Emotionally gratifying endingsare the go-to technique for making a rewatchable film. Cognitive bias towards films that ensure a satisfying closure is undebatable. There are hundreds of stories to be told and a thousand ways to end a film. This is why the third act in films is the most crucial, as it discloses the final verdict of the story’s journey. Did the story make sense? Did the characters get what they were looking for?...
The big knock on Hollywood today is that it is bereft of ideas. That the best the copious amounts of writers and idea people can do is just rehash old formulas. When that fails they simply reboot movies. And there are a lot of reboots still coming, if you believeIMDB. Sure, there’s a lot films made frombeloved literary properties(Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Twilight, et al), but where are the truly original ideas?...
Michael Bay has brought his specific brand of action spectacle to streaming for the first time. His latest movie,6 Underground, was produced by Netflix and sees the filmmaker going back to original Bayhem after his most recent, and likely final stint in theTransformersfranchise. Ben Hardy is just one of the people along for the ride for Bay’s latest. Ben Hardyhas quite the ride over the past few years after appearing in the acclaimed TV seriesThe Woman in Whiteand the real-life dramaOnly the Brave....
Fargo’sNoah Hawley, the director behind FX and Hulu’s upcomingAlienseries, has revealed whether Ridley Scott’s prequelsPrometheusandAlien: Covenant,and the changes to canon and the creation of the Xenomorph, will play a part in the show. The short answer is “No,” with Hawley revealing toKCRW’s The Business podcastthat the series will instead hark back to original movie’s mythology and the fear surrounding “retro-futuristic technology.” “Ridley and I have talked about this — and many, many elements of the show....
The Rise of Skywalkerhas proven to be a pretty divisive movie. It doesn’t seem to be anywhere near as divisive asThe Last Jedi, but fans are torn and sharing their thoughts on social media. Chewbacca actor Joonas Suotamo recently addressed some of the criticism that the movie has received on social media, calling out theStar Warstoxic fandom. It goes without saying that J.J. Abrams was never going to be able to please everybody with the final installment in the Skywalker Saga, though he seems to have done a pretty good job....
The first official poster forDark Phoenixhas arrived and it brings with it the promise of the movie’s first trailer later tonight. Rumors have been floating online for the past couple of days that the trailer could be debuting very soon, thanks to aleaked version from a Russian conventionmaking its way online and some social media activity from Fox on a Chinese website. We need no longer wonder, as this poster promises very plainly that the trailer is coming....
Disney did a lot of reshuffling with its release calendar recently. Specifically, all of the Marvel Studios Phase 4 movies have been pushed back, includingDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The highly-anticipated sequel, which was officially announced last summer, has been delayed a full six months. Though, given the situation at hand right now in Hollywood, this doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Doctor Strange 2 will now hit theaters on August 20, 2025....
Warning: Spoilers forDune 2.Based on the classic 1965novel by Frank Herbert, the universe ofDunehas an expansive and rich history as well as a slew of thoughtfully developed characters. Within its realm, the cosmos is controlled by an entity known as the Galactic Padishah Empire. The Emperor sits as its ruling leader, whose arrangement with the great houses maintains a reasonable sense of order throughout the universe. One of those houses, the Atreides, lies at the center of theDunefilms, and its surviving descendants ultimately spark the fuse that inevitably leads to the prophesied Holy War between all the great houses....
Ellen DeGenereshas opened up about the toxic workplace claims that saw her talk show shut down and her personally ‘kicked out of show business’ in 2022. Sharing her blunt thoughts on the ‘devastating’ impact the events had on her life, DeGeneres called for the world to have ‘more laughter and less drama.’ The Ellen DeGeneres Showwas a staple of daytime talk shows for almost 20 years, debuting in 2003 and running for 19 season and a total of 3,294 episodes beforecoming to an end under a cloud of controversy....
Vincent Chase and hisEntouragepals react to James Wan’sAquamanin a humorous clip promoting the superhero movie. Before Jason Momoa got a crack at playing Arthur Curry on the big screen, actor Adrian Grenier’s Chase character starred in the role on the hit HBO series when James Cameron directed the fictional movie. Warner Bros. and DC Films have been promoting the upcomingAquamanmovie pretty much nonstop since the first footage was revealed during San Diego Comic-Con....
With as much time as we have to sit at home and stream, one might think that we’d have burned through every streamable movie option by now. However, with the chances of that happening being next to impossible, it is easy to get caught up in the deluge of offerings. This is precisely why, with 2020 on the way out (thank goodness, right?) and a more hopeful 2021 looming, we really need to be a bit more judicious about what we stream....
TheFargoseason 4 trailer is here, showing us a peek at the next installment of FX’s hit anthology series. In the first footage, we get a great look at the new season’s cast, which is bringing in such names as Chris Rock, Jason Schwartzman, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw, and Timothy Olyphant. This time, the story will also be set in 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri, and the trailer also gives us a good look at the interesting environment....
The seriesFor All Mankindhas emerged as a beacon of television innovation, continually pushing the envelope in terms of its alternate historical storytelling. In the forthcoming season, the golden era of space exploration sees yet another remarkable shift, presenting a world that is both familiar and utterly transformed. It seems like just yesterday we were navigating the early Soviet moon missions of the 1970s in season one, a journey that turned the tides of history and cast a long shadow over the political and cultural panorama of the United States....
