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A category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content. it sets feel of the contents which is being consumed by us.

Types of genres

Action - fast-paced and includes a lot of action like fight scenes, chase scenes, and slow-motion shots. They can feature superheroes, martial arts, or exciting stunts.

Comedy - Comedy is a lightweight genre of dramatic performance having a humorous tone that depicts amusing incidents.

Drama - drama represents hyped emotions and stories with high stakes.

Thriller - it's an action pact but with a twist of anxiety, drama, and tension.

Mystery - here a series of events take place, usually a murder or other crime and it remains mysterious until the end of the story.

Horror - a genre of literature, film, and television that is meant to scare, startle, shock, and even repulse audiences.

Fantasy - story or literature that is set in a magical world, often involving traditional myths and magical creatures.

types of Sub genres:

Action

Sci-fi action — The film usually shares lots of conventions of a science-fiction movie, sci-fi action movies that emphasizes space battles, gunplay, invented weaponry, and some other kind of sci-fi elements that unites in an action movie premises. Exp: The Tomorrow War Martial arts — This is the sub-genre of martial arts film and action films that have an abundant hand-to-hand battle in between characters. Exp: The Karate Kid Superhero film — This usually has elements of fantasy and science fiction that centers on the actions of superheroes. Exp: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Spy film — It is the movie where the hero is normally a government mediator who should take violent action towards agents of the opposing administration or terrorists. Exp: The Courier Disaster film — The elements of thriller films and at times science fiction movies are the main clash of this genre. There is some sort of artificial or natural disaster, like floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, pandemics, volcanoes, and a lot more. Exp: The 5th Wave Buddy Cop — It is a sub-genre that turned out to be incredibly famous in the year 80’s. It normally involved two unequal heroes, who are always police officials that the relationship rotates as they proceed with the plot. Exp: 2 Guns Action horror — This is a subgenre that combines the intrusion of every evil event, force, or supernatural grandee of horror films with the frenetic chases and gunfights of the action variety. Exp: Train to Busan Action comedy — It is the sub-genre that involves humor and action. Exp: Welcome Action thriller — This usually features guns, amazing set pieces, cool explosions. The movie usually features lots of violence and often flamboyantly evil rivalry. Exp: V

Comedy

Sitcom - Dark comedy - Dark comedies are created to make the audience laugh at things they’re not supposed to find funny. Exp: blackmail, judgmental Hai Kya Slapstick comedy - a type of physical comedy characterized by broad humor, absurd situations, and vigorous, usually violent action. Exp: johnny English Political satire - specializes in gaining entertainment from politics. Exp: the death of Stalin Mocumentary's - Mockumentaries are documentary-style comedies that depict their characters and storylines as if they’re real people and events. Exp: popstar: never stop never stopping. Horror comedy - two of these genres are completely different but this sub-genre puts the audience to an ease. Exp: Bhool Bhulaiyaa , ready or not. Screwball comedy - Screwball is one of the classical forms of film comedy. Popularized during the Great Depression, screwball comedies are defined by their snappy dialogue and character-driven storytelling. Exp: Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd. Parody - Parody movies have sadly become a thing of the past, but in their ‘70s and ‘80s heyday, the spoof genre produced some of the funniest comedies ever made. Action comedy - Films of this type of blend comic antics and action where the stars combine one-liners with a thrilling plot and daring stunts. Exp: Jumanji Romantic comedy - It's focused on humorous plotlines centered on romantic ideas. These movies usually contain happy endings. Exp: barfi! and red white and royal blue

Drama

Dramedies- this adds a lighter tone to drama and make it a feel good. Exp: a man called otto, queen. Tragedy - this adds a dark theme. It often deals with death, disasters, human suffering. Exp: Romeo and Juliet Melodrama - this is an exaggerated form of drama. Opera - it's portrayed through musicals, dance and stories. Exp: the phantom of the opera Romantic drama - it dives deep into the emotions of romance and relationship. Exp: the summer turned pretty, my girl. Coming of age - this sub-genre is particularly for teenagers. Exp: the edge of seventeen, lady bird. Biopic - when real life stories are shown in a dramatic way. Exp: the sky is pink.

Romance

Paranormal romance - Paranormal romance focuses on romantic love and includes elements beyond the range of scientific explanation, from the speculative fiction genres of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Exp: the vampire diaries. Romcom - A genre in which the development of a romance leads to comic situations. Exp: how to lose a guy in 10 days, bride wars. Musical romance - songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing and emotions. Exp: la la land, rockstar. Historical romance - Historical romance is a genre consisting of books that take place in a historical setting with the developing romance of the main character being the focus. Exp: Jodhaa Akbar, Padmaavat. Fantasy romance - romantic fantasy books focus more on things like a character coming to grips with their power (often magical) and their place within the world. Exp: Cinderella, twilight Chick flick romance - Chick flick is a slang term, sometimes used pejoratively, for the film genre catered specifically to women's interests. Exp: easy A. Action romance - Action romance stories have a quest, a search for some important object/person/thing, that gives the story its adventure feels. Exp: Mr. And Mrs., Brahmastra. Drama romance - Romantic dramas dive deeper into the conflicting emotions of romance and relationships, dealing with other issues like tribulations, death, separation, infidelity, and the introduction of love triangles. Exp: the perks of being a wallflower, me before you.

Thriller

Action thriller - Action thriller is a blend of both action and thriller film in which the protagonist confronts dangerous adversaries, obstacles, or situations which he/she must conquer, normally in an action setting. Exp: bloody daddy, fight club Spy thriller - The spy film, also known as the spy thriller, is a genre of film that deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way Exp: baby Heist thriller - The heist film often follows a three-act structure: the preparation, the execution, and the aftermath. Exp: Ocean's 8 Horror thriller -horror is focused on eliciting a feeling of fear in the viewer or reader, while thrillers are designed to generate suspense and excitement and, in this genre, both the feeling are merged. Exp: Don't Worry Darling, M3GAN Psychological thriller - It is commonly used to describe literature or films that deal with psychological narratives in a thriller or thrilling setting. Exp: Talaash: The Answer Lies Within, American Psycho Sci fi thriller - A genre with films that are considered dramas or thrillers occurring in a science fiction setting. Exp: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

Mystery

Capers - They include one or more crimes that are open to the reader, they happen in plain view. Exp: Pulp Fiction Cozy mysteries - Like classic mysteries in that the crime will take place around a small or closed setting, for instance an inn or summer house. Exp: Murder She Baked: A Deadly Recipe Gumshoe - Novels in this category focus on the professional investigator. There are no amateurs here. He or she is tough, experienced, and often an ex-cop or ex-military. Nori - Mysteries like these are atmospheric, stark, and gritty. Classic Noir protagonists are complex characters who are flawed, risk takers and often self-destructive. Exp: The Big Sleep, Kiss Me Deadly Crime - focus on the planning or committing of a crime and offer detailed descriptions of the criminal and criminal underworld from the perspective of those who live in it. Exp: Chinatown, Death on the Nile Classical - In these mysteries there is a crime committed, usually a murder, in a closed social setting. Exp: The Girl on the Train

Horror

Sub genres :

Demonic possession - Demons have been part of historical storytelling for centuries. They represent evil in many forms including mythical, religious and supernatural. Exp: the exorcist Paranormal - Spirits and ghosts spook viewers and create fear without a physical presence on screen. For example, furniture moves without anyone touching it or a chill pass through the air out of nowhere. Exp: the conjuring, orphan Monsters - Vampires, aliens, and giant sea creatures are all antagonists in the Monster movie genre. Exp: it Slasher -Slasher movies focus on villains who are human. Slasher villains are usually serial killers. They stalk their victims and brutally murder them. Exp: X Gore - Also known as the splatter genre, gore is all about the portrayal of graphic violence. Blood, guts and body trauma are classic elements in gore movies. Exp: Jennifier's body, evil dead Witchcraft - Witches have a long history of mischief in folklore. They use the power of magic to cast spells on their victims turning them into all kinds of tortured beings. Exp: the wretched Psychological - Psychological horror is not about what we see on the screen but how it makes us feel. This genre plays tricks on the viewers’ mind by creating paranoia. Exp: smile , hereditary

Fantasy

Epic Fantasy Films: These are the most recognizable “fantasy films”. They are usually based on books. Exp: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledo Disney Animated Features: Almost every single Disney animated film is a fantasy. Exp: Tangled Superhero Movies: As such to fulfill this strenuous creative requirement, superhero stories have used a wide variety of story genres such as Fantasy, Science fiction, Mystery, Horror, Crime fiction etc. Exp: The Suicide Squad, the amazing spider man Children’s Films: So many children’s films are fantasy movies – i.e., involve magic or impossible happenings/creatures. Exp: Raya and the Last Dragon, Coco Christmas Movies: Again, not all Christmas movies are fantasy films, but many are. Exp: A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish. Magical-Twist Romantic Comedies: Every movie requires magic, but romances need a lot of magic. So much so that they often employ real, sparkly, fairy-godmother style magic. Exp: Aladdin.

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Vintage Shows to Watch While You Wait for the Next Episode of WandaVision - The 80s

OK so we are back to the sitcom timeline shenanigans so lets jump into the 80s.

1. The Greatest American Hero (1981 - 1983)

A more comedic spoof on the superhero genre, even more so than the pervious Batman series. A regular joe finds an alien suit that gives him superpowers and antics ensue.

2. Family Ties (1982 - 1989)

One of the most successful family sitcoms of the 80s, Family Ties is mostly remembered for launching the career of Michael J Fox. While his character of the suave, yet nerdy Alex P. Kenton does steal the show, the series smartly plays him as part of an assemble and not the singular star. Allowing him to bounce off his fellow cast members and provide levity or tear jerking moments when needed. Often at the same time.

Which is what proved to make the show popular as it merged serious topics and drama within the sitcom format. This cultural turning point in sitcoms is evident in Wandavision’s episode five as things become far more serious. It’s also evident in its opening titles which pays homage to the series.

3. Knight Rider (1982 - 1986)

If you prefer a more serious 80s super hero show then there is Knight Rider. Now the main human character is considered the ‘star’ of the show but the real hero is the robotic talking car as his team mate. Voiced by Mr. Feeny himself William Daniels.

4. The A-Team (1983 - 1987)

The last of the spy shows for awhile, and arguably not even a spy show, but it follows the format of action spy shows of the pervious 70s. A team of ex-military special forces go on the run when framed for crimes they didn’t commit and become a bunch of mercenaries with morals. Come for the explosions but stay for the Mr. T.

5.The Cosby Show (1984 - 1992)

While some may wish to forget this show given the later revealed scandals involving it’s star and creator, there is no denying the impact the series had during it’s time on air. It helped to further break the glass ceiling and normalize black led family sitcoms on air.

6.Growing Pains (1985 - 1992)

Perhaps Family Ties only real competitor during the 80s outside of The Cosby Show. The main draw of the series was that it had not one but three cute teenaged boys to compete with Michael J Fox. Which is hard cause it’s Michael J Fox, but still its something that a pre-teen straight girl or gay boy would nevertheless find appealing. Especially with pre-Titanic DiCaprio over there.

7. ALF (1986 - 1990)

Like with the pervious decade, there wasn’t many fantasy sitcoms on the air in the 80s. ALF was the exception. Like with My Favorite Martian and Mork and Mindy before it, the show involved hiding an alien away from the rest of the world in US suburbia. The biggest difference was that it was a whole family keeping the secret rather then just one sole confidant. Also as a puppet and not a human actor, Alf could not blend in with the rest of humanity making the task that much harder and that much funnier.

8. Full House (1987 - 1995)

My brain automatically catalogues this series as a 90s show because of TGIF on ABC. In fact it’s canonically in the same universe as those shows. But it got it’s start in the late 80s and is referenced a lot in this week’s episode. Not the least of which because Elizabeth Olsen is the sister of Mary Kate and Ashely Olsen, who become famous due to their role on the show.

As for the series itself, it’s basically Three Men and a Baby the series, but with two extra little girls added into the mix.

9. The Wonder Years (1988 - 1993)

First came Happy Days creating nostalgia for the 50s and then came wonder years giving us 60s nostalgia instead.

10. Quantum Leap (1989 - 1993)

For our anthology series this week, lets head back to our sci-fi roots with yet another show that features time travel. Quantum Leap is about a man who leaps into the bodies of people who lived through out history, temporarily possessing them, as he tries to find his way back home to his own body. In order to make another leap he has to ‘fix’ what ever current problem that person is facing.

Runner Ups

Battlestar Galactica (1978 - 1980)

The original Battlestar Galactica was just Bonanza meets Star Wars and it was glorious!

Cheers (1982 - 1993)

One of the most successful sitcoms of all time is just about a bunch of middle aged white folks getting drunk in a bar every week. Which is kind of brilliant in it’s simple stupidity.

The Golden Girls (1985 - 1992)

Do I even need to explain what the Golden Girls is on trumblr? Well in case you’ve been living under a rock it’s a sitcom about four old women living together, having lots of sex (no, not with each other), and talking about social issues that are still relevant today.

Married ...with Children (1987 - 1997)

A spoof of family sitcoms of the time featuring a dysfunctional meanspirited family. There’s no seriousness or sweetness here but there sure are a lot of laughs.

Roseanne (1988 - 1997)

If Married ...with Children was a spoof, then Roseanne was a serious satire. Much like the Honeymooners before it, Roseanne defied the idyllic suburb living family and strove to show the real, gritty, and often forgotten working class family. To mixed results. Even ignoring how unpleasant its main star can be in real life, you’ll either love or hate the show, there’s not much in-between.

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Le GRAND BLOND / LE RETOUR DU GRAND BLOND (1972-1974) - CULT FRENCH COMEDY MOVIES (Part 3/10)

By the early 70′s Pierre Richard, the most famous slapstick style French comedy actor was a bonafide superstar in France (see Part 8).

The two spy comedies, spoof of James Bond movies, he filmed in 9172 and 1974 were massive hits at Box Office with great cast and dialogues and Mireille Darc at her sexiest wearing THAT open back dress that has been many times copied but never equalled.

Above are posters from France, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Poland and the US including the complete Italian fotobusta set (click on each image for details).

Director: Yves Robert Actors: Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet, Mireille Darc, Jean Rochefort

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MAD Magazine Gives an Exclusive Spy's Eye View of TV Issue

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An exclusive preview of "MAD Screens TV" catches Spy vs Spy in a video camera booby trap.

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MAD Magazine is taking on the small screen in their upcoming MAD Issue #12, “MAD Screens TV," and - SPOILER ALERT - the magazine spoofs all comers. From nostalgic parodies of classic sit-com M*A*S*H and educational series Sesame Street to sendups of contemporary programming, like RuPaul's Drag Race shows, America's longest-running humor magazine finds reasons to change the channel.

The usual gang of idiots may be comic masterminds, but they are no masters of espionage. They leaked an exclusive preview of the new Spy vs. Spy comic strip. Written and illustrated by Peter Kuper, the 2-page comic strip follows Black Spy and White Spy as they play with their new, probably-government-issued, Acme TV electronic eye surveillance equipment toys. But they are not programming. They use video camera booby traps to go toe-to-toe in a cat-and-mouse game.

You never know who's side is winning with these two barely-undercover operatives. Just when you think you've figured out the tricks they're hiding up their sleeves, they go sleeveless.

You can spy on it yourself, exclusively, here:

Spy vs Spy debuted in January 1961 in the Mad #60 issue. The Cold War parody was created by Cuban expatriate Antonio Prohías. He had been a prolific cartoonist known for political satire before he fled to America on May 1, 1960, three days before Fidel Castro nationalized the Cuban free press. Prohías, who was the president of the Cuban Cartoonists Association, published anti-Batista political cartoons at El Mundo before Castro. He set his sights on Fidel's Government when he took power and was accused of working for the CIA.

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Prohías died on Feb. 24, 1998. Alternative comics artist Peter Kuper, who founded the left-wing comics anthology magazine World War 3 Illustrated in 1979, has been contributing Spy Vs Spy strips since 1997.

Last July, rumors about MAD's demise were running rampant, but DC continues to publish issues of the magazine bimonthly. Sure, they mix vintage material with new content, but they always have. They repurposed their 1950s magazines on the inside of their 70s clip-show-like reprint issues and called them "Special."

"February's TV-themed issue is packed with new, original content and a wide variety of vintage MAD favorites (because so many boobs have been on the tube)," the advance press promises. MAD "continues to skewer everything pop culture, and will surely make the whole family laugh...while still managing to piss off some folks."

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The new issue also includes “Boob Tube Mash-Ups We Can’t Wait to See,” with artwork from Kerry Callen and graphs from Brockton McKinney, which imagines crossovers like Black-ish Mirror and BoJack Mindhunter. “That’s Advertainment” gives Uber and Postmates a streaming service. "A MAD look at TV," by Sergio Aragones, shows why we should always check for cameras before picking our noses. “Meanwhile,” by Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra, gives the afterlife an artistic spin. A retro "Lighter Side of" reminds us how television sets have always been a danger to us.

The issue also shows us how television scripts are born and gives useful tips on how to best spend commercial breaks.

MAD Issue #12 will be available to subscribers and comic book retailers on Feb. 19.

Culture Editor Tony Sokol cut his teeth on the wire services and also wrote and produced New York City's Vampyr Theatre and the rock opera AssassiNation: We Killed JFK. Read more of his work here or find him on Twitter @tsokol.

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10 Shagadelic Things You Didn't Know About The Austin Powers Movies

Mike Myers has been acting since the mid-‘70s, but one of his most famous roles is Austin Powers. There have been three Austin Powers movies to date: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, The Spy Who Shagged Me, and Goldmember. All three films were directed by Jay Roach and star Mike Myers as Austin Powers and his arch-nemesis Dr. Evil.

Related: Yeah, Baby! The 10 Most Hilarious Austin Powers Movie Quotes

For years, a fourth film has been rumored, but nothing has ever come to fruition. With the last film being released over 15 years ago, there is a lot of interesting details known about the three Austin Powers movies you may not be aware of. Here are 10 Shagadelic Things You Didn't Know About The Austin Powers Movies.

10 Austin Powers Was Inspired By A Few People

The character Austin Powers was created when Mike Myers was joking and flirting with his wife. His wife told him to write his ideas down for the character instead of messing with her and Austin Powers was born.

Myers went on to write the script in a few weeks and apparently based his character on a few different people. It’s widely believed that Austin Powers was based on TV host Simon Dee. Michael Caine also believes Austin Powers was based on his character Harry Palmer from The Ipcress File.

9 There Was A MTV Special That Aired First

Before Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery hit theaters, the character was first introduced on the small screen. The first appearance of Austin Powers was in the TV movie Austin Powers’ Electric Pussycat Swingers Club. The film is less than an hour and originally aired on MTV in order to promote the first Austin Powers movie.

The film shows clips from the actual movie and also has Austin talking about being frozen for 30 years. The TV movie didn’t ever get a home release, but copies of it can be found online and even on YouTube.

8 New Line Cinema Struggled To Decide On Titles For The Sequels

When it came time to make a sequel to International Man of Mystery, New Line Cinema had a tough time settling on a name. Initially, the sequel was going to be called Austin Powers 2: The Wrath of Khan. New Line had to get permission from Paramount to use the name, which they obviously didn’t go for. Austin Powers 2: Electric Boogaloo and Austinpussy were also potential titles, but they decided to go with The Spy Who Shagged Me.

Related: 11 Sequels In Development That We're Still Waiting For

For the third film, MGM even sued New Line over the subtitle Goldmember, but they were allowed to use the title only after they agreed to approve future titles with MGM and if they agreed to play a trailer for Die Another Day in front of Goldmember.

7 Colin Quinn Was Almost Scott Evil

Saturday Night Live helped kickstart Mike Myers’ career and another SNL cast member was almost in Austin Powers. Colin Quinn almost played Scott Evil, but the role later went to Seth Green. Scott Evil is Dr. Evil and Frau Farbissina’s son, who Dr. Evil always complains isn’t evil enough.

Quinn was initially offered the role in International Man of Mystery, but he turned it down. Quinn still regrets his decision but has since appeared in films like A Night at the Roxbury, Grown Ups, and Trainwreck. Given his filmography, if he would have played Scott Evil, it likely would have been the biggest role of his career.

6 Felicity Shagwell & Mustafa Almost Returned For Goldmember

After Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley) turns out to be a Fembot, Austin has to find a new lover in The Spy Who Shagged Me. He falls in love with Felicity Shagwell, who was played by Heather Graham. Also, the first film introduced Will Ferrell’s character Mustafa: A henchman of Dr. Evil who was a weapon designer and had a quirk where he couldn’t resist answering a question if he was asked three times.

Both were memorable characters but neither of them came back for Goldmember. The characters were supposed to return in some capacity, but their scene was cut from the film.

5 Dr. Evil Was Based On Lorne Michaels

Mike Myers was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1989 to 1995 and also hosted an episode in 1997 when the first Austin Powers came out. Lorne Michaels is the creator and producer of SNL, but he was also the inspiration behind Dr. Evil. Myers has stated before that his impression of Michaels was the inspiration for the character.

He also explained that Donald Pleasence’s portrayal of Blofeld was also a big inspiration for Dr. Evil. That being said, Dana Carvey claimed Myers copied his Lorne Michaels impression for Dr. Evil, which caused a rift between them for several years.

4 They Almost Made An Animated Series

The three Austin Powers films are among Myers' greatest movies, but the franchise almost continued with an animated series. While details about The Spy Who Shagged Me were still developing, it was reported that New Line Television was also developing an Austin Powers animated series. Not much is known about the project (besides the fact that it didn’t happen), but at the time it was being compared to King of the Hill’s comedy style.

The animated Austin Powers series seems to have gotten canceled along the way, but fans are also still waiting for Austin Powers 4. Unfortunately, that looks just as unlikely as the animated series since Mini-Me actor Verne Troyer passed away last year.

3 Jim Carrey Could Have Played Dr. Evil

Part of the reason why people find Austin Powers so funny is that Mike Myers plays multiple characters in the films. He, of course, plays Austin Powers, but he also portrays Dr. Evil and Fat Bastard. That being said, the film could have had Jim Carrey in the role of Dr. Evil.

Related: Where Are They Now? Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery

Much like Myers, Carrey is a comedy legend, starring in films like The Mask, Bruce Almighty, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Carrey was offered the role by Mike Myers and while he was interested, Carrey had to turn it down because he was shooting Liar Liar.

2 The Actor Behind Random Task Is A Real-Life Villain

If you haven’t seen the actor Joseph Hyungmin Son lately, it’s because he’s currently serving a life sentence at Salinas Valley State Prison. Son was the actor behind the henchman Random Task in the first Austin Powers film. In 2011, he was arrested for a heinous crime committed in 1990.

Police were able to obtain a DNA sample from him decades after the crime since he had been picked up for violating his parole in 2008. As if a life sentence wasn’t enough for Son, he also got an additional 27 years in 2017 for beating his cellmate to death.

1 Sean Connery Could Have Played Nigel

It’s no secret that Austin Powers is a spoof of the 007 films, but not very many people know that director Jay Roach wanted to get Sean Connery to play Nigel Powers in Austin Powers: Goldmember. Connery is, of course, famous for playing the first James Bond back in 1964 in Dr. No.

Connery likely turned down the role, which was then given to Michael Caine. As mentioned earlier, Caine believed Austin Powers was based on his character Harry Palmer, so given him a role in Austin Powers: Goldmember sort of made the series come full circle.

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Martin Landau: 10 Career Mileposts, From Hitchcock to 'Ed Wood' and Beyond

Martin Landau, who died on July 16 at age 89, was a familiar face in movies and TV for almost 60 years. He made an impression on big-screen audiences opposite James Mason and Cary Grant in Alfred Hitchcock‘s North by Northwest in 1959, after steady work in TV, then largely stayed on the small screen until hitting it big as a regular on hit spy series Mission: Impossible, from 1966 to 1969. In the mid-70s, he played the captain on much-hyped British sci-fi series Space: 1999, but it didn’t become the next Star Trek. He worked steadily for the next 10+ years, until striking gold with a supporting role in Francis Ford Coppola‘s Tucker in 1988, which earned him an Oscar nomination, afeat he’d duplicate in 1989 in Woody Allen‘s Crimes and Misdemeanors. He’d finally collect his first Oscar win in 1994, for his performance as Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton‘s Ed Wood. For more on his standout career, click through the slideshow above, illustrating the highlights of his decades in movies/TV.

‘North by Northwest’ (1959)

This classic Alfred Hitchock thriller gave Landau his breakout film role as Leonard, right-hand man to the villainous spy Vandamm (James Mason), who is attempting to murder a victim of mistaken identity (Cary Grant). Though he had few lines, Landau’s menacing, oddly playful presence is unforgettable. (Photo: Everett)

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Years of TV Character Roles

Much of Landau’s lengthy career consisted of one-off parts on TV shows. When he was getting started in the ’50s and ’60s, he brandished his pistol on popular Westerns like Wild Wild West and Bonanza; during a slow stretch in the 1980s, he showed up on the Twilight Zone revival and Murder, She Wrote. (Photos: Everett)

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‘Mission: Impossible’ (1966-1969)

Tom Cruise was barely out of diapers when Landau made his debut on TV’s original Mission: Impossible, the long-running CBS series about a secret government spy agency. Landau played “man of a million faces” Rollin Hand, a master magician and impersonator, for three seasons (and received an Emmy nod for each one). (Photo: Everett)

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‘Space: 1999’ (1975-1977)

Starring opposite his then-wife, Barbara Bain, Landau played an astronaut stranded on an out-of-orbit moon in this high-budget British sci-fi drama, which aired for two seasons. (Photo: Everett)

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‘Tucker: The Man and His Dream’ (1988)

After playing countless villains and suspicious characters, Landau (pictured, left) embraced the role of dream-making financier Abe Karatz in Francis Ford Coppola‘s drama about automobile innovator Preston Tucker (Jeff Bridges, center, with Lloyd Bridges, right). The film earned Landau his first Oscar nomination. (Photo: Everett)

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‘Crimes and Misdemeanors’ (1989)

The only actor nominated for an Academy Award for Woody Allen‘s acclaimed drama, Landau (pictured, left, with Allen) played Judah Rosenthal, a respected doctor who takes a dark turn when his mistress (Anjelica Huston) threatens to reveal herself to his family. (Photo: Everett)

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‘Ed Wood’ (1994)

After two nominations, Landau (pictured, left, with Johnny Depp) won an Oscar at age 66 for his portrayal of Dracula star Bela Legosi — as a cantankerous, regretful old actor putting his heart into one last horror flick — in Tim Burton‘s schlock-filmmaker biopic. (Photo: Everett)

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‘Frankenweenie’ (2012)

Landau reunited with Ed Wood director Burton to lend his voice to this Disney-produced Frankenstein spoof. The actor played Mr. Rzykruski, the science teacher who inspires the young protagonist’s daring experiments in renaimation (and who sounds suspiciously like horror icon Vincent Price). (Photo: Disney)

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‘Without a Trace’ (2004-2009)

Decades after Mission: Impossible, Landau received his fourth and fifth Emmy nominations for a recurring role as Frank Malone, FBI agent Jack Malone (Anthony LaPaglia)’s father who is battling Alzheimer’s disease, in this CBS police procedural. (Photo: CBS)

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‘Entourage’ (2006-2008)

“Is that something you might be interested in?” That was the catchphrase of Landau’s recurring character on the hit HBO comedy: a hilariously past-his-prime movie producer who has never stopped wheeling and dealing. Landau reprised this Emmy-nominated role in the 2015 Entourage movie. (Photo: HBO)

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@TVGuideMagazine @Kyle_MacLachlan & @DAVID_LYNCH on the long-awaited return of #TwinPeaks.

When David Lynch and Mark Frost’s surreal Twin Peaks debuted on ABC in April 1990, the nascent World Wide Web was not yet a delivery service for instant feedback—or spoilers. Audiences found themselves frustrated yet intrigued with having to wait, week after week, to learn clues about the trippy show’s central mystery: Who bumped off small-town bad girl Laura Palmer (played by Sheryl Lee)? But even in today’s era of information overload, Showtime has unveiled only the most cryptic of teasers about the much-anticipated 18-episode revival, leaving fans waiting yet again.

Returning star Kyle MacLachlan, who revisits his lead role as unorthodox FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, also has remained mum on what Coop’s beat will be. Is there a new murder? Is java-loving Agent Cooper still seeing apparitions? Will anyone’s deceased soul find its way into a drawer’s knob? (Yes, that actually happened—along with jazzy dance breaks, soul-stealing supernatural entities in jean jackets and lots of ebullient appreciation of doughnuts and sandwiches.) “I wish I could tell you more,” the actor says with a laugh. “I’m just incredibly excited about what people’s response is going to be.”

Here’s what’s known: It’s now 25 years after the Northwest community of Twin Peaks parsed out the demise of homecoming queen Palmer, with her last seven days rumored to provide a crucial clue to the new narrative. Lynch is directing and cowriting—with producing partner Frost—all 18 installments of the limited series. So how was it to be back in the director’s chair? “Close to heaven on Earth,” says Lynch (below, with the late Miguel Ferrer). “It’s like a feature film divided into parts, so in order for it to hold together, it should be [made] by the same bunch.”

In fact, fan faves such as Mädchen Amick (Shelley), Sherilyn Fenn (Audrey), Kimmy Robertson (Lucy), Harry Goaz (Deputy Andy), Dana Ashbrook (Bobby) and James Marshall (James) are all back. “We’d see each other, and within seconds it’d be like no time had passed at all,” says Lynch, who also reprises his role as comically hard-of-hearing FBI Chief Gordon Cole. Plus, a bevy of new faces in secret roles adds star power to the 217-person cast, including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Naomi Watts, Richard Chamberlain, Ashley Judd and Laura Dern.

This incarnation also marks a TV milestone: The first two parts are making their debut this month at the Cannes Film Festival, the first time in the fest’s 70 years that series television will be shown alongside glitzy gala movie premieres.

“I love revisiting the world and the characters of Twin Peaks,” Lynch says, noting the reboot might not all be set in the town we once knew. Given the various celebrations and fan sites in the show’s honor, so do many viewers. How good is your recall on Twin Peaks?

Here’s your ultimate A-to-Z guide to the seminal drama—including some cool trivia. Cherry pie and cup of joe optional. (Additional reporting by Jeff Pfeiffer)

Angelo Badalamenti The American composer nabbed a Best Pop Instrumental Grammy in 1991 for Twin Peaks’ haunting main theme. Another fun fact: He’s scored six of Lynch’s films and even has a small role in one of them: 2001’s Mulholland Drive.

BOB, aka Killer BOB This evil ghoul from the supernatural realm (Frank Silva, left) possessed Laura’s tortured dad, Leland Palmer (Ray Wise), and eventually, per the final moments of the ABC series, Agent Cooper. Lynch cast Peaks’ set decorator Silva in the pivotal role after spotting him in a mirror’s reflection, which would later—prophetically—become BOB’s creepy visual signature.

Carlton Cuse The Bates Motel cocreator admitted, “We pretty much ripped off Twin Peaks” to capture the tone of the Psycho prequel. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

Diane Keaton The Oscar-winning actress directed the not-very-well-received Season 2 episode “Slaves and Masters,” which wrapped up shady businessman Ben Horne’s (Richard Beymer) bizarre delusion that he was a Civil War hero.

Emmys Peaks won a pair of trophies (for costuming and editing) but was nominated for a whopping 18 total, including drama series, leading actor (MacLachlan), leading actress (Piper Laurie as Catherine Martell, the town’s sullen saw mill proprietor) and supporting actress (Fenn, as teenage seductress Audrey Horne).

Fire Walk With Me The maligned 1992 big-screen prequel film—which has since developed nearly as much of a cult following as the series—starred Lynch, Kiefer Sutherland and singer Chris Isaak as agents investigating the murder of Teresa Banks (the show’s other initial murder case) and tied into the last week of Laura Palmer’s short life.

Great Northern Now known as the Salish Lodge and often flocked to by superfans, the rustic inn seen in the lush opening credits has been renovated into a chic resort and spa that overlooks the Snoqualmie Falls near Seattle.

Horne’s Department Store Audrey’s job at her dad’s retail outlet in Season 1 led from her becoming a swoony Lolita-type into a full-fledged spy, infiltrating his secret brothel after discovering that salesgirls were being lured into prostitution. Scandalous!

Invitation to Love The faux soap opera watched by several Peaks characters often mimicked the series’ own storylines, including one involving a twin cousin. (Lee also played Laura Palmer’s more demure, brunette cousin, Maddy Ferguson.)

Johnson, Shelley After auditioning for the role of winsome high schooler Donna (played by Lara Flynn Boyle, who is not returning for the revival), newcomer Amick (now starring on Riverdale) so wowed the producers that they created the role of put-upon Double R Diner waitress Shelley just for her. She quickly became adored by fans.

Kiana Lodge The Poulsbo, Washington, locale was used for the Great Northern’s interior shots and as the Blue Pine Lodge, which was a residence shared by Catherine, her goofy fisherman husband, Pete (Jack Nance), and the sultry Josie (Joan Chen), a Chinese émigré with a dodgy past who famously kept a low profile in the industrial township.

Log Lady The recently departed Catherine E. Coulson’s memorably deadpan mystic—who shared a very special connection to her beloved wood—helped Cooper by giving him clues throughout Laura’s murder investigation. The Log Lady (seen right) was famously spoofed in an episode of the Rob Morrow series Northern Exposure.

Man from Another Place, The As the key resident of Cooper’s dream-induced Red Room, Michael J. Anderson’s scary-cool “dancing dwarf” spoke in backward riddles and proclamations. (Our favorite: “That gum you like is going to come back in style.”) He later inspired a memorable bit on The Simpsons.

Northwest Passage This was the original name of the pilot script written by Lynch and co-creator Frost. Not as catchy!

One-Eyed Jacks Owned by Ben Horne and run by madam Blackie O’Reilly (Victoria Catlin), this casino was best known for peddling drugs and hookers and, most importantly, for being one of the last places its young employee Laura Palmer was seen alive.

Project Blue Book Agent Cooper was briefed on this real-life 1950s–1960s secret probe into UFOs conducted by the U.S. government, which he was told included activity around the perimeter of Twin Peaks—hence all the ghostly goings-on.

Queen of Diamonds The famous playing-card royal served as inspiration for Audrey’s outfit at One-Eyed Jacks on her first night as a new hostess…which almost ends with Audrey’s being “broken in” by the owner, who is (gasp) her father!

Roadhouse The show’s biker bar hosted several clandestine rendezvous, as well as Cooper’s meeting with the Giant (the main figure in Cooper’s many dream states), the ill-fated Miss Twin Peaks pageant and musical performances by Julee Cruise’s ethereal house chanteuse (who also sings Peaks’ main theme, “Falling”).

Silent curtain runners High-strung town weirdo Nadine (Wendy Robie) served as its resident inventor too, including this unusual solution for the screech heard when opening draperies.

TV Guide Magazine Twin Peaks placed No. 20 in our 2004 countdown of TV’s Top 25 Cult Shows. (Yes, we know it should have been higher!)

Uproar What happened when fans didn’t find out who killed Laura in the Season 1 finale or even the Season 2 premiere. BOB’s deadly deed was finally revealed in the November 10, 1990, episode, but by then, the low ratings proved more lethal than he was.

Violence Despite the fact the primetime show was on a broadcast network shackled with standards-and-practices regulations, eyebrows were routinely raised for its unflinching portrayals of domestic abuse, electroshock torture and, indelibly, the signature image of Laura Palmer nestled in a body bag.

Wrapped in Plastic This same image in the show inspired the title of rocker/devoted fan Marilyn Manson’s 1994 song about dysfunction, which also samples Laura’s screams from the series finale. A meta treat for fans.

X-Files Before the truth was out there, David Duchovny (left)—then dating actress Robertson, who plays baby-voiced police secretary Lucy—made his television debut portraying trans FBI agent Denise Bryson.

Yamaguchi, Fumio The actor credited with playing Season 2’s mysterious Japanese real estate investor “Mr. Tojamura” turned out to be a fake! All along, it was series regular Piper Laurie’s believed-to-be-dead Catherine in full-on Mission: Impossible–level disguise. Had us fooled!

Zen It proved to be the preferred mental state of dogged crime fighter Agent Cooper, whether he was calmly dictating into his prized tape recorder or hanging upside down to meditate. Will he still be as cool 25 years later?

Twin Peaks, Series Return, Sunday, May 21, 9/8c, Showtime

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It would be inaccurate to call Get Smart TV’s first cult comedy, because there are numerous series fitting that description that precede it or aired simultaneously to it. But look a little more closely at the run of Mel Brooks and Buck Henry’s daffy spy spoof, and the series starts to look slightly more like any one of a number of low-rated, critically beloved series that have struggled their way to 100 episodes over the medium’s history. Its humor was less broad than the standard television comedy and was based in audiences knowing something of what it was talking about. The series’ run capped out at five seasons, and it only got there because of some combination of goodwill and pluck. Get Smart probably should have been canceled after its second season, but it hung on, and it eventually became a television classic. But it was decidedly a near thing.

Get Smart’s primary reason for existence was to offer a goofy spoof of James Bond, the most popular pop culture touchstone of the mid-’60s world the sitcom arose out of. The show was launched in the shadow of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., a fellow spy series with a streak of whimsy, but Get Smart quickly ran toward the humorous side of things, more so than anything resembling a real spy story. There were missions of the week, and the agents at the center of the show went on adventures, but these stories were often taken wholesale from books or movies, the better to simply give everyone room to riff on pop culture tropes and come up with the silliest possible gags and gadgets. Take, for instance, an early spoof of Murder On The Orient Express, which takes the idea of murders happening onboard the famous train to provide the actors with the opportunity for wacky jokes and slapstick.

That first season was likely the height of Get Smart’s cultural influence. It landed at 12th place in the Nielsen ratings, building solidly off the programs that preceded it and beating out its chief timeslot competition, The Lawrence Welk Show. Reviews were largely kind—though the show had its detractors—and when it came time for the Emmys, the program received four nominations, including nominations for Brooks and Henry’s pilot script, “Mr. Big,” and for the series itself. The show would spend its first four seasons as an Emmy mainstay, eventually winning two comedy series trophies for its third and fourth seasons and winning three consecutive trophies for best actor in a comedy for series star Don Adams.

It was Adams who pulled all of the disparate tones of Get Smart together, who kept it from being just a weekly spoof of spy movies. His Maxwell Smart isn’t a particularly deep character—it’s difficult to imagine him having complex or thought-provoking layers—but he is a surprisingly effective spy, at least in terms of his stats. Smart usually gets his man, or, more properly, other people get Smart’s man, and he gets the credit for it. Adams was a master of slapstick and the deadpan, using his unique, nasal voice to underline the ridiculousness of the series with a weird combination of silliness and gravitas. Everybody else at CONTROL, the spy organization Smart works for, is aware that he’s mostly a buffoon, but they keep giving him jobs. The show exploits this tension marvelously, turning the idea of Max Smart being the only man who can save the day into something ripe with comedic potential. How will things go wrong this episode? And how will they go right in the next? The best sitcoms use formula as a way to guide the audience through the story, to make the laughs ebb and flow exactly when they need to. Get Smart uses formula as one of the primary antagonists; Maxwell Smart is going to save the day somehow, but along the way, everybody else will be humorously inconvenienced.

All of these elements are present in the pitch-perfect pilot episode, even if one of the series’ most notable elements—its brightly colored, surprisingly beautiful aesthetic—is buried under a swath of black and white. But Adams’ expertly modulated performance is there, as is the exasperation everyone who works with him feels toward him. So are the series’ weird gadgets and visual gags, the sorts of funny objects Brooks would return to and perfect in his ’70s film work. There’s, of course, the Cone Of Silence, one of the best TV visual jokes of all time, and there’s the shoe phone, the show’s most famous gadget.

Get Smart gradually fell down the ratings charts as it went on. In its second season, it tumbled to 22nd place for the year, and by season three—ironically, when the series won its first comedy series Emmy—it had fallen out of the top 30 altogether. Its renewal by NBC was far from a sure thing in both cases, yet it kept coming back somehow, because the show had become one of the biggest critical hits of the day with an obsessive fan base that devoured all the knowledge it could glean about the series’ increasingly complicated mythology and the different agents who worked for CONTROL and its evil counterpart, KAOS (only slightly disguised versions of the CIA and KGB).

After its fourth season (and second comedy series Emmy), the comedy was canceled by NBC, but CBS picked it up for a largely misbegotten fifth season that pushed the episode total to 138. Get Smart’s legacy actually proved more lasting than the show itself. It was exactly the sort of program that kids would gobble up in afternoon syndication, so it hung around in that fashion long enough to prompt legions of new fans, enough fans to eventually prompt some absolutely awful spin-offs, like the theatrical film The Nude Bomb and a mid-’90s revival with Andy Dick as the son of Max and 99.

But maybe the true legacy of Get Smart lies in where this piece began: in the idea that for at least a subset of viewers (albeit a small one), there’s great value in a sitcom that perpetuates itself and the sitcom form, a series that is constantly delving into its own interiors to find new things to mock and make fun of. Get Smart may not have been the most sophisticated sitcom in the history of television, but it used its weird parts to build something that proved lasting and sly, something that had far more to say about the world it took place in than it seemed to, and something that people continued to watch for decades afterward precisely because of all of those qualities.

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Hollywood Gets Nutty

What’s better than a really smart comedy? A really dumb one. Because let’s face it: Sometimes you just want to see someone get a pie in the face.

Hollywood Gets Nutty

Hollywood Gets Nutty By Stephen Whitty, ReMIND Magazine What’s better than a really smart comedy? A really dumb one. Because let’s face it: Sometimes you just want to see someone get a pie in the face. Luckily, Hollywood knows how to deliver. And it seemed to reach peak goofiness in the ’50s and ’60s, as big-budget movies took a turn for the nutty, and huge stars happily made fools of themselves. Filmmaker Billy Wilder moved easily between dry comedy and dark drama. Some of his best movies — Sunset Boulevard (1950), The Apartment (1960) — expertly mix both. But audiences loved him best when Wilder got wilder, as in the rowdy The Seven Year Itch (1955) starring Marilyn Monroe as a girl who just can’t cool down. Or The Fortune Cookie (1966), a farce about a fraud, and the film that first hilariously teamed Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Still, the best and brightest Wilder comedy may be Some Like It Hot (1959), with Lemmon and Tony Curtis dressing up as ladies to get away from the mob. Monroe shows up again, and while her seduction of Curtis’ faux Cary Grant is the film’s sexiest spot, it’s Joe E. Brown’s daffy courtship of Lemmon that gets the biggest belly laughs. Throughout the early ’50s, no one did slapstick cinema better than Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin, who bonded at New York City’s Glass Hat nightclub in 1946 and quickly became one of the highest-paid acts in show business. From 1949 to 1956, the pair released 16 films — including 1951’s The Stooge, 1953’s The Caddy and 1955’s Artists and Models — until Martin grew weary of their dimwit-and-straight-man shtick and went solo, 10 years to the day they first met. And though he brought his favorite crazy voice and fake teeth to The Nutty Professor (1963), Lewis — who wrote, directed and starred — pared the film’s plot down to a clever Jekyll-and-Hyde spoof, with Lewis playing both parts. Doris Day discovered it’s fun to be foolish when she became a huge rom-com star in the sneakily sexy Pillow Talk (1959) with Rock Hudson (and a cleverly risqué, split-screen scene that put them in adjoining bubble baths). Follow-ups like Lover Come Back (1961) and Send Me No Flowers (1964) made them a favorite team. An even goofier Day comedy was The Thrill of It All (1963), a TV-ad satire with a sublimely silly scene of costar James Garner driving into a swimming pool. Day also lit up The Glass Bottom Boat (1966), a wild spy spoof with Rod Taylor that also found room for funnyman favorites Dom DeLuise and Paul Lynde. If you’re looking for a comedy that’s more squeaky clean, 1965’s The Great Race has broad family appeal. Curtis and Lemmon teamed up again, abetted by a gorgeous and game Natalie Wood, an epic, round-the-world chase, dozens of face-planted pies, and parodies of everything from silent movies to The Prisoner of Zenda. This is a big, bright, candy-colored cartoon of a movie, with archetypes any child will recognize — the charming and resourceful hero, the bitter villain (compete with clumsy henchman) and the gorgeous damsel in distress who is, in fact, a lot more self-reliant than she’s given credit for. While The Great Race was a wide-screen winner, it wasn’t nearly as epic as It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). Director Stanley Kramer set out to make a mammoth and merry statement about greed, and while Mad might not be the best comedy, it’s certainly the biggest, boasting dozens of comedians from Jonathan Winters to Milton Berle. (Also on the hunt for buried loot: Buddy Hackett, Sid Caesar, Phil Silvers and, in one of the movie’s many cameos, the Three Stooges.) It’s almost easier to list funny folks who aren’t in this one. Last, it’s hard to get more bare-bones than the basics of The Odd Couple (1968): two characters and a living room. That’s the movie’s setup, although the film pokes its head outside a couple of times, and other folks pass through. But at its heart, this is a simple movie about two (hilarious) people — best friends Lemmon and Matthau playing best frenemies Felix and Oscar. And its answer to “Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy?” is “No.” Nor without driving an audience into hysterics.

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