Superman & Lois Made It A Point To Keep The Couple On Equal Footing The CW By Fatemeh Mirjalili/May 11, 2022 9:54 am EST There are many things that make “Superman & Lois” special, from the show’s attempt to capture the visuals of big-budgeted superhero films to displaying the Kryptonian hero’s status as a beacon of hope in a world that needs it. The CW series is a new chapter in the mythos of the superhero....
Temuera Morrison’s Obi-Wan Kenobi Cameo Marked A Weird First For The Actor Lucasfilm By Rafael Motamayor/June 1, 2022 4:14 pm EST Temuera Morrison is a pivotal part of the “Star Wars” universe. As an actor, he brought us something we hadn’t seen before: a badass warrior that could take on a Jedi without a lightsaber, a character that informed what a bounty hunter could be in “Star Wars” for a whole new generation....
Further adventures of Redford and Newman Universal Pictures In 1973, Newman, Redford, and Hill partnered once more for “The Sting.” Newman and Redford again played a pair of affable criminals, though con-men rather than cowboys, and with the roles of comedian and straight man swapped. This time, they also had a worthy adversary in Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Newman and Redford’s friendship endured for many years after as well. Redford had planned for another collaboration between himself and Newman, “A Walk In The Woods....
The Coen Brothers Wrote Barton Fink Just To Break Their Writers’ Block 20th Century Studios By Anthony Crislip/May 19, 2022 11:49 am EST The Coen brothers’ 1991 film “Barton Fink” is a wonderful evocation of 1940s Hollywood in all its seedy glory and professional exploitation, but it’s a magnificent and expressionistic glimpse into the mind’s eye of a tortured artist (and possible hack) as he struggles with one particular screenplay. That was a feeling that the Coens knew well by the time they wrote it....
The Guardians Of The Galaxy Reference To Maltese Falcon Explained For The Uninitiated Marvel Studios By Sandy Schaefer/March 8, 2022 1:39 pm EST Spend enough time reading about movies, and sooner than later, you’re bound to stumble upon the term “MacGuffin.” There are many oft-cited examples of this particular trope, including the titular item in “The Maltese Falcon,” the microfilm in “North by Northwest,” and the Ark of the Covenant in “Raiders of the Lost Ark....
The King’s Man’s Djimon Hounsou And Rhys Ifans On Portraying The Series’ Biggest Badasses [Interview] 20th Century Studios By Jeff Ewing/Dec. 21, 2021 12:39 pm EST Matthew Vaughn’s “The King’s Man” is a stunning shift in the “Kingsman” action-comedy-spy franchise, both for being the series’ first prequel and for portraying fictionalized versions of very real historical characters as central figures in the villains’ machinations. Set in the throes of World War I, the film sees the Duke of Oxford (Ralph Fiennes) partner with his son Conrad (Harris Dickinson), Polly Wilkins (Gemma Arterton), and the tough-as-nails Shola (Djimon Hounsou) to thwart a villainous plan that holds the fate of Europe in the balance....
The Matrix Resurrections Ending Explained: Love Never Dies Warner Bros. By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 22, 2021 5:51 pm EST Nostalgia is a powerful drug. But even stronger than the power of remembering how good we once had it, is the power of wondering how good it might be. To yearn — for love, for a better life, for a better future — is to be human, and Hollywood has long tapped into that all-consuming emotion....
Night Flight Plus IFC For those not in the know, “Night Flight” began its life in 1981 on the USA network and ran until 1988, before moving into syndication in the 1990s, where it continued to feed the heads of ultra-hip, fringe-dwelling Gen-Xers. “Night Flight” offered specially curated blocks of the day’s best music videos — New Wave, punk, metal, hip hop, and anything beyond — as well as a showcase for bizarro short films, tokusatsu imports, interviews with the day’s filmmakers, and ranting asides from The Church of the SubGenius....
The Oscars Have Decided Covid Vaccination Won’t Be Mandatory For The Awards Show, Which Seems Like A Bad Decision AMPAS By Shania Russell/Feb. 10, 2022 12:51 pm EST It wouldn’t be a proper awards season without some controversy — but just because it’s in character doesn’t make the latest Academy announcement any less insane. Going against all logic and wise words from health care professionals, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will not require proof of vaccination to attend the 2022 Oscars ceremony....
This Role Landed Paul Dano The Part Of The Riddler In The Batman Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/March 2, 2022 12:46 pm EST Even apart from the obvious reasons (which have to do with audiences simply never getting enough of the brooding Caped Crusader), “The Batman” is shaping up to be an absolute must-watch for plenty of fascinating reasons. Any film fan would be excited by the chance to see a filmmaker like Matt Reeves, who so brilliantly crafted the latter two-thirds of the new “Planet of the Apes” trilogy, step up and leave his distinctive mark on a character as popular as Batman with seemingly zero creative restrictions....
Charlie Brown Voice Actor Peter Robbins Has Died At 65 Valerie Macon/Getty Images By Lex Briscuso/Jan. 26, 2022 10:48 am EST Robbins was born in Los Angeles on August 10, 1956. He soon got his start as a performer and took on the role of everyone’s favorite blockhead at age 9. His first voice appearance as Charlie Brown was in 1963’s “A Boy Named Charlie Brown,” a TV documentary special documenting the life of the iconic “Peanuts” creator Charles M....
CODA Is The First Sundance Premiere To Win Best Picture, But Others Have Won Oscars Too Apple TV+ By Sandy Schaefer/March 28, 2022 1:10 pm EST “CODA” made history at the 94th annual Academy Awards, becoming the first streaming exclusive to win the Best Picture Oscar, as well as the first movie with several deaf actors in lead roles to take home the prize. A loose U.S. remake of the 2014 French film “La Famille Bélier,” writer-director Sian Heder’s coming-of-age dramedy is also the first Best Picture winner to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, winning the Audience Award, the U....
Dan Stevens To Play Paul Snider In Hulu Chippendales Series Immigrant Letterbox Filmproduktion/SWR By Debopriyaa Dutta/Feb. 24, 2022 11:28 am EST Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey.” “Legion”) has joined the cast of the Kumail Nanjiani-led Hulu limited series, “Immigrant.” The show will be based on the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales, and Nanjiani is set to play Banerjee in the series. Stevens is set to play Paul Snider, a Canadian businessman who formed a partnership with Banerjee to form what became the male strip club format of Chippendales....
Here’s The Research That Went Into Bringing Nurse Chapel Back In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Paramount By Witney Seibold/June 29, 2022 10:18 am EST “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is constructed from what modern entertainment discourse refers to as “legacy characters.” That’s journalistic shorthand for familiar characters that had previously appeared in long-ago films and are being resurrected in older form, or they have been recast by new actors. Christopher Pike, Cadet Uhura, Dr....
Snoop is the story of her life HBO Pearson doesn’t hide who she is or where she came from. Borne of addiction, raised in foster care and given little chance to survive, Pearson hails from what David Simon refers to as “the other America,” vulnerable to the broken, ever-churning American systems that insist that nothing is broken and if it is, it’s the fault of the underclass. Dealing drugs in her teens and serving a prison term for second-degree murder, Pearson’s life changed when she was written into “The Wire” as a character reflective of herself — even in name — for three seasons....
Let’s meet Steven with a V Marvel/Disney+ We start off the episode with a cold open on … someone’s hands resting on a table and Bob Dylan’s “Every Grain of Sand” playing in the background. We soon find out that those hands (and the forearm with the Egyptian-looking set of scales on it) are Ethan Hawke’s (Arthur Harrow). We have some inklings of what Harrow’s deal is, with Hawke recently calling his character a “sane lunatic....
Fighting side by side, as brothers Lucasfilm “The Clone Wars” takes place between the events of “Attack of the Clones” and “Revenge of the Sith,” and the series hones in on the many conflicts between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy, with Count Dooku at the helm of the villainous movement. The show obviously does not focus solely on Anakin and Obi-Wan alone, as there are numerous storylines concerning Mace Windu, Yoda, Padmé andmore....
Only Murders In The Building Season 2 Teaser: Steve Martin, Martin Short, And Selena Gomez Have Another Mystery On Their Hands Hulu By Jenna Busch/May 17, 2022 4:42 pm EST It’s almost time to head back to the Arconia for your favorite true crime show about a true crime podcast … and actual true crime! If you haven’t yet watched the Hulu series “Only Murders In the Building,” please call out sick from work, abandon your children to their own devices (they’ll be fine), and ignore your responsibilities to watch....
Paramount’s Hot Streak Confirms It Should Not Abandon The Box Office For Streaming Paramount Pictures By Ryan Scott/April 13, 2022 2:16 pm EST Last year was not exactly the box office recovery that many in the industry had hoped for. While 2021 offered significantly greener pastures than 2020 (for obvious reasons), we still have a long way to go before things get back to normal — or at least as close to normal as they are ever going to get....
New Girl honors a fan-favorite Foc Ralph Ahn made his first “New Girl” appearance in the show’s sophomore season, in a role that series creator Elizabeth Meriwether hints was meant to be a one-off joke. The season 2 episode “Menzies,” included Jake Johnson’s Nick Miller in the midst of a crisis, seeking help from a silent stranger he meets on a park bench. In a 2014 interview with THR, Meriwether explains that Ahn’s character Tran returns because, “he’s really easy to write for [laughs]....
