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Every Time Power Of The Dog Is Said At The Oscars, $10,000 Will Be Donated To Animal Charities Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/March 25, 2022 10:51 am EST Alright, let’s have a show of hands. How many of you watched Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” and actually noticed the dog(s) in the movie? No, despite the evocative title, the moody Western isn’t literally about any one dog. But, with that said, eagle-eyed viewers could’ve spotted at least 2 of them — one which Kodi Smit-McPhee’s Peter plays with for a brief scene, and the other hidden in the panoramic mountains range that flanks the film’s Montana ranch....

Harrison Ford Pushed Through ‘Incomprehensible’ Pain In Order To Finish Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom Paramount Pictures/Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/April 2, 2022 12:04 pm EST Part of Harrison Ford’s appeal as an action movie star is that his characters are constantly getting hurt, stumbling, panicking, or otherwise failing to keep up their facades of being rugged, unflappable badasses. This not only gives them richer personalities, it helps create tension and higher stakes, reminding those in the audience that Ford’s heroes are anything but invulnerable, no matter how many times they stare death right in the eyes and live to tell the tale....

How Ozark’s Alfonso Herrera Created A Different Kind Of TV Drug Lord Netflix By Shania Russell/April 5, 2022 10:16 am EST Laundering money for a drug cartel means wading into dangerous waters. No one knows this better than the Byrdes, the family at the center of Netflix’s hit narco drama, “Ozark.” Over the course of four seasons, they’ve been on the wrong end of many guns touted by felons, drug traffickers, and once, an enraged pastor....

Improvisation On The Set Of What We Do In The Shadows Is Serious Business FX/Hulu By Matthew Bilodeau/April 9, 2022 9:30 am EST “What We Do in the Shadows” is easily one of the funniest shows on television. Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s 2014 mockumentary feature of the same name is a hilarious and constantly amusing comedy that still makes me laugh, but I think the show’s creative team not only honors the film, but surpasses it....

Jensen Ackles suits up as The Dark Knight Warner Bros Cruising in a ‘67 Chevy Impala and being chauffeured around by Vought lackeys is just the tip of the iceberg: Jensen Ackles also took the Batmobile for a whirl back in 2021. In fact, that’s just one chapter of his DC comics history. Ackles has deep roots when it comes to the world of superheroes (particularly DC comics). One of his earliest roles was as Jason Teague on “Smallville,” a love interest to Lana Lang with a mysterious past....

Jim Carrey Was Paid 20 Times More Than Jeff Daniels For Dumb & Dumber New Line Cinema By Travis Yates/March 25, 2022 11:47 am EST While trying to produce their first film, Bobby and Peter Farrelly (better known as the Farrelly Brothers) had to hide the name of the title just to get people interested in it. “Dumb & Dumber” was often sent to studios and agents titled “A Power Tool is Not a Toy,” so they wouldn’t discard the script....

Jude Law Studied Peacock Movements For A.I: Artificial Intelligence Warner Bros. By Mike Shutt/May 5, 2022 11:17 am EST The term “character actor” is a strange one. Generally, people are referred to as character actors if they do not fall within the traditional standards of attractiveness set by Hollywood, usually playing supporting parts to the leads. Someone like J.K. Simmons is a prototypical character actor. They are not defined by genre or era and can basically be plopped into any movie to play an outrageous character, an emotional grounding force, or just a utility player....

Moon Knight Is A Series About Mental Health Struggles And ‘Baggage’ Disney+ By Jenna Busch/March 10, 2022 4:49 pm EST We’re getting closer to the next Marvel Disney+ show “Moon Knight,” and we’re learning more about Oscar Isaac’s Steven Grant. Executive producer Grant Curtis spoke to USA Today about Grant’s dilemma in the series, saying: “It’s a story about identity and finding one’s true self. The journey that Marc Spector [his alternate identity] is on during our whole show is: Who am I?...

Moonfall Director Roland Emmerich Is Skeptical About The Future Of Non-Franchise Movies [Exclusive] Lionsgate By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 2, 2022 3:37 pm EST Anyone interested in the state of filmmaking these days — or even before the pandemic shook up the theatrical landscape — can’t miss the fact that only a very specific type of movie on a very particular budget level has continued to thrive at the box office in recent years....

Pamela Anderson Documentary Coming To Netflix From Ask Dr. Ruth Director Paramount By Jeremy Mathai/March 3, 2022 11:02 am EST Netflix is getting in on the Pamela Anderson phenomenon, and in a juicy twist, the streaming service project comes with the pop culture icon’s full seal of approval. Hulu’s “Pam & Tommy” series has been making waves recently for bringing the tumultuous relationship between Pamela Anderson and ex-husband Tommy Lee — not to mention all the messy baggage that was delivered into the gawking public eye once their sex tape was leaked — back to the forefront of everyone’s minds, with Anderson portrayed by actor Lily James and Lee by Sebastian Stan....

Roland Emmerich Would Be Up For A Moonfall Sequel If This One Pans Out Lionsgate By Joshua Meyer/Jan. 22, 2022 2:52 pm EST Roland Emmerich’s “Moonfall” appears to know exactly what it is, and that is a cheesy disaster movie with climate-change overtones in the vein of others that Emmerich has made. The most recent “Moonfall” trailer teased a flick that doesn’t take itself too seriously, even as it continues the pattern of Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up” and gives us another film where a scientist makes a “shocking discovery” that the sky is falling....

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Made Celia Rose Gooding Audition For A Mystery Role Paramount By Witney Seibold/June 15, 2022 8:59 pm EST In a story previously reported on in the pages of /Film, actor Pedro Pascal was asked to meet with Jon Favreau, the creator of “The Mandalorian,” not knowing what he was going to audition for or anything about his role. It took the actor a long time — and a long drive — for him to understand what he was even being asked to undertake....

It was a match made in hell Warner Bros. I was expecting Frank Darabont to be the author’s slamdunk answer. Darabont teamed with Stephen King to direct “The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Green Mile,” and “The Mist.” But two of those stories stray from King’s horror roots. Given his body of work, King has a soft spot for horror, which is why he says his favorite collaborator is the king of the zombie flick, George A....

Stephen King Movie The Boogeyman Has Begun Filming HBO By Valerie Ettenhofer/Feb. 22, 2022 3:35 pm EST A short horror story Stephen King wrote in 1973 is finally getting the feature-length adaptation it deserves: Hulu’s take on “The Boogeyman” has commenced filming in New Orleans, with an expected 2023 release date. The movie has also rounded out its cast, which has shaped up to be a veritable who’s who of actors we’re always happy to see more of....

Sylvester Stallone Originally Wanted The Expendables To Be A Comedy By Joshua Meyer/June 3, 2022 9:59 am EST File this under the wide world of what-ifs in Hollywood history: What if “The Expendables” had been a comedy? That’s how director, co-writer, and star Sylvester Stallone originally envisioned the first film in the franchise, which kicked off in the summer of 2010 and is still going strong with a fourth installment in 2022....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Coming To HBO Max In March 2022 Warner Bros. By Andrew Housman/Feb. 23, 2022 11:38 am EST As we slowly climb out of the winter and face the winds of March, HBO Max is providing a whole new slate of content, from recent awards contenders to old classics to ongoing television shows. The Oscar campaign has a strong footing on the streaming service next month, with four major films in the running for Best Picture available to watch on HBO Max....

The Carrie Alternate Ending Makes For A Very Different Movie MGM By Natalia Keogan/May 13, 2022 8:43 am EST No one is going to claim that the 2013 remake of “Carrie” is the best adaptation of Stephen King’s 1974 novel of the same name. That slot is reserved for Brian De Palma’s 1978 cinematic adaptation, with Sissy Spacek occupying the role of the eponymous telekinetic teen killer. But the charms of “Boys Don’t Cry” director Kimberly Peirce’s take on the blood-drenched prom queen can’t be totally dismissed....

The Entire James Bond Series Might Be Coming To Prime Video In April (But Not In The United States) MGM The name’s Bond, James Bond, and it looks like his movies will soon be streaming on Video, Prime Video. Indeed, sources report the “James Bond” movies are about to become a whole lot more accessible to a whole bunch of people, as all 25 canon entries in the legendary franchise are going to be under one roof a little later this month....

The Morning Watch: Pixar’s Finding Nemo Color Script, Dave Grohl Gets Saucy On Hot Ones & More Pixar Animation By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 25, 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 Muppet Movie Is Getting A Vinyl Soundtrack For The Lovers, The Dreamers, And You Associated Film Distribution By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 25, 2022 2:50 pm EST Some vinyl collections are about to get four times cuter: The Muppets Studio and Walt Disney Records have just announced a collaboration that includes not one or two, but four variations of an LP for the soundtrack to the 1979 classic “The Muppet Movie.” The decked out collection comes courtesy of iam8bit, and will be on sale April 26, 2022 according to the production company’s Twitter account....