Dustin Hoffman’s Quick Wit Created One Of The Most Famous Lines In Hollywood History Even if you’ve never seen “Midnight Cowboy,” John Schlesinger’s gritty look at the American dream and masculinity in urban America, you’re probably familiar with the bit of someone nearly getting hit by a car and shouting, “I’m walkin' here!” It’s one of the most famous lines in Hollywood history. You may have seen the reference in “Back to the Future Part II” or “Forrest Gump,” the latter of which also uses Harry Nilsson’s famous song “Everybody’s Talkin'” from “Midnight Cowboy....

Edgar Wright Recreates Decadent London In Last Night In Soho Featurette [Exclusive] We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Many were hoping to get a chance to catch “Last Night in Soho” in theaters, if only for the sake of seeing the latest stylish bit of cinematic razzle-dazzle from filmmaker Edgar Wright (“Hot Fuzz,” “Scott Pilgrim vs the World,” “Baby Driver”). Unfortunately, like so many other non-superhero movies from visionary directors like Guillermo del Toro (“Nightmare Alley”) or Wes Anderson (“The French Dispatch”), “Last Night in Soho"fizzled at the box officedespite opening in a large number of theaters (over 3000), capping out at just under $23 million worldwide on a $43 million budget....

Edward Norton Compares His Original Vision Of ‘The Incredible Hulk’ To Prometheus Before Marvel was the well-oiled machine it is today, it went through a few growing pains. And unfortunately, 2008’sThe Incredible Hulkbecame one of the prime examples of those pains. TheEdward Norton-starring superhero movie was notoriously plagued with on-set creative disputes between its star and the studios (the film was a co-production between Marvel Studios and Universal), who clashed over their visions forThe Incredible Hulk....

Every Video Game Reference In ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’ Scott Pilgrim vs The Worldis the best video game movie ever made. It’s completely soaked full of love for the culture of video games and just absolutely stuffed with iconic sound effects and names and little asides that make gamers nod. In honor ofBaby Driver’s release this week, we took a look back atScott Pilgrim vs. the World, something you should do fairly regularly, and tried to note every single video game reference in the film....

First Look: Joseph Gordon-Levitt In Robert Zemeckis' ‘The Walk’ Sony Pictures Entertainment has released the first official photo fromRobert Zemeckis’Flightfollow-upThe Walk, starringJoseph Gordon-Levittas daredevilPhilippe Petit. As you probably know, Petit (with the help of a few conspirators) strung a wire between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in 1974, allowing him to do a 45-minute high-wire performance show above the streets of Manhattan. The Walk is based on Petit’s 2002 book To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk Between the Twin Towers which was also chronicled in the 2008 documentaryMan on Wire, and now Zemeckis is crafting a dramatized take on the “the artistic crime of the century....

Harrison Ford And Chewbacca Settle Their Feud On Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘Star Wars’ Bonanza If you’ve been watchingJimmy Kimmel Liveover the past few years, or if you just pay attention whenever there’s aStar Wars-related clip that makes its way online, then you know thatHarrison Fordhas some serious beef withChewbacca. The Wookiee seems to have done some nefarious activities with the wife of the man who plays his on-screen pal. Ford is so upset at Chewie that he has called him a “son of a bitch” when he tried tostop by his dressing room in 2011, and a “Wookiee sack of s***“when he popped up again in 2013....

HBO Head Calls Netflix The Walmart Of Streaming, Teases Another New Streaming Service Oh yeah, and don’t forget about HBO, which was and still is often considered the gold standard in the premium long-form storytelling arena. HBO was recently acquired by AT&T, and at a communication conference this morning, AT&T’s CEO had some strong words for Netflix, referring to them as the Walmart of streaming services. That’s a big diss, but to quote one of HBO’s most famous shows, “you come at the king, you best not miss....

HBO Max’s Sci-Fi Rom-Com ‘Moonshot’ Adds Zach Braff As An Elon Musk-Type Zach Braffis quite simply doing it all these days. The popularScrubsactor pivoted to the director’s chair a few years back with the family comedyGoing in Styleand even helmed an episode of the hit showTed Lasso(for which herecently received an Emmy nomination). Now, he’s set to get right back on the other side of the camera again for the upcoming HBO Max film,Moonshot....

Here’s Why Will Ferrell Turned Down An Elf Sequel “Elf” is nothing short of a Christmas miracle. It’s rare that a new holiday comedy becomes a modern classic, but the film directed by Jon Favreau and starring Will Ferrell is so beloved that it now runs for 24 hours every single holiday season, following in the footsteps of “A Christmas Story.” That kind of love has many fans wanting to see a sequel, no matter how much it threatens to sully the charm of the original....

Hollywood’s Moon Obsession Continues As Jorma Taccone Signs On To Direct Moonland In February, the moon fell in Roland Emmerich’s sci-fi disaster movie,“Moonfall.“In March, the moon was then shot — full of love — in the HBO Max rom-com,“Moonshot.“In April, we are happy to report that director Jorma Taccone is here to pick the moon up and keep running with it in a film called “Moonland.” Since the script for “Moonland” is written by Bret McKenzie — one half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords — and since Taccone himself is one third of the musical comedy trio, The Lonely Island, “Moonland” will serve as the movie equivalent of a mock-rock supergroup....

Ian Holm, Star Of ‘Alien’, ‘Lord Of The Rings’, And Much More, Dead At 88 Ian Holm, a classically trained Shakespearean actor with an intimidating list of credits, has died. Holm’s agent issued a statement saying the actor “died peacefully in the hospital in the company of his family and caregiver,” adding, “Charming, kind and ferociously talented, we will miss him hugely.” Holm was 88. The actor became an established member of the Royal Shakespeare Company before moving into television and film....

Independent Spirit Awards Go To ‘Birdman,’ ‘Boyhood,’ And ‘Nightcrawler’ The Independent Spirit Awards were handed out in Santa Monica this afternoon, and the crop of winners includes two accolades forNightcrawler, two forBoyhood, and three forBirdman, including Best Feature.Whiplashalso did well, and in general the Indie Spirit awards this year lined up very strongly with theOscar predictionswe and many other people have made. Check out all the winners for the Independent Spirit Awards 2015 below....

Is The Book Of Boba Fett A Redemption Story? (Yoda voice) If into this article you go, onlyin-depth spoilersfor “The Book of Boba Fett” will you find! The series premiere for “The Book of Boba Fett” has finally arrived after no shortage of fanfare, over40 years worth of build-up, and plenty of pent-up demand toresolve an inexplicable resurrectionfrom (seemingly) certain death hanging over Boba Fett’s head. No single episode ofanyshow could possibly hope to live up to such lofty expectations, and “Chapter One: Stranger in a Strange Land” seems to recognize this....