11+ hour, 18+ min ago (584+ words) Far Out is a British online culture website, headquartered in London and founded in 2010. Far Out focuses on independent and alternative culture, reviewing music, films and the arts along with relative interviews and curated playlists. The billion-dollar movie David Fincher called a "betrayal" David Fincher's being unimpressed by the Oscar-winning, $1billion smash hit Joker speaks to how dramatically comic book storytelling has become immersed within popular culture, such that a film about one of Batman's villains could become a controversial event. By setting itself in the 1970s, earning a deserved R-rating, and debuting at the Venice Film Festival (where it won the prestigious 'Golden Lion' award), Joker went out of its way to prove that it was nothing like Aquaman, Wonder Woman, or the rest of the DC slate. While no one would have expected a Joker prequel to amount to anything…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago (391+ words) David Harbour has reflected on his time in Stranger Things, ruminating on what was gained and lost when the series rose in popularity. In a newly released interview with Variety conducted at the end of September, the actor, who plays Hawkins, Indiana, police chief Jim Hopper, and the adoptive father of Eleven, played by Millie Bobby Brown, looked back on almost a decade of filming. In the lead-up to the release of the fifth and final season, the actor was asked what it feels like to be part of such a global phenomenon. He was quick to admit that the issue was "complex" and "three-dimensional", after which he stated: "You gain something and you lose something. You know, Hopper doesn't smoke in the show anymore. That is a direct result of popularity." Harbour is not naive about how huge the…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago (311+ words) Remember a time before Ryan Reynolds was everywhere? Me neither. From rom-com star to failed superhero to successful superhero to the football-club owning, Blake Lively-marrying, Abu Dhabi-shilling mainstay he is today, it's been a wild ride. Given his innate business sense and his chronic inability to stay out of the spotlight, he's probably not going anywhere any time soon. In 2024, "Double-R' took the next step in his plan for world domination. Despite having played Marvel's Deadpool for the better part of a decade, he formally joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with Deadpool & Wolverine, a film made possible when Disney absorbed 20th Century Fox into its gelatinous, all-encompassing media superblob. The movie, which coaxed Hugh Jackman out of his super-retirement, was a huge success. It grossed well over a billion dollars worldwide, making it the MCU's seventh-highest-grossing entry overall. This might…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago (599+ words) Far Out is a British online culture website, headquartered in London and founded in 2010. Far Out focuses on independent and alternative culture, reviewing music, films and the arts along with relative interviews and curated playlists. Hear Me Out: Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto should return for "Star Trek 4" The Star Trek franchise has hit a standstill on the big screen, but the new merger of production houses could change that, where instead of beaming in new actors as the next Enterprise crew, they should bring back the stars who revitalised it. Although there have been years of speculation on the form a potential new Star Trek film would take, now that David Ellison"s Skydance is in control of Paramount Pictures, the future of the franchise has been made a priority by putting all his intention into getting a new…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago (322+ words) Millie Bobby Brown has claimed that the final series of Stranger Things required her to channel her "inner Tom Cruise" into a series of stunts for her character, Eleven. The actor opened up about the high-octane step up of her role in the highly anticipated fifth and final series of the Netflix show, at an event in Los Angeles on November 8th. Per The Hollywood Reporter, she said: "I feel like the Duffers have been training me for this moment." Referencing the show's co-creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, she added that although much of her character's storylines in previous series of Stranger Things have been more emotionally-charged, "It was really exciting to be more of a resource this season, not just because of her [Eleven's] powers but also her physical training and attributes that she's put herself through." Without giving away…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago (268+ words) Shawn Levy has revealed that his upcoming film Star Wars: Starfighter is the first standalone film in the history of the Star Wars franchise, describing it as "a huge invigorating opportunity." The director was speaking in a new interview with Collider, where he revealed some more details on the nature of the film, which Ryan Gosling was previously announced to be leading. To this end, Levy announced that the blockbuster would offer a new lens on the franchise." "Well, for one thing, it is different in that it is an all-new non-sequel, non-prequel adventure," he said. "It's new characters, it's a new timeline. It inherits legacy themes, but it's really trying to give Star Wars [fans] " and just movie audiences " something fresh, something new." On top of this, he noted that the film is bound with a "spirit of play…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago (354+ words) Oscar Isaac has claimed he will only return to his role in the Star Wars franchise if Disney does "not succumb to fascism." The actor made the comments in a new interview with GQ, reflecting back on his role playing the character of Poe Dameron in the franchise's instalments of The Force Awakens in 2015 and The Last Jedi in 2017. He famously once claimed he would only return to the films if he "needed another house". In response to this, Isaac admitted: "Yeah. That was a real likeable quote. Jesus Christ. Y'know, people ask you things, you say stuff, you don't really think about it that much. I said a slightly dickish thing." Despite now saying that he wouldn't use such extreme language against Star Wars, the actor said he still had reservations about working with Disney, the franchise's parent company....

2+ week, 2+ day ago (474+ words) American filmmaker John Carpenter rose to prominence as the director of'Halloween,'which he also co-wrote and scored. It's the kind of introduction to the movie business that clearly marked out the path into the Hollywood paradigm for its maker. The film was a landmark of both independent filmmaking and the slasher genre, becoming one of the most influential horror movies ever made.' It suggested that Carpenter was a voice to be heard and a man of change, he would make movies that were determined to move the evolution of the movie business along the dial. He followed'Halloween'with'The Fog, which received mixed critical reception, although it is now considered a horror cult classic.'Escape From New York'came next, which was well-received, cementing Carpenter as a prominent name in the film industry. However, his subsequent release,'The Thing, didn't fare so well....

2+ week, 5+ day ago (278+ words) The final series of the beloved Netflix show Stranger Things is on its way, but fans have already questioned if the show could take on new life after the so-called ending. Creators Matt and Ross Duffer have finally answered the query. When speaking with SFX for the Stranger Things cover feature, the duo were asked if we can expect to see more of Hawkins in the future. They responded, as per What's On Netflix: "This really is the end of the story of Eleven and Mike and Lucas and Dustin and Steve and all these characters, and Hawkins specifically." It was a sentiment echoed throughout other interviews in the new feature, particularly by Caleb McLaughlin, who plays school kid Lucas. He shared, "I wanted to ensure I delivered Lucas's character authentically, especially since this is the last season." Speaking of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (343+ words) Stranger Things actor Finn Wolfhard has teased the ending of the beloved Netflix series, sharing that it is "bigger than I could have imagined. At the end of the year, Stranger Things, the sci-fi thriller series that began in 2016, is set to resume in 1983, when school child Will Byers is abducted by a creature from the Upside Down. Soaring through four dramatic seasons, the series will come to an end with the fifth season. Speaking in a new interview with SFX, (per What's On Netflix), Wolfhard was asked how he feels about his character's resolution at the end of the series. He shared, "I was definitely, definitely pleased with it. The actor added, "And it was something that I feel was bigger than I could have imagined. I couldn't have imagined how big that moment felt, reading the final thing,…...