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Why Nightmare Alley Star Willem Dafoe Hates Day One Of Shooting [Interview] 20th Century Studios By Jack Giroux/Dec. 17, 2021 4:33 pm EST The masks people wear is one of the themes explored in Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” but if there’s one character in the lavish film not disguising their true nature, it’s Clem (Willem Dafoe). He’s the man in charge of the carnival, and he’s responsible, as he describes in one bone-chilling sequence with no blood or graphic horror, for breaking in a new “geek,” a down-on-his-luck alcoholic who’s given a few drops of liquor in exchange for eating a live chicken in front of a repulsed crowd at the carnival....

Why The A24 Horror Trailer Aesthetic Is A Double-Edged Sword A24 By Sandy Schaefer/Feb. 9, 2022 3:52 pm EST Editing film trailers is a true art form. Ridley Scott might blame those no-good millennials and their “f***ing cell phones” (his words, not mine!) for “The Last Duel” bombing, but friends and family members have told me it was the trailers that left them uninterested in the director’s latest period piece … only to end up loving the movie when they eventually sat down and watched it....

Zhang Ziyi Had Some Unique Training For Her House Of Flying Daggers Role Sony Pictures Classics By Lyvie Scott/April 1, 2022 12:50 pm EST China-based actress Zhang Ziyi has starred in some of the most celebrated martial arts films of all time, and pulled off incredible feats in the process. She carried her weight against titans like Tony Leung, Jet Li and Maggie Cheung in Zhang Yi-mou’s 2004 epic “Hero.” She totally stole the show — while dangling 60 feet above the ground — in Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon....

A 10-Year Old Dakota Johnson Took Her First Tiny Acting Role Very Seriously Columbia Pictures By Shae Sennett/June 30, 2022 5:19 pm EST Dakota Johnson has been staunchly committed to her craft ever since her first day on the job. The actress began her career at age nine and has since made a name for herself starring in the “Fifty Shades of Grey” franchise. The “Suspiria” actress was first exposed to the industry through her star-studded family....

Adina Porter And Clark Backo Join LaKeith Stanfield In Apple TV+ Series The Changeling By Ben F. Silverio/March 20, 2022 12:36 pm EST After previously taking a different form, “The Changeling” is starting to take shape. Not to be confused with the 1980 classic horror film from Peter Medak (or the remake from Anders Engström), this project is based on the 2017 horror fantasy by Victor LaValle. Originally, a series based on the novel was in the works at FX in 2018....

Barbarian Trailer: This Is Why You Don’t Go In The Basement 20th Century Studios By Debopriyaa Dutta/June 23, 2022 12:59 pm EST Something extremely weird is going on in a rental home in the middle of nowhere. No, truly, I have no idea what the heck is going on. I’m talking about the brand new trailer for the upcoming horror thriller, “Barbarian,” in which a young woman arrives at the rental home she booked and finds another guest has already made himself at home....

Disney’s Percy Jackson Series Finds Its Lead In The Adam Project’s Walker Scobell Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/April 11, 2022 1:41 pm EST The live-action “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series has officially found its lead. Walker Scobell (“The Adam Project”) will star as the eponymous demigod, with production getting underway at some point in summer 2022. “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the young adult fantasy novel series of the same name authored by Rick Riordan, who is co-writing and executive producing the show for Disney+....

Season 23 Comedy Central The highlight of Season 23 is “Let Them Eat Goo,” which sees Eric Cartman go on a tirade against the introduction of vegan food into his beloved school cafeteria. Watching his absolute heartbreak over the demise of Taco Tuesday, and other themed lunches, is hilarious and makes for a perfect Cartman-themed episode. It’s a great example of what “South Park” is capable of when everything comes together....

Firestarter: Release Date, Cast, And More Universal By Sandy Schaefer/Feb. 9, 2022 5:44 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.) For as long as horror maestro Stephen King has been writing books, they’ve been turned into movies and TV series. (I’m not even kidding; the first novel he ever published, 1974’s “Carrie,” made the leap to the big screen in 1976....

Hayao Miyazaki Has A Poignant Explanation For Why Studio Ghibli Turns People Into Pigs Walt Disney Pictures By Shae Sennett/May 20, 2022 9:56 am EST In the fantasy world of Studio Ghibli, the human form is just another canvas for imbuing reality with the supernatural. One creative genius behind the animation company, Hayao Miyazaki, finds himself drawn to one anthropomorphic form in particular: pigs. In a cinematic universe where anything is possible, why does the creator consistently choose to transform his characters into swine?...

Here’s Where You Can Stream Or Buy Every Episode Of Firefly By Jamie Gerber/March 14, 2022 12:03 pm EST “Firefly” starred Nathan Fillion as Captain Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds, Gina Torres as his right-hand woman, Zoë Washburne, and Alan Tudyk as the ship’s pilot (and Zoë’s husband) Hoban “Wash” Washburne. The ship’s ragtag gang also included: classy Companion Inara Serra (Morena Baccarin), brash mercenary Jayne Cobb (Adam Baldwin), Serenity’s faithful mechanic Kaywinnet Lee “Kaylee” Frye (Jewel Staite), the mysterious Shepherd Derrial Book (the late Ron Glass), and the ship’s newest inhabitants, Simon and River Tam, played by Sean Maher and Summer Glau, respectively....

Hollywood Used To Think Of Martin Scorsese As Box Office Poison Company Films By Witney Seibold/April 19, 2022 9:54 am EST In recent years, Martin Scorsese has been considered something of an elder statesman in cinema. In addition to his continued production of staggeringly impressive films — his last three films, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Silence,” and “The Irishman” are grand contemplations about greed, faith, and old age, respectively — Scorsese has also long advocated for the discovery of new cinema from around the world....

Jackass Forever Scores $1.7M In Previews, On Track To Defeat Moonfall At Weekend Box Office Paramount Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 4, 2022 3:35 pm EST Between the pandemic very much continuing to be a thing and a winter storm named after the meanest kid in a kindergarten class (Landon, by the way) taking over half the United States, getting people to willingly leave their homes to get to the movie theater is no easy task....

Millie Bobby Brown And The Russo Bros. Movie The Electric State Lands At Netflix Netflix By BJ Colangelo/June 28, 2022 7:12 pm EST As it turns out, even after you direct one of the highest-grossing films of all time, you still don’t have carte blanche to do whatever you want creatively until the end of time. Known for their ultra box office bustin’ Marvel films “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame,” the latest project from The Russo Bros....

My Father’s Dragon First Look: Netflix To Release The Magical New Animated Film From Wolfwalkers Studio Cartoon Saloon Netflix By Rafael Motamayor/April 20, 2022 11:24 am EST Cartoon Saloon is one of the most exciting animation studios working today, one with an incredible track record of having every single one of their films get an Oscar nomination. It’s easy to see why, too. Their films are all visually distinct but fresh and innovative, playing with the 2D and 3D formats in ways few other studios do....

Rambo: First Blood Part II Ending Explained: The Bloody Legacy Of A Blockbuster Lie Lionsgate By Jeremy Smith/May 20, 2022 10:07 am EST One year before Oliver Stone pricked America’s conscience with “Platoon,” Sylvester Stallone used the Vietnam War as a backdrop for his unabashedly pulpy “Rambo: First Blood Part II.” Conceived at the height of the POW/MIA dispute, which demanded a full accounting of all American soldiers who never returned home from the conflict, the film is both entertainingly exploitative and morally repugnant....

Seven Samurai Ending Explained: From Japanese History To The Gig Economy Toho By Witney Seibold/March 15, 2022 4:21 pm EST Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” invented a premise, and in so doing, invented a genre. From “Seven Samurai,” you can trace a direct line to “The Magnificent Seven,” John Sturges’ 1960 remake set in the Old West. From there, you can connect the dots with samurai films remade as Spaghetti Westerns in Italy....

Return of the Pupa Hulu Though the return of this weird, gross, surprisingly sweet animated sitcom is more than welcome, it’ll be interesting to see exactly where “Solar Opposites” goes beyond its second season. After all, last year’s finale saw the whole family — including earth detractors Korvo (Justin Roiland) and Yumyulack and human-appreciating Terry (Thomas Middleditch) and Jesse (Mary Mack) — die and return as trees while the Pupa prepared to terraform earth....

Sony Expands Their Corner Of The Marvel Universe With El Muerto Movie Marvel Comics By Danielle Ryan/April 25, 2022 10:54 pm EST While Sony doesn’t own nearly the roster of Marvel characters that Disney has access to, they’re still looking to expand their little corner of the Marvel universe. Following on the major success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and the heels of the recent vampire flick “Morbius,” they’re going to release another Marvel movie with a character many fans might not know: El Muerto....

Superhero Bits: The Final Doctor Strange 2 Poster, Moon Knight’s Big Episode Is Imminent & More Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/April 26, 2022 6:41 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....