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Who Is Mork Sphincter? The Moon Knight ‘Character’ You’ve Already Seen, But Didn’t Know About Disney+ By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 22, 2022 2:49 pm EST Between Oscar Isaac’s character’s split identities, all the Egyptian mythology, and that adorable hippo that just showed up, there’s a lot going on in “Moon Knight.” With all this in mind, you’d be forgiven for missing a finer point or two while trying to keep up with Marvel’s most brain-bending series yet....

10 Things We Want To See In The Dungeons & Dragons Movie Wizards of the Coast By Jessica Fisher/April 20, 2022 2:04 pm EST The new “Dungeons & Dragons” movie is scheduled to release on March 3, 2023 and we can’t be more excited — and trepidatious. Considering the debacle of its predecessor, the 2000 “Dungeons & Dragons” fantasy adventure film, this new entry into the D&D universe has a lot to prove....

Actually, The Lost World Is The Best Jurassic Park Movie Universal By Danielle Ryan/June 8, 2022 12:02 pm EST “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” despite having a score in the 50% range from both audiences and critics on Rotten Tomatoes, is the best “Jurassic Park” film, actually. It takes everything set up in the first film and expands upon it, delivering a terrifying sequel that is much more of a horror movie than its predecessor....

Ben Affleck Saw Argo As His Chance To Break Out Of Boston Warner Bros. By Travis Yates/June 14, 2022 2:15 pm EST Ben Affleck is one of Hollywood’s most accomplished actors and a proven writer, producer, and director. He began in low-budget indie films and worked his way up to some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters. But that wasn’t always the case. In fact, at one point it seemed like Affleck might be stuck in his hometown of Boston — at least when it came to making his films....

Better Call Saul’s Season 6 Opening Was An Homage To Hollywood History AMC By Jeremy Mathai/April 20, 2022 3:44 pm EST One of the greatest joys of watching a show like “Better Call Saul” comes from the creative team’s deeply ingrained knowledge of television and film. This is readily apparent from aspects such as the overall structure of these tragic downfalls (both Walter White from “Breaking Bad” and Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman come loaded with Shakespearean parallels), the visuals and aesthetics (especially the black-and-white season openers common in both shows, hearkening back to classic film noir), and even specific camera movements and shot selections, all of which combine to add deeper layers of meaning....

DC League Of Super-Pets Trailer: It’s Raining Cats And Dogs And Giant Pigs Warner Bros. By Rafael Motamayor/May 3, 2022 4:22 pm EST The past few years, Warner Bros. has given us increasingly darker and more violent DC movies. From the broody “The Batman,” to the R-rated blood, guts, and over the top swears of “The Suicide Squad,” “Birds of Prey,” and the nihilism of “Joker.” And yet, when DC caters to younger audiences, it leads to some of their absolute best movies....

Even The Battlestar Galactica Writers Weren’t Sure Who Would Be A Cylon Syfy By Kaylee Dugan/May 27, 2022 9:41 am EST You know, as much as I loved “Battlestar Galactica,” it’s funny to learn how much the writers didn’t know where the story was going when they were writing the show. I mean, it’s funny and it also feels completely correct (especially when you consider that ending, but let’s not dwell on that)....

Every Yellowjackets Main Character, Ranked Creative Engine Entertainment By Molly Turner/Feb. 3, 2022 1:16 pm EST Showtime’s surprise smash hit series “Yellowjackets” follows a New Jersey high school women’s soccer team in 1996 as they head to the national championships, only to crash land in the remote Canadian wilderness and fight for their survival. While the girls are talented soccer players, they each have to learn how to come to terms with their new roles after the crash and work together to survive....

Guardians Of The Galaxy Theme Park Ride Reveals Cosmic Villain, Kick-Ass Playlist Marvel / Walt Disney World By BJ Colangelo/April 18, 2022 8:16 pm EST For the first time in the 40-year history of EPCOT, a rockin’ new roller coaster (not to be confused with the Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith) is coming, starring some of our favorite heroes in the universe. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is the newest EPCOT attraction, a family-thrill coaster that allows riders to experience an exciting collaboration between both “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Eternals....

Hajime Isayama’s True Inspiration For Attack On Titan Funimation By Miyako Pleines/March 14, 2022 4:39 pm EST One of the best movie-going experiences of my life happened when I went to a showing of the live-action “Attack on Titan” film. It started off normal enough, but as the movie diverged more and more from its original source material, the audience began to come together in a sort of oddly amused yet also horrified hoard....

How Nathan Lane And Ernie Sabella’s Audition Changed The Lion King Disney By Mike Shutt/March 11, 2022 1:41 pm EST The production trajectory for a Broadway musical is a unique beast. Shows are built with constant rewriting and retooling based on the people who come in and out of the production. After an endless collaborative parade of trials and errors lead to a finish product, you can put in front of an audience knowing everyone working on the project is on the same page and working towards the same goal....

How The Black Cauldron Nearly Ruined Disney Animation Walt Disney Productions By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 21, 2022 8:30 am EST Considering Disney is the most powerful name in the entertainment industry, it’s hard to imagine there was ever a time when the House of Mouse wasn’t a dynamic force to be reckoned with. From 1989 to 1999, Walt Disney Feature Animation experienced what is known as “The Disney Renaissance,” where they were producing box office smashing animated features, bringing the company out of the ashes, and turning into a financial powerhouse in the process....

From the Bear-y Beginning Double Negative While the film is based on VanderMeer’s novel, Garland took enormous creative liberty with the adaptation. As opposed to faithfully adapting the novel (which acts as the first book of the “Southern Reach” trilogy), the director wanted the film to evoke the dreamlike state he felt while reading the book. This meant Garland would expand on themes and ideas in lieu of translating the novel’s narrative onto the screen....

How To Watch The Bob’s Burgers Movie At Home 20th Century Studios By Jeremy Mathai/June 21, 2022 1:43 pm EST It’s hardly shocking when hugely successful television shows end up making the jump to the big screen. Sometimes, that transition resembles the “Downton Abbey” movies, continuing the adventures of the hit series on the largest canvass possible. Others take the form of “Peaky Blinders,” in which the planned movie will serve as the grand conclusion to the BBC series....

Natalie Portman’s Darjeeling Limited Cameo Is Part Of A Prequel You Might Not Have Seen Searchlight Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/April 14, 2022 11:14 am EST Wes Anderson movies tend to be very white (in more ways than one), and on the rare occasions where they’re less-so, the results have been, well, a bit divisive. In the case of Anderson’s 2018 stop-motion film “Isle of Dogs,” the movie was taken to task by critics of color for trafficking in Japanese stereotypes....

Only One Star Was Allowed To Have A Script On The Set Of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald Warner Bros. By Fatemeh Mirjalili/April 8, 2022 10:25 am EST Remember the big plot twist at the end of “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”? No, I’m not talking about the one where Queenie turns over to the dark side. This is the one where dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) does what he knows best (which is gaslighting) and exploits Credence Barebone (Ezra Miller) into believing he’s a member of the Dumbledore family … the very brother of Albus Dumbledore himself....

Margaret Qualley and Demi Moore Join The Substance Sony Pictures “The Substance” will be written, directed, and produced by Coralie Fargeat after Universal Pictures and Working Title Films have both joined the production. Production is scheduled to commence in May of 2022, with Deadline also including a brief tease regarding the overall tone and genre of the movie. According to the report, fans of “Revenge” can expect her next movie to be “Fargeat’s explosive feminist take on body horror,” which certainly sounds like another provocative story that will likely benefit from her steady hand on the wheel....

Rust Producer Plans To ‘Complete The Movie,’ Bringing New Film To Cannes Market Focus Features By Kaylee Dugan/May 16, 2022 8:38 pm EST Six months after the shooting on the “Rust” set that claimed the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza, “Rust” producers Alec Baldwin and Anjul Nigam have announced that they will be bringing a new movie to the Cannes market under their Persona Entertainment production company....

Sidney Poitier, Trailblazing Hollywood Icon And First Black Man To Win An Oscar, Has Died At 94 Universal By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 7, 2022 11:21 am EST Sidney Poitier, the Bahamian-American acting legend, director, producer, activist, and ambassador, has sadly passed away at the age of 94. The icon’s death is a blow to an industry still reeling from the deaths of several larger-than-life figures who made their own lasting and incredibly influential marks through lives well-lived, with Poitier’s passing coming so close on the heels of both Betty White on New Year’s Eve and legendary filmmaker Peter Bogdonavich earlier this week....

Log truck (Final Destination 2) New Line Cinema The “Final Destination” series was formulaic by the time the late David R. Ellis’ second entry came around. Per its grisly, blood-soaked template, a random denizen has a premonition of impending disaster and, upon waking up, successfully manages to save the lives of several people who otherwise would have died without their intervention. In “Final Destination 2,” protagonist Kimberly Corman (A.J. Cook) has a vision of a terrible pileup on the highway....