The Office Season 4 Superfan Episodes Add New Wrinkles To The Teapot Card Mystery And Pam & Jim’s First Kiss Despite airing its series finale almost a decade ago, the popularity of the U.S. version of “The Office” endures — so much so that, this time last year, we heard it was themost-streamed show of 2020.The series continues to roll out extendedSuperfan Episodeson Peacock, and has now worked its way up to season 4, where viewers can learn a few new details about the relationship between Jim and Pam, played by John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer....

This Was The Walking Dead’s Love Letter To The Legends Of Horror Greg Nicoterois the best kind of busy. Chugging along with the same energy that made him a multi-hyphenate in the horror field and beyond, the special effects artist has been unable to “take the ship out of the dock” when it comes to his usual gig directing the season premiere of “The Walking Dead.” That time has been spent helming Shudder’s “Creepshow” revival series....

This Week In DVD: Swing Vote, Mirrors, Appaloosa, And More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s. Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they’re meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the general thoughts and ramblings of a twice-committed DVD addict....

This Week In Trailers: Christopher Stipp’s Top 10 Trailers Of 2019 Movie 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? This week, let’s rankThe Best Movie Trailers of 2019....

This Week In Trailers: Not Suitable For Children, To Our Bright White Hearts, Vessel, Shanghai, Silent Souls 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Tom Cruise Explains Why This Version Of Top Gun: Maverick Was The One He Wanted To Make [Interview] This is it, folks. It’s no exaggeration to say that this has been 36 years in the making. Ever since the moment when Tom Cruise first strapped on those aviators and climbed behind the cockpit of an F-18 in the original Tony Scott classic “Top Gun,” few would argue that it has all been leading to this....

Two ‘Harry Potter’ Illustrated Guides Are The Perfect Gift For New And Old Potterheads The hallowed halls of Hogwarts are both comfortably familiar and frighteningly strange to even the most hardcoreHarry Potterfan. The twisting passageways and towering Gothic turrets seem like they’re forever changing and morphing through the seven years that Harry Potter and his friends spent in Hogwarts. And quite literally, they were. Insight Edition’s newHarry Potterillustrated guide of Hogwarts reveals some insights into production designerStuart Craig’s process, including the tidbit that Craig felt a magical castle “could believably change over time,” giving him license to add new elements to the castle over the years....

‘American Gods’ Review: Bow Before Shadow Moon In ‘Head Full Of Snow’ (Each week, we’ll kick off our discussion ofAmerican Godsby answering one simple question: which character do we worship this week?) The fire and brimstone of last week’s introductions to Anansi and Czernobog was absent in “Head Full of Snow,” but what we lacked in impassioned speeches, we gained in methodical insight into the state of the old gods and Shadow’s continued agnosticism and apprehension to accept what he is seeing as truth....

‘Close’ Writer/Director Vicky Jewson Found Real-Life Badasses For Her New Netflix Action Movie [Interview] We already knew Noomi Rapace was badass fromThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Prometheusand her Netflix filmsBrightandWhat Happened to Monday. Now she has to measure up to real life bodyguard Jacquie Davis, the inspiration for her fictional character inClosefrom writer/directorVicky Jewson. Sam (Rapace) is a prominent bodyguard hired to protect Zoe (Sophie Nelisse), the daughter of a mining company executive....

‘Dexter’ Showrunner Explains That Ending; Former Showrunner Reveals Alternate Idea Series finales tend to be controversial even under the best of circumstances, but the reaction toDexter’s “Remember the Monsters?” hasn’t been polarized so much as overwhelmingly negative. While a handful of critics had nice things to say, most fans howled at its many ludicrous twists and lack of closure, and basically wondered why the hell they’d spent eight seasons waiting forthis....

‘Doctor Sleep’ Cast Adds ‘Gerald’s Game’ Actor Bruce Greenwood Gerald’s GameactorBruce Greenwoodis reuniting withMike Flanaganfor another Stephen King adaptation. Greenwood is the latest addition to theDoctor Sleepcast, based on King’s sequel toThe Shining. The film starsEwan McGregorstars as the grown up Danny Torrance, who must now deal with a nomadic horde of psychic vampires.Deadlinebroke the news about Greenwood joining theDoctor Sleepcast. Per their report, Greenwood is playing a character named Dr....

‘Earwig And The Witch’ Review: Studio Ghibli’s First Foray Into 3D Animation Is A Flat Shadow Of Itself There’s been a lot of trepidation heading into Studio Ghibli’sEarwig and the Witch. It is the studio’s first foray into CG animation, a technology it had used sparingly for high-octane action sequences inSpirited AwayandPrincess Miyazakior for the clattering steampunk castle ofHowl’s Moving Castle, but never to this extent and never for a feature film....

‘Flash Gordon’ Animated Movie Being Developed By Taika Waititi For Disney The increasingly busyTaika Waititijust added another project to his list. TheThor: Ragnarokfilmmaker is developing aFlash Gordonanimated movie for Fox/Disney, and there’s a good chance he might end up writing and directing the feature as well. The film will adapt the science fiction character who began life in a 1930s comic strip. Deadlineis reporting that Taika Waititi is doing…something with aFlash Gordonanimated movie for Fox and Disney....