579 posts tagged ‘entertainment culture’
Zack Snyder is the ultimate fanboy director, and Rebel Moon is his ultimate fanboy test
AV Club,
When Zack Snyder first announced his Netflix sci-fi epic Rebel Moon, he admitted that the concept was originally made for a “mature” Star Wars movie that he pitched to Lucasfilm—which Lucasfilm was not interested in. So he sanded off the serial numbers, replaced the lightsabers with different kinds of laser swords,… Read more...
21 terrific free movies you can watch right now on YouTube
YouTube offers a veritable treasure trove of free movies ready to watch at your convenience. Comedies, dramas, hidden gems, black-and-white classics. They’re all there to stream, gratis, with the occasional interruption from ads; hey, nothing is truly free in life, right?. We skimmed the impressive list and are here… Read more...
The Boy And The Heron takes the weekend box office, with Godzilla Minus One not far behind
It’s an exciting weekend for international cinema at the U.S. box office, with two Japanese films hitting the top three in American theaters—one live-action and one animated! The top spot went to the animated one, Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy And The Heron, which opened with $10 million (and on 1,000 fewer screens than… Read more...
The Boy & the Heron Flies to Break a North American Box Office Record
Gizmodo,
Up to release, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s newest film The Boy & the Heron has had a lot of discussion centering around what it’s potentially meant to be. Is it actually Miyazaki’s for real, final film? Was it really the best idea to not really promote it or even give any idea as to what it’s about? The answer… Read more...
Tom Holland has so much respect for Robert Downey Jr. that he actually saw Dolittle
The SAG-AFTRA strike is over, meaning actors are now free to go back and promote the things they made that came out during the strike, and The Hollywood Reporter is taking advantage of that by having Tom Holland sit down for a chat about Apple TV+’s The Crowded Room—a story inspired by the 1981 non-fiction book The… Read more...
Carey Mulligan’s most pressing question for Michael Fassbender: How did he do those Killer push-ups?
At the beginning of David Fincher’s The Killer, Michael Fassbender’s assassin character goes about his daily routine while waiting to line up a perfect sniper shot on his target, and in addition to eating McDonald’s and overhyping his own abilities in his supremely confident, omnipresent narration, Fassbender does… Read more...
What's on TV this week—The Crown ends, and Kevin Hart and Chris Rock team up
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, December 10 to Thursday, December 14. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.] Read more...
Saturday Night Live recap: Adam Driver remains a deranged delight
We’re two for two, folks: coming off of a solid episode last week, hosted by newly minted Five Timers Club member Emma Stone, Adam Driver pulled into Saturday Night Live last night for his fourth time as host, in promotion for his upcoming role as ex-racer turned auto emperor Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann’s Ferrari. Read more...