Amazon recently announced that Macaulay Culkin will be joining Precipitation season 2 cast in an undisclosed role. We hope Culkin integrates seamlessly Precipitationcast and post-apocalyptic world, because it can be difficult to watch it and not think about Alone at homeIt’s Kevin McCallister. Culkin is one of a small group of actors who will always have the acclaim of being a beloved former child star, but many find it difficult to break the association with his breakout role. Each of the former child stars follows a different path after achieving stardom at a young age. Demi Lovato Hulu Documentary Child…
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Most adventure films involve a call to action that takes the protagonist from the safety of their home to a fantastic new land. Harry Potter comes out of the cupboard under the stairs. Luke Skywalker leaves Tatooine. Bilbo Baggins leaves the Shire. Because Technicolor films brought the spectrum of light to the screen, viewers expect the thrill to take place somewhere extraordinary, full of color, intrigue, and spectacle. However, Barbie flipped the script by having Barbie’s hero’s journey take her from the pastel plastic of Barbieland to the gray concrete of the real world, where the adventure begins. Even before…
Surprisingly, some of the best musical sequences in film history are not found in true musicals. Traditionally, the best musicals are able to express the characters’ feelings directly to the audience in a way that feels powerful rather than expository. Over the years, a long list of films have leaned into this idea, but not all of them have fully committed to it. In other words, some films were willing to make music and dancing a big part of an important scene, but didn’t want it to define the story. There is a long history in Hollywood of dramas and…
After two decades as the current king of the series Thanking, Friends had his autumnal crown stolen by Brooklyn Nine-Ninewhose Thanksgiving episodes are full of the specifics of the holiday. Over its long term, Friends had several iconic Thanksgiving episodes. These holiday episodes have Friends’ trademark blend of humor and heart. Rewatching Friends’Thanksgiving episodes have become an annual tradition for some fans. However, although these episodes are set during Thanksgiving, the holiday is not intrinsic to the plot – something that Brooklyn Nine-Nine addresses. Friends was a sitcom that followed the lives of six New Yorkers. Its Thanksgiving episodes are…
Magic Mike was marketed as a naughty but fun girls’ night out, but the tone of the film was much more melodramatic than advertised. Although the franchise carries a collective cultural memory of being a guilty pleasure series aimed at women in the style of Fifty Shades of Grayonly the second of three films, Magic Mike XLit really lives up to its exhilarating reputation. Channing Tatum’s real-life experience as an exotic dancer actually inspired the character Magic Mike. Steven Soderbergh directed the first and third films in the franchise Magic Mike and Magic Mike’s Last Dance. Soderbergh is known for…
Heathers is conventionally placed in a lineage with Uninformed and Mean Girls like female-driven teen comedies that define the films’ respective generations. This easy comparison ignores the dark tone of Heathersdoing The craft a more suitable companion. While Heathers and Uninformed are about popularity and high school groups, putting them in dialogue just to share an environment is too simplistic. Heathers starred Winona Ryder as Veronica Sawyer, a girl trying to join the popular team the Heathers. In contrast, The craft is about four girls who are not only unpopular but also actively targeted. Robin Tunney led the cast of…
The Sound of Music Features the love story between a renegade nun and her strict boss, the strict Austrian naval captain (played by Christopher Plummer) who treats his seven children more like cadets than kids. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the rise of Nazism in 1930s Austria, it’s a story that seems too perfect to be true – and although it’s based on the memoirs of the real Maria von Trapp, The story takes many creative liberties to add dramatic tension. Maria’s memoirs were turned into a live stage musical before being adapted again into the beloved musical film.…
The nostalgic baseball movie The sandlot James Earl Jones stars in a small but crucial role as Mr. Myrtle, whose character hints at a dark part of baseball history that the film completely glosses over. Mr. Myrtle joins Tom Guiry’s Scott Smalls and Mike Vitar’s Benny “The jetRodriguez about their shared love of the great American entertainment, but the endlessly quotable movie The sandlot does not delve into the details of Mr. Myrtle’s exact past in the professional world of baseball. Smalls’ friends live and breathe baseball, and they pass their passion to Smalls in the summer of 1962, loosely…
Home Economics was a criminally short-lived sitcom that both built on the success of Modern familys template and improved some of its biggest weaknesses. Modern family was a wildly successful mockumentary that brought various representations of what a family can look like in people’s living rooms. The last season of Modern family Released in 2020, but many elements of the show already feel outdated, especially compared to the sitcom that would debut on the same network just a year later. Modern family Explore the dynamics between three branches of a family in Los Angeles. Home EconomicsIn contrast, centered on three…
Legally blonde is celebrated for its humor and charm, and the Legally blonde The Broadway musical is a faithful adaptation in terms of story and tone. The runtime of the musical is longer than the original Legally blonde movie, and the additional time allows many of Al Woods’ most important relationships to be explored on a deeper level. Even though it is, by definition, a spinoff, this actually allows the stage show to improve on the film in one key area. Legally blonde was adapted for the Broadway stage in 2007, six years after the film’s release. Fans of Reese…