Nobody had a better 1994 than Jim Carrey New Line Cinema In the 1980s, Jim Carrey was a working stand-up comic who occasionally got small parts in movies such as “Peggy Sue Got Married” and “Earth Girls Are Easy.” But in 1990, Carrey began starring in the sketch show “In Living Color,” where he made quite a splash with his over-the-top energy and ability to contort his face and body into anything to sell a joke....
Who is Village Roadshow and What’s Their Relationship to Warner Bros.? Warner Bros. Village Roadshow is a film production and distribution house. They have a co-financing deal with Warner Bros., which means they jointly finance and own movies like the “Matrix” trilogy, “Joker,” and the “Oceans” movies (and thus, “The Matrix Resurrections” and “Oceans 8”). Village Roadshow also has deals with Columbia, Paramount, Universal, and more. This claim is primarily about “The Matrix Resurrections,” as the fallout is already evident, but also about the ongoing value of their shared franchises, like “Edge of Tomorrow,” “Ready Player One,” or any other number of co-productions that could have different arrangements....
Watch Beyonce’s Stunning Oscar Performance Of Her Song From King Richard ABC By BJ Colangelo/March 28, 2022 12:18 am EST The Oscars have been talking for weeks about how this year’s show was trying to appeal to a younger crowd by being “cool,” including a collaboration with TikTok and inviting social media influencers for …some reason. One thing they did get right, however, was having Venus and Serena Williams open the show by introducing Beyoncé Knowles-Carter for a performance of her Academy-Award nominated song “Be Alive” from the film “King Richard....
When Casting The Walking Dead’s Zombies, It’s All About The Eyes AMC By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Feb. 9, 2022 11:21 am EST The undead in “The Walking Dead” have many things in common. They all look like they’ve just rolled out of a grave, their language is limited to grunts and gurgles, and they all have uneven, stunted movements. Of course, the gory makeup aids in creating the illusion of deathly pallor, but it’s up to the actor to make weird face contortions and enhance the effect....
Right place at the wrong time Universal Pictures The greatest of Ramis’ “Animal House” ambitions was to direct — which, coincidentally was producer Ivan Reitman’s ambition as well. Retiman’s résumé wasn’t blow-your-doors-off impressive, but at least he’d directed the low-budget horror film “Cannibal Girls” (starring then-unknown Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin) and produced David Cronenberg’s “Shivers.” Aside from his Lampoon credits and involvement in the just-launched “SCTV” sketch comedy show, Ramis couldn’t compete with Reitman’s experience....
Facts of life Disney+ Rather than including a traditional villain in the film, I feel like this story was more about the family overcoming the problems of life together. However, the closest thing to a villain to me was Anne, Paul & Zoey’s neighbor in Calabasas. I’m sure that we probably didn’t spend as much time with her onscreen since she brings down the fun family-friendly vibe of the film, but there are a lot of Annes out there in the world and I applaud Zoey for showing some great restraint in dealing with her because I don’t know that I would be as gracious....
‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ Lands Disney On The Billboard Hot 100 For The First Time In 29 Years Walt Disney Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Feb. 1, 2022 11:58 am EST Forget not talking about Bruno: He’s the only thing anybody’s talking about these days. Yes, the hit song from “Encanto” has reached yet another milestone, becoming the first tune from a Disney film to reach the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since “Aladdin” did it with “A Whole New World” in 1993....
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Fulfilled Ang Lee’s Childhood Dreams Sony Pictures Classics By Mike Shutt/May 17, 2022 10:16 am EST Before “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” we thought we knew who Ang Lee was as a filmmaker. This was a man who made low-key dramas and comedies about repressed emotions, usually within the context of a family. Films like “Eat Drink Man Woman” and “The Ice Storm” were stories about people struggling to express their feelings and not being able to communicate with the people in their lives....
Everything Everywhere All At Once Re-Recording Mixer Brent Kiser On Handstand Contests And Raccoons [Interview] A24 By Jack Giroux/April 8, 2022 4:16 pm EST Brent Kiser is all smiles talking about “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” The day we talked to the re-recording mixer, however, he was dealing with a flood at the Unbridled Sound office and a landlord stuck in Russia. “It’s been great,” he said. Although the off-screen Zoom chaos was oddly appropriate for talking about the Daniels’ mind-expanding film, it didn’t dampen Kiser’s enthusiasm when discussing the film and his collaborators....
Field Of Dreams TV Series Bulldozed At Peacock, Seeking New Home Elsewhere Universal Pictures By Joshua Meyer/July 1, 2022 8:56 am EST If you build it, they will come … and then leave before the game has started. That seems to be what has happened, at least, with Peacock’s “Field of Dreams” TV series. Last summer, just days after a real Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox took place at the Iowa shooting location for “Field of Dreams,” Peacock gave a show based on the Oscar-nominated film a straight-to-series order....
How Finding The Right House For The Byrdes Helped Ozark Feel Real Steve Dietl/Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 26, 2022 3:36 pm EST As the final stretch of “Ozark” looms on the horizon, the mountainous, lake-set region in which the series is set has never felt more dangerous. The money-laundering Byrde family, led by steel-hearted Wendy (Laura Linney) and no-nonsense Marty (Jason Bateman), has now spent four seasons at the distinctive waterside home they fled to in the series’ pilot episode....
How Walt Disney Animation Inadvertently Led To The Land Before Time Universal By Jamie Gerber/Feb. 15, 2022 12:02 pm EST Although I was raised on a steady diet of Disney films, it was the work of Don Bluth that truly captured my attention as a child. Bluth also made animated features, but they were markedly different from the films of the Mouse House, serving as something of a dark reflection to the Disney movies....
The circle of life (or a very profitable franchise) “Jurassic World Dominion” isn’t just jam packed with dinosaur chaos, it’s also all about fully enmeshing the “Jurassic Park” cinematic universe. “Dominion” sees the return of the original “Jurassic Park” trio, including Sam Neill (Alan Grant), Laura Dern (Ellie Sattler), and Jeff Goldblum (Ian Malcolm). It’s a sweet way to tie up loose ends and create a kind of closed loop between the first “Jurassic Park” movie and the last (I mean, probably not) “Jurassic World” movie....
Let Guillermo Del Toro Take You Behind The Scenes Of Nightmare Alley In This Video Searchlight Pictures By Jenna Busch/Dec. 17, 2021 11:23 am EST Today we have a brand new behind-the-scenes video for “Nightmare Alley,” from Rotten Tomatoes on Twitter. It features the cast, including Toni Collette who plays Zeena the Seer, Willem Dafoe who plays Clem Hoatley, Ron Perlman who plays Bruno, David Strathairn who plays Pete, Richard Jenkins who plays Ezra Grindle, and Cate Blanchett who plays Dr....
Marvel And Star Wars Are Taking Opposite Approaches To Television — And Neither Is Working Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 16, 2022 2:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything.) Chances are you’ve heard the phrase “Marvelization” before, generally used as a catch-all term to describe the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s effect on other franchises. This has become somewhat commonplace in recent years (mostly on social media, for whatever that’s worth), particularly as a reference to the growing discontent among some viewers for prioritizing cameos and “#It’sAllConnected” gimmicks over actual, meaningful storytelling....
Moon Knight Cinematographer Gregory Middleton Discusses Mirrors, Darkness, And The Desert [Interview] Marvel By Danielle Ryan/April 26, 2022 11:19 am EST “Moon Knight” doesn’t look or feel like any of the other Marvel Cinematic Universe shows or movies, and a big part of that is because of the series’ cinematography. Episodes 2 and 4 were shot by “The Green Knight” cinematographer Andrew Droz Palermo, and the rest of the episodes were shot by Gregory Middleton, best known for his work as cinematographer on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and “Watchmen....
Pachinko First Look: The Apple TV+ Series Has A Release Date Apple TV+ By Jenna Busch/Jan. 26, 2022 9:19 pm EST Apple TV+ released the premiere date and first look pics for the upcoming international drama series “Pachinko.” The show will begin streaming globally on the service on March 25, 2022. The really cool part? It will be told in three languages — Korean, Japanese, and English. The first three episodes will be released at the same time, with each of the eight new episodes premiering weekly after that through April 29, 2022....
Precious Star Mo’Nique Reuniting With Director Lee Daniels For Netflix Thriller Demon House Lionsgate By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 3, 2022 4:42 pm EST Thirteen years after their collaboration on “Precious” wowed audiences and garnered six Oscar nominations, performer Mo’Nique and writer-director Lee Daniels are reuniting for a new project. The news comes via Deadline, whose reporting notes that the pair were estranged for more than a decade following the release of “Precious....
Prey Teaser: The Hunt Is On In Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator Prequel 20th Century Studios By Jeremy Mathai/May 16, 2022 9:42 am EST 2016’s “10 Cloverfield Lane” still stands tall as one of the best and most thrilling original horror movies to grace the silver screen in the last decade or so, a feat that only becomes even more impressive when considering it was director Dan Trachtenberg’s feature film debut. There are few things I love more than a filmmaker bursting onto the scene on the biggest possible stage and leaving the rest of us to look forward to what they might do next to follow up on such success … but several years after the fact, we’ve still been waiting....
King Richard Warner Bros. Pictures Will Smith is currently the favorite to take home the best actor trophy for his performance as Richard Williams in the biographical film “King Richard.” Smith was previously nominated for “Ali” and “The Pursuit of Happyness,” and has long been overdue for recognition by a major awards body. “King Richard” is a better opportunity than ever to reward Smith for one of the most complex performances of his career....
