Big and broad, but not over-the-top Warner Bros. I’ve seen more than a few people perturbed by Farrell’s casting here. Not so much about the fact that he’s playing the character, but that the film has dropped him into a fat suit and slathered on the prosthetics. Personally speaking, I have no qualms. In fact, I kind of love it when a big Hollywood actor allows themselves to be covered in make-up....
Let’s Talk About That Sad Scene In Cobra Kai Season 4 Episode 2 Netflix By Jenna Busch/Dec. 31, 2021 10:48 am EST Nothing breaks your heart more than bullying, unless it’s a kid being bullied for something they really love. Gosh, it hurt my nerdy little heart to watch the scene in “Cobra Kai” season 4, episode 2 where the new kid, Kenny (Dallas Dupree Young), gets his heart crushed. Bullying isn’t new in this show....
Men Review: A Creepy, Mysterious Folk Horror Oddity That Will Leave You Both Disturbed And Puzzled A24 By Chris Evangelista/May 9, 2022 12:00 pm EST Alex Garland doesn’t hold his audience’s hand. Be it “Ex Machina,” “Annihilation,” or the FX series “Devs,” Garland’s recent work is deliberately mysterious, cloaked in more questions than answers. It’s to his credit as a storyteller that we get the clear sense that he knows the answers himself, but he’d rather leave us, the viewer, to figure them out....
New Book Of Boba Fett Throne Room Toy Set Lets You Re-Enact The Bib Fortuna Murder Disney+ By Jenna Busch/Feb. 10, 2022 8:37 am EST Toy alert! You just finished watching “The Book of Boba Fett” finale, and now we have a little treat — that you can’t get for a very long time. Here’s some background on The Book of Boba Fett Throne Room from Hasbro Pulse, which will be available for pre-order tomorrow....
Noah Hawley’s Alien TV Series Will Take Place 70 Years From Now On Earth, Starts Shooting In 2023 20th Century Studios By Ryan Scott/Feb. 17, 2022 2:36 pm EST We’ve got some interesting news for “Alien” fans today, along with some potentially upsetting news. The interesting bits have to do with FX Networks head John Landgraf spilling new details about the upcoming TV show set within the legendary sci-fi/horror franchise, which is in the works from creator Noah Hawley (“Fargo”)....
Superhero comics in the aughts Marvel Comics To understand “The Ultimates,” you must understand the market and cultural conditions it was created under. In 1996, the comic book market crashed after many years of riding a high; Marvel was left near bankruptcy. Vice President Bill Jemas and Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada decided they needed to attract new readers, and their solution was a reboot. Instead of wiping the slate clean as their distinguished competition had in 1986, “Ultimate Marvel” would run alongside the classic versions, complementing them instead of replacing them....
Spider-Verse Director Peter Ramsey Tagged As Ahsoka Director Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/April 8, 2022 4:51 pm EST The “Star Wars” universe is just about to get a major boost in talent. Peter Ramsey, best known as one of the trio of directors who worked on the incredibly well-received “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” is set to join the Disney+ series “Ahsoka,” according to THR. The report indicates that Ramsey will direct “at least one episode” of the new series, which itself is a spin-off of “The Mandalorian” and a sequel of sorts to “Star Wars” guru Dave Filoni’s animated shows....
Star Wars: Darth Plagueis Author Was Explicitly Told To Not Reveal Anakin Skywalker’s Parents Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/Jan. 11, 2022 3:03 pm EST Even relatively casual “Star Wars” fans are at least vaguely familiar with “The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise,” a key moment from “Revenge of the Sith” that one, hints at some very important history within the franchise, and two, became a very popular meme format on the internet....
Superhero Bits: Gearing Up For The Hawkeye Finale, Marvel Setting Up Eternals Vs. The Avengers & More Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Dec. 21, 2021 5:37 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....
Susan Sarandon Boards DC’s Blue Beetle, Replacing Sharon Stone As Villain Victoria Kord MGM By Ryan Scott/April 14, 2022 4:21 pm EST The cast of DC’s upcoming “Blue Beetle” movie has swapped out one legendary actress for another. Oscar winner Susan Sarandon has officially been added to the superhero flick. Sharon Stone had previously been in talks for the role in question, but those talks apparently fell through, and it’s up to Sarandon to give this hero a hard time on the big screen next year....
The Lessons Contained Within Lucasfilm One could fill several books going over the changes that Lucas made to the original “Star Wars” trilogy and the conversations that opens up about creative works and whether or not the audience has any ownership over those works. I myself am the proud owner of a tank top that says “Han Shot First” on it. Trust me, I have many thoughts on this and would love to live in a world where I could get 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray copies of the unaltered, original trilogy....
The Afterparty Stars Sam Richardson And Ben Schwartz Demanded A Ukulele Song Before They’d Answer My Questions [Interview] Apple TV+ By Ben Pearson/Jan. 28, 2022 7:00 am EST “Break out the uke! Break out the uke! I’m not answering a goddamn question unless you play one song!” Before I could even squeeze in my first question with Sam Richardson and Ben Schwartz, two stars of the new ensemble murder mystery comedy series “The Afterparty,” our interview had gone completely off the rails....
The Apocalypse Now Easter Egg In Goodwill Hunting You May Not Have Noticed Miramax By Travis Yates/Jan. 28, 2022 10:53 am EST Films are filled with obvious explicit messages and more hidden implicit messages that you must look a little deeper to find. Then you have the “Easter egg.” The phrase itself is shrouded in mystery as it relates to media. One theory is that it has roots in Atari and the video game world, coined by one of two Atari software developers, either Steven Wright or Warren Robinett....
The Bubble Review: This Talent-Stuffed Comedy May Meander But It’ll Still Make You Laugh Laura Radford/Netflix By Vanessa Armstrong/March 31, 2022 9:00 pm EST It was only a matter of time before someone made a comedy that centers around the hellish experience of living in a world shut down by COVID-19. Judd Apatow is that someone, and being “the first” is a moniker he knowingly took on when he went about making “The Bubble....
The Fantastic Beasts Franchise Should Have Had Faith In Its Fantastic Beasts Warner Bros. Pictures By Fatemeh Mirjalili/April 16, 2022 11:00 am EST Do you know what the one most inconsistent thing in the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise is? The number of actors playing Grindelwald? No. Tina’s screen time? Yes, but also no. It is the “Fantastic Beasts” logo declining in size, as if a constant reminder of Warner Bros.’ wavering faith in the very thing that made its latest “Harry Potter” property fantastic: its beasts....
A star is born (in Vancouver) Hulu The episode opens with Pam getting ready for her deposition. She wears a baby blue dress suit and her hair and makeup are impeccable as always. Episode director Hannah Fidell quickly transitions to another significant moment for which Pam got glammed up — a football game seven years earlier. In this flashback, Pam’s back in Vancouver, working as a waitress. On this particular night, she’s out with her obviously crappy boyfriend, and gets singled out in the audience and featured on the Jumbotron....
It’s a Dead World After All Paramount Pictures The global scale of “World War Z” was a huge contributing factor to its enormous budget, and scenes of thousands of zombies crawling all over each other like ants, forming chains and bridges with their bodies, required extensive special effects. The film also shot all over the world, with shooting locations in Malta, Hungary, and the United States, as well as army bases in Wales, England, and Scotland....
Turning Red Spoiler Review: A Message We Need To Hear, No Matter How Old We Are Disney By Ben F. Silverio/March 14, 2022 4:00 pm EST Spoilers for “Turning Red” follow. Back in 1988, before Will Smith became one of the highest-grossing movie stars in the world, he was a rapper known as The Fresh Prince. Alongside his friend DJ Jazzy Jeff, he told a generation of kids that “Parents Just Don’t Understand....
Under The Radar: Watcher, Mad God, And More Blockbuster Counter-Programming From June IFC Films By Jeremy Mathai/June 29, 2022 3:00 pm EST (Welcome to Under the Radar, a column where we spotlight specific movies, shows, trends, performances, or scenes that caught our eye and deserved more attention … but otherwise flew under the radar. In this edition: Maika Monroe shines as a very different final girl in “Watcher,” VFX guru Phil Tippett unleashes “Mad God” upon us, and Scott Derrickson’s “The Black Phone” lives up to the hype....
Watch 88MPH, A Documentary On The Greatest Movie Car Of All Time Universal Pictures By Jenna Busch/Dec. 16, 2021 9:34 am EST There is no doubt about it. You can debate all you want, but the greatest movie car of all time is the 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 from 1985’s “Back to the Future.” I mean, yeah, there’s the Batmobile and Bumblebee, but really, the crazy doors, the OUTATIME license plate, and the fact that it’s clearly responsible for Christopher Lloyd never ageing means it’s the cream of the crop....
