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Why Murakami is Hard to Adapt Toho Murakami’s works could best be described as atmospheric. His sparse, lyrical prose communicates a sense of otherworldliness in even the most mundane aspects of life. A lost cat becomes a symbol of the random violence of the world. An abandoned well becomes a surreal prison for a down-on-his-luck protagonist. A burned-down barn becomes the trigger for a man’s slow descent into insanity. Most things go unexplained, and even if they are explained, nothing is much clearer....

Listening To Kenny G Trailer: This HBO Documentary Wants You To Practice Safe Sax HBO By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 29, 2021 4:11 pm EST Love him or hate him, everyone knows Kenny G. The curly-haired sax-man is somehow both reviled while also being one of the best-selling artists of all time. The HBO documentary “Listening to Kenny G” promises to offer a “humorous but incisive look” at Kenny G and his career, with Kenny G himself front and center as he talks about doing what he loves: playing that ‘phone, daddy-o!...

One Episode Of Schitt’s Creek Was Written Just To Annoy Eugene Levy Pop TV By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 30, 2021 9:39 am EST “Schitt’s Creek” made history in 2020 when the show swept the Emmys, breaking the record for most wins by a comedy in a single season and becoming the only show to ever win all four of the acting categories in the same year. Created by a father and son team, Eugene and Dan Levy, “Schitt’s Creek” is about wealthy video store magnate Johnny Rose and his soap opera star wife, Moira, who suddenly find themselves dead broke....

Steve Carell Didn’t Really Want To Leave ‘The Office’ In Season 7 NBC/Universal We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This week saw the release of a new book called The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s by Rolling Stone journalist Andy Greene. The book provides an oral history of the entire series, speaking with the cast and crew, getting the inside scoop on the happenings behind the scenes, and much more....

Superhero Bits: Stephen Dorff Lashes Out At ‘Black Widow’, Kevin Feige Remembers Richard Donner & More By Ethan Anderton/July 6, 2021 4:00 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 Famous Ghostbusters Moment That Was Not In The Original Script Columbia Pictures By Ben Pearson/Sept. 14, 2021 4:15 pm EST The original “Ghostbusters” is arguably one of the most quotable movies of the 1980s – which is strange to think about, considering it’s a movie about a bunch of slacker scientists who sort of stumble their way into discovering a way to capture ghosts in New York City. Among the film’s many memorable lines is “don’t cross the streams,” a crucial piece of info that Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) gives to his ghostbusting pals and which comes back to save the day at the end of the film....

The Hangover Teaser Trailer Is So Amazing It Might Eat Your Babies By Hunter Stephenson/March 6, 2009 12:42 am EST Already pegged as the summer comedy you’ll most likely be driven to by a sober girl, we now have our first glimpse at The Hangover and it is funny to the power of holy s***. Any movie that places a toothless Ed Helms, snuggler Zach Galifianakis, face-tatted Mike Tyson, and vintage Phil Collins in the same Las Vegas suite is already unlocking previously unknown doors of lascivious joy worthy of Pier Pasolini....

The Morning Watch: ‘Army Of The Dead’ Edition - How Tig Notaro Was Added, Honest Trailer & More By Ethan Anderton/June 8, 2021 5:00 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, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

The Morning Watch: The 1980 ‘Star Wars’ Toys Craze, The Sound Of ‘Sound Of Metal’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 24, 2021 5:00 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, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, watch a vintage report on the Star Wars toy craze in 1980 when The Empire Strikes Back unleashed a bunch of new merchandise....

The Newest Episode Of Netflix’s ‘Snyder School’ Is All About Color (Or Lack Thereof) In ‘Army Of The Dead’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 2, 2021 2:30 pm EST Zack Snyder’s relationship with color is pretty well-known. He’s a filmmaker with specific aesthetic tastes, most of them being very desaturated or just black-and-white altogether. But at least he’s aware of this. In the latest episode of Snyder School, a four-part YouTube series released by Netflix in the wake of Snyder’s zombie heist thriller Army of the Dead, Snyder admits, “I do love black and white photography, I always have....

The Rock Was In Talks For A ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Movie, And Other Things We Learned At The ‘Rampage’ Press Conference By Ben Pearson/April 6, 2018 11:30 am EST Most of the time, press conferences for big blockbuster movies are opportunities for the actors to crack a few jokes, share a fun story or two about making the movie, and that’s about it. It’s rare that anything actually substantial comes out of these Q&A sessions, but the press conference for Rampage, the upcoming film adaptation of the video game, was a little bit different....

What Exactly Is Mysterious MCU Character Contessa Valentina Allegra De Fontaine Doing? Kevin Feige Has A Hint By Shania Russell/July 19, 2021 9:04 am EST This post contains spoilers for Black Widow and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. A new character is cementing her place in the MCU, and with her comes a barrage of questions. Who is Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)? How does she know so much?...

Who Is The Main Villain In ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’? By Ethan Anderton/May 30, 2021 10:00 am EST The reported cast of Spider-Man: No Way Home has fans anxious to see what Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures have in store for the webslinger and the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Previous Spider-Man franchise villains like Electro (Jamie Foxx) and Doc Ock (Alfred Molina) are said to be returning for the movie....

‘Authority’ And ‘Acceptance’: The ‘Annihilation’ Sequels We’ll Never See By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 26, 2018 8:00 am EST Alex Garland’s Annihilation is now playing in theaters. While the film is adapted from the first in trilogy of books by author Jeff VanderMeer, it’s highly unlikely we’ll ever see Annihilation film sequels. Let’s dive into the Annihilation book sequels, Authority and Acceptance, and explain why. The Annihilation Sequels We’ll Never See On Screen...

‘Batgirl’ Actresses Testing For Lead Role This Week – Here’s Who Could Don The Cape And Cowl By Ben Pearson/July 19, 2021 11:06 am EST Warner Bros. has never known exactly what to do with the Barbra Gordon character in its live-action Batman movies. Alicia Silverstone’s leather jacket-clad iteration from Batman & Robin didn’t make the splash the studio was hoping for, but nearly 25 years later, WB is finally ready to put this character in the spotlight with a solo Batgirl movie....

‘Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed’ Trailer: The Untold Story Of The Bob Ross Legacy By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 17, 2021 7:32 am EST Bob Ross may be gone, but he’s not forgotten. The soft-spoken ‘fro-sporting public access painter is beloved by many – millennials who claim they only watch old episodes of his shows for an ironic reason, people who grew up watching his shows and have always had a soft spot for them, those seeking the pleasures of ASMR, and so on....

‘Doogie Kamealoha, M.D’ Season 1: Release Date, Cast And More By Shania Russell/Aug. 5, 2021 1:27 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.) The world needs more doctors — so what if they’re only sixteen years old? Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. is a few weeks away from showing off its child prodigy, a teenager smarter than all the rest of us, but still trying to balance her personal life with her career....

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Early Buzz: Here’s What Critics Are Saying About The Ultimate Monster Showdown By Jacob Hall/March 21, 2021 9:17 am EST The clash of the titans is just around the corner, and a few people have managed to witness the carnage and live to tell the tale. Godzilla vs. Kong pits the biggest monsters on the planet against each other in an epic duel that is something of a cultural event by default....

‘Halston’ First Look: Ewan McGregor Stars As The Fashion Icon In Ryan Murphy’s Netflix Series, Coming This May By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 23, 2021 1:00 pm EST Halston: Fashion designer, LGBTQ icon, the subject of Ryan Murphy’s latest Netflix series. And devastatingly handsome, if the first look images of Halston are anything to go by. But that’s just a byproduct of being played by Ewan McGregor, who stars in the Netflix limited series as fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick, an icon of the ’70s and ’80s fashion scene....

‘Solar Opposites’ Season 2 Review: The Gnarly Sci-Fi Antics Get Crazier And A Bit Repetitive, But No Less Hilarious By Ethan Anderton/March 25, 2021 7:00 am EST Solar Opposites debuted on Hulu last May when the coronavirus pandemic had forced millions to quarantine to stay safe. Who could have predicted that what would happen in the real world over the next year would be more insane than the wild sci-fi antics of four aliens who are waiting to terraform the planet and claim it for themselves?...