Empire Records May Have Flopped But The Soundtrack Didn’t
"Empire Records" was released to mostly negative reviews and made about $150,000 on its opening weekend against a $10 million budget. At the time, Variety called the film a "soundtrack in…
Making The Bob’s Burgers Movie Wasn’t An Easy Process
In a 2022 interview with Variety, Bernard Derriman — who co-directed "The Bob's Burgers Movie" alongside Loren Bouchard — shared how the animated film came into being. He admitted that there was…
Donnie Yen Didn’t Just Want To Be An ‘Old, Blind Guy With A Cane’ In John Wick: Chapter 4
When director Chad Stahelski first approached Yen for the role of Caine, his main reference point was Zatoichi, a blind swordsman from a series of films released in the 1960s and…
How Gwar Ended Up With A Cameo In Empire Records
Turns out, fans have Ethan Embry to thank for the wild idea to include Gwar in the film. Embry's character, Marc trips out and hallucinates going to one of their…
Why David Fincher Went Digital For The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is somewhat of an outlier in David Fincher's filmography. Though it's not devoid of darkness, it's much more concerned with emotional impact and grappling with…
Jon Bon Jovi Wrote His Young Guns II Song Over Dinner With Kiefer Sutherland And Emilio Estevez
According to Yahoo!, Emilio Estevez had initially approached Bon Jovi to use "Wanted Dead Or Alive," but Bon Jovi didn't think the lyrics suited the film. The singer/songwriter read the script…
One Moment From 2007’s The Mist Genuinely Scared Stephen King
To viewers who haven't yet seen the movie, King gives a cryptic caution, "Watch for the hand." The rest of the interview doesn't specify what scene gave him a start,…
The Child’s Play Crew Debated Making Chucky ‘More Like Jaws’
While the Chucky of 1988 was technologically a whole other animal from the pneumatically-powered shark of Steven Spielberg's '76 blockbuster "Jaws," he was just as troublesome for production. "The doll…
The Ghostface Killer Will Be ‘Bolder’ And ‘More Brazen’ In Scream VI
Paramount Pictures We're not in Woodsboro anymore. This month marked one year since the iconic meta-slasher series was reborn with the successful fifth installment, "Scream." Already we're only a few…
Val Kilmer Has No Hard Feelings About The Failure Of The Island Of Dr. Moreau
Richard Stanley's version of the story can be found in David Gregory's 2014 documentary "Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's 'The Island of Dr. Moreau,'" and he believes…