This Week In Trailers: Crock Of Gold, City So Real, Zappa, Couples Therapy: The COVID Special, Murder On Middle Beach Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Trivia: Oscar-Nominated Makeup In ‘Dallas Buyer’s Club’ Cost $250 There’s not a letter or decimal point missing in that headline. Makeup artistRobin Mathews, who is nominated for an Oscar for her work onDallas Buyer’s Club, achieved the film’s impressive look on a budget of only $250 — that’s two hundred and fifty bucks for the whole thing, not just one scene or character. The other side of that budget is something more difficult to quantify; it’s a balance of time and effort, of experimentation and nights and weekends spent playing with technique rather than resting....

TV Bits: ‘Smash’ Renewed Without Creator, ‘American Horror Story’ Considered Mini Series, First Look At ‘The Carrie Diaries’ And More There is ton of TV News floating around right now, so we’ve pulled it all together for you. After the jump read more about the following: NBC’s Broadway-based dramaSmash, which is executive produced bySteven Spielberg, had a lot of pre-premiere buzz and has consistently garnered fairly good ratings since its debut....

Watch: Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ Behind-The-Scenes Sneak Peek Is “Like Walking Around Inside A Dream” WhenNeil Gaimanconceived of the twisted, terrifying, expansive world ofThe Sandmanmore than 30 years ago, it was limited to the pages of a comic book — and to his own strange mind. But soon we’re going to get an idea of what it’s like to step into Gaiman’s dreams with Netflix’sThe SandmanTV series, the long-awaited screen adaptation of Gaiman’s award-winning comics....

Wes Anderson Wants To Make A Horror Movie We all know what aWes Andersonmovie is. The co-writer/director behindMoonrise Kingdom,The Grand Budapest Hotel, andThe Royal Tenenbaumshas a distinct voice and style. Anderson is sometimes criticized for never leaving his wheelhouse, but, according to the director, he might venture far outside of his comfort zone with a horror movie. Learn more after the jump. After the success ofThe Grand Budapest HotelandMoonrise Kingdom, Anderson is at the top of his game....

What Is Going On With Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch?! Zack Snyderhas lost two moreSucker Punchcast members:Evan Rachel WoodandEmma Stonehave both dropped out due to “scheduling conflicts”. This comes one month after it was announced that the film’s leadAmanda Seyfriedwas forced to leave the project, also due to “scheduling conflicts”. Am I the only person that finds it strange that half of the announced cast have been forced to drop out due the scheduling issues?...

Who Directed The Post Credits Scene On ‘Thor’? Hint: It wasn’t Kenneth Branagh.Thoris still playing in theaters across the world and, if you’re reading this site, chances are you saw it and stayed until after the credits to see what Easter egg Marvel had in store for us. I won’t spoil what happens here, we’ll do that after the jump, but according to one of the actors in the scene, it was not directed byThordirectorKenneth Branagh, but rather byThe AvengersdirectorJoss Whedon....

Why Has Pete Davidson Garnered Such A Huge Following At SNL? Pete Davidson opened up his2020 Netflix stand-up specialhis set by mentioning how he felt after the finale of his first season on “Saturday Night Live.” The comedian said, “So it’s 2014 or ‘15, and it’s the finale of SNL, and I was so shocked and happy that I didn’t get fired, and this is a feeling that I get to relive every week… It’s really awesome....

‘13 Reasons Why’ Season 2 Officially Ordered By Netflix UPDATE: Netfix has officially ordered a second season of13 Reasons Why. The season will have 13 episodes and is slated to arrive sometime in2018. Details are sparse, but the show is said to continue in the aftermath of Hannah Baker’s death when the characters being their complicated journeys toward healing and recovery. You can watch a brief teaserright here. Our original story from April 28th follows below....

‘Annihilation’ Set Photos Tease Another Evocative Science Fiction Tale From Alex Garland Alex Garland’sAnnihilationis quietly wrapping up filming and I wish this movie had an official release date so I could start counting down the days until its release. It’s hard to imagine a more perfect marriage of filmmaker and material –Jeff VanderMeer’s 2014 novel is one of the best genre novels I’ve read in a long time and Garland has already proven himself to be adept with small scale, creepy, adult science fiction with last year’sEx Machina(one of our favorite films of 2015)....

‘Doctor Who’ Spinoff ‘Class’ Sets Premiere Date; Peter Capaldi To Guest Star Good news, Whovians: we now know exactly whenClasswill be in session. U.K. fans will be able to catch theDoctor Whospinoff startingOctober 22on BBC Three. U.S. fans, unfortunately, will have to wait a bit longer, asClasswon’t hit BBC America until spring 2017. Whenever it reaches your country, though, you may count on the Doctor himself to help get the party started....

‘GLOW’ Season 2 Is Coming, As Netflix Cancels ‘Gypsy’ After One Season By the time 2017 is over, close to 500 scripted television shows will be out there for the masses to consume. So it’s not too surprising that Netflix – a company which, early in its experimentation with original programming, often renewed its shows for multiple seasons – is starting to outwardly feel the strain of Peak TV. Their latest casualty?...

‘Night Agent’ Series Heading To Netflix From ‘The Shield’ And ‘Terriers’ Showrunner Shawn Ryan Shawn Ryan, the creator of shows likeThe ShieldandS.W.A.T., is heading back to Netflix for a new series. Ryan, who previously worked on the Baz Luhrmann Netflix showThe Get Down, will serve as the showrunner ofThe Night Agent, an adaptation of author Matthew Quirk’s best-selling 2019 novel. Ryan is an incredibly talented writer/producer and this show has a compelling hook, so I’m excited to see how this one comes together....