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Lightyear’s Time Travel Is Straight Out Of An ’80s Sci-Fi Anime (But Not As Good) Pixar By Rafael Motamayor/June 21, 2022 3:51 pm EST “Lightyear” is a complicated film within the Pixar canon. It may be the first straight sci-fi adventure the studio has done, with no kid characters and a focus on action and adventure. Its grand set pieces, anime-inspired mecha designs, and ludicrous plot twist stand apart from most other Pixar movies....

The films’ spectacle allowed them to be ‘ambitious’ 20th Century Studios The “Planet of the Apes” films, like the 1963 novel that started it all, have always served as a funhouse mirror for humanity. Their anthropomorphic apes reflect not only our greatest strengths and flaws back at us, they also remind us of what it means to be human. (Even Tim Burton’s remake got that part right.) In a 2017 interview with Den of Geek, Matt Reeves explained why he feels that’s also the key to his “Apes” movies, making them an “anomaly” among contemporary tentpoles:...

Minions: The Rise Of Gru Review: Just What You’d Expect From A Blaxploitation Movie Starring Minions [Annecy] Illumination Entertainment By Rafael Motamayor/June 14, 2022 12:00 pm EST “Minions: The Rise of Gru” is just what you’d expect from a “Minions” movie. Five movies in, the formula is pretty well established. The humor remains the same here as in every other movie in the franchise, as does the animation style, the visual gags, and most of the story beats....

New Elvis Footage Hails To The King, Trailer Coming On Thursday Warner Bros. By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 14, 2022 6:10 pm EST Director Baz Luhrmann is continuing to take care of business on this “Elvis Monday,” releasing even more footage from his highly-anticipated biopic about the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley. Starring Austin Butler in the titular role, the new footage continues Luhrmann’s trend of teasing us with shots from the back, a bird’s-eye view, or otherwise concealing the face for the long-awaited reveal of King....

Outlander Season 6: Release Date, Cast, And More Starz By Ryan Scott/Jan. 6, 2022 11:51 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.) There is an awful lot of TV out there to enjoy in the modern era. Every streaming service and premium cable network has its own offerings to entice viewers to subscribe or sign up....

Paul Freeman Was Put Through The Wringer Filming Raiders Of The Lost Ark Paramount Pictures By Anthony Orlando/May 5, 2022 1:03 pm EST Actors often have to endure difficult challenges for the sake of their craft, and this couldn’t be more true for those who starred in Steven Spielberg’s globe-trotting masterpiece “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Production troubles ranged from both cast and crew getting sick while in Tunisia to the script being changed as the film was being shot....

Russian Doll Season 2 First Look: Netflix’s Time Loop Series Returns With A New Twist Netflix By Shania Russell/Feb. 11, 2022 2:52 pm EST Gotta get up, gotta get out, gotta get ready for the return of “Russian Doll.” Natasha Lyonne’s mind-boggling Netflix dramedy is finally coming back, with big plans to break our brains in twisty new ways. The first season followed Nadia Vulvokov (Lyonne) through a never-ending time loop akin to “Groundhog Day,” which she relentlessly fought to escape....

Superhero Bits: Booster Gold In The Arrowverse, Loki Season 2 Cast Updates & More Prime 1 Studio By Ryan Scott/Feb. 3, 2022 3:39 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....

Superhero Bits: Nicolas Cage Got His Name From A Marvel Superhero, Echo Begins Filming & More Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/April 22, 2022 3:50 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 Bottle Stopper In Better Call Saul Explained AMC By Jeremy Mathai/April 18, 2022 10:00 pm EST One of the best shows on television, “Better Call Saul,” is finally back and it feels so good. Well, it feels good to feel bad, at least. Having spun off from the successful parent series “Breaking Bad,” the Albuquerque, New Mexico-set prequel derives much of its tension, storytelling prowess, and character development from the knowledge that, eventually, our lovable main characters are destined to break bad in heartbreaking ways....

The Daily Stream: Lake Mungo Is The Scariest Movie You’ve Never Seen Arclight Films By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 5, 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 Movie: “Lake Mungo” Where You Can Stream It: Shudder The Pitch: A faux-documentary about the Palmer family. After teenager Alice Palmer dies, her parents and brother are understandably devastated....

The Doctor Strange TV Movie You Probably Never Heard Of, Starring Arrested Development’s Jessica Walter Marvel By Ryan Scott/May 3, 2022 10:00 am EST Doctor Strange is now viewed as one of the A-list characters within the Marvel Comics universe. But just a handful of years before 2016’s “Doctor Strange” movie, that wasn’t always the case. The fact of the matter is that most people in the general public outside of comic book readers didn’t really know who the Sorcerer Supreme was until director Scott Derrickson’s film hit theaters....

This Actor Inspired Charlize Theron To Do Her Own Stunts Netflix By Lyvie Scott/April 21, 2022 2:06 pm EST Charlize Theron might have been considered an unlikely action star once upon a time, but her performances in films like “Atomic Blonde” and “The Old Guard” went a long way in proving her credibility. In the former, the actress did nearly all her own stunts, conceding to her double only for more dangerous work....

Tron 3 Might Actually Happen, Says Jared Leto Disney By Sandy Schaefer/March 22, 2022 12:21 pm EST 2010’s “TRON: Legacy” is, to quote Jeff Bridge’s chill programmer Kevin Flynn, “Biodigital jazz, man.” I don’t really know what that term means, but it perfectly sums up the film, a sequel to Steven Lisberger’s cult 1982 sci-fi adventure about Flynn getting zapped into the digital world of his own computer. “TRON: Legacy” was also oddly prescient when it came to the modern tentpole landscape....

Unmatched: Redemption Row Brings Marvel Characters Into The Best Board Game Series Around /Film By Jacob Hall/March 9, 2022 10:39 am EST For several years now, anyone asking me for advice on a board game purchase has heard me talk about Unmatched. Simple without being simplistic, deep without being complicated, and thematic without losing sight of tight, balanced gameplay, Restoration Games’ series of card-driven dueling games has been a joy to play, and a joy to collect....

Viola Davis And The Power Of Removing Annalise Keating’s Wig On How To Get Away With Murder ABC By Shania Russell/April 13, 2022 10:50 am EST Back in the heyday of Shondaland’s TGI Thursdays, just when “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy” were ruling cable at their heights, a third melodrama swept in to steal the show. Shonda Rhimes’ “How To Get Away With Murder” (or “HTGAWN”) quickly established itself alongside its sister series’, offering dramatic courtroom monologues, a mystery worth solving, and huge twists around every corner....

Richard Kelly’s Impact Arrow Films The first thing anybody notices about “S. Darko” is that the original’s visionary Richard Kelly is nowhere to be found, outside of a token “Characters Created By” credit. Kelly was key to the success of “Donnie Darko” and it was key to his success in turn, setting the tone for his ambitious, funny, and thoughtful brand of sci-fi. For “Darko,” his first script, Kelly broke into his own memories of growing up in suburban Virginia in the 1980’s, and turned them over to form the basis of the story, about a young and disturbed man informed of the impending end of the world....

Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon Just Started Production Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/April 20, 2022 10:37 am EST Not so long ago, in a galaxy that’s not even remotely far away, “Justice League” and “Army of the Dead” director Zack Snyder started production on “Rebel Moon,” a sci-fi adventure that began as a pitch he came up with for a “Star Wars” film inspired by “Seven Samurai.” Akira Kurosawa’s classic 1954 epic was itself a major influence on George Lucas when he was making “Star Wars: A New Hope,” so there’s something only fitting about Snyder taking inspiration from the movie for his own sci-fi fantasy spectacle....

‘Fast and Tricky’ Warner Bros. You just never know where inspiration might come from, or how it differs from actor to actor based on the character they’re playing. For instance, we’re not terribly convinced that Colin Farrell took his cues for playing the Oswald Cobblepot/the Penguin in “The Batman” by poring over footage of how real-life penguins move around. (Though we’d be thrilled to be proven wrong!) But when it came time to prepare for Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Zöe Kravitz and stunt coordinator Rob Alonzo had a plan for figuring out exactly how she ought to move and fight throughout this particular story....

Betty Gilpin To Lead Damon Lindelof’s Futuristic Peacock Drama Mrs. Davis Universal Pictures By Valerie Ettenhofer/March 21, 2022 3:36 pm EST Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez’s mysterious new TV show has landed its lead: Betty Gilpin is set to star in Peacock’s “Mrs. Davis,” according to Variety. The “GLOW” star will reportedly play a nun who goes up against “an all-powerful A.I” in the series, which is being billed as “an exploration of faith vs....