2014’s John Wick launched one of the greatest action franchises, but director Chad Stahelski initially thought it’d be sent “straight to video.”
Will Smith tells an emotional story about the interaction he had with his nephew following the Oscars Slap.
There are many reasons to love the half-hour sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The stellar ensemble cast, with not a single weak link. The spot-on comedic tone that vacillates from silly to absurd without ever getting too broad. The genuinely compelling characters that conjure real emotions in between the jokes and punchlines. And of course, the Halloween Heists. Indeed, a staple of one of the best comedy shows of the 21st century is a holiday-centric heist episode every fall, in which the characters compete against one another to try and steal an object before time runs out. It …
One of my favorite movies at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was Nine Days. Written and directed by Edson Oda, Nine Days is a completely original film that hit me like a ton of bricks. Without giving too much away, the film takes place in a reality between life and death where Winston Duke’s (who gives a career best performance) character is responsible for deciding who will replace a person on Earth after they have died. Once the dying soul has passed, five people emerge in this in-between reality, and Duke’s character has nine days to …
The 2007 movie The Nines isn't exactly a standout in the Ryan Reynolds canon, but the film afforded Reynolds the opportunity to work with one of Hollywood's top screenwriters, John August, and now the two of them are teaming back up for the Netflix comedy Upstate. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Deadline reports that Reynolds will co-write the script with August, and the project will be developed as a starring vehicle for Reynolds. As you might imagine, he's not writing a script just to hand the thing over to Ryan Gosling. Reynolds and …
NBC comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine is getting a major Season 8 rewrite — and the reasons behind it couldn't be more important. The nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's murder at the hands of a handful of Minneapolis policemen have sparked necessary introspection within the film and TV corners of the world when it comes to the depiction of the police. Per longtime Brooklyn Nine-Nine cast member Terry Crews, those conversations and debates are playing a major role in the shape of the show's forthcoming season. Crews revealed all in a recent interview with Access, …
As we examine the role of law enforcement in our society, especially how cops are depicted on television, the question of Brooklyn Nine-Nine has become a somewhat difficult one. A fan favorite that survived cancelation by Fox to relocate to NBC, the story of a sometimes-goofy New York police squad features an extremely inclusive cast and sensitive writing (the cast and executive producer Dan Goor even recently donated $100,000 to bail relief). But now, people questioning the wisdom of framing so many stories with law enforcement as heroic figures, it's little surprise that last week on …
A third Legally Blonde movie has been in the works for quite some time, but the sequel just landed some serious pedigree on the script side. Per THR, Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor have signed on to write the script for MGM’s Legally Blonde 3, which will see Reese Witherspoon reprising her role as Elle Woods. Kaling, of course, cut her teeth writing on the U.S. version of The Office before creating and starring in her own series The Mindy Project. On the feature side of things, she wrote and starred in the 2019 comedy Late Night, and …
If it's two things we could really use right now, it's new movies and communal joy. (And okay maybe a vaccine for COVID-19 would land somewhere pretty high on that list.) For a healthy dose of both, feast your eyes on Project 88 - Back to the Future Too, a completely fan-made feature-length sequel to Back to the Future Part 2 created by more than 300 people from nine countries, all from the safety of their individual quarantines. "The idea was to split the movie into 88 scenes," reads the film's description, "and find people …
Star Trek: Voyager's fan-favorite Seven of Nine has joined Star Trek: Picard but is the former Borg looking to help Jean-Luc or to stop him?
Brooklyn Nine-Nine is one of the best recent sitcoms, with these hilarious quotes representing the police comedy at its absolute best.
Gina Linetti, legend and human form of the 100 emoji. One of the funniest Brooklyn 99 characters, Gina had quite a few shameless deeds to her name!
Now that The Good Place has officially ended, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is the one and only Mike Schur-created TV show on the air. After seven seasons, the show’s formula will be familiar to viewers: A new season-long villain will likely appear later in the season, ending in a cliffhanger that changes the status quo for a few episodes next season before repeating the process. Indeed, though the show is still a comedy, it has amassed a healthy number of villains throughout the years. From the Vulture, to The Butcher, to John Kelly, but none of them (with …
Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 2 episode 7 "Lockdown" sees the unit having to go under quarantine when a mysterious powder is found in the station.
A key reason why fans love the show is because of the great characters, including Detective Jake Peralta.
Police work often requires diligent investigation, and the Brooklyn Nine-Nine crew always pull all the stops when it comes to breaking a case.
NBC is commissioning three new (romantic) comedy pilots from the writers and creators behind Silicon Valley, 30 Rock, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The upcoming miniseries Star Trek: Too Long A Sacrifice features Odo hunting terrorists in a tense, dark tale of life on Deep Space Nine.