From “Schwing!” to “We’re on a mission from God,” SNL-inspired movies like Wayne’s World and The Blues Brothers have secured a permanent place in the popular consciousness. But what about those movies you forgot came from SNL? There are plenty of weird SNL movies that worked well as late-night comedy skits but didn’t really translate to the big screen. These strange SNL films outnumber the few, culture-defining megahits of Wayne…
That love story about a lady and her fish may have won the Best Picture Oscar, but everyone knows that the most creatively daring movie of 2017 was Jordan Peele’s Get Out. Since it was released in February of 2017, stories about the making of Get Out have revealed the mastery, thought, and unparalleled genius that went into crafting…
Tales from behind the scenes of Shrek reveal a lot about the animated hit. Though the movie seemingly appeared of nowhere in 2001, the filmmakers worked tirelessly to make Shrek happen. Borrowing liberally from other studios and meta-fantasies like The Princess Bride, the ogre-led, fractured fairy tale earned more than $480 million and spawned a multi-billion dollar franchise. The superfans at Shrekfest already know all the Shrek facts…
Superheroes without costumes are still super. Or, at least, they should be. As Tony Stark tells Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Homecoming, “If you’re nothing without this suit, then you shouldn’t have it.” Some heroes may get their extra-normal abilities from the suits they put on, but what truly makes them special aren’t the material items they…
In Hollywood and the movie business, big film budgets mean big sets and on this list of the biggest movies sets of all-time, we see production and set design elevated to a grand scale. From Titanic and The Ten Commandments to Batman and Fast & Furious 6, we’ve included the most massive and expansive of the big movie sets in this list. …
Not everyone is cut out to save the world, especially when it comes to saving the world as a superhero. Given the popularity of comic book movies, there’s bound to be some bad superhero casting along the way, which leads to the inevitable fan blowback. Even the worst superhero casting decisions can bring some joy, whether it’s…
Many remember Beetlejuice as a light-hearted blend of macabre and slapstick, but the real story behind Beetlejuice points to a potentially darker what-if. The classic ’80s movie is one of the most beloved Tim Burton films and laid the foundation for generations of genre filmmaking. It’s likely that without Beetlejuice, there would be no Nightmare Before Christmas and the path of the Batman franchise could have been completely…
We could argue that the 1990s were the golden era of rom-coms. Meg and Tom. Leo and Kate. Julia and everyone. While some of these films are coming up on being thirty years old, they still have a special place in our hearts. These are the comfort movies we come back to time and time again when we need…
There’s a point in time when you finally realize how many dated jokes there are in your favorite ’90s movies. It may not seem like ’90s movie jokes are that outdated, but 1990 was decades ago and some of the topical ’90s jokes are now pretty old references. Even if you watched Jumanji in the early 2000s, you may not realize…
For many movie enthusiasts, the 1990s ushered in the grand emergence of the ultimate action film. This was the decade when major movies became franchised series that cemented the fame and fortune of megastars on the big screen. Throughout the monumental era, ’90s action stars took on the roles of charismatic heroes who came to “kick a** and…
