The 15 Best Law & Order Characters Ranked “Law & Order” is the series that just won’t quit. The first episode of the long-running franchise aired in the fall of 1990 and would continue to thrive for another 20 years, generating six spin-off series, UK and Russian versions, a TV movie, and eventually a revival of the OG series. “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Law And Order: Organized Crime” are still on the air....
The Classic Crime Novel That Inspired The Big Lebowski The Coen Brothers' 1998 film “The Big Lebowski” has become a cult hit of the highest order, inspiring annual conventions in both Louisville, KY (Lebowski Fest) and England (The Dude Abides). It’s odd that such a nonchalant feature film should move so many to such passion — surely the more appropriate response would be hole up with a White Russian (if you’re over 21!...
The Final Girls Director Todd Strauss-Schulson To Helm The Pitch Perfect Series Pilot Peacock’s"Pitch Perfect" spinoff seriesjust found its director. Todd Strauss-Schulson, the filmmaker behind the meta slasher flick, “The Final Girls” and the similarly self-aware rom-com parody “Isn’t It Romantic,” is officially entering his a capella phase. Strauss-Schulson has signed on to direct the first two episodes of the spinoff series, also titled “Pitch Perfect.” The project marks the directors return to television, after helming episodes of Amazon Prime Video’s “Betas” and MTV series like “Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous” and “The Inbetweeners....
The Morning Watch: ‘The Defenders’ Easter Eggs, Where ‘Finding Dory’ Went Wrong & More (The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, despite Pixar’s track record, a video essay explores how they thinkFinding Dorywent wrong....
The Morning Watch: Hollywood Creature Performers, Stuntmen React To Movies Again & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, find out what it takes to be a Hollywoodcreature performerthat stands in for computer generated animals on film sets likeDumbo....
The Runaways Movie Trailer: Fast, Cheap And Hopefully Out Of Control Floria Sigismondi’s account of the formation and early career ofThe Runawaysis opening soon, and here’s the first full trailer for the film. It’s a a lot better than the teaser, as it goes slightly lighter on all the world-changing crap and shows off the characters and the LA dives and parties in which they came together.Yahoohas the trailer, and I wonder if the film will look as washed out on screen as it does in the trailer....
The Unsung Hero Of Stephen King’s It Was A Giant Turtle Named Maturin Pennywise the Dancing Clown is one of the most iconic horror villains of all time. This child-killing shapeshifter represents all that is evil in Stephen King’s “It,” but did you know that he had an equally powerful supernatural adversary? His name was Maturin, he was wise and compassionate, and he stepped in to help humanity from time to time, including the brave band of children that dared to stand up to Pennywise....
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Rescheduled For Late Summer 2021 The2020 Tokyo Olympic Gamesare just one of the many major events being delayed in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak across the world. Since gathering hundreds of thousands of people together for athletic events isn’t wise during a time of widespread illness, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were pushed to an undetermined time. But now the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has set new dates for late summer in 2021, giving everyone “the maximum time to deal with the constantly changing landscape and the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic....
Two Kids Patrol The Wasteland In A Custom ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Power Wheels Some kids are satisfied with going to the store and picking out a Halloween costume that was made in China. But other kids are fortunate enough to have parents who are a whiz with technology and craftsmanship and use it to create some truly impressive costumes.Cory and Jeremy Newton-Smithare those kind of parents. The couple decided to not only dress up their kids as the most adorable MaxRocatansky and Imperator Furiosa you’ve ever seen, but they also built them a customMad MaxPower WheelsWar Rig for cruising around the wasteland (or at least their neighborhood)....
Video: ‘Star Wars: Rise Of The Resistance’ Might Be One Of The Best Theme Park Rides Of All Time WhenStar Wars: Galaxy’s Edgeopened, I was totally blown away by the highly immersive land designed by Walt Disney Imagineering. While the land transported me into theStar Warsgalaxy like never before at the grand opening, it was really only half-finished. Batuu’s signature E-ticket attraction,Rise of the Resistance, was not ready for opening day....
VOTD: Watch Dave Chappelle’s 2019 Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech ComedianDave Chappellewas the 2019 recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor last fall. The ceremony just recently aired on PBS, and the comedian’s full acceptance speech has been made available online for your entertainment pleasure. In the acceptance speech, Dave Chappelle talks about the importance of different perspectives in comedy, even if you disagree with them. He implores us not to hate even the comedians who are doing racists bits, which is an interesting sentiment coming from a black comedian who has undoubtedly faced racism throughout his entire....
What Does The Neighborhood From ‘Edward Scissorhands’ Look Like 25 Years Later? One ofTim Burton’s best films is stillEdward ScissorhandsstarringJohnny Depp. This year just happens to mark the 25th anniversary of the peculiar suburban fantasy about a misfit creation named Edward who has scissors for hands who ends up being taken in by family who in many ways is just as strange as the title character. So what better time to revisit the neighborhood where Burton’s story unfolds?...
‘47 Ronin’ Pushed Back Yet Again, To Christmas 2013; New Dates For ‘Jurassic Park 3D’, ‘R.I.P.D.’, ‘Rush’, And More 2013 won’t even start for another four months, and Universal’s already shaking it up. The studio just announced a slew of scheduling changes for next year, some minor and some not so minor. The most significant shift is the one forCarl Erik Rinsch’s47 Ronin, which you may recall was originally scheduled to open this fall before Universalmovedit into August 18, 2025....
