Sam Barsanti
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John Wick’s Chad Stahelski says Hollywood’s reluctance to use fake guns is all about money
One of Stahelski's first Hollywood jobs was standing in for Brandon Lee on The Crow, so he has some opinions on the topic → Read More
Yes, that was a real giraffe in the Last Of Us finale
The show handled one of the game's most iconic moments in a way that makes a lot of sense for live-action → Read More
Oscars 2023: Everything Everywhere All At Once wins Best Picture
The reality-breaking Daniels film has completed its incredible awards season run with a Best Picture win → Read More
Scream VI takes Manhattan and the top spot at the weekend box office
Adam Driver's 65 doesn't live up to the high bar set by previous dinosaur movies → Read More
Who’s more twisted, DC Comics villains or Masked Singer judges?
The wacky singing competition held its DC Superheroes Night this week, so let's see just how compatible these two universes are → Read More
The Mandalorian goes spelunking in a surprisingly productive episode
Din Djarin manages to get things done despite being knocked unconscious multiple times. → Read More
Michelle Yeoh shared an article highlighting systemic racism at the Oscars
Yeoh deleted her post later, but the article also argued that Yeoh deserves Best Actress over Cate Blanchett → Read More
Lucasfilm shelves Patty Jenkins and Kevin Feige Star Wars movies
And Taika Waititi wants to appear in the Star Wars movie he's making, which is also not surprising → Read More
Jon Bernthal will return as the Punisher in Daredevil: Born Again
They call Jon Bernthal the Punisher, ain't that right? The big bad Punisher. Well, he is the Punisher! → Read More
Even 44 seasons in, Survivor is still a better game than reality show
CBS's unstoppable series revels in being a bizarre and arcane challenge that reminds us it's not real. → Read More
Going Clear director Alex Gibney is making an “unvarnished examination” of Elon Musk
The same day that Twitter totally died for a few hours, an Oscar-winning filmmaker is preparing a documentary about its owner → Read More
Hulu finally kills The Devil In The White City
The greatest trick The Devil In The White City ever pulled was convincing the world that it would actually get made → Read More
Diego Luna is hyping up season 2 of Andor
Diego Luna says the creators of the show know what worked and also why it worked → Read More
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners takes home surprise win at Anime Awards
The video game tie-in took home Anime Of The Year ahead of Spy X Family and Demon Slayer → Read More
The cast of Seth Rogen’s new Ninja Turtles movie is totally radical
Never before have you seen a more famous person play a character named Mondo Gecko → Read More
Dune: The Sisterhood is having trouble learning to walk without rhythm
The HBO Max tie-in show has lost a director and one of its stars → Read More
Reluctant Traveler’s Venice episode breaks its premise…or perfects it
The Italian outing is jarringly off-brand and, perhaps, an encapsulation of Eugene Levy's actual attitude towards travel. → Read More
It sounds like Cara Dune will never come back to The Mandalorian
The creators of The Mandalorian thought about it, but there are simply too many Star Wars characters to waste any time on her → Read More
The Pokémon "game" that you play while sleeping is finally coming out this year
Pokémon Sleep and its Pokémon Go Plus Plus attachment will be available this summer → Read More
Courtney Cox also thought that Hayden Panettiere died in Scream 4
Everyone assumes Kirby died in Scream 4, but what this movie presupposes is... maybe she didn't? → Read More