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MoviePass Parent Company Being Investigated For Potentially Misleading Investors By Ben Pearson/Oct. 17, 2018 5:00 pm EST MoviePass, the movie ticket subscription service that was flying high in early 2018, has been barely clinging to life for the past few months. Their financial failure and series of bone-headed decisions have been well-documented, but if you thought things couldn’t get any worse for them, think again: parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics is under investigation in New York for potentially misleading investors....

Superhero Bits: ‘Batman: Hush’ Movie Trailer, Stan Lee’s Business Manager Charged & More By Ethan Anderton/May 14, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want to see the Batman: Hush animated movie trailer? What did George Clooney tell Ben Affleck to do about Batman? Is the Cyborg in Justice League the same design Zack Snyder had in mind? Will Avengers: Endgame turn a huge profit for Disney? Is Ty Simpkins up for playing Iron Lad sometime in the future?...

Thai Heist Thriller ‘Bad Genius’ Is The Latest Criminally Underseen Movie To Get A Hollywood Remake By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 17, 2019 2:30 pm EST Another day, another English-language remake of an Asian movie that deserved to get more eyeballs on it. Bad Genius is a Thai high school heist movie that broke box office records across Southeast Asian and became Thailand’s highest grossing movie of 2017, and even became a minor hit at film festivals in the U....

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - The Interview (GUEST: Vince Mancini From FilmDrunk) By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 27, 2014 12:01 pm EST David and Devindra are joined by Vince Mancini from FilmDrunk to discuss The Interview. Be sure to check out Vince’s and Devindra’s reviews of The Interview. Be sure to also check out The Hermit Kingdom. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook!...

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - True Detective: Season 1 (GUEST: Tasha Robinson From The Dissolve) By Slashfilmcast/March 10, 2014 10:12 pm EST David and Devindra chat with Tasha Robinson from The Dissolve about the first season of True Detective. Be sure to read Alan Sepinwall’s interview with Nic Pizzolatto, Annalee Newitz’s review of the final episode, and Cary Fukunaga’s interview with Indiewire. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

Two Minor MCU Characters Also Survived Thanos’ Snap – Here’s What They’re Doing Now By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 28, 2018 2:30 pm EST Not everyone went up in a puff of smoke after Avengers: Infinity War. Besides the original core Avengers team, who survived, two characters you probably forgot all about made it through as well: Stellan Skarsgård and Kat Dennings’ characters Erik Selvig and Darcy Lewis. There’s no mention of Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster, though....

Zachary Levi To Return To The Spy Comedy Genre In Lonely Island-Produced ‘Spy Guys’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 25, 2019 10:30 am EST Adam Sztykiel penned the script for the film, which is produced by John Rickard (Rampage and the Horrible Bosses films), and the Lonely Island team of Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer. But it’s Levi’s return to the spy comedy genre that piques my interest. Levi had his breakout role in the NBC action-comedy series Chuck, in which he starred as a computer geek who accidentally becomes an asset to the U....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ IMAX Featurette Shows You The Best Way To Experience This Cinematic Event By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 27, 2019 10:30 am EST Avengers: Endgame is gearing up to be one of the biggest cinematic experiences of the year. So it is appropriate that it will be shown on the biggest screens possible. Following the trend of big-budget blockbusters and prestige pictures, Avengers: Endgame is filmed entirely in IMAX, which directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo delve into in a new Avengers Endgame IMAX featurette....

‘Brightburn’ Trailer: Superman Meets ‘Carrie’ In James Gunn’s Superhero Horror Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 6, 2019 8:05 am EST What if Superman wasn’t good? It’s a nightmare dreamt up by plenty of comic book writers, supervillains, and Batman himself, but the new James Gunn-produced horror film plays out that scenario in full. Brightburn imagines a Superman origin story that goes horribly wrong, in which an alien, superpowered young boy decides to use his powers for evil....

‘Crime After Crime’ Will Star Awkwafina As A Podcast Host And Ike Barinholtz As An Escaped Convict By Chris Evangelista/April 2, 2019 11:30 am EST Awkwafina continues her meteoric rise to stardom, signing on to star and produce the comedy Crime After Crime. The actress will join Ike Barinholtz, who will also produce and appear in the film. The story, which was no doubt inspired by Serial, follows a true crime podcaster and the escaped convict she agrees to help....

‘Detective Pikachu’ Footage Reaction: How Are We So Excited For This Movie? [CinemaCon 2019] By /Film Staff/April 2, 2019 4:58 pm EST Pokémon is a worldwide video game phenomenon, so there was always going to be excitement when a live-action film adaptation came to theaters. But we’re a little flabberghasted that the first attempt at bringing the Nintendo video game franchise to life in this fashion is in the form of Detective Pikachu....

‘Doctor Who’ Gracefully Wrestles With Personal And Political ‘Demons Of The Punjab’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 12, 2018 7:00 am EST Fifty-five years ago, Doctor Who was created as a children’s educational program: a sci-fi series that took British children on whirlwind adventures to the far reaches of time and space with the express purpose of making history sexy. Along the way, that original intention got lost as the series — like most sci-fi franchises — got bogged down by a dense mythology and cohorts of child fans who had turned into adults....

‘Don’t Breathe 2’ Script Is Ready, But Don’t Hold Your Breath For ‘Evil Dead 2’ By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 5, 2018 3:30 pm EST Fede Alvarez is out hyping his new film, the Dragon Tattoo sequel The Girl in the Spider’s Web, but his fans are more curious about sequels to two of his other films: Don’t Breathe and the Evil Dead remake. According to Alvarez, Don’t Breathe 2 script is in good shape – but you probably shouldn’t get your hopes up for Evil Dead 2 anytime soon....

/Filmcast Ep. 353 - Hail, Caesar! By Slashfilmcast/Feb. 6, 2016 12:30 pm EST David, Devindra, and Jeff review the Coen Brothers latest film, Hail, Caesar! Be sure to read up about the rise of grief policing and talented female editors. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or Play Now in your Browser:Subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES...

/Filmcast Ep. 421 - Wonder Woman By Slashfilmcast/June 5, 2017 6:00 pm EST David, Jeff, Devindra, and Hoai-Tran Bui discuss Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman, and why she’s the superhero we wanted Man of Steel to be.You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook!Download or Play Now:Subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES Featured Review (6:00) Wonder Woman SPOILERS (44:30) After Dark (1:24:16) Credits Our sponsor this week is Hello Fresh....

‘Godzilla: King Of The Monsters’ Final Look Gives Away All The Cool Monster Fights By Chris Evangelista/May 27, 2019 4:00 pm EST Godzilla: King of the Monsters is stomping into theaters next week, and if you’re still not sold on the mega-monster movie, a “final look” is here to give away the game. Set to LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out”, this mini-trailer is big on brawls. In fact, having seen King of the Monsters already, I’m going to go ahead and say that this is a bit spoiler-y, since it features images from nearly every huge monster fight in the flick....

‘Halloween’ Sequel Aiming For 2020 Release; Jamie Lee Curtis And David Gordon Green Likely To Return By Chris Evangelista/June 20, 2019 11:22 am EST Blumhouse is ready to head back to Haddonfield. A sequel to 2018’s Halloween is reported to be ready to shoot this fall, with a 2020 release date in mind. Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer and Andi Matichak are all expected to reprise their roles as the surviving Strode women, and director David Gordon Green is likely to come back as well....

‘Men In Black International’ Features More Alien Agents Putting On The Suit By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 14, 2019 3:00 pm EST Since Men in Black is concerned with protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe, it doesn’t seem like the kind of organization that would trust extra-terrestrials enough to employ them as agents (although we did see them doing office work and such). When you look back at the Men in Black franchise, there don’t appear to be any aliens suited up as full-fledged agents....

‘Solitary’: Mahershala Ali Eyes Role In True-Life Prison Drama By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 7, 2019 12:30 pm EST Woodfox’s memoir, published in 2019, chronicles how he was forced into solitary confinement for 43 years — the longest time for any person in the U.S. — following the 1972 murder of a prison guard for which he claims he was falsely convicted. Woodfox’s solitary confinement (a practice that he been denounced as inhumane by many organizations) consisted of 23 hours in a 6-by-9 foot cell, with one hour a day in a fenced concrete “exercise yard....

‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ Back On, Adds Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen And More To Cast By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 1, 2019 3:07 pm EST Last we heard, Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 was on hold so Sorkin could devote more time to his To Kill a Mockingbird stage production. Now, the film appears to be back on, and adding even more cast members. Sacha Baron Cohen and Eddie Redmayne were previously announced, and now they’re joined by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Alex Sharp, and more....