Category: Movie News
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How Birds Of Prey Brought Harley Quinn’s Pet Hyena To Life
2016’s “Suicide Squad” may have been a massive failure (at least in terms of reaction; it made money at the box office), but it did introduce the world to Margot Robbie’s brilliant interpretation of Harley Quinn. The fan-favorite character debuted in “Batman: The Animated Series” in 1992. Created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm (and…
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Nine Inch Nails Repurposed A Rejected Song From Twin Peaks: The Return – Listen To It Now
The single most memorable episode of “Twin Peaks: The Return” featured a performance by Nine Inch Nails, but the song that we heard isn’t the one that Trent Reznor had originally written for the series. Most episodes of David Lynch’s 2017 “Twin Peaks” revival ended with a musical performance at the Roadhouse, otherwise known as…
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One Crew Member’s Commitment To The Thing Landed Him In The Hospital
There are few movies in the realms of sci-fi and horror that can garner as much love as John Carpenter’s “The Thing.” It is an absolute masterclass in both genres individually, as well as how to blend the two for maximum cinematic enjoyment. Sure, the film wasn’t exactly a hit in its day (largely because…
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Streaming: Morbius and the best films about modern-day vampires
From Jared Leto’s biochemist in the Marvel film to the avenging feminist in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, the new-generation bloodsuckers live, walk and even laugh freely among usI am writing this week’s column, as it happens, from Cluj in Romania, on a visit to the Transylvania film festival, where the sunny days…
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Hannah Einbinder: ‘Hacks’ “Changed My Life Totally & Completely” [Interview]
In less than two years, two seasons of “Hacks” have completely changed Hannah Einbinder’s life. The star of the now Peabody Award-winning dramedy was making her way as a stand-up comedian before she was cast as the struggling television writer Ava Daniels. Now, thanks to her newfound notoriety, she’s selling out comedy shows around the…
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Teaching Batman To Fight On A Frozen Lake Was A Frightening Time For Liam Neeson
A Batman movie will always have stunts, but one in “Batman Begins” frightened its stars. During the first act, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) trains under Henri Ducard aka Ra’s al Ghul (Liam Neeson). These opening scenes, set in the Himalayas, are some of the most beautiful in the film. Dp Wally Pfister’s blue-tinged cinematography is…
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Every Star Wars Inquisitor Ranked Worst To Best
Major spoilers for “Obi-Wan Kenobi” follow.First things first: The members of Inquisitorius are not Sith. Darth Sidious and Darth Vader cannot have the Inquisitors violating the Sith’s sacred Rule of Two. However, that doesn’t make them any less of a threat. Although they are not Sith, the Inquisitors are loyal black-clad disciples of the dark…
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What The Black Phone Does Better Than Actual True Crime Stories
Note: This article contains spoilers for “The Black Phone.”The fascination with the evilest parts of humanity has always existed, in one way or another. If there is any subgenre of entertainment that has seen a significant increase in popularity over the past few years, it’s true crime. When you search “true crime” on Google, you’ll…
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The Thing’s VFX Were Detailed Down To An Absurd Level
If you ever get to utter the phrase “the day we shot the sequence of my chest exploding,” you were probably involved in the making of a first-rate motion picture.John Carpenter’s “The Thing” was not well-received during its initial theatrical release 40 years ago, but its combination of bleak social commentary and psyche-scarring makeup fx quickly…
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How The Thing Crew Created That Unmistakable Title Sequence
John Carpenter’s “The Thing” is a stone-cold classic, from its first scene to its final shot. Like many of Carpenter’s greatest hits, the Antarctica-set alien horror film establishes its level of cool early on, with a killer title sequence that still holds a place in the public imagination 40 years later.The movie’s opening titles start…