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Downton Abbey: A New Era Costume Designer Anna Robbins On Bringing The Allure Of Hollywood Glamor To Downton [Interview] Focus Features By Matthew Bilodeau/July 4, 2022 11:00 am EST Costume dramas’ wardrobe departments allow a peek into a bygone era in which the fashion of the past is made anew, and in “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” we get to see the clash of colors, fabrics, and radical clothing as the ’30s are just around the corner....

Here’s What America’s Favorite Concession Choices Are Dimension Films By BJ Colangelo/June 2, 2022 12:00 pm EST When it comes to going to the movies, Nicole Kidman is correct. ​​We do come to the theater for magic, but we also come to the theater for massively inflated prices. Going to the movies without making a pitstop at the concession stand is a lot like not wearing shoes in a public bathroom: I mean, you can do it, but you really shouldn’t....

Homelander’s Season 3 Arc Is A Scary Look At Our Current Hellscape Prime Video By Danielle Ryan/June 3, 2022 2:00 pm EST There’s no denying it: straight white men in America are extremely angry, and they’re making sure that everyone knows about it. Between the January 6 insurrectionists, the near-daily shootings in random public places, and the screaming fear-mongering mouthpieces in places of power, straight white men are honestly absolutely terrifying....

Hustle: Release Date, Cast, And More Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/May 10, 2022 5:26 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Inside of Adam Sandler there are two wolves. One of them stars in and/or produces crass comedies for the Happy Madison banner, all of which have gone directly to Netflix since 2015 thanks to his deal with the streamer....

James Gunn Thinks These 60s Horror Films Are Must-See ABC By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 11, 2022 1:58 pm EST If you’re a fan of genre films, chances are you’re a fan of James Gunn. All directors love movies (we hope), but James Gunn really, really loves movies. The best part of it all? He loves movies just as weird and adventurous as he is. Long before he was directing powerhouse superhero features (“The Suicide Squad,” “Peacemaker,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy”), before he was making killer cult hits (“Super” and “Slither”), and even before he was penning beloved favorites like “Scooby-Doo” and the 2004 remake of “Dawn of the Dead,” Gunn was a die-hard genre geek working for Troma Entertainment....

Julia Garner Got A Little Creepy During Her Research For The Assistant Bleecker Street By Mike Shutt/April 14, 2022 3:57 pm EST One of my last moviegoing experiences before the world shut down was sitting in a completely empty theater to see Kitty Green’s first non-documentary feature “The Assistant.” I felt incredibly lucky to have this gripping, intimate portrait of an assistant to a horrific, Harvey Weinstein-esque film executive all to myself on the big screen....

Michael Mann Went To Some Exhaustive Lengths While Doing Research For Heat Warner Bros. By Travis Yates/March 28, 2022 10:27 am EST There is much ballyhoo surrounding the way actors prepare for their roles. Known as method acting, or simply “the Method,” this popular process requires actors to draw on similar experiences to better relate to the character they are playing. It is an exhaustive process that can take a toll....

When and where to watch Three-Body Problem Tor Books Netflix’s adaptation of “Three-Body Problem” was first announced back in September of 2020, with no set release date at that time. Fast forward almost two years later and, well, there’s still no set release date at this time. But good things come to those who wait, or so the saying goes. We do know that Netflix nabbed the rights to the project after its rival, Prime Video, made a valiant (and incredibly pricey!...

Rick F***ing Dalton Sony It’s pretty clear that Quentin Tarantino loves the alternate universe he created in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” because he keeps coming back to it. It’s a universe where Sharon Tate wasn’t brutally murdered by the Manson family, and where a TV Western actor named Rick Dalton struggled to stay relevant. Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” novelization expands on Rick’s life and career, but according to the filmmaker, that was only the tip of the iceberg....

Slow Horses Trailer: An Espionage Thriller Starring Gary Oldman And ‘A Bunch Of Absolute Losers’ AppleTV+ By Shania Russell/March 2, 2022 1:19 pm EST Gary Oldman is getting back in the spy game as a cranky MI5 agent who’s been saddled with a rag-tag group of young spies. The latest series from Apple TV+ stars Oldman as Jackson Lamb, a brilliant but bitter veteran spy who heads up the Slough House, an MI5 department where careers go to die....

Spider-Man: No Way Home Writers Considered Credits Scenes With [REDACTED] Sony Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 3, 2022 10:14 am EST Weeks after storming into theaters and representing many audience members’ grand return to the big screen after months of playing it safe during the pandemic, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is still making headlines. For one thing, the smash hit continues to rake it in at the box office, becoming Sony’s biggest movie ever and positioning itself to land in the top 10 highest domestic earners of all time (though with the caveat of not adjusting for inflation, of course)....

Bring on that Western Lucasfilm Spielberg flirted with directing a musical at various times in his career, such as the opening nightclub sequence of “Indiana Jones at the Temple of Doom,” where his own future wife, Kate Capshaw, sang “Anything Goes” in an elaborately choreographed musical number (and in Mandarin Chinese, no less). With “West Side Story,” Spielberg was finally able to move beyond isolated scenes and do a full-length musical feature, and now, as he moves ever forward like the shark in “Jaws” — or a Shark gang member snapping his fingers and doing some dance steps — he seems ready to move onto other things....

Strange World: Release Date, Cast, And More Disney By Deshawn “DeLa Doll” Thomas/April 20, 2022 10:38 am EST Before you even ask, “Strange World” is not a Marvel property and has nothing to do with Doctor Strange or his questionable behaviors, sorry. That said, Disney’s upcoming animated feature is shaping up to be an interesting one if you’re into sci-fi, adventure, and Disney’s current trend of exploring the specific issues that can arise when dealing with the complexities of familial bonds and conflict....

The British Royal Family Apparently Shuts Down The Crown Shoots ‘Whenever They Can’ Netflix By Joshua Meyer/April 26, 2022 8:26 am EST Heavy lies “The Crown,” and even heavier lies the shutdown of shooting locations that results from the prestige Netflix drama irking the real British royal family. It’s no big secret that the royals are not a fan of “The Crown,” which often delves into real-life scandals that they have faced over the years, as it tracks the reign of Queen Elizabeth down through seven decades....

The Daily Stream: The Adventures Of Mark Twain Offers Kids Nightmares And Literature Clubhouse Pictures By Witney Seibold/April 15, 2022 3:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. (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: “The Adventures of Mark Twain” Where You Can Stream It: Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Vudu, Tubi, Pluto TV....

Netflix gave video rental stores the kiss of death Paramount Pictures I want to paint you all a picture. The year is 2007. “Halo 3” is breaking video game sales records, “The Big Bang Theory” debuts on TV, the US economy is flying high not realizing its racing towards a cliff edge as the housing bubble is about to burst and video stores are about to be dealt a death blow by this weird company called Netflix that has the bright idea to take their DVD-rental-by-mail service digital....

The Little Mermaid Has Some Surprising Cameos That You Might Have Missed Disney By Witney Seibold/Feb. 15, 2022 1:18 pm EST Working as an animator is a tedious process. Drawing picture after picture can get a little boring, and it’s not uncommon for an animator to start throwing in a few fun background details and in-jokes just to keep their minds occupied. Looking at the backgrounds of many animation productions may reveal caricatures of the animators themselves, references to other projects the animators may have worked on, and — as has been widely speculated — the occasional blue joke....

The Morning Watch: Creating The Ghostbusters: Afterlife Farmstead, Seth Rogen Gets Spicy On Hot Ones & More Sony Pictures By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 21, 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....

The Two Props Robert Eggers Kept From The Northman And The Lighthouse Focus Features By Shae Sennett/June 9, 2022 5:35 pm EST The films of Robert Eggers are set in intricately constructed universes brimming with fantasy and darkness. The worlds of “The Lighthouse” (2019) and “The Northman” (2022) are bound to unforgiving landscapes but include a few potently symbolic props. These objects are so powerful that they become almost like characters themselves, influencing the plot just as much as any person....

Mother, tell your children not to walk my way… HBO It’s certainly not what I would have guessed, but it’s still fun. And, despite how out of left field it sounds, I can see what Scott is talking about here. The androids, especially Mother, do have this sort of statuesque, otherworldly quality. They seem larger than life and, somehow, subdued at the same time if that makes any sort of sense....