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Every TV Show That Just Got Canceled CW By Valerie Ettenhofer/May 15, 2022 4:51 pm EST Ah, springtime. The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and behind closed doors somewhere in Hollywood, network executives are absolutely massacring prime-time lineups. TV cancellation season, which typically comes ahead of annual industry upfront meetings, is always a brutal time for both fans of television and the folks behind the scenes hoping to keep their jobs....

Fox’s Demands For Firefly’s First Episode Put The Writers Under The Gun By Collier Jennings/April 4, 2022 8:27 pm EST For starters, there was the marketing. An initial promo for the show used wacky sound effects and Smash Mouth’s “Walkin’ on the Sun.” It referred to Morena Baccarin’s Inara Serra as a “cosmic hooker.” And it contained perhaps the most groan-worthy pun, suggesting “Firefly” was “out there.” Because outer space. Cue laugh track....

Holy Spider Review: A Disturbing Glimpse At An Iranian Serial Killer [Cannes] Profile Pictures By Ryan Leston/May 23, 2022 9:27 am EST I’ll cut to the chase ’ “Holy Spider” is a tough watch. Not because it’s a bad film … far from it. Director Ali Abbasi has created a rich, effective thriller that shudders with dramatic tension. It’s difficult to watch because it grabs you by the throat, forcing you to confront brutal, bloody violence against women....

How Alfred Hitchcock Subtly Makes You Feel Uneasy In Rebecca United Artists By Valerie Ettenhofer/Feb. 8, 2022 3:45 pm EST Alfred Hitchcock wrote the book on making suspense come alive on-screen. During his decades-long career, the filmmaker directed over 50 features. Though he dabbled in many genres, his best films are regarded as cinema’s most chilling classics. “Rebecca,” the Master of Suspense’s 1940 adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s Gothic novel, is one of his best....

How Rose Byrne Landed Her Small Appearance In Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones Lucasfilm By Anya Stanley/May 24, 2022 5:20 pm EST A security detail is one thing, but by the time George Lucas’ “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” released in 2002, Jedi Knights Obi-Wan (Ewan MacGregor) and Anakin (Hayden Christensen) weren’t the only ones assigned to protect Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) from the constant threat of violence. 10 years after the events of “The Phantom Menace,” the former queen (now senator) faces danger from political separatists under the command of former Jedi Master Count Dooku (Christopher Lee)....

It Took Baz Luhrmann And A Bottle Of Gin For Elvis’ Filming To Properly Begin Warner Brothers By Christian Gainey/June 14, 2022 12:52 pm EST Baz Luhrmann’s style of cinema is unapologetically flamboyant and produces dramatic scenes that emulate a fever dream or LSD trip. Mercutio’s fabulous drag performance in “Romeo + Juliet” and every grand costume and musical number in “Moulin Rouge” are perfect examples of Luhrmann’s tendency toward the epic....

Marvel Legends Gets Webtacular With Spider-Ned And Noir Spider-Man Action Figures Marvel Studios By Ben F. Silverio/April 20, 2022 9:03 am EST Monday might have belonged to “Thor: Love and Thunder” thanks to the first teaser trailer drop and the official reveal on the film’s tie-in merchandise, but today is all about your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. At least, it’s all about his when it comes to toys. In celebration of the web-slinger’s 60th anniversary, Hasbro has announced a fresh wave of Marvel Legends figures to commemorate the occasion....

The End of an Era (of Exploitation) NBCUniversal If I were to say that “Maury” will be remembered as high quality television, the lie detector test would determine that is a lie. This isn’t to say the antics in show weren’t entertaining, but it would be silly to ignore the very obvious nature of the show to pretend it was something other than what it was now that it is going away....

Men In Black Returning To Theaters For 25th Anniversary, All Millennials Suddenly Feel The Weight Of Age Sony Pictures By Ben F. Silverio/June 14, 2022 6:19 pm EST Though it pains me to write the following sentence because of how douchey it likely makes me sound, I feel like it’s probably the best way to start this article: As a Millennial, the world is constantly reminding me of how old I’m getting....

Nicolas Cage Has No Regrets About All Those Direct-To-Video Movies, Says He ‘Never Phoned It In’ Lionsgate By Witney Seibold/March 22, 2022 3:43 pm EST Throughout the mid-to-late 2000s, reports began emerging of actor Nicolas Cage’s massive landholdings. In 2005, he sold his home in Malibu — where property values are notoriously high — and purchased a new house, and a whole island, in the Bahamas. He also bought the Schloss Neidstein castle in Germany in 2006, and a massive estate in Rhode Island....

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish Trailer: DreamWorks Actually Made A New Shrek Spin-Off Exciting Universal By Rafael Motamayor/March 15, 2022 12:13 pm EST It is fascinating how DreamWorks Animation went from one of the most innovative and exciting animation studios in America to a franchise-churning machine that’s mostly dedicated to sequels and spin-offs. For every “Prince of Egypt” and “Chicken Run,” there’s a “Shrek the Third” or a “The Boss Baby: Family Business” waiting around the corner....

Sarah Michelle Gellar Knows Who Should Star In A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Reboot 20th Television By Debopriyaa Dutta/March 17, 2022 1:31 pm EST The legacy of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” lives on to this day, and Sarah Michelle Gellar already has ideas as to who should lead a reboot of the iconic teen drama. Gellar’s choice is none other than (pause for emphasis) Zendaya! “I vote Zendaya,” Gellar said when asked in an interview for the new book “Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts” who she would like to see take on the role (via Screen Rant)....

Slash/Back Review: Attack The Block Meets Reservation Dogs [SXSW] SXSW By Matt Donato/March 16, 2022 10:31 am EST In the simplest terms, Nyla Innuksuk’s “Slash/Back” is “Attack the Block” meets “Reservation Dogs.” Innuksuk honors Inuit roots by opting away from another “Stranger Things”-style coming-of-age horror hybrid that takes place on suburban streets. “Slash/Back” transports viewers to the Canadian territory of Nunavut, precisely the hamlet of Pang, highlighted by glacier-created fjords and Baffin Island mountains for incredible natural production values....

Some Like It Hot Ending Explained: Nobody’s Perfect Except The Ending Of This Movie United Artists By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 27, 2022 2:19 pm EST Truly outrageous that I’m out here writing an ending explainer for a film that’s older than my parents, but when it comes to a film as wonderful and boundary breaking as “Some Like It Hot,” there’s no such thing as over-analyzing. Directed by Billy Wilder and released in 1959, the film stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in a story about two musicians who witness mafia gangsters committing a crime, and go into hiding by dressing like women....

Clerks (1994) Miramax Films While some filmmakers have created stoner protagonists and even started recurring franchises, Kevin Smith has an entire cinematic universe of pothead characters. Dante Hicks (Brian O’Halloran), Randall Graves (Jeff Anderson), Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck), Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), and of course Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith himself) have appeared in the interconnected “View Askewniverse” for nearly three decades. It’s one of the strangest consistent franchises, and it’s not set to conclude anytime soon....

The Batman Director Matt Reeves Went To Wild Lengths To Protect Himself From Covid On Set Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/March 2, 2022 3:32 pm EST Remember the beginning of the pandemic, and the terrible time before the vaccine? Many of us bleached our groceries and wore sunglasses in stores if we went at all. We wrapped scarves around our faces before we could find masks, looking like we were about to rob a bank....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Comedy Series Has Returned To Netflix In The US Netflix By Ryan Scott/March 16, 2022 12:53 pm EST Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, has become something of a global superstar in recent weeks following Russia’s invasion of the country. Yet, in a life before he managed to become a leader beloved not just by his people, but admired the world over, he was actually an actor in movies and TV shows....

Why An E.T. Sequel Should Never Happen, According To Original Star Henry Thomas Xfinity By Ryan Scott/June 28, 2022 1:50 pm EST The word “classic” gets thrown around perhaps too often when it comes to movies but when it comes to 1982’s “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” it’s safe to say it has earned its place as a cinematic classic. Not only was the movie a gigantic hit at the box office that steamrolled other classics such as “Blade Runner” and “The Thing” initially, but it remains one of Steven Spielberg’s most enduring and cherished works 40 years later....

Why The MCU Will Never Be The Same After Spider-Man: No Way Home Marvel Studios By Ben F. Silverio/Dec. 17, 2021 9:33 am EST Warning: There are spoilers for “Spider-Man: No Way Home” throughout this article. After every Marvel Studios release, someone declares that the Marvel Cinematic Universe will never be the same again. While that may sound like hyperbole, a whole lot of world-changing things happen in these movies and TV shows (sometimes literally), and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is no exception....

14 Most Memorable Kim Wexler Moments In Better Call Saul AMC By Cass Clarke/May 30, 2022 4:23 pm EST While “Breaking Bad” fans initially started watching “Better Call Saul” to see more of Bob Odenkirk’s smooth-talking Jimmy McGill, they also tuned in to spend more time with his fierce co-partner in life and crime, Kim Wexler. Portrayed by actor Rhea Seehorn, public defender Kim Wexler isn’t one to suffer fools. Kim starts off the series as the only chain-smoking friend that Jimmy can trust, and by Season 5, she’s married to the ethically elusive lawyer....