The Avengers Kill Count Disney+ Now that Hawkeye has won the gold medal of death, we can’t help but wonder — where do his fellow Avengers stack up? This is where things get much more complicated. Hawkeye is relatively easy to calculate partially because death is such a big part of his story. His Ronin deaths are acknowledged by the story and Clint himself, as he continues grappling with the past....
The backlash was immediate Bloomberg/Getty Images When it was made known that Disney had given financial donations to Florida Republicans who backed the “Don’t Say Gay” legislation, fans and employees alike immediately took Disney to task for their silence. Disney CEO Bob Chapek sent out a company-wide email trying to defend their initial silence, bringing up previous financial donations to LGBTQ+ organizations and claiming, “The biggest impact we can have in creating a more inclusive world is through the inspiring content we produce, the welcoming culture we create here and the diverse community organizations we support, including those representing the LGBTQ+ community....
A brief recap Disney “Lightyear” has a deceptively simple plot with layers of classic sci-fi complication thrown in the mix to make it all a bit more interesting. We open with Buzz Lightyear and Alisha Hawthorne (Uzo Aduba) making a surprise detour in their “Turnip” of a spacecraft, which houses hundreds if not thousands of other Earthlings traversing the galaxy to explore the unknown. Unfortunately, the planet that they discover has lots of hostile life in the form of sentient vines and big, mean bugs....
Looks Like Lionsgate Won’t Be Acquiring STX After All STX By Ryan Scott/March 11, 2022 11:46 am EST The game of chess that is the movie business just moved some pieces around the board, with one merger off the table and another one now having a clear path to completion. As we previously reported, Lionsgate, the studio behind “John Wick” and “Knives Out,” had been looking to acquire indie studio STX Entertainment, of “Hustlers” and “Bad Moms” fame....
Our Flag Means Death Has Pilfered Book Of Boba Fett’s Throne As The Most In-Demand New Series HBO Max By Debopriyaa Dutta/March 31, 2022 10:37 am EST Yes, your favorite bounty hunter has been dethroned. “The Book of Boba Fett” had held on to the top spot of “Most In-Demand New Series” for three weeks since its Disney+ premiere, but now has been overtaken by the HBO Max period romantic comedy, “Our Flag Means Death,” as per a report by The Wrap....
Paul Herman, The Sopranos Actor, Dies At 76 Netflix By Ben F. Silverio/March 30, 2022 8:24 pm EST Award-winning actor and classic crime movie regular Paul Herman died on March 29, 2022, which was his 76th birthday. After starting his movie career in 1982 in “Dear Mr. Wonderful” with Joe Pesci and Karen Ludwig, the veteran Brooklyn-born actor went on to work with some of the all-time great filmmakers like Penny Marshall, Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis, David O....
Resident Evil Lore You Should Know Before Watching The Netflix Series Netflix By BJ Colangelo/June 8, 2022 8:39 am EST “Resident Evil” has remained a horror pop culture mainstay since the original game’s debut back in 1996. The global phenomenon boasts 28 games, seven live-action feature films, six audio dramas, five CGI animated films with canonical game storytelling, four stage productions including a musical, four different in-universe documentaries, an animated series, a live-action series adaptation from Netflix, and a partridge in a pear tree....
Resurrection Trailer: Rebecca Hall Confronts Tim Roth In The Sundance Psychological Thriller IFC Films By Joshua Meyer/May 13, 2022 10:01 am EST Rebecca Hall anchored one of the best horror films of last year, “The Night House,” and this summer, she’s making her return to dark territory with the psychological thriller “Resurrection.” Written and directed by Andrew Semans, “Resurrection” made its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival back in January....
A flair for the dramatic TriStar Pictures Sam Raimi spells it out for us (quite literally) from the start. Ellen purposefully strides past a ramshackle fence bearing the name of the dilapidated town that serves as the setting for the film and the chief inner conflict for our main heroes: Redemption, the kind of town that’s “full of people who’ll kill you for your bootlaces.” Not too dissimilar from the showy, card-hustling cowboy Ace (Lance Henriksen) that Ellen encounters soon after, Raimi never shies away from laying all his cards on the table in “The Quick and the Dead....
Samuel L. Jackson Went Through Intense Training For The Emperor Fight In Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith Lucasfilm By Lyvie Scott/May 21, 2022 9:20 am EST If there’s one thing you can count on in this world, it’s that Samuel L. Jackson will always find a way to be a badass. Hero or villain, each character the actor plays inherits his steely charisma, making them endlessly cool whether they see any action or not....
Superhero Bits: The Batman Reviews Are Here, Andrew Garfield’s Lack Of Future Spider-Man Plans & More Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/Feb. 28, 2022 4:34 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 16 Best Oscar Isaac Movies Ranked Jim Smeal/Shutterstock By Caroline Madden/Feb. 28, 2022 1:17 pm EST Oscar Isaac is one of the most exciting stars of our generation. His brooding good looks are the subject of many thirst tweets and he delivers swoon-worthy red carpet moments. But more than that, he is a versatile character actor with a magnetic on-screen presence. His New Hollywood era style intensity is reminiscent of a young Al Pacino or Robert De Niro....
It’d Be A Lot Cooler If You Did Gramercy Pictures Out of all the actors that were turned down for roles in “Dazed and Confused”, Brendan Fraser is the most baffling. I can see him lighting up a joint in some tight blue jeans, his long hair hanging down past his shoulders, sporting a Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath shirt and sipping a beer at the moon tower with his boys....
The Bad Guys Ending Explained: Have They Really Gone Straight? Universal Pictures By Ryan Leston/April 27, 2022 11:20 am EST Here comes the fuzz, literally. “The Bad Guys” is a family-friendly heist flick that poses an interesting question — what if the bad guys try to be good? Introducing Wolf (Sam Rockwell), a suave and sort-of sophisticated wolf with a penchant for crime. (Think George Clooney’s Danny Ocean but a bit furrier....
The Daily Stream: Pedro Almodovar Finds The Humor And Horror Of Stockholm Syndrome In Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Miramax By Mike Shutt/March 31, 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.) Movie: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max, Criterion Channel...
The Inspiration Behind Twilight Zone’s ‘Five Characters In Search Of An Exit’ CBS Television Distribution By Witney Seibold/March 29, 2022 3:30 pm EST Spoiler warning: This article will openly discuss the twist ending of an episode of “The Twilight Zone.” The 14th episode of the third season of “The Twilight Zone” first aired on December 22, 1961. To quote the episode’s opening narration, spoken by Rod Serling: “Clown, hobo, ballet dancer, bagpiper, and an army major: A collection of question marks....
Why are scarred and disfigured villains so common? MGM We are taught to fear anything that looks or seems “different” and we’re instinctively afraid of pain and suffering. The combination of the two makes an evil character with scars seem especially potent. Beauty and youth are seen as healthy, desirable, and aspirational. We want the handsome hero to save us, get the girl, and send the baddie on their way (usually to death)....
The Star Wars Actor Who Has Appeared In Every Live-Action Series So Far Disney+/Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/May 27, 2022 11:17 am EST Mild spoilers for the first two episodes of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” ahead. Up to now, the live-action “Star Wars” series on Disney+ have formed their own shared mini-universe within the greater “Star Wars” franchise. At the same time, these shows have developed close ties to the animated “Star Wars” series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels” — which is of little surprise, seeing as they were both co-developed by “The Mandalorian” and “The Book of Boba Fett” executive producer Dave Filoni....
The Cable Guy Super Bowl Commercial Was that worth the 26-year wait? You decide. All I’ll say is, it’s a bit silly to see all the fanfare that companies roll out for their Super Bowl commercials. Not only do we get trailers for movie trailers; now, we also get teasers for Super Bowl commercials, featuring old movie characters. A few years ago, Joe Pesci returned pre-game as his “Home Alone” character in an ad for Google Assistant, and now here comes The Cable Guy, peddling Verizon’s 5G Internet services....
The Wild Bunch & American Graffiti Actor Bo Hopkins Has Passed Away At 80 Joe Seer/Shutterstock By Valerie Ettenhofer/May 28, 2022 9:14 pm EST Actor William “Bo” Hopkins, who has appeared in over 100 roles in films including “The Wild Bunch” and “American Graffiti,” has passed away. Variety confirms the news, which came from the actor’s official website. The actor was 80 years old. A statement on the Bo Hopkins website thanks fans for their years of support, saying:...
