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What LeVar Burton Could (And Couldn’t) See When He Put On His Star Trek Visor CBS By Andrew Housman/Jan. 14, 2022 6:47 pm EST Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge from “Star Trek: The Next Generation” ranks among LeVar Burton’s most iconic roles, but the character’s instantly recognizable VISOR was a literal pain for the actor. The ocular device was one of the many advanced technologies in “Star Trek,” letting the blind Geordi receive visual information through the electromagnetic spectrum....

Twitter Takes Notice HBO Max Because “Harry Potter” has such a dedicated fanbase, it’s no surprise that people have quickly taken notice of the error, with members of the fandom pointing out the mix-up over on Twitter. Some are calling the mistake “embarrassing,” while others find it absolutely hilarious. GUYS HELP ME THATS LITERALLY EMMA ROBERTS NOT EMMA WATSON ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️ #ReturnToHogwarts #HarryPotter20thAnniversary pic.twitter.com/bLbXcCUpnh — 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕒 (@vee_delmonico99) January 1, 2022 Can’t decide if this was on purpose to generate hate views (for promotion) or if it’s a hilariously bad error by Warner Bros....

Willem Dafoe Likens His Acting Motives To A 1960s Sex Documentary A24 By Kaylee Dugan/Feb. 9, 2022 9:48 am EST A great interview makes you feel like you’ve got a first class ticket into someones mind, but a great interview subject makes you feel like you were bumped from coach to first class for free. When a subject is smart, interesting, and open, you’ve got the perfect cocktail for an excellent read....

/Film Showdown: Morbius Or Edward Cullen Columbia Pictures By Christian Gainey/May 17, 2022 9:48 am EST Two brooding bloodsuckers enter, but can they both survive? Edward Cullen burst onto the scene back in Stephanie Meyer’s 2005 novel “Twilight.” He was turned into a vampire in 1918 after contracting a nasty case of influenza. The doctor who non-consensually sired him, treated him as a son, and taught him to survive on animal blood, but Edward wasn’t so keen on a “vegetarian” lifestyle in his younger years....

Chris Evans Says Playing Johnny Storm Again Would Be ‘An Easier Sell’ Than Returning As Captain America By Debopriyaa Dutta/June 20, 2022 3:35 pm EST Remember Chris Evans as Human Torch? The “Captain America” and Knives Out" star recently expressed his interest in returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Johnny Storm aka Human Touch, explaining that it would make more sense than him returning as Steve Rogers, the original Captain America....

Filming The Northman Felt Like A Homecoming To Anya Taylor-Joy Focus Features By Devin Meenan/April 4, 2022 9:38 am EST One upcoming release every movie fan should be excited for is Robert Eggers’ “The Northman.” The film is based on the Scandanavian legend of Amleth, a prince who sets out to avenge his murdered father Aurvandill by killing his treasonous uncle Fjölnir. If this story sounds familiar, it was Shakespeare’s inspiration for “Hamlet....

Good Will Hunting Ending Explained: When You Gotta Go See About A Girl Miramax By Christian Gainey/May 23, 2022 12:37 pm EST In the 1990s, struggling actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon penned “Good Will Hunting,” and sold it to Miramax for over a million dollars. On top of writing the script, the pair starred in the 1997 film, alongside Robin Williams and Stellan Skarsgard, and proved they could hold their own in front of the big names....

Human Resources Trailer: Hormone Monsters And Shame Wizards Assemble For The Big Mouth Spin-Off Netflix By Joshua Meyer/Jan. 17, 2022 2:02 pm EST The world of “Big Mouth” is about to get bigger. Netflix’s Emmy-winning adult animated sitcom, which features the voices of Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, is going five seasons strong and already has a long-standing order for a sixth season. It’s also got a spin-off, “Human Resources,” on the way in March, and the first teaser has arrived....

If Kirby Dies In Her Scream Return, We Riot Dimension Films By Mike Shutt/May 15, 2022 12:56 pm EST Warning: spoilers ahead for all the “Scream” movies, including “Scream” (2022). When you decide to make legacy sequels in a slasher film franchise, you run into a little bit of a problem: The vast majority of fan favorite characters ended up getting killed. That’s just how the genre works. You build up a collection of fun people, and they get picked off one by one....

John Carpenter Didn’t Have To Look Far To Find His Michael Myers Compass International Pictures By Andrew Housman/March 17, 2022 3:57 pm EST John Carpenter’s “Halloween” introduced the world to the terrifyingly persistent killer Michael Myers, a human-shaped mass of evil that menaced the suburban residents of Haddonfield, Illinois with a slowly-paced, eerie step. Michael is such an inhuman force that it’s easy to forget that there’s a real actor behind the mask and coveralls....

Nehemiah Persoff, Character Actor Known For Yentl, The Twilight Zone, Some Like It Hot, Dies At 102 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer By Witney Seibold/April 6, 2022 9:41 pm EST As reported today by Variety, Nehemiah Persoff, a prolific Hollywood character actor whose career spanned six decades, has passed away at the age of 102 in San Luis Obispo, CA. Persoff began acting in films in 1948 with an uncredited walk-on role in “The Naked City,” and would also play various roles in the 1959 TV adaptation....

Our First Look At The Orcs In Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Definitely Look Like Orcs New Line Cinema By Jeremy Mathai/June 21, 2022 12:30 pm EST If superhero movies are only as good as their villains (which in itself is debatable, but work with me here), then epic stories set in Middle-earth need to have antagonists to match. Luckily for “The Lord of the Rings” author J....

Putting Naomi Watts In King Kong’s Hands Took Some Serious VFX Trickery Universal Pictures By Witney Seibold/May 11, 2022 10:26 am EST Following the success of the three “Lord of the Rings” movies, director Peter Jackson was granted the power in Hollywood to make whatever film he wanted. Jackson immediately cashed in his chips on a remake of “King Kong” that would expand one of his favorite movies into a massive technological marvel....

Could Cal Kestis appear in Obi-Wan Kenobi? This game looks fantastic, but it also includes plenty of clues that make us think it may tie into the TV universe “Star Wars” is building on Disney+. Respawn Entertainment also shared the trailer on their official Twitter, along with the following caption: “Five years have passed and the grasp of the Empire only grows stronger. Cal Kestis must fight to survive in #StarWarsJediSurvivor – Coming 2023....

Dr. Daka Columbia Pictures Batman’s first appearance on the big screen was in a 1943 serial, wherein the Dark Knight (Lewis Wilson) was a government agent facing off against a conspiracy of Japanese spies who sought to sabotage Gotham City’s supply chain. The serial features a lot of racist stereotypes — a regrettably common feature of American entertainment following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 — not least of which was the central villain of the piece, Dr....

The Bob’s Burgers Movie Co-Director Explains How A Film Was The Next Logical Step For The Franchise [Exclusive] 20th Century Studios By Ben F. Silverio/May 23, 2022 9:30 pm EST “Bob’s Burgers” is the latest in a long line of fan-favorite animated shows to make the jump from our TV screens to cinemas around the world. “Beavis and Butthead,” “South Park,” and “Pokemon” are just a few of the notable series that made the transition from the family television set to multiple screens at your local multiplex....

The Boys Season 3 Casts Paul Reiser As That Universe’s Version Of Stan Lee Prime Video By Jeremy Mathai/June 15, 2022 2:53 pm EST “The Boys” simply can’t and won’t stop until it successfully lampoons every possible aspect of its big superhero-themed siblings, Marvel and DC. It wasn’t enough that so many of the actual supes in the Prime Video series are clearly meant as analogues of popular, established characters (both heroes and villains alike)....

The Canceled Storyline That Could Have Saved Star Trek: Enterprise Paramount By Witney Seibold/Feb. 24, 2022 1:41 pm EST Consensus opinion among Trekkies is that the fourth season on “Star Trek: Enterprise” was right when the show was getting good. “Star Trek,” previously constructed — strongly — of bottled-off hour-long morality plays, was facing a changing mid-2000s TV landscape where mainstream shows were moving away from singular, the-story-is-resolved-at-the-end-of-the-hour episodes and leaning into season- and series-long story arcs that wouldn’t pay off until years down the line....

The Dancing Sequence In Kung Fu Hustle Was Actually An Accident Huayi Brothers/Columbia Pictures By Steven Ward/May 4, 2022 4:42 pm EST For those who’ve seen it, the 2004 film “Kung Fu Hustle” exists as a truly unforgettable balancing act of both tone and genre. It tells the story of a young man named Sing (Stephen Chow), who turns his back on altruism after getting beaten up for his kindness and now aspires to join the feared Axe Gang....

The Forgotten, Troubled TV History Of The James Bond Franchise MGM By Adam Wescott/March 25, 2022 1:09 pm EST There have been 25 official films starring James Bond made since the release of “Dr. No” in 1962. They range in quality from excellent to embarrassing, each film adding and subtracting ingredients depending on audience demand and the strengths of the actor in the title role. They are the meat and potatoes of Hollywood action film-making....