Well-rounded characters in films need development, growth, and change when their stories are told. What other kind of movie can do it as well as a classic underdog story? Throughout our history, people all over the world love seeing someone rise above the roadblocks life sets in front of them and emerge as the ultimate winner, whether that be in film or in real life. Inspiring stories like that are told constantly in the movie world....
Way back in the spring of 2014, CBS issued a three-season renewal for their hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory, locking the show and its cast in place through Season 10. Last week, the show returned to kick off the back half of Season 10, following its holiday hiatus, but there has been no updates about whether the show will continue beyond Season 10. There have been rumors to the contrary, that this could be the sitcom’s final season, but CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller revealed today that he’s certain the show will be back....
Comic actor Bill Macy, perhaps best known for playing the husband of Bea Arthur’s character on the classic comedy series Maude, has passed away. According to his producer and manager Matt Beckoff, Macy died Thursday night in Los Angeles, though an exact cause of death wasn’t revealed. Passing away at the age of 97, Macy is survived by his wife of 44 years, Samantha Harper; the two had first met in the ’60s by co-starring in the original Broadway production of Oh!...
Showtime has announced that the third season of the hit drama series Billions will premiere on Sunday, March 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Starring Oscar nominee, Emmy winner and Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Damian Lewis, Billions is the network’s No. 2 drama series behind Homeland, averaging five million viewers weekly across platforms. The series grew throughout the second season on Sunday nights by more than 35 percent from premiere to finale....
Following the hit series’ third-season debut on Sept. 16, HBO has renewed Boardwalk Empire for a fourth season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Here’s what the network president had to say about the renewal. From Terence Winter, Emmy-winning writer of The Sopranos and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, Boardwalk Empire is set in the 1920s during Prohibition, and chronicles the life and times of Enoch “Nucky” Thompson, the undisputed leader of Atlantic City....
With the trend of Indian films based on Hindu mythology, it is difficult to get them noticed overseas. However, apart from earlier worldwide hits such as Bahubali, RRR, and KGF, Brahmastra, a visually striking Indian film, proved otherwise. Despite having an underdeveloped love story, Brahmastra is more of an action-fueled film with impressive cinematography throughout, as highlighted in Variety’s review. The story pits Shiva against a group of fearsome and relentless villains who hunt for Astras, which appear to be relics that can transform ordinary people into superhumans....
Universal Pictures has just debuted the new trailer for A Perfect Getaway, which is set for release on August 14. Click below to take a look at the new trailer for the film, which stars Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich and Steve Zahn. Also take a look below to check out 5 new hi-res images from the film. to check out the entire gallery. Cliff and Cydney are an adventurous young couple celebrating their honeymoon by backpacking to one of the most beautiful, and remote, beaches in Hawaii....
Beloved actor Brendan Fraser has been nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Drama Movie at the Golden Globe Awards, but don’t expect him to be there to personally accept the award if he picks up the win. Because of Fraser’s acclaimed performance in The Whale, there had been speculation that he would be nominated at the Golden Globes along with other major award ceremonies. On Monday, it became official when the full list of names was announced with Fraser’s name among them....
The Good Mockumentarys about horror movies are always fun. The Bad Paltry extras.Brutal Massacre is mockumentary about the directing life of Harry Penderecki. This horror icon has fallen on hard times and has now set his mind on making a comeback with his new project, the aptly titled, Brutal Massacre. What ensues is a look at the pitfalls of being a filmmaker and trying to regain past glory. From dealing with temperamental actors, to bad effects, budget problems, to just about everything else that happens in making a film, Brutal Massacre is one of those movies that does it best to give you a glimpse of movie making from the inside out....
Details about the plans for Sam Raimi’s upcoming Spider-Man 4 remain hard to come by - and this is true even for actors who may be involved in the film! Bryce Dallas Howard, who played Spidey love-interest Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3 told IESB.net that she knows nothing about the plans for the film - even whether or not she’ll be in it. When asked if she knew anything, Howard, who was in a roundtable interview to discuss Terminator Salvation, answered “Absolutely, I have no idea....
Mushy’s Ten Halloween Flicks He Would Take to a Deserted Island Well folks, it’s that time of year again so that means it’s time to break out my Halloween Movie list. These are 10 movies that I try and watch every year around October 31st, although honestly, I usually watch all of them once throughout the year. Some of the movies on the list are scary, some are not but the point is...
Last week we released a new 30-second TV spot for True Blood and today, HBO has released a full two-minute TV spot for the third season, which will premiere on Sunday, June 13 at 9 PM ET on HBO. Click on the video player below to watch this new full-length trailer for the highly-anticipated third season. With Bon Temps still reeling from the Maenads’ reign of terror, Sookie Stackhouse begins her desperate quest for the whereabouts of Bill Compton, while her fellow townspeople face new threats that make their previous problems seem tame by comparison....
Those who loved reading Percy Jackson & The Olympians years ago recently got good news from author Rick Riordan. Not only is the long-awaited Disney+ series about to be upon us, but now fans will have a whole new book to enjoy — The Chalice of the Gods. Riordan wrote the following on his website: Riordan continued to flesh out Percy’s world in multiple book series, incorporating Egyptian, Roman, and Norse mythology into this universe....
You can bring home one of 2009’s most celebrated films on DVD and Blu-ray this July. A Single Man will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 6. The standard DVD will be priced at $27.96 SRP while the BD will be priced at $34.95 SRP. We don’t have any cover art images as of yet, but we’ll be sure to update this story as soon as we have the new images....
Adult Swim announced today the Season 2 pickup of Newsreaders, an absurd take on the television newsmagazine, from the creative team behind the two-time Emmy-winning series Childrens’ Hospital. Production on the new season begins in Los Angeles, CA in January 2014. Reacting to the news of the second season pickup, the producers released the following statement. Across its first season, the Adult Swim original series ranked #1 in its time period (Thursday nights at Midnight) among targeted men 18-24, 18-34 and 18-49....
Embattled actress Amber Heard appears to be hoping that a new PR team will help ease a lot of the negative attention she has been getting in the press in recent weeks. Currently, Heard is in the midst of a trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp with the former spouses suing one another. Asking for $50 million, Depp first sued Heard for libel, alleging that Heard fabricated domestic abuse allegations to defame him....
Angela Bassett accepted her first Golden Globe in 1994 for her role as the iconic musician Tina Turner in What’s Love Got To Do With It. On Tuesday, she graced the stage at the Golden Globes once more to accept her award as Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. This is a defining moment in MCU history as Bassett became the first actor to earn a Golden Globe nomination and win a Golden Globe for a performance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe....
With Anne Heche fighting for her life in a Los Angeles hospital, there had been conversations at Lifetime about what to do with her newest film, Girl in Room 13. On Friday, Heche had been driving a vehicle that crashed into a house, starting a fire that destroyed the home and severely injured Heche. While Heche had been alert and speaking with first responders, she fell into a coma shortly after the incident and has not yet regained unconsciousness....
CBS Television Distribution has signed actor/comedian Arsenio Hall to develop a syndicated late-night talk show for Fall 2013, it was announced today by John Nogawski, President of CTD. With Tribune Broadcasting partnering in the production of the show, the new strip is set to launch on 17 Tribune stations, including in the three largest markets on WPIX, New York, at 11 p.m.; KTLA, Los Angeles, at 11 p.m.; and WGN, Chicago, at 10 p....
There has always been some confusion about the ending of director Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness. The third movie in the Evil Dead series has two endings. And while both of these endings are readily available on Blu-ray and DVD, some fans are only familiar with one of the two. And because of this, there has been some confusion as to why and how the events of Ash Vs. Evil Dead don’t seem to match up with what happened in that trilogy ending fantasy thriller....
