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Why Emma Watson Secretly Hated Filming This Hermione Scene Warner Bros. By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Jan. 1, 2022 4:28 pm EST “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” was a turning point in the franchise, picking up what “Prisoner of Azkaban” started by embracing a darker, far more serious tone that was more in line with J.K. Rowling’s books. The depleting color of the Warner Bros. logo reminds viewers at the very beginning that things are changing in the Wizarding World, with the film’s grim opening moments seeing Peter Pettigrew catering to Lord Voldemort’ and killing an innocent man in the process....

Trouble from the Start Columbia Pictures Even in the 1990s, Bill Murray was known for being a complicated collaborator. If anyone was ever able to convince him to star in a movie, there was no guarantee that he would actually show up. If Murray did show up, it sometimes meant having the actor completely tossing aside the script or barely reading them at all. But when it came to “Groundhog Day,” Murray had a vested interest in the creative direction of the script before cameras started rolling....

Why Inside Out Changed So Many Scenes For Its Overseas Release Pixar Animation Studios By Ryan Leston/Jan. 7, 2022 3:33 pm EST “Inside Out” may have been released six years ago, but it remains one of the most joyful, quirky animated features I’ve seen, and it’s a firm favorite with my daughter. It tells the story of Riley, a young girl who is struggling with her emotions as she leaves her hometown behind....

Why Susan Sarandon’s Bull Durham Performance Scarred Her Children Orion Pictures By J. Gabriel Ware/June 18, 2022 5:51 pm EST Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins met on the set of the 1988 raunchy sports comedy “Bull Durham.” In the movie, a promiscuous middle-age baseball groupie (Sarandon) enters a relationship with a considerably younger and in-over-his-head Minor League Baseball rookie pitcher (Robbins) for the predetermined term of a single season. The film led to Sarandon gaining a Golden Globe nomination — and a new family....

Barry Cinematographer Carl Herse On Crafting That Wild Chase Sequence In Last Night’s Episode [Interview] HBO By Jack Giroux/May 31, 2022 3:23 pm EST “Barry” just hit a high note. In episode six of season 3, “710N,” there’s a thrilling chase scene. Without fast cutting or obtrusive music, director Bill Hader uses silence, space, and distance to create an intense combination of action and dread. As Hader’s character heads to a reunion with some old veteran pals, he’s targeted by a dirt bike gang who are out for revenge, and the dirt bikes are almost like a manifestation of Barry’s past sins chasing after him as he continues to try to outrun his past....

Billy Porter And Guy Fieri Will Star In The Tom Brady Comedy 80 For Brady, And Yes You Read That Correctly Paramount Pictures By BJ Colangelo/June 24, 2022 9:27 am EST Have you ever read a sentence and realized that sometime in the middle of reading, an alien came from another planet, threw your brain in a blender, poured the contents into a brain shaped Jell-o mold, and then put it back in its place?...

Hulu breaks up with Dollface Hulu Season 2 of “Dollface” only dropped on February 11, 2022, so the turnaround time on this decision has been relatively quick. While you can never know the exact combination of issues that could cancel a show, it does sound generally like season 2 didn’t live up to the fun and socially conscious comedy that earned the first season positive reviews. Plus, working the pandemic into your TV show plotline is a gamble....

Dwayne Johnson Waged A Secret War On Jason Statham While Shooting Hobbs And Shaw Universal By Bill Bria/May 26, 2022 10:59 am EST It doesn’t take more than a brief glance at the “Fast & Furious” films to see how much testosterone is packed into every frame. Fast cars, giant explosions, bulging muscles, scantily-clad women — the franchise is saturated with so much “dudes rock” energy that it can barely be contained on the screen....

Emily Blunt Has Signed On To Star In David Yates’ Pain Hustlers Paramount Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/May 12, 2022 11:26 am EST With the future of the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise up in the air, it seems director David Yates is looking to take a break from the Wizarding World. Variety reports the filmmaker is set to helm “Pain Hustlers,” a crime-conspiracy film that has Emily Blunt — who’s been busy of late filming her role as J....

Emily V. Gordon Has Signed On To Write The Animated Play-Doh Feature Fertas / Shutterstock By Sandy Schaefer/March 18, 2022 5:35 pm EST LEGO, Playmobile — now, it seems, it’s Play-Doh’s turn to be adapted into an animated movie. This isn’t the first time a similar idea has come up, either. Back in 2015, “Bridemaids” and “Spy” director Paul Feig was in talks to direct a film based on the multi-colored, clay-like toy for what was then 20th Century Fox....

Every Atlanta Season 3 Episode Ranked Worst To Best FX Network By Molly Turner/June 7, 2022 5:34 pm EST After four long years, actor-writer-rapper Donald Glover’s Emmy and Golden Globe-winning dark comedy “Atlanta” has aired its third season. Created, executive produced by, and starring Glover, the series uses the Atlanta rap scene to explore a wide variety of issues like race, racism, identity, class, capitalism, and, of course, the fascinating insider world of music, art, and rap....

So what happens in Trainspotting again? Channel 4 Films/Polygram Filmed Entertainment “Trainspotting” opens with a pure burst of energy; feet pound gray pavements to the urgent rhythm of Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life.” This is Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) and Spud (Ewen Bremner), two Edinburgh junkies legging it from store detectives after a little light shoplifting to fund their heroin habit. Renton launches into his famous “Choose Life” speech as a car knocks him down and prevents his escape....

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’s Signature Ferrari Wasn’t As Real As You Might Think Paramount Pictures By Lee Adams/May 16, 2022 12:42 pm EST I’ve never been much of a car person. I don’t even know what brand our family runaround is; to me it’s just a red thing with four wheels and some seats inside. I don’t even have a driver’s license, and I always start looking for an excuse to leave a conversation when other guys start talking about horse power and stuff like that....

How Spider-Man: No Way Home Redeems The Amazing Spider-Man Movies Sony Pictures By Jeff Ewing/Dec. 19, 2021 9:53 am EST As far superhero film history goes, the character of Peter Parker/Spider-Man has had a truly complicated history on the silver screen. The initial Sam Raimi films boast a great Peter Parker in Tobey Maguire alongside some fantastic villains, and frankly the first two movies are exceptional. And then the third film happened — a misguided adaptation of fan-favorite storylines (like Spidey’s symbiote suit and Venom’s origins) if ever there was one....

How The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Nearly Killed One Of Its Stars United Artists By Andrew Housman/Feb. 8, 2022 9:20 pm EST Sergio Leone’s “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” is a landmark Western film, and like any classic piece of cinema with a meticulous director, the quintessential spaghetti Western had its fair share of on-set issues (see: “Apocalypse Now”). Eli Wallach, who played the titular “Ugly” character Tuco Ramirez, shared some of the most dramatic stories from the shoot in his 2005 autobiography “The Good, The Bad, and Me....

How The X-Files Brought Vince Gilligan And Bryan Cranston Together Vince Gilligan is once again bringing another story to a close. “Better Call Saul,” the spin-off series that sprung from Gilligan’s “Breaking Bad” airs its final season this year. The series has covered the exploits of unscrupulous lawyer Saul Goodman (played by Bob Odenkirk), before, during, and after the previous show. It’s a fantastic dark comedy and drama, showing the rise of Goodman and his former life as the earnest lawyer Jimmy McGill....

I Love That For You trailer Joining Bayer in the main cast is comedic icon Molly Shannon (“Saturday Night Live,” “Wild Nights with Emily,” “Other People”) as Joanna’s idol, Jackie, the star of the SVN shopping network, and ‘The Mother of Black Hollywood’ herself, Jenifer Lewis (“Poetic Justice,” “The Preacher’s Wife,” “Black-ish”) as Joanna’s boss Patricia, the no-nonsense and enigmatic founder and CEO of the popular channel. Series regulars include Paul James (“Soundtrack”), Ayden Mayeri (“Homecoming”), Matt Rogers (“Haute Dog”), Punam Patel (“Special”), and Johnno Wilson (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”)....

In Outlander’s ‘Sticks And Stones,’ Claire Faces Both And Is Unsurprisingly Worse For It Starz By Vanessa Armstrong/April 24, 2022 10:00 pm EST Things aren’t getting much better in “Sticks and Stones,” the latest “Outlander” episode where Claire has trouble dealing with the horrific events that happened just outside her door at the end season 6’s previous episode. Things are bad, but things aren’t completely horrible this episode, at least. There’s a love triangle of sorts that gets some screen time, and Roger appears to have found his calling....

Kiefer Sutherland Says Jack Bauer’s 24 Story Is ‘Unresolved,’ Would Reprise The Role Again 20th Television By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 15, 2022 5:15 pm EST Over the past two decades, “24” fans have sat at the edge of their seats through 10 thrilling days in Jack Bauer’s (Kiefer Sutherland) life and counting. They’ve also sat through a season of “24: Legacy,” a short-lived show that sidelined the special agent in favor of a new main character....

Movies Like Nightmare Alley That Thriller Fans Really Need To See Searchlight Pictures By Gino Orlandini/Feb. 21, 2022 10:04 am EST “Nightmare Alley” will definitely go down as a film that audiences initially under-appreciated. Guillermo del Toro’s beautifully moody noir about a carnival “psychic” undone by his own greed got awards-show praise but flopped at the box office — perhaps partly due to resurgent COVID-19 fears. When I caught this dark and twisted tale at a gorgeous historic theatre near Seattle, the seats were empty and the downcast proprietor lamented his luck as he filled a bag of popcorn....