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Moon Knight Finale Credits Scene Explained: Khonshu’s Back-Up Plan Marvel/Disney By Hannah Shaw-Williams/May 4, 2022 8:27 am EST Warning: major spoilers ahead for the “Moon Knight” season 1 finale. Oh, that sneaky old bird! Just when you think Marc Spector and Steven Grant are finally free from the bossy bird-skulled Egyptian god using their body as his avatar, a post-credits scene pops up at the end of “Moon Knight” series finale to reveal Khonshu’s back-up plan: a third personality called Jake Lockley....

Netflix Is Facing A Lawsuit From A Chess Pro Over The Queen’s Gambit Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 28, 2022 11:25 am EST Remember when “The Queen’s Gambit” released on Netflix towards the end of 2020, just when it felt like we all needed some sort of shared pop culture experience to bring us all together again (even if only on the internet) in the midst of the pandemic? The Scott Frank (“Godless,” “Logan,” “Minority Report”) miniseries about the self-destructive chess prodigy hit the spot, immediately shooting up to the top of Netflix’s ratings, inspiring all sorts of hilarious memes, and further cementing Anya Taylor-Joy as one of our best young actors....

Netflix’s Most Watched Films Last Week Took A Surprising Turn Warner Bros. By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 19, 2022 8:29 pm EST I can’t believe I’m saying this, but “Don’t Look Up” has finally been kicked out of the top spot on the Netflix top 10. The film enjoyed a consistent reign of domination for three weeks but didn’t quite make the full month due to a newfound obsession with a movie that, quite frankly, I am shocked dethroned the highly-debated satire....

New Lightyear TV Spot Goes To Infinity And Beyond Pixar By Danielle Ryan/March 27, 2022 9:31 pm EST Fans have been abuzz about “Lightyear” since the first trailer dropped in October 2021, but now we’ve got another peek at the man who inspired everyone’s favorite toy astronaut. Disney and Pixar released a brand new trailer during the Oscars telecast, and it literally looks out of this world. Chris Evans is the perfect choice for the voice of the all-American hero, and the animation style is certain to inspire nostalgia for anyone who loves “Toy Story,” and who doesn’t?...

Russian Doll Season 2: Release Date, Cast, And More Netflix By Sandy Schaefer/March 7, 2022 5:51 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) A lot of movies and shows purport to be about trauma these days, so much so that it’s become a running joke on Film Twitter to claim that every new film or TV series is secretly about trauma....

Super Pumped Review: A Bold, Provocative Takedown Of Silicon Valley In Search Of A Deeper Point Showtime By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 25, 2022 9:00 am EST How do you craft a story when everyone already knows how it ends? That’s far from a new concept when it comes to making movies or shows based on true events, but attempting to dramatize a widely-publicized and fairly recent story still brings its own challenges....

1921 AB Svensk Filmindustri The year 1921 was the true boon of early horror. While there had been dabbles in the decades before, 1921 saw horror assume the cinematic form it most closely resembles now. There was verve and terror, a quasi-birth for a genre that was more than just a fluke. As media form shifted and cinema took off, so too did the horror genre as we know it now....

The Andy Warhol Diaries Trailer: Going Deep Into The Life Of An Icon In Six Parts Netflix By Jenna Busch/Feb. 24, 2022 2:26 pm EST Netflix has released a trailer for the documentary series “The Andy Warhol Diaries.” This series will have six one-hour episodes and take a look at the life of cultural icon Andy Warhol through his posthumously published diaries. This is a person I’ve always been fascinated by (yes, I know everyone is), but I don’t know as much as I’d like....

The Daily Stream: 90 Years Ago, Fritz Lang’s M Laid The Groundwork For Every Serial Killer Thriller You’ve Ever Seen Criterion By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 18, 2021 6:55 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “M” Where You Can Stream It: The Criterion Channel / HBO Max...

The Daily Stream: Real World Homecoming: New Orleans Reflects How The Aughts Broke Us All Paramount+ By BJ Colangelo/April 29, 2022 3:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Series: “The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans” Where You Can Stream It: Paramount+ The Pitch: “This is the true story of seven strangers picked to live in a house, work together, and have their lives taped, to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real....

The Real Piece Of Obscure Vampire Lore What We Do In The Shadows Hasn’t Included (Yet) FX By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 6, 2022 5:49 pm EST Movie vampires are never quite as weird as the “real” thing. On screen, the bloodsuckers are sometimes scary but more often sexy. They’re strong and sleek and pretty much unstoppable unless confronted with one of their few weaknesses. All in all, most pop culture vamps are not overtly ridiculous....

The Reason Stephen King Never Liked The Running Man Adaptation TriStar Pictures By Collier Jennings/March 8, 2022 4:37 pm EST There are only three absolutes in this world: death, taxes, and one of Stephen King’s novels receiving a film or television adaptation. The Master of Horror has seen his short stories and novels adapted countless times over the years, from classics like “Carrie” and “Misery” to lesser-known stories like “The Tommyknockers....

These Were Netflix’s Most Watched Films Last Week — Which Are Worth Your Time? Netflix By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 21, 2021 10:11 pm EST I am fascinated, nay, obsessed, with seeing what ends up on the Netflix top 10 lists each week, because it is truly the wild west of popularity rankings. People are frequently puzzled by what ends up on the top of the charts, because a lot of the time, the movies aren’t what we would consider “good” by most critical standards....

Thor: Love And Thunder Fans Will Want To Watch These 10 Movies Next Marvel Studios By Layla Halfhill/June 21, 2022 1:23 pm EST Marvel fans, “Thor” fans, and especially “Thor: Ragnarok” fans have much reason to rejoice as the next installment in the series, “Thor: Love and Thunder” is finally upon us. While the Taika Waititi-directed “Thor: Ragnarok” brought a fresh sense of silly, irreverent fun to the franchise, “Thor: Love and Thunder” pumps up the volume on the goofy good time of it all, making for a playfully over-the-top, retro-infused, space opera-style superhero fantasy adventure....

Ways How I Met Your Father Succeeds Where How I Met Your Mother Failed Hulu By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 18, 2022 5:10 pm EST “How I Met Your Father” made its Hulu debut this week, nearly eight years after its companion series aired its final episodes. Though only two episodes of the new show are available, it’s already clear that the team behind the sitcom have learned from their past mistakes. Despite its strong nine-season run, “How I Met Your Mother” gained criticism for a divisive finale that undermined a lot of the core characters’ progress....

Year Of The Vampire: All Bloodsuckers Bow Before Bela Lugosi’s Dracula Universal Pictures By Joshua Meyer/April 5, 2022 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.) Five minutes into “Dracula,” the first Universal Classic Monsters movie and first sound film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s timeless novel, the camera pushes in on a coffin as a spidery hand comes reaching out....

Brazen: Release Date, Cast, And More Netflix By Shania Russell/Dec. 23, 2021 4:18 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) What makes crime scenes such great spots for romance? For some reason, many a romantic thriller begins with a death that sends two determined sleuths on a careening crash course into each other’s lives....

Does Every Geek TV Series Need To Require Hours Of Homework? Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/March 24, 2022 12:03 pm EST I love Easter eggs. I want you to keep that in mind as you read this. I actually like fan service. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I’m a fan. Service me. After all, who’s going to appreciate little nods to a universe that’s been around for a long time more than fans who have either just discovered and devoured what’s already out there or someone who has been a fan from the beginning?...

Everyone Wants Brian Cox To Say His Succession Catchphrase … And It Can Get Awkward HBO By Matthew Bilodeau/June 13, 2022 6:24 pm EST Each new day brings about another dystopian development of disgustingly rich white folks using their conglomerate power to spread misinformation and further descend us into the hellscape we seem to be living in, and yet it’s difficult to resist the allure of “Succession.” The HBO drama exists as this kind of outlier wherein this contemptible family, whom I normally wouldn’t be able to bear under any other circumstance, transcends their brand into becoming one of the most scathing critiques of unchecked power....

A glamorous, tragic estrangement FX Murphy, who signed a five-year exclusive deal with Netflix in 2018, will reportedly not be involved as showrunner in the new season. Instead, Pulitzer finalist and “Stonewall” writer Jon Robin Baitz will take on the showrunner role while also penning the eight-episode season. “Milk” and “My Own Private Idaho” filmmaker Gus Van Sant will direct the season. The second season of “Feud” will draw from the book “Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era” by Laurence Leamer....