Before J.J. Abrams, Star Trek Almost Got Its Own Version Of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Writer Erik Jendresen once envisioned a Dark Knight-style Star Trek war movie trilogy prior to J.J. Abrams' 2009 film reboot of the franchise.
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Alan Rickman Played A Foul Prank During A Serious Harry Potter Scene
One scene in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban involved a prank featuring Alan Rickman, a sleeping bag, and ... well, read the story and see.
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Bottoms Goes Wide At The Box Office And Shoots For $3.7 Million Labor Day Weekend
Emma Seligman's lesbian high school fight club comedy Bottoms expanded to 715 theaters this weekend, and it's quietly kicking ass.
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Playing Darth Vader In Star Wars Wasn't What David Prowse Expected At First
David Prowse is the man behind Darth Vader's iconic gait and bearing. But he almost played another Star Wars character equally infamous for his stature.
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How Optimus Prime's Original Voice Actor Convinced Michael Bay To Cast Him In Transformers
The voice behind Optimus Prime is one of the signature elements of Michael Bay's Transformers films. Thank goodness he had the sense to cast a pro voice actor.
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Riddick Became A Box Office Success Because Vin Diesel Refused To Let His Passion Project Die
Did you know Vin Diesel used a cameo in Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift to get the rights to his Pitch Black character and make Riddick the way he wanted?
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The 2019 Oscars Needed A Massive Overhaul In Best Actor
Biopics dominated the Best Actor category at the 2019 Oscars, proving the Academy needs to reevaluate what makes a great and awards-worthy performance.
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How Greta Gerwig's Barbie Put A Wes Anderson Technique To Good Use
Greta Gerwig looked to Wes Anderson's work for how to juse Barbie's numerous props and well-furbished sets to serve the film's storytelling.
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Sean Connery Didn't Have A Very High Opinion Of The Literary James Bond
Sean Connery is arguably the blueprint for James Bond, even more so than the character in the original novels. Here's why that's a good thing.
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The Alfred Hitchcock James Bond Film That Never Came To Be
Alfred Hitchcock was almost the first director to bring a James Bond film to the big screen, but his version of Thunderball was never made.
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Star Wars' Original Darth Vader Actor Had A Lot Of Issues With The Phantom Menace
Original Darth Vader actor David Prowse had issues with The Phantom Menace when it first came out, including Maul's fate in the Star Wars prequel.
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10 Horror Movies That Were Flawless Except For A Single Scene
Some of our favorite horror movies are incredibly close to perfect, but one scene almost ruined them. We look at those films, and those problematic scenes.
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The James Bond Series Casting Christopher Lee Proved Controversial Behind The Scenes
Christopher Lee played one of the best Bond villains in The Man With the Golden Gun, but the film's writers weren't happy with the actor's casting for the role.
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How A Quirky French Indie Romcom Gave John Wick 4 One Of Its Best Fights
Chad Stahelski is a fan of the quirky French indie rom-com Amélie, and when it came time to find locations for John Wick 4, he used the film as inspiration.
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There's A Common Thread Between Indiana Jones And Logan
James Mangold has a way with heroic swan songs, but the similarity the director sees between Logan and Indiana Jones may surprise you.
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Greta Gerwig's Barbie Took Unexpected Inspiration From Shakespeare
Greta Gerwig is not comparing her work to that of William Shakespeare, but admits to the powerful inspiration his work had on hers, including Barbie.
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The Equalizer 3 Ends The Summer Box Office On A High With $42 Million Opening Weekend
The Equalizer 3 has scored the second-best Labor Day opening ever, and pushed the 2023 summer box office over the $4 billion mark.
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The Five Nights At Freddy's Trailer Proves That 2023 Is The Year Of Practical Horror Puppets
Between M3GAN, Five Nights at Freddy's, and Chucky, 2023 has been an ode to the power of practical animatronics and puppets in horror.
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X-Men's Hugh Jackman & Halle Berry Built Their Own Backstory For Storm & Wolverine
Storm and Wolverine have lots of backstory in the X-Men comics, but that was cut from the films. Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman decided to rectify that.
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Star Wars' Unmasking Of Sebastian Shaw As Darth Vader Disappointed David Prowse
David Prowse gave Darth Vader his infamous, imperious stature. But a Sebastian Shaw casting swap tainted an important career moment for Prowse.
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Netflix Users Can Binge All The Jaws Movies In One Place This Month
Are you ready to go back into the water? If so, you can stream all the Jaws films on Netflix this month, including Steven Spielberg's original classic.
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How Jimmy Buffett (And His Margaritas) Came To Jurassic World For That Cameo
Jimmy Buffett played a memorable cameo role in Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World. Here's how it came together.
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Barbie Is Officially The Highest-Grossing Movie Of The Year Worldwide
Barbie claims her crown as 2023's Queen of the Box Office, passing The Super Mario Bros Movie to become the biggest release of the year worldwide.
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The Equalizer Series Is Secretly Denzel Washington's Slasher Horror Series
Where is the line between action and horror? Denzel Washington's Equalizer films prove that it might be much blurrier than we'd all like to think.
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One Indiana Jones Actor Secretly Hated The Title Raiders Of The Lost Ark At First
Indiana Jones star Karen Allen initially hated the title of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Here Are Paul Thomas Anderson's Personal Recommendations For Classic Movies As TCM's New Advisor
Paul Thomas Anderson's first round of TCM classic movie recommendations are in and they're films that expose the vulnerabilities of humankind.
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The One Barbie Line That Immediately Sold Kate McKinnon On The Movie
Unfortunately, the Weird Barbie line that convinced Kate McKinnon to join the Barbie cast was cut from the final version. Thankfully, we still know what it was.
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