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Every Mike Leigh Film Ranked October Films By Mike Shutt/April 12, 2022 9:00 am EST For me, one of the most depressing cinematic news stories in recent memory was Mike Leigh revealing that he has not been able to find someone willing to fund his next project. Even though theatrical moviegoing for small dramas for adults has basically gone the way of the dodo, one would hope in the streaming era that smaller-scale projects would be more feasible, but this has not been the case for Leigh....

Everything Everywhere All At Once’s Raccacoonie Was Made Using A Real Raccoon Corpse A24 By Jeremy Mathai/June 14, 2022 4:27 pm EST The filmmaking duo of Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, known professionally as Daniels, have exploded into mainstream success with the release (and impressive overperformance) of “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” Longtime fans of their work, however, are well-aware of that fact that their unparalleled style has always made room for acerbic wit, referential humor, and emotions worn entirely on their sleeve....

George R.R. Martin Has Seen Early Cuts Of House Of The Dragon And Is ‘Loving Them’ HBO By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 18, 2022 1:21 pm EST Usually when I feel the need to procrastinate on important work, you’ll catch me aimlessly scrolling through Twitter, reading nerdy scientific articles about stuff normal people wouldn’t find terribly interesting (you won’t believe which deep-sea animal is crucial to keeping our atmosphere carbon-free!), or just staring off into space, David Puddy-style....

Here’s Why Clint Eastwood Passed On Starring In Die Hard [Exclusive] Warner Bros By Natalia Keogan/Feb. 24, 2022 3:31 pm EST For those of us who grew up with “Die Hard” (especially the children of parents who deemed it one of their favorite Christmas movies), it is nearly impossible to imagine the film’s blood-and-sweat-drenched protagonist John McClane being played by anyone other than Bruce Willis. Little did we know, Willis was essentially the last person everyone had in mind when it came to casting “Die Hard,” as he wasn’t considered a formidable action star at the time....

Jurassic World Dominion Opens To A Strong $16.7 Million At The International Box Office Universal Pictures By Jenna Busch/June 3, 2022 5:43 pm EST Do you hear a rumble in the distance? The dinos are coming! They must be coming around the globe and hitting the United States last, because “Jurassic World Dominion” opened in 15 markets already, though we’re not getting it in America until June 10, 2022. The T....

Michael Bay Bashes The CGI In Ambulance, A Movie He Directed Universal Pictures By Valerie Ettenhofer/March 28, 2022 4:39 pm EST Amid the endless cycle of blockbuster PR, it’s always refreshing to hear someone give it to us straight. This week, that’s what Michael Bay seems to be doing when promoting his new film “Ambulance.” As Comic Book reports, the filmmaker spoke with the French company “Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont” recently, and got unexpectedly candid about what he does and doesn’t love about his new movie....

Netflix Has A New Most Popular English-Language TV Show Of All Time (Sort Of) Netflix By Jenna Busch/April 20, 2022 4:52 pm EST The cast of a certain sexually-charged TV series might want to get out the tiara polish, because there is a new ruler over at Netflix, according to Variety. As you can see from the picture, the streaming service’s most popular English-language show of all time is “Bridgerton” season 2....

Star Wars: Queen’s Hope Sheds New Light On Anakin And Padmé Lucasfilm By Bryan Young/April 5, 2022 9:00 am EST This will contain spoilers for “Star Wars: Queen’s Hope.” E.K. Johnston is no stranger to “Star Wars.” “Queen’s Hope” is her fourth book in the world and is the third in her trilogy about Padmé Amidala. This book should feel familiar to anyone who is a fan of “Attack of the Clones” and “Star Wars: The Clone Wars....

Stranger Things Season 4 – Everything We Know So Far Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/Feb. 15, 2022 11:08 am EST Believe it or not, it’s only been two-and-a-half years since “Strange Things” season 3 gave Netflix a summer blockbuster event to call its own back in July 2019. I say “only” because it feels like it’s been a lifetime since Eleven, Mike, Joyce, Sheriff Jim Hopper, and the rest of the gang from Hawkins (along with new recruits Erica and Robin) took on Soviet agents and the Mind Flayer in the Battle of Starcourt Mall....

The 10 Greatest Jaws Moments Universal Pictures By Joshua Meyer/June 20, 2022 2:00 pm EST Happy unofficial “Jaws” Day. There’s already a “Star Wars” Day (“May the Fourth be with you,” as the pun goes), and in recent years, celebrating “Alien” Day has become an annual event as well. Since those two franchises have got April and May staked out, let’s just pretend that Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” the original ’70s summer blockbuster, has its own commemorative day, recognized the world over....

The Alternate Ending In Super Troopers That We’re Glad Didn’t Make The Cut By Ben F. Silverio/March 25, 2022 1:09 pm EST Throughout the history of pop culture, there have been a number of venerable comedy troupes to grace the big and small screen. From classics like the Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges to imports like Monty Python and Kids in the Hall, to more modern groups like The Tenderloins (who may be better known as the “Impractical Jokers”) and The Lonely Island, these groups have made legions of fans laugh out loud....

The Black Phone Director Scott Derrickson Knows Horror Is All About The Timing [Interview] Universal By Jacob Hall/June 20, 2022 1:00 pm EST The best thing I can say about “The Black Phone” is that I saw it nine months ago, at its world premiere at Fantastic Fest 2021, and its spooky strength still lingers in my mind. Now, after several pandemic-related delays, director Scott Derrickson’s return to the horror realm (after a trip to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with “Doctor Strange”) is nearly upon us, and audiences are in for a treat....

The Essex Serpent Review: A Beast-Hunt Gives Way To A Gorgeous, Eerie Gothic Romance Apple TV+ By Valerie Ettenhofer/May 12, 2022 7:00 pm EST The Essex Serpent looms over the foggy, water-locked town at the center of the new Apple TV+ series of the same name. Nevermind that the residents of the Victorian-era community rarely if ever see the sea creature: it haunts them like a devil, often seeming to kill or capture their vulnerable residents in the night....

The Girl from Plainville Release Date and Where You Can Watch It Powder Hound Pictures The actual release date for “The Girl from Plainville” is still somewhat up in the air, but we do know that this will be a Hulu series, so if you have a subscription, you’ll eventually be able to watch it there. In 2020, Esquire itself seemed to observe that production on the series might have been halted by the pandemic....

The Moon Knight Filmmakers Plotted Action Scenes That Were Never Intended To Be Seen Disney+ Marvel is about to unleash their new TV show upon us, and “Moon Knight” is aspiring to fill in the void in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a new weird, action-packed, psychological thriller story. It’s a risky move for Marvel, at least according to head honcho Kevin Feige. The show promises a more grounded and brutal approach to violence, and with a protagonist clearly suffering from mental illness the likes of which we haven’t seen in the MCU yet....

The Origin Of Twin Peaks’ BOB Is Very David Lynch CBS Television Distribution By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 1, 2022 4:34 pm EST 1990 was a perfectly fine year for horror: “Jacob’s Ladder” twisted our minds, “Childs Play 2” proved Chucky was more than a trend, and “Tremors” and “Arachnophobia” brought horror-comedy back on the scene in a big way. But for my money, nothing on screen in 1990 was scarier than meeting BOB....

The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent Review: Nicolas Cage Is Nicolas Cage [SXSW] Lionsgate By Jacob Hall/March 13, 2022 9:15 pm EST Nicolas Cage. Actor. Movie star. Meme. And generally, all three at once as part of a career that defies logical explanation. A weirdo character actor and an Oscar winner and an action hero and a seemingly fallen star stuck in a tragic loop of C-list nonsense to pay off a never-vanishing tax bill — Cage is such a character in the eyes of the public that it was only a matter of time before he became a movie character himself....

Tom Hanks Thinks This Is The Crappiest Movie He’s Ever Made Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/June 13, 2022 10:02 pm EST In her 1991 book “The Devil’s Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco” (revised in 2002), author and critic Julie Salamon lays out, in excruciating detail, everything that seems to have gone wrong on the set of Brian De Palma’s overwhelmingly enormous 1990 turkey “The Bonfire of the Vanities.”...

Watch The Trailer For Aline, Which Is Not Celine, Because It’s Not About Celine Dion, Except It Is RoadsideFlix By Jenna Busch/Dec. 16, 2021 8:45 am EST “A fiction freely inspired by the life of Celine Dion.” Today Roadside Attractions has released a trailer for their upcoming biopic/not biopic about Celine Dion called “Aline.” As you can see from the quote, which shows up in the trailer, this is and is not about Celine Dion....

Prime Video By Collier Jennings/Jan. 26, 2022 10:23 am EST “Reacher” also plans to approach the source material differently than the films, according to a MovieWeb interview with Ritchson. While Ritchson wasn’t able to give away too many details in terms of plot, he did discuss one piece of information that will definitely make fans of the Jack Reacher novels happy. “I’ll say that we’re gonna be doing a book a season, so the first season will be the first book....