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This Twilight Zone Story Was Very Personal To Rod Sterling Paramount By Adam Wescott/April 1, 2022 8:21 am EST “The Twilight Zone” contains multitudes. Some episodes are famous for their twist endings (“To Serve Man”), others for their stark, unnerving horror (“It’s a Good Life”). Some are sweet and sentimental (“The Night of the Meek”), while others are morality plays (“The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”). Your choice of “Twilight Zone” episode is as good a litmus test as any for your artistic preferences....

Tim Burton Stopped Alec Baldwin From Getting Too Campy In Beetlejuice Warner Bros. By Bill Bria/Feb. 25, 2022 5:39 pm EST Tim Burton’s 1988 supernatural comedy, “Beetlejuice,” is one of those films that feels like it snuck through the Hollywood system. After all, “a nice New England couple suffer an accidental death, an obnoxious family moves into their old house, and the couple enlists the services of a demon-cum-con artist to try and drive the family away” isn’t anywhere near the average elevator pitch....

Top Gun: Maverick Will Ride Into The Danger Zone At Cannes Paramount Pictures By BJ Colangelo/March 14, 2022 8:49 pm EST The highly-anticipated sequel to one of the most treasured action films of the 1980s is finally taking flight, with “Top Gun: Maverick” set to play at the Cannes Film Festival. The film from Paramount and Skydance starring Tom Cruise will play the celebrated festival on the French Riviera sometime during the May 17 – 28, 2022 dates....

Two Twilight Zone Episodes Actually Started As Pilots For CBS Paramount By Anya Stanley/June 28, 2022 9:29 am EST Uttering the television series title “The Twilight Zone” usually conjures up imagery of its most serious episodes; classic episodes like “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” were spirited call-outs on man’s embarrassing ability to fail themselves and each other, over and over again. While series creator Rod Serling tapped into his hallowed influences from Edgar Allen Poe to Ray Bradbury for his monochrome anthology show, his comedic flare-up episodes didn’t land as well as the stranger genre trips he was known for (wrongfully, says this writer)....

What Spider-Man: No Way Home’s Oscar Buzz Owes To Superhero Movie Darlings That Came Before By Shania Russell/Jan. 10, 2022 1:18 pm EST Despite the many challenges of debuting in the midst of a global pandemic, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has barely slowed down, continuing to shatter box office records and exceed already high expectations. In addition to being Sony’s biggest movie to date, the latest Spidey flick has now secured a spot in the top 10 highest-grossing movies of all time, with a whopping $1....

You Are Not My Mother Director Kate Dolan On Halloween And Irish Folk Tales [Interview] Magnolia Pictures By Jack Giroux/March 24, 2022 10:59 am EST Changelings have a long history in Ireland. Now, another story is being told about the forest creatures in Kate Dolan’s promising feature directorial, “You Are Not My Mother.” In the film, Char’s (Hazel Doupe) mother, Angela (Carolyn Bracken), goes missing and returns home one day … changed....