Indian-American actor and director M. Night Shyamalan has made a name for himself in the filmmaking world. As his movies manage to be hits and blockbusters, they garner praise for how unique their storylines are, as well as how they manage to twist in on themselves and captivate audiences even when it seems like they have run out of steam. He entered the movie scene in 1992 with Praying With Anger, a film he starred in, wrote, and produced....
An issue with racial prejudice is that one can’t differentiate between those who hold those backward ideologies, and those who do not, simply by the way they look, unless of course, they’re donning a pointy-white hood, matching robe, and enjoy burning effigies of the cross; then it’s certainly safe to assume. Until 2019, Hollywood’s answer to casting the Ku Klux Klan was to just call Sam Rockwell. The brilliant Academy Award-winning actor seems to have played every type of racist under the sun; a few adjustments always need to be made depending on the time period of the movie, and whether he should dial up the overt racism, and throw homophobia, antisemitism, and misogyny into the mix, or tune it down somewhat and be the quietly disgruntled, neighborhood racist who’ll cross the street if he were to encounter a Black person....
Being one of the biggest media companies has many perks. For instance, you get to have on your streaming platform some of the most popular intellectual properties right now, including Marvel, Star Wars, and many more. Of course, Disney is going to use what it has in order to keep and expand its viewership. It makes sense, all streaming services do the same. Always keeping their more family-friendly approach to entertainment, we have many cartoon shows....
Spoilers Ahead! A trusted source for Ain’t It Cool News just returned from tonight’s taping of Late Night with David Letterman, in which Bill Murray was a guest. It seems Murray spilled a few details about the highly anticipated film Ghostbusters 3. Here’s what the scooper had to say, but be warned: there are some spoilers below, so read at your own risk. The first statement seems to confirm a story we ran in December, where Sigourney Weaver claimed that Murray’s character would be a ghost....
The rom-com Bros might be scoring well with critics, but that hasn’t resulted in a very strong opening for the new movie. Co-written by Billy Eichner, who also stars in the film alongside Luke Macfarlane, Bros was directed by co-writer Nicholas Stoller. The film, which has a principal cast consisting of entirely LGBTQ+ actors, tells the comedic love story of a neurotic podcast host and a promiscuous lawyer who find exactly what they’re looking for in each other....
A new photo reveals our official first look at Blockbuster, a comedy series in the works at Netflix. Set in the last Blockbuster Video store that remains open in the United States, the series stars Melissa Fumero and Randall Park as clerks just trying to get by in a business that’s almost been completely destroyed. The first look image may feel nostalgic for many to look at as most Blockbuster Video locations have been shuttered for years, ironically thanks to Netflix and other streaming services....
Troy Duffy had a very good St. Patrick’s Day and he wanted to share it with the Internet. The writer/director of the cult classic The Boondock Saints posted a new video on YouTube confirming that a sequel, The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day, will finally happen after years of speculation. He says that orignal stars Sean Patrick Flannery, Norman Reedus and Billy Connolly are all back, however he didn’t mention Willem Dafoe....
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE While David Fincher’s The Social Network took the top spot at the box office last weekend as predicted, the big surprise was that Cloverfield director Matt Reeves’s much-talked-about new film, Let Me In, didn’t even crack the top five and only earned about $5.3 million in its debut. This weekend three new films have entered the box office race all trying for that coveted number one position. The new crop of movies include, the romantic comedy Life as We Know It starring Katherine Heigl, the Disney film Secretariat and the Wes Craven movie My Soul to Take....
Brendan Fraser says that his role in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale has made him more discerning about which projects to take on in the future. Speaking to Collider ahead of the film’s December 9 release, the actor shared that playing the housebound, morbidly obese Charlie is leading him towards more roles that “speak to a broader common humanity.” “The hope is that you’ll find material that’s meaningful to not only everyone creating it, but your audience too....
Golden Globe winner Brian Dennehy is in negotiations to join newly added cast members John Leguizamo, Academy Award nominee Dan Futterman, Trilby Glover and professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek in Righteous Kill, the Jon Avnet production which begins filming September 4th in Connecticut and New York. This rounds out the already stellar cast which includes Academy Award winners Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman) and Robert DeNiro (Raging Bull), 50 Cent (Get Rich or Die Tryin’), Carla Gugino (Night at the Museum), and Donnie Wahlberg (Saw II & Saw III)....
Based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by Kōtarō Isaka, Bullet Train is an upcoming action comedy starring an ensemble cast that includes Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, and many others. As the title suggest, the movie takes place on a bullet train full of assassin, each of whom has a mission that they discover are secretly interconnected. Sony delayed the release of the film to this summer, making it one of the highly anticipated movies of the year....
News Corporation’s Fox Entertainment Group and Burger King Holdings, Inc. have teamed to offer hit Fox programming free of charge to the more than 75 million members of MySpace.com, Fox Interactive Media’s popular online social networking site. This promotion marks the first time that network television content is being made available on a series basis through MySpace, as well as MySpace’s entry into the ecommerce arena. The promotion launches Monday, May 22, in conjunction with the season finale of the record-breaking fifth season of 24....
Dare to say his name. Oscar winner Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) and director Nia DaCosta (Little Woods, Disney’s upcoming film The Marvels) expand on the infamous Candyman legacy with a new horror classic. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 84%, Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s (MGM) Candyman is back and yours to own on Digital November 2, 2021 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD November 16, 2021 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment....
Mic check one two, one two! On August 30th at 10pm ET/PT MTV introduces Celebrity Rap Superstar, a brand new, live competition series that’s sure to keep hip-hop fans sitting on the edge of their seats. Viewers will get to witness some of today’s hottest celebrities as they’re transformed into skillful lyricists. This star-studded cast will include Celebrity Mentors: Tone Loc, Paul Wall, Warren G and more; Celebrity Contestants: Perez Hilton and more....
Aubrey Plaza has become quite the star after a very successful 2022. Her performance in the second season of The White Lotus has garnered her quite a bit of attention. She has already secured a role in the MCU’s sequel to WandaVision, Agatha: Coven of Chaos. While some people are just now coming around to Plaza’s star power, others have known just how talented she is for years. She has wowed in performances in the likes of Parks and Recreation, Legion, and even CollegeHumor classics like the Daria Movie Trailer and Troopers....
Think about guys like George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Denzel Washington, and Robert De Niro — or women such as Meryl Streep, Katherine Hepburn, Jennifer Lawrence, and Scarlett Johansson. The leaders of Hollywood, they all star in the best movies the industry can offer, and this list is going to shine light on the actors and actresses that have made their careers by following the coattails of those just named. Several of these actors have also appeared in their fair share of starring roles....
We haven’t heard anything definitively on the status of NBC’s comedy series 30 Rock, although most believe it will return for Season 7. Earlier today, series star Alec Baldwin revealed the show will return, and the seventh season will also be its last. The actor made the revelation at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. He also made a cryptic statement on his Twitter account last week. Take a look at his tweet along with an excerpt from a recent news article about his appearance in the nation’s capital....
The rules of attraction are made to be broken with new reality-competition dating series, A Shot At Love with Tila Tequila, as MTV captures internet queen Tila Tequila in her pursuit to find love. Having spent the past few years building her career, Tila, the most popular girl in the history of MySpace is finally ready to get serious about finding someone to get serious with. The big twist in this story is that Tila is bisexual and not sure whether her true love is going to be a man or woman....
ABC released their upcoming 2006-07 schedule announcing three dramas and three comedies. The Hollywood Reporter says the dramas are The Nine, Six Degrees and Day Break and comedies are In Case of Emergency, Help Me Help You and Notes From the Underbelly. Variety reports J.J. Abrams is executive producing Six Degrees, a Touchstone production as well, is an ensemble sudsersudser about a group of Gotham strangers whose lives become intertwined....
We reported last month that A Nightmare on Elm Street director Samuel Bayer was interested in directing an upcoming comic book adaptation but, according to Bayer himself, a comedy director might be directing the film. Film School Rejects recently spoke with Bayer, who revealed that Adam McKay could be in line to direct The Boys. Here’s an excerpt from the site’s article. The film would be an adaptation of the comic book series by Garth Ennis and Darrick Robertson....
