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Hunter Stephenson’s Movie Review: Observe And Report (A Contender For Best Film Of 2009). Essay: The Genius Of Jody Hill By Hunter Stephenson/April 10, 2009 12:07 pm EST Weekend Update: Due to the amazing bitch-session in the comments: the following article is a combination free-form essay/review on the genius, relevance, and influences of writer/director Jody Hill and his works including The Foot Fist Way, Eastbound & Down, and his latest, Observe and Report....

It’s Time To Recognize That ‘Little Nicky’ Is One Of Adam Sandler’s Best Movies By Evan Saathoff/Nov. 27, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly beloved by all.)Before Adam Sandler hit us with his lazy vacation period (you know what films I’m talking about), it was always easy to identify his worst movie: Little Nicky....

Jason Blum Keeps Teasing Happy Death Day 3, Won’t Confirm It Blumhouse By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 14, 2021 2:28 pm EST I know we’re overloaded with an abundance of remakes, reboots, and sequels, and I would sure love something original for a change. However, there’s one sequel I can get behind: “Happy Death Day 3.” Unfortunately, it hasn’t happened yet, and it’s unclear if it ever will. “Happy Death 2U” ends with a set-up for a third film, but weak box office performance put any plans for that third film on indefinite hold....

Kate McKinnon Drops Out Of Hulu’s Elizabeth Holmes Series ‘The Dropout’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 19, 2021 12:30 pm EST It looks like the only place we’ll be able to see Kate McKinnon’s Elizabeth Holmes impression will be Saturday Night Live. The Bombshell actress has dropped out of — well — The Dropout, Hulu’s limited drama series about Theranos founder and notorious fraudster Elizabeth Holmes. Variety reports that Hulu’s The Dropout will have to go on ahead without Kate McKinnon, who was originally set to star in and executive produce the limited series about Holmes’ rise as one of Silicon Valley’s most promising new entrepreneurs before her fall from grace....

M. Night Shyamalan’s Messages From His Mom Are My Ideal Indian Representation In Hollywood By Jeremy Mathai/July 28, 2021 12:36 pm EST Recently, I half-jokingly tweeted that the one-two punch of M. Night Shyamalan’s Old and the Dev Patel-starring The Green Knight had officially kicked off the start of “Brown Boy Summer.” Think of it as the unholy mix between Seinfeld’s “The Summer of George” and the Megan Thee Stallion song, but for South Asian representation in film!...

Another Potential Fukunaga-Directed Bond Movie MGM Fukunaga is now busy shooting the Steven Spielberg-produced “Masters of the Air” for Apple TV+. After that is done, however, the director isn’t sure what he’ll do next or if another Bond movie is in the cards. “It’s up to the Broccoli family,” he said. “If they enjoyed working with me and want me back, then we can have that discussion at that time.” But before he takes on any new projects, Fukunaga said that he first needed to take a well-earned break:...

Regal Cinemas Reopening In April For ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong,’ Warner Bros. Ending HBO Max Release Experiment In 2022 By Chris Evangelista/March 23, 2021 1:00 pm EST With an end to the pandemic (hopefully) in sight, the movie industry is looking toward the future. Movie theaters were hit hard by COVID-19, but they’re hoping to come back strong, and soon. Case in point: Regal Cinemas have unveiled plans to reopen in April, and their parent company Cineworld has just struck a deal with Warner Bros....

Ryan Coogler Once Pitched A ‘Coming To America’ Sequel To Eddie Murphy By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 27, 2021 11:00 am EST In a recent New York Times interview alongside Arsenio Hall, Murphy admitted that while fans had long demanded a sequel to his 1988 comedy classic Coming to America, “We never thought about doing a sequel. The way the story ended was kind of like, ‘And they lived happily ever after.’”...

The 20 Best Assassins In Film Ranked Miramax Films / Paramount Vantage By Nick Bartlett/Oct. 18, 2021 6:56 pm EST The hitman might be one of the most purely cinematic professions — the silent, emotionless hired gun without any affiliation or loyalty. They’ve taken on an almost mythic status that feels completely at odds to the reality. Some are portrayed as sociopaths, some as slick, cool secret agent types. As it is, the numerous cinematic portrayals on film often makes them the most intriguing part of their films....

The 20 Best Netflix Original Movies Of 2021 Ranked Netflix By Audrey Fox/Dec. 7, 2021 5:29 pm EST Over the past few years, Netflix has slowly been building its reputation as a production company to take seriously during awards season. And since the pandemic took a bite out of theater attendance, the streaming service has taken every opportunity to further flesh out its already formidable slate of original content. In 2021, Netflix received an impressive 36 Academy Award nominations, the most of any distributor, and would go on to win seven of those (two for “Mank” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and one each for “My Octopus Teacher,” “Two Distant Strangers,” and “If Anything Happens I Love You”)....

Fido TVA Films On the face of it, “Fido” is just bizarre — and for a genre in which the dead walk the earth and eat human flesh, that’s saying something. It operates in a strange ’50s-esque universe where zombies exist, but are controlled by ZomCon collars that inhibit their cravings so well that they’re kept by many families in an uneasy role that falls somewhere between servant and pet (the matter-of-factness with which this society has simply accepted the idea of zombies in their midst is equal parts jarring and hilarious)....

Where To Watch Every Film That Was Just Added To The National Film Registry Disney By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 14, 2021 2:51 pm EST The latest batch of National Film Registry titles are here, titles selected because they are considered “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The list is full of familiar and not-so-familiar titles, and if you’ve perused it and found yourself wondering where you could watch all these titles, I am here to help....

‘Dexter’ Revival Is Somehow Bringing Back John Lithgow As The Trinity Killer By Ethan Anderton/June 28, 2021 11:30 am EST Showtime is bringing back the serial killer thriller Dexter for a new season that will hopefully make up for the disappointing series finale from back in 2013. To help bring back Dexter with a bang, the series is resurrecting one of the best guest stars the series ever had. John Lithgow will be returning to Dexter for the series revival, and he will again be playing Arthur Mitchell, better known as the Trinity Killer from the fourth season....

‘Knives Out 2’ And ‘Knives Out 3’ Heading To Netflix With Rian Johnson And Daniel Craig Both Returning By Chris Evangelista/March 31, 2021 2:30 pm EST Plot details aren’t available at this moment, and it looks like the only cast member returning from the star-studded original is Daniel Craig as private detective Benoit Blanc. That makes sense – Blanc is meant to be a Poirot-like character who goes from mystery to mystery, so while it would be nice to see Ana de Armas back again, I understand why she’s unlikely to return....

‘No Time To Die’ Teaser Offers A New Glimpse Of Daniel Craig Back In Action By Chris Evangelista/July 26, 2021 9:17 am EST Okay, let’s try this again, shall we? No Time to Die, one of the very first movies to have its release date moved at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, will arrive in theaters this year. Unless it doesn’t. Don’t get me wrong – I hope it does!...

‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Updates: Ewan McGregor Confirms Where And When The Disney+ Show Will Film By Ben Pearson/Feb. 2, 2021 3:00 pm EST Last fall, the once and former Star Wars actor Ewan McGregor confirmed that Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Disney+ show in which he’ll reprise the title role, will begin filming in March of this year. Now McGregor has provided some more Obi-Wan Kenobi updates, upending recent rumors about the location of the production and confirming that filming will take place in sunny California....

‘Scenes From A Marriage’: Release Date, Cast And More By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 20, 2021 1:52 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.) I hope you’re not burned out from watching multiple projects in recent years that detail the steady crumbling of a relationship, because we’ve got at least one more to come....

‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Clip Sends Bugs Bunny And LeBron James To The DC Universe By Ben Pearson/July 6, 2021 3:24 pm EST We’re just 10 days away from the release of the long-awaited Space Jam: A New Legacy, and the marketing campaign is settling in for its final lap before the film debuts. Today, Warner Bros. and DC released a new clip from the movie following Bugs Bunny and LeBron James as they travel into “DC World,” one of the many distinct planets found in the Warner 3000 Server-Verse that LeBron’s character gets sucked into....

‘The Flash’ Director Reveals First Look At Supergirl’s Costume By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 18, 2021 9:48 am EST It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s our first look at Supergirl’s costume in The Flash. Latina actress Sasha Calle is set to make her debut as the DC Extended Universe’s Girl of Steel in the Ezra Miller-led solo film, but we won’t see her in the full get-up just yet. For now, it’s just a look at part of the Supergirl costume, courtesy of The Flash director Andy Muschietti....

‘The Matrix’ Cinematographer Blames Stanley Kubrick For Why The Sequels Are So “Mind-Numbing” By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 14, 2020 12:00 pm EST It can’t be understated how hugely influential the Wachowski’s The Matrix was. Many a film after it tried (and often failed) to imitate its look, its tone, its groundbreaking visual effects. And the man responsible for the stylish look of the 1999 sci-fi film was cinematographer Bill Pope, who would go on to shoot the film’s much-maligned sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions to less than satisfactory results....