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Hold Tight Trailer: A Teen Goes Missing In Netflix’s New Harlan Coben Crime Drama Netflix By Shania Russell/April 4, 2022 10:49 am EST No one is a bigger fan of Harlan Coben than the folks over at Netflix! In the past four years, the streamer has churned out six different adaptations from the mystery novelist, starting with 2018’s “Safe” all the way down to their latest upcoming series, “Hold Tight.” As we are now living in the dire age of extended universes, it only feels right to dub these stories the Coben Cinematic Universe, most of which you’ll recognize for their twisty storylines, delving into unresolved mysteries and thrilling murder cases with an endless abundance of twists to throw your theories off course....

Martin Scorsese Admits One Part Of Directing Has Always Been His Weak Point DFree/Shutterstock By Andrew Housman/June 30, 2022 10:41 pm EST Martin Scorsese is a name that anyone who has even the slightest bit of familiarity with filmmaking recognizes. The director may be a Hollywood legend now, but his humble upbringings and unorthodox techniques once made him an outsider in cinema circles. It took years for him to hone each of the individual skills required in the larger fitting together of the puzzle that is making movies....

Men’s Green Man Design Left No Room For Compromise A24 By Jeremy Mathai/June 24, 2022 5:17 pm EST Even the most ardent champions of filmmaker Alex Garland couldn’t have predicted the directions that this year’s “Men” would travel. The basic elevator pitch sounds simple and straightforward enough: the recently widowed Harper (Jessie Buckley) travels to the UK countryside in an effort to escape the trauma and loss of her husband’s (Paapa Essiedu) death, which may or may not have been the result of suicide....

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau On A Taste Of Hunger, A Chef’s Passion, And The Joys Of Peeling [Interview] Magnolia By Witney Seibold/Jan. 25, 2022 9:30 am EST Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is an institution in his home country of Denmark, but became known to international audiences (at least those paying attention to arthouse releases) in 1997 with the concentration camp-set queer drama “Bent.” A few years later, he would be seen in Michael Apted’s thriller “Enigma,” about the making of the famous code-cracking enigma machines made during the WWII, as well as Ridley Scott’s intense Iraq War actioner “Black Hawk Down....

Severance: Release Date, Cast, And More Apple TV+ By Shania Russell/Jan. 31, 2022 12:45 pm 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.) With its thrilling new series “Severance, " Apple TV+ dares to ask a terrifying question: what if office culture was even more dystopian? As we all know, the real world is packed with shady corporations going to deeply disturbing lengths to assure productivity while refusing to treat employees as human beings....

Star Wars Celebration 2022 Art Show Celebrates The Entire Saga Lucasfilm By Joshua Meyer/May 3, 2022 10:18 am EST Sometimes art inspires “Star Wars,” and sometimes “Star Wars” inspires art. There’s a give-and-take that’s been going on with the franchise and the art world for years, and that trend continues as we approach “Star Wars Day” (May the 4th be with you) and the annual “Star Wars” Celebration event. This year, “Star Wars” Celebration is returning to Anaheim, California, the home of Disneyland and the site of the 2015 Celebration event....

Universal Pictures By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 17, 2022 1:13 pm EST It’s no wonder, then, that ahead of its release, “The Black Phone” is garnering comparisons to one of the most beloved adolescent stories out there. In an interview with director Scott Derrickson, /Film’s Jacob Hall asked the filmmaker about the common ground the film shares with coming-of-age movies. Derrickson revealed that Stephen King, father of “The Black Phone” author Hill and modern master of horror, came up with an apt comparison for the tonally complex story....

Trouble with the Curve Warner Bros. Pictures 2012’s “Trouble with the Curve” stands as the narrative counterpoint to “Moneyball,” as baseball changed in the face of embracing raw statistical analysis in its recruiting over qualitative observation. Clint Eastwood stars as aging talent scout Gus Lobel, who is not only running the risk of becoming obsolete but is steadily losing his eyesight as he progresses into his twilight years. As Gus embarks on his last scouting tour for the Atlanta Braves, he is assisted by his estranged daughter Mickey (Amy Adams), with the two addressing their unresolved issues along the way....

The Batman Is Officially The Biggest Box Office Hit Of The Year (For Now) Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/March 30, 2022 2:57 pm EST It didn’t even take a full month, but we can now officially say that “The Batman” is the biggest box office hit of the year. This is not just limited to releases in North America, mind you, as Robert Pattinson’s first go-around as DC’s most beloved superhero has topped the charts worldwide and now ranks as 2022’s highest-grossing movie overall....

The Batman Soundtrack Is Getting A Deluxe Vinyl Release From Mondo Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/March 8, 2022 4:05 pm EST “The Batman” blew me away. I unabashedly love this film with all my bat-winged heart. I’ve been humming the score since I saw the film, and though I’m not a person who listens to movie scores for fun, I would absolutely do it with this one. This means you’re going to have to get in line behind me to pick up the Mondo pressing of “The Batman” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack when it goes up for pre-order....

Why it’s essential viewing The Criterion Collection In 1975, Steven Spielberg changed cinematic history with “Jaws.” While members of the cast and crew were convinced the film would be a disaster, it instead became the first Hollywood summer blockbuster. Across the ocean, film producers in Japan began to wonder: What would it take to produce their own “Jaws?” Television was rapidly stealing their audience. Their only hope was to give the public something so expensive, outrageous and exciting that it could only work on the big screen....

The Jamie Lee Curtis Scene In True Lies You May Not Realize Was Improvised 20th Century Studios By Joshua Meyer/Feb. 18, 2022 10:41 am EST “True Lies” was the third highest-grossing film of 1994 behind “The Lion King” and “Forrest Gump,” and it won Jamie Lee Curtis a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. One of the most famous scenes in the film involves her character, Helen Tasker, doing a striptease for a man in the shadows....

The Moment That Made Jim Carrey Fall In Love With Movies Universal Pictures By Travis Yates/April 6, 2022 2:42 pm EST Cinema is a powerful medium that means different things to different people. Whether inspiring us through the onscreen action or serving as a means of escape by taking us to worlds that don’t exist, movies can be quite cathartic. And sometimes, the simple act of going to the movie theater can make a world of difference....

The Morning Watch: Don’t Let Classic Movies Die, The Matrix Resurrections Cast Explains The Matrix & More RKO By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 30, 2021 8:17 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.)...

The Raiders Of The Lost Ark Boulder Chase Was More Real Than You Think Paramount Pictures By Steven Ward/Feb. 4, 2022 8:31 am EST Indiana Jones has had his share of close calls. Whether it’s dodging arrows or Nazis, luck is just as important to him as his trusty whip. The same may or may not be said for Harrison Ford whenever he stepped on-set to play the iconic hero. From tearing his ACL to actually getting punched by co-star Karen Allen, the actor took some hits during the filming of “Raiders of the Lost Ark....

Tyler Hoechlin To Reprise His Role As Derek Hale For Teen Wolf: The Movie MTV By Jenna Busch/May 13, 2022 4:21 pm EST Tyler Hoechlin is a busy guy. Not only is he currently starring on “Superman & Lois,” but he’s going to be returning to reprise the role of Derek Hale in the upcoming “Teen Wolf: The Movie,” according to TV Line. The film will continue the story of the series “Teen Wolf,” which ran on MTV from 2011-2017....

What Is The Selection, And Why Are People Clamoring For An Adaptation? HarperTeen By Kaylee Dugan/Dec. 28, 2021 10:10 pm EST YA fans are storming the castle (read: social media) and taking no prisoners. It all started when author Kiera Cass tweeted about getting off of a “very positive phone call” with Netflix, and now all of our timelines are awash in pastel gowns, red-headed girls, and pleas to Netflix in Portuguese (I still haven’t quite cracked the code on this one, but Cass seems to be very popular with people who speak Portuguese)....

A Love Song Review: Dale Dickey Grounds A Mesmerizing Tale Of Hushed Heartache [Sundance 2022] Sundance Film Festival By Shania Russell/Jan. 22, 2022 8:00 am EST We meet Faye (Dale Dickey) at the edge of the world, not literally but in all the ways that matter. She settles her camper by a lakeside, against a backdrop painted in broad, loving strokes. Her world is quiet but rarely still, so wondrously full of life that you may forget she’s alone....

Akira’s Motorcycles Came Straight Out Of Another Sci-Fi Classic Toho By Joshua Meyer/March 17, 2022 1:15 pm EST It’s a proven scientific fact that the lead motorcycle in Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 anime film, “Akira,” is just plain cool. When we first see it, a boy named Tetsuo, voiced by Nozomu Sasaki in the Japanese version, is sitting on it. But it’s not actually his motorcycle. He just wants to drive it, and some viewers might feel the same way....

Better Call Saul’s Biggest Scene Took Five Entire Days To Shoot Sony Pictures By Steven Ward/April 18, 2022 8:44 am EST Nothing good ever happens in the desert. That seems to be the word of caution constantly imparted by various episodes of “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul.” Plenty of unfortunate characters have found themselves in such a setting — usually against their will — and never make it out. One continuous survivor of the setting and its many fatal opportunities is the silver-tongued Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk)....