More often than not, superhero movies will find a way for the good guys to end up winning by the end of the film. The superheros will triumph in the face of adversity and take down the villain, saving everyone. Usually, the heroes save the day and all either go home happy or get ready to take down the next villain in line. However, not all superhero movies are all about triumph and winning for the good guys....
Tom Brokaw takes us back to the turbulent year of 1968 in a special 2-hour event on The History Channel. In effect, 1968 made us what we are today. The sixties was a pivotal decade and 1968 happened to be the most distinct year in that decade. It defined us, whether that’s good or bad. “So much of who we are now, across a broad spectrum of interests, is rooted in the Sixties and particularly 1968,” says Tom Brokaw....
Every storytelling medium has its strengths and weaknesses. Books contain insights and inner dialogue that enrich a story through added detail and context. Movies elevate words from a script and give them a visual dimension, but are confined to roughly two hours of presentation. Television takes those same strengths and stretches out a story across several episodes (and, in some case, seasons). Indeed, this is why the miniseries is a popular format for many television stories....
A&E is planning on spending $500 million on original programming for the next year, according to Variety. One of the new series that will be aired on the cable network is Sons of Hollywood which follows the lives of Randy Spelling (son of Aaron), Sean Stewart (son of Rod) and talent agent Dave Weintraub as they move out of their parents’ homes and try life as roommates. Eight episodes have been ordered and is expected to debut in the beginning of 2007....
Deadline is reporting that 20th Century Fox has set a June 22, 2012 release date for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Timur Bekmambetov is directing the movie from a script by Seth Grahame-Smith, who adapted his own novel. Here’s a description of the book: Casting is currently under way for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. “Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother’s bedside....
Ghost Rider has been a huge hit on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. this season. One of the only perceivable problems, if it can be called that, is that the Ghost Rider that has been featured isn’t the classic Johnny Blaze version of the character. Well, last night’s episode “The Good Samaritan” may very well have fixed that. Fair warning, this story will contain spoilers for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., so read on at your own risk....
Trailer Addict has posted a brand new red-band clip from the upcoming comedy She’s Out of My League, which will be released in theaters nationwide on March 12. Click below to watch this new video from the Jay Baruchel comedy, but only if you’re 18 years of age or older. CLICK HERE to watch the red band Clip! Kirk (Jay Baruchel, Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder), an average Joe, can’t believe his luck....
Arnold Schwarzenegger has returned to Lionsgate’s Western project Last Stand, nearly two months after he put his acting career on hold in May. Back in April, we reported that Arnold Schwarzenegger attached himself to Last Stand, a Western which will serve as the English-language debut of Korean filmmaker Jee-woon Kim (The Good, the Bad, the Weird, I Saw the Devil). The story centers around a small-town sheriff (Arnold Schwarzenegger ) who becomes the last line of defense when a Mexican drug cartel escapes from a courtroom and tries to get back south of the border....
Whenever you are adapting something from another medium to film, such as a novel or comic book, it can be tricky. Then if you include the added pressure of also adapting that novel or comic from another culture into a version that an American and a worldwide audience can relate to and enjoy, you’re talking about something that can be quite difficult to pull off. But the new CGI Animated film, “Astro Boy,” does just that, it takes all the magic and wonder of the original Manga Comic and brings it to life in this thrilling and fun family film....
20th Century Fox has announced that the recently released Avatar trailer took in 4 million streams the day it was made available on Apple.com. In a press release from the studio they said: Twentieth Century Fox announced today that the Avatar teaser trailer has become the most-viewed trailer ever on the popular iTunes Movies Trailer section of apple.com, which Thursday hosted the long-awaited public first look at writer-director James Cameron’s motion picture epic....
Piranha 3D will be released in theaters nationwide tomorrow, August 20 and, while TV spots have been airing for the film, it seems one TV spot was rejected by the networks all together. RyanSeacrest.com has gotten a hold of the “banned” TV spot and they have also obtained the feedback on the video from the CW Network, MTV and Fox. Click on the clip below to watch this new TV spot and you can read the network comments below as well:...
All good things must come to an end. And that includes Norman Bate’s run as lead psycho at Bates Motel.The hit A&E thriller is coming to an end after 5 seasons, it was announced today. And it sounds like it will wrap up on a note that Alfred Hitchcock would be proud of. Yes, we are going to get to see star Freddie Highmore go full-on Anthony Perkins. Bates Motel producers announced that the show is about to reach its inevitable conclusion earlier today at the Comic-Con panel in San Diego....
Mark Hamill’s version of the Joker from the DC Animated Universe is a strong contender for the most iconic Joker of them all. At this point, it’s almost impossible to read a comic and not imagine Hamill’s voice as the Joker. First appearing in Batman: The Animated Series, this version of the Joker has a laugh for almost every occasion, usually while committing some horrific crime that only his twisted mind finds hilarious....
Entourage was one of HBO’s most popular original series. Airing between 2004 and 2011, the show followed up-and-coming movie star Vincent Chase and his group of friends navigating through Hollywood including his manager Eric “E” Murphy, his driver Turtle, his half-brother Johnny “Drama” Chase, and his superstar agent Ari Gold. Taking place in Hollywood and around the movie business, this meant the series featured plenty of celebrity cameos. The series featured cameos from the world of movies, television, music, and sports....
In her five-decade career, legendary French actress Isabelle Huppert has appeared in more than 120 feature films. From the first big breaks (the 1974 controversial French comedy-drama Les Valseuses and her international breakthrough with 1977’s La Dentelliere) and collaborations with top-tier directors including Jean-Luc Godard and Michael Haneke to award-winning performances (1978’s Violette Nozière, 2001’s The Piano Teacher, 2016’s Elle, and others), Huppert challenges herself and audiences. Fearless and mesmerizing, she freezes the screen and burns it down....
With July 2022 approaching, a plethora of thrilling and exciting TV series are arriving on Hulu. The subscription streaming service recently unveiled its content lineup for July 2022, and the shows coming next month will surely keep you stuck to the couch. The exciting titles coming in July span over a wide genre and include something for everyone. Besides the wonderful movies premiering on Hulu, many sizzling TV shows like Maggie, featuring Rebecca Rittenhouse, will make their debut on the streamer....
It is now confirmed that Beverly Hills Cop staple Paul Reiser will reprise the role of Detective Jeffrey Friedman alongside Eddie Murphy in the long-awaited sequel, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley. Now, speaking with Slashfilm, Reiser has discussed what it was like seeing Murphy return to his iconic role after nearly three decades. After joking that he was always happy to “help Eddie out whenever I can and to boost his career,” Reiser described returning to the Beverly Hills Cop franchise as “an honor....
Following The Hollywood Reporter dropping the news that the team behind Netlix’s Cobra Kai will be working on a Duke Nukem feature film, AV Club followed up with a characteristically snarky article asking simply “Why?” They wrote, “Why the hell are the Cobra Kai guys making a Duke Nukem movie? […] It’s the sound of the bottom of the barrel being well and truly scraped.” 1990s gaming character Duke Nukem exists frozen in the 20th Century, like Mike Myers in Austin Powers, or perhaps more aptly: a man out of time....
Bill Hader, who for eight seasons was a member of the cast of Saturday Night Live, will return to Studio 8H as host on Oct. 11. Hader earned two Emmy nominations while on SNL and received critical acclaim for his notable impressions and characters, including the ‘Stefon’ as well as dozens of others. Hader can currently be seen alongside former SNL castmate Kristen Wiig in the feature film The Skeleton Twins....
Two-thirds of the hilarious trio behind Comedy Central’s breakout hit offer insight into the end of Season 2, and what to expect in Season 3 Our new favorite obsession is the Comedy Central series Workaholics, starring the Mail Order Comedy trio of Blake Anderson, Anders Holm, and Adam DeVine. The show is currently midway through its Season 2 run, with just a couple more episodes left to go. But fans: Fear not!...
