Let’s face it: the real star in Aladdin – whether that is the 1992 animated movie or the 2019 live-action film – is and has always been the Genie. This big blue character brought a load of energy and an element of fun to Disney movies that most “mentor” figures in the past hadn’t been able to pull off. Think about the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella or even the title character in Mary Poppins....
As part of the upcoming 11-screen theater in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Alamo Drafthouse will be opening a free video rental store. Video Vortex, named after a long-running programming series of VHS-only schlock, will boast a library of over 75,000 titles to rent - all for free. Video Vortex will be managed by “VHS Culture Captain,” Josh Schafer. The title library “includes the best, worst, and weirdest of cinema from dozens of countries across the globe,” and comes directly from San Francisco video rental institution Le Video, which had been open for 35 years before closing its doors in the Inner Sunset in December 2015....
Hollywood celebrities are often some of the wealthiest people in the United States. Their ability to play pretend in front of cameras has launched some actors into celebrity status all over the country and the world. Often times these famous celebrities have more money than they know what to do with– a problem most people wish they had. Hollywood actors and actresses sometimes use their money to donate to charities, throw lavish parties, or buy anything they could ever want....
DreamWorks is famous for the Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda, and Madagascar franchises. They’ve also produced memorable favorites The Croods, Shark Tale, Over The Hedge, and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, to name a few. Avid viewers recollect these movies with nostalgia, no doubt laughing over certain scenes (like Donkey telling Shrek “Shrek, I’m looking down!”) and then referencing them in everyday conversation. DreamWorks tends to skew its logic from time to time–like how could Donkey and Dragon have children!...
Last week saw the release of The Invisible Man, a contemporary reimagining of the 1933 film, itself based on the novel by H.G. Wells. Elisabeth Moss stars as Cecilia Kass, a woman whose abusive and controlling boyfriend Adrian Griffin (The Haunting of Hill House’s Oliver Jackson-Cohen) commits suicide, leaving her his home and vast fortune. However, Cecilia soon finds herself tormented by a presence that she can’t see, and begins to wonder whether Adrian is truly dead or not....
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is arguably the most popular franchise currently in existence. Given its popularity and extensive source material from the comics, it’s not at all surprising that fans are constantly generating new theories about the superhero universe. Certain theories inevitably come true and it is generally rewarding for fans when this happens. Some theories have simply been confirmed by occurring in MCU movies or trailers. Others have been confirmed on social media or in interviews with some of the MCU’s most notable directors and actors....
Any fan of television will tell you: a series finale is a tricky thing to handle. There needs to be a reverence for the show’s past while also wrapping up any loose storylines. Of course, this is only true if the series wasn’t canceled abruptly. Unplanned series finales often leave fans screaming over cliffhangers and missed opportunities. If a show is allowed to run its natural course, however, then the series finale is key....
Tim Burton may have set the ball rolling with Batman in 1989 and continued his legacy with Batman Returns in 1992, but with change on the horizon, a third movie threw a spanner (and a batarang) in the works. As well as finding a new lead to play Bruce Wayne/Batman after Michael Keaton’s departure, incoming director Joel Schumacher had the pressure of Warner Bros. wanting something new while fans longed for the good ‘ol Burton days....
On the surface, Sons of Anarchy was a loud, brash, and often violent portrait of life inside a criminal outlaw motorcycle club, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. Underneath all of the machismo, leather cuts, and Mr. Mayhem tattoos beat the heart of a show that had more in common with the likes of The Sopranos or The Wire than many may realize. Like The Sopranos, Sons of Anarchy explored enduring themes like loyalty and redemption against a backdrop of criminality and corruption....
It seems like we didn’t start hearing Chuck Lorre’s name much prior to the 2000s, but he has actually been working in television since the 1980s, co-writing the theme song to the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and then working as a writer on Roseanne. In the ’90s, he first ventured into actually creating TV shows, responsible for hit series Grace Under Fire, Cybill, and Dharma & Greg. It wasn’t until he created massive hit Two and a Half Men in 2003 that Chuck Lorre cemented his place as one of modern television’s most successful hitmakers, further hammered home with The Big Bang Theory five years later....
The Russo Brothers-produced 21 Bridges has gotten a new trailer for San Diego Comic-Con 2019. Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan (Deepwater Horizon) and Adam Mervis (The Philly Kid) and directed by Brian Kirk (Game of Thrones), the upcoming crime-thriller marks the Russos’ fourth collaboration with actor Chadwick Boseman following Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame (where Boseman costarred as T’Challa of Wakanda aka. Black Panther). Boseman stars in 21 Bridges as Andre Davis, an NYPD detective who’s still haunted by the death of his father - himself, a police officer who was killed in the line of duty - from when he was a child....
Anyone who keeps up with the personal lives of the Hollywood elite knows that unlike the movies that actors star in, getting married is not a guarantee at a happy ending. With all the publicity that scandals receive, it seems as if actors and actresses marry and divorce like middle schoolers date (finding someone new each week). Even more intriguing, however, are the actors who were married before entering this lifestyle, or at least before reaching the height of their popularity....
Fox reportedly wants to develop a 9 to 5 reboot/sequel featuring the original film’s stars Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin. The studio hopes to team the original trio with three younger stars for an up-to-date take on the hit 1980s office comedy. 9 to 5 stars Parton, Fonda and Tomlin as three women trying to get ahead in the corporate world. But the women’s efforts are stymied at every turn by sexist men, especially their chauvinist pig boss Dabney Coleman....
While Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is setting up an exhilarating midseason finale, ‘Maveth’, that will continue to develop the show’s third season storyline dealing with Inhumans and a newly reorganized Hydra, ABC is preparing to roll out season 2 of Agent Carter near the beginning of next year. The midseason show was originally set to debut early in January but has since been pushed two weeks back due to the State Of The Union address....
New AirPods Pro with MagSafe charging case on sale for first time Delivering everything the original pair of Apple’s flagship earbuds did, the recently-refreshed AirPods Pro pack ANC alongside a companion transparency mode, Spatial Audio support, and Hey Siri. Packed into the same form-factor as before, the refreshed charging case will yield 24 hours of playback but now supports MagSafe on top of its original Qi and Lightning options. Get all of the details in our launch coverage....
No matter how skilled a writer, director, or editor might be, there are always going to be scenes or sequences that end up cut from a finished film. Whether it’s original endings that didn’t work with audiences, or scenes that just couldn’t fit the running time, these scenes and alternate takes are ones fans need to know about. Here are Screen Rant’s 10 Amazing Movie Scenes You’ve Never Seen. Interstellar No matter how confusing the ending of Christopher Nolan’s space epic Interstellar was, it wrapped up almost all of the suspense: the hero Coop sends the science needed to save humanity back in time, before he travels back to Earth to meet his elderly daughter, and heads out to find another astronaut stranded on humanity’s new home....
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series is coming to Disney+ next year. The show has recently confirmed certain details such as who will direct the show and more actors who might be returning for the series. The show will obviously focus on Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes, but it’s also the perfect opportunity for the MCU to address the many questions that still remain about Captain America after the ending of Avengers: Endgame....
As one of the most recognizable of all comic book superheroes, Batman’s illustrious career as the Caped Crusader has spanned countless decades. Emerging as just another Superman clone in the late ’30s from the minds of Bob Kane and Bill Finger, his affable charm would be replaced fifty years later with glowering menace when Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns debuted. Since then, he’s seen many incarnations in video games, several film franchises, and no less than a dozen animated series....
The summer movie season is under way and everyone will be focusing on the years’ biggest films. With all the remakes, sequels and reboots on the way over the next few months, we will see many of the movies that will be dominating the box office in 2019. However, there are also a number of smaller films that are coming out this year that, while not big hits initially, are on their way to cult status....
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is founded on the principle of adapting the popular comic book convention of cross-book promotional crossovers into movies. After The Avengers proved to be an enormous success, movie studios have begun eagerly examining their intellectual property to see which crossover movies could work. Fans remain disappointed, however, that due to a battle of wills between Disney and Fox, the Marvel Cinematic Universe can’t feature any X-Men characters or mutants....
