Rafael Motamayor, Author at The Playlist

Larry David Returns With ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Season 10 Teaser

December 1, 2019 3:21 pm

In-between playing Bernie Sanders on “Saturday Night Live,” Larry David was still working on his irreverent comedy, “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Two years after the ninth season ended, HBO has finally revealed the f...

‘The Souvenir,’ ‘Parasite’ Top Sight & Sound’s Top 20 Films Of 2019

Rafael Motamayor

December 1, 2019 2:41 pm

News

Thanksgiving weekend may be over, but the season of “best of” lists is just beginning. As every publication is posting its own Best of 2019 list, we begin to see some films appear in multiple lists, roughly in ...

‘Justice League’ Composer Danny Elfman Says Zack Snyder “Never Finished” His Snyder Cut

Rafael Motamayor

December 1, 2019 1:54 pm

News

Bad news for true Snyder Cut believers! First, the high council of HBO Max reportedly said that they are not interested in moving forward with releasing the mythical cut that the legends have foretold. Now the ...

Kevin Hart Wants Dwayne Johnson To Find A Role For Him In ‘Black Adam’

Rafael Motamayor

November 30, 2019 12:22 pm

News

Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson have chemistry together, there’s no denying that. The question is, how long until we get a remake of “Twins” with Johnson and Hart playing Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, but that...

Martin Scorsese Doesn’t Think ‘The Irishman’ Would Have Worked As A TV Show

Rafael Motamayor

November 30, 2019 11:14 am

News

Some people are capable of binge-watching an entire season of “Stranger Things” in one sitting, others may prefer to watch “Avengers: Endgame” in several installments. With the release of the 3-and-a-half-hour ...

Trailer For Teresa Palmer Drama ‘Ride Like A Girl’ Doesn’t Have Character Saying Film’s Title

Rafael Motamayor

November 29, 2019 2:41 pm

News, Trailers

The first trailer for the Aussie drama, “Ride Like A Girl,” starring Teresa Palmer is now out, and it teases a tear-jerker and heart-warming underdog story, but unfortunately, no one says the title of the movie...

Martin Scorsese Says His Documentary ‘Italianamerican’ Is Being Released By Criterion Collection

Rafael Motamayor

November 29, 2019 2:00 pm

News

Fresh off the release of his latest crime epic, “The Irishman,” legendary director Martin Scorsese isn’t ready to stop. According to Scorsese, he’s now color-correcting his 1974 documentary “Italianamerican” wh...

Johnny Depp Producing Michael Jackson Stage Musical As Told By His Glove

Rafael Motamayor

November 29, 2019 1:15 pm

News

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, just when Hollywood decided a movie about Michael Jackson told from the perspective of his pet chimp Bubbles was too ridiculous to make, Johnny Depp scraps at the bottom...

Charlie Kaufman Wrote A Novel About A Failed Film Critic In The Most Charlie Kaufman-Sounding Novel Ever

Rafael Motamayor

November 28, 2019 3:04 pm

News

Charlie Kaufman has already given us some of the most unique and surrealistic screenplays in film, having written movies like “Being John Malkovich,” “Adaptation,” “Anomalisa” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless ...

Daniel Radcliffe Trades Angel Wings For A Crown In Trailer For Season 2 Of Comedy Anthology‘Miracle Workers’

Rafael Motamayor

November 28, 2019 1:33 pm

News, Trailers

Remember “Miracle Workers”? The comedy about the afterlife that isn’t “The Good Place,” but instead an office comedy set in heaven where Steve Buscemi played God? Well, it’s coming back, and it will now be set ...

‘E.T.’ And Henry Thomas’ Elliot Reunite 37 Years Later Thanks To Corporate Synergy

Rafael Motamayor

November 28, 2019 12:34 pm

News

In a blatant attempt to milk your childhood for everything is worth, that still makes you cry like a baby, we somehow got an official sequel to Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.” – except it’s a commercial for Universal...

First Trailer For ‘True History Of The Kelly Gang’ Turns Historical Bandits Into Punk Rock Stars

Rafael Motamayor

November 28, 2019 12:03 pm

News

Considered by many to be Australia’s version of Robin Hood, and a ruthless murder by others, Ned Kelly is one of the most famous bushrangers in Australian history. Now, the first trailer for “True History of th...

New ‘Cats’ Trailer: Make The Jellicle Choice This Holiday Season

Rafael Motamayor

November 19, 2019 11:00 am

News, Trailers

Everyone’s been living in denial the past few months, trying to forget that collective nightmare that was the first “Cats” trailer. Though on occasion someone would write some news piece trying to convince us t...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi..Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac)..Photo: Jonathan Olley..©2017 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Oscar Isaac Compares ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ To A “Chess Match”

Rafael Motamayor

November 16, 2019 3:53 pm

News

We are about to see not only the end of Disney’s first ‘Star Wars’ trilogy since acquiring Lucasfilm, but the end of a 9-movie saga. We know that Palpatine will return, but that’s pretty much the only thing we ...

Disney+ Adds A Disclaimer For “Outdated Cultural Depictions” In Classic Movies, Still Pretending ‘Song Of The South’ Doesn’t Exists

Rafael Motamayor

November 16, 2019 3:17 pm

News

We still have a long way to go when it comes to racism and representations in movies and TV shows, but we can at least agree we have made some progress compared to some of the Disney animated classics like “Dum...

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