Rafael Motamayor, Author at The Playlist

CBS Picks Up ‘Silence Of The Lambs’ Sequel Show, ‘Clarice’ And Puts Another Nail In The Coffin Of ‘Hannibal’

January 13, 2020 8:30 am

It’s been five long and sad years since Bryan Fuller’s “Hannibal” was unceremoniously canceled by NBC. While fans keep waiting for good news that the show will be miraculously revived, CBS just went ahead and a...

Oscars 2020 – Joker Leads The Pack With 11 Nominations

Gregory Ellwood and Rafael Motamayor

January 13, 2020 8:00 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, News

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards bright and early Monday with the Oscars telecast less than a month away. As always, some lucky nominees saw ...

Jon Favreau Confirms Season 2 of ‘The Mandalorian’ For Fall 2020

Rafael Motamayor

December 27, 2019 4:45 pm

News, Television

The first season of “The Mandalorian” also known as “The Baby Yoda Variety Hour”, or “The money-making machine for which Disney mistakenly chose not to release merchandise in time” just came to a close. Mere ho...

Martin Scorsese Tells Lulu Wang Not To Do Superhero Films

Rafael Motamayor

December 27, 2019 4:03 pm

News

Remember when we all spent every waking moment thinking of what old filmmakers think of superhero movies? Well, Martin Scorsese is back to talk about his mortal enemy: movies about people in spandex. READ MO...

Ian McDiarmid Says George Lucas Would Not Have Resurrected Palpatine

Rafael Motamayor

December 27, 2019 3:06 pm

News

The biggest and most controversial choice J.J. Abrams made going into “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker” was bringing back Emperor Sheev (that’s his name) Palpatine. His reasoning was that he simply couldn’t make a...

John M. Chu Says Rose, Severely Underused In ‘Skywalker,’ Should Get Her Own Disney+ Series

Rafael Motamayor

December 27, 2019 1:17 pm

News

One of the biggest and saddest problems with “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” is the way it noticeably sidelines the character of Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran). A character that was a vital addition to the cas...

You Can Now Read Todd Phillips and Scott Silver’s ‘Joker’ Script, And Laugh Again At The Awkward Dancing

Rafael Motamayor

December 27, 2019 12:15 pm

News

Remember “Joker”? The origin story for a villain notorious for not having a concrete origin story? Remember how Todd Phillips of all people turned a script very heavily influenced by the work of Martin Scorsese...

The Best And Most Important Latin American Films Of The Decade [Video]

Rafael Motamayor

December 27, 2019 11:13 am

News

With the end of 2019 almost here, we’re seeing lots of “best of the decade” lists, because not only do people love lists, but it’s a fun and simple way of making note of the films you missed out on this decade....

Ryan Reynolds Confirms ‘Deadpool 3’ Is In The Works at Marvel Studios

Rafael Motamayor

December 27, 2019 10:04 am

News

One of the big questions following the Fox acquisition by Disney (well, after the massive layoffs, and the cancellation of many Fox projects, and the evils of monopolies) was about the plans that Marvel Studios...

Tom Hooper Tries To Explain Human Feet In ‘Cats’

Rafael Motamayor

December 27, 2019 9:30 am

News

Inexplicably, “Cats” is finally out, and the world will never be the same. The reactions are already out and they are not super positive. Among the many, many questions people have about this weird little music...

Rose Tico Was Mostly Removed From ‘Rise Of Skywalker’ But Kelly Marie Tran Suggests Rose And Rey Had Scenes Together

Rafael Motamayor

December 25, 2019 10:00 am

News

Among the many, many things that definitely should have been in “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker” one of the biggest omissions is the character of Rose Tico, played by Kelly Marie Tran. After her character became ...

‘The Woman In The Window’ Score By Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross Scrapped

Rafael Motamayor

December 25, 2019 9:03 am

News

If “Watchmen” or “The Social Network” has taught us anything is that your movie or TV show could always improve with a little music from the Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and his creative partner Atticu...

The Safdie Brothers And Paul Thomas Anderson Talk Darius Khondji And ‘Uncut Gems’

Rafael Motamayor

December 24, 2019 9:24 am

News

If you’re going to spend an hour listening to people talk about film, then you should make sure that the people talking know the craft. There’s nothing better than listening to two (or three) fantastic artists ...

Fans Of ‘The New Mutants’ Rejoice, There May Be A New Trailer Arriving In January

Rafael Motamayor

December 23, 2019 3:22 pm

News

Remember “The New Mutants”? That “X-Men” spin-off that was supposed to come out last year before being pushed into oblivion? After collecting dust in the Disney/Fox vault, it appears we may finally see some new...

John Boyega & JJ Abrams Reveal What Finn Was Going To Tell Rey & It’s Not What You Think

Rafael Motamayor

December 23, 2019 1:44 pm

News

“Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker” is out and fans have a lot of questions. While the movie is overstuffed with plot and answers to questions that we thought were already answered (like who Snoke is, or who Rey’s p...

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