The 20 Best Keanu Reeves Movies Ranked Warner Brothers By Liam Gaughan/May 11, 2022 5:03 pm EST Keanu Reeves was one of the most exciting movie stars of the 1990s. Now, he’s more popular than ever. Although there was a brief period where his films were not as successful, Reeves had a major career comeback in 2014. He starred in the action film “John Wick,” which was directed by the stuntmen Chad Stahelski and David Leitch....
Cameron Crowe wrote a musical, y’all The Old Globe The musical version of “Almost Famous” features a book (that’s the musical theater term for script) by Crowe, based on his original screenplay. Music comes from Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tom Kitt, who helped craft the music for the shows “If/Then,” “SpongeBob SquarePants,” and “Jagged Little Pill.” Kitt and Crowe collaborated together on the lyrics, and Jeremy Herrin served as the show’s original director....
The Babadook’s Script Was Almost Too Terrifying For Essie Davis To Handle IFC Films By Matthew Bilodeau/March 17, 2022 12:22 pm EST With two striking features under her belt, Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent has shown that her directorial sensibilities lie in communicating the horrors of tragedy and grief. Her second feature, “The Nightingale,” may not classify as a traditional horror film, but it features enough grueling acts of violence that it more than fits within the parameters of the genre....
The Elephant Man Paramount Pictures “The Elephant Man” was Lynch’s second feature as a director, and was produced by the legendary comedian Mel Brooks, who offered Lynch funding after being so impressed by Lynch’s debut film, “Eraserhead.” “The Elephant Man” tells the true story of Joseph Merrick — changed to John for the film — who was born with several medical conditions that left his skin coated with tumors, his arm misshapen, and his head oversized....
The Casting Of Princess Irulan Suggests Denis Villeneuve Is Gearing Up For Dune Messiah Altitude Film Distribution By Kaylee Dugan/March 10, 2022 8:50 am EST Denis Villeneuve is definitely walking the golden path. He petitioned hard for his “Dune” film to get a sequel (and even went as far as adding “Dune: Part One” to the movie’s title card) and now it looks like he’s blowing some big bucks on casting for the finally greenlit “Part Two....
Why it’s essential viewing Universal Pictures Roger Ebert described “Army of Darkness” in his two-star review as “less like a movie than like a cardiovascular workout for its stars,” shifting from one action scene to another with “only the briefest of pauses for elementary plot details.” I can’t argue with him there, but I also can’t complain when the end result is so endlessly exhilarating and inspiredly chaotic. The film, which Raimi co-wrote with his brother Ivan Raimi, borrows from “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” for its time-travel premise, but mostly drops the social satire of Mark Twain’s novel....
The Morning Watch: Bad Guys Cast Gets A Drawing Lesson, VFX Artists React To Tenet & More Universal Pictures By Ethan Anderton/April 5, 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 Secret War Waged Behind The Scenes Of Blade Runner Warner Bros. Pictures By Collier Jennings/Jan. 26, 2022 10:11 am EST There’s a whole host of reasons why “Blade Runner” is regarded as one of the most compelling films ever made. There’s its masterful blend of film noir and cyberpunk tropes, the questions it raises about identity, and of course, there’s the multiple cuts of the film ranging from the theatrical cut to the “Final Cut,” where director Ridley Scott was finally able to deliver on his uncompromised vision....
Universal’s Renfield Movie Cast Continues To Get Better As Ben Schwartz Signs On NBCUniversal By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 16, 2021 2:24 pm EST The cast of Universal’s “Renfield” continues to grow, with Ben Schwartz being the latest actor to sign on for the horror comedy, alongside Nicolas Cage as Dracula and Nicholas Hoult as his servant, the titular R.M. Renfield. Along with this news comes a few more details about “Renfield” and its plot and production....
Year Of The Vampire: Blood Red Sky Is A Genre-Bending Gore Fest Netflix By Sarah Milner/April 12, 2022 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.) Imagine being a sick mother, traveling overnight on a flight with your young son, going to a country where you don’t speak the language — all in hopes of a possible cure....
You Might Be the Killer Screen Media Ventures The old moral lesson goes that there are two wolves inside of every person, and whether love or hate triumphs depends on which wolf the person feeds the most. Watching Oscar Isaac flail in the space where two wolves dwell within one body (though his wolves are more like “vanilla” and “spicy”) recalls a special subgenre of horror films like “Secret Window” “Identity,” and even Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho....
A Christmas Story Is Getting A Sequel With Peter Billingsley Returning As Ralphie MGM By Jenna Busch/Jan. 20, 2022 8:30 pm EST Hold onto your leg lamps and protect them with your very life! Legendary and Warner Bros. are giving us a sequel to “A Christmas Story”! This is not a drill! The classic 1983 film which I absolutely watch every single year is getting a new chapter, according to The Hollywood Reporter....
Andor Will Take Place During The ‘Darkest Times’ Of The Star Wars Universe Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/May 23, 2022 3:12 pm EST The climate surrounding online fandom has changed so much and in such a short amount of time that I have to wonder how a movie like “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” would go over today, even just 6 years removed from its original release. Spoiler alert, in case you somehow missed the $1 billion-grossing “Star Wars” spin-off/prequel film to the 1977 original: every single one of our heroes dies a horrible death by the end of the story, bummer of an endnote that was only redeemed by the appearance of a digitally de-aged Princess Leia coming into possession of the Death Star plans....
Edgar Wright Almost Directed An Episode Of Doctor Who, But Had A Good Reason For Passing Focus Features/Empire By Jeremy Mathai/May 12, 2022 5:09 pm EST On the surface, it seems like a match made in heaven. You have Edgar Wright on the one hand, the English director known predominantly for his skill in crafting some of the outright funniest and cleverest comedies of the 21st century — some even with a heavy focus on sci-fi and the supernatural, mind you....
Electro Has The Power In New Spider-Man: No Way Home Hot Toys Figure Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/April 28, 2022 4:11 pm EST “Spider-Man: No Way Home” brought together all the past film web-slingers, and many of their villains, including Jamie Foxx’s Electro from “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” This time around he had a very different look, with yellow glowing powers that wrapped his body and made him a sort of electric crown....
All of Us Are Dead We’ve seen zombies in malls, on trains, and even in the 16th century. Now, they’re shoving schoolkids into lockers — and eating them! Directed by Lee JQ and Kim Nam-su and written by Chun Sung-il, “All of Us Are Dead” stars Yoon Chan-yeong and concerns students trapped in a high school right at the nexus of a zombie outbreak. The synopsis: “All of Us Are Dead” is based on a popular webtoon by Webtoon creator Joo Dong-geun, touted as a ‘Korean-style zombie graphic novel’ with its wild imagination, gripping storyline, and meticulous details....
A simple favor Universal Pictures The director relied on his actors to help make those fire sequences look as real as possible, like a scene in which Charlie’s mom, Vicky (played by Sydney Lemmon), has her arms doused in flames. When breaking down this scene, Thomas said: “When Vicky’s arms go on fire, that’s really Sydney with her arms lit on fire. I had to convince Sydney to do it. When I first brought it up, she had read it in the script, and she was like, ‘Keith, what are you doing with this scene?...
King Of The Hill Creators Team With Sacha Baron Cohen For New HBO Max Animated Comedy 20th Television By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 19, 2022 11:46 am EST Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, creators of the animated sitcom “King of the Hill,” will be collaborating with Sacha Baron Cohen for an upcoming animated special. (via The Hollywood Reporter). Titled “Chelm: The Smartest Place on Earth,” the animated special will be catered to younger audiences and air on Cartoon Network while streaming on HBO Max....
Ozark season 4 part 2 teaser The very chilling teaser for “Ozark” Season 4 Part 2 features a painful blast from the past: the Langmore curse has returned. I mean, let’s be honest, it never really left. Ruth Langmore has suffered more trauma than many other characters combined and the finale of Part 1 featured her biggest tragedy yet. If you’ve ever doubted her importance to the story — insane given Julia Garner’s Emmy wins — this teaser cements her importance....
Taika Waititi Played Music Non-Stop On The Set Of Thor: Love And Thunder Marvel Studios By Sandy Schaefer/June 27, 2022 12:29 pm EST Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone famously had Ennio Morricone write his scores ahead of shooting and would play them on-set while making movies like “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” This not only allowed his actors to better get into character, but it also helped set the mood and establish an internal rhythm for any given scene....
