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Lightyear’s James Brolin On Voice Acting, Being Kept In The Dark, And His Amazing Beard [Interview] Pixar By Witney Seibold/June 13, 2022 4:09 pm EST James Brolin’s acting career stretches back to the 1960s, and covers a wide spate of films and TV that has seen the actor appear in genre classics like “The Amityville Horror” and “Capricorn One,” and award-winning TV shows like “Marcus Welby, MD” and the soap opera “Hotel....

Lorne Michaels May Be Leaving Saturday Night Live, And Maybe He’s Serious About It This Time Rich Fury / Getty Images By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 20, 2021 6:33 pm EST America’s most influential and long-running live comedy show might be losing its showrunner in the semi-near future. “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels, 77, is talking about retirement and has already chosen the ideal time to take a bow. Michaels, who created “SNL” in 1975, thinks the 50 year mark may be the best time to retire....

Obi-Wan Kenobi Was Retooled After It Was Too Similar To The Mandalorian Lucasfilm By Jenna Busch/March 14, 2022 7:46 pm EST The trailer for “Obi-Wan Kenobi” has had people buzzing since the second it came out. I have watched it more times than I can count, looking for clues to what’s coming. Who is he talking to when he says, “The fight is done. We lost”? Is it Qui-Gon Jinn’s Force ghost?...

Inspired by Rob Lowe’s son trolling him on social media Rob Lowe - Instagram Victor Fresco added to this mix makes it even better, as he’s the creator of the brilliant cannibal series “Santa Clarita Diet” which starred Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant. He’s also known for his work in “Mad About You,” and “My Name is Earl.” Rob Lowe is currently starring in the series “9-1-1 Lone Star” and has appeared all over television forever with series like “The West Wing,” “Parks and Recreation,” “Wild Bill,” and “Brothers & Sisters....

Superhero Bits: Its National Superhero Day, Doctor Strange 2 Has Already Made Bank & More Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/April 28, 2022 4:23 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

The 20 Best Legal Thrillers In Cinema History Paramount Pictures By Margaret David/Feb. 22, 2022 2:23 pm EST The legal thriller is a genre that often relies on heightened reality. The truth of the legal profession is less than gripping: a life of memorizing documents filed by a citation system that’s relatively simple but sounds intimidating. Judges at varying stages of power trips. And there’s lots of takeout food. What we’re saying is that the job’s usually a snore factory, and the most interesting lawyers that we’ve heard of are rarely our most beloved members of society....

The Direction and Film References Lucasfilm Robert Rodriguez returns to direct another episode of “The Book of Boba Fett” and with much better results than his previous outings. This episode really plays to his strengths in the best ways and is a “Star Wars” action extravaganza. But it’s infused with characters and comedy and really blends all the best things we love about this era of “Star Wars,” and the things we’ve learned about it since, with his own sensibilities....

The Improvised Thor: Ragnarok Scene Taika Waititi Instantly Loved Marvel By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 28, 2021 1:49 pm EST The Marvel Cinematic Universe is known for being a well-oiled machine, with plot points and crossovers planned out years in advance. So the “Thor” franchise was in for a shake-up when Taika Waititi, a filmmaker known for coaxing clever, improvisation-heavy comedy from his actors, joined the MCU to direct “Thor: Ragnarok.” The result of this unlikely union is one of the Marvel franchise’s most entertaining movies to date....

The Morning Watch: Top Gun: Maverick’s Hypersonic Flight, Millie Bobby Brown Goes Up To Eleven On Hot Ones & More Paramount Pictures By Ethan Anderton/June 6, 2022 8:00 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....

The Staircase Creator Antonio Campos Discusses Depicting Kathleen, Casting Colin Firth, And The Owl Theory [Interview] HBO Max By Jack Giroux/May 20, 2022 5:30 pm EST “The Staircase” episode 5, titled “The Beating Heart,” portrays the finishing touches in editing the famous documentary of the same name. The filmmakers are at odds. Following the guilty verdict for Michael Peterson (played by Colin Firth), the artists debate what is and isn’t important to telling his story and what does and doesn’t tip the scale towards innocence or guilt....

The Surprising Cost Of Encino Man’s Giant Ice Cube Disney By Danielle Ryan/March 2, 2022 3:15 pm EST “Encino Man” is a lot of things. It’s a fun family-friendly teen comedy starring two serious future stars and one MTV celebrity. It’s a story about fitting in, and realizing that being popular isn’t everything. It’s a movie with Brendan Fraser at peak hotness. One thing it’s not is a special-effects extravaganza, but the film still spent a massive amount of its budget on a 30-second scene that needed a special effect....

Thor Odinson And Mighty Thor Team Up In New Image From Love And Thunder Marvel Studios By Ben F. Silverio/May 7, 2022 4:16 pm EST Variants are all the rage these days in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. First, we met a number of different Lokis on DIsney+. Then, some Spider-Men showed up to rehabilitate some former foes from across the Spider-Verse. And thanks to Sam Raimi’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” every version of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Master of the Mystic Arts thinks they know best....

Tom Hardy And Cillian Murphy’s Peaky Blinders Audio Stories Explained BBC By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Jan. 10, 2022 10:16 am EST Steven Knight’s period crime drama “Peaky Blinders” showcases the criminal escapades of the Shelby family in the aftermath of the First World War through five seasons. The show resurrects 1920s Birmingham, a city grappling with the repercussion of warfare when a dangerous man named Tommy Shelby (led by an enigmatic Cillian Murphy) begins rising through the ranks to become the biggest name in the world of organized crime....

Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off Trailer: Balancing Fame And Family Isn’t Easy HBO Max By Jenna Busch/March 8, 2022 2:26 pm EST Tony Hawk never expected to be famous, according to the new trailer for the upcoming documentary “Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off.” But he is. If you grew up when I did, you might know Tony Hawk from his skateboarding prowess. You definitely know him from his video games....

We Need To Talk About Cosby Trailer: W. Kamau Bell Will Dig Into The Disgraced Comedian Showtime By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 21, 2021 9:36 am EST Bill Cosby was once considered a comedian, actor, philanthropist, and African-American icon, and living legend, earning the moniker of being “America’s Dad.” Unfortunately, Cosby was also accused of rape by 60 different women, including accusations of drug-facilitated sexual assault, sexual battery, and even sexual abuse toward two minors....

Adaptation problem #1: the 600-page flashback Sony Pictures One of the boldest decisions Stephen King has ever made as a storyteller was with “Wizard and Glass,” the fourth book of the series. After ending book 3 with a massive cliffhanger and taking six full years to get around to writing the sequel, this book does thankfully resolve said cliffhanger in an interesting, satisfying way. And then the rest of the book is made up of Roland telling the rest of his ka-tet about his tragic love story from his teen years....

All because of a kiss Pixar In “Lightyear,” the character of Alisha Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba) shares a kiss with her same-sex partner. Just a little kiss. For the vast majority of people, this is no big deal. For many countries in West Asia, however, this is not the case. Censorship laws, especially pertaining to LGBTQIA+ individuals, are incredibly strict, and according to Variety, “Lightyear” has been banned in Saudi Arabia, the U....

You’ll Probably Have To Wait A Little Bit For Invincible Season 2 By Joshua Meyer/Jan. 4, 2022 11:04 am EST If you’ve been keeping up with “Invincible” and hoping to see season 2 sooner rather than later, we have somewhat disappointing news. Yeun recently spoke to Collider about his new film,“The Humans,” and when asked about the status of “Invincible” season 2, it didn’t sound like new episodes would be ready soon....

Dark Water Buena Vista Pictures Distribution The original Japanese “Dark Water” is one of the dourest, oppressive ghost stories ever made. Hideo Nakata’s urban ghost story follows Yoshimi Matsubara (Hitomi Kuroki), a woman in the midst of a custody dispute over her young daughter, Ikuko (Rio Kanno). Consigned to a derelict apartment building with a perennial leak, Yoshimi soon discovers a supernatural presence in the building, most prominently the appearance of a young girl....

Let’s Talk About Charlotte HBO Charlotte may sometimes be a bit of a prissy pain in the ass, and she may not always say the right thing, but my god that woman tries harder than anyone to do the right thing and do it correctly. In “Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys” back at the start of season 1, she has to consult the ladies when anal sex is presented by the guy she was dating....