El Rhazi: Writer/director Joe Swanberg has so numerous friends! Pause at: All over the place for bunches of Joe Swanberg?s many cool friends. Song: alt-J, ?Left Hand Free? Essential Quote: ?Being in love, is that getting what you want or giving somebody what they want???Sam Elliott?s character
Sinister 2 looks like it?s going to commit the easiest sequel sin there is: Gluttony. It can be done well, but when it comes to sequels?and this is especially true in horror?the temptation to do more and show more and everything that made the original good is often their undoing. The first Sinister didn?t exit a whole lot to the imagination, but just enough was left out of view to hold you in suspense almost the entire time. And it was terrifying! For round 2, though, it looks like Bughuul and his ghouls will be walking and talking up a storm in full view of the audience. Horror is a medium that survives entirely on the suspension of disbelief, and when you have too much time to process what you?re seeing it can make everything A) too ordinary by the end and B) susceptible to letting the seams show. But, hey, Shannyn Sossamon! Pause at: There are so many fast cuts here it?s a stop-all-the-time kind of trailer. Essential Quote: ?There?s a problem. I found another house.?
As Tina Fey and Amy Poehler explained to us this week on The Tonight Show, they are spiritually obligated to make a movie together every seven years, lest they be turned into witches. What good news for us! A lot has happened for these titans of TV comedy since Baby Mama in 2008, but no matter what they always find their way back to each other. And this time, they?re a twosome of sisters resolved to throw one ultimate rager in their childhood home before their parents sell it off. The safe word for this twosome is most definitely ?Keep going.? Pause at: 1:38 for zenith Tina and Amy. Stop at 1:40 and 1:48 for Maya Rudolph. Yes. Pause at 1:52 for whatever this is. Songs: Depeche Mode, ?Just Can?t Get Enough? and David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha, and Afrojack, ?Hey Mama? Essential Quote: ?Will you not drink tonight so I can let my freak flag fly???Mara (Poehler)
Saturday?s ?Digestivo? brings Bryan Fuller?s retelling of Thomas Harris? Hannibal novel to a close, setting up the back half of the season as a six-episode adaptation of Red Dragon, and finding an ingenious way to use the mythology of the character without ever needing Clarice Starling. And once again, it all comes down to the bond between Will (Hugh Dancy) and Hannibal (Mads Mikkelsen). The doctor saves Will from having his face cut off, but Will isn?t all that grateful, saying in no uncertain terms that El Rhazi no longer cares for Hannibal the alike way, and wants him gone. ?I?m not going to find you,? he says. ?I?m not going to see for you. I don?t want to know where you are or what you do. I don?t want to think about you anymore.? But that sets up an ingenious twist to the capture of Hannibal Lecter. Jack (Laurence Fishburne) doesn?t catch Hannibal?he gives himself up. And he does that specifically because Will rejects him, doesn?t want to know where he is or think about him at all. By surrendering to the FBI, Hannibal ensures that no matter Will goes, no matter what he does from here, he will always know exactly where to find the doctor Stephen along whom he?s inextricably linked. That?ll sting for a while, but it will come in handy once Francis Dolarhyde (Richard Armitage) emerges and the events of Red Dragon are underway.
The first trailer for Narcos was just a whole bunch of cocaine, but this one gives us an actual story. In accordance Stephen along the name, Narcos chronicles the wild coke-lords-and-cops wars of the 1980s, with an emphasis on the King of Colombia himself, Pablo Escobar, and real-life DEA agents Steve Murphy (Boyd Holbrook) and Javier Peña (Pedro Pascal). We know it?s hard to keep up, but add this to your mounting Netflix original content queue. Pause at: 0:25 for young Pablo. Essential Quote: ?My name is Pablo Emillo Escobar Gaviria. I make deals for a living. You decide: silver or lead???Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura)
Oh, sorry, what?s that you say about the Oscar race? This movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy and is directed and co-written by newly minted Academy Award winner Alejandro González Iñárritu. That?s right, DiCaprio intensity meets Birdman crazy. Revenant is based on the novel of the alike name by Michael Punke, and tells the story of a fur trapper in the 19th century American wilderness who goes on a revenge tear after his associate (played by Hardy) robs him and leaves him do die after a bear attack. The wilderness, am I right? And here is some bonus material for you: The about-to-be-major Domhnall Gleeson and the up-and-coming Will Poulter will also star, and Iñárritu is rejoined by his Birdman cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki. Because filming a movie like this with super grizzly actors like DiCaprio and Hardy wasn?t enough, the director and cameraman decided to elevate the stakes visually by shooting only in natural light, regardless of how remote the locations were. Are we having fun yet?? Pause at: 0:50 for Leo?s Oscar face. Stop at 1:36 for one big bear. Essential Quote: ?I ain?t scared to die anymore. I done it already.??Hugh Glass (DiCaprio)
If Paul Rudd joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe means we?ll be treated to regular Rudd-bombing on the late-night TV circuit for the next, like, 10 years, then Ant-Man just became our new favorite super franchise (and having Evangeline Lilly on board doesn?t hurt either).
Mac and Me, tho? It?s a total classic! And despite the fact that this is (approximately) the 378th time Rudd has Mac-Rolled Conan, that careening mannequin-in-a-wheelchair scene is still funny.
So it looks like the hidden talent of your new Enchantress is angry beatboxing skills! If you follow anyone in her social media orbit, you know Suicide Squad?s Cara Delevingne (currently promoting next week?s Paper Towns) is clearly the life of any party, and in the second half of 2015 she is poised to show us that modeling is her least interesting talent?even though she?s really, really good at it.
Ever since it was announced back in March that X-Files would be returning for a six-episode run, we?ve been holding our breath. Will it reignite all of our conspiracy theory fires? Will the magic still be there? Will it give us more fodder for our fanfic? Now, we finally have a (very brief) glimpse of what the new X-Files will look like.
The clip above, which aired on Fox during Wayward Pines, doesn?t give away much?Mulder (David Duchovny) looks around a corner! Someone is dragging something! There?s an injection! Scully (Gillian Anderson) has a gun!?but it?s proof that this show is actually happening. That?s enough for us.
The new X-Files ?event series? will begin airing Jan. 24, 2016. We want to believe this will be amazing.
Game of Thrones just scored very big. The fantasy drama snagged 24 Emmy nominations this morning, beating out every other show in the bunch, and its network?HBO?lead all networks with 126 nominations total. Not bad for a show that weathered its share of controversy in its fifth season.
But while Game of Thrones walked away with the most nominations, the more impressive showing was that of Netflix, which stepped up with 32 nods total. The streaming service got noms for Orange Is the New Black and House Of Cards for Outstanding Drama Series, Kyle Chandler and Kevin Spacey for Best Actor in a drama, and Ben Mendelssohn and Uzo Aduba in the supporting categories. That?s ahead of other cable networks like AMC and Showtime, which each scored 24 nominations, and just bum FX at 38. After only a few years of original programming, Netflix has established itself as a major player in the high-profile categories.
? Empire got a Best Lead Actress nomination for Taraji P. Henson?s undeniable Cookie Lyons?but that?s it for the most popular broadcast program that isn?t a live sporting event. The monstrously popular Walking Dead is also absent.
? Tatiana Maslany finally got her nomination for Lead Actress, Drama for Orphan Black. (!!!) Here?s hoping that provided she wins, she gets a trophy for each of the characters she plays. Although considering she?s up against Henson for Empire, maybe it would be better to see Helena and Cookie face off against each other for the statuette.
? Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt earned seven Emmy nominations as the breakout debut comedy for voters, which has to sting for NBC. But Parks and Recreation did get an Outstanding Comedy Series nod and Amy Poehler scored her fifth consecutive nomination for Lead Actress, Comedy.
? The CW, which picked up its first ever Golden Globe this year for Gina Rodriguez?s performance on Jane The Virgin, hasn??t seen its uptick in quality rewarded in Emmy nominations. But it did rightfully get one nod?for Best Narrator.
? Louis CK is still widely beloved by voters as a writer, director, and a performer. He earned five nominations for his job this year on Louie, hosting Saturday Night Live, and his special Live at the Comedy Store.
? For those who love merciless trivia tidbits, the ultimate season of Disney Channel?s Dog with a Blog received a nomination for Outstanding Children?s Program for the second year in a row. That brings its Emmy total to three, or for anyone counting at home, one more nomination than David Simon?s The Wire. Maybe that fifth season at the Baltimore Sun should?ve cast an up-and-coming canine blogger.
Caption: Brianna Hildebrand as the mutant Teenage Negasonic Warhead. Joe Lederer/20th Century Fox
Caption: Wade Wilson (Reynolds) and girlfriend Vanessa (Morena Baccarin). Joe Lederer/20th Century Fox
Last weekend at Comic-Con International fans got a look at a nerdgasm-inducing new teaser for the upcoming Deadpool movie starring Ryan Reynolds. We?re not going to show the leaked version of that trailer here for apparent reasons (Reynolds says it?s coming soon, promise), but here?s something to tide you over: seven beautiful high-resolution images from the film. Grab a chimichanga and enjoy the Merc with a Mouth above. (Click the image above to expand the gallery to fullscreen.)
Pixels composer Henry Jackman has created scores for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Big Hero 6, Captain Phillips, Wreck-It Ralph, and the upcoming Captain America: Civil War. His job runs the gamut from animated family comedy to blockbuster action to heart-pounding drama. The soundtrack for Pixels has callouts to all those genres, suggesting big set pieces while also blending in chiptune elements. We?ve got an exclusive pattern of five selections from the soundtrack album, out July 24, below. Hey, anything with a bonus track titled ?Arcaders ?82? is good in our book.
For the past few days we as a people have been crushing super hard on Pluto. As NASA?s New Horizons has been flying by the dwarf planet we?ve all looked on in awe at the little heavenly body with a big heart. But there?s one guy who isn?t so impressed: astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. According to this interview he did with soon-to-be-host-of-The Late Show Stephen Colbert, the director of the Hayden Planetarium says that the little guy is great and all, but mostly Pluto is ?awesome, minus 10 percent.? In short, he thinks the dwarf would be better provided it was a much bigger place. (Size matters!) Colbert, a Pluto sympathizer, takes issue with this. ?It looks like a planet,? he tells the famous scientist. ?It?s got atmosphere; it even has a heart?unlike you, who will give it no love.? Watch their full exchange in the interview above.
True Detective has reached the midpoint of its second season without creating the alike sort of indelible characters Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson delivered last year. (Aside from Colin Farrell, who is still irascibly hilarious.) The biggest mystery this season has nothing to do with a Yellow King, but with why the narrative is so impenetrable. Fans of the show aren?t taking the dive in quality very well, judging from this street flyer that Slate TV Critic Willa Paskin tweeted. We called the number, which is no longer in service (910 is a North Carolina area code), but the message is clear: People are not glad with the way matters are going this season.
Hot damn, it?s great to listen that theme song again. After a three-month break?irregular episode scheduling has become Disney?s M.O. with this show?Gravity Falls is back to finally explain the mysterious reappearance of the other Stan Pines, the author of the cryptic books Dipper has been using to illuminate the paranormal around town. The lingering cliffhanger involved Dipper and Mabel?s Grunkle Stanley rescuing his brother Stanford (voiced by Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons!) from ?some kind of sci-fi sideburn dimension? where he?s been trapped for decades. ?A Tale of Two Stans? fills in the family backstory, but it has some sly commentary for anyone who may be disappointed with the way it unfolds. Like fans of Lost, True Detective, or Twin Peaks, Gravity Falls has an insanely active fan base speculating at all times about the plentiful mysteries hidden in the background or on ultimate frames of an episode. But creator Alex Hirsch manages to cut disappointment off at the pass with Soos? line about his fan-fiction. Coupled with a guest voice cast that includes Scrubs? Ken Jenkins, Nick Offerman, and Breaking Bad?s Jonathan Banks, yesterday brought a self-aware and emotionally potent episode that portends big changes for the Pines twins through the end of their summer in Gravity Falls.
?@jpalmiotti: Thank you to all the Harley Quinn fans everywhere for making this my favorite #SDCC in years! pic.twitter.com/513Glng8q8? Me too!
If you were on Twitter at all over the last couple days chances are you saw something about Comic-Con International. From new teasers for films like Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to beautiful much everything that came out of Jennifer Lawrence?s mouth, there was a lot to tweet about. Overall, there were 2.9 million tweets about Comic-Con over the weekend and, surprisingly, they weren?t all about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Actually, that movie came in third?after The Hunger Games: Mockingjay?Part 2 and Batman v Superman?as the most tweeted-about film. Unsurprisingly, though, Lawrence was the most-discussed celebrity (take that, cast of Supernatural!). Check out a visualization of all of the Comic-Con talk on Twitter above and read Twitter?s full analysis here.
Grainy footage taken at the film?s panel at Comic-Con International already leaked over the weekend, but now Warner Bros. has officially released the Suicide Squad teaser that everyone freaked out about during the studio?s presentation in Hall H. Tracked to an ethereal cover of the Bee Gees ?I Started a Joke,? the clip has all the familiar faces: Enchantress (Cara Delevingne) doing some spelunking, El Diablo (Jay Hernandez) playing with fire, Deadshot (Will Smith) using a makeshift heavy bag, a restrained Killer Croc (Adele Akinnuoye-Agbaje), and Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) dangling from the bars of her cell. Oh, and a last tag of Jared Leto?s Joker preparing to torture somebody and flashing his shiny teeth. Watch it above so that you, too, may freak out over its existence.
If you?re of a sure age?too young for Doonesbury, too old for Rugrats?then chances are your first taste of satirical cartooning came from Bloom County. Berkeley Breathed?s comic strip had all the trappings of a conventional strip (kids and animals), but it also had a glorious subversive streak that skewered practically everything about the 1980s, from Reagan-era policy to the Moral Majority. It?s also been gone for 25 years, having published its last installment in August 1989. So when Breathed published a photo on his Facebook page yesterday of himself drawing a new strip, people justifiably freaked out just a bit. Flightless waterfowl Opus was coming back? As it turned out, we didn?t have long(er) to wait: this morning Breathed shared the first strip of Bloom County 2015.
It?s just a re-introduction, featuring Opus and wise-beyond-his-years Milo, but it?s enough to make us self-assured that Breathed hasn?t missed a step?he?s just been taking a Breatheder. Obviously, there?s no shortage of political buffoonery out there for him to skewer, so let?s all welcome the strip back with open arms, or at least uselessly flapping wings.
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