Action stars are cool and all, but the ones who love performing their own stunts are of a different breed, and Arnold Schwarzenegger is, in fact, of that breed. I suspect the man enjoyed the thrill of proving he could do everything his character could. He famously once pushed himself a little too far while filming […]

What makes a good movie kiss? Is it the chemistry of the actors mixed with the proper lighting? Is it the combination of the narrative and the right director? Maybe it is just a random bit of cinematic circumstances falling into place. There’s no easy way to explain the success of Hollywood’s most outstanding smooches, […]

The Star Trek family has lost another icon: Nichelle Nichols, who played Nyota Uhura in “Star Trek: The Original Series,” has died at the age of 89. Although Nichols had many great accomplishments in her life, including working for NASA and being awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she will always be remembered for […]

Looking at Josh Brolin’s performances in the ambitious superhero two-parter “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame,” you wouldn’t think that he was the type of actor to succumb to pressure. Brolin is no stranger to comic book adaptations, having been in the running to portray Batman in the DC Extended Universe before the role went […]

An actor’s performance can change how a character is written — even when that performance is coming from inside a recording booth. Lauren Tom, the voice of Amy Wong on “Futurama,” is one such performance. No space travel show is complete without an engineer character, and it seems that early in development, Amy was supposed […]

Big TV crossover events aren’t nearly as ubiquitous as they used to be. Forget about huge interconnected universes like the Arrowverse and don’t even get me started on the many Marvel heroes beginning to cross paths on Disney+. I’m talking about the magic of “Scoobynatural,” or that time the Simpsons met the Griffins when “Family […]

“It was all just a dream” is one of the most annoying plot twists that science fiction movies can use. Even if a great movie precedes it, revealing that nothing in the plot mattered is a pretty good way to leave your audience disappointed. That being said, dreams can be used effectively in science fiction […]

(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “The Beastmaster” (1982) Where You Can Stream It: Amazon Prime The Pitch: Family entertainment was a bit of a different beast in the ’80s, […]

If you were at San Diego Comic-Con, you likely saw a large billboard for a new animated series called “Krapopolis” through the windows of the convention center. It showed some characters that looked like they were from ancient Greece, and under the title, the billboard read, “From Dan Harmon, co-creator of ‘Rick and Morty,’” which […]

When the Wisconsin-born trio of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker (aka ZAZ) unleashed the comedy hit of 1980 in “Airplane!” (which shockingly outgrossed the higher-profile “Caddyshack”), Hollywood immediately set out to capitalize on the boys’ relentless brand of spoofery. ZAZ’s gag-a-second style was a dream come true for box-office obsessed studios; the jokes […]