The 20 Best Downton Abbey Characters Ranked With its heartfelt emotion and a dash of fairy tale whimsy, it’s easy to see why “Downton Abbey” is one of the most beloved TV shows of all time. It has a little bit of something for everyone: drama, romance, stunning costumes, and quotable moments that fans continue to adore. However, while the series boasts masterful work from creator Julian Fellowes and the rest of the talented individuals behind the scenes, the best parts of “Downton Abbey” are its characters....

The Best Movies We Saw At The 2017 Tribeca Film Festival Another Tribeca Film Festival has come and gone, bringing a new slew of films you should look out for. This year’s festival was particularly jam-packed, with some incredible special events, including a 25th anniversary screening ofReservoir Dogs(using Quentin Tarantino’s personal 35mm copy) and cast panel, talks with industry legends such as Tom Hanks, Kathryn Bigelow and Dustin Hoffman, VR showcases, the premiere ofThe Handmaid’s Tale, and the literal godfather of all events, an all-day screening ofThe GodfatherandThe Godfather IIwith the cast and director Francis Ford Coppola assembled for a 45th anniversary retrospective panel and reunion to close out the festival....

Tim Burton’s ‘Wednesday’ Casts Catherine Zeta-Jones As Morticia Addams Snap snap:Catherine Zeta-Joneshas been cast to play Addams family matriarch Morticia Addams inWednesday, the upcoming live-action Netflix series from famed filmmakerTim Burton. This casting comes hot on the heels of a report last week that beloved character actorLuis Guzmán(Boogie Nights) will be playingGomez Addams, so the cast is starting to shape up nicely.YouactressJenna Ortega, who showed up inThe Babysitter: Killer Queenand will next be seen in the newScreammovie, is playing the title character in the series....

Top 20 Stories Of The Week: LEGO Batman Movie, Batman V Superman, Garry Shandling & More The Top 20 Stories of the Weekare the stories we think you should check out on/Filmfrom the previous week. This week was a fun one for comic book fans with reviews forBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justicerolling in, working up such an uproar that we wanted to remind people what the point of film criticism is and why fans and critics are really the same people, and neither of them are wrong when it comes to their opinions on movies....

TV Ownership Drops For First Time In Nielsen History With services like Netflix and Hulu beefing up their streaming selections, it’s easier than ever to pull the plug on your TV and still remain in the pop culture loop — and increasingly, consumers are doing just that. According to a new report released this week by Nielsen Media Research, the number of U.S. households that own a television set will actually drop between 2011 and 2012, the first such decline since the company began tracking that statistic in 1970....

VOTD: ‘Everything Is A Remix’ Remastered: All Four Parts Together In High-Definition A few years ago, wefeatured some segmentsfrom a little video series calledEverything is a Remix, a video essay of sorts that showed movie lovers that Quentin Tarantino isn’t the only filmmaker who steals stuff from other movies to make new films. In fact, every single artist, whether they’re authors, musicians or filmmakers, have borrowed something old to make something new....

Watch Inspirational Screenwriter Scott Lew Write A Movie Without Typing Or Talking We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Writing a movie is difficult enough. Imagine writing it from a wheelchair without the ability to speak or move. That’s the unbelievable truth of whatScott Lewdid for his new film,Sexy Evil Genius. In 2004, Lew was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, which has since left the writer a mute pentaplegic....

‘Anchorman 2’ Temporarily Killed ‘Step Brothers 2;’ Will Also Have Musical Numbers And A “Murderers' Row Of Day Players” Anchormanfans know two things for certain. Ron Burgundyis coming backand he and his news team have lovely voices. Who could forget Ron, Brian, Champ and Brick’s rousing rendition ofAfternoon Delightin the 2004 hit? Well, according to co-writer and directorAdam McKay, there will be more of that in the sequel. In a new interview, McKay confirmed that they’ve already written full musical numbers forAnchorman 2, whichstarts shooting in the Spring, and that they’re bringing in “a murderers' row of day players” to rival the cameos in the first film....

‘Fast And Furious’ Director Justin Lin Considering Bringing Paul Walker’s Brian Back In Future Sequels…But How? It turns out even a tragic death can’t keep theFast and the Furiousfamily apart. Franchise directorJustin Lintold CinePOP Brazil that he wants to bring backPaul Walker’s character Brian O’Conner in the remaining twoFast and the Furioussequels. “Obviously, Paul and his character Brian are the soul and heart of how we’re able to move forward,” Lin said....

‘Genius: Aretha’, Starring Cynthia Erivo As The Queen Of Soul, Postponed To Later This Year Two years afterAretha Franklin’s death, Hollywood is looking to immortalize the Queen of Soul in two separate projects. And after one of them, MGM’s feature film calledRespect, was pushed into an awards season-friendly date last week, National Geographic’sGenius: Arethahas been postponed until later in the year. Respect, the feature film debut fromThe Walking DeadandJessica JonesdirectorLiesl Tommy, stars Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin, the incredibly gifted singer with the highest number of songs on the Billboard charts in history....

‘Grand Theft Auto V’ Trailer: GTA Goes Back To Hollywood Games are constantly trying to become more cinematic, but very few manage the trick. It takes a lot more than a widescreen aspect ratio and some lens flare to capture cinema in a gaming context, but the characters and deep storylines of the Grand Theft Auto games come closer than almost anyone else. The trailer for the fifth game in the series (well, the fifth officially numbered game; there have been many spin-offs and portable installments as well) tells us that this will be a return to the Los Angeles analog city Los Santos, as originally seen in the 2004 gameGTA: San Andreas....

‘Harry Potter’ Director David Yates To Work With Emma Watson In ‘Your Voice In My Head’ David Yates, the man who directed the last fourHarry Pottermovies, has been courted to make some big movies for Warner Bros in the wake of Potter’s finale, most notably the adaptation of Stephen King’sThe Stand, and also theAlan Turing biopicImitation Game. While Yates wasbriefly attachedto makeThe Stand, he pulled away from that film and instead hassettled on something smaller: an adaptation ofEmma Forrest’s memoirYour Voice in My Head....

‘Insert Coin’ Revels In Arcade Nostalgia In Chronicling The Making Of ‘Mortal Kombat’, ‘NBA Jam’ & More [SXSW] (The SXSW Film Festival may have been cancelled, but our coverage will go on with reviews of films and TV shows made available to our critics.) Today, most video games are played from the comfort of our own homes. But there was a time when adults, teens, and kids flocked to arcades to play the latest video games....