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James Wan Leans Into His Horror Background, Prepares To Produce Reality TV Warner Bros. By Ben F. Silverio/April 6, 2022 10:44 pm EST In addition to directing Dominic Toretto and his family in “Furious 7” and producing the recent “Mortal Kombat” remake, James Wan has been a fixture of the DC Extended Universe thanks to his work on “Aquaman” and the upcoming sequel “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.” However, the filmmaker’s roots are deeply tied to the horror genre....

Sex Appeal Trailer: Hulu Hopes To Make The Grade With New Teen Comedy Hulu By Ben F. Silverio/Jan. 4, 2022 4:48 pm EST For many students, winter break is over and school is back in session. Keeping in that spirit, Hulu has dropped a new trailer for “Sex Appeal,” a new high school comedy from the same production company that brought you “Plan B” and “Big Time Adolescence.” And just like the protagonist played by “Cruel Summer” and “Project Mc2” star Mika Abdalla in the film, the streamer is hoping that the film will earn high marks from their audience....

Star Trek’s Most Mysterious Character Now Has A Backstory Paramount By Witney Seibold/May 19, 2022 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This post contains spoilers for episode 3 of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is, even more so than most of the recent “Trek” shows, a legacy program. While “Star Trek: Picard” steers into nostalgia like a raft caught in a current and “Star Trek: Lower Decks” is lousy with references to older “Trek” episodes, it’s “Strange New Worlds” that features a cast made up almost entirely of “Trek” characters previously seen....

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe Buena Vista Pictures The mighty lion Aslan (voiced by Liam Neeson) is one of the most important characters in the “Chronicles of Narnia” franchise. The wise leader of Narnia’s denizens is a mentor to the four Pevensie children when they travel to the mythical land for the first time. They seek out Aslan, whose wisdom is heralded by all the creatures they encounter....

The Ancient Viking Ball Game That Was Revived For The Northman Focus Features By Mike Shutt/April 21, 2022 5:44 pm EST When you are making a period film, every single person working on the production has to do a tremendous amount of research on the era they will be working in. The costume designer needs to know which fabrics were available and in use. The production designer needs to know what kind of wood was being used to build houses....

Eli Roth loves gore Lionsgate It’s no secret that director Eli Roth loves blood and guts. Roth has a raunchy, shocking sense of humor, and was raised watching the nastiest films the 1970s had to offer, including “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “The Last House on the Left.” When he began directing films in 2002, he started with a cabin-bound disease film called “Cabin Fever” wherein a group of attractive twentysomethings travel to a remote cabin where they contract a disease that causes them to melt into puddles of scab soup....

The Daily Stream: Coming To America Still A Perfect Star Vehicle For One Of Our Most Talented Comedic Minds Paramount Pictures By Eric Vespe/March 21, 2022 7:55 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: “Coming To America” (1988) Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: If it’s been a while, you might want to book a return trip to Zamunda and visit Prince Akeem and Semmi....

The Daily Stream: Drive My Car Is A Mesmerizing Tribute To The Healing Power Of Art C&I Entertainment By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 2, 2022 5:00 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: “Drive My Car” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: Actor and theater director Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and his wife Oto (Reika Kirishima), a screenwriter, appear to be the perfect couple, albeit one with a strange post-coital ritual....

Why it’s essential viewing Buena Vista Pictures It’s kind of crazy that upon its release, “O Brother” was the Coen Brothers’ biggest hit. They’ve since topped it with big returns on obvious stuff like “True Grit” and “No Country for Old Men” and even some not-so-obvious movies. Both “The Ladykillers” and “Intolerable Cruelty” grossed more than “O Brother” despite being widely regarded as the weakest efforts from this dynamic duo....

Craven was not coming from a horror background New Line Cinema Craven passed away in 2015, so these are some of the last insights we have from him into the making of his film. For cinephiles in the streaming age, his inspiration for “A Nightmare on Elm Street” may sound reminiscent of the 2020 Netflix film, “His House,” in which a refugee couple from South Sudan are terrorized by a supernatural presence in their new home in England....

The Last Temptation Of Christ Controversy Explained: How Martin Scorsese’s Passion Project Became A Nightmare Universal Pictures By Caroline Madden/Feb. 1, 2022 2:09 pm EST In 1988, Martin Scorsese directed “The Last Temptation of Christ,” based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis about the life of Jesus Christ as a quotidian man and the temptations he faces on his way to the cross. Both the book and film adaptation were met with outrage from conservative Christian groups....

The Late Night Talk Show Jimmys Swapped Places On April Fools Day Disney-ABC Domestic Television / NBCUniversal By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 2, 2022 8:47 pm EST Oh, April Fool’s Day. A cursed occurrence that comes around every year, no matter how hard us prankees try to will everyone on earth to forget about it. Admittedly, many of this year’s jokes seem to have been pretty harmless. Bruce Campbell (we think) pretended that he’ll cameo in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness....

The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To Christmas Movies, Why The Nice Guys Is Great & More Disney By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 28, 2021 9:06 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.)...

The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To Shang-Chi, Encanto Scene Breakdown & More Corridor Crew By Danielle Ryan/March 29, 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.) In this edition, the VFX artists at Corridor Crew react to the work done on “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” as well as deepfakes, and more....

The Northman Director Robert Eggers Is Glad To Have An Outlet For His Darkness [Interview] Focus By Jacob Hall/June 9, 2022 12:28 pm EST “The Northman” is a brutal, dark, detailed, and macabre journey into another time and place, an immersive experience that feels less like a movie and more like a guided tour into a long-forgotten hell. In other words, it’s a Robert Eggers movie. After “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse” rightfully put him on the radar of film fans all over the world, Eggers went big with his third movie....

This Was The Hardest Scene For Willem Dafoe To Shoot In The Lighthouse A24 By Mike Shutt/April 14, 2022 12:05 pm EST The most difficult part of performing as a trained actor is never what you think it is going to be. It is never the obvious things like remembering lines or having a big crying scene. For people who aren’t actors, these seem like the massive hurdles one has to jump in order to become a successful actor, but if you have enough training and experiences, an actor can come up with their own methods for having these things become second nature to the profession....

Yellowstone Has Been Renewed For Season 5, Thrilling Dads Everywhere Paramount+ By Jenna Busch/Feb. 3, 2022 4:42 pm EST The Paramount+ series “Yellowstone” has been renewed for a fifth season. And as the title says, this news will likely make dads happy. This will definitely make my dad happy. Not only has the show been renewed, but Jen Landon and Kathryn Kelly are now series regulars for the series, too. We’re probably not going to be waiting too long for the new season either, as production is beginning in May of 2022....

3D Moments That Made These Horror Movies More Hilarious Than Terrifying Lionsgate By Ryan Leston/July 1, 2022 11:51 am EST It’s no secret that 3D just doesn’t work in horror movies. Often considered a wacky gimmick, the addition of 3D to a serious horror flick doesn’t just do nothing — it actively works against the film’s efforts to build tension and atmosphere. Why doesn’t 3D work in horror movies? Well, as a big-screen spectacle, it often undercuts what a horror film should be all about: heightened emotions....

Against The Ice Star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau On His Real-Life Survival Thriller [Interview] Netflix By Danielle Ryan/March 3, 2022 4:05 pm EST Nikolaj Coster-Waldau heard “winter is coming” on “Game of Thrones” for years, but apparently decided that he hadn’t had quite enough ice and snow. In his latest film, “Against the Ice,” now streaming on Netflix, the actor faces off against the icy wastes of Greenland with only a single companion and a pack of sled dogs....

American Graffiti Ending Explained: The Calm Before The Storm Universal Pictures By Caroline Madden/Feb. 28, 2022 12:27 pm EST Before the mammoth success of “Star Wars,” George Lucas directed and co-wrote (along with Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck) the 1973 coming-of-age film “American Graffiti.” A nostalgic slice of Americana pie filmed in a warm, naturalistic style, “American Graffiti” is the simple, wistful story of a group of California teenagers spending one last night together after their high school graduation in 1962....