The Batman Is An Incredible Superhero Movie – Until The Grand Finale Warner Bros. By Lyvie Scott/March 17, 2022 6:00 pm EST I was prepared to love “The Batman.” Almost determined to, actually. I wouldn’t say I’m a fan of Batman, per se — his determination to fight petty criminals on the street instead of the systemic practices that put them there has always left a bad taste in my mouth....
The Bob’s Burgers Movie Had A Similar Struggle As The Simpsons Movie [Exclusive] 20th Century Studios By Joshua Meyer/May 24, 2022 8:46 am EST When a sinkhole opens up in front of your burger joint, it’s an adventure worthy of a movie. “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” brings the long-running animated series, which just aired its season 12 finale this week, to the big screen for the first time. The movie is in theaters this Friday, so if you’re going through “Bob’s Burgers” withdrawals already, you won’t have to wait long to see it....
The Daily Stream: Hereditary Is A Master Work Of Tonal Terror A24 By Lex Briscuso/June 28, 2022 3:00 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: “Hereditary” Where You Can Stream It: Showtime Anytime, Kanopy, Fubo The Pitch: When we meet the Graham family at the start of Ari Aster’s 2018 feature debut, they are on the heels of their first tragedy....
From Page to Screen Paramount Pictures Nolan’s influences, much like his movies, explore shifting timelines and levels of reality. The spring 2012 edition of DGA Quarterly contains a profile on the filmmaker in which he cites literature and cinema that employ these types of themes on the page and the screen. A decade later, Nolan continues to utilize these same styles in his ongoing body of work. One of his earliest inspirations was “Waterland,” a novel written by Graham Swift that Nolan read when he was 16 years old....
The Marvels Recruits What If…? And Lovecraft Country Composer Laura Karpman Marvel Studios By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 13, 2022 6:46 pm EST Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe just keeps getting cooler, with composer Laura Karpman joining the creative team for “The Marvels,” the sequel to 2019’s “Captain Marvel.” The five-time Emmy-award-winning artist will be composing the music for the film, working alongside director Nia DaCosta (“Candyman”). “I am thrilled to be going on this wild adventure with Nia DaCosta and Carol Danvers and am really looking forward to the collaboration,” Karpman said in a statement....
The Dateline treatment Skip Bolen/NBC For the uninitiated, “The Thing About Pam” tells the real-life story of the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria and the increasingly complicated and baffling aftermath. Viewers don’t know much about Betsy (Katy Mixon), since the seemingly kind-hearted cancer patient only appears briefly before being found dead with dozens of stab wounds. After the brutal inciting incident, the story becomes filtered through the perspective of her husband Russ (Glenn Fleshler) and the much more persistent voice of her friend Pam....
Tom Welling Says Things Look Good For The Smallville Animated TV Series Warner Bros. By Debopriyaa Dutta/Feb. 21, 2022 7:13 pm EST “Smallville” fans, there’s hope for an animated TV revival! At least according to Tom Welling, the show’s Clark Kent, who has some promising news regarding the planned “Smallville” animated TV series, which picks up right after the events of season 10. Being the longest-running DC Comics television show, “Smallville” had a whopping 10-year run, and was (still is) a beloved show about Superman’s origin....
Wendell & Wild Sneak Peek: Exploring A Creepy Classroom In Henry Selick’s New Stop-Motion Film Netflix By Rafael Motamayor/June 7, 2022 1:14 pm EST This truly feels like the year of the filmmaker comeback. Filmmakers like Sam Raimi, Baz Luhrmann, and David Cronenberg all made their return to the director’s chair in 2022 after almost a decade away. And what’s surprising is that all of them have returned with rather good films so far, from “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” to “Crimes of the Future....
5 Other Shows To Watch If You Like Moon Knight Disney+ By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 2, 2022 8:29 pm EST If the first episode of “Moon Knight” is any indication, Marvel’s latest superhero series is going to be marching to the beat of its own drum. Press leading up to the show has made it clear that the Oscar Isaac-starrer stands apart from other Marvel properties, with deep cut influences, a human-first rehearsal style, and not a single Marvel Cinematic Universe cameo in sight (at least, not so far)....
Aaron Paul Fought For One El Camino Scene To Stay In The Film Netflix By Matthew Bilodeau/April 19, 2022 10:26 am EST With Aaron Paul set to reprise his role as Jesse Pinkman in the final season of “Better Call Saul,” it’s worth noting how integral he truly is to the tragic world of “Breaking Bad.” I think it’s pretty wild that series creator Vince Gilligan initially flirted with the idea of bumping him off in the first season, considering Jesse feels as synonymous with “Breaking Bad” as Bryan Cranston’s science teacher-turned-meth kingpin, Walter White....
Lukewarm Half-Measures Sony Pictures Another relevant (if no less random) quote might be one from the show “Breaking Bad,” where Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) says, “The moral of the story is: I chose a half-measure when I should have gone all the way. I’ll never make that mistake again. No more half-measures, Walter.” It’s all well and good for Hollywood to feign meaningful representation, but the top brass at most studios are undoubtedly driven by commercial rather than artistic motives....
Breaking Down The Best Scene In Moon Knight Episode 2 Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/April 6, 2022 4:00 pm EST This post contains major spoilers for “Moon Knight” episode 2. It’s official. Two episodes into “Moon Knight” and the mystical, fractured, and downright weird appeal of Marvel’s newest (and darkest) superhero has manifested in one of the studio’s most fascinating characters yet. Last week’s premiere marked fresh, new territory for the expansive and (arguably) somewhat stale Marvel Cinematic Universe as creator Jeremy Slater and director Mohamed Diab fully ensconced viewers in the ground-level perspective of Steven Grant, ineffectual sad sack that he is....
Cruella And Pam & Tommy Director Is Taking On The GameStop Stocks Fiasco Next Hulu By Jenna Busch/April 4, 2022 4:23 pm EST Director Craig Gillespie (“Cruella,” “I, Tonya,” “Pam & Tommy”) is on board to direct an upcoming MGM feature film about the GameStop stock fiasco, according to Deadline. The script is an adaptation of New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich’s “The Antisocial Network.” The rights to Mezrich’s book were bought while it was still in proposal form (an author’s dream!...
Defenders Assemble? Here’s What The Marvel-Netflix Shows Joining Disney+ Could Mean For The MCU Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/March 2, 2022 9:00 am EST Marvel fans were provided with a bit of interesting (if not altogether surprising) news yesterday when it was revealed that the former Marvel Netflix shows will indeed be making their way to Disney+ later this month. The contract that Netflix originally had in place with Marvel has fully run its course, with “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage,” “Iron Fist,” “The Defenders,” “The Punisher,” and ABC’s “Agents of S....
Everything We Know About Disney’s Live-Action Pinocchio So Far Disney By Lindsay Duke/Dec. 21, 2021 2:48 pm EST If you listen closely, you can hear the distinct metallic sound of the Disney vault opening up once more to unleash one of its beloved classics back out into the world. For the last several years, Disney has split their interests between major franchises like “Star Wars” and the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the point that it’s hard to remember a time where they weren’t intertwined with the House of Mouse....
Getting Predator Produced Took Some Sneaky Thinking From The Scriptwriters By Lee Adams/June 9, 2022 11:06 am EST There was a joke going around Hollywood in the ’80s after the release of “Rocky IV” that since the Italian Stallion had brawled his way through the toughest fighters on the planet, the next logical step was for him to fight an alien. It’s a story often attributed to inspiring screenwriters Jim & John Thomas to take that idea and run with it, resulting in “Predator....
The Hannibal effect De Laurentiis Entertainment Group In 1986, Dino De Laurentiis produced Michael Mann’s “Manhunter,” based on the novel “Red Dragon” by Thomas Harris. It was the first film to feature the infamous serial killer Hannibal Lecter (changed to Lektor for the film, with Brian Cox playing the role). It remains a common practice to retain the rights to any possible sequels and/or characters when one makes a movie, largely to bank on any possible sequels, but more often to prevent a competitor from taking your property and inserting their own version into the marketplace....
How The 2022 Box Office Compares To 2021 So Far, And What’s Next Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/June 30, 2022 1:00 pm EST 2021 looked pretty good at the box office, all things considered, mostly because 2020 was absolutely abysmal for what should be obvious reasons. Improvements were made and, overall, last year finished 80% ahead of 2020 with $21.4 billion being raked in globally, compared to a dismal $12.4 billion in 2020....
Josh Gad Says Beauty And The Beast’s Live-Action Retcon Of LeFou ‘Didn’t Go Far Enough To Warrant Accolades’ Walt Disney Productions By BJ Colangelo/March 1, 2022 10:42 am EST A little more than five years ago, my Facebook feed (and others like it) imploded in a flurry of angry, bigoted rage, all over the news that Disney was going to showcase a canonically gay scene in their upcoming live-action adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast....
Julia Garner Went Through An Intense Process To Understand Her Ozark Character Netflix By Joshua Meyer/June 4, 2022 9:56 am EST Julia Garner won two consecutive Emmy Awards for her performance as Ruth Langmore in Netflix’s “Ozark.” With a spitfire Missouri accent that permanently bonded itself to the character by accident during her audition, Ruth is a role Garner fully inhabits, so much so that it might surprise some viewers to learn the actress grew up in the Bronx....
