MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY 6 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Craig is no stranger to supporting roles, as he spent years building up his career and his notoriety to get to where he is today. In 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, he plays Alex West, an adventurer hired by Powell to help find the Triangle. As the confident and wise cracking adventurer, Craig supports Angelina Jolie and keeps the film moving....
There has always been something fascinating about fanatical ’true believers,’ those people who exist on the fringe of acceptable society due to their extreme beliefs, and films about cults cater to this curiosity. Not to be confused with cult classics — films that acquire a group of highly dedicated fans and often become funnier with time — a cult film is a small subgenre of cinema (usually within the horror genre) which focuses on the often shadowy affairs of certain (usually religious) groups....
The 1980s saw the release of some of the most iconic movies in the collective cultural lexicon, such as The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and many, many others. Those films are large pieces of pop culture in their own right and have been spoofed, replicated, and even remade many times. The 80s also produced many great movie musicals, or musical movies if you will, as not all of them are exactly ‘musicals’ in the sense of people speaking in song....
Platonic love can be defined as an intimate relationship between two people in which sex and romance are absent. These relationships are typically portrayed as male-female relationships in the heteronormative society we live in as most don’t automatically associate someone with the same gender as first being a romantic interest. Platonic love is a powerful force that is often neglected, both in the real world and in the entertainment industry....
HBO Max looks to have a somewhat slower month in terms of new TV series in November 2022. However, thanks to a handful of shows like Pennyworth, Avenue 5, and The White Lotus, which are carrying over from October 2022 debuts, fans should have enough to keep them occupied next month. Outside these continuing series, new seasons of the superhero show, Titans and the reality-TV series We’re Here will be dropping in November....
Universal Studios made a name for itself in the 1930s to 1950s with its franchise of classic monster movies. Though the monster movies weren’t originally intended to be a franchise, the movies’ popularity and success led Universal to categorize them under the very marketable “Universal Studios Monsters.” This includes signature characters in the horror genre like Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Wolf Man, all of which have gone on to become pop culture icons both within and outside of the horror genre....
Maybe watching the series finale of Better Call Saul on AMC will help convince Bob Odenkirk that he really is finished playing the role of conniving lawyer Saul Goodman, because the Emmy-nominated actor still feels like he’s ready to slip back into the colorful suits. As it stands, only five episodes remain of the Breaking Bad prequel series. It marks the end of a 12-year journey for Odenkirk who first began playing the role in the second season of Breaking Bad....
Bill Hader and Anna Faris are lending their voice for the lead characters in Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. According to Variety, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T and Tracy Morgan round out the voice cast for the 3-D project, which is set for release Jan. 15, 2010. Based on the bestselling children’s book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett, story is set in a town where food falls from the sky like rain....
Weekend Box Office Marley & Me $37 million Bedtime Stories $28 million The Curious Case of Benjamin Button $27 million Valkyrie $21.5 million Yes Man $16.4 million Seven Pounds $13.4 million The Tale of Despereaux $9.3 million The Day the Earth Stood Still $7.9 million The Spirit $6.5 million Doubt $5.6 million For the first time this year, four brand new titles held court at the top of the weekend box office charts....
“I am the one who pops!” One of television history’s most popular characters would be Walter White, aka Heisenberg, the chemistry teacher turned drug lord in Breaking Bad. Expertly played by Bryan Cranston with an Emmy-winning performance over the course of five seasons, the character went out with a band when Breaking Bad came to a close in 2013. But that wasn’t the last fans saw of Heisenberg, as Cranston recently reprised the role for a pair of flashback sequences in the final season of the prequel series Better Call Saul....
Ang Lee takes the western and romance genres into uncharted territory with Brokeback Mountain, a daring and riveting thought-provoker that deeply resonates. Based on a short story by Annie Proulx, the film follows an illicit homosexual affair between two cowboys over twenty years. It is epic in its scope, but filled with remarkable detail and subtext. Gay couples are no stranger to Hollywood films, but are rarely taken seriously and often treated with a campy indifference....
The TCAs are continuing throughout the weekend, and as part of Saturday’s Fox presentation, the network announced the return of two very popular series. Shortly after renewing Gotham for Season 2, it was revealed that both Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Empire will be coming back. Brooklyn Nine-Nine will return for Season 3 sometime this fall, while Empire will debut its Season 2 next year. Here are the official press releases: Fox has ordered Season 3 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, it was announced today by Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs, Fox Television Group....
In another one of his final films, legendary actor Bruce Willis continues to pack in the action in White Elephant. Starring alongside Willis are Guardians of the Galaxy’s Michael Rooker, Black Widow’s villain Olga Kurylenko and two-time Oscar nominee John Malkovich. The family of Bruce Willis recently announced the actor would be stepping away from acting due to his Aphasia diagnosis. The news was a shock to the entertainment world especially for those who have enjoyed following Willis’s storied career of action hero films laced with sarcastic humor....
Bravo has announced casting calls for two of its shows returning for second seasons this year, Top Design and Shear Genius and . Here are the places you have to be to try and make it on one of these shows. Top Design: San Francisco Friday, January 25, 4:00pm - 6:00pm Saturday, January 26, 10:00am - 12:00pm The Art Institute of California Las Vegas Monday, January 28 & Tuesday, January 29, 12:00pm - 5:00pm...
One of the most prolific actresses in current times has over 55 acting and 15 directing credits. She is a producer and a performer, a jack of all trades, and does not seem to be stopping anytime soon. She was born in California and started acting at the age of 15, and has been a staple of John Singleton’s films: Boyz in the Hood, Poetic Justice, and Higher Learning. She is an Oscar-winner for Best Supporting Actress in If Beale Street Could Talk and has four Emmy wins, all for different shows....
War isn’t about heroes saving the world, or even their country. While the men and women that come back from war are often seen as heroes, the brutality of war leaves many of them broken. Many movies are working now to show the truth of war, and give as much historically accurate information as possible. If you want to know the truth about war while watching a movie, look at some of the films below....
Nine films will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 81st Academy Awards®. Sixty-five films had originally qualified in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Austria, Revanche, Gotz Spielmann, director; Canada, The Necessities of Life, Benoit Pilon, director; France, The Class, Laurent Cantet, director; Germany, The Baader Meinhof Complex, Uli Edel, director; Israel, Waltz with Bashir, Ari Folman, director;...
The prequel to the horror hit A Quiet Place has been pushed back to 2024 in the latest round of delays from Paramount. Having spent much of the last year delaying the release of movies like Top Gun: Maverick and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Paramount has continued to adjust its schedules as the studio attempts to bring things back to normal following the Covid pandemic. While the initial cinema and studio shutdowns caused no end of problems, it seems that the issues have taken much longer to overcome than first expected, particularly regarding post-production work and visual effects....
There has been plenty of talk about Ana de Armas casting as Marilyn Monroe for Andrew Dominik’s Blonde. Even before the movie premiered, some criticized the choice (due mostly to her accent), while others praised Dominik’s decision. During the Venice Film Festival, the actress received a 14-minute ovation for a performance that has been consistently praised. Thoughts on the film, however, have proven to be more divisive, receiving mixed reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film currently holds a 48% rating....
The American Film Institute has decide to change history a little bit. They have completely reworked their 100 Greatest Movies of All Time list, updating the original that appeared in 1996. According to Variety, there are some notable changes. Citizen Kane remained in the number one spot. And eight of the original top ten are holding steady. The films were nominated by a pool of directors, screenwriters, actors, editors and cinematographers, critics and historians....
