Romance films and the meet-cute go hand-in-hand. Roger Ebert defined the meet-cute as a comedic plot contrivance which has long been a traditional set-up to carry out the sprightly story of how two people came together and stayed together (in most cases). Not only is the meet-cute essential to attracting the target audience, but is also the foundational dynamic of the protagonists/love interests that follows through the rest of the film....
Leslie, My Name Is Evil is a new thriller from Reginald Harkema that focuses on how the effects of a death cult impacts two very different lives. The film is set to premeire at the Toronto International Film Festival. Apple has debuted the trailer for this upcoming thriller, and you can watch it in box below: Perry, a sheltered chemist, falls in love with Leslie, a former homecoming princess, when he is selected to be a jury member at her hippie death cult murder trial....
After 16 years of being known as the SCI FI Channel, the cable network home for science fiction is undergoing a genre-appropriate identity change. The new name for the network, according to a report on the network’s news site, SCI FI Wire, will be SyFy, which remains pronounced the same. The idea behind the new brand name is to broaden perception and show that the network embraces all sorts of imagination-based entertainment beyond simply science fiction....
Scott Baio, who rose to fame on Happy Days, starred in one of the highest rated syndicated sitcoms in television history with Charles in Charge, got back to his roots with Arrested Development, and then starred in the popular reality series Scott Baio Is 45… And Single, is bringing it full circle with a starring role on the new Nickelodeon “Nick at Night” comedy series Daddy’s Home. Scott Baio will star as David Hobbs, a former sitcom actor coming off a popular family show where he starred as America’s most beloved dad....
Zach Braff has been working in Hollywood for quite some time now, but no matter what he does, he will probably always be known for playing J.D. on Scrubs. The show has been off the air since 2010, but remains incredibly popular among fans, so it makes sense that there would be some desire to see a revival or reunion of some kind at some point. According to Zach Braff himself, that may be possible....
Warner Bros. Interactive has released the second trailer for the new Green Lantern video game, Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, which will be released on the Playstation 3, XBox, Wii and Nintendo DS formats on June 7. Click on the video player below for the latest glimpse inside this game, which ties into the Green Lantern theatrical release on June 17, and features the voice and likeness of Ryan Reynolds....
It was recently reported that Sesame Street has undergone a major episode purge on HBO Max, and the children’s show’s official Twitter account has been guiding fans over to YouTube for more streaming of the series. Per the New York Times, almost 200 episodes were suddenly yanked from HBO Max recently as the streaming platform furthers its merge with Discovery+. Along with this bulk of content getting removed, the new series The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo was also pulled....
We met the super cool Sony publicity team at the legendary Kaufman Astoria studios in Queens, New York. The studio was founded in 1920 by a godfather of cinema, Adolph Zuckor. This giant facility nestled fifteen minutes from Manhattan has been home to everything from the Marx Brothers to the Cosby Show, and continues to be a vibrant production hub for Hollywood. I got goosebumps walking through the halls and seeing every award you can think of proudly displayed....
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is helping fans pass some of their time staying at home by releasing a new podcast in character as Stewie Griffin and Brian. In addition to creating the hit animated series, MacFarlane has been voicing many of its main characters since its inception in 1999. Now, the animator is using the show’s trademark humor for a fictional podcast hosted by Stewie and Brian released to Family Guy fans on social media....
Shia LaBeouf has responded to Olivia Wilde’s claims that he was fired from Don’t Worry Darling. LaBeouf asserts that he quit the film voluntarily and that Wilde is just using him for publicity. “I am greatly honored by your words on my work; thank you, that felt good to read,” LaBeouf wrote in an email to Wilde (via IndieWire). “I am a little confused about the narrative that I was fired, however....
According to The Hollywood Reporter, with her first series, the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, sizzling in the ratings, Shonda Rhimes is taking on domestic journalism in a new one-hour hopeful for ABC and Touchstone TV targeted for midseason 2006-07. The untitled project revolves around four female journalists from different media who travel the country. “It’s going to be really sexy, and it’s going to be fabulous,” Rhimes said. As she did with Grey’s, Rhimes said she is putting a human face on the drama of journalism and is taking a behind-the-scenes look at how a news story is put together and how friendships among journalists are formed....
The word “anime” is little more than a shortening of the word “animation” but specifically refers to a particular type of animation style from Japan. Shows like Dragonball Z, Fullmetal Alchemist, Cowboy Bebop, and Lucky Star have all had a hand in showing the wider world how unique, creative, and ultimately fun to watch most anime can be. So much so that most, if not all, of the most popular animated shows to come out in the past ten years or so have been animes....
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was the first Marvel movie of 2021 to introduce a brand new hero to the MCU, and Simu Liu cannot wait to see where the character goes next and even has some ideas of his own. Having been cast in the title role back in 2019, the first adventure for Shang-Chi was meant to premiere in February 2021 but ended up being pushed back a number of months thanks to the Covid pandemic and did not end up hitting cinemas until September when it was given an exclusive run before heading to Disney+....
What makes you smile? Hopefully, whatever it is isn’t as nefarious as what’s making people smile in Paramount Picture’s new film Smile. Sosie Bacon stars as Rose, a woman trying to understand the events happening around her after witnessing a tragic death. This will be Bacon’s first lead role in a film. Initially announced by Variety under the name Something’s Wrong With Rose in 2021, the film is written and directed by Parker Finn....
Sophie Turner is an English actress who made waves when she was cast as Sansa Stark in the phenomenal fantasy epic Game of Thrones at only age 14. While her character matured and grew on-screen in the land of Westeros, so did Turner in real life, showcasing both beauty and talent. Over the years, she has proven she has what it takes to succeed in the entertainment business. With roles in films like The Thirteenth Tale, Another Me, Barely Lethal, and X-Men: Apocalypse, Turner has shown that the emotional connection she brings to her characters is unique and breathtaking....
It seems we’ve seen the last of John C. McGinley’s Stan. For three seasons on IFC, McGinley starred as the titular hero in the horror comedy series Stan Against Evil. It’s a wonderfully unique series that’s managed to build itself a devoted following since its inception. Unfortunately, despite its quality, it seems that there just weren’t enough people watching to keep IFC happy. On his official podcast The Dana Gould Hour this week, series creator Dana Gould announced that the network was putting an end to the show after three seasons, opting not to renew it for a fourth....
Patrick Stewart reunited with his crew from Star Trek: The Next Generation last night for dinner on Earth. Marina Sirtis posted the picture of the crew on social media, leading to speculation that they could have been talking about Stewart’s new Star Trek Picard Series, which is currently in development. The reunion photo includes Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), Data (Brent Spiner), Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Worf (Michael Dorn), Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) and, Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden)....
Red Alert! Red Alert! The nominees for the 2022 Saturn Awards were released by Deadline on Friday, August 12th, 2022, and they included multiple nominations for Star Trek from across three of the franchise’s ongoing shows. Receiving nominations for the 2022 Saturn Awards are Star Trek: Lower Decks for Best Animated Series and competing against each other in the Best Science Fiction Series (Streaming) category are Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds....
Star Trek is still seven months away from its May 8 release and that still hasn’t stopped the buzz from building. Latino Review pointed us to an interview Wired conducted with Star Trek writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who talked about their new film and some of the backstory of the film. Warning Potential spoilers ahead. CLICK HERE for the rest of the interview with the Star Trek scribes....
Universal Pictures has officially unveiled the trailer for Steven Speilberg’s next film, Munich, starring Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Ciaran Hinds and Brian Goodman. Three-time Academy Award®-winning director-producer Steven Spielberg directs Munich, an historical thriller set in the aftermath of the 1972 massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. Munich recounts the dramatic story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate 11 Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre – and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who led it....
