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Men Director Alex Garland Doesn’t Like To Make Obvious Winks And Nods To His Inspirations A24 By Ryan Scott/May 16, 2022 5:19 pm EST Every great filmmaker will take inspiration from those who came before them. Quentin Tarantino serves as a great example of someone who is clearly inspired by the work of many artists, yet uses lessons of other masters of cinema to make something that feels entirely unique. Alex Garland, who film lovers likely know from his directorial efforts “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation,” is very much a man who has built one heck of an identity as a filmmaker....

Movies Like The Silence Of The Lambs You Really Need To See Orion Pictures By Layla Halfhill/Jan. 7, 2022 7:56 pm EST Jonathan Demme’s “The Silence of the Lambs” may not have started America’s long-standing obsession with serial killers, but it certainly helped fuel it. Part psychological drama, part horror-thriller, and part police procedural, the chilling masterpiece is generally considered to be a stone cold classic and remains a cultural touchstone, having influenced countless films that have come after it....

‘There’s so much imagery to draw from’ Lakeshore Records When writing a song for “Servant,” where do you start? What inspires you? I’m writing based on a script. In “Servant,” the songs are supposed to be connected to Leanne’s character and her arc. As she’s becoming more independent and realizing her power, her strength, experimenting with her sensuality and womanhood and what that means to her. The songs reflect her in these moments of transition, and moments of growth, I would say....

Netflix Lost $54 Billion Overnight Netflix By Eric Vespe/April 20, 2022 8:17 pm EST The sky is falling over at Netflix right now. The groundbreaking streamer has had a string of bad news this year and it’s culminating in the company’s stock value taking a massive hit. In January they posted their biggest loss after revealing they didn’t hit their subscriber numbers, and now they’ve eclipsed that bad news with their first-quarter report of 2022 which showed they’ve actually lost 200,000 subscribers and expect to lose 2 million more next quarter....

Robin Williams Improvised One Of Good Will Hunting’s Most Heartwarming Scenes Miramax By Mike Shutt/Feb. 25, 2022 12:46 pm EST When you hire Robin Williams for your film, the chances of him doing exactly what is in the script is pretty slim. His comedic persona was defined by an abundance of energy and a willingness to let his mind wander into spaces you could not even imagine. He was a singular performer, so these signature Robin moments would be the things you look for....

Ron Howard Was All It Took To Sell Chris Hemsworth On Rush Universal Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/July 1, 2022 11:38 am EST For as often as he directs vanilla Oscar bait and “hooey” Robert Langdon movies, Ron Howard sometimes pulls out a film like “Rush” and reminds us he’s capable of making genuinely exciting pictures. Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl bring a fiery energy to their on-screen rivalry in the 2013 film as Formula One drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two alpha male types (one a swaggering hedonist, the other disciplined and focused) who butt heads in the 1970s....

Superhero Bits: New Thor: Love And Thunder Trailer Coming Soon, Doctor Strange Beats Batman & More Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/May 23, 2022 5:34 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 15 Best Historical Epic Movies Ranked MGM By Liam Gaughan/March 18, 2022 4:30 pm EST Even the most imaginative screenwriter can’t create stories that rival real historical events. Hollywood often looks to history as an inspiration for its grandest narratives. The word “epic” can occasionally leave the wrong impression. Any film that tells an extended story over a long period fits within the parameters of an “epic film.” While the genre is often associated with action and adventure, epic films can be tragedies, comedies, satires, or even cautionary tales....

The Morning Watch: Stranger Things Cast Reacts To Fan Theories, Thor: Love & Thunder Trailer Easter Eggs & More Netflix By Ethan Anderton/May 26, 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 Real Reason Jessica Henwick Turned Down A Role In Shang-Chi Warner Bros. By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 23, 2021 5:40 pm EST If you’ve already re-entered the Matrix this week, you know Jessica Henwick’s Bugs is on her way to becoming a fan-favorite character within the sci-fi franchise. In “The Matrix Resurrections,” blue-haired Bugs is a rebellious new leader who has a special connection to Neo (Keanu Reeves) and his simulation alter ego, Thomas Anderson....

The Spike Lee Film That Had A Massive Impact On Edward Norton Universal Pictures By Jeremy Smith/May 24, 2022 10:48 am EST Edward Norton has worked with some of the finest filmmakers on the planet (e.g. Ridley Scott, David Fincher and Miloš Forman), but getting to star in Spike Lee’s “25th Hour” was a dream come true. Whenever the director comes up in an interview, Norton will rave at length about his movies....

West Side Story Star Rachel Zegler Says She Wasn’t Invited To The Oscars 20th Century Studios By Joshua Meyer/March 20, 2022 7:04 pm EST What’s it take to get an invite to the Academy Awards? Apparently, starring in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” which has been nominated for seven awards including Best Picture, isn’t enough. That’s the way the cookie crumbles, anyway, for Rachel Zegler, who plays Maria, the Juliet analog in this remake of the musical based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet....

You Don’t Have To Relate To A Movie To Love It A24 By Valerie Ettenhofer/March 10, 2022 1:00 pm EST The first time I remember realizing a movie wasn’t made for me, I was probably 13 years old. I had just started watching the American Film Institute’s list of the top 100 films of all time in earnest and I remember finishing a title and thinking that whoever chose to put this movie on this list clearly did not have someone like me in mind....

Attack On Titan Unleashes Hell On Earth In Bleak, Apocalyptic Season Finale ‘The Dawn Of Humanity’ Studio MAPPA By Rafael Motamayor/April 4, 2022 3:00 pm EST And there it was, the final episode of “Attack on Titan” is here and the modern classic show goes out with a bang … except this wasn’t the final season, as it was announced that there will be an “Attack on Titan The Final Season Final Arc” coming next year....

Ben Affleck Opens Up About His Batman Casting Backlash Warner Bros By Ben F. Silverio/Jan. 9, 2022 10:32 am EST While “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” are quite divisive films (and by “divisive” I personally mean “terrible”), Ben Affleck’s portrayal of Batman was probably one of the better things to come out of them. He may have been a little older and more grizzled than his predecessors, but he was able to crack a joke here and there to remind people how fun the Caped Crusader could be....

Benediction Review: Bold, Visionary Cinema That Lingers BBC Film By Barry Levitt/June 2, 2022 10:00 am EST It’s always something of an event when a new Terence Davies film is released. Despite being one of Britain’s most exciting and innovative filmmakers, releasing films with exceptional sparsity — his feature-length debut, “Distant Voices, Still Lives” came out in the late eighties, and he’s only made a handful of films since. The director’s earliest films are notably intimate and autobiographical, but in the latter stages of his career, Davies has deliberately distanced himself from, well, himself....

A crisis of faith and love Hulu After a quick check-in with The Captain (Kyle MacLachlan, making everything better) and “Boats! Boats! Boats!” Becky (Kim Cattrall), we’re back to resolve last week’s cliffhanger ending, where Sophie (Hilary Duff) was seemingly stood up on her first date with Jesse (Christopher Lowell). Thankfully, that plot point gets resolved rather quickly, and not only does Jesse show up, but they have a lovely date, and spend the night together....

Jurassic World Dominion Featurette Teases A World Of Dinosaurs Universal By Rafael Motamayor/May 11, 2022 4:16 pm EST “Jurassic Park” is one of the greatest modern films, a movie that changed blockbusters and special effects forever. It is also a film that has never been matched by its franchise, though it did try pulling crazier and crazier stunts to try and surpass it, from a T-Rex loose in San Diego, to scary flying dinosaurs in “Jurassic Park III,” to a fully functioning park in “Jurassic World,” and lastly a full-on gothic horror haunted dino house movie....

Kevin Costner Returns To Directing After Two Decades With Passion Project, Horizon Paramount Network By Sandy Schaefer/Jan. 28, 2022 1:57 pm EST Over the course of his 40-year career, “Field of Dreams” and “Yellowstone” star Kevin Costner has only helmed three movies, all of which he also starred in. The first time he did, the result was 1990’s “Dances with Wolves,” a historical western that grossed $184 million (via Box Office Mojo) in the U....

Listen To The Billie Eilish-Written Song From Pixar’s Turning Red Disney+ By Jenna Busch/Feb. 26, 2022 5:14 pm EST Today we have a new lyric video for one of the boy band songs – pause for swoon — from Disney/Pixar’s “Turning Red.” In the new animated film, 13-year-old Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang) is having a rough adolescence. She’s got a wildly overprotective mom who embarrasses the heck out of her in front of boys, and she turns into a giant red panda whenever she feels anything intense, which is all the time....