The saying “stick to what you know” is something many people in Hollywood internalize, because once an actor, writer, or director has made it big with a certain work, they feel as if that is what they are (and will be) the best at. Think about it; how many directors only take on action movies, how many actors only star in romantic comedies, and how many writers stick to creating funny and humorous scripts?...
Every decade has had its trademarks, its niches, and conventions. Whether it be the 1960s, which are associated with renewed hope and newfound cultural liberality, the 1990s and its technological developments and the invention of the internet, or the 2010s, when social media reinvented the way we live our lives. These cultural shifts, changes in attitude, and responses to world events are also reflected in film, with every decade representing something slightly (or totally) different from the last....
Dwayne Johnson is giving back this holiday season by surprising longtimeWWEemployee Bruno Lauer with a shiny new pickup truck. Lauer, who performed on camera as ringside manager Harvey Wippleman in the early ’90s, was there for The Rock in the days before Johnson found fame as a professional wrestler. Now looking to show his gratitude for Lauer’s generosity, Johnson gifted him with a new Ford F-150 and the results have been shared to Instagram....
We are still waiting for the great video game movie to be made. There was a lot of hope that it would come with eitherWarcraftor Tomb Raider reboot is giving fans hope that maybe, just maybe, it can crack the code. And we’ll get some idea of that sooner rather than later as the movie is going to be shooting very soon. According to My Entertainment World,Tomb Raideris scheduled to roll cameras in January 2017, meaning that the movie is going to start filming next month....
Careful.Spoilers aheadif you haven’t seen Episode 8 ofWandaVisionyet! This week’s episode is majorly about providing answers to questions we have mulled over for so long - why sitcoms? Did Wanda already have powers before being experimented on, where are Billy and Tommy, etc? But the real shocker of the episode is hidden in its mid-credit scene which truly takes our breath away -[SPOILER ALERT]the real Vision being brought to life, but as a different version of himself which sets up a bleak future....
This past December, everyone on planet earth caughtStar Wars: The Force Awakensfever. Except for one man. And that man was’Weird Al' Yankovic! Many fans expected theKing of Parodyto unleash a new Star Wars: The Force Awakens themed song. But he didn’t deliver on that ‘assumed’ promise. Though, thesinger, songwriter and comedianhas a perfectly good reason for jettisoning the idea. Sure, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic felt the impulse to create a song based on the new characters and action seen on screen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens....
Fans fell in love with Jim Parson’s Sheldon Cooper inThe Big Bang Theoryover the course of 12 seasons, so there was plenty of excitement when it was revealed that a prequel series was in the making about the young boy genius. Now, as the two sitcoms are naturally coming to a place where they are meant to intersect — Sheldon is leaving Texas and moving to California to attend Caltech — it is only right forYoung Sheldonto come to a close....
Universal Pictures' thrillerGet Outtook audiences by storm in its opening weekend, even out-grossing its debut estimate of $30.5 million with an actual debut of $33.5 million. It now sits at 99% on Rotten Tomatoes after one negative review surfaced yesterday, out of 143 in total, and now it looks to defend its crown against 20th Century Fox’sLogan, Lionsgate’sThe Shackand Open Road Films’Before I Fall, and even ifGet Outonly suffers a minimal drop, it most likely won’t repeat atop the box office....
Mad Max: Fury RoadandFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themstar Zoë Kravitz will be stepping into the feline-fused costume of DC rogue Catwoman for director Matt Reeves' upcomingThe Batman. Whilst we have yet to see what she will look like in the iconic costume for the comic book reboot, Kravitz has revealed a few details about her Catwoman suit, saying that we likely would have seen it by now were it now for the current global circumstances....
We’re seriously running out of ways to say that Disney is thankful they didn’t releaseMoana 2as a streaming series and instead decided to give it a full theatrical debut. It’s hard to predict if even the Mouse House saw this level of success coming from theMoanasequel, but good news continued on Thanksgiving Day with the film breaking another record on its way to a full record-breaking weekend. PerDeadline,Moana 2grossed $28 million on Turkey Day, making it the single biggest Thanksgiving Day-earner ever at the box office, topping the $14....
The Accidental Getaway Driverskillfully blurs the lines betweengritty crime noirand a deeply personal human drama. Based on the article by Paul Kix, an elderly Vietnamese taxi driver is taken hostage after accepting a late-night job.He’s thrust into a dangerous situation, but soon establishes a connection with one of his captors that transforms them both.The situation becomes increasingly dubious as everyone involved knows there can be no witnesses. The journey undertaken requires significant patience, but speaks stark truths about the burdens of past sins and confronting our failureswith superb cinematography....
When13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghaziopened earlier this month, it arrived with a surpriseteaser trailerfor10 Cloverfield Lane, which many believed was a sequel to the 2008 thrillerCloverfield, a movie that arrived wrapped in just as much mystery.10 Cloverfield Lanehas since been called a distant cousin toCloverfield. The two films are connected, but this new thriller isn’t a direct sequel. Some believe it is more of ananthology filmheld under theCloverfieldbanner. Whatever it is, it is arriving under a shroud of secrecy this March....
Films based on historical battlesare an irreplaceable cinematic experience for their larger-than-life storytelling. The genre provides an imaginative take on the lives of soldiers during epic battles and gives a take on lives lived centuries ago. Most of these films are visualized from paintings, architecture, and literature that are archived from the past, making space for history in the world of cinema. Another fascinating reason why these battle scenes remain so significant is that the scale of a battlefield and the lives lost are too sensational to believe in modern times....
