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Alden Ehrenreich And David Krumholtz Have Boarded Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/Feb. 22, 2022 12:34 pm EST The cast of Christopher Nolan’s latest movie “Oppenheimer” continues to grow, with the list of names surpassing impressive and becoming downright incredible. Cillian Murphy is leading the way but a couple of more names have just signed on for the big-budget biopic, which is set up at Universal Pictures given Nolan’s break-up with Warner Bros....

BFFS Prime Studios Scatological humor, or poop jokes, have a limited appeal. Poop is funny to some degree simply because we’re fairly disgusted by it, but making an entire short that revolves around a walking, talking, Compound V-created poop named Areola? That’s a little much. Awkwafina wrote and stars in “BFFS,” which follows a young woman named Sky (Awkwafina) who finds herself the proud owner of a vial of Compound V after a drug deal gone wrong....

Doctor Strange 2 Reigns Supreme At The Box Office, Firestarter Flames Out Universal Pictures / Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/May 16, 2022 12:22 pm EST This was one of those weekends at the box office where everything seemed pre-determined on some level. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” was absolutely going to come out on top following its gigantic opening the previous weekend. “Firestarter” never stood a chance and, on that level, it perhaps seemed unexciting as there wasn’t going to be any drama in terms of how things shook out....

Don’t Assume The Batman Sequel Will Bring Back [REDACTED] Warner Bros. By Ben F. Silverio/March 5, 2022 5:55 pm EST Warning: This article contains major spoilers for “The Batman.” Please proceed with caution. In a world where almost every movie is expected to get a sequel, particularly ones based on ridiculously popular comic book characters, it’s perfectly natural for the audience to assume that a movie like “The Batman,” which is already set to be a jumping off point for TV spinoffs about Gotham PD and the Penguin, would also set the stage for the next feature film following Robert Pattinson’s Caped Crusader....

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande Writer On Normalizing Sex Work And The Importance Of Shared Laughter [Interview] Hulu By BJ Colangelo/June 16, 2022 2:42 pm EST In the new Hulu film “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” writer Katy Brand brilliantly tells a tale about an aging woman named Nancy (Emma Thompson) who, after the death of her husband, takes control of her own pleasure for the first time in her life by pursuing the company of a young, full-service sex worker by the name of Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack)....

Universal By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 17, 2022 11:58 am EST The Terminal List first look Atria/Emily Bestler Books In addition to Pratt, “The Terminal List” stars an ensemble cast that includes Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jai Courtney, JD Pardo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, LaMonica Garrett, Stephen Bishop, Sean Gunn, Tyner Rushing, Jared Shaw, Christina Vidal, Nick Chinlund, Matthew Rauch, Warren Kole, Alexis Louder, and more. The official synopsis of the series is as follows:...

Comedy’s Television Evolution FXX In the early 2000s, TV comedy shifted. Single-camera network shows like “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Scrubs,” and “The Office” moved away from laugh tracks as well, using music stings or other techniques to make up for their absence. Cable comedies like “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “Workaholics” pushed the boundaries of good taste and relied on hard cuts and awkward silences for laughter cues instead of a laugh track....

How The Northman Pulled Off That Incredible One-Shot Battle Scene Focus Features By Joshua Meyer/April 25, 2022 9:10 pm EST Robert Eggers is known for his attention to historical authenticity in his films, and “The Northman” is no exception to that: Eggers brought in experts like an archeologist, a folklorist, and a Viking historian as consultants. In one notable scene, the movie puts the viewer on the ground with a band of berserkers for a village raid that eschews the usual Hollywood camera trickery in favor of one-take period immersion....

It Looks Like Rachel Zegler Is Going To The Oscars … As A Presenter 20th Century Studios By BJ Colangelo/March 22, 2022 8:33 pm EST Less than 48 hours after it became public knowledge that “West Side Story” ingénue Rachel Zegler was not invited to the Academy Awards, the 20-year-old star of the Best Picture nominee will now be attending the ceremony as a presenter. What started off as a casual reply to a comment on Instagram about how she wasn’t going to be attending turned into a trending topic on Twitter and the source of outrage....

It’s okay to get up and go pee 20th Century Studios On the latest issue of the Empire magazine, Cameron opened up about anticipating reactions to the first of his many “Avatar” sequels. “I don’t want anybody whining about length when they sit and binge-watch [television] for eight hours … I can almost write this part of the review. ‘The agonisingly long three-hour movie…’ It’s like, give me a f—— break....

Jimmy Smits’ Bail Organa To Return In Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Lucasfilm By Ben F. Silverio/Feb. 15, 2022 2:42 pm EST For “Star Wars” fans that were disappointed by “The Book of Boba Fett” because it wasn’t what they were expecting, the upcoming “Obi-Wan Kenobi” might be their only hope. The highly-anticipated Disney+ series will see Ewan McGregor reprise his role as the Jedi Knight with very close ties to the Skywalker family....

Monica Vitti, Icon Of ’60s Italian Cinema, Has Died Columbia Pictures By Shania Russell/Feb. 2, 2022 10:46 am EST Monica Vitti, the Italian screen icon who starred in numerous 1960s classics, has died. Vitti passed after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease; the actress was 90 years old and had been retired since 2002. Dubbed the “Queen of Italian Cinema,” Vitti is known internationally for starring in Michelangelo Antonioni’s breakthrough cinematic trilogy, which includes “L’Avventura,” “La Notte” and “L’Eclisse....

Richard Linklater And Glen Powell Talk Apollo 10 1/2 And Recreating 1960s Houston In Animation [Interview] Netflix By Rafael Motamayor/March 18, 2022 2:41 pm EST Richard Linklater has returned to animation with a slice-of-life sci-fi adventure film that takes us back in time to 1960s Houston. It was a time when the world was on fire, war was raging, and people were still excited about the latest technology and TV show — so, nothing like today....

Sidney Poitier Documentary Coming To Apple TV+ From Oprah Winfrey Columbia Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Jan. 11, 2022 11:35 am EST Sidney Poitier is one of several high-profile deaths to rock the entertainment industry since New Year’s Eve, along with Betty White, director Peter Bogdonavich, and most recently, Bob Saget. Poitier was a month and a half shy of his 95th birthday, and he lived a long life full of many accomplishments over and above his Oscar-winning work as a film actor....

Star Trek: Picard Showrunner Akiva Goldsman Shares The Origin Of Season 2’s Nerdiest Reference Paramount By Jacob Hall/March 10, 2022 1:30 pm EST This post contains plot details about the second episode of “Star Trek: Picard” season 2. “Star Trek” has a long memory. So do its fans. And so do the people making it. With nearly 60 years worth of stories, characters, and canon, the “Trek” franchise is a buffet of goodness to draw upon, to reference, to reinvent, and to revisit....

Tales From The Box Office: How Ice Age Quietly Started A Multi-Billion Dollar Franchise 20th Century Studios By Ryan Scott/March 12, 2022 4:14 pm EST In honor of the 20th anniversary of “Ice Age” this week, we are looking back at how the movie came about as a unique effort to save a VFX house under Fox’s ownership, how much it evolved during the development process, and how the final product managed to become a big hit despite the circumstances seeming not at all in the movie’s favor, as well as what lesson’s can be learned from that success....

The Batman Spoiler Review: An Emo Caped Crusader For An Emo World Warner Bros. By Josh Spiegel/March 7, 2022 11:00 am EST How do you make a new Batman movie fresh? It’s been just under ten years since the last solo live-action Batman movie, qualifiers which you need to include unless you want to reference the Ben Affleck era of Batman or the exuberantly funny animated film “The Lego Batman Movie....

Honorable Mention: Dota: Dragon’s Blood Netflix Similar to “Onyx Equinox,” “Dota: Dragon’s Blood” belongs to a league of adult animation that preserves the adventuring vibes of the “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” although it’s set in a European-inspired world. It helps that the series is worked on by Studio Mir, the same company that handled “The Legend of Korra,” and that it shares a similar visual sense with the Avatar-verse. Dragon Knight Davion was a respected dragon slayer, but after an encounter with an evil force, he’s cursed and forced to endure uncontrollable bestial transformations....

The Daily Stream: American Gladiators Is A Glorious Display Of Big Muscles, Big Hair, And Bigger Body Slams Samuel Goldwyn Television By BJ Colangelo/April 21, 2022 5:00 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: American Gladiators (1989-1996) Where You Can Watch It: PlutoTV The Pitch: The original run of “American Gladiators” featured four local heroes (two men and two women) who compete in a variety of games to test their strength, speed, and agility while attempting to overcome the rigorous gaming battlefield....

The Matrix Cameo You Might Have Missed In Attack Of The Clones Warner Bros. By Steven Ward/Feb. 7, 2022 1:11 pm EST It might be 2022, but with Neo back in the Matrix and Obi-Wan Kenobi making his return with a “Star Wars” series on Disney+, it sure feels like it’s another decade entirely. However, it’s more than just a potent nostalgia that ties these two sci-fi heroes together. A well-hidden cameo in “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” seems to even playfully suggest that the galaxy far, far away might just be a computer simulation, which should appease anyone still bitter over perceived prequel fumbles like JarJar Binks....