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Year Of The Vampire: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night Is A Beautiful And Genre-Bending Bad Dream Kino International By Danielle Ryan/March 15, 2022 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.) There is no other movie on this planet quite like “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night....

Yoda’s Reveal Was A Make-Or-Break Moment For The Star Wars Franchise Lucasfilm By Jeremy Smith/June 22, 2022 2:35 pm EST “The Empire Strikes Back” isn’t just the best installment in the “Star Wars” saga, it’s also the most important. When the second chapter of the Original Trilogy hit theaters on May 20, 1980, it blindsided audiences with tantalizing cliffhangers and astonishing reveals. The film daringly ends on an unresolved, bummer note....

16 Easter Eggs In No Time To Die You May Have Missed EON Productions By Jason Baxter/Feb. 17, 2022 5:22 pm EST “No Time to Die,” the 25th installment in EON Productions’ James Bond series–and the final appearance of Daniel Craig in the iconic role–commemorated the franchise’s silver anniversary with multiple references and callbacks to the history of the character on the screen and page. Speaking with The Official James Bond Podcast, veteran Bond producer Barbara Broccoli expressed that, “We wanted this film to really be an homage to all of the films that have come before....

Christopher Judge MGM Studios Christopher Judge has had a long and storied career in genre fare, providing the voice of Black Panther in Square Enix/Crystal Dynamics’ “Marvel’s Avengers” and Magneto in “X-Men: Evolution.” But his biggest roles are Teal’c in “Stargate: SG-1” and taking over as the voice of Kratos in the “God of War” reboot; he even did the motion capture performance. Given that most people have Judge’s voice stuck in their head when they think of Kratos — admit it, you could listen to him say “BOY!...

A Creative Disagreement Saved A Major Star Wars Planet From Destruction Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/Jan. 18, 2022 2:39 pm EST When “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” arrived in December 2015, both critics and general audiences tended to be pretty forgiving of its flaws. Sure, it rehashed the plot from “A New Hope” and used contrivances to bring characters like Han Solo back into the fray, but it was also an energizing, loving ode to the original trilogy that tried to make a galaxy far, far away more inclusive....

Alex Borstein Thinks Her Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Character Is A Bit Of A 40-Year-Old Virgin By Steven Ward/April 22, 2022 9:59 am EST It seems just yesterday that we were all biting our collective fingernails waiting for season 4 of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” But after the paradoxically generous and coy release schedule of two episodes a week, the fun has abruptly ended, and now — not unlike Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) — we have been left somewhat alone in the dark wondering what’s next....

All The Moments Where The Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Trailers Misled Us Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/May 11, 2022 12:29 pm EST In a world absolutely obsessed with spoilers, both creators and audiences are increasingly getting creative when it comes to avoiding them. For viewers who are hoping to avoid having things spoiled for major movies or TV shows, it can be about staying off of social media, muting certain words on the ol’ timeline, or just screaming at friends to shut up about something until they’ve had the chance to see it....

Batgirl Star Leslie Grace Reveals First Look At Her Costume Instagram By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 14, 2022 9:43 pm EST Despite being introduced into the “Batman” comic book series all the way back in 1967 (technically 1961, but I’m talking Barbara Gordon here), Batgirl is finally making her way into the live-action DC Extended Universe, with Leslie Grace set to play the iconic character in an exclusive film for HBO Max. Not to be confused with Batwoman, the Batgirl character has appeared in multiple animated series and “The Lego Batman Movie,” but this is our first bonafide chance to see a live-action Batgirl since Alicia Silverstone in “Batman & Robin....

Channing Tatum’s Gambit Movie Failed After The Studio Tried To Make It More Of A Comedy Paramount Pictures By Witney Seibold/May 31, 2022 2:55 pm EST Can you imagine an X-Men rom-com? That nearly happened once. Remy “Gambit” LaBeau, was one of the more notable characters in X-Men comics throughout a millennial kid’s childhood, having first appeared un “Uncanny X-Men” #266 in August of 1990. Gambit, a charming, caddish card player raised on the bayou of Louisiana, had the power to “kinetically charge” any inanimate object he touched, more or less transforming any hand-sized object into a bomb....

The Dead Zone (1983) Paramount Cronenberg’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel is easily one of the saddest movies he’s ever made, and that’s saying something for a guy whose films routinely end with one or more of the protagonists dead. The plight of poor Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken), cursed with the ability to see into a person’s future, past, or present upon making physical contact with them, is undeniably tragic, and Cronenberg makes a point of how such powers take a toll on Johnny physically as well as ethically....

Garrison Kane Marvel Entertainment Before settling on Negasonic Teenage Warhead, the team almost went with another character entirely: Garrison Kane. That’s right, one of Cable’s mercenary team, Six Pack, almost made it into “Deadpool.” Debuting in the comic books in 1991 in X-Force #2, Garrison Kane was a powerful mercenary, possessing extensive cybernetic enhancements that essentially turn him into a cyborg. He gained those enhancements alongside Wade Wilson as part of the second Weapon X program....

Don’t Make Me Go Trailer: John Cho Embarks On A Father-Daughter Road Trip That Might Be His Last Prime Video By Debopriyaa Dutta/June 8, 2022 9:53 am EST Get ready for a guaranteed tearjerker with Prime Video’s “Don’t Make Me Go,” in which John Cho is a single father who wishes to spend some final moments with his daughter as he battles a serious illness. The film’s trailer focuses on Cho’s Max, who takes his daughter Wally (Mia Isaac) on one last road trip so that the duo can experience some beautiful moments together....

Halo Clip: Cortana And Dr. Halsey Argue Over An Unconscious Master Chief Paramount+ By Ryan Scott/April 6, 2022 2:25 pm EST A “Halo” adaptation is something that has been talked about in the theoretical sense for so long that it’s a little hard to believe the show is actually here. More to the point, we’re already well into the first season’s run on Paramount+, with the third episode just around the corner....

The French New Wave short that inspired 12 Monkeys Universal Pictures According to a comprehensive history of “12 Monkeys” published at “The Ringer,” it all started with executive producer and apparent cinephile Robert Kosberg. It was he who persuaded director Chris Marker to let him pitch to Universal a full-length remake of his sci-fi film “La Jetée” (1962). When Universal agreed, assigning the Peoples to pen the screenplay, it was producer Charles Roven who brought director Terry Gilliam onboard....

Communal Catharsis and Shared Grief A24 Dani, Christian, and the rest of the visitors are understandably shaken after witnessing an ättestupa, a ritual in which two elders sacrifice themselves by jumping off a cliff. Connie and Simon both take off, allegedly getting rides back to town. Dani and Christian begin arguing more, as she doesn’t feel safe in this bizarre environment. Meanwhile, Hårga member Maja (Isabelle Grill) clearly has eyes for Christian, and she sets about doing a love spell ritual that involves feeding him her pubic hair and menstrual blood....

Neve Campbell Confirms She Won’t Be Back For Scream 6 Paramount Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/June 6, 2022 1:49 pm EST Much like Ghostface and the endless parade of killers who’ve put on the mask over the years, the “Scream” franchise doesn’t look like it’s going to go quietly into that good night anytime soon. After this year’s imaginatively-titled fifth film, “Scream,” successfully rejuvenated the series by bringing back all our favorite original characters along with a whole ensemble of newer and younger protagonists to pass the torch to, it took very little time at all for “Scream 6” to get the official greenlight....

Poser Composers Shawn Sutta And Adam Robl Threw A Funeral For A Fish [Interview] White Bear PR By Jack Giroux/June 17, 2022 3:33 pm EST “Poser” is about artists. It’s set in the art scene of Columbus, Ohio, where a podcaster named Lennon (Sylvie Mix) becomes enchanted with the city’s variety of talent. There’s an eclectic soundtrack, but for the most part, it leans heavy on the local punk music. It’s an aggressive sound that composers Shawn Sutta and Adam Robl contrast with more gentle, string-based music....

‘That was a turning point’ MGM While Yeoh was laid up in bed, unable to move, Quentin Tarantino happened to be in Hong Kong with the intention of meeting just three individuals: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Michelle Yeoh. Though initially resistant (THR describes Tarantino’s stubborn insistence to meet with her as a success, but only after “much wheedling from the American”), Yeoh finally agreed to a brief conversation with the famous director....

Ridley Scott’s Kitbag Finds A New Lead In Vanessa Kirby, With Jodie Comer Exiting Netflix By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 5, 2022 8:28 am EST In what felt like less than minutes, Ridley Scott has already found a replacement for the newly-exited Jodie Comer on his Napoleon Bonapart drama, “Kitbag.” The star of “Killing Eve” was set to play Empress Joséphine opposite Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon but recently left the project due to Covid and scheduling conflicts....

History shows again and again… According to Bloody Disgusting, the second season will be made available on June 6, 2022. “Godzilla” featured the famed Japanese monster and a whole retinue of new kaiju for him to fight. None of the regular baddies – Rodan, King Ghidorah, Barugon, Mothra, King Kong — appeared in the animated series, replaced by monsters with names like Macro-Spider Crab, Axor, Breeder Beast, and the Great Watchuka....