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Judd Nelson’s Method Acting In The Breakfast Club Almost Got Him Fired “The Breakfast Club” is the story of five teenagers, each representing a high school stereotype: a brain, an athlete, a basketcase, a princess, and a criminal. They are all thrown together for a long day of Saturday detention, where they find out that maybe they aren’t so different after all. It’s classicJohn Hughes1980s teenage tropes, and I am such a sucker for his movies … and for John Bender....

Netflix Is Making A TV Series About The Creation of…Spotify? Spotifyis getting theNetflixtreatment. In what looks to be the streaming giant’s bid to make the nextSocial Network, Netflix has ordered a Swedish scripted series about the origins of the music streaming service Spotify. According toThe Hollywood Reporter, Netflix has greenlit the development of a limited series based on the bookSpotify Untoldby Swedish business reporters Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud.The book details the origins of the music streaming company, which launched in 2006 during the height of online music piracy in the early 2000s....

New On Blu-Ray: ‘Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films’, ‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’, ‘The Blob’, ‘Scarface’ 4K This week’s Blu-ray round-up features a monster box set, both literally and figuratively. We’re talking a massive 15-filmGodzillaset from the good folks at the Criterion Collection. If that’s not enough for you, there’s more! LikeScary Stories to Tell in theDark, a long-awaited special edition Blu-ray ofThe Blob, and a 4K release ofScarface. These are the new Blu-ray releases you should check out this week....

Paul Rudd Pulls That ‘Mac And Me’ Gag On Conan O’Brien One Final Time Paul Ruddis one of the most beloved guestsConan O’Brienhas ever had across his slate of talk shows. FromLate Night with Conan O’BrienthroughConanon TBS, the actor is always a hit with fans. But it’s not just because Paul Rudd is one of the most lovable and funniest guys around Hollywood. It’s because Paul Rudd always brings the best clips with him when he visits Conan....

POTD: See Ryan Gosling As ‘Doctor Strange’ In Some Pre-Production Concept Art Even though Marvel Studios ended up pickingBenedict Cumberbatchto play the title role ofDoctor Strangein the second theatrical release this year, there were several options that were on the table at various times. Actors like Joaquin Phoenix, Jared Leto andRyan Goslingwere once in the running, and now we get to see what it might have been like to have one of those actors wearing the cape of The Sorcerer Supreme....

Star Wars Bits: Force Awakens Trailer Impact, BB-8, Josh Trank, Rogue One, R2-D2 We begin to chronicle the aftermath ofStar Wars Celebrationin this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, we’ll discuss the following: Header image:Chris McVeigh Photography. Also check out thisChewie, We’re Home doormat. Besides the trailer, the biggest takeaway from last week’sForce Awakenspresentation was just how amazingBB-8is. TheNew York Timestalked to the CEO of Disney,Bob Iger, about how he helped to get the droid made....

Star Wars Bits: Frank Marshall Comments On ‘Episode VII’ Directors And ‘Indiana Jones 5,’ Joe Johnston Responds To Fan Speculation Two people with very unique perspectives on thisStar Warsbusiness are producerFrank Marshalland directorJoe Johnston. Marshall has worked with LucasFilm extensively in the past, producing all fourIndiana Jonesfilms (among others) and just so happens to be married to the CEO of the company,Kathleen Kennedy. Johnston is a well-known director who worked on all three films in the originalStar Warstrilogy and publicly declaredhis desire to make a newStar Warsmovie....

Steven Soderbergh Says The Future Of Filmmaking Is iPhones Steven Soderberghis a big fan of making dramatic statements on the state of cinema. “I just don’t think movies matter as much any more,” theOcean’s Elevendirector said in 2013 when heannounced his retirementfrom feature filmmaking. After that, the director did retreat into television, creating prestigious acclaimed series likeThe KnickandThe GirlfriendExperience. But Soderbergh briefly put his retirement on hold to direct the invigorating, severely underrated “hillbilly heist” filmLogan Lucky, distributed independently through his own company last summer....

Streaming Bits: Apple Prepping Movie Cloud Service, Netflix Signs Deal With The CW This week markedthe launch of UltraViolet, a new digital locker system that would allow users to purchase content in one physical or digital format and access it across all platforms via a cloud-based system. The service came about through years of negotiation and collaboration between major studios, manufacturers, and retailers, but not everyone in the industry was on board — Apple and Disney were among the two biggest holdouts....

Superhero Bits: Avengers 4 Set Photos, Laurence Fishburne’s Secret Marvel Project & More What’s in store for the season finale ofGuardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series? Do newAvengers 4set photos indicate a flashback or time travel toThe Avengersin 2012? Did you know there were once talks of aCatwomanspin-off afterBatman Returns? What secret Marvel project isLaurence Fishburneworking on? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Watch the trailer for the season finale ofGuardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, comingNovember 7....

Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Batman V Superman, Flash, Spider-Man 2 What Marvel movie doesRobert Downey Jr.think is the best of the bunch? Were theRusso Brothersworried aboutCaptain America 3showing down withBatman v Superman? Want to see the Gotham City jail from that film? How much didAction Comics #1sell for on eBay? Where doesGuardians of the Galaxyrank at the summer box office? Why is theHulkbusterarmor inAvengers: Age of Ultron?...

The ‘American Animals’ Opening Scene Gets Ready For A Heist American Animalsfocuses on one of the strangest art heists in history. A group of college kids from wealthy backgrounds banded together to steal a collection of rare art books. Things didn’t go as planned. Now, you may watch theAmerican Animalsopening scene below, featuring the characters preparing for their big heist. American Animals Opening Scene I’ve seenAmerican Animals, and I think the trailers are doing the movie a disservice....

The Daily Stream: Usher Out Pride Month By Watching A Pedro Almodóvar Movie (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you may stream it.)The Movies:Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!,The Skin I Live In,Volver,The Human Voice,Bad Education,Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,Broken Embraces,Pepi, Luci, Bom, take your pick.Where You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch:Pedro Almódovar is a queer auteur who has directed many classics of LGBTQ cinema —Bad Education, Julieta, and his most recent masterworkPain and Gloryamong them — but you could argue that any film from the Spanish filmmaker’s catalogue is inherently queer....