Movies

Bill Pullman recently spoke with Esquire magazine about his role in the upcoming Marvel film, Avengers: Doomsday. He explained that the movie explores fundamental human themes, saying it’s a return to the core ideas that inspire storytelling. Despite featuring a large ensemble cast, Pullman noted that directors Anthony and Joe Russo were dedicated to ensuring the film had a meaningful story and wasn’t just a series of brief appearances.

Industry leaders, including SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin, have voiced strong objections to Tilly Norwood, a digitally created performer. Despite this criticism, the studio behind Norwood is now using the AI ‘actor’ to encourage real actors to embrace artificial intelligence. In a promotional song, Norwood sings about the potential of AI, urging actors to lead the way and see AI not as a threat, but as a tool for growth and creative freedom: “Actors, it’s time to take the lead. Create the future, plant the seed. Don’t be left out, don’t fall behind. Build your own, and you’ll be free. We can scale, we can grow. Be the creators we’ve always known. It’s the next evolution, can’t you see? AI’s not the enemy, it’s the key.”

The airline has stopped flying to the capital of the United Arab Emirates because of safety worries related to the airspace in the region, following the conflict in Iran.

I was hoping the Writers Guild Awards might throw a curveball into the Oscars race, but honestly, that was probably wishful thinking! Paul Thomas Anderson, who wrote One Battle After Another, was the clear frontrunner for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Ryan Coogler, the writer and director of Sinners, was the same for Best Original Screenplay. And just as everyone predicted, both of them won! It feels like One Battle and Sinners are really solidifying their positions as the ones to beat heading into the Academy Awards this Sunday.

This spring, nine TV series will expand to eleven, including new adaptations of Margo’s Got Money Troubles and Scarpetta, both available on streaming platforms. While some of these shows are exceptional, like the first season of Big Little Lies, others haven’t quite hit the mark. Scarpetta, premiering on Prime Video March 11th, falls somewhere in between – it starts as a seemingly standard crime drama but occasionally veers into surprisingly strange territory.

The premise of the show The Beauty is that most people are deeply unhappy with their appearance. This leads to a complex storyline involving pharmaceutical companies, tech giants, and the government, all focused on how they’d convince people to get “the Beauty” – either through an expensive official treatment or by contracting a stolen version of the virus. The show features Rebecca Hall wanting to change her appearance, and Evan Peters as an FBI agent who seems to be the only one making sense. While The Beauty tries to make a point about society’s obsession with looks and self-image, it gets bogged down in absurdity, with over-the-top physical transformations. Think lots of strange fluids and a bit like a more adult version of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles origin story. However, the show is interesting because it portrays almost all its characters as fundamentally flawed, all feeling disconnected between how they see themselves inside and how they appear on the outside.

The new comedy series Rooster, starring Steve Carell and Phil Dunster, has quickly become popular with viewers after its debut on HBO. The show centers around Greg Russo, played by Carell, a writer trying to connect with his daughter, Katie (Charly Clive), and their complicated relationship.

Paul Bettany is returning as Vision for a new Marvel Cinematic Universe project called VisionQuest. The story will continue Vision’s adventures after his appearance as White Vision in the Disney+ series WandaVision.

Joe Freeman, the star of The Institute, has shared exciting news about season 2 of the sci-fi series, which is based on Stephen King’s 2019 novel. The new season will continue the story of the children with special powers, but with an original storyline set after the events of the book.

As a huge fan of The Martian, I was so excited for Project Hail Mary – it has the same brilliant writer, Drew Goddard! And seeing Ryan Gosling take on another space role, after First Man, was a fantastic sign. It clearly all worked out, because the movie launched with an incredible 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes – a nearly perfect score! It’s everything I hoped for and more.