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Joseph Gordon-Levitt On His New Apple Series ‘Mr. Corman’ And Becoming More Collaborative [Interview] By Ben Pearson/Aug. 4, 2021 9:53 am EST Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception, Looper) created Mr. Corman, and in addition to starring in the show, he also served as a writer and director on the project. We spoke to him this week about some of the show’s creative decisions, lessons he learned from his 2012 feature directorial debut Don Jon, how the act of watching something can be a creative process, and more....

What Will Smith Makes of Being a Serious Actor Warner Bros. Smith established his clout early in his career with a standout turn in “Six Degrees of Separation,” wherein he played a young conman who worms his way into the upper echelons of New York society. His youthful cockiness and unflappable self-belief empower him to spin increasingly ludicrous yarns that his hangers-on greedily gobble up, but he’s also seductive, a wily and cunning figure whose agenda is just ambiguous enough to leave you questioning yourself....

Marvel’s ‘She-Hulk’ Casts ‘The Good Place’ Star Jameela Jamil As The Show’s Villain By Ben Pearson/June 10, 2021 3:28 pm EST Jameela Jamil, who broke out with her role as high society snob Tahani Al-Jamil in the delightful NBC sitcom The Good Place, is the latest performer to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A new report says Jamil has boarded the cast of She-Hulk, the upcoming Disney+ legal drama which stars Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) as Jennifer Walters, also known as She-Hulk after receiving a blood transfusion from her cousin, Bruce Banner....

Maya Rudolph Comedy Series Headed To Apple TV+ By Chris Evangelista/March 18, 2021 2:30 pm EST Maya Rudolph is the latest notable person headed to Apple TV+ as the new-ish streaming service continues to amass an impressive stable of talent. Apple TV+ has given a straight-to-series order for a new half-hour Maya Rudolph comedy series, created by Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard. In the series, Rudolph will play a woman “whose seemingly perfect life is upended after her husband leaves her with nothing but 87 billion dollars....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 8, 2021 8:30 am EST Here is the synopsis for Without Remorse: When a squad of Russian soldiers kills his family in retaliation for his role in a top-secret op, Sr. Chief John Kelly (Michael B. Jordan) pursues the assassins at all costs. Joining forces with a fellow SEAL (Jodie Turner-Smith) and a shadowy CIA agent (Jamie Bell), Kelly’s mission unwittingly exposes a covert plot that threatens to engulf the U....

Neon Genesis Evangelion Ending Explained: A Dive Into The Subconscious Gainax/Netflix By Soham Gadre/Nov. 11, 2021 11:00 am EST The end of the world never looked so beautiful. In all its terror and darkness, Hideaki Anno’s masterpiece “Neon Genesis Evangelion” has some of the most stunning animation ever put to a screen and its use of montage and dynamic cutting lends itself to many interpretations, most of which reject the notion of an ending....

One Of The Scariest Scenes In The Changeling Will Send Chills Down Your Spine Chessman Park Productions By Ariel Fisher AND Matt Donato/Nov. 26, 2021 3:03 pm EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror with your tour guides, horror experts Matt Donato and Ariel Fisher. In this edition: Ariel details a simple yet haunting scene in “The Changeling,” while Matt experiences the iconic ghost story for the first time....

Questlove’s Second Film Will Be A Sly Stone Documentary By Ben Pearson/Feb. 19, 2021 2:30 pm EST Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson tore the roof off this year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival with Summer of Soul, his rollicking documentary about the incredible music on display during the nearly-forgotten Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969. That film won the Audience Award and the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the festival earlier this month, and now Thompson has announced he’s returning behind the camera to make a feature documentary about Sly Stone, founding member of the influential band Sly and the Family Stone and one of the musicians who appeared on stage in the archival footage in Summer of Soul....

RuPaul Is Making History VH1 “RuPaul’s Drag Race” sees the titular world-famous drag queen on a search for America’s “next drag superstar,” playing host, mentor and judge to those who dare to compete. Contestants must use their charisma, uniqueness, talent and bold nerve to beat out the competition and impress the judges. But who are we kidding — this isn’t an explanation you need! If you’ve existed on the internet for even the tiniest amount of time, you’re likely familiar with the myriad of gifs and incredible moments that have made the show so popular....

Superhero Bits: David Harbour Has Bad Dad Jokes For ‘Black Widow,’ No Plans For Marvel TV Shows On Blu-Ray & More By Ethan Anderton/June 21, 2021 5:00 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 Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures Opens This Fall: Here’s What You Need To Know By Ben Pearson/March 10, 2021 1:00 pm EST “How could there be no film center in the global center of film?” That was a question Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos had when he first moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s and discovered that the entertainment capital of the world was sorely lacking, in his words, “a place to dive deeper, to learn more, to fully immerse myself in the stories behind the movies....

The Avengers, Doctor Strange, And Spider-Man Are Embroiled In An Epic (Copyright) Battle Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Sept. 24, 2021 3:24 pm EST Marvel finds itself in a legal battle of epic proportions, as the rights for Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and other major superheroes are being contested. Recently, several lawsuits have been filed by various parties — including the estate of the late, great Steve Ditko — to terminate various copyrights that relate to some of Marvel’s biggest characters....

The Batman Trailer Breakdown: What’s Black And Blue And Dead All Over? Warner Bros. Pictures By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 16, 2021 5:36 pm EST Today brought the new trailer for “The Batman” from DC FanDome, and there’s a ton of new footage to take a closer look at. Thankfully, there are still a lot of secrets being held close to the vest, so there’s plenty of speculation to be done about the film’s plot and exactly what characters like The Riddler, The Penguin, and Catwoman are all up to while Batman tries to keep Gotham City safe....

Why It’s Essential Viewing Samuel Goldwyn Films There are so many reasons why writer-director Adam Egypt Mortimer’s underwatched gem “Daniel Isn’t Real” should be your Sunday night scare midway through the spookiest month of the year, but for the sake of brevity and persuasion, I’ll just give you a few. First off, Mortimer wrote the script with Brian DeLeeuw, who wrote the novel “In This Way I Was Saved,” upon which the film was based....

Why It’s Essential Viewing United Artists Even before he died in 1984, Capote called “Answered Prayers” (the focus of the aforementioned “Capote Tapes”) his “posthumous novel,” saying: “Either I’m going to kill it, or it’s going to kill me.” Miller’s film, “Capote,” posits that the author was on a slow descent, which started much sooner, with “In Cold Blood.” As if to hasten his descent, the film looks and feels bleak and chilly....

Dune Makes Its Mark Warner Bros. Warner Bros. may have found out the hard way that fear is indeed the mind-killer, but a hefty sum of box office profits in the early going could be exactly the shot of confidence the studio needed to help justify such an exorbitant production. “Dune” first opened in some international markets on September 17, 2021 with a $36.8 million opening weekend. After its third weekend of early release, the film has now added another $13....

Who Is Vision? Meet The Newest Avenger By Russ Fischer/March 11, 2015 8:30 am EST At the end of the latest Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer, we got a glimpse at the newest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Vision. But who is Vision? Is he hero or villain, or both? Read on to learn about Vision and figure out how he might fit into the Avengers of the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Zack Snyder’s ‘Army Of The Dead’ VFX Team Based Its Zombie Tiger On Carole Baskin’s Tiger By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 20, 2021 4:30 pm EST Zombie tiger! That was the major takeaway from the latest Army of the Dead trailer, showcasing Zack Snyder’s upcoming horror movie on Netflix. Fans immediately seized onto the undead tiger, which was a nice left-field surprise element for the zombie genre. But another surprise element is how the tiger was created by the VFX team, and the unexpected connection it has to another Netflix title: Tiger King....

‘Dear White People’ Season 4: Release Date, Cast, And More By Ben Pearson/Aug. 13, 2021 10:57 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.) Ready to head back to Winchester one last time? The comedy/drama series Dear White People is ramping up for its fourth and final season, and the show is taking a fascinating creative swing for its big last hurrah....

‘In The Heights’ Trailer: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Musical Sensation Is Finally Coming To Theaters (And HBO Max) By Ethan Anderton/March 14, 2021 5:08 pm EST After originally being slated for release last summer, the big screen adaptation of Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical In the Heights is finally coming to theaters. But thanks to the Warner Bros. Pictures deal to bring the studio’s entire theatrical slate to HBO Max, audiences will also be able to watch from the comfort of their homes....