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New this week: Justice League, Country Comfort & scandal This combination of photos shows promotional art for the Netflix series “Country Comfort,” debuting on Friday, left, "Zack Snyder’s Justice League," premiering March 18, center, and “Operation Varsity Blues,” a documentary about the college admissions scandal, premiering March 17 on Netflix. (Netflix/HBO Max/Netflix via AP) March 15, 2021 - 10:23 AM Here’s a collection curated ...

There was nothing in cinemas that looked like Rango when it released a decade ago this month. Director Gore Verbinski’s first animated feature successfully parodied and paid homage to the Western genre — both the Hollywood classics directed by John Ford and Fred Zinneman, as well as the spaghetti Westerns made famous by Italian director Sergio Leone — and wrapped it all together in a story straight out of a New Hollywood neo-noir. Despite having a roster of A-listers providing their voic...

15 Famous Character Actors Character actors are the unsung heroes of Hollywood. These are the guys you see in everything, you know their face, but you can’t quite place their name. Character actors have built their careers around small, yet distinctive roles. So – here are 15 of the best! 15 Diane Wiest Diane Wiest has enjoyed a successful career on stage, television, and film. She might be best known for roles in Parenthood and Edward Scissorhands, and she has become better known for a ser...

On this day in horror history, Jordan Peele's Get Out with Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, and Lakeith Stanfield opened back in 2017.

Why Justified is the Greatest Whiskey Show of All Time While whiskey appears in many movies and TV shows, some make it more than prop, embedding it within the culture of the characters to reinforce key ideas. No show has done this better than “Justified.” From the first episode, which premiered on FX on March 16, 2010, to the last, characters are frequently shown with a whiskey in hand, their drink choices reflecting their lifestyle, class, or attitude. Over six seasons and 78 episodes, it...

Posted on Monday, February 15th, 2021 by Christopher Stipp 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, we pray on things, get preyed on, ride the rail, indulge in a guilty p...

Guest Editorial: Inoculating Your Film From COVID in Seven Steps February 11, 2021 07:30 | By Staff Intro by We’ve been covering the return to production quite heartily here at  Below the Line, and every once in a while something hits my inbox that seems perfectly attuned to what is on all of our minds, and that is how everyone can return to work safely with COVID-19 not seemingly going away any time soon. With that in mind, we’re sharing this piece from entertainment attorney Harris ...

Paramount has released the trailer for 'Happily,' a new romantic-comedy-thriller starring Joel McHale and Kerry Bishé.

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. First trailer lands for Community and Scrubs stars new movie Westworld, too into each other in the bonkers first trailer for new comedy-thriller Happily. Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Skiptrace, the movie follows married couple Tom and Janet, whose relationship is so passionate and lustful, it makes all of their friends green with envy. One day, a mysterious stranger ( Office Spaces Stephen Root) rocks up on...

Happily: Watch the First Trailer for Joel McHales Dark Romantic Comedy Antonio Ferme, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The first look at the upcoming dark romantic comedy “Happily” has been released. “Happily” centers on a married couple (Joel McHale and Kerry Bishé) that have been together for 14 years. Their honeymoon phase never ended and they are still strongly in love with each other. When they discover that all their friends are resentful of their constant public displays of aff...