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Few actors can play both villain and hero as well as Javier Bardem. For every iconic baddie he plays, like in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN and SKYFALL, he impresses on screen playing good men like in [...]

WARNING: SIGNIFICANT SPOILERS AHEAD. Thank God for Colman Domingo. He was so extraordinary in the series finale of EUPHORIA that he made the episode a lot more satisfying as the show’s end than [...]

It would probably be easier to just go with the nightmare vibe throughout the new horror movie BACKROOMS and enjoy how unsettling almost every visual is in this frightener from the 20-year-old [...]

Ever since her breakout role in the BBC American TV series ORPHAN BLACK, Tatiana Maslany has excelled at bringing neurosis to the forefront of narrative. She played multiple clones in the show [...]

There are various constants in the STAR WARS universe that vary little from project to project. All of the films, books, and streaming series are world-building. The production values are always [...]

I think if I could be a famous celebrity, it would be Stanley Tucci. I’ve been a fan of his since he played villainous guest star roles in shows like WISEGUY and THIRTYSOMETHING back in the 80s. [...]

Screenplays have storytelling beats that almost every film follows slavishly. An inciting incident happens in the first 10 minutes to get the plot rolling. At the half-hour mark, the hero’s goal [...]

One of the better trends in the film business these days is not only the explosion of filmmakers trying their hand at short films, but the fact that the public has access to such shorts like [...]

I love it when a sophomore season betters the first since it’s very difficult to do. And as terrific as the first American dramedy series BEEF was, the Netflix series created by Lee Sung Jin has [...]

One of the marvels of screenwriter/show-runner David E. Kelley has always been his unique ability to integrate varying shades of drama and comedy into one cohesive narrative. For most [...]