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The Daily Stream: Derry Girls Is The Irish Teen Sitcom You Didn’t Know You Needed Channel 4 By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 22, 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.) The Series: “Derry Girls” Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: “Derry Girls” isn’t your typical teen comedy; it’s set in Northern Ireland in the ’90s, amidst the last years of the violent ongoing clash called The Troubles....

The Encanto Soundtrack Is Now The Biggest Thing In The World Disney By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 10, 2022 3:28 pm EST Never underestimate the power of a Lin-Manuel Miranda hook or a song that allows people to work out their deep-seated insecurities through song. Now in its sixth week of release, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Disney’s “Encanto” has jumped from the number 7 spot to the top of the Billboard 200 chart this week, knocking Adele out of the top spot and making it the first soundtrack to top the charts since “Frozen 2” in 2019....

The John Wayne Classic That Inspired Martin Scorsese Warner Bros. By Anthony Crislip/Feb. 17, 2022 9:22 am EST Martin Scorsese revealed his passion for “The Searchers” early in his career. In his first feature film, 1969’s “Who’s That Knocking at My Door,” the main character, J.R. (Harvey Keitel, playing something of a Scorsese avatar), spots a pretty girl reading a French magazine, and uses that to make small talk. After all, he recognizes the man on the cover: John Wayne....

The Oscars Cheer Moment Proves The Internet Cannot Be Trusted With Power Tada Images/Shutterstock By Collier Jennings/March 27, 2022 11:48 pm EST The Oscars have had to reckon with the power of pop culture for decades. First there was the creation of the best animated feature category for the 74th Annual Academy Awards, and then there was the expansion of the best picture category from five nominees to ten — which has largely been attributed to the fact that “The Dark Knight” was not up for contention in the 81st Academy Awards....

The Farewell Scene Was Just as Agonizing Behind the Scenes Paramount Pictures One of the penultimate scenes in “Roman Holiday,” where Princess Ann and Joe Bradley must finally go their separate ways, is undeniably a tearjerker. But for Hepburn, on the night of shooting, the tears required from her character were impossible to manifest. The actress “had no idea how to come by those tears,” and as the night wore on, Wyler was losing both film and patience....

The Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones Scene That Scared George Lucas To Death Lucasfilm By Rafael Motamayor/June 27, 2022 10:25 am EST “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” is possibly the most underrated “Star Wars” prequel film. Both “Revenge of the Sith” and “The Phantom Menace” have their big defenders due to their bombastic and emotional action climaxes, while the middle-film of the trilogy was maligned for supposedly doubling down on the bad dialogue, poor acting, and the political plots of the first film, even if it did mostly get rid of Jar Jar, give us Hayden Christensen as Anakin, and Obi-Wan’s glorious mullet, as well as phenomenal villains like Dooku and Jango Fett....

U2 Is Getting A Biographical Scripted Series From Netflix And Bad Robot U2 By Witney Seibold/March 18, 2022 6:39 pm EST U2 fans got news of the sweetest thing today. The Hollywood Reporter announced that U2 will soon be the subject of a scripted Netflix biographical series that will be produced by J.J. Abrams’ production company Bad Robot and written by Anthony McCarten, the scribe behind “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Currently, plot details are under wraps other than it being about U2, and the depth of the band’s involvement has not yet been revealed....

Upcoming Martial Arts Movies To Keep On Your Radar A24 By Lyvie Scott/March 9, 2022 11:26 am EST 2022 has only just begun, but film-lovers are already looking ahead to the year’s most exciting action flicks. Last year was a big one for action, and though superhero films have naturally been dominating the genre, martial arts fans were also treated to a handful of satisfying (albeit quiet) new releases. Martial arts as a standalone genre has, sadly, lost a bit of steam since peaking in the ’90s....

What’s Underneath The Xenomorph’s Skin Makes Alien Even More Terrifying 20th Century Studios By Miyako Pleines/Dec. 17, 2021 1:33 pm EST Whether you’re a crew member aboard the Nostromo or gearing up for an alien battle right here on Earth, one thing is certain: Xenomorphs, in all of their sleek, gooey glory, are pretty damn scary. Originally hatched from the brilliant mind of Swiss artist H.R. Giger, the xenomorph’s terrifying origin comes from an airbrushed painting done by Giger in 1976 titled “Necronom IV....

Why Alton Brown Jumped Ship From Food Network To Netflix’s Iron Chef Netflix By Jenna Busch/June 16, 2022 8:43 pm EST Alton Brown has been a Food Network staple for a very long time. He’s hosted 14 seasons of “Good Eats,” which is the series that got me hooked on cooking shows. (That’s pretty impressive since I cannot cook at all.) He hosts “Cutthroat Kitchen,” one of the funniest cooking competitions out there, where people sabotage each other to finish an assigned dish....

Without Scarlett Johansson, The Avengers’ Plot Would Have Looked Very Different Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Jan. 11, 2022 1:43 pm EST Nobody needs to tell movie lovers that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become one of the most successful franchises in the history of film. While there have been bigger movies, in terms of raw box office dollars, 2012’s assembly of “The Avengers” remains arguably the most important movie in the franchise, if not one of the most pivotal blockbusters of all time....

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 4 - Everything We Know So Far By Vanessa Armstrong/Aug. 18, 2021 10:52 am EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.)Cobra Kai has three seasons under its belt, and the three dojos — Eagle Fang, Miyagi-Do, and Kreese’s Cobra Kai — are set to face off in dramatic fashion....

What Does T.J. Miller Have to Say? HBO The Hollywood Reporter reached out to T.J. Miller for his side of the story, and he seems to be self-aware enough about the difficulties he created. But from his perspective, it wasn’t substance abuse that cause this behavior, but rather overworking himself because of his passion for the stand-up comedy side of his career: “In real life, I’m not always high like Erlich is....

A Brief History Of Black Filmmakers PBS/Kino Lorber By Deshawn “DeLa Doll” Thomas/Feb. 26, 2022 10:00 am EST As a Black person and film enthusiast, I recently realized there was a pretty big gap in my personal knowledge of Black filmmakers. Sure, like most people, I can name a handful of well-known contemporaries, with the size shrinking or increasing based on how you choose to define “well known” — there are plenty of overlaps, but my lived experiences have shown there are sometimes differences between being a Black household name and being more decidedly “mainstream” (which is a more diplomatic way of saying white people can also recognize you)....

Christina Chong Was All Too Familiar With La’an’s Struggles In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Paramount+ By Jeremy Mathai/June 16, 2022 7:54 pm EST One could easily imagine a version of “Strange New Worlds” where the main trio of stars are given the meatiest storylines and the vast majority of screen time. Anson Mount’s Captain Pike, Ethan Peck’s Spock, and Rebecca Romijn’s Number One are all established characters that Trekkies are familiar with, after all....

Clips Round-Up: Joey Lauren Adams In Tankhouse, Paul Schrader-Penned There Are No Saints & More [Exclusive] Vertical Entertainment By Max Evry/May 24, 2022 11:40 am EST (Welcome to SlashClips, a series where we bring you exclusive clips from hot new Digital, Blu-ray and theatrical releases you won’t see anywhere else!) In this edition: Tankhouse There Are No Saints Pros and Cons Bleeding Audio The Burning Sea Cordelia Tankhouse First up, Vertical Entertainment has provided /Film with an exclusive clip from the comedy “Tankhouse,” which is now in theaters....

Dune: Part 2 And Godzilla Vs. Kong Sequel Shift Release Dates, Will Screen In IMAX Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/June 30, 2022 12:31 pm EST Remember those chaotic days when the pandemic was still in its earliest stages and film studios hadn’t yet grasped the full extent of how shutdowns would impact the entire industry? Movie theaters were closed, Tom Cruise was unhappy, and every day seemed to bring a fresh barrage of release date changes....

Every Easter Egg In Stranger Things Season 4 Episode 2 Netflix By Danielle Ryan/May 27, 2022 10:00 am EST “Stranger Things” season 4 is full of Easter eggs, nodding to both the series’ own history and popular culture at large. Showrunners/creators The Duffer Brothers have hinted at their influences in interviews, especially with regards to this season’s big bad, Vecna, who is based in part on Freddy Krueger from “A Nightmare on Elm Street....

Ewan McGregor Is Ready For Another Season Of Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 24, 2022 9:55 am EST Ewan McGregor, who will be reprising his role as the beloved master Jedi in the upcoming Disney+ series “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” hopes to return for yet another season, if it were to happen. Speaking to Collider, McGregor clarified that while the series was always supposed to be a limited one, he would personally love to return if given the chance, as he is “excited about the prospect of doing another one....

Hero Marked A Long-Awaited Rematch For Two Martial Arts Legends Miramax By Lyvie Scott/April 6, 2022 3:11 pm EST The martial arts movie may not be what it once was, but the debate around which legendary performer is the best of the best continues to this day. It’s a question that plagues fans of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li equally. It’s even fueled the hype for a few “team-up” movies in the past, like Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris’ unforgettable Colosseum brawl in “Way of the Dragon....