It’s only been two months since Mortal Kombat 1 saw the arrival of a huge expansion that added a new campaign and three more characters as well as the return of Towers of Time mode. The brutal fighter has now been updated once again with the playable debut of Ghostface from the Scream franchise. While that is…
It’s only been two months since Mortal Kombat 1 saw the arrival of a huge expansion that added a new campaign and three more characters as well as the return of Towers of Time mode. The brutal fighter has now been updated once again with the playable debut of Ghostface from the Scream franchise. While that is…
Hollywood needs movies like Wicked to be successful. The year has been chockfull of pretty huge box office duds, with the fact that movies like The Fall Guy, Joker Folie a Deux, Red One and Furiosa are having a hard time, likely sending a chill through the industry. With home theaters suddenly affordable, more and more folks are simply staying home to watch the latest releases once they hit VOD, which is often as little as twenty-one days after they premiere. In a time like this, theaters need to be encouraging folks to come out and see movies if they want to survive.
This very fact is what makes the way theaters are treating Wicked, which is shaping up to be one of the few movies this year audiences are turning out in droves to see, such a head-scratcher. Here on the site, we’ve covered the fact that theatre chains are posting warnings that audience members shouldn’t sing-a-long to the popular Broadway tunes featured in the movie. That feels like an overreach to me, as part of the fun of seeing a movie in theaters is how the audience reacts, but fair enough. A sing-a-long version is reportedly on the way anyhow. They’ve also asked people not to take photos of the screen during the movie with their cellphones. That’s also a fair request, as it’s an annoying new habit that was popularized by the TikTok generation when Oppenheimer was in theaters.
But, in my opinion (and that of a lot of us here at JoBlo), AMC went way too far recently when they asked a woman attending Wicked dressed up as the main character, Elphaba, to remove her green face paint. Sounds crazy, right? Well, it happened, and you can see for yourselves in this embed:
According to TMZ, she was asked to remove the face paint because the chain has a dress code rule that outlaws face coverings (with the exception of COVID masks), which, bizarrely, includes face paint. I don’t know about folks reading this, but if I’m paying north of twenty bucks to see a movie and I want to paint my face green to go see it, I should be allowed.
Some folks are guessing that the reason AMC has this rule in place goes back to the tragic Aurora shooting where, at a screening of The Dark Knight Rises, James E. Holmes, whose face and body was completely concealed behind protective gear, committed a mass shooting that left twelve people dead.
With that in mind, I get why chains might be cautious about what people bring into movie theaters, but I fail to see how a young woman painting her face green for Wicked (she was very clearly dressed up as one of the characters from the film) is the same thing. She’s not hurting anyone, and to me it’s actually a good thing people are showing up dressed in-character, because it shows people are finally excited about going back to the movies.
Folks, let’s face it—movie exhibition is in trouble. If they’re going to survive, they have to get with the times. Having more premium theaters with reclining chairs, better food options, and alcohol (YES!) is a good idea. So are the collectible popcorn buckets people are going crazy for. It’s good to see theaters get creative, but making a woman wipe the green paint from her face before seeing Wicked is not a good look for AMC.
What do you think? Was AMC right is having this woman remove her makeup, or were they way off base? Let us know in the comments.
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With Jon M. Chu’s Wicked burning up the box office like fireballs from Elphaba’s fingertips, everyone’s got The Wizard of Oz on the brain (if you’ve got one). Even Ted Lasso‘s Brett Goldstein is talking about L. Frank Baum’s classic fantasy fairytale, saying aspects of Dorothy’s trip to Oz heavily inspire the Apple TV+ comedy series.
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Goldstein addressed theories about Ted Lasso taking cues from The Wizard of Oz, saying, “Oh yeah, there’s loads and loads of The Wizard of Oz in Ted Lasso.” He then explained, “The pinball machine is the one that’s always ‘Ted has to go home. There’s no place like home.’ And then, there’s no place like Richmond F.C. Yes, that’s all Wizard of Oz.”
Ted Lasso’s connections to The Wizard of Oz go beyond a few strategically placed Easter eggs. Goldstein says his surly, foul-mouthed character, Roy Kent, is modeled after the Tin Man (the one missing his heart). Jaso Sudeikis is the show’s Dorothy (a person who finds themselves in a strange and enchanting land), and Hannah Waddingham’s Rebecca is the Lion (someone who finds her voice and bravery through her friendship with Ted). Phil Dunster’s Jamie is the Scarecrow (a person who doesn’t have much going on upstairs at first).
“I’m sure this is going to cause a lot of trouble,” Goldstein said, referring to feeding the Ted Lasso fandom with his take on the theory. The interesting thing is I can see the comparisons immediately. Are there other character connections? Is Juno Temple’s Keely Jones the show’s Glinda the Good Witch? Is Anthony Head’s Rupert Mannion the Wicked Witch of the West, or does that parallel belong to Nick Mohammed’s Nathan Shelly? Is Brendan Hunt’s Coach Beard Toto? Yikes! This line of thinking is a rabbit hole. I need to stop.
What do you think about Ted Lasso‘s connections to The Wizard of Oz? Have you heard this theory before today? What other character connections could you make? Who’s the Wizard? Does this mean the F.C. Richmond players are the angry apple trees? The Munchkins? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
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Coming from Amazon MGM Studios and director Rawson Marshall Thurber (Red Notice), a live-action film adaptation of the classic mecha anime Voltron is set to head into production in Australia next month, and The Wrap has broken the news that the latest cast additions are Alba Baptista (Warrior Nun), Samson Kayo (The Bubble), and Tharanya Tharan (Year Of).
This trio joins previously announced cast members Henry Cavill (The Witcher), Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), Rita Ora (Fifty Shades of Grey), John Kim (The Last Thing He Told Me), and newcomer Daniel Quinn-Toye, who served as Tom Holland’s understudy in the West End production of Romeo and Juliet and also played Paris, a suitor of Juliet.
Based on the Japanese sci-fi series Beast King GoLion and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV, Voltron centers around five young pilots whose vehicles join together to form the towering mech known as Voltron. The classic TV show was edited together from several Japanese anime series and originally ran in the mid-80s. Voltron spawned several sequel series, including Voltron: Legendary Defender, which spanned eight seasons on Netflix. Thurber has written the screenplay for the film with Ellen Shanman.
While addressing the crowd at VoltCon in Indianapolis via video, Thurber said, “I want to make sure that we stay true to the heart and the spirit of Voltron. In this film, we’re going to be introducing an entirely new generation of pilots. We’ve reimagined Voltron for the live-action world, but we’re going to stay true to…those iconic elements that you love, that I love.”
Voltron is being produced by Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman, along with Bob Koplar, the head of World Events Productions and owner of the Voltron IP.
I haven’t watched an episode of Voltron since the ’80s, but I remember loving the show when I was a kid, so I’ll be interested to see how this movie turns out… and I might even revisit some classic Voltron while I’m waiting.
Are you looking forward to the live-action adaptation of Voltron? What do you think of Alba Baptista, Samson Kayo, and Tharanya Tharan joining the cast? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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After taking a look back at House II: The Second Story (a favorite of mine since childhood), House of 1000 Corpses (which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year), the awesomeness of Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, the leg smashing in the Stephen King adaptation Misery, three separate moments from John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China, the “Jason vs. Tina” battle in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, the “all hell breaks loose” sequence from the start of Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake, the opening sequence of Pitch Black, a cool moment from The Crow, a memorable shark attack from Jaws 2, a creepy moment from Lost Highway, and the climactic factory chase sequence from Child’s Play 2, JoBlo’s own Lance Vlcek is continuing his The Best Scene video series with a look at a memorable moment from the 1988 Halloween classic Night of the Demons (watch it HERE) – and if you’re familiar with that movie, this is probably one of the first things you think about when the movie comes to mind: the scene where Angela dances beside the fireplace to the Bauhaus song “Stigmata Martyr.” You can hear all about it in the video embedded above.
Directed by Kevin S. Tenney from a screenplay written by Joe Augustyn, Night of the Demons has the following synopsis: It’s Halloween night. And a group of good-time teens has broken into an abandoned funeral parlor with plans to raise a little hell. And that’s exactly what they do. For their intrusion has awakened an ancient, demonic evil whose hunger for human souls knows no bounds. And now, the monstrous predator is out to turn their Halloween party into an unending celebration of sheer terror.
The film stars Cathy Podewell, Amelia Kinkade, William Gallo, Alvin Alexis, Linnea Quigley, Lance Fenton, Hal Havins, Allison Barron, Philip Tanzini, Jill Terashita, and Harold Ayer.
Are you a fan of Night of the Demons? What did you think of this best scene video? Let us know by leaving a comment below… and if this isn’t what you would have picked as the best scene, let us know which scene you think is the best one in the movie.
Two of the previous episodes of The Best Scene can be seen below. To see more of our shows, click over to the JoBlo Horror Originals channel – and subscribe while you’re at it!
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Gems are one of the most important things to keep a collection of in Disney Dreamlight Valley. They’re an essential material for crafting furniture in the game, both for fun and for completing various story and character quests. This goes for The Storybook Vale expansion, too, which introduces multiple new gem types,…
Gems are one of the most important things to keep a collection of in Disney Dreamlight Valley. They’re an essential material for crafting furniture in the game, both for fun and for completing various story and character quests. This goes for The Storybook Vale expansion, too, which introduces multiple new gem types,…
In mid-2019, then-President Donald Trump threatened to extend existing tariffs on industrial components and other goods to popular consumer products like iPhones, laptops, and video game consoles. The big three—Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, long-time competitors in the gaming space—rallied together to try and fend…