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The Daily Stream: Yes, Paddington 2 Really Is As Wonderful As Everyone Says It Is StudioCanal By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 26, 2022 1:30 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Paddington 2” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: Paddington, a talking bear who is very polite and loves marmalade, gets sent to prison when he’s framed for a crime he didn’t commit....

This Movie Belongs to Jessica Chastain Searchlight Pictures There are tiny glimmers of a better movie lurking under all the wigs and make-up here. A scene late in the film has Tammy Faye admit that she loves playing for the cameras – leading someone to ask her, “Why?” It’s clearly a question no one ever asked her before, and she seems taken aback by it for a moment before revealing that she thinks of the camera as a person she can talk to, and that keeps her from being lonely....

The Godfather Scene You Might Not Know Was Improvised Paramount By Bill Bria/March 16, 2022 12:01 pm EST “The Godfather” is a movie that is so richly layered, thoughtfully structured and expertly performed that it has a feeling of verisimilitude in every frame. Though painstakingly scripted by Mario Puzo and director Francis Ford Coppola, the film rarely feels staged or stilted. The most authentically chaotic sequence in the film is undoubtedly the opening scenes depicting the wedding of Connie Corleone (Talia Shire) to Carlo Rizzi (Gianni Russo), during which the whole Corleone clan celebrate on their New York City grounds while Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) entertains requests from his family members and business associates....

The Inspiration For The Joey King Action Thriller The Princess Was Rapunzel Meets The Raid 20th Century Studios By Sandy Schaefer/June 27, 2022 3:54 pm EST What do you get when you cross a Disney-style princess fairy tale with Le-Van Kiet, the Vietnamese-born director of the critically-acclaimed, relentlessly-thrilling 2019 revenge flick “Furie?” You end up with “The Princess,” an R-rated fantasy action romp for those who have always felt like princess films could use more slow-mo shots and scenes where the heroine beats the snot out of a bunch of armored guards....

The Morning Watch: On The Set Of Stranger Things 4, The Secrets Of Dumbledore Honest Trailer & More Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 8, 2022 8:00 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....

You Can Get Bat-Tickets For The Batman Right Now On The Bat-Web Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 10, 2022 12:49 pm EST Did you miss out on getting tickets to that special IMAX fan screening for “The Batman”? Fear not, because regular tickets to the Bat-event of the year are now on sale for the rest of us commoners! Fans have anxiously and not-so-patiently waited for this day to finally arrive....

Charlie Day Offers An Update On His Directorial Debut, Formerly Titled El Tonto [Exclusive] FX By Jenna Busch/Feb. 18, 2022 8:38 am EST “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” star Charlie Day is making his directorial debut. The film, which he also wrote and stars in, was originally called “El Tonto,” but has since been changed. To what, we don’t know yet, but our own Danielle Ryan spoke to Day about a whole lot of things in her recent interview with him here on /Film....

Claire Denis’ New Movie Is On The Way, And This Should Get Marvel-Level Attention, Please IFC Films By Witney Seibold/Feb. 3, 2022 4:20 pm EST Although the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival doesn’t officially kick off until the February 10, the first major deal of the fest has already been struck: According to Variety, IFC Films has secured the distribution rights to “Fire,” aka “Both Sides of the Blade,” the latest film from celebrated director Claire Denis....

Marvel Studios By Collier Jennings/Feb. 13, 2022 7:08 pm EST Fans of Marvel comics and fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have long been speculating when the X-Men would join the MCU’s ranks. And now, the official Super Bowl trailer for “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness” has potentially given them their answer. During a sequence in the new trailer, Stephen Strange is hauled off, handcuffed, to a mysterious room....

How The Wizard Of Oz Changed Margaret Hamilton And Her Stunt Double Forever Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer By Christian Gainey/May 4, 2022 8:45 am EST Many of us grew up watching “The Wizard of Oz.” While the word “iconic” is thrown around a lot these days, I think this film has earned it. Yellow brick roads, red slippers, and flying monkeys are all symbols we constantly encounter throughout pop culture. Oz is a fantasy world of Technicolor wonder and excitement, but the reality is much darker....

Indemnity Director Travis Taute On Staging Fistfights And Car Crashes With Limitations [Interview] Magnet By Jack Giroux/March 7, 2022 2:20 pm EST Producer Travis Taute always knew that when he’d make his directorial debut, it would be an action movie. Taute’s thriller, “Indemnity,” takes a grounded approach. With the power of limitations, Taute, his team, and his star, Jarrid Geduld, make their action pack a little more punch with practically, plausibility, and a general lack of CGI....

It’s A Miracle The Bride Of Frankenstein Ever Made It Past The Censors Universal By Andrew Housman/March 23, 2022 11:46 am EST There’s a long history of horror films causing public controversy that stems back to the early days of the genre, including the Universal classic monster movies. “Bride of Frankenstein” was subject to so much meddling from the Hays Office that it’s a wonder the film was not only released but kept its reputation as a historically classic film from the era of pre-war horror....

Minari’s Most Devastating Moment Was Just As Emotional Behind The Scenes A24 By Steven Ward/May 13, 2022 10:08 am EST Much of “Minari,” director Lee Isaac Chung’s sublime reckoning with his adolescence, is an emotionally taut wind-up to its climax. After trying to set down roots — literal and figurative — in Arkansas, the Yi family finds itself strained by a number of crises. Jacob (Steven Yuen) is consumed by the success of his crops — something he understandably ties to his family’s flourishing....

My Hero Academia Season 6 Trailer: Prepare For The Paranormal Liberation War Bones By Joshua Meyer/June 19, 2022 9:36 pm EST “My Hero Academia” has dropped a new trailer for its upcoming sixth season, which is due to arrive on the Crunchyroll streaming service this fall. The anime series based on the long-running manga by Kōhei Horikoshi is bracing for all-out war in season 6, as it prepares to bring viewers an adaptation of the “Paranormal Liberation War” story arc....

Olivia Colman Has Been Exquisitely Cast As Miss Havisham In FX’s Great Expectations By Jenna Busch/Feb. 18, 2022 3:35 pm EST FX and BBC have announced the cast for their six part limited series adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations.” The series comes to us from Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winner Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”), and the biggest name in the cast is Olivia Colman, who will play the role of Miss Havisham — the jilted bride who goes a little off the rails....

Superhero Bits: Gotham Knights Gameplay, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Future As Doctor Strange & More DC By Ryan Scott/May 10, 2022 5:40 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.)...

Superhero Bits: Punisher Gets A New Logo, New Andrew Garfield Spider-Man Rumors & More Marvel By Ryan Scott/Dec. 20, 2021 4:40 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....

The 15 Best Law And Order: SVU Characters Ranked NBCUniversal Syndication Studios By Chad Collins/Dec. 29, 2021 8:19 pm EST “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” colloquially known as “Law & Order: SVU” or simply “SVU,” is creator Dick Wolf’s best entry in the franchise. It’s the de facto show to watch while doing laundry and washing dishes. It carries such an episodic verve that fans can happily sit and watch an episode they’ve seen dozens of times before, simply because it’s on (and it’s on a lot)....

Knowing Summit Distribution Alex Proyas’ 2009 science fiction mystery “Knowing” is by no means a perfect movie. It can be hard to follow the complex series of events, and many of the conclusions that the film draws seem ludicrous. However, Proyas asks interesting questions about religious prophecies that make the movie worth seeking out. It’s the type of bold, original science fiction project that requires compelling characters for the viewer to invest in....

The Real-Life Inspiration For The Wire’s Avon Barksdale HBO By Michael Boyle/June 1, 2022 10:56 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The first three seasons of “The Wire” centered around Avon Barksdale, a powerful drug dealer in West Baltimore who serves as the police characters’ primary antagonist in season 1. He’s arrested at the end of the season and sentenced to prison, but he remains unperturbed, repeating the motto multiple times that there are only really two days you spend in prison: “the day you get in, and the day you get out....