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The Cuphead Show! Clip: Don’t Bother The Devil While He’s Bathing Netflix By Jenna Busch/Feb. 8, 2022 5:44 pm EST If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like if early Disney animators took a whole lot of drugs, you’re in luck. Netflix has released a new clip from the upcoming animated series “The Cuphead Show!,” which premieres on the streaming service on February 18, 2022. The series is based on the 2017 video game “Cuphead: Don’t Deal with the Devil,” and if you watch the clip, you’ll know just why the Devil is not a great boss....

The Long Night Clip: A Cult Stalks A Couple In The Middle Of Nowhere [Exclusive] Well Go USA By Shania Russell/Feb. 2, 2022 12:00 pm EST Why is it that getaway weekends in remote wilderness houses always end in bloodshed? Can’t a dewy-eyed couple just escape for a few days of lowkey fun without being hunted down by a cult or psycho murderer? Is nothing sacred anymore?! It’s hard not to feel bad for the couple at the center of Well Go USA’s new horror flick “The Long Night,” but in all fairness, they should probably know better....

The Reason Studio Ghibli Has A Strict ‘No Edits’ Policy Studio Ghibli By Andrew Housman/March 3, 2022 9:53 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Studio Ghibli is one of the most beloved names in animation and cinema at large, the Japanese company’s intimately emotional films attracting a massive worldwide audience. Co-founder and director Hayao Miyazaki, a name synonymous with Ghibli, is known for his strong creative vision and genuine approach to his themes....

The Spooky Truth About The Haunting’s Ettington Park Hotel Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Feb. 8, 2022 1:10 pm EST “The Haunting” is the first adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 gothic horror novel “The Haunting of Hill House.” The name might ring a bell — it’s one of the greatest American ghost stories of all time, and the novel was the foundation for Mike Flanagan’s hugely popular Netflix horror series of the same name....

These Are Wes Anderson’s Favorite Horror Films Of All Time Denis Makarenko/Shutterstock By Jamie Gerber/Feb. 17, 2022 8:34 am EST There are some directors whose films are instantly recognizable, leaving no doubt in one’s mind who was behind the camera. Wes Anderson is one such auteur, with an unmistakable style that’s impossible to imitate — though some have tried. Everything from his films’ color scheme to their immaculate details to their eclectic soundtrack to their idiosyncratic yet lovable characters lets you know you’re watching a Wes Anderson production....

Tim Burton’s Batman Based Gotham On Another Dystopian Sci-Fi City Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/April 23, 2022 9:59 am EST Back in 1989, superheroes were not a sure thing. The special effects required to accurately represent the fantasy action seen on the average comic book page were not yet possible, unless a studio was willing to spend a great deal of money to get it done. Additionally, while characters like Batman and Superman and Spider-Man had a good deal of cultural clout, most of the better-known superheroes of today were deemed too weird and obscure to warrant their own feature films....

Upcoming War Movies To Keep On Your Radar Universal Pictures By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Jan. 5, 2022 1:30 pm EST (Welcome to On Your Radar, a series where we take a look at what’s next for the biggest actors and filmmakers, and why you should be excited…or not.) War movies have always captured the attention of filmmakers and moviegoers alike, but not because we enjoy viewing the horrors caused by them. These films allow their makers to create something extraordinary, traverse along the paths of events long forgotten in history, and take their characters someplace new....

What Is Ms. Marvel’s Noor Dimension? The Home Of The ClanDestines Explained Disney By Jamie Gerber/June 29, 2022 3:52 pm EST We are now officially past the halfway point of the six-episode season of “Ms. Marvel.” Starring the amazing Iman Vellani in the titular role, the series has steadily been revealing more and more about the origin of Kamala Khan’s powers, which are vastly different from her comic book counterpart....

Why Disney Closed The Curtain On Fantasia 3 Disney By Anthony Crislip/March 30, 2022 1:46 pm EST “Fantasia” was always something of a cursed dream, whether the man behind the wheel was Walt Disney or his nephew Roy E. Disney. In 1940, the anthology of short animated films set to classical symphonies was the backdrop to immense innovation in the world of animation, which had already been redefined by Disney in feature films like “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” and “Pinocchio....

Why So Many People Are Seeing Minions: The Rise Of Gru Wearing Suits Universal Pictures By Shania Russell/July 5, 2022 12:44 pm EST If you spent the holiday weekend out on the town, you may have crossed paths with a horde of teenagers in tuxedos. Were they on their way to prom, or some other end-of-the-school-year bash? Possibly. But it’s much more likely that they traded in their pocket squares for bananas and were heading to a local cinema to see the new hit film, “Minions: The Rise of Gru....

It brought back the fairy tale musical Walt Disney Studios “The Little Mermaid” was Disney’s first animated fairy tale since “Sleeping Beauty” in 1959. From the ’60s through the ’80s, Disney continued to make animated films, but they were not focused on princesses or fairy tales. Most were adaptations of classic stories, such as “The Jungle Book” or “Robin Hood,” and the majority of them centered on male protagonists. In the 1970s, Disney abandoned the romantic, “feminine” stories of true love’s kiss for dark tales like “The Black Cauldron” to match the edgier blockbusters that general audiences were flocking to, such as “Jaws” and “Star Wars....

Agents Of SHIELD Is Leaving Netflix Too — What This Could Mean For Marvel TV On Streaming ABC By Ben F. Silverio/Feb. 15, 2022 8:36 am EST In August 2020, Agent Phil Coulson and his team completed their last mission together when “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” wrapped up their seven-season run on ABC. Since then, True Believers have been able to relive the mission logs of Agents Daisy Johnson, Melinda May, Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie, and Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez (or discover them for the first time) on Netflix....

Annihilation’s Trippy Nature Was A Tricky Problem For Screenwriters To Solve Paramount By Lyvie Scott/May 18, 2022 1:42 pm EST Alex Garland is no stranger to adapting a novel into a screenplay — before his directorial debut with “Ex Machina,” Garland was a novelist himself. He got his first screenwriting credit adapting his debut novel, “The Beach,” for the Danny Boyle-directed film of the same name. He also adapted Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Never Let Me Go” for the screen, so there’s no doubting his grasp on cerebral science fiction....

The bullying of Jake Lloyd Lucasfilm Anakin was played by 9-year-old actor Jake Lloyd, a performer who had previously appeared on several episodes of “ER,” as well as in the Arnold Schwarzenegger Christmas film “Jingle All the Way.” Lloyd was selected to play Anakin for his enthusiasm and energy, a stark contrast from the cloaked supervillain of the 1977 film. Lloyd’s youthfulness — not to mention silly lines of dialogue like “yippee!...

Filming Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Was A Constant Struggle Behind The Scenes Sony Pictures Classics By Sandy Schaefer/March 23, 2022 11:28 am EST For as much as Ang Lee’s directorial efforts differ wildly from one another, you can sort the majority of them into two broad categories. There are his romantic films like “Eat Drink Man Woman,” “Sense and Sensibility,” and “Brokeback Mountain,” where factors like class and prejudice conspire to keep the movies’ lovers apart....

George Clooney Put Himself Through The Wringer To Prepare For Syriana Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/April 11, 2022 5:56 pm EST Stephen Gaghan’s 2005 film “Syriana” is a gritty and intense espionage thriller based on the 2003 book “See No Evil,” and it came at a time in cinema history — specifically, in the eight years following 9/11– when such thrillers became more interested in the on-the-ground violence and byzantine bureaucracy of lies that goes into starting wars in the Middle East....

George Lucas strikes back Adult Swim But as good as the “Family Guy” show was, even better was the “Robot Chicken” parody. While the former was a broader, more superficial parody of the biggest scenes in the films, the latter dived deeper, making jokes about smaller details and about the mundane parts of the “Star Wars” universe. This resulted in sketches you may not have thought about before, but make perfect sense to think about in the context of the films....

Here Are All Of The BAFTA Awards’ Snub-Tastic Non-Nominations Neon By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 3, 2022 5:34 pm EST Like all art, movies are meant to be felt, to be experienced, to transcend the follies of qualitative assessments of value that plague much of the awards season discourse … heck, there’s an entire AMC commercial starring Nicole Kidman that eloquently (and maybe a little too self-seriously) makes this point for me! But that doesn’t mean we can’t get mad about the most blatant and inexplicable award snubs anyway....

The worst catfish ever SXSW In this day and age, where “Catfish” has exposed a culture of individuals who are constantly tricking individuals online and misleading them into relationships based on lies, you may find yourself immediately in disbelief that this could even happen. But it actually happened to Morosini himself, and the script does a pretty decent job of undercutting any skepticism that a smart kid like Franklin should immediately (and does) have when Becca adds him as her only friend on social media....

Ahsoka, Dooku, and Qui-Gon Jinn Lionsgate So which Jedi did Filoni choose to explore? “I chose Ahsoka of course,” said Filoni. “I like her. I raised her since she [was] 14. She’s done some strange things, but she gets there. The other character I chose was Count Dooku.” He then revealed an image of a younger Count Dooku. Filoni also showed concept art of a young Qui-Gon Jinn (who appeared in ghost form in “The Clone Wars”)....