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/Filmcast Ep. 133 - Dogtooth By Slashfilmcast/Feb. 8, 2011 7:00 pm EST This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley assess this year’s Superbowl film spots, praise the merits of Tarsem’s The Fall, and discuss how much truth a movie needs to have to be considered legitimate. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us for our next live broadcast on Sunday, February 13 at Slashfilm’s live page at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST, where we’ll be reviewing The Eagle....

/Filmcast Ep. 138 - Battle: Los Angeles (GUEST: Dan Trachtenberg From The Totally Rad Show) By Slashfilmcast/March 15, 2011 9:28 pm EST This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss Hunger Games casting controversies, express disagreements about Brooklyn’s Finest and Julianne Moore’s accents, and wonder what the hell happened to DJ Caruso. Special guest Dan Trachtenberg joins us from The Totally Rad Show. Check out Dan’s newest short film! It’s awesome....

/Filmcast Ep. 288 - A Walk Among The Tombstones (GUEST: Alison Willmore From Buzzfeed) By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 23, 2014 10:30 pm EST David and Devindra discuss the merits of Gotham, assess Netflix’s efforts to take over the spoiler conversation, and reflect on the next season of True Detective. Also, David talks with Alison Willmore from Buzzfeed about the trouble with treating female characters like meat. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

/Filmcast Ep. 292 - John Wick By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 30, 2014 5:30 am EST David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss why Michael C. Hall’s crotch was in Devindra’s face last week, Jeff’s fascistic views on trailers, and when they’d consider double-dipping a Blu-Ray. Plus, Jeff shares his thoughts on Layover, the film David produced. You can buy Layover for $6 right now using promo code “filmcast”. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

‘First Man’ Screenwriter Josh Singer On Writing Neil Armstrong And Researching For A Biopic [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Oct. 26, 2018 3:00 pm EST First Man isn’t an average biopic. Damien Chazellle’s drama is not a collection of CliffsNotes or an aggrandizing portrait of its subject, the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, who’s played with steel and vulnerability by Ryan Gosling. For a story as sprawling as the race to the moon, Chazelle and screenwriter Josh Singer crafted a thrillingly stripped down, point of view-driven, and as Singer says, repetitive and frustrating story more about loss than victory....

‘Ghostbusters 3’ Release Date Set, Along With A Mysterious New Christopher Nolan Movie By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 28, 2019 7:00 am EST Ready for some release date news? I sure hope so, because that’s what we have here. First, Ghostbusters 3 (or whatever it’s going to be called) has locked-down a summer 2020 release date. Also: we finally know when we’ll see a new Christopher Nolan movie, and it will be soon – next summer....

‘Godzilla: King Of The Monsters’ Trailer: This Is Godzilla’s World, We Just Live In It By Chris Evangelista/March 28, 2019 7:28 am EST A dazzling new Godzilla: King of the Monsters trailer is here to proclaim this is Godzilla’s world, and we’re just living in it. This visually stunning, morbidly humorous new look at the monster epic is scored to a twinkly-then-epic version of “Over the Rainbow”, hinting that director Michael Dougherty is fine leaning into the playful side of mass destruction....

‘Robin Hood’ Trailer: That’s Right, There’s Yet Another Trailer For This Movie By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 3, 2018 1:30 pm EST Were you aware that a new Robin Hood movie is on the way? You should be, because there have already been several trailers for the film. And here’s another! This latest grafts the story of Robin Hood onto a heist movie narrative, and I guess that’s kind of of different? This trailer is the most action-packed yet, and leans heavily into the humor....

‘The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind’ Trailer: Chiwetel Ejiofor Makes His Directorial Debut With An Inspiring True Story By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 25, 2019 4:30 pm EST Chiwetel Ejiofor makes his feature directorial debut with The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, the inspiring true story of a 13-year-old boy who develops a method to, as the title says, “harness the wind” to bring water to his famine-struck village in Malawi. See The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind trailer below....

‘The Lion King’ Trailer Just Can’t Wait To Be King By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 22, 2018 2:36 pm EST It’s the circle of life: Disney will eventually remake all their classics. The Lion King is the latest film to receive the treatment. But unlike recent Disney remakes, the new Lion King can’t really be classified as “live action.” Instead, it’s being billed as a “live-action styled” film, with director Jon Favreau using virtual cinematography technology....

By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 2, 2018 4:00 pm EST The series is “set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists, but only women can use it. The story follows Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization called the ‘Aes Sedai’ as she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women. Moiraine believes one of them might be the reincarnation of an incredibly powerful individual, whom prophecies say will either save humanity or destroy it....

Decoding Westworld S2E02 - Reunion By Slashfilmcast/May 2, 2018 7:00 pm EST Decoding Westworld is a weekly podcast recapping the HBO original series Westworld. In this episode, Joanna and David discuss the second episode of the second season, “Reunion.” Be sure to check out Chris Evangelista’s recap and Joanna Robinson’s recap of this episode. Thanks for listening to this season of Decoding Westworld. Have your own crackpot theory? Want to leave us feedback in general?...

Edgar Wright’s Horror Movie ‘Last Night In Soho’ Adds Matt Smith And Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie To Cast By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 21, 2019 2:00 pm EST Last Night in Soho, the psychological horror-thriller from director Edgar Wright, just picked up two exciting new cast members – Matt Smith, of Doctor Who fame, and Leave No Trace break-out Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie. The two join the previously cast Anya Taylor-Joy in a film that Wright has described as being in the same style as Roman Polanski’s Repulsion and Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now....

If ‘The Haunting Of Hill House’ Season 2 Happens, It Will Focus On Different Characters By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 24, 2018 10:30 am EST Mike Flanagan’s Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House is a hit with critics and audiences alike, but it’s also very much a self-contained story. It’s not your traditional TV show – it’s more like a miniseries, telling a complete story in one season of television. With this in mind, a second season focusing on the same main characters – the Crain Family – could undo the work of the first season....

Indiana Jones Land Possibly Coming To Disney’s Hollywood Studios Theme Park By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 23, 2018 11:30 am EST Indiana Jones may be getting an upgrade at Walt Disney World. As the theme park readies itself for a park-wide makeover ahead of the resort’s 50th anniversary in 2021, it’s reportedly looking to one of its underused properties. Though Indy has been at the center of an old-school stunt show for decades, Disney might soon be expanding the action property into a full-fledged Indiana Jones land....

New Poster For Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Teases A New Nightmare From The ‘Get Out’ Director By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 13, 2018 9:01 am EST Over the weekend, we received a hot tip concerning the plot synopsis for Jordan Peele’s upcoming follow-up to his directorial debut, Get Out. The film is called Us, and while the premise sounds familiar, we’re expecting something truly unique from the comedian turned filmmaker. And if you need anymore convincing of that, look no further than the ominous teaser poster that just popped up online....

Sony Embraces 4DX, Announces 13 Films Will Use That Format In 2019 By Ben Pearson/Dec. 6, 2018 10:30 am EST Since the earliest days of the film industry, movie studios have had two options: adapt or die. But this latest step from one of the biggest studios in the game could be a leap in the wrong direction. Sony Pictures has announced that thirteen of its films will be released in the 4DX format next year....

The Morning Watch: Creating L3-37 For ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’, Are Spoilers Good For You & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 16, 2019 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 31, 2019 7:00 am EST The Snyder cut may be a thing of myth at this point, but it’s true that Zack Snyder originally had big plans for an entire Justice League trilogy. But those plans were scrapped when Avengers writer/director Joss Whedon was brought in, first to do rewrites on Snyder’s Justice League script and then to take over directing duties when Snyder had to exit due to a family tragedy....

‘Chambers’ First Look Photos: Netflix’s Psychological Horror Series Goes Straight For The Heart By Ethan Anderton/March 26, 2019 5:00 pm EST With Jordan Peele’s Us making big box office bank in theaters and getting everyone buzzing about the metaphors and allegories at the center of the story, people feel like horror is making some kind of comeback. The fact is horror never left. Some people just weren’t looking in the right place....