Westworld’s Ed Harris On The Difference In Playing A Host Vs. A Human HBO By Eric Vespe/June 20, 2022 8:17 pm EST Examining the difference between humans and machines is the core theme of HBO’s “Westworld.” In our real life, we’re edging closer and closer to sentient AI (if it’s not already here), and the moral implications of that idea have been a cornerstone of sci-fi for about as long as computers have existed....
Will There Be A Hacks Season 3? HBO Max By Debopriyaa Dutta/June 16, 2022 12:14 pm EST The comedy-drama series, “Hacks” received critical acclaim, winning Emmy awards in multiple categories, including Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing, along with a Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. Season 2 of “Hacks” premiered on May 12, 2022, starting with Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava’s (Hannah Einbinder) return to Las Vegas, looking for a fresh start after a major career blunder....
15 Shows Like The Sopranos That Will Have You Glued To Your Seat HBO By Liam Gaughan/Jan. 19, 2022 3:40 pm EST “The Sopranos” essentially did for television what “The Godfather” did for cinema; it was a foundational text that not only ranks among the most brilliant and beautifully constructed ever made, but is continuously cited for its groundbreaking achievements within the medium. When “The Sopranos” debuted in 1999, there was simply nothing like it....
A Central Relationship In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Has Its Roots In The Classic Series Paramount+ By Jeremy Mathai/June 17, 2022 10:57 am EST Set phasers to spoiler warning, as this article discusses the events of the latest episode of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” Seven episodes in, it’s clear that the creative team behind “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” understands one amusingly recurring facet of the franchise: it just wouldn’t be “Star Trek” without at least some undercurrent of sexual tension between certain pairings … even if it’s largely one-sided....
Batman: Caped Crusader Adds Comic Author Ed Brubaker To The Team Warner Bros. By Danielle Ryan/Jan. 7, 2022 8:29 pm EST Great news, Bat-fans — esteemed comics author Ed Brubaker has joined the creative team behind the upcoming “Batman: Caped Crusader” animated series for HBO Max. The series will team Brubaker with “Batman: The Animated Series” producer Bruce Timm. “Batman: The Animated Series” is considered by some fans to be the best version of Batman ever released, including live-action movies and shows and the comic books where he got his start....
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Production Delayed Again Due To Positive Covid Tests Marvel Studios By Sandy Schaefer/Jan. 19, 2022 2:02 pm EST Working during the pandemic has obviously been hard for everyone, and the movie and TV industry is no exception. After shutting down for several months, the top Hollywood studios and guilds agreed on a set of safety protocols for production in September 2020, not long after “Jurassic World Dominion” became one of the first major films to resume shooting (and helping to provide a model for others to follow)....
Cruel Summer Season 2 Will Be A Total Reboot With New Showrunner And Cast Freeform By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 22, 2022 4:29 pm EST Freeform’s teen thriller “Cruel Summer” has officially rebranded itself as an anthology series for its second season. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show’s sophomore season will include an all-new cast and showrunner, an option that was apparently floated early on and made official between seasons. “Cruel Summer” told a fairly self-contained story in its dramatic, twist-filled first season, which told the story of a popular girl’s abduction and an outcast girl’s assumption of her role in her stead....
Every Easter Egg In Stranger Things Season 4 Episode 4 Netflix By Danielle Ryan/May 27, 2022 5:50 pm EST Good news, “Stranger Things” fans: I’ve brought you some nice eggs for this trying time. The fourth episode of the fourth season of Netflix’s hit sci-fi series has loads of Easter eggs for the audience’s enjoyment. The first three episodes paid homage to everything from “Scream” to “Star Wars,” but episode 4 has even more cinematic homages....
Here’s What To Expect From The The Boys: Diabolic Episode From Rick And Morty’s Justin Roiland By Jeremy Mathai/March 4, 2022 5:29 pm EST As an anthology series in a totally different medium altogether from the live-action “The Boys,” the creative team behind “Diabolical” was able to play fast and loose with the style, tone, and overall goals of every episode. Accordingly, a different group of writers and directors took charge of each episode, with all the various artists for each respective episode listed here, in full....
How James Gunn’s Peacemaker Pushes The Limits Of Superhero Television Warner Bros. By Danielle Ryan/Jan. 13, 2022 1:49 pm EST Writer and director James Gunn’s HBO Max series “Peacemaker” pushes a lot of boundaries. Gunn previously said on-set that he couldn’t believe the studio was letting him film the series, and he later called it a “funeral for Warner Bros.” during Comic-Con. “Peacemaker” toes the line between being funny and offensive, and often revels in its own vulgarity....
Joker Director Todd Phillips May Work On More DC Comics Projects For Warner Bros. Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/June 1, 2022 1:51 pm EST The recent upheaval over at Warner Bros., stemming from the studio’s merger with Discovery that recently became official, is finally making its presence felt in their superhero franchise of DC characters. We recently received word that some major change would be coming under new CEO David Zaslav’s leadership, as /Film’s Ryan Scott outlined here with respect to their theatrical release ambitions....
Isaac’s take on Steven Disney+ The series never mentions that museum worker Steven could be on the autism spectrum, but it is clear about the fact that he and Marc share the same body as the result of trauma-induced dissociative identity disorder (DID). Viewers meet Steven, an endearing Brit who’s haunted by what he thinks is a sleepwalking problem, in the first episode. Only later do we realize he’s actually an alter to Marc, a former marine who also happens to be a vessel for the god Khonshu....
Reasons Why I’d Let Drash Bully Me And Steal My Water Supply Disney+ By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 12, 2022 3:21 pm EST Warning: spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett.” Proceed with caution. If it wasn’t obvious from my piece from last week about Jabba the Hutt’s Lady Cousin from “The Book of Boba Fett” being 2022 goals, or my piece critiquing the skincare regimen of our titular lead, I analyze the “Star Wars” galaxy with utmost seriousness....
Sam Raimi Opens Up On Whether Spider-Man 4 With Tobey Maguire Could Actually Happen Sony Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/April 6, 2022 11:05 am EST If you’re a moviegoer of a certain age, you probably watched Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker evolve from reckless teenager to mature adult in Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” films while undergoing a similar journey in your own life, sans the super-powers and impromptu dancing. (Who am I kidding? Of course I was prone to spontaneous dancing at that age....
Shazam! Director David F. Sandberg Is Making Another Horror Movie Warner Bros. Pictures By Kaylee Dugan/April 25, 2022 7:28 pm EST Reunited and it feels so good … and I’m not just talking about one killer reunion, I’m talking about two. So throw on your class ring and don your best Romy and Michele get-up, because not only is director David F. Sandberg (“Shazam!,” “Lights Out,” “Annabelle: Creation”) reuniting with the horror genre at large, but the announcement of his upcoming film “Below” also sees him back in the studio with prolific horror director James Wan (“Malignant,” “The Conjuring”)....
The lack of music turns up the emotional heat Warner Bros. Sidney Lumet wanted “Dog Day Afternoon” to be a record of events as they transpired over the course of a single summer day, not an interpretation of them. He felt using orchestral music to evoke specific emotions in the audience would be too manipulative. His erasure of music immerses the audience in the craziness of what really happened. Without music, the frenetic dialogue and the actors’ emotional intensity serves as the score....
Spiderhead Trailer: Chris Hemsworth And Miles Teller Star In The Netflix Thriller Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 17, 2022 12:23 pm EST There’s a new smug master manipulator in town, played by none other than Chris Hemsworth. When I first saw Hemsworth as a villain in “Bad Times at the El Royale,” I ended up appreciating him more as an actor, given his delicious performance as Billy the cult leader, which effectively drove the second half of the film....
Squid Game Season 2 Likely Won’t Release Until End Of 2023 Or 2024 Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 18, 2022 11:18 am EST In case you’ve been patiently waiting for season 2 of “Squid Game,” you might have to wait a little longer. Hwang Song-hyuk, creator of the globally-acclaimed hit Netflix series told Vanity Fair that the next installment of “Squid Game” would most likely be slated for release by the end of 2023 or early 2024 (via Variety)....
The Space Ronin and Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter “The Book of Boba Fett” theme song has a different tempo and a slicker production sound, but it’s similar enough that it must be either a direct influence or drawing from a third source that influenced both it and “Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter” (which had Björn Isfält as its composer). Göransson’s version veers off into a different melody; the overall effect is akin to dressing the peasants from that tavern in “Ronia” up in the robes of a space choir and sending them out into a galaxy far, far away to sing “Star Wars” chants....
The Cuphead Show Season 1 Episodes Ranked Netflix By Max Marriner/April 15, 2022 6:42 pm EST Now here’s a real high-class cartoon! Based on the beloved and bestselling 2017 video game, “The Cuphead Show!” is Netflix’s latest animated adaptation from the interactive medium, following previous outstanding efforts like “Castlevania” and last year’s “Arcane.” But unlike those shows, the ceramic superstar’s series is aimed at a much younger audience, embodying the 1930s rubber-hose art style of its source material while playing out like a modern iteration on the shows that defined Saturday mornings in decades past....
