The Opening Scene Of The Dark Knight Rises Was More Real Than You Think Warner Bros. By Miyako Pleines/Feb. 2, 2022 2:49 pm EST It’s a memorable scene. Confident and garble-voiced Bane (Tom Hardy) informs an overly cocky CIA agent (Aidan Gillen) that his plan is to crash the plane they are currently flying in, making sure to leave no survivors. The agent, who looks like a befuddled Paul Rudd, doesn’t seem to get it....
The Reason Martin Scorsese Didn’t Want Any Crowd Shots In The Last Waltz United Artists By Miyako Pleines/May 4, 2022 12:35 pm EST There are a lot of concert documentaries out there spanning a wide range of genres and styles, but one thing that unites all of them is the fact that usually at some point in every film, there are shots of the crowd. Typically, the audience always looks like they’re having a great time dancing and singing along to whoever is performing on stage, and often the shots of the crowd are infectious, creating an image of the concert experience that feels seductive and totally irresistible....
So what happens in Dog Day Afternoon again? Warner Bros On a hot sweaty summer’s afternoon, Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) and his partner in crime Sal Naturile (John Cazale) enter the small branch of the First Brooklyn Savings Bank with the intention of robbing it. Their masterplan immediately goes awry; their getaway driver chickens out and their timing for the heist is spectacularly unfortunate: most of the money has already been picked up for the day, leaving a small amount in the cash drawers and some extra in traveller’s cheques....
Undone Season 2 Review: Another Great Season Of Existential And Emotional Television Prime Video By Vanessa Armstrong/April 26, 2022 9:00 am EST The first season of “Undone” took big swings that paid off in spades. The show from “BoJack Horseman” alums Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy shattered the mold of conventional TV storytelling and delivered an utterly unique show centered on achingly relatable and believable characters. The show and those characters — the Winograd-Diaz family — are back for a second season....
Without 101 Dalmatians, We Might Not Have Dragon Ball Z Toei Animation By BJ Colangelo/June 28, 2022 9:40 am EST As a child of the 1990s, I was fortunate to grow up watching some of the absolute greatest animated shows in history, like “Hey Arnold!,” “Arthur,” and “The Animaniacs.” My love of animation is truly lifelong, and thanks to my dad’s lifelong love of the “Speed Racer” series, it was encouraged that I watch more than just American-made animation....
All Of Us Are Dead Season 2 Officially Coming To Netflix Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 6, 2022 1:46 pm EST Okay, maybe not all of them are dead. The popular Korean zombie drama “All Of Us Are Dead” will be back for a second speed-run through the apocalypse. The new season was announced at Netflix’s Geeked Week today, along with a teaser featuring a horde of the undead. “All Of Us Are Dead” premiered this January with a simple premise: What if an average high school suddenly became ground zero for the zombie apocalypse?...
The Barkeep A24 Whenever Harper needs to get up and out of her rented home, she often takes a leisurely stroll down to the neighborhood pub. It’s a full cast of characters with the occasional presence of the awkward Geoffrey, a ruff band of locals, and of course the visiting young Harper. And then there’s the barkeep, last on our list of the menacing “Men” in men. It’s one of the film’s smaller roles but also one that both recurs and which allows Rory Kinnear to interact with himself....
‘The girl who did ‘My Vag’ wants to read for this?!’ A24 If Awkwafina was interested, Wang was concerned that her script was being read as a farce. Awkwafina had previously played herself in the MTV series “Girl Code” and had a voice role in the animated comedy “Storks,” so Wang was concerned her reputation wouldn’t be good for the movie. The filmmaker recalled: “I think my reaction was, ‘The girl who did ‘My Vag”‘wants to read for this?...
Daily Podcast: The Book Of Boba Fett Spoiler Discussion - Episode 1 ‘Stranger In A Strange Land’ Lucasfilm On the December 29, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman and “Star Wars” nerd Bryan Young to have a spoiler discussion about “The Book of Boba Fett” Episode 1, “Stranger in a Strange Land.” Opening Banter: Bryan is back! In The Spoiler Room: The Book of Boba Fett Episode 1 “Stranger in a Strange Land”...
Every Moon Knight Season 1 Episode Ranked Worst To Best Disney Plus By Scott Thomas/May 13, 2022 12:50 pm EST It’s increasingly easy for casual fans and cinephiles alike to hate Marvel Studios. The monolithic production company has been in its imperialist phase for a decade-plus, reshaping and homogenizing the modern moviegoing landscape. You can hate Marvel for that. Marvel stans seem increasingly irked by criticism or changes to the mighty Marvel manner....
Every Song We Heard In Peacemaker Episodes 1-3 HBO Max By Ben F. Silverio/Jan. 13, 2022 10:42 am EST (This article contains SPOILERS for “Peacemaker” episodes 1-3. Proceed with caution.) Whether you’ve been a long-time fan or you just recently found his work, you know that James Gunn is a master needle-dropper. His entire filmography touts incredible soundtracks that not only crawl into your ear and get stuck in your head for days, weeks, and months, but they basically act as another character in his stories....
Evil Dead Rise Is Almost Done, Will ‘Knock People’s Socks Off,’ Says Sam Raimi [Exclusive] Renaissance Pictures By Joshua Meyer/May 2, 2022 8:42 am EST When the “Evil Dead Rise” next, they’ll be doing it on HBO Max without Sam Raimi in the director’s seat. However, Raimi has given the fifth installment in the franchise his blessing, and, in fact, he’s already seen several cuts of the movie and has some high praise for it....
The girlbossification of Ann Walker HBO The obstacles are aplenty, but the most irritating among them has boarded a train to Halifax and arrived on Ann’s doorstep to steal her fortune. At long last, Captain Sutherland (Derek Riddell) has come to take a look at the “unnatural” relationship brewing between the two women. Continuing his general trend of being the absolute worst, he spends the hour trying to gaslight and gatekeep our newly anointed girlboss, but he has no idea what he’s up against....
Here’s Why There Are No Female Witchers Netflix By Deshawn “DeLa Doll” Thomas/Dec. 18, 2021 4:46 pm EST Many fans of Netflix’s “The Witcher” TV series have noticed a distinct lack of women Witchers. If you’re one of them, perhaps you’ve wondered whether this is an intentional exclusion, a coincidence, or something more complex? Maybe you find yourself scouring Google in an effort to see if there’s really any good reason why men and women don’t appear to stand equal chances of becoming magical superhuman monster-slaying badasses....
Here’s Why You’ll Pay More To See The Batman In Some Theaters Warner Bros By Shania Russell/March 2, 2022 11:42 am EST AMC has big plans to capitalize on the overwhelming anticipation for Robert Pattinson’s turn as the Caped Crusader. CEO Adam Aron has announced plans to charge higher prices for tickets to “The Batman,” as the theater chain begins experimenting with variable pricing models. This strategy change has been in talks for many years now — and that was back in semi-normal times before COVID-19 arrived to exacerbate the box office woes....
How I Met Your Mother’s Ending Was Almost Far Less Divisive CBS By Jamie Gerber/Dec. 27, 2021 2:56 pm EST It’s incredibly difficult to write a good ending. This is particularly true in the case of long form storytelling, such as a TV show, in which audiences have dedicated years of their lives to a narrative, only to be thoroughly disappointed by its conclusion. There are plenty of great shows with legacies forever tarnished thanks to divisive endings, as fans of “Lost” or “Game of Thrones” might tell you....
How The Beatles’ George Harrison Saved Monty Python’s Life Of Brian Cinema International Corporation By Valerie Ettenhofer/March 16, 2022 11:34 am EST As if the group didn’t contribute enough to society already, apparently we have a Beatle to thank for the most wittily blasphemous comedies ever seen on screen. These days, gospel parody “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” stands in conversation with the best comedy movies of all time, but when it was still little more than a glint in the Pythons’ eyes, the movie needed saving....
How The Multiverse Works In Spider-Man: No Way Home Marvel Studios / Sony Pictures By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 17, 2021 2:00 pm EST Now that “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is in theaters, it’s time to dig into the nitty gritty of the multiverse. The movie doesn’t follow the promise of “Loki,” which unleashed the multiverse along with the promise of several worrisome versions of the villain known as Kang the Conqueror (to be played by Jonathan Majors in “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” in 2023)....
James Gunn Hints At Two More Possible DC Projects After Peacemaker HBO Max By Sandy Schaefer/March 22, 2022 11:49 am EST Life’s pretty busy for James Gunn at the moment. HBO Max just ordered season 2 of “Peacemaker,” with Gunn set to direct the entire next chapter in Christopher Smith’s story. The filmmaker has also got the “Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” coming to Disney+ near the end of 2022 and is now in production on “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....
Kenan & Kel And Other Classic Nickelodeon Shows Coming To Netflix Nickelodeon By BJ Colangelo/May 25, 2022 2:59 pm EST Everybody out there go run and tell your homeboys and homegirls it’s time for “Kenan & Kel,” because Netflix has somehow obtained the rights to some select seasons of classic Nickelodeon shows. In addition to “Kenan & Kel,” Netflix will also have select seasons of the sketch comedy show “All That,” and “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide....
