The 15 Best Kung Fu Movies Ranked Well Go USA Entertainment By Gino Orlandini/March 17, 2022 11:57 am EST Let’s start by defining terms: “The Karate Kid” is not quite a kung fu movie. “Bloodsport” is closer, but as great as Jean-Claude Van Damme was in his oiled-up wheel-kicking prime he doesn’t really know kung fu. Specifically, the kung fu genre is all about elaborate and blindingly fast fight choreography that derives from Chinese “Wuxia” films....
The 20 Best American Horror Story Villains Ranked Disney Platform Distribution By Addison Peacock/Dec. 16, 2021 6:46 pm EST “American Horror Story” has been running for an incredible 10 seasons so far, and in those 10 seasons the stylish, boundary-pushing horror anthology series has offered plenty of scares, and more than its fair share of memorable villains. We’ve had macabre medical professionals, killer clowns, carnivorous countesses, wicked witches, naughty nuns, and pretty much every kind of nasty creature you can think of....
The Black Phone Ending Changed At The Last Minute Universal Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/June 27, 2022 5:51 pm EST The movie gods work in mysterious ways. Writers and directors commonly describe the filmmaking process as one where the needs of the story demand their next steps. This has led to airtight scripts that were locked in months or even years in advance, without a single change along the way … or it has resulted in last-minute bursts of creativity and inspiration, steering the production in exactly the direction it always needed to go....
The Door Is Open For A The Boys Cameo From Your Other Favorite Supernatural Star Prime Video By Shania Russell/June 9, 2022 5:12 pm EST If saving people and hunting things is still the family business, then there’s no reason that Sam and Dean Winchester wouldn’t make perfect additions to the superhero-killing squad over on “The Boys.” Homelander may not suck blood, but his milk addiction is much more bone-chilling. Plus, he definitely has a body count to rival the toughest demons on “Supernatural....
The Morning Watch: Moonfall Edition - Honest Trailer, Making The Tsunami & More Lionsgate By Rafael Motamayor/April 27, 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 special edition, to celebrate Roland Emmerich’s insane new disaster epic “Moonfall” arriving on home video, watch the Honest Trailer that celebrates how dumb this movie is and doesn’t hesitate to poke fun at the nonsense....
The One Gerald’s Game Scene That Hit Fans The Hardest Netflix By Anya Stanley/March 15, 2022 10:18 am EST It was important that she see what she was doing, because she felt almost nothing at first; she could have cut her wrist to bleeding ribbons and felt little save those distant sensations of pressure and warmth. Stephen King is not the man you come to for a gentle bedtime story, and frankly, neither is Mike Flanagan....
The Umbrella Academy Season 3 Clip: Welcome To The The Hotel Obsidian Netflix By BJ Colangelo/June 6, 2022 2:52 pm EST The Hargreeves Siblings are back for yet another adventure, and by adventure, I mean “massive problem that could destroy the entire universe that is partially their fault for causing in the first place.” Returning for its third season, the hit Netflix comic book series “The Umbrella Academy” centers on a set of seven adopted superpowered siblings all born on the same day and taken under the wing of Sir Reginald Hargreeves, who is apparently Charles Xavier’s biggest fan, as he started his own superhero training academy to help the Hargreeves kids harness their skills....
Underrated Survival Movies That Will Surely Increase Your Heart Rate Showbox By Chad Collins/March 21, 2022 2:00 pm EST There’s nothing quite like watching some poor saps endure the worst of the worst from the comfort of a movie theater auditorium. Against all odds, the survival movie subgenre all but begs audiences to bet on whether a movie’s core group of characters will make it to the end. The subgenre itself is vast, with some — such as 2018’s “All is Lost” — trading in sentimentality more than survival thrills....
Serious lines were crossed Warner Bros. Back in 2018, Jada Pinkett Smith was diagnosed with alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss. She has been very vocal and open about her diagnosis on social media and even dedicated an entire episode of her show “Red Table Talk” to talk about her struggles with the condition and her eventual decision to shave her head. While it’s unknown whether or not Chris Rock knew of her condition before making his ableist joke, this moment was a perfect example as to why making fun of someone’s appearance is never okay....
A real, Simian monkey nearly played Yoda Lucasfilm Though die-hard “Star Wars” fans have probably heard this before, the more casual viewers may not know that the great and wise Jedi master Yoda was initially just a monkey in a mask. George Lucas planned to have a real Simian monkey play the part, and he hired a trainer to teach the animal to hold Yoda’s signature cane. The filmmaker eventually realized that filming with an animal proved to be a lot more trickier than he expected, so he decided to go in a different direction....
A New Film Studio Is Being Built In Actual Space Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 20, 2022 12:26 pm EST Pffft, imagine being a filmmaker trying to recreate the unforgiving conditions found in the vacuum of space through the use of models, fancy visual effects, or special aircraft simulating the effect of zero-gravity conditions. That’s pretty much how it’s always been done since the days of “2001: A Space Odyssey” and the original “Star Wars,” all the way up to “Gravity” and “Interstellar....
Suburban wasteland Netflix Directed by Chris Smith, the filmmaker behind another shocking scam-based documentary, “Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened,” “Bad Vegan” follows the now-standard true crime doc format, full of talking-head interviews and big, surprising twists. Indeed, the twists in “Bad Vegan” come so fast and furious that you might find yourself watching this with the type of slack-jawed incredulity of an audience member in a rerun of “The Jerry Springer Show....
Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day Casting Gave Its Creator Cause For Concern Columbia Pictures By Witney Seibold/May 11, 2022 8:55 am EST A fun idea: Columbia Pictures ought to announce a remake of Harold Ramis’ 1993 comedy “Groundhog Day.” In press releases, the studio should boast that they will have returning legacy characters from the original. In fact, the press releases should read, most of the original cast will be returning. Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell can tour the press circuit, giving interviews and talking about how great it will be to revisit a similar story....
Easy Rider Caused A Feud Between Dennis Hopper And Peter Fonda That Was Never Resolved Columbia Pictures By Bill Bria/March 10, 2022 11:01 am EST Of all the trailblazing American films released during the end of the 1960s, “Easy Rider” is easily the most revolutionary. Although the 1969 movie was one of a number of films that helped kickstart the New Hollywood movement of the ’70s, it was its box office take of $60 million (over a roughly $400,000 budget) that convinced the major Hollywood studios that such artistic experimentation and boundary pushing could be lucrative as well as attractive to audiences and critics alike....
Blue Lucasfilm/Disney Blue is the color of the sky and water and is one of the two most ubiquitous colors of the Jedi lightsabers. It is the very first lightsaber beamed onscreen in “A New Hope.” Obi-Wan Kenobi introduces it as “Not as clumsy or random as a blaster, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.” The old Jedi’s words set in stone their association with control and precision, something that young Luke Skywalker has to master with patience throughout the original trilogy....
How Lightyear Turned A Toy Into A Fully-Realized Character Pixar By Debopriyaa Dutta/June 17, 2022 2:51 pm EST If you’ve been keeping up with the buzz surrounding Pixar’s “Lightyear,” you must’ve already heard a thousand times how the animated film’s titular character is not based on the toy from the “Toy Story” franchise. Buzz Lightyear is a fully-fleshed, multidimensional character in his own right (shocker!), and “Lightyear” delves into how he is more than a space ranger meant to save the world....
How The Worst Person In The World Changed Actor Renate Reinsve [Interview] Neon By Jack Giroux/Feb. 4, 2022 4:00 pm EST Renate Reinsve is electrifying in director Joachim Trier’s highly acclaimed new feature film “The Worst Person of the World.” Just like the movie itself, her performance is vibrant, full of life, and runs a gamut of experiences and emotions. Reinsve laughs about how the role of Julie was written for her, but based on her wide-ranging performance, it seemed like it had to be....
How Turning Red Is Helping Audiences Learn To See Themselves In Teen Girl Characters [Exclusive] Pixar By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 7, 2022 10:12 am EST It’s been commonly accepted in the entertainment industry that girls will watch “boy’s content,” but boys won’t watch “girls’ shows.” Coming-of-age movies that center on boys are considered universal classics, but coming-of-age movies about girls are pushed under the “chick flick” category. It’s this backwards way of thinking that makes studios nervous to invest in stories about young women, fearful that the lack of “universal appeal” will allow their film to be profitable....
Let’s Talk About That Character In The Thor: Love And Thunder Credit Scene Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/July 8, 2022 10:00 am EST Spoilers for “Thor: Love and Thunder” follow. “Thor: Love and Thunder” is out in theaters, and like so many Marvel movies, it has both a mid-credits and an after-credits scene. During the film, Thor and his pals come to the god Zeus (Russell Crowe in a brilliant casting move) to ask for help....
Marvel’s Echo Has Begun Production, See A First Look Image Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/May 17, 2022 11:42 am EST Marvel president Kevin Feige’s efforts to expand the Marvel Cinematic Universe onto streaming have to be considered a thorough success, even if the specific shows have been somewhat hit or miss to this point. One recent highlight, however, turned out to be the Hailee Steinfeld-starring “Hawkeye” series. Anchored by the young actor’s charismatic turn and perfectly paired with Jeremy Renner’s older, gruffer, and delightfully grumpy Avenger/mentor, the Christmas-set adventure stood on its own as a perfectly entertaining introduction for one of Marvel’s newer heroes....
