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Steve Martin Can’t Understand Why John Hughes Trimmed Down This Planes, Trains And Automobiles Scene Paramount Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/May 12, 2022 5:06 pm EST Long before he donned a pork pie hat to solve crimes on “Only Murders in the Building,” Steve Martin wore a fedora to travel the country in 1987’s “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” The beloved John Hughes comedy has since become a Thanksgiving fixture for a lot of families, which is pretty wild when you recall there’s an famous scene where Martin drops almost 20 f-bombs in the span of a minute (why yes, I did count them when I watched the movie as a kid)....

Succession Season 3 Release Date and Where You Can Watch It HBO Season 3 of “Succession,” like the two seasons before it, will air on HBO. The specific date is still unknown, but the show’s Twitter page has confirmed it will be some time in October 2021: October. pic.twitter.com/1kNnfr13Wa — Succession (@succession) August 23, 2021 What is Succession? HBO “Succession” follows the travails of the Roys, a family whose patriarch, Logan Roy, runs a massive media corporation and is a major a-hole to his kids....

Easy Rider — Dennis Hopper Columbia Every generation has a handful of films that really define them. For people coming of age in the late ’60s, “Easy Rider” was one of those movies. So, it’s gratifying to learn that “Easy Rider” was directed not by some cynical Hollywood type trying to capitalize on the burgeoning youth market, but by an honest-to-goodness youngish person. Dennis Hopper, who had been acting in films and on television since the early ’50s, and was around 32 when he directed and starred in “Easy Rider....

The Alien Easter Egg In Blade Runner You May Have Missed Warner Bros. By Ryan Leston/Jan. 19, 2022 10:27 pm EST I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. Then I spotted this “Blade Runner” Easter egg, which connects Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi classic to his earlier 1979 space survival horror, “Alien....

The Behind-The-Scenes Struggle That Made Jurassic Park III ‘A Living Hell’ Universal By Andrew Housman/March 1, 2022 2:15 pm EST “Jurassic Park III” is the awkward, B-movie black sheep of the blockbuster dinosaur franchise. Some say it’s the worst one in the series, while even its fans acknowledge that it has no shortage of brazenly ridiculous moments. There’s a good reason for the strange, rushed feel of “Jurassic Park III,” though, and it arguably makes the odd mess of a movie even more interesting....

The Classic Heist Comedy That Gave The Original Obi-Wan Kenobi His First Oscar Nomination Ealing Studios By Lee Adams/June 16, 2022 9:47 am EST While many modern audiences know him best for his dignified performance as Obi-Wan Kenobi in “Star Wars: A New Hope,” Alec Guinness had a long and successful career on stage and screen decades before taking up residence in the deserts of Tatooine. During his celebrated career as one of Britain’s best-loved actors, Guinness won awards and received a knighthood, but it was George Lucas’ space opera that made him a very rich man....

The Lincoln Lawyer Trailer: The Matthew Mcconaughey Movie Becomes A David E. Kelley Netflix Series Netflix By Shania Russell/April 14, 2022 12:39 pm EST Hot off his HBO success, David E. Kelley is turning to another streamer for his latest dramatic saga. The writer and executive producer behind “Big Little Lies” and “The Undoing” is keeping the murder theme going with “The Lincoln Lawyer,” a legal thriller with a premise you might just recognize....

The Matrix: Resurrections Will Feature A John Wick Easter Egg Warner Bros. By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 21, 2021 10:10 am EST 15 years before making his directing debut on the first “John Wick,” Chad Stahelski served as Keanu Reeves’ stunt double on “The Matrix.” This would also mark the first of several collaborations for the Wachowskis and Stahelski, the latter of whom would go on to act as a stunt coordinator on the siblings’ next two “Matrix” films, as well as their live-action “Speed Racer” movie and “V for Vendetta” (which the Wachowskis co-wrote and produced)....

The Morning Watch: Ghostbusters: Afterlife Easter Eggs, The Cinematography Of West Side Story & More Sony Pictures By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 6, 2022 8:25 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 edition, take a look at just some of the many Easter eggs that you’ll find revealed in the special features of the home video release of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife....

The Oscars Will Have A Three Act Structure With Three Hosts This Year Disney By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 11, 2022 3:41 pm EST Back in 2018, Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 90th annual Academy Awards ceremony. Though we didn’t know it at the time, that would also be the last instance — thus far, at least — that we would have a single host in charge of keeping the celebrity guests in-person (and all the rest of us commoners at home) entertained throughout the prestigious night....

Campion was right to go with the ending she did Netflix “The Power of the Dog” is based on a novel by Thomas Savage, and this alternate ending would have been closer to the one the book delivered, inasmuch as it would have spelled it out for the viewer more directly that Peter had poisoned Benedict Cumberbatch’s character, Phil Burbank, in order to end Phil’s reign of emotional terror over his mother....

The Three-Episode Pam & Tommy Premiere Balances Sensitivity And Sleaze Hulu By Valerie Ettenhofer/Feb. 2, 2022 12:01 am EST Remember the ’90s? If not, you’re about to. “Pam & Tommy” debuted on Hulu today with a three-episode premiere that featured a deep dive on the stolen honeymoon tape that led to the world’s first major internet sex scandal. With “I, Tonya” director Craig Gillespie behind the camera, it’s no surprise that the show presents a more fully rounded portrait of the people at the center of the scandal than typical tabloid fare....

“I Wanted to Make Sure it Worked as a Film First” Sony Pictures Conventional thought would seem to dictate that the biggest fans of a given property would have the best chance of bringing that material to life for a successful and effective adaptation on the big screen. According to “Uncharted” director Ruben Fleischer, himself a fan of the games, that sort of thinking might very well lead to failure. In the February 2022 edition of Empire magazine, Fleischer is quoted as diagnosing the long-running issue that has plagued many a video game adaptation before....

Why Sunset Blvd. Had To Scrap Its Original Opening Scene Paramount By Witney Seibold/March 17, 2022 12:03 pm EST Billy Wilder always considered himself a writer first and a filmmaker … well, hardly ever. Indeed, his view of his profession can be handily summed up on his own tombstone, which reads “I’m a writer, but then again, nobody’s perfect.” While critics, including this author, find Wilder’s filmmaking style to be masterfully understated and efficient, Wilder always considered himself to be more of a story man....

Young Justice: Phantoms Mid-Season Trailer: Come This Way If You Want The Galaxy To Survive HBO Max By Joshua Meyer/Feb. 14, 2022 9:05 am EST It’s been a long road to the back half of “Young Justice” season 4. The DC animated series, which follows the adventures of a junior Justice League, premiered on the Cartoon Network way back in 2010. Since then, “Young Justice” has undergone cancellation and renewal and a few network changes, not to mention different subtitles for each season....

Brad Bird To Write And Direct Animated Feature Ray Gunn For Skydance Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/Feb. 17, 2022 3:24 pm EST Skydance Animation has nabbed the rights to “Ray Gunn,” an animated movie from writer/director Oscar winner Brad Bird. This is a project Bird has been wanting to make for a very long time, and he’s finally set to direct and produce from his original story, according to Deadline....

Chris Tucker’s First Jackie Chan Encounter Didn’t Go As Planned New Line Cinema By Travis Yates/April 19, 2022 12:06 pm EST When Chris Tucker meets Jackie Chan for the first time onscreen in “Rush Hour” he screams at Chan, “Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?” In real life, this scene wasn’t too far off base from their actual meeting. The first time the actors met, it played out just like a scene from the movie they were about to shoot....

DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow Has Been Canceled At The CW The CW By BJ Colangelo/April 29, 2022 10:02 pm EST Just hours after it was announced that “Batwoman” had been canceled at the CW, another DC Comics show has been given the axe. After seven seasons, “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” has been informed that they will not be seeing an eighth. Co-showrunner Keto Shimizu took to Twitter to express her feelings, saying, “We are heartbroken, but also immensely grateful for the amazing work our cast, crew, and writers have contributed to the little show that could....

Here Are Our Peacemaker Best Friend Rankings At The End Of Season 1 Warner Bros. By Danielle Ryan/Feb. 21, 2022 10:06 am EST In the “Peacemaker” finale, Vigilante (Freddie Stroma) reveals that he’s ranked all of his friendships, and naturally this inspired us to rank the friendship qualities of not only the 11th Street Kids, but some of their closest allies and enemies. To determine who would be the best friend of the bunch, I looked at their behavior across the whole first season — because Peacemaker (John Cena) in episode 1 is a very different kind of friend than he is in the finale....

Here’s All The Concept Art From The Book Of Boba Fett Episode 6 Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 2, 2022 11:52 am EST The following article contains spoilers for the latest episode of “The Book of Boba Fett.” Another week, another episode of “The Book of Boba Fett,” and another hour where the ostensible main character of the show barely gets a minute of actual screen time. Who could’ve seen this coming?...