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The Shawshank Redemption Ending Explained: Get Busy Living, Or Get Busy Dying Castle Rock Entertainment/Columbia Pictures By Lee Adams/Feb. 2, 2022 1:45 pm EST Any wildly popular movie eventually attracts people who want to take it down a peg or two, and it has become fashionable in recent years to argue that “The Shawshank Redemption” is overrated. Its detractors often claim it is too slow, sentimental, cliched, and far-fetched, with a glaring plot hole that is ridiculously obvious once you know it’s there....

This Was Wes Craven’s Biggest Regret About A Nightmare On Elm Street New Line Cinema By Anya Stanley/Dec. 20, 2021 10:23 am EST The twist ending has long been a staple of horror movies. Some are reveals that are meticulously layered through the story, like Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s 2015 Austrian-German identity horror “Goodnight Mommy.” A genre rife with unreliable narrators enable twists when the audience gets the full picture, as seen in the 2003 French Extreme gem “High Tension....

Thor: Love And Thunder Director Taika Waititi Finds His Movie ‘In Post’ Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/June 27, 2022 11:33 am EST Few things make film fans shudder quite like hearing about studios or directors who insist upon the mindset of, “We’ll fix it in post!” when it comes to making movies. Admittedly, longtime industry veterans know that even the most well-prepared filmmakers can’t always foresee every single problem that will crop up on set during a given production, oftentimes necessitating some on-the-fly improvisation or more drastic measures to salvage whatever they can in the edit....

Tom Holland Explains What It Would Take For Him To Play Spider-Man Again Sony Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 27, 2022 11:22 am EST This article contains spoilers for “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Anyone else starting to feel like acting as Spider-Man is almost as grueling an experience as actually being Spider-Man? Ask any actor who’s starred in one of these superhero extravaganzas, as Tom Holland has done for a total of six MCU/Sony “Spider-Man” appearances now, and they can attest to those endlessly long hours spent in the makeup chair, on set, between takes, and ultimately carrying out exhausting stunts (those deemed safe enough to do without the doubles, at least) before going out and lying to everyone you know....

Will There Be A Sequel To Netflix’s Kate? Here’s What We Know Netflix By Ryan Scott/Feb. 3, 2022 11:06 am EST (Welcome to Will There Be a Sequel?, a series where we answer that question and explore what comes next.) Netflix is endlessly releasing movies, and while there are some gems sprinkles throughout, there’s a lot of bad ones too. It can be a little hard to keep up, and with so many releases every week, plenty of stuff just gets lots in the shuffle....

You Can Now Stream The Bonkers Natasha Lyonne Horror Movie The World Wasn’t Ready For Shudder By BJ Colangelo/June 13, 2022 5:22 pm EST When we talk about “lost films,” we typically think of movies that were made decades before the technology existed to keep them preserved, or films that never made the jump from one medium to another, cemented forever on VHS tapes and illegal rips to YouTube. More than likely, you’re not going to think of a film with a leading performance by the star of “Russian Doll,” “Orange Is the New Black,” an upcoming murder-mystery series from Rian Johnson, and the woman who hosted “SNL” on the final night of Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney....

Nearly the entire production crew was fired TriStar Pictures While “Rambo III” was in production, the Los Angeles Times tried to piece together the behind-the-scenes puzzle. Sources they spoke to on set blamed a lack of vision for the film, crew conflicts, and even clashes with Sylvester Stallone. After more than two weeks of filming, the conflicts finally boiled over, causing massive changes to the production. The first domino to fall was when director of photography Ric Waite was replaced by P....

Time for more of Bo Burnham’s Inside Interestingly enough, “Inside” was released May 30, 2021, which means Burnham is marking its one year anniversary with this new footage. Driven mostly by his comedic music, the special went on to win a ton of awards, including Emmys for Directing, Writing and Music Direction, a Grammy for Best Song (“All Eyes on Me”) and even a Critics Choice Award for Best Comedy Special....

Bullet Train Trailer: What If John Wick, But Funny And On A Train Sony By Rafael Motamayor/March 2, 2022 9:40 am EST The first trailer for “Bullet Train” has finally left the station, and it looks like a bloody good time. Sony’s action-thriller stars Brad Pitt as an assassin who wants to leave his job behind and bring peace to the world, but who can’t because he’s just too good at killing people....

Christopher Nolan, Jordan Peele, And More Are Developing New Cameras With IMAX Warner Bros By Shania Russell/March 17, 2022 5:53 pm EST IMAX has announced that plans are underway to develop a new fleet of film cameras, and the company is turning to Hollywood royalty for some crucial input (via THR). Over the next two years, at least four state-of-the-art film cameras will roll out, with the first set to become available for use by late 2023....

Cool Stuff: Protect Wakanda With The Marvel Legends Life-Size Black Panther Helmet Hasbro By Jenna Busch/June 27, 2022 4:40 pm EST The next big MCU film is “Thor: Love and Thunder,” and Disney+ is also offering “Ms. Marvel” right now, but we cannot forget that we have “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” coming out in November. We haven’t seen a single frame of footage yet, but the movie is only five months away, and it might be time to start considering which collectibles you must have in honor of the Marvel franchise....

Daniel Day-Lewis Looked To Eminem For Inspiration On Gangs Of New York Miramax Films By Steven Ward/June 15, 2022 8:34 pm EST Daniel Day-Lewis announced, just before the release of “Phantom Thread,” that the 2017 Paul Thomas Anderson drama be his last film. So far the veteran method actor has kept his promise — although such a gap between films isn’t uncommon for him — so maybe there’s still room to hope he’ll return....

David Fincher’s Overpreparation For Panic Room Was Too Much For Its Stars Sony Pictures Releasing By Witney Seibold/May 3, 2022 2:30 pm EST David Fincher’s 2002 film “Panic Room,” starring Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Kristen Stewart, and Jared Leto, is one of the more stylish, taut thrillers of its decade. The cinematography by Conrad W. Hall and Darius Khondji captured light as it hung, sterile in the air, the sweeping, balletic camera movements giving the audience the experience of floating into cramped, enclosed spaces....

Disney Gallery: The Book Of Boba Fett Trailer Takes You Behind The Scenes Of The Star Wars Series Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/May 4, 2022 5:21 pm EST I have to wonder how many of us, even just a few short years ago, ever would’ve thought that the future of “Star Wars” would turn out to be streaming. The unparalleled success of “The Mandalorian” has clearly affected the overall plans over at Lucasfilm, directly leading to the miniature “shared universe” of sorts going on between “The Book of Boba Fett,” the upcoming “Ahsoka” series, the next season of “The Mandalorian,” and who knows how many others down the line....

Easter Eggs You May Have Missed In The Book Of Boba Fett Episode 3 Disney+ By Jenna Busch/Jan. 12, 2022 5:33 pm EST Happy Boba Fett day, everyone! Episode 3 of “The Book of Boba Fett” entitled “The Streets of Mos Espa” is chock full of Easter eggs, and it’s time to go deep into the Sarlacc pit (that sounded more appropriate than “rabbit hole”) to see what goodies we can identify....

HBO’s The Last Of Us Series Casts Storm Reid As A Character From The Game’s DLC OTL Releasing By Shania Russell/Jan. 14, 2022 5:51 pm EST With HBO’s “The Last of Us” TV series well into production, fans are anxiously awaiting news on the adaptation of Naughty Dog’s immensely popular video game series. Turns out that if you’re persistent enough, you might just get what you want! Always on the lookout for new info, some fans recently picked up on the possibility of a new cast member joining the team....

HBO’s The Last Of Us TV Series Will Not Debut In 2022 Naughty Dog By Kaylee Dugan/Feb. 16, 2022 10:17 pm EST Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but if you’re hoping to catch “The Last of Us” on TV anytime soon, it’ll have to be because you’ve booted up your PlayStation and you’re playing the game (or, you know, you’re playing it on your computer, gamers choice). While fans were hopeful that HBO would be releasing a series based on the incredibly popular apocalyptic survival game this year, it’s just been confirmed that their adaptation of “The Last of Us” definitely won’t be debuting anytime soon....

How Does The Batman’s Opening Weekend Compare To Other Superhero Movies? Warner Bros. By Sandy Schaefer/March 7, 2022 1:29 pm EST It seems the world was, in fact, eager for yet another iteration of the Dark Knight. Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” actually exceeded the original estimates with its three-day-debut at the box office, with Variety reporting the film brought in $134 million from theaters in North America (up from the $128....

Team Batman Warner Bros. Pictures It’s very easy to be swayed by people who are in the public eye. We form teams. We take sides. We are Team Edward or Team Jacob. We are Team Riddler or we are Team Batman. We are inspired by people who take action, sometimes even if the action isn’t good. We wear Joker shirts, or get tattoos of his face. The disenfranchised and the downtrodden follow the Riddler’s every command....

Mad God Trailer: Phil Tippett Takes Us Inside His Nightmares Shudder By Rafael Motamayor/May 12, 2022 11:05 am EST You may not know the name Phil Tippett, but you most certainly know his work. The VFX legend has been integral in the creation of some of modern cinema’s greatest creature effects, from the animation for the AT-AT walkers and the tauntauns in “The Empire Strikes Back,” to the dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park,” to the robots in “RoboCop,” and even the bugs in “Starship Troopers....