Long before Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien’s work made its way to the screen in animated form, first in 1977’s The Hobbit and then in 1978’s The Lord of the Rings and 1980’s The Return of the King. So in a sense the new Lord of the Rings movie, The War of the Rohirrim, is a return to the franchise’s roots, at least onscreen. Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, the movie serves as a prequel to the Jackson trilogy. (He is also involved in the film as an executive producer.) It’s set almost 200 years before the films in the location that’s known as Helm’s Deep; essentially ...
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The following post contains spoilers for the first six episodes of The Acolyte. Most Acolyte episodes have binary titles. The premiere was “Lost / Found.” The next was “Revenge / Justice.” The big two-parter that revealed the identity of the mysterious Stranger manipulating the story’s events from off-screen was “Day” and then “Night.” Episode 6 was called “Teach / Corrupt,” in reference to the fact that the two lead characters on the series, twins Osha and Mae (both played by Amandla Stenberg) have swapped places and are now being counseled by each other’s teacher. Former Jedi Osha has been t...
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Ryan Reynolds has revealed the third Deadpool movie nearly became a budget road trip comedy. Several ideas were touted, including a movie of Reynolds’ superhero, the alter ego of Wade Wilson, and his taxi driver Dopinder (Karan Soni), and the antics they get up to, but they ultimately decided to do the Deadpool & Wolverine movie. The 47-year-old actor told Entertainment Weekly: “Literally, it was a $5 or $6 million budget with no special effects.” “It was just a talkie-talkie road trip with me and [Karan Soni’s character] Dopinder and some of the things we collected and saw along the way. It w...
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Beverly Hills Cop became the most successful cinematic showcase for Eddie Murphy’s talents, but it wasn’t designed for him. It was conceived as a straight-forward Sylvester Stallone vehicle, and it remained that way until just a few weeks before filming began, when Stallone dropped out and Murphy subbed in at the last minute. The conceit wound up working better with Murphy than it ever could have with Stallone, because as an Eddie Murphy movie, Beverly Hills Cop’s text and metatext fell perfectly into sync. Instead of Stallone in yet another macho cop movie, BHC became Eddie Murphy in a Sylves...
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The release of Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Fcapped off 30 years of development, as the series’ producers struggled to find a way forward after 1994’s disastrous Beverly Hills Cop III. In the 2000s, we almost got a fourth Cop about Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley investigating the murder of his buddy Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold); at some points the project could have been directed by Brett Ratner and Adil & Bilall. We also almost got a project that would have ensured that Axel F would never have happened at all, at least not in anything resembling the form streaming on Netflix: The never-aired Beverly...
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Sometimes it’s all about nostalgia and I totally went down that road watching the 1997 block buster, award-winning Good Will Hunting, arguably one of the best movies of all time about a gifted janitor working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Like so many of us, we Google things about movies we’re watching and while doing that, I came across this absolutely hilarious gem of a fun fact from this Ben Affleck and Matt Damon film. Matt started writing Good Will Hunting as a final assignment for a playwriting class he was taking at Harvard University. Matt got his best friend Ben involved i...
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The latest TV series to partner with McDonald’s on tie-in food is Jujutsu Kaisen, the hit anime that airs on Crunchyroll here in the U.S. Yes, in a few days time you will be able to dunk your Chicken McNuggets (or your fries, I suppose) into Jujutsu Kaisen themed McDonald’s dipping sauce. The press release claims the Jujutsu Kaisen “Special Grade Garlic Sauce” is “inspired by the iconic Black Garlic Sauce from McDonald’s Japan,” and contains “notes of garlic and soy sauce, balanced with a slight tangy sweetness.” There are eight different designs: Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, Nobara Kugisak...
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Everywhere Maxine goes, men recognize her — but only men. No wonder; Miaxine is a porn star and men are her target audience. But recognition by skeezy dudes is not what Maxine craves. She wants to be really famous. She often repeats a mantra: “I will not accept a life I do not deserve.” And Maxine is firmly convinced that she deserves more. One wonders whether there is a little of Maxine’s creator, Ti West, in that sentiment. In his latest film about her — his third to date featuring his smoldering starlet, Mia Goth — West has a frustrated horror director, played by Elizabeth Debicki, announce...
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No consensus is unanimous. For proof of that statement, look no further than the list of 30 films below, drawn from the hundreds — even thousands in some cases! — of half-star reviews on Letterboxd for some of the most beloved films in the history of cinema. (A half-star is the lowest-possible rating on Letterboxd, by the way; there is no zero star option.) As you browse through these 30 reviews, you will notice that I have blacked out the names of these Letterboxd users. That’s because I do not want you to race off to yell at the people who wrote these reviews. That’s not what this is about. ...
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Kevin Costner’s new film Horizon: An American Saga is not off to a great start — at least, according to box office numbers. In its opening weekend, the first installment of the four-part series brought in just $11 million. It’s a low number, given the project’s budget was nearly ten times that at $100 million. How Did Horizon Perform at the Box Office?Horizon arrived in theaters on Friday, June 28 and finished third among movies that were available the weekend of June 28-30. Inside Out 2 brought in $57 million in its third week and A Quiet Place: Day One opened in second with $53 million. Rela...
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