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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Featurette: How The Stars Became Queen By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 19, 2018 5:00 pm EST Becoming a rock icon is always a difficult job, but playing one that’s still living? That’s a Herculean task that each of the stars, with the exception of Rami Malek, had to take on in Bohemian Rhapsody. That’s the equivalent of playing Mozart’s concertos while Mozart watches you like a hawk. But Gwilym Lee, Joseph Mazzello, and Ben Hardy were up to the task, as shown in the latest Bohemian Rhapsody featurette released by 20th Century Fox....

/Filmcast Ep. 128 - TRON: Legacy (GUEST: Annalee Newitz From Io9) By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 21, 2010 9:04 pm EST This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley reflect on Jon Favreau’s decision not to direct the next Iron Man, wonder how much The Tree of Life has in common with The Fountain, and ponder the unnecessaryness of sequels for Shakespeare in Love, Bad Santa, and Rounders. Special guest Annalee Newitz joins us from io9....

/Filmcast Ep. 134 - The Eagle (GUEST: Eric Vespe From Ain’t It Cool News) By Slashfilmcast/Feb. 15, 2011 9:30 pm EST This week, David, Devindra, and Adam praise the low-budget Ink, geek out over the new X-Men: First Class trailer, and try to remember what those Highlander movies were all about. Special guest Eric Vespe joins us from Ain’t It Cool News. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

/Filmcast Ep. 370 - The Conjuring 2 (GUESTS: Russ Fischer And The Creators Of Sunspring) By Slashfilmcast/June 14, 2016 10:47 pm EST David, Devindra, and Russ Fischer discuss James Wan’s The Conjuring 2. In the After Dark, they discuss the AI-scripted film, Sunspring and list their most anticipated films of the summer. Then, in an impromptu After After Dark, Oscar Sharp and Ross Goodwin, the creators of Sunspring, join the conversation!...

‘NOS4A2’ Teaser Promises A Creepy Adaptation Of Joe Hill’s Novel, New Images Introduce The Cast By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 13, 2019 9:30 am EST Joe Hill’s horror novel NOS4A2 (pronounced Nosferatu) is coming to TV in the form of a new AMC series. The story focuses on a young woman dealing with an immortal vampire-like child killer who takes his victims to Christmasland, a creepy imaginary world where it’s Christmas every day....

‘O.G.’ Trailer: Jeffrey Wright Is A Changed Man By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 21, 2019 4:30 pm EST Jeffrey Wright stars in O.G., a new film from HBO debuting next month. Wright plays a man in the final weeks of a 24-year prison sentence. The nature of Wright’s release becomes challenged when he decides to take a new inmate under his wing. Director Madeleine Sackler filmed O.G. in a real prison, with some of the men incarcerated there appearing in the film....

‘Olympic Dreams’ Review: A Look At Love In The Olympic Village [SXSW] By Joi Childs/March 19, 2019 12:00 pm EST While on the phone with her coach, Winter Olympics athlete Penelope (Alexi Pappas) rambles about her training and her hopes for the competition. “I hope that I really feel like an olympian when I’m done,” she says with nervous energy.That’s the theme of Olympic Dreams in a nutshell: feeling like an olympian means going for the gold, by any means necessary....

‘Sister Act 3’ In The Works For Disney+, Whoopi Goldberg Not Involved By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 8, 2018 12:00 pm EST And now, an update to the Sister Act 3 saga that I know you’ve all been following closely these last few years. Back in 2015, a Sister Act remake was announced. Later, it was revealed this remake would be Sister Act 3, and that original star Whoopi Goldberg would have a cameo....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 21, 2019 3:30 pm EST The Wheel of Time is based off the books by the late Robert Jordan, who died in 2007 (the series was finished by fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson). The bestselling series of books center around a sprawling fantasy world where only women can use magic. Per Deadline, “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....

‘The ABC Murders’ Trailer: John Malkovich Is Hercule Poirot In The Agatha Christie Murder Mystery Series By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 27, 2018 1:00 pm EST Kenneth Branagh brought Agatha Christie’s iconic detective Hercule Poirot to life on the big screen again in a new adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express last year, and he had an eye towards creating an Agatha Christie universe. But in 2019, another Agatha Christie adaptation puts John Malkovich in the detective’s shoes, this time for a series based on the classic novel The ABC Murders, and the first trailer has just arrived....

‘The Tick’ Season 2 Trailer: New Heroes, New Villains, Same Tick By Ben Pearson/Feb. 28, 2019 8:30 am EST The Tick Season 2 Trailer Here’s what to expect from season 2: Confession: I haven’t made time to watch this show yet. But I’ve heard enough good things that I’m going to try to kick it to the top of my priority list. The visual effects look pretty impressive, the cast seems particularly game (especially Peter Serafinowicz in the lead role), and the plot appears to have some broad similarities to The Incredibles 2 thrown in there with the new batch of heroes cropping up....

‘The Traitor’ Review: Operatic Mobster Story Can’t Overcome Its Bombastic Courtroom Scenes [Cannes] By Jason Gorber/June 7, 2019 8:00 am EST There’s always a danger stepping into a genre where masterpieces have already been firmly established. Make a boxing movie and you’re up against either Rocky or Raging Bull, and however hard you try, you’re going to be under the shadows of the established canon. So perhaps the oddest thing about Marco Bellocchio’s mafia film The Traitor is how it pretends a certain saga by Francis Ford Coppola never existed....

Tolkien Featurette Nicholas Hoult stars as the college-aged Tolkien, who in his days at Oxford decides to form a “fellowship with his friends. But even the star admits that he “didn’t know much about Tolkien’s life” before he signed on to the film. “I was aware of his work, I’m a big fan of it,” Hoult said in the featurette, “so to see everything that happened to him in his life, his experiences, his relationships, and how that influenced him as a writer, it was just magical....

‘When They See Us’ Trailer: Ava DuVernay Takes On The Central Park Five Case In Netflix Limited Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 1, 2019 8:30 am EST Ava DuVernay’s highly anticipated limited series on the Central Park Five now has a trailer. Now titled When They See Us, Duvernay chronicles the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park Five, who were accused of a rape they did not commit....

Almost Every Recent DC Movie Rumor You’ve Heard Is Wrong According To A New Report By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 13, 2019 8:30 am EST Forbes has a rumor-busting piece on the future of the Warner Bros. DC slate, so buckle up, baby. Nearly every recent rumor you might have heard about projects like The Batman, Shazam!, Birds of Prey and more appears to be dead wrong. But first, a disclaimer: while this appears in Forbes – a very reputable publication – the story isn’t from Forbes proper, but rather from their contributor network....

Brian De Palma Wrote A Novel That Sounds Exactly Like A Brian De Palma Film By Chris Evangelista/July 10, 2019 2:30 pm EST Brian De Palma’s recent release Domino was not well-received, and reportedly suffered from behind-the-scenes set-backs. But fans craving more De Palma thrills are in luck: the filmmaker has a novel coming out. Co-written with Susan Lehman, the Brain De Palma novel is called Are Snakes Necessary?, and features a mystery-based plot that sounds ripped right from one of De Palma’s movies....

Hollywood Idol Rock Hudson Getting A Biopic From ‘Arrowverse’ Executive Producer Greg Berlanti By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 11, 2018 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Right now, rock legend Freddie Mercury is making waves at the box office in the form of the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, telling the story about how his band Queen rose to fame and would make an impact on music for generations....

Issa Rae To Find Love In London In Paul Feig Rom-Com ‘American Princess’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 12, 2018 5:30 am EST American Princess comes on the heels of the massive success of Crazy Rich Asians, which ushered in a new era for both minority-led studio films and rom-coms. Judging by the logline for the film, the premise for American Princess seems very inspired by Crazy Rich Asians, with our plucky heroine falling in love in London amidst a clash of classes....

Joel McHale Joins DC Universe’s ‘Stargirl’ Series As Starman By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 12, 2018 11:11 am EST Joel McHale has been cast in the DC Universe series Stargirl as the Golden Age superhero Starman. He is the second addition to the Stargirl cast following the announcement of Brec Bassinger as the titular teenager who becomes an unlikely superhero.The Wrap reports that McHale is joining the cast of DC Universe’s Stargirl series as Starman, a stalwart superhero who was a member of the Justice Society of America....

Road To Endgame: ‘Iron Man 2’ Was The MCU’s First Major Misfire By Siddhant Adlakha/March 27, 2019 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Road to Endgame, where we revisit all 22 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask, “How did we get here?” In this edition: Marvel drops the ball with Iron Man 2.)Iron Man 2 is “fine,” in the most middle-of-the-road, passive-watch sense. The descriptor feels apt, since the film features neither the novel spark of its predecessor, nor the emotional highs of Marvel’s future installments....