HowShadow of the Tomb Raidermakes Lara Croft more of a villain

Every villain is the hero of their own story, but what if the hero becomes the villain? Obviously in the first game she was a naive young girl. I feel like, in the second game, you see her have tunnel vision for Trinity. Credit: Square Enix Limited In this game, she continues with that; she continues to have that tunnel vision. In this game, she is even more obsessive. It goes from her being hunted to her being the one doing the hunting....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Christopher Huffman

HowSupernaturalwas inspired byThe House With a Clock in Its Walls

He tells EW, Its like they have one set. They keep walking in and out of the set. Its just so bad. Credit: Bettina Strauss/The CW; Quantrell D. Colbert/Universal Pictures It established rules that I carried with me intoSupernatural, he explains. The term that came up out ofSupernaturalwas it all has to be Google-worthy. Then there was the tone. So I would sayClockdidnt inspire any specific storyline as much as it inspired the entire show....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 140 words · Jose Harrison

HowSweetbitterwent from publishing phenomenon to prestige television

You will develop a palate. You couldn’t scroll through your Instagram feed without encountering a meticulously staged shot of that infamous broken-wine-glass cover. A palate is a spot on your tongue where you remember. Jason Bell/Starz; Penguin Random House Those words, and the story that follows, were quicklyacquired for a television adaptation that much was inevitable. But for Danler, the wins started early. As she explains to EW, she realized quicklySweetbitterwas going to be different from the typical debut novel....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Travis Olson

HowThe Affairinspired Marlon James' latest novelBlack Leopard Red Wolf

Its James first foray into the fantasy world, professionally-speaking, but hes no newbie to the genre. The first things I read were comics and fables and fantasy, for a lot of reasons including boredom. I grew up in the suburbs! Credit: Jeffrey Skemp; Riverhead Books I suddenly knew what this trilogy was: It was three different witnesses telling the same story. He emphasized that hes constantly surprised by the direction his plots take and the decisions his characters make....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · William Brown

HowThe Big Lebowskichanged Sam Elliott's career

But his drawling, cowboy-hatted character The Stranger is beloved to the cult movies many fans. And I got a script delivered to me from the Coen brothers. My agent sent it to me. Im thinking, the fing Coen brothers, man! This has got to be some wacky fing character, as far as possible from being a cowboy! Then he shows up in a bowling alley dressed like a drugstore cowboy looking not unlike Sam Elliott....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Derek Henry

HowThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspianbegan the end of a big-screen fantasy era

The summer of 2008 broke history, and rebuilt it. America suffered through a bitter presidential election on the road to a globewrecking financial crisis. In theaters, cinematic generations were rising and falling. Credit: Everett Collection Last week:a profound debate aboutSpeed Racer.Next week:Indiana Jonesand the refrigerator. This week: The fantasy franchise that wasntHarry PotterorThe Lord of the Rings. Before it was a middling film franchise,The Chronicles of Narniawas a beloved fantasy saga....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 534 words · Juan Edwards

HowThe Favouritecostumes added renegade 'punk' edge to Queen Anne's court

“Yorgos…. really didnt want people around on set. “He knew he wanted to be left alone with his actors and his camera. A lot of the time I wasnt aware of how it was going to be. Fox Searchlight (3) Even when you see the dailies, you cant really tell until its all put together. There were times in the dailies youre thinking this is weird, how is this going to work?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Ryan Hernandez

HowThe Good Placestar Kirby Howell-Baptiste is taking over TV

Kirby Howell-Baptiste is in a good place and not just the show. There was no thought in my mind that I was strategically going to be on the best shows. I was picking roles that I would enjoy playing and watching. Credit: Michael Buckner/Deadline/REX/Shutterstock It wasnt like how most Brits move here when they have a job, she says with a laugh. It was more like going on an adventure than a big life decision for my career....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 259 words · Lisa Castro

HowThe Hunger Gameshelped to bring all-femaleOcean's 8to the big screen

For more onOceans 8, pick up theFirst Look issue ofEntertainment Weekly, on newsstands now or availablehere. Why thank you, Katniss! What better than an all-female version of thepopularOceansfranchise? Barry Wetcher/Warner Bros. I loved making that movie for that reason. I just thought it was interesting to invade the terrain that always had an off-limits sign. The real challenge came with assembling his gorgeous gang of eight. And why eight, anyway?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Michelle Morgan

HowThe Marvelous Mrs. Maiselcompares toGilmore Girls

Theyre both loud and talkative single mothers (at least by the end ofMrs. SIMILARITY: Did we mention the fast-talking? Like Rory and Lorelei, Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) speaks at a lightning-fast pace. Credit: Amazon; Mitchell Haddad/CW DIFFERENCE: The soundtrack A far cry from Carole Kings la la las, each episode ofMrs. Maiselis dense with period-appropriate songs, from artists like Cyril Ritchard, Peggy Lee, and Connie Francis. DIFFERENCE: Cooking Midge cooks that brisket, and dinner almost every night for her husband and family....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Robert Cordova

HowThe Sandman Universe#1 sets up a newLuciferstory

Warning: The following contains spoilers aboutThe Sandman Universe#1. Read at your own risk! Its time, once more, to give the devil his due. Vertigo Comics Clearly, the devil has been going through some tough times. We were very much looking back toSandmanand using that as our primary source material. Now, the Morningstar has gone fullBlackstar. Vertigo Comics I thought that was a really interesting thing to apply to Lucifer. This time, its personal....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Anita Williams

HowThe Shiningtwins became every kid's nightmare

LISA BURNS:Stanley only had one [Steadicam]. He could only take one shot and then roll it again and roll it again. That happened a lot. Credit: Warner Bros/Hawk Films/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock; James Shaw/REX/Shutterstock To us, we weren’t saying our lines any differently. He just heard something different every time. LOUISE BURNS:[The powder blue dresses] were awful, horrible material. They were nicer, brushed cotton material, nicer material. LISA:Even for those days, those dresses were really not what people wanted to wear....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Amy White

HowThe Umbrella Academypulled off that amazing simultaneous dance sequence

I think were alone now… but are we? And then the music kicks in. They think no one else is, but theyre all doing the same thing. Credit: Netflix If only they could just take a minute to tell each other! Blackman explains the camera angles and special effects that created the dollhouse shot. Im very proud of that shot, he says. When I was rewriting the pilot script, I put that in....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Jamie Harris