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‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’ Sequel Is Officially Official At Netflix By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 20, 2018 7:30 am EST A To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before sequel is officially going steady at Netflix, with stars Lana Condor and Noah Centineo set to reprise their roles in the hit romantic-comedy. The sequel would adapt the second book in Jenny Han’s best-selling trilogy, P.S. I Still Love You, which introduces a romantic rival for the lovable jock Peter Kavinsky, the role that made a heartthrob out of Centineo....

‘When They See Us’ Featurette: Ava DuVernay’s New Netflix Show Spotlights Heartbreaking Injustice By Ben Pearson/May 31, 2019 4:30 pm EST The way the criminal justice system treated the Central Park Five – five boys who were arrested and incarcerated in 1989 for a rape they didn’t commit – is so far beyond terrible, so blatantly unjust, that it’s difficult to wrap my head around. But director Ava DuVernay (Selma, Middle of Nowhere) is shining a light on the horrors of the young men’s case and their eventual exoneration in When They See Us, a Netflix limited series which has just released a new featurette that includes interviews with DuVernay, the actual survivors, and the actors who portray them....

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Release Date Pushed Back To June 2020 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 22, 2018 11:44 am EST Wonder Woman 1984 has lassoed a new release date. The highly anticipated sequel to Patty Jenkins’ 2017 smash hit has been pushed back seven months by Warner Bros., relocating to a new release date in June 2020. Read more about the new Wonder Woman 1984 release date below.Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot announced Monday that Warner Bros....

‘Yesterday’ Music Video Heads To Abbey Road Studios By Chris Evangelista/June 15, 2019 12:00 pm EST What if you woke up one day, and you were the only person on the planet who remembered the Beatles? And then you stole all their songs, and became famous? That’s the weird, interesting premise of Yesterday, the latest from director Danny Boyle. In a new Yesterday music video, Himesh Patel, the film’s star, heads to the legendary Abbey Road Studios to perform the title song....

An Evening With Rian Johnson, Director Of The Brothers Bloom (/Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 50) By Slashfilmcast/May 16, 2009 7:03 am EST In this jam-packed episode of the /Filmcast: After Dark, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley are joined by Brick and The Brothers Bloom director Rian Johnson as they discuss their favorite opening sequences, bizarre moviegoing experiences, how to preserve one’s first viewing of a film, more movie conventions that bother them, the facial features of Jackie Chan, and the rigid constraints of the romantic comedy genre....

Billie Lourd Pays Musical Tribute To Mom Carrie Fisher Two Years After Her Death By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 27, 2018 3:00 pm EST It’s been two years since Carrie Fisher passed away and left ripples throughout the Star Wars community and the rest of the world. But none was more affected by the passing of the writer, personality, actress, princess, and general than her daughter Billie Lourd, who had followed her mother’s footsteps into the acting industry and even co-starred with her in Star Wars: The Force Awakens....

How ‘Toy Story 3’, Pixar’s Best Movie, Melted The Cold Heart Of A Computer Animation Skeptic By Joshua Meyer/June 21, 2019 12:00 pm EST Toy Story 3 is a gateway drug of a movie. It’s a film where you can sit down and watch it as a Pixar agnostic and come away, in the end, as a big believer in the ingenious storytelling possibilities of computer animation. Quentin Tarantino, of all people, listed the film as #1 on his Top Ten of 2010, ahead of other landmark films such as The Social Network and Inception....

IMAX VR Is Dead Less Than Two Years After Being Launched By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 14, 2018 11:30 am EST R.I.P., IMAX VR – we hardly knew ye. A mere two years after IMAX announced they would be introducing VR, the company has decided to kill off IMAX VR. IMAX has already shuttered four of the seven IMAX VR centers they initially opened, and the remaining three will turn off the lights in 2019....

Listen: Florence + The Machine Covered Podrick’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ Song, And What The Lyrics Means For The Show By Ben Pearson/April 23, 2019 4:00 pm EST Brienne of Tarth’s faithful squire Podrick Payne sang a beautiful, haunting song during the most recent episode of Game of Thrones. The song, “Jenny of Oldstones,” was performed by Florence + The Machine over the show’s closing credits, and you can hear that performance in a video below....

Matt Smith Is Not In ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’, Says Matt Smith By Ben Pearson/March 8, 2019 2:46 pm EST Last year, Variety reported that former Doctor Who and The Crown actor Matt Smith had joined the cast of J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode 9 in a “key role.” But Smith was never included in any of the official Lucasfilm press releases about the final Skywalker saga movie, and now the English actor has denied that he’s involved with the sci-fi sequel....

Netflix Confuses Movies With Sports, Tests Instant Replay Feature By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 12, 2018 12:00 pm EST If the rewind button was never enough for you, here’s some potentially good news: Netflix is testing an instant replay feature. This feature, dubbed instant scene-replay, allows viewers to pause whatever they’re watching and replay a just-watched scene. The streaming service claims this is just a test, and there’s no guarantee they might roll the feature out to everyone some day....

Sequel Bits: ‘Alita’, ‘Rambo’, ‘Shaft’, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Bond’, ‘The Descendants’, ‘Downton Abbey’, ‘The Many Saints Of Newark’ By Chris Evangelista/June 17, 2019 5:30 pm EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Robert Rodriguez would be interested in directing an Alita sequel. Rambo: Last Blood might not take the “last” part of its title literally. Shaft director Tim Story wants to make another Shaft movie, presumably just called Shaft again. Shocking! Two Harry Potter actors who don’t have very big careers now would like to come back for more Harry Potter....

Superhero Bits: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Box Office Grows, Namor Easter Egg Debunked & More By Ethan Anderton/May 13, 2019 6:00 pm EST How is Avengers: Endgame doing at the box office? What if the snap isn’t what caused the dimension tear in Spider-Man: Far From Home? Why wasn’t Captain Marvel’s sexuality addressed in the movie? What did the Avengers: Endgame writers have to say about the presumed Namor Easter egg in Endgame?...

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Abandoned King Shark Concept Art, Jason Momoa Surprises ‘Aquaman’ Fans & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 3, 2018 6:00 pm EST The first clip from the upcoming Arrowverse crossover Elseworlds shows some serious world destruction. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD released the first photo of Alphonso ‘Mack’ Mackenzie as the new director. Jason Momoa surprised fans by appearing in Times Square with Aquaman’s trident after an early screening....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 133 - Life-Changing Movies And Special Features You Have To Buy By Slashfilmcast/Feb. 13, 2011 10:12 pm EST The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient audio file....

The Best Soundtracks Of 2018: “What Does Joy Sound Like?” By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 4, 2019 7:00 am EST The films of 2018 featured lovely, strange, and sometimes downright terrifying music. Just what it is that makes a good soundtrack? Is it something that stands out, intruding on scenes? Or is it something that hangs back, to the point where you don’t even notice it? Or perhaps it’s something in between. Or maybe the best film scores are the ones that trigger a specific emotion somewhere within your mind; a memory, a regret, a loving embrace....

‘Aquaman’ Early Buzz: This Wild, Weird, Fun Movie Proves The DCEU Isn’t Going Anywhere By Ben Pearson/Nov. 26, 2018 2:24 pm EST An argument could be made that James Wan has already directed a superhero movie because he helmed 2015’s Furious 7, but Aquaman, his first official comic book blockbuster, is set to arrive next month. The social media embargo has officially lifted, so check out what critics – including /Film’s Peter Sciretta – are saying about the latest Warner Bros....

‘Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina’ Clip: Sabrina Wants To Postpone Her Dark Baptism By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 21, 2018 10:00 am EST Chilling Adventures of Sabrina puts a horror-movie spin on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, updating the Archie Comic into the 21st century with darkness (and a touch of humor). A new Chilling Adventures of Sabrina clip gives viewers their best look at the show yet, highlighting Kiernan Shipka’s performance as the teen witch, along with Lucy Davis and Miranda Otto as her two aunts....

‘Con Air’ Honest Trailer: This Movie Has As Many Oscar Nominations As ‘Vertigo’ By Ethan Anderton/June 6, 2019 6:00 am EST As the summer blockbuster season continues, Honest Trailers plows through with their skewering of big movies from years ago, and this time they’re unleashing the most majestic form of Nicolas Cage. Con Air finds Nicolas Cage aboard a prisoner transfer plane with some of the most deadly criminals you’ve ever seen....

‘Fantastic Beasts’ Featurette Introduces You To Hot Dumbledore By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 7, 2018 4:00 am EST The clumsily titled Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is about to take audiences back to J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. Early reaction to the film has been positive, and the trailers look fun. But let’s be honest: the only thing we care about here is young, hot Dumbledore, played by Jude Law. Long before Dumbledore became an elderly man in a flowing robe he was a handsome young specimen, fond of waistcoats and smoldering looks....