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Mars Attacks! Almost Featured Killer Dinosaurs - Here’s Why Tim Burton Changed It Warner Bros. By Andrew Housman/Feb. 28, 2022 12:06 pm EST “Mars Attacks!” is Tim Burton’s ode to alien invasion B-movies from the 1950s, and it’s become a bit of a cult classic despite its cold reception at release. The hijinx-strewn battle between inept politicians and big-brained aliens wearing fishbowls on their heads seemed confusingly silly to an audience hot off the very earnest “Independence Day,” which came out earlier the same year....

‘They both traded shots pretty good’ United Artists The throat removal scene is one of the more notorious moments in a film full of them. The film’s finale leads to a one-on-one fistfight between Dalton and a character named Jimmy (Marshall Teague), the right-hand bodyguard of the Gazzara character. It’s a notable, brutal fight that Teague revealed, in an oral history with Mel Magazine, was as brutal to film as it was to watch....

Rambo: Last Blood Ending Explained: Rambo Comes Home Lionsgate By Witney Seibold/May 9, 2022 1:00 pm EST Adrian Grünberg’s 2019 film “Rambo: Last Blood” brings John Rambo’s story to a very weird, very bad end. “Last Blood,” the fifth film in the Rambo saga, ends with a bloodbath straight out of a “Saw” movie, wherein the film’s eponymous soldier (Sylvester Stallone) lures an army of Mexican criminals into the catacombs under his home where he cuts off their feet, decapitates them, and removes their still-beating hearts with his bare hands....

Star Wars Bits: The High Republic, Knights Of The Old Republic, The Book Of Boba Fett, And More! Del Rey By Adam Frazier/Jan. 7, 2022 11:41 am EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: The Next Phase of “Star Wars: The High Republic” “Knights of the Old Republic” Remake Updates Marvel’s Upcoming “Star Wars” Comics And More! The Next Phase of Star Wars: The High Republic In the above special episode of “Star Wars: The High Republic Show,” host Krystina Arielle celebrates the one-year anniversary of “The High Republic” with special guests, including all five original “High Republic” authors, and some exciting details about second phase of “The High Republic....

Starstruck Season 2 Trailer: The Beloved Rom-Com Returns HBO Max By Shania Russell/March 16, 2022 3:49 pm EST Have you ever fallen in love with a movie star? Sorry, let me rephrase that — have you ever met a movie star, spent a semi-awkward but mostly delightful night together, and then begun an on-again-off-again relationship in which failing to communicate your feelings had disastrous effects until you finally wised up and put some effort into maintaining the relationship?...

Superhero Bits: Marvel Oscar Campaigns, Wonder Woman 3 Update & More Marvel By Ryan Scott/Jan. 6, 2022 4:09 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits:...

Tall Girl 2: She’s Back And She’s Taller Than Ever Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 22, 2022 9:24 am EST Ah, “Tall Girl,” the much-discussed Netflix coming-of-age film that sounds like a fake movie from “30 Rock.” The film was on the receiving end of a lot of jokes when it debuted in 2019, but a new trailer for “Tall Girl 2” proves the first one wasn’t actually a fever dream I had but, in fact, a real movie....

The Arkham Family In The Batman, Explained Warner Bros. By Chris Evangelista/March 3, 2022 2:02 pm EST “The Batman” is a film that feels both fresh and familiar. We’re introduced to characters and places we know well and asked to reconsider them in different contexts. Case in point: for the first time in a live-action Batman film, we learn more about the Arkhams. Even those only casually familiar with all-things-Batman will no doubt know the name Arkham — Arkham Asylum is the place where most of Batman’s deranged villains get locked up, and there’s an entire series of Batman video games with “Arkham” in the title....

London After Midnight Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer If you guessed that the Babadook was inspired by Lon Chaney’s look in “ThePhantom of the Opera,” you’d be devastatingly close. Instead, move up a couple of years to Tod Browning’s 1927 silent mystery-horror “London After Midnight.” Chaney plays dual roles as both an investigator and a vampiric figure known as the Man in the Beaver Hat. The film is considered lost following the destruction of the last known copy in the 1965 MGM vault fire (nitrate film, it turns out, is highly flammable)....

The Batman V. Superman Moment That Sparked A Battle Behind The Scenes Warner Bros. By Lyvie Scott/Feb. 4, 2022 5:42 pm EST The ongoing contention behind Zack Snyder’s final DC film, “Justice League,” has already become something of a legend. The war between Snyder’s original vision and Joss Whedon’s eventual remix sparked controversy between fans, the studio, and even the actors — but even before #ReleaseTheSnyderCut first trended, DC’s Extended Universe was already on shaky footing....

The Best New Blu-Ray Releases: Miller’s Crossing, House Of Gucci, And More United Artists By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 23, 2022 10:00 am EST Good news! Some great stuff has found its way to physical media in the last few weeks! I know, I know. You’re saying, “Oh, but Larry, I only watch things digitally now!” First of all, my name isn’t Larry. Second: I get it, it can be convenient to just rent (or buy) a movie on Vudu or iTunes or whatever it is the kids use these days....

The Cage Scene In Jaws Was More Real Than You Think Universal By Sandy Schaefer/Jan. 10, 2022 11:22 am EST Going on 50 years later, director Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” continues to reign supreme as the champion of sharksploitation films. It’s a movie full of truly iconic scenes that tap into our elemental fear of the ocean and, more specifically, the unknown terrors potentially lurking beneath its tranquil surface. However, out of the many unsettling moments in the film, there may be none more terrifying than when lovable oceanographer Matt Hooper decides to bring the fight directly to the great white shark menacing the beaches of Amity Island by entering the water in a (theoretically) shark-proof metal cage....

The Essex Serpent, Starring Tom Hiddleston And Claire Danes, Gets A Premiere Date On Apple TV+ Apple TV+ By Ryan Scott/March 16, 2022 11:18 am EST Apple TV+ has set a premiere date for Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes’ new series, “The Essex Serpent.” The show will take the acclaimed actors and put them at the end of the nineteenth century for a story that is one part period drama, one part myth....

This Is The End Was Almost A Completely Different Movie Staring Seth Rogen And Brad Pitt Columbia Pictures By Collier Jennings/March 28, 2022 11:32 am EST If you haven’t seen “This Is The End,” you’re missing out on one of the best comedies from the 2010s. It stars Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel as themselves (or rather, exaggerated versions of themselves) attending a massive celeb-filled bash at James Franco’s house. During the party, earthquakes split Los Angeles in half and people are raptured into heaven — leaving Rogen, Baruchel, Franco and others to survive demons and cannibals....

Initial acclaim at Cannes Metrograph While “Possession” might be largely relegated to the (albeit fun) realm of horror “cult classic,” it was in competition for the prestigious Palme d’Or at the 1981 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. While the prize was ultimately granted to fellow Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda’s “Man of Iron,” “Possession” left the festival far from empty-handed. Lead actress Isabelle Adjani won the Best Actress award (which was concurrently granted to Adjani for her role in the Merchant Ivory film “Quartet”), and it’s easy to see why....

Why Will And Jaden Smith’s After Earth Bombed Sony Pictures Releasing By Douglas Laman/June 14, 2022 1:48 pm EST Less than two years after its release, Will Smith described his 2013 blockbuster “After Earth” as his “most personal failure.” It was a shocking statement coming from a man who’s famous for putting a happy face on things, but it wasn’t inaccurate. On every conceivable level, “After Earth” came up short, especially at the box office where this title failed to double its immense $130 million budget....

Will There Be Another Candyman Sequel? Here’s What We Know Universal Pictures By Ryan Scott/Dec. 20, 2021 10:43 am EST “Candyman” is a downright horror icon, and one that recently got a major boost in the modern era thanks to director Nia DaCosta (“Little Woods”) and writer/producer Jordan Peele (“Get Out”). Picking up in many ways where the original 1992 horror classic left off, 2021’s “Candyman” served as a pretty bold reinvention of the series, anchoring it to the past while making it feel very much like a conversation about the present....

Winning Time Cast Talks About Fatherhood, Contrasts, And Legacy [Interview] HBO By Jack Giroux/April 7, 2022 2:05 pm EST “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” spends a substantial amount of time focusing on fatherhood, so it was fitting that on the show’s press day, Adrien Brody (playing Pat Riley), Jason Clarke (playing Jerry West), and Solomon Hughes (playing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) were grouped together when speaking to journalists. In “Winning Time” creator Max Borenstein’s depiction of these athletes, their fathers loom large....

Bob Odenkirk Bids A Loving Farewell As Better Call Saul Has Wrapped Production On Its Final Season Sony Pictures Television By Jenna Busch/Feb. 10, 2022 10:10 pm EST Bob Odenkirk tweeted a heartfelt goodbye to the cast and crew of “Better Call Saul,” which just wrapped production on its sixth and final season. In the tweet, Odenkirk said, “Yesterday an amazing crew of people finished shooting ‘Better Call Saul’ in Albuquerque, NM....

Book Club 2 – The Next Chapter Starts Production, Takes Diane Keaton And Co. To Italy Paramount Pictures By Shania Russell/May 31, 2022 2:09 pm EST Everyone’s favorite boozy quartet is reuniting to sip wine and admire Rome — Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen are returning for “Book Club 2 — The Next Chapter,” and this time they’re living it up in Italy. 2018’s “Book Club” was a delightful surprise and ended up being a box office success, because who doesn’t love the idea of watching moms read erotic literature?...