/April 28, 2022 5:17 pm EST I think it is safe to say Nicolas Cage makes unusual choices when he approaches a character. Rarely, if ever, has he played a moment in a way that was completely expected. Whether it’s through his voice, his body, his eye contact, or his work with the hair, makeup, and costume departments, Cage approaches everything from a completely singular perspective....

Lord And Miller Actually Want To Make That Hall & Oates Biopic From The Afterparty [Exclusive] Apple TV+ By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 29, 2022 10:32 am EST If you’ve already tuned into Apple TV+’s new mystery-comedy series “The Afterparty,” you’ll recognize Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s signature brand of humor right away. The duo behind “The LEGO Movie” and “21 Jump Street” have now turned their attention to this genre-bending whodunnit series, but they still manage to sneak in some delightful pop culture references nonetheless....

Michael Rooker Is Reuniting With His Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer Director For A New Movie Greycat Films By BJ Colangelo/June 23, 2022 6:34 pm EST Film fans, let’s face it, we are in a certifiable drought of films that are unafraid to be as extreme, graphic, twisted, and f***** up as the world around us. Just when we had given up on the possibility of ever seeing a movie again that would emotionally scar us beyond recognition and yet send us out into the world to try and chase that high once more, a hero has emerged....

Millie Bobby Brown’s Netflix Fantasy Damsel Rounds Out Cast With Robin Wright And More Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/April 13, 2022 10:47 am EST As we await Millie Bobby Brown’s imminent return as everyone’s favorite formerly (?) telepathic teen superhero Eleven, the “Stranger Things” and “Godzilla vs. Kong” star is keeping busy with production on “Damsel.” The Netflix Original movie has added five new cast members in the forms of Robin Wright (“House of Cards”), Ray Winstone (“Black Widow”), Nick Robinson (“Love, Simon”), Brooke Carter (“The Alienist”), and Shohreh Aghdashloo (“The Expanse”), with Angela Bassett (“Black Panther”) having previously boarded the project....

Embracing His Inner Chaos “Moon Knight” also stars Ethan Hawke in an unknown role, though he said that he was inspired by Waco cult leader and serial killer David Koresh. Gaspard Ulliel will play Anton Mogart/Midnight Man, and May Calamawy will appear in an as-yet-unnamed role. The first season of “Moon Knight” will have six episodes, each between 40 and 50 minutes, and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said there is plenty of potential for more seasons....

Only Murders In The Building Season 2 Release Date, Cast, And More Hulu By BJ Colangelo/March 28, 2022 7:30 am 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.) Sometimes a show comes into your life and holds you close in a warm embrace, and for many people in 2021, that show was “Only Murders in the Building....

Pam & Tommy: How Much Of The Scandalous Story Behind The Show Is True? Hulu By Danielle Ryan/March 9, 2022 9:52 am EST The Hulu limited series “Pam & Tommy” aims to provide a look into the sordid tale of Pamela Anderson, Tommy Lee, and their stolen sex tape. Anyone old enough to have watched a television in the mid-1990s is almost certain to remember the impact the sex tape had on popular culture....

Reacher Review: Prime Video’s Action Series Is Absurdly Good Fun Prime Video By Vanessa Armstrong/Feb. 1, 2022 12:00 pm EST Prime Video’s “Reacher” series isn’t the first time we’ve seen Lee Child’s Jack Reacher on screen. Back in 2012 and 2016, Tom Cruise played the title character from the popular book series in two feature films. Those movies weren’t the worst movies ever made (though the second one was markedly worse than the first)....

Roar Review: Apple’s Anthology Series Falls Victim To Its Fables Apple TV+ By Danielle Ryan/April 11, 2022 10:00 am EST Fables have an important place in every culture, using magic or unrealistic storytelling conventions to help teach audiences a real-world lesson. Each of the stories in the new Apple TV+ series “Roar” is a different fable about womanhood, and some are more effective than others. Telling a fable is a balancing act between entertainment value and teaching a lesson, and when “Roar” strikes that balance, it makes for excellent television....

Spin Me Round Review: Alison Brie Gets Embroiled In A Meandering But Entertaining Comedic Thriller [SXSW] SXSW By Ethan Anderton/March 12, 2022 8:59 pm EST South by Southwest’s hottest new comedic thriller is “Spin Me Round.” This movie has it all. A management training seminar in Italy for an Olive Garden-esque restaurant chain. A romantic rendezvous with a mysterious gentleman on an expensive yacht. Aubrey Plaza and Alison Brie riding a scooter before having a passionate makeout session in the middle of the street....

‘The craziness that is Terry Silver’ Columbia Pictures “The Karate Kid Part III” isn’t the most critically well-regarded film, and that’s something that even the Karate Kid himself, Ralph Macchio, has acknowledged. It’s something that the showrunners of “Cobra Kai” are also aware of, but with Silver’s return, the series will try to redeem at least one element of that much-maligned 1989 sequel. Schlossberg likened the character to Ivan Drago, Dolph Lundgren’s Russian baddie in “Rocky IV” (who could have his own “Cobra Kai”-esque spinoff coming, as well)....