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Noah Hawley’s ‘To Be Read Backwards’ Sounds Like ‘Memento’ Meets ‘Benjamin Button’ By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 13, 2018 4:30 pm EST To Be Read Backwards’ high-concept plot will no doubt prove fruitful for Hawley, who seems to revel in making strange, surreal, overly stylish pieces of entertainment. While Hawley has primarily operated in TV, he has a feature directorial debut coming up – Pale Blue Dot, starring Natalie Portman. He was also supposed to direct the sci-fi film Man Alive, but now will only produce, with Hiro Murai directing....

Paul Schrader Doesn’t Hate The Netflix Model Like Steven Spielberg, But He Thinks He Has A Solution To The Issue By Chris Evangelista/March 7, 2019 12:00 pm EST Netflix has evolved into a powerful film distributor, and even scooped up some Oscars with their recent release Roma. But not everyone is happy about this. Steven Spielberg in particular seems to be furious that the streaming giant has grown so large, particularly because he hates their release model....

Ricky Jay, Famed Character Actor And Master Magician, Has Died At 72 By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 25, 2018 9:00 am EST Ricky Jay is one of those actors who you’d see popping up in the likes of The Prestige, Mystery Men and Boogie Nights, not a household name, but surely one of those people who made audience members go, “Hey, it’s that guy.” But outside of his career on film and television, Ricky Jay was a masterful magician, dubbed “the most gifted sleight of hand artist alive” by The New Yorker....

Road To Endgame: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Offers A Proper Goodbye At The End Of All Things By Siddhant Adlakha/May 3, 2019 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Road to Endgame, where we revisit the first 22 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask, “How did we get here?” In part two of our look at Avengers: Endgame: where the film drops the ball, and where it soars)[Read part one of our Avengers: Endgame piece here....

By Ben Pearson/Feb. 6, 2019 4:00 pm EST One of the best movies at this year’s Sundance Film Festival now has North American distribution. StudioCanal had already committed to releasing Grant Sputore’s directorial debut I Am Mother in Australia and New Zealand, but this morning, Netflix swooped in and picked up the distribution rights for North America. Why should you be excited about I Am Mother? Because it features one of the best robot creations in cinematic history....

Superhero Bits: ‘Young Justice’ Enhanced Editions, Margot Robbie Wants Poison Ivy In The DCEU & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 29, 2018 6:00 pm EST What DC Comics character does Margot Robbie want to on screen with Harley Quinn? What did Aquaman have to remove in order to lower its rating in the United Kingdom? What storyline would entice Anthony & Joe Russo to come back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Who would Tessa Thompson like to direct a Valkyrie movie?...

The WGA Vs. ATA Standoff Explained: What Is Happening In Hollywood Between Writers And Their Agents? By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 22, 2019 10:00 am EST A battleground has formed in Hollywood, but it’s not the stuff of movies. The fights are taking place in boardrooms, and soon courtrooms, as writers and their agents wage a war that is as tricky as it is potentially transformative of the entire movie and TV landscape....

Urban Outfitters Is Selling Used VHS Tapes For 40 Bucks By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 15, 2019 6:30 am EST Urban Outfitters never misses a trick, and when they’re not selling overpriced t-shirts, they’re cashing in on nostalgia. Case in point: the store is now selling a “mystery box” featuring 5 random used VHS tapes. And it will only set you back $40! Retro is always cool, and some things never go out of style....

‘Bumblebee’ Trailer: Everyone’s Favorite Autobot Gets An Origin Story By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 17, 2018 12:30 pm EST The Transformers franchise gets a new lease on life with Bumblebee, an adventure that looks to inject some humanity into the bombastic series. The prequel takes Bumblebee back to the 1980s, where the Autobot teams up with Hailee Steinfeld to help save the world. Yet another Bumblebee trailer has just rolled up online, and you can watch it below....

/Filmcast Ep. 506 - How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (GUEST: Tasha Robinson From The Verge) By Slashfilmcast/Feb. 26, 2019 7:30 pm EST David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by Tasha Robinson, film and TV editor for the Verge and co-host of The Next Picture Show podcast, to dish on the good, the bad, and the green at the 2019 Oscars. The cast discuss the Netflix film High Flying Bird and then move on to an in-depth review of the third installment in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise....

‘Finding Steve McQueen’ Trailer: It’s Like ‘Baby Driver’, But With Richard Nixon By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 26, 2019 5:00 pm EST The fast-paced, somewhat goofy Finding Steve McQueen trailer makes this heist comedy look like a weird hybrid of Baby Driver, The Old Man and the Gun and The Nice Guys. Except…it doesn’t look as good as any of those films. But any movie with William Fichtner can’t be all bad! Despite the title, this doesn’t have anything to do with the real Steve McQueen....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Ends With Bloody Deaths, Bittersweet Victories, And A New Ruler By /Film Staff/May 20, 2019 10:30 am EST Game of Thrones is over. HBO’s epic adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire has reached its bittersweet conclusion with “The Iron Throne,” a finale that will certainly keep tongues waggling for years to come. So let’s dive in. For the last time, /Film’s resident Westeros experts Jacob Hall and Ben Pearson have gathered to break it all down....

‘Modern Love’: Anne Hathaway, John Slattery, Tina Fey, And More Join ‘Sing Street’ Director’s Anthology Series By Ben Pearson/Nov. 26, 2018 4:00 pm EST Here’s the Modern Love cast: Oscar winner Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables), Emmy winner Tina Fey (30 Rock), Emmy nominee John Slattery (Mad Men), Oscar nominee Dev Patel (Lion), Oscar nominee Catherine Keener (Get Out), Oscar nominee Andy Garcia (Ocean’s Eleven), Emmy nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (Power), Tony Award winner John Gallagher, Jr....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 2 Trailer: Meet Young, Bearded Spock By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 6, 2018 4:02 pm EST Hot off the heels of the CBS All Access show’s New York Comic-Con panel, Star Trek: Discovery has released the trailer for its sophomore season. And things are looking pretty hairy for the crew of the USS Discovery. Literally. The Star Trek: Discovery season 2 trailer gives us a glimpse at the new threats and new allies that the USS Discovery crew meets, including old-school Klingons and a young Spock (Ethan Peck), both sporting lots of hair....

‘Star Wars’ 4K Blu-Ray Box Set Might Be In The Works At Disney By Chris Evangelista/April 11, 2019 11:39 am EST The Digital Fix has a story up in which they quote a Disney source’s claim about a Star Wars Skywalker Saga 4K Blu-ray box set. However, it comes with the following disclaimer: With that in mind, you probably shouldn’t get too excited about this yet. But it certainly sounds like a possibility....

‘The Last Black Man In San Francisco’ Review: A Poetic Tale Of Gentrification And Friendship [Sundance] By Ben Pearson/Jan. 30, 2019 11:00 am EST At last year’s Sundance Film Festival, both Blindspotting and Sorry to Bother You weaved Oakland’s gentrification into their underlying stories. At this year’s fest, co-writer/director and fifth generation San Franciscan Joe Talbot addresses the subject in an even more direct way with his memorable debut film, The Last Black Man in San Francisco....

Adam Sandler Gives A Heartwarming Tribute To Chris Farley With A Wonderful Song By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 24, 2018 5:00 pm EST In case you didn’t hear, Adam Sandler has an original comedy special on Netflix, and unlike most of the movies he’s released over the past couple decades, it’s actually a return to hilarious form for the comedian who got his start doing goofy songs and silly characters on Saturday Night Live....

Calling All Vampires: Swedish Film Festival Will Screen A Movie Inside Sealed Coffins By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 23, 2019 3:30 pm EST Do you love movies and the sweet embrace of death? Then I have some good news. The Goteborg Film Festival is offering “sarcophagus screenings,” where filmgoers will be offered the opportunity to watch a movie while sealed inside a coffin. Don’t worry, though: you’ll be safe and above ground. The coffins will have screens, speakers and air vents, and rotting skeletons still wearing their moldy burial clothes!...

FilmAid Broadcast Part 2 - David Wain, Director Of Children’s Hospital By Slashfilmcast/April 11, 2013 9:00 pm EST In Part 2 of our FilmAid broadcast, Scott Beggs from FilmSchoolRejects joins us to chat with writer/director David Wain about his thoughts on LARPing, his most powerful filmgoing experiences, and the making of Children’s Hospital. If you want to support the cause we’re promoting, please head over to filmaid.org/slashfilm and donate! You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

Future CW Shows Will No Longer Automatically Go To Netflix By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 16, 2019 12:00 pm EST As the streaming wars intensify, Netflix is finding itself at the center of everyone’s targets. In addition to losing Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars titles as Disney+ prepares to launch, and NBCUniversal preparing to pull streaming favorites The Office and Friends, Netflix is now losing out on future The CW shows. The teen-friendly network is ending its CW Netflix deal, which would find CW shows like Arrow, The Flash, Riverdale, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend landing automatically on Netflix soon after a season finished airing....