Did All That Secrecy Make The Book Of Boba Fett More Fun To Watch? Disney+ By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 29, 2021 11:45 am EST Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” episode 1. /FIlm’s BJ Colangelo wrote an insightful piece this week about spoiler culture and how it relegates the quality of movies and TV shows to individual moments and reveals, as opposed to how well they execute their stories and themes....
Escape From New York Is Getting An Extra-Special Blu-Ray Box Set With A 7 Inch Vinyl Record AVCO Embassy Pictures By Valerie Ettenhofer/Feb. 28, 2022 3:47 pm EST It looks like one of the coolest movies of all time is about to have a home video release to match. John Carpenter’s “Escape From New York” is getting a new release courtesy of Sacred Bones Records and Shout! Factory, and it features a whole host of goodies including newly recorded music from Carpenter himself....
Catch Up on Past Seasons in One Place FOX The announcement came from Charlie Collier, the CEO of FOX Entertainment, and Joe Earley, the president of Hulu. It’s a good time for unscripted programming at FOX: Hulu will be streaming FOX’s animated comedy “HouseBroken,” starring the voice talents of Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte, Clea DuVall, Nat Faxon, Sharon Horgan, Tony Hale, Sam Richardson, and Jason Mantzoukas, and future unscripted programming will be covered under this deal as well....
How Moon Knight Prepared Justin Benson And Aaron Moorhead To Direct Loki Season 2 Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/April 8, 2022 1:16 pm EST For those clued in and paying attention to early reactions on social media and among journalists on a consistent basis, it certainly seems as if every new Marvel project tends to come with prepackaged declarations of being “unlike anything you’ve seen before.” At a certain point, that either has to be carefully parsed as recurring hyperbole or, perhaps, taken at face value when actually applicable....
How Quentin Tarantino Broke The Mold For Anthology Movies With Pulp Fiction Miramax By Joshua Meyer/Feb. 11, 2022 11:20 am EST The label “hyperlink cinema” has sometimes been applied to “Pulp Fiction,” in which writer-director Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary, who received a “story by” co-credit on the film, drew from the anthology structure of “Black Sabbath.” Tarantino reportedly wanted to do with the crime film what director Mario Bava had done with the horror film in 1963....
The Popularity of the Franchise Makes Season 2 Likely HBO The “Jujutsu Kaisen” manga is currently the bestselling manga of 2021, and the anime isn’t far behind in terms of popularity and positive reception. In addition to the high volume of manga sales, “Jujutsu Kaisen” also won 2021’s Anime of the Year at the 5th annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Part of this popularity can likely be attributed to the way the anime subverts some of the more predictable, and sometimes problematic, aspects of the shonen genre while still maintaining the things that tend to draw fans to it....
Joyland Review: A Longing Examination Of Gender And Sexuality [Cannes] Film Constellation By Ryan Leston/May 31, 2022 1:00 pm EST It’s no exaggeration to say that “Joyland” is ground-breaking. Saim Sadiq’s directorial debut is Pakistan’s first entry into the Cannes Film Festival, but it’s also a much-needed examination of love, gender, and sexuality in a culture that’s tentatively moving forward. “Joyland” tells the story of the Rana family — a clan steeped in tradition....
Kids In The Hall: Comedy Punks Review: A Celebration Of Canada’s Finest Alternative Sketch Comedians [SXSW] SXSW By Ethan Anderton/March 18, 2022 6:40 pm EST “Saturday Night Live” is commonly viewed as the pinnacle of sketch comedy on television, even if fans of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” might have something to say about that. Created by Lorne Michaels, the live, late-night sketch series has endured for nearly 50 years since premiering in 1975, with the “Not Ready for Prime Time Players” ushering in a new era of comedy....
Matt Reeves Directed Robert Pattinson’s Batman Via Microphone, And It Worked Warner Bros. By BJ Colangelo/March 2, 2022 3:42 pm EST Trying to fully encapsulate the impact the pandemic has had on the film industry feels like an impossible feat. For years, it seemed like every day there was a new headline to write about yet another delay or production shutdown related to a positive COVID case. The box office feels like it will never be the same, and in the interest of safety for all involved, the way movies are made looks quite a bit different....
Ms. Marvel And The Boys Are Having Two Very Different Conversations About Hero Worship Prime Video By Jeremy Mathai/June 9, 2022 8:33 am EST This post contains spoilers for the first episode of “Ms. Marvel” and the first three episodes of “The Boys” season 3. Whenever a certain genre (or subgenre) of storytelling reaches another level of success entirely and becomes a widespread sensation, it’s only a matter of time before more subversive rivals crop up and take aim squarely at their mainstream peers....
When there’s no more room in hell, the dead titles will walk the Earth Bryanston Distributing Company The “Chainsaw” guidelines are as follows: Tobe Hooper is the only one who gets “Chainsaw” cleaved in twain, simple as. When referring to Hooper’s 1974 film, it’s “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” — “Chain” and “Saw” are separated, and the whole title is preceded by “The.” Yes, a few posters here and there use “Chainsaw,” but those are outliers....
Outer Range Trailer: Spooky Doings Out On The Ranch Prime Video By Jenna Busch/March 9, 2022 5:59 pm EST Today Prime Video released the trailer for the upcoming series “Outer Range” starring Josh Brolin. I’ll admit that this wasn’t on my radar, and the title didn’t quite give me the impetus to watch. The trailer, however, absolutely does. Let me give you the logline so you have an idea of what I’m talking about:...
Pixar Developed New Technology To Make Lightyear For IMAX Disney By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 21, 2022 3:00 pm EST When Pixar goes to space, it goes big. Pixar’s upcoming Buzz Lightyear origin story, “Lightyear,” developed new technology to make the movie suitable for IMAX. In a recent press junket Q&A for the film which /Film attended, visual effects supervisor Jane Yen (“Coco,” “The Incredibles,” “Up”) revealed the specifics of creating a pipeline for shooting “Lightyear” simultaneously for IMAX:...
Sam Mendes Returns With Empire Of Light, Which Begins Filming Today Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/Feb. 28, 2022 1:37 pm EST Sam Mendes has officially begun production on “Empire of Light,” which will serve as the director’s followup to his WWI epic “1917.” Olivia Colman, who can be seen above in her Oscar-nominated role in “The Lost Daughter,” is starring in the film as Hilary opposite Micheal Ward (“Small Axe: Lovers Rock”) as Stephen, Colin Firth (“1917”) as Mr....
The Bizarre Detail Hardcore Star Wars Fans Noticed About Darth Maul Lucasfilm By Steven Ward/Feb. 16, 2022 10:36 am EST If there’s one thing “Star Wars” fans can agree on — and there are few — it’s their shared praise over the decision to bring back Darth Maul. After all, his face-off with Qui-Gon Jin and Obi-Wan Kenobi at the end of “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” is not only one of the most memorable parts of the film, but also one of the saga’s greatest lightsaber duels....
The Firefly Easter Egg You May Have Missed In Battlestar Galactica 20th Television By Jenna Busch/April 4, 2022 11:07 am EST Sci-fi fans are great at ferreting out Easter eggs in TV shows and films, and as someone who reads (and writes) a lot of Easter egg posts, I thought I’d seen them all. Little did I know that there is a “Firefly” Easter egg hiding in the two-episode “Battlestar Galactica” miniseries, according to Screenrant....
The Last House On The Left Controversy Explained American International Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 30, 2021 5:32 pm EST Wes Craven is an undeniable master of horror, having terrified the world with his creation, “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” only to completely subvert the slasher genre he helped perfect and kickstart a new generation’s love of horror with “Scream.” With no exaggeration, horror today would not exist as it does today if it weren’t for the brilliance of Wes Craven....
The Last Of The Mohicans Took Its Toll On Daniel Day-Lewis’ Mental Health Morgan Creek Productions By Lee Adams/May 17, 2022 10:52 am EST Some say getting away from it all is a great way to recover from stress, and no one does it quite like Daniel Day-Lewis. For his next film role after his very public breakdown on stage during a performance of “Hamlet,” the famously intense actor took himself off to the wilderness to prepare for “The Last of the Mohicans....
The Legend Of Vox Machina Trailer: A Super High-Intensity Team Of Heroes By Anya Stanley/Jan. 13, 2022 8:58 am EST Trailer for The Legend of Vox Machina Returning to their respective roles in the “Critical Role” campaign are stars Matthew Mercer as Sylas Briarwood, Ashley Johnson as the gnome Pike Trickfoot, Travis Willingham as the barbaric Grog Strongjaw, Laura Bailey as half-elf ranger Vex Vessar, Liam O’Brien as half-elf rogue Vax Vessar, Taliesin Jaffe as (deep breath) Percival “Percy” Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, Marisha Ray as the druid Keyleth of the Air Ashari, and Sam Riegel in the role of the gnome bard Scanlan Shorthalt....
The cast of ‘The Boys’ breaks down the season 3 trailer Are you ready for some violence? The trailer for the third season of “The Boys” has hit the Internet, and stars Chace Crawford, Antony Starr, Jensen Ackles, Karen Fukuhara, and Laz Alonso joined Vanity Fair to break down the trailer for season 3. Yes, there’s a reference to Homelander milking a cow, and we found out how Antony Starr wanted to go in fresh that day because, of course, Homelander has never milked a cow before....
