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Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies To Watch After You’ve Seen ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ By Scott Beggs/Dec. 21, 2018 10:00 am EST It has taken Mary Poppins a really long time to return. Like, “avoiding the statute of limitations” long. She flew off into the clouds over a half century ago, and now she’s returned with a new look, some new music, and several impossible leaps forward in animation technology. Mary Poppins Returns also enters our lives after the semi-true Saving Mr....

New ‘The SpongeBob Movie’ Will Be An Origin Story About How He Got His SquarePants By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 24, 2018 2:00 pm EST If you’ve ever wondered how SpongeBob came to live in a pineapple under the sea, you’re just in luck. The next SpongeBob Squarepants movie, The SpongeBob Movie: It’s A Wonderful Sponge will be an origin story all about how our favorite aquatic sponge came to be, and (probably) how he got those square pants....

Ron Howard Believes ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Failed At The Box Office Due To Internet Trolls By Ethan Anderton/June 3, 2019 2:00 pm EST It’s no secret that Solo: A Star Wars Story didn’t turn out to be the box office hit that Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm hoped it would be. The film’s performance convinced Lucasfilm to hold back on anymore spin-offs under the “Star Wars Story” banner until they regrouped and figured out how to best approach the future of Star Wars....

Sinemia Introduces “Unlimited Plan” Allowing Subscribers One Movie A Day For $15 A Month By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 29, 2019 4:00 pm EST Sinemia is introducing a new unlimited plan that it hopes will put it back in the conversation of the battle for the superior movie ticket subscription service. The ticketing app has unveiled its Sinemia Unlimited Plan, which allows subscribers to watch one 2D movie a day for $14.99 a month....

The Morning Watch: ‘Drunk History’ Does ‘A League Of Their Own’, Les Grossman Negotiates With Hans Gruber & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 1, 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....

This Week In Trailers: The Wedding Guest, The Gospel Of Eureka, The Biggest Little Farm, Donnybrook, A Vigilante By Christopher Stipp/Feb. 2, 2019 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

WTF: A24 Is Selling The Scent Of Movie Genres As Candles By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 28, 2018 2:00 pm EST If you’re a /Film reader, it’s likely because you find something entrancing and magical about film and television. The sights and sounds captured on camera come together to tell a story that aims to move you, whether it’s with tears, cheers or laughter. But what about the smells of cinema? Thankfully, arthouse distributor A24 has you covered in that department....

‘Aladdin’ TV Spot Finally Reveals Will Smith As The Big Blue Genie By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 10, 2019 6:22 pm EST When the first teaser trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of Aladdin first arrived, fans were fairly underwhelmed. Not only did the teaser offer very little footage of Mena Massoud as Aladdin and Naomi Scott as Jasmine, but it didn’t give us a look at Will Smith as the genie in the famous lamp at the center of the story....

/Filmcast Ep. 10 - The X-Files: I Want To Believe (GUESTS: Erik Davis, Myles Mcnutt, Dave3) By Slashfilmcast/July 30, 2008 6:28 pm EST In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss Fanboys, share reflections on the Comic Con, and wonder why the new X-Files movie was made at all. Myles McNutt also joins us to review the season premiere of Mad Men. Other special guests include Erik Davis, editor-in-chief of Cinematical, and Dave3, webmaster at Geeks of Doom....

‘Hellboy’ Clip Invites Hellboy To The Osiris Club To Face A Giant Problem By Chris Evangelista/March 20, 2019 8:30 am EST The first official Hellboy clip has been released, and if you’re already on the fence with this movie, I don’t know if this is going to change that. Here, Trevor Bruttenholm (Ian McShane), adoptive father of Hellboy (David Harbour), lays out a new mission for the big, red demon/superhero. Through it all, Hellboy talks with his mouth full, which is kind of gross....

‘Space Jam 2’ Set For Summer 2021, ‘Godzilla Vs Kong’ Moves Up To Avoid ‘Fast And Furious 9’ By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 22, 2019 8:30 am EST After years of fans demanding that a sequel to Space Jam be made with LeBron James (in a continued effort to compare him to Michael Jordan, the true greatest NBA player of all-time), Warner Bros. Pictures has finally set a summer 2021 release date for the live-action and animation hybrid....

‘Star Trek: Picard’ Teaser Asks Why Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard Left Starfleet By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 23, 2019 9:49 am EST The legendary Patrick Stewart returns to the Star Trek universe to bring the beloved Jean-Luc Picard out of retirement in Star Trek: Picard. The first Star Trek: Picard teaser finds the former Admiral living his days in his family’s vineyard and no longer a part of Starfleet. But what exactly caused him to retire?...

‘The Lion King’ Soundtrack List Released As Tickets Go On Sale By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 24, 2019 11:00 am EST The Lion King is going to be feeling the love tonight, with Disney releasing the nostalgic soundtrack list for the film to coincide with the launch of ticket sales. The Lion King soundtrack list includes the award-winning score by Hans Zimmer as well as the beloved songs by Elton John and Tim Rice, in addition to two brand new original songs, one performed by John and another still yet to be announced....

‘The Unknown Saint’ Review: A Searing Dark Comedy That Recalls The Best Of The Coen Brothers [Cannes] By Jason Gorber/May 15, 2019 2:00 pm EST Getting the tone right of a black comedy is excruciatingly hard. Go off too far in one direction and it becomes a maudlin mess, too far the other and it feels churlish or mean, making light of a serious situation rather than maintaining that delicate balance that’s satiric rather than scornful....

Cool Stuff: NECA Reveals New ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Figures, Including Splinter And Shredder By Ethan Anderton/May 24, 2019 6:00 am EST Last year, one of the best San Diego Comic-Con exclusives was NECA’s special four-pack of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figures inspired by the original movie from 1990. Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo all came in special packaging that looks like a giant VHS case, and the detail on the figures made them look exactly like the movie figures we all wanted as kids....

FX’s ‘Y: The Last Man’ TV Series Finds A New Showrunner By Ben Pearson/June 18, 2019 2:30 pm EST FX has been developing a TV adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s acclaimed comic series Y: The Last Man for years, going as far as to commission a pilot that was picked up to series earlier this year. That seemed like great news, but the stumbles for this property continued: a few months ago, the series lost showrunners Aida Mashaka Croal and Michael Green due to “creative differences;” thankfully, FX decided to continue moving forward with it anyway....

MoviePass Founder Launching PreShow, A Way To See Free Theatrical Movies Via Terrifying ‘Black Mirror’ Tech By Chris Evangelista/March 21, 2019 11:00 am EST Do you want to go to the movies for free? Well, soon you’ll be able to, via an app called PreShow. Sound too good to be true? It might be. The service will enable theater-goers to nab free movie tickets by sitting through “15-20 minute ‘preshow’ comprised of entertaining branded content....

Netflix Stops Horsin’ Around, Orders ‘BoJack Horseman’ Season 6 By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 30, 2018 2:15 pm EST BoJack Horseman will return for another season of smart humor and existential dread, so at least we have that to look forward to. The acclaimed animated series, with deftly blends comedy and misery, has just been granted a sixth season from Netflix. Season 5 dropped on Netflix last month, where it was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews....

New ‘Die Hard’ Trailer Leans Into The Whole Christmas Controversy By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 19, 2018 10:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Watch the Die Hard Christmas trailer below and continue this exhausting fight. Die Hard Christmas Trailer The trailer cuts the movie more like something akin to Home Alone. Even greater is that it brings back the use of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” which, much like Die Hard, isn’t explicitly a Christmas song, but can easily be played during the holiday season and provides great joy to everyone....

Video: /Film Visits Titanic Belfast, The King Of The World Of Titanic Attractions By Ben Pearson/Oct. 19, 2018 8:00 am EST In 1985, an expedition discovered the wreckage of the RMS Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland. In the years that followed, the world renewed its obsession with the story of the doomed ocean liner. Sure, James Cameron’s Oscar-winning blockbuster had a lot to do with that, but Titanic Fever went far beyond the silver screen: I remember playing computer games on my family’s PC in which I walked around the deck of the ship, ducking into the gym or exploring corridors that led to fancy dining halls....