English-language films
Image: Netflix Englund’s casting in Netflix’s blockbuster sci-fi horror series perfectly fit with the ‘80s-set show’s season-four themes, which evoked A Nightmare on Elm Street’s tactic of having a monster attack victims in a surreal dream world—or in this case, the Upside Down. In Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares, Englund recalls auditioning for Hawkins’ sleazy mayor, a […]
Taika WaititiPhoto: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images) Of all the Star Wars projects that have been announced in the last few years, it seems a relatively small percentage has made it past the brainstorming stage. Now that a full slate of releases has been announced, the film side of the franchise might finally gain some momentum […]
L-R: Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Bill Hader, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Michael CeraPhoto: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage (Getty Images) Seth Rogen has good reason to be cocky about his place in Hollywood. He got his start on one of the most beloved high school television series of all time (Freaks And Geeks) and then co-wrote one of the […]
Horror platform Alter first added horror short Laboratory Conditions for Halloween viewing—but it’s so good we wanted to share it anyway. Spider-Man’s Marisa Tomei stars as a doctor whose hunt for a missing patient leads her to discover an unusual experiment being conducted in a remote corner of her hospital. Directed by Jocelyn Stamat and […]
Image: Tristan Fewings / Stringer (Getty Images) Joe Cornish, the Ant-Man writer who is also known for Attack the Block and The Kid Who Would be King, revealed in an interview with Playlist some new details behind Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man exit. Although Wright has stated before that he left for creative differences, Cornish said that […]
Avatar: The Way Of WaterPhoto: 20th Century Studios Avatar: The Way Of Water is still the number one movie in America, as it has been all year, and it’s now the 4th biggest movie all time (sucks to be you, The Force Awakens). It only slipped 22 percent from last week, adding $15 million to […]
Top Gun: MaverickPhoto: Paramount For two decades, AARP has made a point to cut through all of the silliness that floods movie theaters every year by celebrating what it calls “Movies For Grownups” with its annual Movies For Grownups Awards—with the only thing that makes a movie “for grownups” being that it doesn’t have superheroes. […]
Pamela AndersonPhoto: Emma McIntyre (Getty Images) Pamela Anderson really has been through Hell and back, a story which she is finally able to share in her own words after so many have tried to steal it from her over the years. The actress has two major projects premiering on January 31—Netflix documentary Pamela, a love […]
Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone in CasinoScreenshot: Movieclips/Youtube An unfortunate side effect of being a woman in the world, is the current run-ins with misogynistic men who infantilize, dehumanize, and generally scorn women as they walk through the world. Basic Instinct’s Sharon Stone is no stranger to this experience and says she worked with […]
Clockwork from top left: Beauty And The Beast, The Little Mermaid, Frozen, The Lion King “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” Official Music Video (Screenshot: Elton John/YouTube); The Jungle Book (All other screenshots: Disney/YouTube)Graphic: The A.V. Club Music always played a pivotal role in the films of Walt Disney. “Steamboat Willie,” the short that introduced […]
