"Love Actually" is a bit of a sticky film to bring up. People either love it or write endless stories about how awful it is. If the film comes up at parties, it's bound to cause an argument. Whether "Love Actually" is the worst film in history, as some say, or a good-naturedly me … | Continue reading
It's a busy world and people don't always have time to read anymore — or watch movies, apparently, since we're just coming off the worst Thanksgiving weekend in box-office history. But what if you could somehow combine the storytelling sensibilities of Jordan Peele with those of … | Continue reading
Major spoilers ahead for "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power." "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" is set thousands of years before the events of the Peter Jackson trilogies "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit." Despite that, there are characters that the films … | Continue reading
This past Thanksgiving weekend was not a particularly good one for the domestic box office. While a holiday lull isn't particularly uncommon for movie theaters, releases like "The Fabelmans" and "Devotion" brought in paltry numbers despite their relatively high-profile nature. Ho … | Continue reading
Warwick Davis' Willow is set to once again grace our screens before the year is out, this time in full streaming mode. "Willow," the 1988 fantasy adventure that first introduced us to Davis' aspiring sorcerer, is being revived in the form of a Disney+ show of the same name. Set t … | Continue reading
All the characters in the second season of "The White Lotus" are pretty despicable in their own way, but at least one of them seems to have pure intentions. The most well-meaning character is probably Albie, an Italian-American teenager played by Adam DiMarco. Albie is visiting S … | Continue reading
As "Avatar: The Way of Water" inches closer to its theatrical premiere 13 years after the debut of the box-office record-breaking "Avatar," a press tour featuring a very vocal James Cameron comes with it. The marketing for the upcoming blockbuster has had Cameron at the forefront … | Continue reading
Bob Iger took over once again as the CEO of Disney last week. It was a bombshell bit of news, with Iger immediately taking the place of Bob Chapek, who had been heading up the company since February of 2020. Iger handed the keys to the Magic Kingdom to Chapek and, even taking the … | Continue reading
The 1988 action film "Die Hard" is the movie that turned the late Alan Rickman into a household name. He played Hans Gruber, a criminal mastermind who holds an office building hostage during a company Christmas party. Gruber has a scheme to steal $600 million, and he has no qualm … | Continue reading
In the new Disney+ series "Willow," time has passed and characters from the original film, Madmartigan (Val Kilmer) and Sorsha (Joanne Whalley), have taken over the kingdom and had a pair of children. These twins, Airk (Dempsey Bryk) and Kit (Ruby Cruz), are perfect amalgamations … | Continue reading
(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 … | Continue reading
"Frasier" seems so quintessentially of that '90s sitcom golden age it's undoubtedly going to be weird to see the lovably pretentious radio therapist emerge in the streaming age. Regardless, that's exactly what's about to happen, with the "Frasier" revival set to debut on Paramoun … | Continue reading
This article contains major spoilers for "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special." It's difficult to imagine any Christmas gift from Marvel Studios ever topping the glorious Rogers: The Musical Broadway number from "Hawkeye," but "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special" … | Continue reading
George Lucas has a vivid imagination — except when it comes to names. It takes unique mind to name the villain of your movie "Darth Vader" or bestow the lovable rogue with the surname "Solo." The prequels were no different, introducing names like Darth Sidious (because Palpatine … | Continue reading
Jenny the Donkey, scene-stealing star of "The Banshees of Inisherin," is going to end her career on a high note. The miniature donkey who played the character of the same name in Martin McDonagh's latest film has officially retired from acting, according to the January 2023 issue … | Continue reading
(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.) Even if you don't actively watch Hallmark holiday movies, you can almost write your own in your head. You know … | Continue reading
(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 Dick Van Dyke Show" Where You Can Stream It: Peacock, TubiTV, Freevee, Crackle The Pitch: Carl Re … | Continue reading
On paper, "I Saw The Devil" doesn't break new ground. Intelligence agent Kim Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun) sets out for revenge after the murder of his fiancee Jang Joo-yun (Oh San-ha). When he discovers the identity of her murderer, Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-Sik), he decides to play … | Continue reading
"Life [is] like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get" is an unforgettable line from the unforgettable film "Forrest Gump." The adage, which gives a surprisingly enlightened view of accepting what life hands you, is not spoken by a philosopher or a pseudo-inte … | Continue reading
According to Deadline, Legendary Entertainment has just inked a new deal with Sony. The agreement comes in the wake of Legendary's expired deal with Warner Bros., which in recent years brought us films like "Detective Pikachu" and "Godzilla vs. Kong." The new deal with Sony, whic … | Continue reading
"Saturday Night Live" can be very hit or miss when it comes to their sketches, but it should come as no surprise that "Papyrus" will go down as one of their best. The bit features Ryan Gosling as a man who has disassociated from the world around him because he remembered that Jam … | Continue reading
Ad-libbing is an art relished by many of the great comedy actors of our time, like Steve Martin, the late John Candy, and Robin Williams, just to name a few. It helps actors add their own unique flavor to their respective roles, which makes for more authentic and natural performa … | Continue reading
Read what any filmmaker has to say about how specific choices made in certain films came to be, and there's a high likelihood that it simply came together as a matter of logistics. It's not quite as glamorous or sexy as fans may want, but hey -- that's just how the moviemaking bu … | Continue reading
It's something of a cliche and a bit of a lie when actors say they do their own stunts. If you want to know what that really looks like, watch the end credits of any film Jackie Chan made in his Hong Kong prime. You'll see him break various extremities and get carried out on a st … | Continue reading
Major spoilers ahead for the "Andor" season finale. Syril (Kyle Soller) and Dedra (Denise Gough) are the ickiest couple to exist in a Star Wars project, and that includes Luke and Leia after the audience learned that they were related. This particular "Andor" ship is horrifying. … | Continue reading
If it's one thing all horror fans understand, it's that every month is a good month for watching scary movies. Sure, we often like to ramp up the on-screen scares come October, but the frights still continue throughout the rest of the year. And while the holiday season brings wit … | Continue reading
One cannot discuss the legacy of "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" without talking about Stephen Gammell. The illustrator's original artwork for writer Alvin Schwartz's short kids' horror stories is evocative, visceral, and often disgusting. His black ink drawings depict horror … | Continue reading
"Batman: The Animated Series" perfectly captured the essence of its comic source material, from the costumed characters of Gotham City to the personality of the metropolis itself. However, it only occasionally adapted comic storylines. Compared to the contemporaneous "X-Men" cart … | Continue reading
"Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury" has spent much of its run so far loudly critiquing unrestrained capitalism. The Benerit Group runs the solar system with machines built on the back of cheap labor from the inhabitants of Earth. Its president Delling Rembran crushes inn … | Continue reading
One of the most acclaimed studio comedies in recent memory will soon be available from the comfort of your couch, in your preferred method of consumption. The movie in question is "Bros," the gay romcom starring Billy Eichner and directed by Nicholas Stoller, of "Neighbors" fame, … | Continue reading
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" is one of the funniest shows ever. The brainchild of comedy genius Larry David, co-creator of the equally-legendary "Seinfeld," it started with a one-hour HBO special titled "Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm," which follows a fictionalized version of David … | Continue reading
It's possible that the list of motion picture artists who haven't won competitive Academy Awards might be more prestigious than those who have. Legends such as Stanley Kubrick, Marlene Dietrich, Ava Gardner, Montgomery Clift, and Yasujirō Ozu were snubbed throughout their brillia … | Continue reading
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been rife with cameos over the last fifteen years, from television hosts to hubristic billionaires who pick fights with rock stars. In Phase Four, the very nature of what makes a cameo was tested. Minor characters popped up for full episodes of " … | Continue reading
David Lynch's body of work cannot be described in words — one can try, but it is difficult to do justice to art that primarily revolves around dream states, evolving identities, and doomed central characters. In 2006, Lynch released the deeply experimental, nightmarish "Inland Em … | Continue reading
It was a big weekend at the box office as several major movies entered the fold to get in on the Thanksgiving holiday. In some cases, that worked out well, with Netflix testing the theatrical waters and scoring with "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery." But, it pains me to say, fo … | Continue reading
The killer clown trend has amorphous roots, with anthropologists and clinicians failing to settle on where the slow tilt of clowns into full-borne nightmare material originated. It might have been in Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" (riffed amazingly in Seinfeld), or it might be … | Continue reading
If you thought the "Yellowstone" franchise couldn't appeal to American dads any harder, you were wrong — dead wrong. The upcoming prequel series, "1923," has dropped a trailer that includes everything dads love: gritty Western storytelling, stone-faced grizzled old men speaking p … | Continue reading
Released in 1988, "Willow" was an epic fantasy film from the mind of George Lucas. Directed by Ron Howard and starring Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer, it had an '80s adventure sensibility while being set firmly in the world of high magic and fantasy. Although it wasn't particularly … | Continue reading
The upcoming action comedy "Violent Night" starring David Harbour ("Stranger Things") is just about to hit our stockings. This is no regular Christmas movie, in case you didn't get that from the title. On Christmas Eve, a bunch of mercenaries break into the house of a wealthy fam … | Continue reading
It might seem like we're taking the same ride we did in season 1, but season 2 of HBO Max's "Gossip Girl" reboot doubles down on the things it does well and expands on those strengths to bolster its mean-girl vibe to new heights. It's just as fun and flirts as much with rebellion … | Continue reading
In light of Will Ferrell's other comedy films in the mid-2000s, "Elf" is a little surprising. Unlike movies like "Anchorman," "Talladega Nights," "Stepbrothers," or "The Other Guys," the 2003 Christmas film is surprisingly clean-cut and wholesome. It fits comfortably within its P … | Continue reading
In "Violent Night," David Harbour plays a Santa Claus who isn't afraid to knock back a beer or head-butt someone who's naughty. If that doesn't sell itself as a movie premise, I don't know what would. The "Stranger Things" star has hidden his face under red demon makeup before (s … | Continue reading
The Thanksgiving timeframe at the 2022 box office is officially behind us and, to say the very least of it, we have much to discuss. Not surprising is the fact that "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" topped the charts for the third week in a row, ensuring that Disney's big sequel w … | Continue reading
There is no denying that "White Christmas" is one of the most influential Christmas movies ever made, and no, we're not talking about the "Black Mirror" episode. This isn't just because of its heartwarming message about finding joy in even the darkest moments, but also because of … | Continue reading
Warning: this post contains major spoilers for "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery." The landscape of mainstream queer representation is a weird one. On one hand, we've gotten a mid-budget gay romcom in "Bros," but on the other, we're still scraping the bottom of the barrel for re … | Continue reading
One of the most talked-about unmade superhero movies of all time is Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man 4." Raimi planned to reunite with Tobey Maguire for one last ride to see Peter Parker off in style following the disappointment that was 2007's "Spider-Man 3." Unfortunately, disagreements … | Continue reading
Calling all "Yellowstone" fans in the U.S. (and I know there are a lot of you because they keep giving prequels and spin-offs the green light), we have a special giveaway item for you: "Yellowstone: The Dutton Legacy Collection." Featuring the first four seasons of the hit series … | Continue reading
Whenever Damien Chazelle makes a new movie, you can bet that it'll come with a cast chock-full of A-listers, a spectacle-sized story that spares absolutely no expense, and probably a plot that doubles as a love letter to Hollywood itself. And, of course, it'll likely end up becom … | Continue reading