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Why It’s Essential Viewing FXX “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is the longest-running live-action comedy series in American television history. The series was created by McElhenney, Howerton, and Day, who pitched it to FX based on a pilot and a very low budget. In season 2 they added veteran comedian Danny DeVito as Dee and Dennis’ (assumed) father, Frank. The series took off, with DeVito balancing the cast’s chemistry and drawing in new viewers....

The Morning Watch: Monsters Inc. Gets A Retro Disney Remix, Marvel’s Eternals Easter Eggs & More Pixar Animation By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 10, 2021 8:06 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, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.)...

Watch the Vampire Throne “What We Do in the Shadows” season 2 ended with the aforementioned Gizmo, more commonly known as Guillermo (Harvey Guillén), vanquishing a theater full of vampires. As you can see in the second clip, above, this has left a power vacuum in the Vampiric Council, which Nandor, Laszlo, and Nadja are all too happy to fill. The only problem is, there are three of them and only one seat of power....

Zack Snyder To People Who Wonder Why His Batman Murders People: ‘Wake The F*** Up’ By Chris Evangelista/March 25, 2019 10:00 am EST Zack Snyder may be out of the superhero movie business for the time being, but he still has plenty of thoughts about the genre, and his own particular contributions to it. Over the weekend, Snyder hosted an event where he screened extended editions of several of his films (sorry, no #SnyderCut), and took part in a Q&A with the audience....

‘F9’ Star Tyrese Gibson Wants The Series To Crossover With ‘Transformers’ By Vanessa Armstrong/June 24, 2021 10:59 am EST Can the Fast and Furious franchise ever get too fast or too furious? Given F9 — the ninth direct installment in the series — is coming out on June 25, the answer is probably no. Amping things up with each installment, however, is getting harder and harder — how many crazy antics can Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his crew get into?...

‘Like Me’ Filmmakers Robert Mockler & Larry Fessenden Talk Social Media And Horror [Interview] By Matt Donato/Jan. 31, 2018 1:00 pm EST Whoever still generalizes January as a cinematic wasteland has clearly not watched Robert Mockler’s Like Me. This is an introspective timebomb that bursts with ambition, execution and payoff, all the while told through a lens that burns with the vibrant fluorescence of this first timer’s splash-making debut. Mockler has a vision that’s never sacrificed; boundaries are tested by setting the screen ablaze with neon tragedies....

‘Loki’ Originally Featured A Scene Where Frog Thor Beat Up The God Of Mischief By Joshua Meyer/July 10, 2021 8:58 am EST The Marvel Cinematic Universe appears to be moving in the direction of more and more animal superheroes: not just reptiles, but also amphibians. While we wait for the inevitable Alligator Loki spin-off (that’s not seriously a thing … yet), fans will have to content themselves with the hatching of Easter eggs....

The Perils of Pregnancy Madres is part pregnancy horror, as one of our heroes, Diana, is very pregnant when the story begins. She discovers a curse targeting expectant mothers plaguing the town, and must try to end it for the sake of herself and her unborn child. As the official synopsis describes: Beto (Tenoch Huerta) and Diana (Ariana Guerra), a young Mexican-American couple expecting their first child, move to a small town in 1970’s California where Beto has been offered a job managing a farm....

Kindness Comes at a Cost – Pelle It’s important to note that Dani is mostly surrounded by men in the early parts of the film. All of Christian’s friends are men, so Dani doesn’t quite fit in with them. Only Pelle, who is from Hårga and invited them all to come see the festival, seems to care about Dani in a meaningful way. But Pelle’s intentions are not entirely altruistic. Several times throughout the film, Pelle questions Dani about her relationship with Christian....

‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Character Posters Soar In With New ‘Marvel Legends’ Episodes By Ethan Anderton/March 8, 2021 10:30 am EST We’re less than two weeks away from the premiere of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier on Disney+. It’s the second major series from the line-up of Marvel Studios shows coming to the streaming service, and it has a lot to live up to after the impressive debut of WandaVision....

Mr. Sandman, Bring Me a Multimedia Empire If you’re behind on your Sandman news, then take another sip of your summer lemonade and prepare to do one more cast-inspired spit take … It’s important to note that this audio drama is a separate thing from Netflix’s upcoming TV adaptation of The Sandman. Just last month, Gaiman gave us a behind-the-scenes look at the development of that series, which has already received an 11-episode order, and which also boasts a stellar cast that includes Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie, Charles Dance, Boyd Holbrook, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Patton Oswalt, David Thewlis, Jenna Colman, and Stephen Fry....

‘The White Lotus’ Star Jake Lacy Would Love To Return For Season 2 By Marisa Mirabal/Aug. 16, 2021 6:05 pm EST Writer/director Mike White introduces audiences to a familiar type of villain in his social satire White Lotus. Actor Jake Lacy, who starred as one of the most obnoxious and painfully prominent characters in the series, said that he would love to do it again. If you haven’t seen White Lotus yet, queue it up on HBO and watch it immediately....

Brad and Janet Redux Disney “Shock Treatment” isn’t technically a sequel to “Rocky Horror.” Some of the characters from the first film are here, but not in ways you would recognize, and there are no sweet transvestites or B-movie parodies. There’s no Tim Curry or Susan Sarandon. O’Brien is here, but not as Riff Raff. There isn’t a corset in sight. Rather, the film — directed by Jim Sharman, who also made “Rocky Horror” — is a kind of alternate reality version of its more famous predecessor....

Anime Fans Save Studio Ghibli Museum With Massive Crowdfunding Initiative By Joshua Meyer/July 19, 2021 6:01 pm EST Studio Ghibli’s movies are cherished the world over by anime fans, and the Ghibli Museum, located in Tokyo, has long offered the faithful a chance to go deeper and explore the hidden world behind their favorite films. Whether it be a Hayao Miyazaki movie like Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away or a film by the late Isao Takahata like Grave of the Fireflies, you’re guaranteed to find something of interest in the museum’s treasure trove of production history and interactive exhibits....

Antlers Director Scott Cooper Keeps On Making Different Kinds Monster Movies [Interview] Searchlight Pictures By Jack Giroux/Oct. 28, 2021 2:19 pm EST Filmmaker Scott Cooper’s voice is loud and clear in “Antlers.” It’s a grim horror tale, based on “The Quiet Boy” by Nick Antosca and produced by Guillermo del Toro. Cooper’s film is as much about addiction as it is about the presence of the wendigo. The director behind “Crazy Heart” and “Hostiles” brings his eye and taste for drama to the long-awaited “Antlers....

Augustine Frizzell To Direct Adaptation Of Fantasy Novel The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue Amy Sussman/Getty Images By Ben Pearson/Nov. 17, 2021 3:56 pm EST Multi-hyphenate filmmaker Augustine Frizzell has lined up her next project. According to Variety, she’ll direct “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue,” which is based on the best-selling fantasy novel from author V.E. Schwab that was published last year. Frizzell has previously made movies like 2018’s raunchy, female-centric “Never Goin’ Back” and 2021’s weepy romantic drama “The Last Letter From Your Lover,” and she also directed the pilot of HBO’s “Euphoria” a couple of years ago....

Chuck Ending Explained: Memory Versus A Magical Kiss NBC By Jamie Gerber/Dec. 9, 2021 11:58 am EST Long before Zachary Levi donned the famous thunderbolt worn by Shazam, the actor played an entirely different type of hero in “Chuck.” The NBC series aired 91 episodes across five seasons from 2007-2012. Created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak, the series was beloved by fans and critics, and yet, was always on the verge of cancellation....

Cool Stuff: ‘Rick And Morty’ Creator Justin Roiland Unveils A Real-Working Butter Robot By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 19, 2020 6:00 am EST Not too long ago, we called your attention to a new collection of Rick and Morty merchandise from Loot Crate, including a replica of the Butter Robot from “Something Ricked This Way Comes,” a throwback to the ninth episode of the very first season. But Adult Swim is giving the piece of tech with an existential crisis an even cooler collectible by teaming up with Digital Dream Labs to produce a limited-edition, real-working Butter Robot that is more technologically advanced than it has any right to be....

Cool Stuff: McFarlane Toys Reveals 1966 ‘Batman’ Playset, Action Figures, And Batmobile By Ethan Anderton/June 10, 2021 6:00 am EST McFarlane Toys has been churning out tons of action figures inspired by the DC Comics Multiverse, ranging from characters inspired by feature films to animated shows and everything in between. Now the toy company is digging back into the Batman television series from 1966 to deliver a new wave of action figures, as well as a Batcave playset and classic Batmobile....

Elias in Goodnight Mommy (2015) Stadtkino Verleih If you’re wondering why only one of the twins in Goodnight Mommy made this list, then either you don’t remember the movie that well or you haven’t seen it and didn’t heed the friendly spoiler warning above. What makes the nine-year-old Elias so scary isn’t just the fact that he tortures his own mother. At first, we can’t even be sure she is his real mother because her head is bandaged, almost mummy-like, and she’s acting out-of-character, refusing to even acknowledge the other twin, Lukas....