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Image: Avatar publicity still/20th Century Fox John Cameron’s 2009 Avatar sits near the top of the list of the most expensive films ever made, but even higher on the list of the highest-grossing movies in history. As much as the movie’s cultural relevance is debated, there’s no question whatsoever that it was a big investment … Read More “25 of the Most Expensive Movies Ever, Adjusted for Inflation” »
A star-studded cast—including Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and J.K. Simmons—leads Amazon’s new series Night Sky (originally called Lightyears, which was destined to be changed, all things considered). A new trailer for the series, created by Holden Miller and showrun by Daniel C. Connolly, gives us a good look at this Prime Video collaboration with … Read More “Amazon’s Night Sky Sci-Fi Trailer: Sissy Spacek, JK Simmons” »
The tasteful (yet lavish) covers. Image: ©Alan Lee for the Folio Society’s edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The three books of the trilogy will be quarter-bound in leather, with cloth sides featuring new illustrations by Alan Lee, the English artist who did conception art for Peter Jackson’s movie adaptation, and who … Read More “Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien Special Folio Society Book Set” »
Bob OdenkirkPhoto: Astrid Stawiarz (Getty Images for Variety) As much as it pains us to say, Better Call Saul is coming to an end. Why, it feels like only yesterday that we were worried about the Breaking Bad spin-off ruining the legacy of the show. Now it’s not even remotely controversial to prefer Saul over … Read More “AMC announces Straight Man starring Bob Odenkirk” »
“The Sex Pistols” Photo: FX When people think of the Sex Pistols, one name comes to mind: Steve Jones. Oh, did you think we were talking about Johnny Rotten? Sid Vicous? Malcolm McLaren? Well, Jones wrote some of the best riffs in rock ‘n roll history and the memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a … Read More “Never mind the bollocks, here’s Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols show” »
Colin Firth and Toni Collette looking at a Staircase, probably Photo: HBO Max We all remember the first time we saw The Staircase, the documentary miniseries about the trial of Michael Peterson, convicted in 2004 of murdering his second wife, Kathleen. Despite running for 16 years, The Staircase is a social experiment in agreement, one … Read More “HBO releases trailer for The Staircase true-crime series” »
The fleet gathers.Gif: Paramount When Star Trek: Picard returned last week, it inched the Star Trek timeline forward into a period largely untouched in its TV history. Discovery may have jumped all the way to the 31st century, but a 2401 setting meant exploring Star Trek’s 25th century future. Except one piece of Star Trek … Read More “Picard Season 2 Star Trek Online Ships Canon Interview” »
Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp FictionScreenshot: Miramax Samuel L. Jackson had already been in tons of movies before Pulp Fiction, but it’s the film that changed his career. He was so great in Quentin Tarantino’s movie as hitman Jules—with one of the most iconic film quotes of all time, to boot—that he received an Oscar … Read More “Samuel L. Jackson knows he should’ve won Oscar for Pulp Fiction” »
Douglas TrumbullPhoto: Stephen Shugerman (Getty Images) Douglas Trumbull, the visual effect pioneer behind some of the most groundbreaking work in motion picture history, including 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, has died from complications with mesothelioma. His daughter, Amy, confirmed his death on Facebook earlier today, writing that … Read More “R.I.P. Douglas Trumbull, visual effects pioneer behind 2001” »
What does Baron Harkonnen sound like? Someone had to figure it out.Image: Warner Bros. Of all the people working on a film, the sound team is maybe the most invisible. If they do their job right, everything you hear is perfectly acceptable and natural. You rarely think about the work that goes into layering in … Read More “Dune Denis Villeneuve Epic Movie Sound Design Video” »