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Best Sellers Review: Michael Caine Steals The Scenes In A By-The-Book Indie Dramedy Mongrel Media By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 17, 2021 9:41 am EST One of the first rules of writing is: never start with a cliché. But I’m going to do it anyway, because “Best Sellers,” the feature directorial debut of Canadian filmmaker Lina Roessler, is one of those many quirky indie dramedies that you can judge by its cover. Predictable and slightly rote, “Best Sellers” is a typical indie heartwarmer where two opposite people meet, clash, and ultimately teach each other how to be better people over an alt-rock soundtrack curated by Pitchfork....

A Community That’s Disappeared Universal Pictures /Film’s Danielle Ryan attended a “Candyman” press conference where director/co-writer Nia DaCosta, and stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, and Colman Domingo spoke on how the new movie — which is more sequel than remake — uses the Candyman story holds a mirror up to real-world trauma. “The film is really about how storytelling is used around these horrific events to either help process or, to campaign or to create a martyr out of people who ended up leaving us too soon through these terrible acts of racial violence,” DaCosta said, adding: And so that seals some specific, but it also has so many facets to it....

Candyman Star Vanessa Estelle Williams On How The New Film Reclaims The Narrative [Interview] Universal Pictures By Jack Giroux/Aug. 27, 2021 10:57 am EST Vanessa Estelle Williams has returned to the world of “Candyman.” In filmmaker Nia DaCosta’s direct sequel to the classic horror movie, Williams once again plays Anne-Marie McMoy. Williams’s vital scene features a line delivery that, for good reason, is all over the marketing. Anne-Marie, again, experiences the pain of possibly losing her son, Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II)....

Director David Ayer Blasts 2016’s ‘Suicide Squad’: “Not My Movie” By Danielle Ryan/July 29, 2021 2:20 pm EST Early praise of James Gunn’s upcoming The Suicide Squad has started drawing comparisons to director David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad. And Ayer has something to say about it. The director took to Twitter for a lengthy rebuttal, slamming Warner Brothers for dramatically changing his film. Ayer’s Turn In a single tweet with three images of text titled “My Turn,” Ayer described his struggles both in life and in making Suicide Squad....

Foundation Star Leah Harvey Reinvents What An Isaac Asimov Hero Can Be [Interview] Apple TV+ By Jacob Hall/Sept. 23, 2021 8:59 am EST If you Google images for Salvor Hardin, a key character from Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” novel series, you’ll find illustrations of white men. But the new Apple TV+ adaptation of the books modernizes the classic books in some key ways. Character development is pushed the forefront, more action is emphasized, many of the male characters are no longer male, and many of them are no longer white by default....

“The better draft is buried under three coats of paint” I had a 5 year run before The Exorcism of Emily Rose during which I was paid to write or rewrite 13 screenplays — none of them got made. I was earning a good living but all of my creativity would be read by just a handful of executives. It caused a kind of soul sickness in me.— N O S ⋊ Ɔ I ᴚ ᴚ Ǝ ᗡ ⊥ ⊥ O Ɔ S (@scottderrickson) September 21, 2021...

Hit-Monkey Trailer: Marvel Presents A Simian Assassin On Hulu Hulu By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 18, 2021 12:48 pm EST “You’re going to have to kill some evil people who totally deserve to die … ‘cause it’s your destiny.” Even with the ongoing superhero boom introducing general audiences to all sorts of B- and C-tier characters that comic fans never could’ve even imagined going mainstream, few might have expected a violent, manic-looking, adult-oriented animated cartoon adaptation of … “Hit-Monkey,” of all things....

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile: Release Date, Cast, And More HMH Books for Young Readers By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 12, 2021 8:48 am 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.) Adaptations of children’s books are having a big moment, with the recent announcement of “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” and the upcoming Netflix adaptation of the Broadway musical based on Roald Dahl’s “Matilda....

Mondo Releasing John Williams’ Hook Soundtrack On Vinyl Amblin By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 13, 2021 3:02 pm EST People have opinions about “Hook,” let me tell you. Steven Spielberg’s 1991 fantasy adventure was not the box office bomb some people make it out to be, but it wasn’t exactly a smash hit. On top of that, critics were unimpressed with all the over-the-top excess on the screen. However, lots of folks who grew up with “Hook” still hold it in high esteem....

Please, Stop Bugging James Gunn About The ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Trailer By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 5, 2016 4:00 pm EST If there’s one thing fans are clamoring the most for after San Diego Comic-Con 2016, it’s the footage from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 that played exclusively for the Hall H audience at the Marvel Studios panel. However, it seems some fans may be a little too excited to see the first footage from the sequel, because director James Gunn is getting a little annoyed with all the incessant questions about the Guardians of the Galaxy 2 trailer release date....

Single All The Way Trailer: Christmas Rom-Com With An Unrequited Love Twist Netflix By Shania Russell/Nov. 11, 2021 11:58 am EST Snow is cool, hot chocolate is nice, and the company of your loved ones is sweet and all, but nothing says holiday spirit quite like a million Christmas rom-coms arriving all at once! Netflix is unloading enough variety to catch everyone’s eye, so whether you’re looking for a demented tale about murderous elves or a simple story of finding love, their Christmas line-up probably has you covered....

Passing Netflix Now Streaming on Netflix Rebecca Hall’s feature directorial debut “Passing” is a brilliant slow burn about identity, and all that it entails. Based on the novel by Nella Larsen, the film follows two friends: Irene (Tessa Thompson) and Claire (Ruth Negga). The two Black women grew up together, but they haven’t seen each other in a while. That changes one hot summer day when the two reunite by chance in a restaurant....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Leaving Netflix In July 2021 By Jeremy Mathai/June 29, 2021 10:26 am EST Sometimes months go by slow as molasses. Other times you look up and more than half of 2021 has vanished and time simply has no meaning anymore and you start to question exactly how you’ve chosen to spend your time since the pandemic started and why. Anyway, existential dread aside, we’ve once again reached the end of another month and that means the following films and television shows will be leaving Netflix....

The Matrix: Resurrections Will Be Rated-R, Thankfully Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 21, 2021 12:36 pm EST Sometimes, no news is good news. Other times, the most obvious news imaginable is even better. This ought to be considered an ideal example of the latter, as we can now definitively confirm that “The Matrix Resurrections” will be rated R for “violence and some language.” For anyone who may have held reservations about a fourth entry in the wildly influential sci-fi saga potentially feeling watered down or lacking the same magic as the original, rest assured that this suggests that “Resurrections” can hopefully join the Wachowski sisters’ original “Matrix” trilogy as yet another steadfastly uncompromising and visionary-friendly installment from one of the most idiosyncratic filmmakers currently in the business....

Tom Hanks Picks His Three Favorite Tom Hanks Movies Apple By Max Evry/Nov. 11, 2021 1:32 pm EST When it comes to America’s Dad, aka Tom Hanks, there are many levels of fandom. There are those that prefer mainstream Hanks (“Big,” “Forrest Gump,” “You’ve Got Mail”) while others appreciate Hanks’ more oddball choices (“The ‘burbs,” “Joe vs the Volcano.”) You may gravitate towards dramatic Hanks (“Apollo 13,” “Philadelphia,” “Saving Private Ryan”) or even animated Hanks (the “Toy Story” movies, “Polar Express,” “The Simpsons Movie”)....

Will There Be A Sequel To Alita: Battle Angel? Here’s What We Know 20th Century Studios By Miyako Pleines/Dec. 14, 2021 12:29 pm EST It’s been a few years since “Alita: Battle Angel” graced our screens and freaked us all out with its bold tiptoe towards the uncanny valley. Even so, Rosa Salazar still managed to make herself convincing as Alita, the charming yet lethal cyborg who is found and taken in by Dr....

‘Machete Kills’ Review: The Cast Is A Scream As Robert Rodriguez Spins His Wheels By Russ Fischer/Sept. 20, 2013 2:00 pm EST In Machete Kills, director Robert Rodriguez once again celebrates guns, babes, and manly men. This sequel to Machete finds many ways to combine those three factors, offering a new permutation every few minutes. The action is dumb and goofy and very self aware, and Machete Kills is occasionally kind of a blast....

‘Mission: Impossible 7’ And ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ Are No Longer Filming Back-To-Back By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 15, 2021 11:00 am EST Some missions really are impossible, because it looks like plans to shoot the next two Mission: Impossible installments back-to-back have been scrapped. Production on Mission: Impossible 7 is almost at an end, and rather than moving right on to start filming Mission: Impossible 8, things are going to pause for a bit....

‘The French Dispatch’ Review: Wes Anderson’s Whimsical New Masterwork Is A Symphony Of Excess [Cannes] By Jason Gorber/July 12, 2021 11:23 am EST Told through three primary storylines presented as articles ripped from the fictional literary magazine that gives the film its name, we meet many of the regular troupe that have made much of Anderson’s oeuvre such a wonderful ride over the last few decades. Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Edward Norton, and Willem Dafoe are joined by likes of Liev Schreiber, Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, Matheiu Amalric, Stephen Park, Lyna Khoudri, and Frances McDormand....

‘The Nevers’ Teaser: Joss Whedon’s Victorian Superhero Series Comes To HBO By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 2, 2021 11:30 am EST Joss Whedon was set to make his return to television with The Nevers, a Victorian “superhero” series that sounded very up the Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator’s alley: a supernatural action series, set in a rich fantasy world featuring an ensemble of butt-kicking women. But Whedon stepped down from the project late last year, with HBO hiring Philippa Goslett to replace him as showrunner and executive producer....