For example, take “The Shining”: When it first came out, there were complaints across the board about its deviations from the text, the over-the-top performances from Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, and its slow pace. Nowadays, of course, it’s regularly considered one of the greatest horror movies ever made. Therefore, it shouldn’t be surprising that Kubrick’s final film, … Read more
The Annie Awards, the animation world’s top prize, introduced its Best Animated Feature award in 1992. And in the 30+ years since, there has always been at least one animated movie from either Disney or Pixar nominated for that Best Animated Feature prize. In many years, there were multiple Disney/Pixar nominees in the category. Until 2024. … Read more
No Tron sequel is easy to make, it seems. It was 28 years between Tron and Tron: Legacy, and it’s already been 13 years since Legacy without a third film. The proposed third film’s lead, Jared Leto, has been talking about the project, keeping hope for it alive, really, for quite a while now — and it actually looked like the movie … Read more
After 35 years as a staple of MTV on television as well as online, MTV News is no more. The division of the iconic cable TV channel was shut down this week amidst broader layoffs at its parent company, Paramount Global. Anyone who grew up in the ’80s and ’90s also grew up watching MTV … Read more
Blade may be tougher than vampires, but he’s no match for a writer’s strike. According to reports, Marvel has paused preproduction on Blade, their version of the vampire hero who became a major hit for Wesley Snipes in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The new film will star Mahershala Ali and be directed by … Read more
It’s the end of an era. Before Netflix popularized streaming movies over the internet, it rose to prominence with a unique business model: Sending customers DVDs through the mail. Subscribe to the old-school Netflix maintained a queue of movies they wanted to see and then Netflix mailed out the discs when they became available. When … Read more