With directorRidley Scott’sAll the Money in the Worldnow playing in theaters, I recently landed an exclusive interview with screenwriterDavid Scarpa. He talked about what it was like working with Ridley Scott, when he first heard about the crazy true story, the scramble of a quick shoot (even before theKevin Spaceydrama), how much changed between the original script and the shooting script, what they had to cut, taking some dramatic license with the material by givingMichelle William’scharacter a chance to fight for her son, what it was like writing about someone who was so private, his writing process, and so much more....

Move over, Tom Cruise:Anya Taylor-Joyis taking stunts into her own hands, specifically with the excitingMad Maxprequel fromGeorge Miller,Furiosa. Taylor-Joy will be playing a younger version of the iconic role initiated byCharlize Theronin 2015’sMad Max: Fury Road, and revealedin a recent interview with the L.A. Timesthat she’s been learning high-speed maneuvers in order to perform most of her driving stunts in the upcoming film. Theron’s stunt double,Dayna Grant, performed the stunts inMad Max: Fury Road, having previously done stunts for films likeWonder Woman 1984,The Meg, andSnow White and the Huntsman....

After eight seasons, The CW’sArrowwill come to a close with next week’s episode, titled “Fadeout”, directed by James Bamford and written byMarc GuggenheimandBeth Schwartz. While it’s certainly a time to say goodbye, some new images from the finale reveal it’s also time to say hello, again, toEmily Bett Rickardsas Felicity Smoak. Rickards leftArrowback in season 7, with the longtime Team Arrow tech wizard Felicity Smoak departing with the all-powerful Monitor (LaMonica Garrett) to a place she can be with Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell)....

After meeting and greetingThe Flashfans at a Dragon Con 2015 panel, star Candice Patton took some time out of her busy schedule to visit with our small group of journalists. The hit CW superhero show returns this fall for its sophomore season, and Patton’s character Iris West will find herself much closer to the center of all the comic-book craziness. Since Iris is now a de facto member of S.T.A.R. Labs and is privy to the title character’s secret identity, viewers can expect her to be much more involved with the show’s episodic plots in season two....

Christopher Nolan’s large-scale spy thrillerTenetwas supposed to be one of 2020’s biggest films regardless, but in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic it became a bastion of hope for studios to restart the theatrical moviegoing business. After multiple delays, Warner Bros. finally releasedTenetin theaters in the U.S. on September 3rd (and in the U.K. a few days beforehand) and promoted it as the film to bring the movies back. But as it turns out,Tenetwas not the White Knight the studios had been hoping for, and in the wake of its release almost every major studio pulled its films off what was left of the 2020 release calendar....

[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers through the finale of Conversations with Friends.]Just when it seems like Frances (Alison Oliver) and Bobbi (Sasha Lane) might live happily ever after,the very last scene ofConversations with Friendsthrows a devastating curveball. (Depending on if you’re team Nick or Bobbi, perhaps.) Frances is in a bit of a rough place at the start of the finale episode, estranged from both Nick (Joe Alwyn) and Bobbi....

Kelly Marie Tranis killing the game, per usual. The star of unequivocal masterpieceStar Wars: The Last Jedican currently be heard reprising her role of Rose Tico inLEGO Star Wars Holiday Specialon Disney+ and later this week can be heard inThe Croods: A New Age, the surprisingly wonderful sequel to DreamWorks Animation’s 2013 original. In the film she plays Dawn Betterman, a more advanced human who finds the joy in connecting with her inner caveman....

Disney’s live-action prequel to one of their older animated films,Cruella, has only just released, but development has already begun on a sequel. According toThe Hollywood Reporter, the studio has started the process of assembling a secondCruellamovie. Both screenwriterTony McNamaraand directorCraig Gillespieare expected to return for the follow-up to the film that starredEmma Stoneas the famed villain most known for terrorizing puppies, Cruella de Vil herself. “We are very pleased withCruella’s box office success, in conjunction with its strong Disney+ Premier Access performance to date,” a Disney spokesperson said in a statement provided to THR....

Steel yourself because it looks like Netflix is taking us on a trip down memory lane with theDeath to 2020trailer. Billed as a “Netflix original comedy event,“Death to 2020comes fromBlack MirrorcreatorsCharlie BrookerandAnnabel Jones. We first learned aBlack Mirror-like special about this year was on its way when of its stars,Hugh Grant, let slip he was playinga “pretty repellant” historian whose focus is the year 2020. Earlier this month, we also learned who would be joining Grant in theDeath to 2020cast:Samuel L....

Festival season is just around the corner and along with the awards contenders, fashion moments, and general hullaballoo of destinations like TIFF and Venice, that means it’s almost time for the far-out celebration of all things genre that is Fantastic Fest. The largest genre film festival in the U.S., Fantastic Fest puts the spotlight on horror, fantasy, action and sci-fi, delivering a kick-ass roster of strange and inventive cinema from all over the world and pairing it with equally oddball events and singular experiences (check out my recap of last year’s fest here)....

FilmStruck was already a pretty great service. While plenty of other streamers out there were competing for the same movies made after 1988, FilmStruck carved out its niche as the place you could go for classic, old indies, and foreign films thanks to the partnering of Turner Classic Movies and The Criterion Collection. Now they’ve upped their game again by partnering with Warner Bros. to offer some of the best films of Hollywood’s first Golden Age for no additional cost....

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Airwas, and continues to be, a breath of fresh air. Originally airing from 1990 to 1996 for six seasons, the sitcom brokeWill Smiththrough to superstardom in a series of episodes articulating his transition from life on the mean streets of West Philadelphia to life in the palatial mansions of Bel-Air (hmm, if only there was acatchy summary of this inciting incident). Smith, playing a version of himself, lives with his extended family, and everyone lives, learns, laughs, loves, and grows with each other....

Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish (Aiden Gillan) popped back into ourGame of Throneslives in this week’s “Book of the Stranger,” after a too-long absence. As is Littlefinger’s way, he immediately started in on manipulating the most powerful people in Westeros, using his sway over Robyn Arryn to persuade the knights of the Vale into mobilizing, with his eye on attacking Ramsay Bolton at Winterfell. This is only the latest example of Littlefinger’s usually successful behind-the-scenes machinations....