107 posts tagged ‘films’
A requiem for Aquaman and the last gasp of the Snyderverse
AV Club,
With his energies now focused on building his own original(-ish) science-fiction franchise, filmmaker Zack Snyder has put the superheroes of the DC universe behind him. And now that Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom is finally out in theaters, it’s time for audiences to do the same. It’s been a decade since Snyder’s Man Of… Read more...
The McCallisters in Home Alone are quite wealthy, obviously
The McCallisters—the fictional family from perennial Christmas favorite Home Alone (and the slightly less beloved Home Alone 2)—are members of the one percent, according to a new investigation from The New York Times. Located in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka, their house sits in one of the most expensive… Read more...
The Best Books We’re Getting and Gifting This Holiday Season
Jezebel,
One of the best emails I get every year is from a friend I’ve known for nearly a decade. We don’t see each other enough anymore but I know I’ll always hear from him in mid-December, when he sends around a list of the 10 best books he read that year. It’s to a small group of people, many of whom I’ve never actually… Read more...
Wyatt Russell Would Love to Remake The Last Starfighter
Gizmodo,
The Last Starfighter is Hollywood’s white whale. The 1984 film about a young man who is recruited to defend a planet because of his video game skills was decades ahead of its time and, in recent years, has been the frequent subject of speculation and excitement. It seems everyone in Hollywood has attempted to bring… Read more...
Anne Hathaway is glad she never made her Barbie movie or Spider-Man 4
Anne Hathaway doesn’t seem like the kind of person who lets herself get bogged down by regrets. She certainly presents a cheery vibe, but she’s a professional actor and could probably make us think “boy, that Anne Hathaway sure seems nice” in her sleep. What we mean is that she doesn’t seem like a Jacob Elordi-type… Read more...
Hey. We're Back.
When Roe v. Wade was overturned on June 24, 2022, I was on a bus traveling to Massachusetts for a wedding. It’d been almost two months since I was hired at Jezebel and, despite the fact that we’d been preparing for this possibility for weeks, I went on autopilot. I was scared, sad, and (most of all) really fucking… 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...
James Cameron says he cast short extras to save money on Titanic
Defying, once and for all, Randy Newman’s infamous pronouncement that “Short people got no reason to live,” James Cameron has revealed at least one: Appearing as extras in his movies, to make his sets look extra big and fancy. Read more...