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The Girl Before Trailer: Hair-Raising Residence Has Renter Reeling 42 By Anya Stanley/Jan. 12, 2022 4:18 pm EST “The Girl Before” isn’t a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 psychological thriller, but it hangs onto the film’s elements of psychological obsession with women and repeating motifs between them. As a voice in this trailer points out, someone is “acting out the same psychodrama with new players allotted the same role.” Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by J....

The Groundbreaking John Wayne Western You’ve Likely Never Seen By Ryan Leston/Dec. 16, 2021 3:48 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There’s a reason John Wayne is thought of as the quintessential cowboy, from his breakthrough role in “Stagecoach” (1939) to his final movie, “The Shootist” (1976). Starring in 142 motion pictures spanning six decades, John Wayne’s movies have made him synonymous with the Old West....

A method actor’s methods Warner Bros. Pictures Day-Lewis’ casting might have been difficult for the other cast members as well. The fellowship of the ring famously got matching tattoos commemorating their incredible filming experience, and many of them even reunited to join Stephen Colbert for a 20th LOTR anniversary rap that was glorious to watch. But Day-Lewis is a method actor, getting into fights as his “Gangs of New York” character, learning to shoot a flintlock gun for “The Last of the Mohicans,” and texting co-star Sally Field in-character as Abraham Lincoln for “Lincoln....

The Man From Toronto Trailer: Kevin Hart & Woody Harrelson Are Teaming Up, Like It Or Not Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/June 1, 2022 11:26 am EST You’ve seen Kevin Hart team up with Ice Cube in the “Ride Along” films, Dwayne Johnson in “Central Intelligence” and the “Jumanji” movies, Will Ferrell in “Get Hard,” and Josh Gad in “The Wedding Ringer.” Now, get ready to see Hart to team up with Woody Harrelson in “The Man From Toronto,” an action-comedy from Patrick Hughes, director of “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” and “Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard....

Why Doctor Strange’s Spell Pulled Venom Into The MCU (Even Though He’s Never Met Spider-Man) Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Dec. 20, 2021 2:56 pm EST It is no secret that the Marvel multiverse is being explored in truly big ways. This began earlier in 2021 with the release of shows like “WandaVision” and “Loki,” but has truly taken off in a massive way with the release of “Spider-Man: No Way Home....

Working With Robin Williams Earned Robert De Niro A Broken Nose Columbia Pictures By J. Gabriel Ware/June 19, 2022 5:50 pm EST We’ve seen Robert De Niro mix it up quite a bit when it comes to physicality on screen. We’ve seen the decorated actor involved in fights, stabbings, and shootouts in movies such as “Midnight Run,” “The Godfather Part II,” and “Heat.” De Niro managed to walk off those film sets unscathed, but it was an emotional drama with no intense action scenes that led to him suffering a broken nose on set....

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Lionsgate I’m sorry, but how are any of us able to focus on anything else at the festival when we know that the movie featuring Nicolas Cage playing Nicolas Cage playing roles made famous by Nicolas Cage because Pedro Pascal told him to is having its premiere? Cage plays a fictionalized version of himself having to reckon with his career choices after getting caught up in a plot involving the CIA and a drug cartel kingpin, who has hired him to appear at his birthday party playing some of his most famous movie characters....

57 Seconds: Morgan Freeman, Josh Hutcherson To Team For Sci-Fi Thriller From Macon Blair New Line Cinema By Debopriyaa Dutta/Feb. 10, 2022 12:36 pm EST Here’s another strong contender for the virtual European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin: Morgan Freeman (“The Dark Knight,” “Million Dollar Baby”) and Josh Hutcherson (“The Hunger Games”) are teaming up for “57 Seconds,” an action sci-fi thriller, courtesy of Highland Film Group. Per The Hollywood Reporter, “57 Seconds” will be directed by Rusty Cundieff (“Tales From The Hood,” Chappelle’s Show"), while the script is written by Macon Blair, who was involved with Netflix’s “I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore,” which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance....

7 Actors We’d Rather See Playing Reed Richards In The MCU Marvel Comics By Lyvie Scott/May 11, 2022 3:30 pm EST This post contains spoilers for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” The Marvel Cinematic Universe, for better or worse, finally has its Mister Fantastic. After years of dueling fan wishes and campaigns, John Krasinski (of “The Office” and “A Quiet Place”) has emerged victorious as the smartest — and stretchiest — man in the world, Reed Richards....

Big Let Tom Hanks Take The Wheel With Some Wild Improv By Travis Yates/April 29, 2022 10:22 am EST Improvisation is a skill often reserved for the great comedians of our time. This applies to Tom Hanks, as his performance in the 1988 comedy “Big” proves. While “Big” didn’t put Tom Hanks on the map, it was his biggest commercial success of the 1980s and marked his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor....

Every Song In Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 1 Netflix By Christian Gainey/May 27, 2022 4:57 pm EST “Stranger Things” is back, and so is ’80s nostalgia. In the newest season, El (Millie Bobby Brown) becomes the favored target of a cruel bully, Max (Sadie Sink) isolates herself from her friends, Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) has to choose between popularity and loyalty, and Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) are linked to a murderer....

FX Wants To Keep It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia And Archer On The Air As Long As Possible FX By Joshua Meyer/Feb. 21, 2022 4:58 pm EST Good news for fans of “Archer” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”: If FX has its way, neither one of these shows is ending anytime soon. “Archer” is gearing up for its 13th season sometime in 2022. For its part, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is now the longest-running live-action sitcom on television, having broken the record previously held by “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” with its 15th season in December 2021....

Halo Trailer: Master Chief Suits Up For The Galaxy’s Greatest Battle Paramount+ By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 30, 2022 4:42 pm EST “Halo” is finally coming to live-action, with us viewers at the front lines. The incredibly popular franchise, which began with the (literally) game-changing “Combat Evolved” in 2001 and ended with “Halo 4” (okay, that’s a blatant lie because we can’t ignore “Halo 5: Guardians” or the upcoming “Halo: Infinite,” but let me pretend anyway!...

How Quentin Tarantino Was Almost Involved In Princess Mononoke’s Production Studio Ghibli By Jamie Gerber/March 3, 2022 12:10 pm EST “Princess Mononoke” was my introduction to the singular work of Hayao Miyazaki and I can still remember the immense impact the film had on me. The 1997 Studio Ghibli movie was unapologetically dark, yet also indescribably beautiful, and marked the beginning of my inexorable pull to Miyazaki’s work. “Princess Mononoke” centers on exiled prince Ashitaka as he gets caught up in the monumental struggle between nature and humankind....

How Young Justice Cracked The Formula And Made The Best Superhero Show Out There HBO Max By Rafael Motamayor/March 29, 2022 2:00 pm EST We’ve seen the rise of superhero universes with large ensembles and interconnected stories, whether it’s the Arrowverse on TV or the Marvel Cinematic Universe on the big screen. But a problem with these expansive universes is that they have to make the individual stories matter as much as the team-ups, without relying on multiple characters appearing in every single entry....

Jaws Ending Explained: I Used To Hate The Water Universal Pictures By Steven Ward/Feb. 22, 2022 1:03 pm EST In a lot of ways “Jaws” ends exactly where it begins. A victim in the water, copious amounts of blood, and an egregiously large shark as the culprit. It’s what makes Steven Spielberg’s tense tale about the town of Amity’s assailing by an abnormally aggressive great white shark so potent. No one is made safe from this seemingly unstoppable and voracious underwater predator – a fact made all the more frightening if you live on an island like the good people of Amity do....

Rita Moreno Cast As Vin Diesel’s Grandmother In Fast X 20th Century Studios By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 24, 2022 11:05 am EST The “Fast & Furious” franchise has no intention of stopping or hitting the brakes, and the upcoming “Fast X” movie has added another cast member to its team. Rita Moreno will be playing Dom’s (Vin Diesel) grandmother in the next installment, which was confirmed by Diesel via a video shared on his Instagram (via Variety)....

The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise Lucasfilm One very unique thing about “Star Wars,” and part of what has allowed it to endure for so long, is that even the smallest things can open up vast, new corners of its gigantic storytelling galaxy. (Example: Boba Fett, a character with only a few lines of dialogue and mere minutes of screen time, became one of the most popular characters in the franchise....

Star Wars Bits: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, The Bad Batch, Tales Of The Jedi, Visions, The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, And More! By Adam Frazier/June 3, 2022 9:56 am EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: “Andor” Trailer “The Bad Batch” Season 2 Trailer “Tales of the Jedi” News “Star Wars: Visions” Volume 2 “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Recap And More! Lucasfilm Studio Showcase Whew, I’m back from Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022 and there’s so much to cover....

Sylvester Stallone Doesn’t Think Audiences Ever Understood Rambo TriStar Pictures By Witney Seibold/May 26, 2022 5:54 pm EST Ted Kotcheff’s 1982 film “First Blood” may be noted for how downbeat it is. The lead character, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is a tragic figure, a Vietnam veteran who finds that another one of his friends has died, and, on the way out of town, is accosted by a cruel sheriff (Brian Dennehy) who threatens him with charges of vagrancy....