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- Is 'Breaking Bad' a 'Walking Dead' Prequel? Netflix Explores the Fan Theory
- 'xXx: Return of Xander Cage' Trailer: Vin Diesel Is Back to Save the Day
- Will 'Monsters, Inc.' Get a Sequel? Director Pete Docter Weighs in
- Watch Jimmy Kimmel Try His Infamous Halloween Candy Prank on His Own Kid
- Joel Edgerton Urges You to See 'Loving' and Question Your Role in History
- Michael Fassbender Doesn't Want to Play James Bond, Suggests a Woman
- Netflix Cancels 'Longmire' After Sixth and Final Season
- Animals Dream on in New 'Sing' Trailer
- Emma Watson and Dan Stevens Dance in First Live-Action 'Beauty and the Beast' Photos
- 'The Walking Dead' Season 7: 'Negan Gives Maggie Vengeance'
- 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 Spoilers on Cersei's Debt & a 17-Character Scene
- Netflix's 'The Crown': How John Lithgow Conquered Fear Itself to Play Winston Churchill
- Johnny Depp's Grindelwald Spotted in 'Fantastic Beasts' Featurette
- 23 Things You Didn't Know About Stephen King's 'Carrie'
- Emma Watson Has Been Hiding Books on the London Underground
- 6 Things You Need to Know Before Seeing Marvel's 'Doctor Strange'
| Is 'Breaking Bad' a 'Walking Dead' Prequel? Netflix Explores the Fan Theory Posted:  "Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead" might have more in common than both being AMC hits. In fact, one fan theory goes so far as to suggest that the 2008 meth-centric drama is a prequel to the 2010 zombie series.The theory has been floating around for years, but it just got a major boost thanks to Netflix. The streamer today dropped a new video that explores the possibility in-depth, showing just how "Breaking Bad" chemistry teacher-turned-drug kingpin Walter White could be linked to the "Walking Dead" zombie epidemic. It's not as far-fetched as you might think. Like any good theory, it offers compelling evidence, namely four surprising connections. The theory isn't perfect, but there's enough there to make you wonder. All told, the video rates it a five out of 10 on believability, but it gets a perfect 10 when it comes to entertainment value. Watch the video below to see if you're convinced. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'xXx: Return of Xander Cage' Trailer: Vin Diesel Is Back to Save the Day Posted:  When it's time to bust out the big guns, you bring in Vin Diesel -- just look at the latest trailer for "xXx: Return of Xander Cage."The third film in the xXx franchise, the action flick brings back Diesel as the titular government op. This time around, he's up against "four very dangerous guys" who have gotten their hands on a device that controls every military satellite in the world. He'll use everything from a skateboard to a motorcycle (in the ocean, no less) to stop them. As Cage works to "kick some ass, get the girl, and try to look dope" while doing it, there will be no shortage of one-liners, action sequences, and explosions. Directed by D. J. Caruso, "xXx: Return of Xander Cage" stars Diesel, Deepika Padukone, Donnie Yen, Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev, Rory McCann, and Samuel L. Jackson. Catch the movie in theaters on Jan. 20. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Will 'Monsters, Inc.' Get a Sequel? Director Pete Docter Weighs in Posted:  "Monsters, Inc." turned 15 today, and all many fans want for the film's birthday is a sequel.In spite of the rumors, that gift doesn't seem likely to materialize anytime soon. Director Pete Docter recently discussed the possibility with Entertainment Weekly, and he revealed that the team very intentionally opted for a prequel -- 2013's "Monsters University" -- instead of reuniting monsters Sulley (John Goodman) and Wazowski (Billy Crystal) with human Boo (Mary Gibbs). "We purposely went with a prequel for 'Monsters University' because we didn't want to answer some of the questions about what happens to Boo, and how does she grow up, and things like that," said Docter. However, he didn't rule out the possibility of a sequel entirely. "You never say never -- who knows what will happen?" he told EW. "It would have to be really compelling, which is hopefully the benchmark for all of our sequels, anyway." Of course, Disney-Pixar fans know that you patience can pay off. It took 13 years for "Finding Nemo" to get its sequel, but "Finding Dory" was well worth the wait. Boo might see "Kitty" again yet. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Watch Jimmy Kimmel Try His Infamous Halloween Candy Prank on His Own Kid Posted:  For the sixth year in a row, Jimmy Kimmel encouraged parents to terrorize their children by telling them they ate all of their Halloween candy, and he even tried the infamous prank out on his own child.With his daughter, Jane, having turned 2 this year, she was finally old enough both to Trick-or-Treat and to be a part of the annual "Jimmy Kimmel Live" tradition. The day after Halloween, Kimmel set her up in her highchair and broke the bad news -- all while filming for the show. What resulted was reaction that "confuses" the late-night show host. Instead of the melting down into tantrums, tears, and even curse words like some of the other kids whose reactions were sent in, Jane took a different route. Not every kid took the news so well. In fact, some got downright vicious with their parents. And they make it seem like taking candy from a baby is so easy. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Joel Edgerton Urges You to See 'Loving' and Question Your Role in History Posted:
"Loving," based on the 1967 Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, which voided all anti-miscegenation laws in the United States and made all interracial marriages legal, skirts the "based on a true story" grandiosity, making way for a deeper, quieter look at the lives of Richard and Mildred Loving (Ruth Negga). We got a chance to sit down with Edgerton recently to talk about his portrayal of Richard Loving, his insight into the American political climate, the part we all play in prejudice, and the possibility of an Oscar nomination. Your character, Richard Loving, is more of a quiet man; there's little dialogue, it's more in your body and face. How did you prepare for something like that? We actually have a lot of footage of the Lovings because Nancy Buirski's documentary, "The Loving Story," really tells the story of them -- the second half is really about the court case. In the first half, we see Richard and Mildred at home, interacting together and with the kids. Then she sent Jeff this kind of archival footage; there was so much she couldn't put it all in the documentary. It gave Ruth and I a chance to check out all the external things, like how they walked, the posture, the sound of the voice. Of course, that gives you enough to get to a point of mimicry. The real question is about investigating between the lines, between the couple, what was going on between the two of them. What was it that they felt for each other, and also, what were Richard and Mildred like when the cameras weren't pointed at them, because they're both very shy. I actually went to bricklaying school, you know, because Richard was a bricklayer and I thought I'd save Jeff time on set by not standing there on the day going "Ah, so what do you call this, and where do I put the brick?" But it informed so much about posture and, on a sort of a weird parallel to a metaphorical level, gave an interesting sort of analogy, I guess, to the bearing down pressure that Richard was -- really, he felt weighed down by this. Mildred was the one who had that sort of steel rod in her spine. So, a lot of looking and investigating and listening and you know, trying to hit that center of the dartboard that Jeff wanted in terms of accuracy. But, he's the real hero, Jeff, because he was the one observant enough to craft the screenplay that really paid homage to the two of them and really spelled out what, really, love is between certain couples, that it isn't about overtures of love, that it isn't about sex scenes on film; it's about that silent stuff that goes between two people. Were you able to shoot on location? Yeah, we shot in Richmond. What was your experience living and working there? It was pretty special. It was very special to shoot the movie where the story took place. It just does something extra. It has an extra charge to it. We shot in the courthouse, that's still standing, and hasn't really changed at all -- that first courthouse, where they were told "Go live somewhere else." We shot outside the real jail, where Richard and Mildred were kept, and visited inside the jail -- we didn't shoot inside. We visited the graveyard where they're buried, and it just gave us something extra by being there. Beautiful place. Being that you're actually Australian, and this is about an American story and court case, when you took a look at the script, what was the first thought about this particular case that actually happened so recently, as far as history goes? Right! It's so recent, it's so -- it feels like -- wow, this happened 50 years ago, and yet, you also look at different corners of the world and here, and go -- "Uh, it's really still going on." The same issues swirl around, and at different times they become hotter topics than others. But, as Jeff points out, equality is not something that we will one day solve and then move on. I think we always have to be mindful and we always have to find new ways to keep the conversation at a place where we can all listen, and to drag it back from the intensity. Because the intensity causes confusion and violence. But, you know, I never knew about the story. The first person who told me about Richard and Mildred Loving was Jeff Nichols, and I was like, "Oh, yeah, that makes sense. I'm off the hook, 'cause I'm Australian." But then, not very many American people -- particularly white American people -- knew who Richard and Mildred were. A lot of young African-American kids came up to me since making the film and they're like, "This is my mom and dad's story," or, "This is my uncle's story." But I really hope, apart from the sympathetic people who have the empathy or connection to the story in their own life, the people, like me, who have a very smooth, middle class, never-experienced-injustice kind of life come to see this movie, because it's about welcoming people in to have an empathetic experience with two people. Richard and Mildred represent, to me, anybody that suffers judgment based on otherness. I think Jeff invites you in to watch them just be people, living their lives, up against a big obstacle. Come out of that film and I challenge anybody -- I challenge people to then go, "Where does judgment live in my brain? How does that affect other people, and how can I maybe re-examine that?" How did it change your perception of this country in general? With this story and what's going on in our political climate right now, how is it making you view the U.S. in general? Well, I think all democracies are interesting, because obviously democracy is -- we just assume everybody has the same rights and freedoms. But they really don't, when we're all balls down and you really come to take apart all the pieces of it. My country is not that dissimilar. I think most people are generally pretty apathetic when it comes to politics because life's pretty crazy in Australia, but we're still not there on gay marriage, which is very shameful. We have our own complicated racial history and racial tensions that exist today that are not that dissimilar. We don't have a history of open slavery as existed in America. But I'm very fascinated by that aspect, cause we don't have that in Australia, the African-American experience and the civil rights timeline. I just recently watched "The 13th," the documentary Ava DuVernay made, and I learned more from watching that, you know, about prison systems. Look, I love this place, and this place provides a lot for me, but I also realize that it's a hard place for a lot of people to live, and, in general, sometimes that relates to the color of their skin. I don't truly believe that, under the democratic system that you have here, everybody gets the same shot at the target. Would you say it's changed your view on racial relations as a whole? I only have experience here in the States, obviously, but you travel often, so you've got a wider view. How has it changed your mindset? You know, I feel like I've always been a pretty liberal and open-minded person. I think what it's really done is made me really slip into the shoes of someone else's life. I think I saw things more through a window before, and by experiencing Richard and Mildred's life -- it's not to say that I'm now inside the room, but I have more of an empathy for what it might be like, for example, to be in your bed and have your door knocked down and to have the Sheriff come into your bedroom, to be constantly harassed in a way that other people wouldn't, purely based on the way you look or where you're from. Also, in terms of the stretch of the entire timeline of slavery to where America is in terms of equality and rights for African-American people, I just find this deep sadness about a group of people who were essentially kidnapped, brought somewhere they didn't really want to be, struggle to become free, and then really still have not been handed that right through a series of complicated and difficult legal and political kind of social situations. Essentially that's still -- that situation has not been resolved. And I think that's f*cking awful. There's somewhat of a trend going on, especially with films like "Loving," "12 Years a Slave," and the popularity of "Hamilton" is that, lately, we're really focused on history. Do you think there's something positive that could come of people watching art based on the past? I wonder if sometimes time allows the truth to be told. I know when I was in grade school, elementary school -- grade school? I recall -- and I may be just imagining this -- that we weren't really told the full truth about the history of, say, European settlement in Australia. Yet, now I feel like that truth is told more and I wonder if the distance of time allows people -- because it's the next generation, or the generation after that -- [to acknowledge] what happened years ago, whereas the people responsible at the time probably experienced a lot of shame. I think when change happens, too -- I've thought a lot about this -- when change happens, the people that stood in the way of change become the villains of the story. But it's amazing how, when change does happen, everybody stands on the side of change and goes, "Yeah, that's what I wanted, too!" But I think it's good that the real narrative gets told, even if it is generations late, especially if it has a connection to what's happening still today, because then it's not just a period piece; it's kind of a -- it's a mirror to current events. There's a lot of Oscar buzz going around. Does it add a little bit of pressure? It adds a bit of pressure to me. I always worry about -- that it would allow me to buy a ticket to my own parade, you know what I mean? Because that sort of talk does definitely stroke the ego, and I have to acknowledge that, accept that on a bigger picture level. It's great for us, being a small movie. I know what it's like. Most of the movies I make are very small, and it means you don't have the money to really push them out into the world. What you're hoping for is that they catch fire. To have that scrutiny on it in terms of this as a smart, special movie that might be nominated for awards, that means that there's more publicity out there, that there are more eyes and ears interested in the movie. So, on a personal level, that's a different story, but on a macro level, it's pretty cool. "Loving" opens November 4. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Michael Fassbender Doesn't Want to Play James Bond, Suggests a Woman Posted:  Don't call Michael Fassbender Bond, James Bond.The British actor's name has repeatedly come up as a possible contender to take over for Daniel Craig as the iconic spy. But in an interview with GQ UK, Fassbender takes himself out of the running. "To be honest, no," he replied when asked if he'd consider it. "As an acting role, I think Daniel has done such a cracking job in this age group." Fassbender is a decade younger than Craig, but he still believes the next Bond should be young — and explore his origins. Even if the Oscar nominee and star of "Assassin's Creed" and "The Light Between Oceans" doesn't want the role, he has definite ideas for the franchise's future. "What about we start the film back in Sandhurst, army training, rather than on a yacht," he suggested. "The film could start off in Sandhurst and how he became a 'double 0'. M could walk in and say to him, 'Bond, there's a 00 project but it's going to be totally off the book, black ops, and you've got to go into prison undetected.'" He's got an even edgier idea than the origin story: "How about Jane Bond? A woman." Maybe Fassbender should consider a career in screenwriting! Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Netflix Cancels 'Longmire' After Sixth and Final Season Posted:  So long, "Longmire." Netflix announced it is cancelling the Western crime drama after a sixth and final season. The series, which stars Robert Taylor, Katee Sackhoff, and Lou Diamond Phillips, will return with 10 episodes sometime in in 2017. Season 5 premiered Sept. 23. The streaming service rescued "Longmire" after it was canceled by A&E after three seasons. Even though it was the cable network's most-watched scripted series, network executives worried that the audience for "Longmire" was too old to appeal to advertisers. Angry fans launched a massive "save the show" campaign, which proved successful. "We are grateful to Netflix for the opportunity to compose a closing chapter for these beloved characters that inspires lasting memories. Most importantly, we're committed to delivering a dynamic and satisfying conclusion to our fans that rewards their longtime loyalty," executive producers Greer Shephard, Hunt Baldwin and John Coveny said in a statement. This is one of the few original series Netflix has canceled. Earlier this year, it gave "Bloodline" a third and final season. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Animals Dream on in New 'Sing' Trailer Posted:  Missing "American Idol"? Here's essentially "Animal Idol" to take its place.A new trailer for the animated movie "Sing" gives us a more in-depth look at the animal singers competing for stardom — pigs, koalas, elephants, gorillas, and more. All of them are grappling with personal issues that only their passion for music can soothe and solve. The animation looks good and the story resonates, not surprising since it's made by the same company (Illumination) that brought you "Despicable Me" and "The Secret Life of Pets." And with a soundtrack of over 65 covers, the movie should appeal to all those people who love tuning into reality singing competitions. "Sing" opens in theaters December 21. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Emma Watson and Dan Stevens Dance in First Live-Action 'Beauty and the Beast' Photos Posted:  Disney's live-action remake of "Beauty and the Beast" is finally opening the curtains to give us a sneak peek at the movie — including how Dan Stevens' titular Beast will look!Entertainment Weekly unveiled the cover of its new issue, which features Stevens and Emma Watson as Belle in the iconic dancing pose:  EW also revealed other photos from the movie, including a lineup of Cogsworth (Ian McKellen), Mrs. Potts (Emma Thompson), Lumière (Ewan McGregor), and Plumette (Gugu Mbatha-Raw). Gaston (Luke Evans) and Le Fou (Josh Gadd) can be seen riding horses, as well.The images provide the first real glimpse at the CGI Beast. Stevens is unrecognizable under special effects giving him horns and fur. With the movie's release just a few months away, we're likely to get more sneak peeks at the movie, including a full-length trailer over the holiday season. "Beauty and the Beast" opens in theaters March 17, 2017. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'The Walking Dead' Season 7: 'Negan Gives Maggie Vengeance' Posted:  Hell hath no fury like a pregnant, pissed-off Maggie in "The Walking Dead" Season 7. Maggie (Lauren Cohan) was having a bad day even before she ended up watching the love of her life bashed to bits in "The Walking Dead" Season 7 premiere. She got a haircut -- haircuts are cursed on this show, nothing good follows a haircut -- then felt sharp pains in her stomach. Rick Grimes and the group were taking her to Hilltop when everything happened with Negan, Abraham, and Glenn. We saw Rick go through several stages of breaking down, and Norman Reedus said Daryl never forgives himself for Glenn's death, and loses his fight. But Lauren Cohan told Entertainment Weekly that Negan's actions "light this crazy fuse" in Maggie that we see in her from this point forward. She may be too ready to fight. Here's part of what Cohan told EW about Maggie's future:
That "I'll find you" -- and the dream sequence of the future, and Rick saying Glenn was "our family too" -- that nearly killed us. Maggie has lost people before, but losing Glenn like that ... it's too much.
It will be interesting to see how she balances this anger and need for revenge with her other need to stay calm and healthy and protect the baby growing inside of her. She can't just run out and attack Negan, even if she was the first one ready to fight back. "Walking Dead" comic book fans know Maggie's story from here, and it does seem like the TV show plans to keep her on the path to Hilltop, but we don't know what other "remix" twists might be in her future. Sasha joining her is a twist, since Sasha is not in the comic. On TV, they are both grieving lost loves, and we left them on the way to Hilltop, where we have to hope the community embraces them and doesn't blame them in any way for the failure to defeat the Saviors.
Here's more from Cohan to EW on the Maggie/Sasha bond:
We haven't forgotten how Maggie and Sasha bonded back in Season 4, when Sasha and her other lost love, Bob, joined Maggie in the search for Glenn. These women just can't catch a break with loved ones, but at least they are still surviving, together. "The Walking Dead" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 Spoilers on Cersei's Debt & a 17-Character Scene Posted:  Are you ready for the ultimate dragon mosh pit? "Game of Thrones" Season 7 is now filming, and Watchers on the Wall has been sharing a steady stream of on-set spoilers. Because the HBO series has been doing so much shooting in the great outdoors, including in Spain, there have been many leaks showing characters in action. However, WoTW's latest report doesn't feature any set footage, it's an update on the massive Dragonpit scene -- which will feature at least 17 "confirmed" characters -- and details on Queen Cersei Lannister's latest big (and probably bad) decision. DRAGONPIT Here's WotW's latest update:
That's insane! Yes, we should be cautious and remember that nothing is confirmed, and it's possible The Powers That Be are trying to throw fans off the scent with false trails. But that many false trails? No. Too expensive and time-consuming. Besides, knowing what's ahead never stopped book fans from enjoying the show, so just hearing a bunch of characters might be in a big scene together is certainly not going to "spoil" anything. It just makes us want the new season to start NOW. CERSEI'S DEBT
Hmm. Is there any wildfire left? It does seem like, knowing Cersei, she won't break out a checkbook or start a payment plan. She'll probably end up ticking off another potential enemy. But we'll see. She could surprise us yet. Catch up on other recent major spoilers here and here. "Game of Thrones" Season 7 will premiere in summer 2017 on HBO. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Netflix's 'The Crown': How John Lithgow Conquered Fear Itself to Play Winston Churchill Posted:  After John Lithgow's long and diverse acting career filled with highlight after highlight -- from Academy Award-nominated turns in "The World According to Garp" and "Terms of Endearment" to enduring pop culture hits like "Footloose" and "Shrek" to Emmy-winning stints on "3rd Rock From the Sun" and "Dexter" -- the actor certainly qualifies as an eminence grise among his peers. And now he gets to play the ultimate elder statesman: Sir Winston Churchill.Lithgow is the sole American among the cast of "The Crown," the lavish new Netflix series about England's royal house of Windsor from creator Peter Morgan, the writer who a decade prior crafted the screenplay for the film "The Queen," featuring Helen Mirren's much-awarded portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II. "The Crown," which premieres Nov. 4, turns back the clock to 1947, chronicling an era including her wedding, her coronation as monarch in 1952 and the earliest years of her reign. Churchill, of course, was a renowned figure during the period as the indomitable British prime minister who helped chart the Allied victory over the Axis powers in World War II, and he was well into his 80s when he began his second stint as prime minister just as the queen began her rule. And as Lithgow reveals to Moviefone, all the acting awards on his shelf didn't quell an initial trepidation when it came to taking on one of the most influential, revered and recognizable figures of the 20th Century. But he quickly realized that the only thing he had to fear was fear itself. What was the experience like being the sole American in the cast? Was it a really educational thing? A culturally enlightening thing? John Lithgow: It was the best eight months of my professional life. I just had a wonderful time. I mean, I've done a lot of work in England. I went to drama school for two years in England way, way back. I worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, and I've played lots of Englishman to the point where half of America thinks I'm English, and half of the U.K. thinks I'm English. It's not a role I would have ever dreamed of casting myself in. I was so surprised when [executive producer Stephen] Daldry called and offered it to me. The big challenge was just overcoming this feeling that all eyes are on me, more than any of the other actors in the cast. Also, of all the cast of characters, Churchill is the best known. Even more well-known than the queen, and as an old man. I was playing him as an old man. I was playing him 10 years older than I am. So for all those reasons, I simply had to forget about what other people think. Did you hesitate to take the role? Churchill's such an icon of historical significance. Oh, I wasn't going to say "no" to it. My agents called and I said "yes" within the first 30 seconds. Because of Churchill, because of Peter, because of Stephen Daldry and Netflix. It just immediately seemed like a dream job. It completely disrupted my life. I mean, eight months in England. My wife took a sabbatical and joined me for six months. We lived the life of an English couple in North London, and had a completely wonderful time. You just felt that you were working with the best of the best. The actors -- Alex Jennings, Dame Eileen Atkins, Claire Foy, Vanessa Kirby and Matt Smith -- are just remarkable people. Some of whom I'd worked with. Eileen Atkins is an old, old friend. Alex Jennings is a great friend. But all of them were working stiffs in London theater, and the best of the best. You've done the three-camera sitcom format before in front of a live audience, and done hour-long drama for cable. How does this experience compare? It was very much filmmaking. You felt like you were doing absolutely top of the line movie-making. All of the designers were Oscar-winning, Emmy-winning, multiple Emmy-winning designers. You just felt like you were in very good hands, and they were going to do everything they could to make your performance work. I just had to do my part and learn my lines. How long did it take to get into hair and makeup every day? Actually, very quickly. We tried to do as little makeup ... it was all done with a wig -- an extraordinary wig that made me even more bald than I am! And something inside my mouth, to just change the shape of my face, but nothing painted on. What were those nuggets of gold you found about the real Churchill in your research that you were able to hang some of your performance on? There's a remarkable little scrap of video, I believe this story is correct, they were trying to decide who was going to give the big Tory television speech in like the first year it was ever on television. And they basically auditioned Churchill, and there's this little scrap of this with the clapper -- "Winston Churchill, take one" -- and he speaks [imitates Churchill's grumble] a bit of doggerel verse, and he spoke the first sentence, and then dried, he couldn't think of what was next. And he suddenly [sputters animatedly as Churchill] talked off camera. "I can't remember a thing!" That little moment was the real Churchill, as opposed to the public Churchill, and it was a moment when he was trying to do his best to present the public Churchill. That to me was like opening a door in a dark room and having light pour in. Afterwards, I discovered a remarkable video in the Churchill Museum, which was all MOS -- you didn't hear any dialogue. It was total silence. But he was just so animated. You think of him with long ... pauses ... between ... his ... words. No, he spoke extremely fast, to the point where you could barely understand the man. Why do you think Churchill put on that persona in public? He was an orator. He was a politician and an orator. There was a wonderful actor-ish streak in him. He loved to move people. He had an extraordinary wit. He loved to make them laugh. He also loved to stir them ... Everything you already know about Churchill, I think, is true. He was deeply patriotic in the sense of the entire empire. He was the only Victorian. He was the only person who had served under Queen Victoria. His view of England was the view of the very center of a huge empire. So, for him, growing old was facing mortality, but it was also watching the empire fall apart. So a man with a lot going on emotionally, as an old, old man. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Johnny Depp's Grindelwald Spotted in 'Fantastic Beasts' Featurette Posted:
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| 23 Things You Didn't Know About Stephen King's 'Carrie' Posted:
3. Eventually, of course, Lucas cast Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia (after De Palma had picked Sissy Spacek over Fisher for Carrie) and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, while Irving and Katt wound up in supporting roles in De Palma's film. Even so, Irving and Fisher ended up becoming close friends. 9. To keep the red stains on her prom dress and all over her body consistent throughout the three days it took to shoot the prom sequence, Spacek slept in the bloody gown. Yeah, it wasn't really pig blood, just corn syrup and food coloring. Still, De Palma said that it made Spacek smell like gummy candy that had been sitting on a radiator. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Emma Watson Has Been Hiding Books on the London Underground Posted:
Actress Emma Watson has been dropping copies of Maya Angelou's "Mom & Me & Mom" all over the London subway system. She's not just bored. As Entertainment Weekly described, she's doing this as a collaboration between the Books on the Underground project and her feminist book club, Our Shared Self. It's not only cool to think of randomly picking up a book while commuting to work or school, but you have to imagine being the girl in the escalator photo who looked back, probably wondering, "Was that Emma Watson?" It was! She's like a house elf leaving things for muggles on the sly. Here are photos documenting Watson's adventures around the Tube: More people should hide books like this -- unless the cops show up and say, "You can't just leave this here, that's littering." But randomly placed mini libraries are wonderful treats, and if we were in London this week we'd definitely look for copies, and not just blow off Emma Watson as if that's not freaking Emma Watson right there in front of you! Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 6 Things You Need to Know Before Seeing Marvel's 'Doctor Strange' Posted:
Benedict Cumberbatch dons a cool cloak and even cooler facial hair to play the latest Avenger to get a live-action origin story. Before heading to the theater, check out our list of the six essential things you need to know about Marvel's newest cinematic hero. Like the former, it's an origin story about a rich, arrogant man suffering a violent tragedy that sets him on the path to learning humility and putting his talents to more noble use. Like "Begins," that hero's journey requires Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to travel the globe as he seeks enlightenment and trains to become a superhero. The film will introduce several key players in the magical community, each of whom will react differently to the sudden appearance of this cocky, skeptical rookie. That group will include Wong (Benedict Wong) and Karl Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor). And while Mordo is one of Strange's main villains in the comics, he appears to be -- for now an ally. Expect Mordo to find himself on the path to the "Dark Side" by the end of the movie. 4. The Big Bad Has a Score to Settle Cumberbatch is set to shoot his role "Avengers: Infinity War" early next year. With the Avengers in shambles after the events of "Civil War," Tony Stark has to find new recruits somewhere. And who better than a man who can bend reality and make the impossible happen? 6. You Will Want to Stay for the End Credits Here's opening the first movie casts a big enough spell on the box office to warrant more chapters. "Doctor Strange" hits theaters Friday. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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The film is also veering away from the source material by not emphasizing one of Strange's main villains. While the demonic entity Dormammu has an influence on the plot, the main baddie driving the story is a minor one from the comics, Kaecilius (
Those who aren't up to date on the Marvel Cinematic Universe needn't worry about diving in with Doctor Strange. This is (largely) a standalone adventure, unlike more recent Marvel films. 
Only the fans love Marvel's end-credits stings more than the studio does. And this time around, audiences will get two scenes. One helps set the stage for "Thor: Ragnarok" with some help from a certain Avenger, and the other, well, that sets the stage for (fingers crossed) a sequel to "Doctor Strange."| You are subscribed to email updates from Moviefone News RSS Feed - Moviefone.com. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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