Even when they focus on the experiences of children, the five films nominated for animated short Oscar are decidedly intended for adults. In these emotionally complex and visually distinctive shorts, the trauma of war, the […]
Short films require the same tools and sensibilities as features, and when they’re wonderful, they can be just as exemplary of cinema’s promise. Thankfully, the Academy Awards still honor them in three categories, and this […]
When Napoleon Dynamite hit the screens in 2004, it brought with it a flurry of quotes that would nestle into the crevices of pop culture. Today, let’s stroll down memory lane and chuckle over six […]
Movies are a two-way street. It might feel like you’re just passively absorbing the sights and sounds of Tom Cruise’s latest death wish, but what you bring to the film is just as important as what […]
EXCLUSIVE: FAST channel DOCUMENTARY+ has picked up worldwide rights to Ninety-Five Senses days after the film earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short. Ninety-Five Senses, produced by the “MAST” accelerator program of the Salt […]
So these three guys met at New York University in 2016. Fueled by a shared love of films like “Wet Hot American Summer,” “School of Rock” and “Napoleon Dynamite,” as well as chicken tenders in […]
You know what’s even better than your favorite TV show? More of your favorite TV show. But spin-offs are tricky business. Follow the wrong character or time period or lose the creative team that drives it, […]
David Lee Roth has posted another interpretive dance video, and it’s as strange as ever. This time, DLR is donning samurai garb — sword and all — though it’s the song choice that delivers the punchline: […]
West London indie risers Lip Filler announce self-titled debut EP / Release new single ‘Monster Truck’ Lip Filler image via Holly Whitaker Lip Filler return with their second single of 2023 ‘Monster Truck.’ London five-piece […]
Here’s a look at what critics had to say at the time: Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes Audiences, too, were either digging it or struggling to understand what the fuss (or, in […]
Continue Reading Below So why are Napoleon Dynamite’s cast part of this? The Cyko KO comic doesn’t share any similarities with the bizarro cult classic film, but their group casting might simply be a publicity […]
A24 A lot of movies are funny, but very few are funny on a cellular level. Few announce themselves as something different from the very first frames. Even most good comedies are mostly built from […]
Continue Reading Below Nerds started kicking some ass in the 2000s as well, with bespectacled Peter Parker showing off as the web-slinging Spider-Man. Related: Napoleon Dynamite: 15 Heck Yes Facts 2010s – Jesse Heiman Jesse […]
As you may have guessed from the fact that the filmmakers attended Brigham Young University, Jared and Jerusha are members of the Mormon church. While Jared was on his mission in Chicago, Hess met an […]
Imagine: shirtless Jason Momoa wielding a pickaxe as he attempts to stave off giant spiders, flesh-hungry zombies, and mobs of neon-green creepers that swarm at any chance they’re given. On April 18, Warner Bros. announced […]