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Directors in Hollywood have the tendency to come and go; one minute they’re releasing box office hits and the next they’re gone with the wind. The filmmakers with a real, authentic voice and unique point-of-view are the ones that make a lasting impact. Oftentimes, celebrity entertainers decide to shift gears and put on the director’s hat, such as famed actors Ben Affleck and Rob Reiner, or funnyman Jordan Peele. There is no guarantee these ventures will be rewarding, but the bravest decide to roll the dice and embrace the odds....

In the early days of photography and filmmaking, black and white cinematography was all that we had. The technology wasn’t there yet, and it was a cheaper method of making films. With that said, the films that were produced in black and white meant that the filmmakers had to give special attention to light, shadows, and other aspects of cinematography. When The Wizard of Oz with Judy Garland premiered in 1939, Technicolor was brought to mainstream audiences and people were blown away by the new form of filmmaking....

MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY Unhuman Epix No October movie list would be complete without a campy horror flick. In Unhuman, seven misfit students join forces against the evil undead zombies stalking them. Where did these creatures come from? Who knows. Are they out for blood from the seven vastly unprepared students? Naturally! While this film may not be winning any awards, thankfully, Unhuman doesn’t take itself too seriously and is still a wild, campy ride full of fun horror tropes....

Anyone who has ever worked in a kitchen will say it is an incredibly stressful job. However, it’s an incredibly rewarding one that allows people to not only craft delicious food that can be shared but can also be an artistic medium, crafting and mixing unique flavors to make something truly special. Everyone has had that one meal where they wanted to send their compliments to the chef. The world of a kitchen is a high-stakes area with plenty of drama and comedy to be mined from it....

Comedian and The Mandalorian star Bill Burr opened up on the infamous Gina Carano situation. After appearing in two seasons of the Star Wars series, Carano was let go from her role as Cara Dune due to problematic posts she had shared on social media. The firing was very controversial as many supported the decision while others slammed Disney and Lucasfilm, feeling that giving Carano the boot for weighing in on politics online was unfair....

Back in May, we reported that a Bioshock movie is on hold until, “all the right pieces are in place.” Bioshock creator Ken Levine recently spoke about the movie adaptation of his video game, which doesn’t seem to be moving forward at all. Here’s what he had to say below. Back in August 2009, director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo signed on to direct Bioshock, although it doesn’t seem he’s attached at this point....

Because Bob Saget was such a beloved comedian, his passing has left many feeling saddened. Among those feeling especially heartbroken are his longtime friends he’d spent years working with on Full House and its spinoff series Fuller House. John Stamos, who played Uncle Jesse on the series, expressed how “gutted” he felt by the news with a post to Twitter. This clearly hit very hard for Stamos who has stayed very close with Saget ever since their Full House days....

The Good There is a flamboyancy to this show that makes it work. The Bad Would it have been too much to have a commentary track with James Spader and William Shatner? Boston Legal: Season 2 continues the fun and absurd moments of the Crane Poole & Schmidt law practice. As this is a new 7 disc set containing 27 episodes, you better believe that you have never seen law practiced the way that it is here....

Weekend Box Office: 1)I Am Legend $76.5 million 2)Alvin and the Chipmunks $45 million 3)The Golden Compass $9 million 4)Enchanted $6 million 5)No Country for Old Men $3 million 6)The Perfect Holiday $2.5 million 7)Fred Claus $2.3 8)This Christmas $2.3 9)Atonement $1.8 million 10)August Rush $1.7 million Moviegoers hungry for a little excitement this weekend flocked to see Will Smith in the third reincarnation of I Am Legend. Though not quite legendary, the film’s weekend grosses were $76....

Another familiar face has joined former Breaking Bad co-stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul for PopCorners’ upcoming Super Bowl ad. It was previously announced that both Cranston and Paul would be returning for the commercial, reprising their respective roles as meth cooks Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. Sneak peeks have also revealed first looks at the characters back in the Albuquerque desert for the new ad, and a new video teaser officially reunites the two with the characters in their RV....

You may or may not have been pronouncing Brendan Fraser’s name incorrectly. For many of the actor’s fans, they’re learning that they’re a part of the latter category after hearing definitely how to pronounce Fraser’s last name correctly. Though the name is spelled differently, it’s often pronounced as “Frasier,” like the 1990s sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer. Countless fans have spent years referring to Fraser this way, but as it turns out, they’ve been saying it wrong....

Actress Brooke Smith joins the cast of ABC’s critically acclaimed, award-winning series Grey’s Anatomy. Smith, who has guest starred multiple times on the series in past seasons, plays the no-nonsense, well-respected Dr. Erica Hahn, who enters the staff of Seattle Grace as its top cardiothoracic surgeon. Smith has acted in feature films including Mira Nair’s The Namesake, Woody Allen’s Melinda and Melinda and Curtis Hanson’s In Her Shoes. Grey’s Anatomy stars Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey, Patrick Dempsey as Derek Shepherd, Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl as Isobel “Izzie” Stevens, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, T....

One of the big news items yesterday was that MGM is moving forward on a remake of the 1976 horror classic Carrie, with playwright/screenwriter Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa coming aboard to write the script. Author Stephen King recently spoke out against the remake, mainly since he’s so fond of the original movie, which was directed by Brian De Palma. Take a look at what he had to say below, including his intriguing casting suggestion of Lindsay Lohan to play the title character, and who he would like to see direct....

Chad Lindberg discusses playing Matthew in the I Spit On Your Grave remake, bonding between the actors on set, meeting Meir Zarchi and much more. It has always been my contention that the best remakes are those where more obscure, non-mainstream movies are re-told for a new audience. One of the most “non-mainstream” movies out there is the 1978 cult classic I Spit on Your Grave, the tale of a young woman raped and left for dead, who gets bloody vengeance in horrifying ways....

Avatar: The Way of Water is in the midst of a box office streak that hasn’t been seen since…well, since the last Avatar movie. Way of Water has spent seven straight weeks atop the domestic box office, tying its predecessor’s lofty mark. James Cameron’s sequel is now the 11th all-time domestic earner and already sits at number four in the all-time worldwide box office charts with over $2 billion in ticket sales....

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced today that director Kathryn Bigelow, actors Natalie Portman and Stanley Tucci, and producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, will each be presented with a career Tribute at the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on Monday November 30th in New York. IFP also announced it has moved the gala awards ceremony to Monday, November 30 at Cipriani Wall Street, from the previously announced date of Tuesday, December 1st....

Sometimes when you want a job done right, you’ve just got to do it yourself. That’s most likely not the thinking behind Martin Scorsese’s appearance in films, but it sounds good. Scorsese is one of Hollywood’s true living legends and his propensity for incredible cinema will be discussed for years to come. His acting resume? Surprisingly robust. With the amount of great movies he has put into the world, let him act if he wants to....

Mythological creatures have been the basis of many forms of adaptations. Whether those are books, TV shows, or movies, folklore has set the stage for many movies in the horror genre throughout the years. Indeed, per CBR, many popular horror movies have taken a mythological creature or demon and put them in a story that coincides with the creature’s background. In The Conjuring, for instance, screenwriters based the first movie on a mythological demon named Bathsheba....

Though the magic of the original Harry Potter franchise has all but fizzled out since the release of the eighth and final movie featuring the titular boy wizard and his loyal friends, it may be only a short spell until we see a reboot—according to an anonymous source. The rumor began circulating earlier this month, when anonymous author and established info-leaker WDW Pro tweeted that the fantasy franchise was allegedly up for a reboot—recasts and all....

A Quiet Place is the quintessential theater flick. The scoreless opening scene, during which the only sounds were the ambient sounds of the setting, forced audiences into silence along with the film’s protagonists, as well as making it rather difficult for us to slurp on our slushies and munch our popcorn. Though the sequel, A Quiet Place Part II, turned up the volume a bit, it was still just as nerve-racking as its predecessor....