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‘Jim And Andy: The Great Beyond’ Review: A Revelatory Treasure Trove Of Comedic Brilliance [TIFF] By Marshall Shaffer/Sept. 17, 2017 2:00 pm EST “When did this movie start?” asks a modern-day Jim Carrey to director Chris Smith. It’s the start of what we know as Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond – With a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton. It’s also probably one of the more normal things Carrey says or does throughout the documentary, a work presenting unreleased footage shot by Carrey behind the scenes of his Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon....

‘John Wick 4’ Adds Another Certified Badass With Hiroyuki Sanada By Ben Pearson/June 17, 2021 11:02 am EST Hiroyuki Sanada (Lost, Westworld, Mortal Kombat) was originally set to star in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum as Zero, Wick’s primary adversary in that film. But an Achilles tendon injury took him out of contention, and he was eventually replaced by Mark Dacascos. Now history is righting itself, because Sanada has reportedly been cast in John Wick 4, reuniting with his old 47 Ronin co-star Keanu Reeves....

‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Makes A Surprise Slam Dunk At The Weekend Box Office By Ethan Anderton/July 19, 2021 7:35 am EST LeBron James and the Tune Squad made an impressive showing at the box office over the weekend with Space Jam: A New Legacy dethroning Marvel’s Black Widow from the top of the charts. Early projections had the live-action/animated hybrid sequel bringing in around $20 million in its opening weekend, but the film surprised industry experts by raking in $31....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Dives Into The Post-Republic Transition To Stormtroopers In “Replacements” By Caroline Cao/May 14, 2021 8:00 am EST When Star Wars: The Bad Batch premiered last week, I had complaints that the fast-moving episode skimped questions about Crosshair’s state of mind under the influence of his clone brain chip. But the latest “Replacements” (directed by Nathaniel Villanueva and written by Matt Michnovetz) scratches dents into the issue and promises deeper explorations in the future....

‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Has Been Screening To An Empty Theater In Portland For 54 Weeks By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 17, 2021 11:00 am EST How long has The Rocky Horror Picture Show been playing at Portland’s Clinton Street Theater? The answer will make you shiver with antici…pation. In fact, it will do more than that, it’ll make you whistle and say, “Dammit, Janet, that’s some dedication.” (I didn’t even mean for that to rhyme, I should become a songwriter....

‘The Suicide Squad’ Star Alice Braga On Playing The Straight Character In A Movie Full Of Lunatics [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Aug. 6, 2021 7:10 am EST Alice Braga has a tricky character to play in The Suicide Squad. In a movie filled with big personalities, Braga is playing the straight role. And not only the straight role, but the character with the purest of intentions. Sol Saria wants to liberate her country and she is one of the few actual heroes in the movie....

11 Things You Didn’t Know About DC’s Beast Boy Warner Bros. Television Distribution By Kirk Boxleitner/Sept. 17, 2021 6:28 pm EST If you were a kid anytime from 2003 forward, you likely grew up with green-skinned shapeshifter Garfield Mark “Gar” Logan, who first joined the New Teen Titans under the alias Changeling but who’s better known, especially to 21st-century TV audiences, as Beast Boy. DC introduced a shapeshifter named Beast Boy in September 1964’s “Adventure Comics” #324....

A New ‘Star Trek’ Movie Is Coming From ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Writer Kalinda Vazquez By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 5, 2021 8:30 am EST Deadline reports that Star Trek: Discovery writer Kalinda Vazquez will be writing the screenplay to a new Star Trek film for Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot under “a blind deal for an original movie that she hatched” which will see her expand her role in the franchise. Details are otherwise very scant — it’s unclear if Abrams will return to the helm after directing Star Trek and Star Trek: Into Darkness, or if another director will take the role like with the 2016 Justin Lin-directed Star Trek Beyond....

Candyman Ending Explained: The Legend Lives On Universal Pictures By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 27, 2021 1:52 pm EST “Candyman” is now in theaters, and the Nia DaCosta-helmed horror pic continues the story that began with the original 1992 film. And while this is a direct sequel, it also takes the story in new directions, concluding on a very different note than the original movie. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the new “Candyman” ending and what it all means....

Comic-Con: Reactions To Premiere Of Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day Trailer By David Chen/July 25, 2009 4:02 pm EST I learned something today at the San Diego Comic-Con: The only fans here more supportive of a property than Twilight fans are Boondock Saints fans. I attended the panel, which was populated by some of the biggest Boondock Saints fans in the world, to see a world-premiere of the trailer and learn a little bit about the new film....

Daniel Craig Explains Why There Was A Five Year Gap Between Bond Movies By Ben Pearson/March 10, 2020 3:30 pm EST Last week, No Time to Die, the 25th James Bond movie, was delayed until November. But it seems as if some publicity demands were already in place for actor Daniel Craig, who is playing the British super spy for the final time. Despite the film’s delay, Craig hosted Saturday Night Live this past weekend and also appears as the new cover star of GQ magazine, where he gave an in-depth interview explaining why there has been a five year gap since the previous Bond movie and the many injuries he’s sustained while playing the character....

Wilson’s Disney-Powered Resurgence Marvel Studios Wilson will next appear in “The French Dispatch,” directed by his longtime collaborator, Wes Anderson. We recently saw a teaser introducing him as a reporter cycling around the fictional French town of Ennui-sur-Blasé (in a beret, of course). He’s also coming off a co-starring turn in Marvel’s “Loki” series this summer. Wilson has had his ups and downs over his career, but “Loki” really put him back on the map as a figure of water-cooler discussion, at least for Marvelites....

Is ‘Alien: Covenant’ An ‘Alien’ Prequel Or A ‘Prometheus’ Sequel? By Jacob Hall/March 1, 2017 7:00 am EST Let’s be honest with ourselves here: the earliest details about Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant made this film sound like a soft reboot, a way of continuing the series while dismissing as much of the divisive Prometheus as possible. However, after a day on the film’s set last year, it became very clear that this is very much a sequel to the first Alien prequel, even as it’s doubling down on being the prequel many Alien fans wanted in the first place....

Jennifer Lopez Teams With Skydance To “Reimagine” Classic Musicals For Modern Audiences By Ben Pearson/July 13, 2021 3:16 pm EST According to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal with Skydance, Lopez, and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas’ Nuyorican Productions fleshes out a preexisting deal made with Concord that includes the first-ever TV adaptation of Oklahoma!. The project is already being written by John Lee Hancock and Bekah Brunstetter and will be set in the present day....

Last Night In Soho Clip: Thomasin McKenzie Gets An Old-Fashioned Apartment Complete Fiction By Eric Vespe/Oct. 21, 2021 8:53 am EST The release of Edgar Wright’s “Last Night in Soho” is finally upon us and to celebrate Focus Features has released a 49-second clip that shows young Thomasin McKenzie showing up at Dame Diana Rigg’s doorstep hoping to rent an apartment. Before we get to the clip, let’s do a little spoiler-free set up, shall we?...

Neill Blomkamp Has An 18-Page Treatment For ‘District 10,’ Turned Down ‘Star Wars’ In Favor Of Original Projects By Germain Lussier/July 16, 2013 11:34 am EST Neill Blomkamp exploded on the scene in 2009 with his gritty sci-fi feature District 9, which was released to critical and commercial praise. Since then, we’ve waited four years to see the director’s sophomore effort, now a mere few weeks away. The film, Elysium, opens August 9....

One ‘What If…?’ Storyline Was Rejected Because It Was “Half The Plot” Of ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’ By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 2, 2021 12:44 pm EST One of the most important parts of learning to write within a greater continuity is learning the characters. The head writer of Marvel’s What If…? discovered that she knew the characters a little too well when she learned several of her ideas were already in production as part of the live action MCU....

Page 2: Steven Spielberg, Drive, Harry Potter, BTTF, Stan Winston, Mad Men, Game Of Thrones, White House Down By Peter Sciretta/June 25, 2013 12:30 pm EST Header Photo: Vintage photo of Steven Spielberg Critics (Incorrectly) Rank the 10 Best Movies of 2013 So FarRanked: The Films of Pedro Almodóvar From Worst to Best Kermit the Frog Murders Gonzo With a Hammer in This ‘Drive’ Inspired Illustration by Dan LuVisi The Iron Sheik Is Trying To Raise Money For A Documentary About His Life...

Star Wars Bits: The Book Of Boba Fett, Disney+ Day, Darth Maul, Crimson Reign, Matt Smith, And More! Lucasfilm By Adam Frazier/Nov. 5, 2021 11:51 am EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: “The Book of Boba Fett” Trailer What to Expect on Disney+ Day A New “Star Wars” Animated Series? Marvel’s “Star Wars: Crimson Reign” #1 And More! The Book of Boba Fett Trailer On November 1, Lucasfilm released the official trailer for the upcoming Disney+ series “The Book of Boba Fett,” which you can watch above!...

The 14 Best Moments In Ghostbusters: Afterlife Sony Pictures By Scott Thomas/Nov. 22, 2021 5:01 pm EST The funniest Twitter thread of the year wasn’t just a merciless evisceration of how every blockbuster movie trailer feels the same — it was a specific evisceration of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” which has been sold to audiences as the “serious” counterpoint to 2016’s “Ghostbusters: Answer the Call.” And while watching Ghostbusters discourse become a haven for sexist trolls has been nothing short of head-spinning, there’s zero question that the movies themselves get caught in the crossfire....