As I've talked about before on /Film, "The Creator" is a movie that gives us an epic, emotionally brutal sci-fi story that is markedly different (and better) than most genre films being released today. The movie sees the United States in an all-out war with the AI community, who have sought refuge in Southeast Asia.
We see this conflict unfold through the eyes of a military veteran, Joshua (John David Washington) and the AI child he comes across (Madeleine Yuna Voyles). And while the story in the film is deeply personal, it also depicts the immense and brutal power of the United States via Nomad, a massive military spaceship capable of bombing AI strongholds to oblivion.
Creating Nomad was a long process for director Gareth Edwards and his team. "There was, I mean, hundreds of designs, probably," Edwards told me in a recent interview, where he also added that he...
We see this conflict unfold through the eyes of a military veteran, Joshua (John David Washington) and the AI child he comes across (Madeleine Yuna Voyles). And while the story in the film is deeply personal, it also depicts the immense and brutal power of the United States via Nomad, a massive military spaceship capable of bombing AI strongholds to oblivion.
Creating Nomad was a long process for director Gareth Edwards and his team. "There was, I mean, hundreds of designs, probably," Edwards told me in a recent interview, where he also added that he...
- 9/20/2023
- by Vanessa Armstrong
- Slash Film
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including The Righteous Gemstones, Physical, Hijack and Cruel Summer!
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- 8/4/2023
- by Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Michael Ausiello, Dave Nemetz, Nick Caruso, Keisha Hatchett and Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
Fans who watched "Firefly" when it aired on Fox for its one and only season must feel really justified these days. The network aired the episodes out of order and canceled the show before the entire season had aired, and yet its appeal is undimmed all these years later. Watching it now, it's almost comical how they could have missed how brilliant the series was. Sure, there are some things in the 2002 space Western that didn't age well, including the alleged actions of its creator Joss Whedon. Still, it created a whole new version of the quippy patter conversation style that went beyond what Whedon's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" gave us.
The show has gained cult status over the years, with fans called Browncoats gathering at conventions some two decades after "Firefly" premiered and the release of the 2005 film "Serenity," which essentially served as the series' second season. "Firefly" references...
The show has gained cult status over the years, with fans called Browncoats gathering at conventions some two decades after "Firefly" premiered and the release of the 2005 film "Serenity," which essentially served as the series' second season. "Firefly" references...
- 4/22/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Go far off enough off the beaten path in any game, and you’re almost certainly going to be rewarded. Maybe it will just be with a collectible or side quest, but in a lot of instances, that’s where developers hide Easter Eggs – those little in-jokes or nods to other games or media that are meant only for the most dedicated fans.
Easter Eggs have been around almost as long as video games themselves, and as they’ve become more common, it’s become increasingly difficult for them to stand out, but still, a few are particularly worth taking the time to find. These are the best video game Easter Eggs ever.
15. Adventure – Secret Credits
Adventure is often mistakenly credited as the first video game Easter Egg (that distinction actually belongs to 1973’s Moonlander). While it wasn’t the earliest example of an Easter Egg, it can be credited...
Easter Eggs have been around almost as long as video games themselves, and as they’ve become more common, it’s become increasingly difficult for them to stand out, but still, a few are particularly worth taking the time to find. These are the best video game Easter Eggs ever.
15. Adventure – Secret Credits
Adventure is often mistakenly credited as the first video game Easter Egg (that distinction actually belongs to 1973’s Moonlander). While it wasn’t the earliest example of an Easter Egg, it can be credited...
- 4/8/2023
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
David Letterman has called out Tom Cruise for skipping the 2023 Oscars, arguing that the actor “should’ve been there”.
The Top Gun: Maverick star’s absence at the Academy Awards was announced by emcee Jimmy Kimmel during his opening monologue, in which he made a Scientology joke that he later said would’ve been cut had Cruise been there. Cruise is famously a member of the controversial religion.
Speaking to the late-night host about his successful Oscars broadcast on Wednesday (15 March) night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Letterman asked: “Where was Tom Cruise?”
“We don’t know where Tom Cruise was,” Kimmel answered. “We heard production issues.”
“What does that mean?” Letterman asked, calling it “nonsense”.
“Exactly. It’s very non-specific,” Kimmel agreed. “But we have no idea what happened.”
Letterman added: “Cruise should’ve been there celebrating his jet pack Maverick show”.
“Yeah. It seems like he should’ve been there,...
The Top Gun: Maverick star’s absence at the Academy Awards was announced by emcee Jimmy Kimmel during his opening monologue, in which he made a Scientology joke that he later said would’ve been cut had Cruise been there. Cruise is famously a member of the controversial religion.
Speaking to the late-night host about his successful Oscars broadcast on Wednesday (15 March) night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Letterman asked: “Where was Tom Cruise?”
“We don’t know where Tom Cruise was,” Kimmel answered. “We heard production issues.”
“What does that mean?” Letterman asked, calling it “nonsense”.
“Exactly. It’s very non-specific,” Kimmel agreed. “But we have no idea what happened.”
Letterman added: “Cruise should’ve been there celebrating his jet pack Maverick show”.
“Yeah. It seems like he should’ve been there,...
- 3/16/2023
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
You showrunner and co-creator Sera Gamble has explained the thought process behind the shocking season finale twist.
The fourth season of Netflix’s hit psychological thriller series sees Penn Badgley’s character Joe Goldberg bringing his antics across the pond to London, where he’s adopted a new life as Professor Jonathan Moore.
After coming into contact with his neighbour Kate (Charlotte Ritchie) and her wealthy circle of friends, Joe watches as one by one they turn up dead.
In an unusual turn of events, Joe finds himself the prey of a murderous stalker, threatening to expose his identity. He later discovers mayoral candidate Rhys Montrose (Ed Speleers) as the Eat-the-Rich killer, who wants Joe’s help in framing the string of murders on Kate’s family friend Roald, played by Ben Wiggins.
Warning: The following contains major spoilers forYou season four part two
Picking up right where things left...
The fourth season of Netflix’s hit psychological thriller series sees Penn Badgley’s character Joe Goldberg bringing his antics across the pond to London, where he’s adopted a new life as Professor Jonathan Moore.
After coming into contact with his neighbour Kate (Charlotte Ritchie) and her wealthy circle of friends, Joe watches as one by one they turn up dead.
In an unusual turn of events, Joe finds himself the prey of a murderous stalker, threatening to expose his identity. He later discovers mayoral candidate Rhys Montrose (Ed Speleers) as the Eat-the-Rich killer, who wants Joe’s help in framing the string of murders on Kate’s family friend Roald, played by Ben Wiggins.
Warning: The following contains major spoilers forYou season four part two
Picking up right where things left...
- 3/10/2023
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Scream, Ready or Not) are back behind the camera for Scream VI, now playing in movie theaters nationwide.
In the brand new movie, “The Scream saga continues with the four survivors of the Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.”
That means we can expect themes and character arcs introduced in 2022’s Scream to deepen. With Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett at the helm, that also means brand new Easter eggs and franchise nods nestled within the slasher thrill ride. The franchise, since its inception, revolves around its commentary and reverence for the horror genre, after all.
Bloody Disgusting spoke with the directors ahead of the film’s release. They explained that they couldn’t resist one of the more obvious references regarding their New York City set sequel: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.
The filmmakers hide...
In the brand new movie, “The Scream saga continues with the four survivors of the Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.”
That means we can expect themes and character arcs introduced in 2022’s Scream to deepen. With Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett at the helm, that also means brand new Easter eggs and franchise nods nestled within the slasher thrill ride. The franchise, since its inception, revolves around its commentary and reverence for the horror genre, after all.
Bloody Disgusting spoke with the directors ahead of the film’s release. They explained that they couldn’t resist one of the more obvious references regarding their New York City set sequel: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.
The filmmakers hide...
- 3/10/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Keira Knightley has said she felt “caged” after being in the blockbuster film franchise Pirates of the Caribbean.
The double Oscar nominee, 37, starred in the first film, The Curse of the Black Pearl, in 2003, alongside Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom.
She played heroine Elizabeth Swann in that movie and three sequels.
Her character goes through a transition from daughter of a gentlemen to pirate while pursuing a romance with Bloom’s character Will Turner, a blacksmith’s apprentice, until her last outing in 2017’s Dead Men Tell No Tales.
She told Harper’s Bazaar UK: “[Elizabeth] was the object of everybody’s lust, not that she doesn’t have a lot of fight in her, but it was interesting coming from being really tomboyish to getting projected as quite the opposite.
“I felt very constrained, I felt very stuck, so the roles afterwards were about trying to break out of that.
The double Oscar nominee, 37, starred in the first film, The Curse of the Black Pearl, in 2003, alongside Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom.
She played heroine Elizabeth Swann in that movie and three sequels.
Her character goes through a transition from daughter of a gentlemen to pirate while pursuing a romance with Bloom’s character Will Turner, a blacksmith’s apprentice, until her last outing in 2017’s Dead Men Tell No Tales.
She told Harper’s Bazaar UK: “[Elizabeth] was the object of everybody’s lust, not that she doesn’t have a lot of fight in her, but it was interesting coming from being really tomboyish to getting projected as quite the opposite.
“I felt very constrained, I felt very stuck, so the roles afterwards were about trying to break out of that.
- 3/8/2023
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - Film
Nicolas Cage has dismissed calls for him to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
The actor appeared at the Miami Film Festival on Monday (6 March), where he was given the Variety Legend & Groundbreaker Award.
During his acceptance speech, the National Treasure star shared his views about the Marvel film franchise.
“I’ve gotta be nice about Marvel movies, because I named myself after a Stan Lee character named Luke Cage,” he said, referring to the well-known origins of his stage name.
“What am I going to do, put Marvel movies down? Stan Lee is my surrealistic father. He named me.”
He continued: “I understand what the frustration is. I get it. But I think there’s plenty of room for everybody. I’m seeing movies like [recent Oscar nominee] Tár. I’m seeing all kinds of artistic and independently driven movies. I think there’s plenty of room for everybody.”
When Cage was...
The actor appeared at the Miami Film Festival on Monday (6 March), where he was given the Variety Legend & Groundbreaker Award.
During his acceptance speech, the National Treasure star shared his views about the Marvel film franchise.
“I’ve gotta be nice about Marvel movies, because I named myself after a Stan Lee character named Luke Cage,” he said, referring to the well-known origins of his stage name.
“What am I going to do, put Marvel movies down? Stan Lee is my surrealistic father. He named me.”
He continued: “I understand what the frustration is. I get it. But I think there’s plenty of room for everybody. I’m seeing movies like [recent Oscar nominee] Tár. I’m seeing all kinds of artistic and independently driven movies. I think there’s plenty of room for everybody.”
When Cage was...
- 3/7/2023
- by Peony Hirwani
- The Independent - Film
Jenna Ortega has said that she had to put her “foot down” after reading Wednesday’s script.
The 20-year-old actor leads Netflix’s hit comedy-horror series as Wednesday Addams.
Since the show’s November 2022 release, it’s become the streamer’s second biggest English-language series ever.
However, before it went on to shatter streaming records, its early scripts apparently needed a lot of editing, according to Ortega.
“When I read the entire series, I realised, ‘Oh, this is for younger audiences,’” Ortega told Dax Shepard on a recent episode of his Armchair Expert podcast.
“When I first signed onto the show, I didn’t have all the scripts. I thought it was going to be a lot darker. It wasn’t… I didn’t know what the tone was, or what the score would sound like.
“I don’t think I’ve ever had to put my foot down more...
The 20-year-old actor leads Netflix’s hit comedy-horror series as Wednesday Addams.
Since the show’s November 2022 release, it’s become the streamer’s second biggest English-language series ever.
However, before it went on to shatter streaming records, its early scripts apparently needed a lot of editing, according to Ortega.
“When I read the entire series, I realised, ‘Oh, this is for younger audiences,’” Ortega told Dax Shepard on a recent episode of his Armchair Expert podcast.
“When I first signed onto the show, I didn’t have all the scripts. I thought it was going to be a lot darker. It wasn’t… I didn’t know what the tone was, or what the score would sound like.
“I don’t think I’ve ever had to put my foot down more...
- 3/7/2023
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
Lewis Capaldi has postponed two of his scheduled concert dates at the request of his doctor.
The Scottish singer, 26, who is currently on tour, admitted that he’s been “struggling” with his voice recently.
“As lots of you know, for the past few nights of tour, I’ve been really struggling with my voice. Last night in Stockholm, I tried my best to sing through the show even with it feeling really uncomfortable,” Capaldi posted on social media.
“I’ve just been to see a voice specialist in Sweden who’s told me I’ve got Bronchitis and that I should be on vocal rest for at least 3 days to give me any chance of not damaging my voice and being able to continue touring.”
Apologising, he announced that, as a result, “the shows in Zurich tomorrow night and in Milan the day after will be postponed”.
Capaldi’s Zurich show,...
The Scottish singer, 26, who is currently on tour, admitted that he’s been “struggling” with his voice recently.
“As lots of you know, for the past few nights of tour, I’ve been really struggling with my voice. Last night in Stockholm, I tried my best to sing through the show even with it feeling really uncomfortable,” Capaldi posted on social media.
“I’ve just been to see a voice specialist in Sweden who’s told me I’ve got Bronchitis and that I should be on vocal rest for at least 3 days to give me any chance of not damaging my voice and being able to continue touring.”
Apologising, he announced that, as a result, “the shows in Zurich tomorrow night and in Milan the day after will be postponed”.
Capaldi’s Zurich show,...
- 3/7/2023
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Music
Piers Morgan name-checked Meghan Markle during his acceptance speech at the Sports Journalism Awards.
Morgan received the Scoop of the Year award at the ceremony on Monday evening (6 March), for his interview with Cristiano Ronaldo.
While acknowledging those who’d contributed to him getting the accolade, the broadcaster decided to mention Meghan as a person responsible for his success.
“I’d also like to thank Meghan Markle, without whom there wouldn’t be a TalkTV Piers Morgan Uncensored,” he told the crowd.
According to journalists at the event, this remark was met with groans and other audible expressions of discomfort.
The Independent has reached out to representatives for the Duchess of Sussex for comment.
Morgan has been a long-time critic of Meghan Markle and left his anchor position at Good Morning Britain after he, the programme and ITV were heavily criticised for his comments on her interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Morgan received the Scoop of the Year award at the ceremony on Monday evening (6 March), for his interview with Cristiano Ronaldo.
While acknowledging those who’d contributed to him getting the accolade, the broadcaster decided to mention Meghan as a person responsible for his success.
“I’d also like to thank Meghan Markle, without whom there wouldn’t be a TalkTV Piers Morgan Uncensored,” he told the crowd.
According to journalists at the event, this remark was met with groans and other audible expressions of discomfort.
The Independent has reached out to representatives for the Duchess of Sussex for comment.
Morgan has been a long-time critic of Meghan Markle and left his anchor position at Good Morning Britain after he, the programme and ITV were heavily criticised for his comments on her interview with Oprah Winfrey.
- 3/7/2023
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - TV
Seth Rogen has talked about how “devastating” he finds negative reviews of his work.
The Superbad star, 40, said that over the years he has gained perspective on his creative successes and failures and is now “much better at dealing with it”.
Speaking on the The Diary of a CEO podcast, Rogen opened up about his own career self-doubt, and the effects of criticism on himself and others within the industry.
“It hurts everyone, very much,” he said. “I think if most critics knew how much it hurts the people that made the things that they are writing about, they would second guess the way they write these things. It’s devastating.”
Rogen continued: “I know people who’ve never recovered, honestly – a year, decades of being hurt by this. It’s very personal.
“It is devastating when you are being institutionally told that your personal expression was bad... and that...
The Superbad star, 40, said that over the years he has gained perspective on his creative successes and failures and is now “much better at dealing with it”.
Speaking on the The Diary of a CEO podcast, Rogen opened up about his own career self-doubt, and the effects of criticism on himself and others within the industry.
“It hurts everyone, very much,” he said. “I think if most critics knew how much it hurts the people that made the things that they are writing about, they would second guess the way they write these things. It’s devastating.”
Rogen continued: “I know people who’ve never recovered, honestly – a year, decades of being hurt by this. It’s very personal.
“It is devastating when you are being institutionally told that your personal expression was bad... and that...
- 3/7/2023
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - Film
A producer of Sir David Attenborough’s forthcoming series has detailed some of the health and safety issues they faced while filming.
Wild Isles, which will air its first episode on Sunday (12 March), is the 96-year-old broadcaster’s first foray into exploring the wildlife of the UK.
It took three years to film and is set to mark Attenborough’s 69th year of being on television.
Ahead of the launch, Alastair Fothergill recalled some of the challenges of putting the series together.
One notable factor was the difficult terrain on the Welsh island of Skomer, where shearwater birds fly. There, they had an idea for a quirky interaction between Attenborough and the birds.
“The shearwaters are not great at taking off, so what the warden on the island said is, ‘If you sit David close to the burrows, they will almost certainly climb up his arm, onto his head and...
Wild Isles, which will air its first episode on Sunday (12 March), is the 96-year-old broadcaster’s first foray into exploring the wildlife of the UK.
It took three years to film and is set to mark Attenborough’s 69th year of being on television.
Ahead of the launch, Alastair Fothergill recalled some of the challenges of putting the series together.
One notable factor was the difficult terrain on the Welsh island of Skomer, where shearwater birds fly. There, they had an idea for a quirky interaction between Attenborough and the birds.
“The shearwaters are not great at taking off, so what the warden on the island said is, ‘If you sit David close to the burrows, they will almost certainly climb up his arm, onto his head and...
- 3/7/2023
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - TV
Michael Moore has called for a boycott of US pharmacy chain Walgreens over the company’s refusal to sell abortion pills in 21 states.
Last week, the retailer announced that it would no longer be selling mifepristone, the first of two medications necessary for a medication abortion, in 20 US states. The news follows the overturning of Roe v Wade in the US in June 2022.
Medication abortion is the most common kind of abortion in the US and is currently legal in 37 states – including states where the retailer will no longer offer the medication.
On Monday (6 March), Bowling for Columbine director Moore shared a blog post on his Substack titled: “Boycott Walgreens, a Pharmacy that Stands with Anti-Abortion Extremists Against the Rights of Women.”
In the post, the filmmaker accused the pharmacy chain of “caving in to threats from the extremist anti-abortion/Forced Birth movement”.
“This decision by Walgreens to further cement...
Last week, the retailer announced that it would no longer be selling mifepristone, the first of two medications necessary for a medication abortion, in 20 US states. The news follows the overturning of Roe v Wade in the US in June 2022.
Medication abortion is the most common kind of abortion in the US and is currently legal in 37 states – including states where the retailer will no longer offer the medication.
On Monday (6 March), Bowling for Columbine director Moore shared a blog post on his Substack titled: “Boycott Walgreens, a Pharmacy that Stands with Anti-Abortion Extremists Against the Rights of Women.”
In the post, the filmmaker accused the pharmacy chain of “caving in to threats from the extremist anti-abortion/Forced Birth movement”.
“This decision by Walgreens to further cement...
- 3/7/2023
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - Film
John Candy’s children and wife have paid tribute to the late actor, 29 years on from his death.
The Splash star died from a heart attack in Mexico on 4 March 1994. He was 43 years old.
On Saturday (4 March), his surviving family posted messages of love for their father and husband on the anniversary of his death.
His wife, Rose – who is now 73 – posted a picture of her late husband, writing: “I was going through photos today and I thought this is a great one to post.
“Miss you today. As always with love,” she added.
His daughter Jennifer, 43, shared a photo of herself as a toddler with her father.
“You will always be around. You will always be missed. You will always be loved,” Jennifer wrote next to the photograph.
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Meanwhile, Candy’s son Chris, 38, said he still thinks of his father every day.
The Splash star died from a heart attack in Mexico on 4 March 1994. He was 43 years old.
On Saturday (4 March), his surviving family posted messages of love for their father and husband on the anniversary of his death.
His wife, Rose – who is now 73 – posted a picture of her late husband, writing: “I was going through photos today and I thought this is a great one to post.
“Miss you today. As always with love,” she added.
His daughter Jennifer, 43, shared a photo of herself as a toddler with her father.
“You will always be around. You will always be missed. You will always be loved,” Jennifer wrote next to the photograph.
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Rosemary Candy (@helllorose)
Meanwhile, Candy’s son Chris, 38, said he still thinks of his father every day.
- 3/7/2023
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Film
Singer and actress Olivia Newton-John, who starred in the 1978 hit film musical Grease, died Monday at the age of 73, according to her official Facebook page. No official cause of death was released, but Newton-John had been battling breast cancer for years, with the cancer returning in 2017.
Newton-John “passed away peacefully at her Ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends. We ask that everyone please respect the family’s privacy during this very difficult time,” according to the statement.
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Newton-John “passed away peacefully at her Ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends. We ask that everyone please respect the family’s privacy during this very difficult time,” according to the statement.
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- 8/8/2022
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
This article contains Hollywood spoilers. You can find our easter egg guide for the previous episode here.
The sixth and penultimate hour of Hollywood attempts to ask some difficult questions about what would happen if a major Hollywood studio attempted to make a film with an African American lead and an interracial romance. The latter aspect is key in understanding the events that occurred. While there were several black stars in Tinseltown by this time, most notably Lena Horne, who Camille Washington is very loosely based on, they were either in supporting roles, usually as a glorified musical act, or leading all-black productions.
Burning crosses notwithstanding though, a movie like Meg would face major pressure in 1947, and not just from Southern censors. Interracial relationships themselves were forbidden by the Hays Code, a fact the show unfortunately glosses over. Nevertheless, things get grim, and perhaps for that reason this is the...
The sixth and penultimate hour of Hollywood attempts to ask some difficult questions about what would happen if a major Hollywood studio attempted to make a film with an African American lead and an interracial romance. The latter aspect is key in understanding the events that occurred. While there were several black stars in Tinseltown by this time, most notably Lena Horne, who Camille Washington is very loosely based on, they were either in supporting roles, usually as a glorified musical act, or leading all-black productions.
Burning crosses notwithstanding though, a movie like Meg would face major pressure in 1947, and not just from Southern censors. Interracial relationships themselves were forbidden by the Hays Code, a fact the show unfortunately glosses over. Nevertheless, things get grim, and perhaps for that reason this is the...
- 5/3/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
This article contains Hollywood spoilers. You can find the easter egg guide for the previous episode here.
In what might be the most glamorous episode of Hollywood yet, George Hurrell’s decadent photo sessions get name checked, and (probably) Mickey Cohen’s mob gets involved. Let’s get cracking at those eggs!
Hollywood Episode 5
-The episode begins with Avis and company lamenting how terrible Walt Disney’s Song of the South is. And they’re not wrong, although one of its stars, Hattie McDaniel, is about to get a pretty glamorous treatment beginning in this episode…
-As production of Meg gets underway, we hear Ethel Merman’s iconic “There’s No Business Like Show Business” playing.
-We are also introduced to Queen Latifah as Hattie McDaniel… and she’s in a three way with a man and woman?! This is based on speculation and rumors that she was part of...
In what might be the most glamorous episode of Hollywood yet, George Hurrell’s decadent photo sessions get name checked, and (probably) Mickey Cohen’s mob gets involved. Let’s get cracking at those eggs!
Hollywood Episode 5
-The episode begins with Avis and company lamenting how terrible Walt Disney’s Song of the South is. And they’re not wrong, although one of its stars, Hattie McDaniel, is about to get a pretty glamorous treatment beginning in this episode…
-As production of Meg gets underway, we hear Ethel Merman’s iconic “There’s No Business Like Show Business” playing.
-We are also introduced to Queen Latifah as Hattie McDaniel… and she’s in a three way with a man and woman?! This is based on speculation and rumors that she was part of...
- 5/2/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
This article contains Hollywood spoilers. You can find our easter egg guide for the previous episode here.
A lighter episode for inside baseball winks and nudges, the fourth hour of Hollywood still crucially introduces us to the concept of Avis being friends with Eleanor Roosevelt, as well as the prospect of turning “Peg” into “Meg.” So like Ace’s blood pressure, let’s get cracking.
Hollywood Episode 4
-As far as I’m aware, there is no Gene Tierney movie in which she plays a fake nun who seduces William Holden, nor is there a movie where Humphrey Bogart plays Indian-slaughterer William Henry Harrison, but I totally buy they’d make those movies in 1947! Apparently they did at Ace Pictures. Also Ace just came up with the plot of Old Yeller (1957) when he pitched making a movie about a boy and his dog where the boy has to kill the dog at the end.
A lighter episode for inside baseball winks and nudges, the fourth hour of Hollywood still crucially introduces us to the concept of Avis being friends with Eleanor Roosevelt, as well as the prospect of turning “Peg” into “Meg.” So like Ace’s blood pressure, let’s get cracking.
Hollywood Episode 4
-As far as I’m aware, there is no Gene Tierney movie in which she plays a fake nun who seduces William Holden, nor is there a movie where Humphrey Bogart plays Indian-slaughterer William Henry Harrison, but I totally buy they’d make those movies in 1947! Apparently they did at Ace Pictures. Also Ace just came up with the plot of Old Yeller (1957) when he pitched making a movie about a boy and his dog where the boy has to kill the dog at the end.
- 5/2/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
When it comes to the McU, we often find that every detail has some significance for future movies or the overall coherency of this shared fictional universe, and what better way to prove this than casually slipping in an intricate Avengers Easter Egg in the first Thor?
The God of Thunder has gone through one hell of a character arc in the last 10 years, first starting as an insolent Asgardian prince who didn’t know the value of humility or what it means to be a hero. In fact, in the first Thor, Chris Hemsworth’s character was so far off from the person we came to know and love that his father Odin had to banish him from Asgard and strip him of his powers. This led to the godly weapon, Mjolnir, crash-landing in New Mexico and drawing the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D. Now, an...
The God of Thunder has gone through one hell of a character arc in the last 10 years, first starting as an insolent Asgardian prince who didn’t know the value of humility or what it means to be a hero. In fact, in the first Thor, Chris Hemsworth’s character was so far off from the person we came to know and love that his father Odin had to banish him from Asgard and strip him of his powers. This led to the godly weapon, Mjolnir, crash-landing in New Mexico and drawing the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D. Now, an...
- 4/6/2020
- by Jonathan Wright
- We Got This Covered
Stars: Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang, Camrus Johnson, Elizabeth Anweis, Dougray Scott | Created by Caroline Dries
After a lackluster episode last week, Batwoman returned this week with possibly the best episode all season. A villain is killed off, Kate crosses the one line that Batman never did, and we learn why Alice is Alice.
Batwoman is hand-delivered a captured Doctor Cartwright with a note stuffed in his mouth stating, “Ask about mommy dearest”. Kate proceeds to take Cartwright back to the private section of her club, The Hold Up, and calls on her father, Jacob, to help interrogate the good doctor. Jacob is then caught up to speed on a few things: His daughter Alice is actually alive, and Cartwright is a master manipulator and a villain the Crows should have devoted their time to investigating instead of chasing Batwoman.
Cartwright explains that Alice was sent to...
After a lackluster episode last week, Batwoman returned this week with possibly the best episode all season. A villain is killed off, Kate crosses the one line that Batman never did, and we learn why Alice is Alice.
Batwoman is hand-delivered a captured Doctor Cartwright with a note stuffed in his mouth stating, “Ask about mommy dearest”. Kate proceeds to take Cartwright back to the private section of her club, The Hold Up, and calls on her father, Jacob, to help interrogate the good doctor. Jacob is then caught up to speed on a few things: His daughter Alice is actually alive, and Cartwright is a master manipulator and a villain the Crows should have devoted their time to investigating instead of chasing Batwoman.
Cartwright explains that Alice was sent to...
- 3/18/2020
- by Jason Brigger
- Nerdly
Stars: Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang, Camrus Johnson, Elizabeth Anweis, Dougray Scott | Created by Caroline Dries
After a week off, Batwoman is back this week with a villain that is eerily similar to Batman’s arch nemesis, the Joker, but while the idea was good, the result was lackluster.
The story of our new villain, Duela Dent (Alessandra Torresani), starts in 2012 as she stands in the mirror applying makeup. Her mother, who has her own issues, berates her and body shames her own daughter, resulting in Duela punching the mirror and using a shard of glass to make a Joker-like smile on her own face. The social commentary regarding appearance and how we all perceive ourselves is a nice change of pace for a villain and very poignant in our society today.
Duela doesn’t just disfigure herself though, she decides to take on all the models that call Gotham home.
After a week off, Batwoman is back this week with a villain that is eerily similar to Batman’s arch nemesis, the Joker, but while the idea was good, the result was lackluster.
The story of our new villain, Duela Dent (Alessandra Torresani), starts in 2012 as she stands in the mirror applying makeup. Her mother, who has her own issues, berates her and body shames her own daughter, resulting in Duela punching the mirror and using a shard of glass to make a Joker-like smile on her own face. The social commentary regarding appearance and how we all perceive ourselves is a nice change of pace for a villain and very poignant in our society today.
Duela doesn’t just disfigure herself though, she decides to take on all the models that call Gotham home.
- 3/13/2020
- by Jason Brigger
- Nerdly
Episode two of the new Creepshow anthology series on Shudder began streaming yesterday. If you have not seen the new episode yet, turn back now, cause you get no grace period from us. We're diving right in to each tale, Bad Wolf Down and The Finger Lovers of classic special effects work need not worry. Once again, both episodes also feature good old fashioned pratical effects from animatronics, to puppetry. What we see in episode two though is a signigicant and welcome rise in the amount of gore. More on that in a bit. If there was ever a drinking game to be had while watching Creepshow it might be 'Spot the Harrow's'. However, since that particular Easter Egg has only appeared once per...
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- 10/4/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Godzilla: King of the Monsters didn’t exactly make a Kaiju-sized splash at the box office, but for many fans, it was still great to see the atomic breathing lizard back on the big screen. Director Michael Dougherty counts himself amongst those fans and tried to fill the sequel with as many hidden Easter eggs for franchise buffs as possible, from lore-inspired characters and weapons, to hidden roles for some of the geekiest celebrities in Hollywood. Now, thanks to a new interview with the filmmaker, we know about quite a few secret performances in one of the movie’s biggest actions sequences.
In a recent chat with Fresh Fiction, Dougherty revealed that when Rodan’s first battle scene required a few masked pilots to try and save the day, he called on a few big names to stop by set and suit up:
“I knew we were shooting this sequence...
In a recent chat with Fresh Fiction, Dougherty revealed that when Rodan’s first battle scene required a few masked pilots to try and save the day, he called on a few big names to stop by set and suit up:
“I knew we were shooting this sequence...
- 8/6/2019
- by Mike Lee
- We Got This Covered
Music supervisor Maggie Phillips had her hands full on “Homecoming” and “The Umbrella Academy,” but for very different reasons. When director Sam Esmail insisting on using only pre-existing classic soundtracks to score his conspiracy thriller, Phillips found herself in uncharted territory, which turned into a licensing nightmare. And even though the series about an adopted sibling superhero rivalry offered a more conventional challenge, Phillips was still keen on pushing the nostalgic factor in fresh musical ways.
“All of my projects before [‘Homecoming’] I’ve chosen songs and editors are temping in score, and then the composer comes in and replaces,” Phillips said. “And sometimes I’ll help with the temp score, but that’s not very common. But Sam wanted all pre-existing soundtracks as cues [to evoke the paranoia vibe] of ‘All the President’s Men,’ ‘Klute,’ and ‘The Conversation,’ and then that list got expanded and changed out of necessity because of the licensing...
“All of my projects before [‘Homecoming’] I’ve chosen songs and editors are temping in score, and then the composer comes in and replaces,” Phillips said. “And sometimes I’ll help with the temp score, but that’s not very common. But Sam wanted all pre-existing soundtracks as cues [to evoke the paranoia vibe] of ‘All the President’s Men,’ ‘Klute,’ and ‘The Conversation,’ and then that list got expanded and changed out of necessity because of the licensing...
- 6/13/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
You could spend days in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Disneyland’s brand-new theme park attraction, and you still wouldn’t be able to see all of its hidden secrets and surprises. Of course, that should be expected of an area built to resemble a historically dense media franchise like Star Wars. Before it was sold to Disney, creator George Lucas pretty much dedicated his entire life to filling out its many worlds with comic books, cartoons, and expanded novels; every character, no matter how small, had a story. Now, it seems like Disney has tipped its hat to Lucas’ contributions by referencing his next biggest franchise in an Easter Egg at Galaxy’s Edge.
ScreenRant recently attended the opening of the Disneyland attraction, spending ample time in the planet Batuu’s Black Spire Outpost, and specifically in Dok-Ondar’s Den of Antiquities within. There, they made a shocking discovery,...
ScreenRant recently attended the opening of the Disneyland attraction, spending ample time in the planet Batuu’s Black Spire Outpost, and specifically in Dok-Ondar’s Den of Antiquities within. There, they made a shocking discovery,...
- 6/3/2019
- by Mike Lee
- We Got This Covered
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