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Road To Endgame: ‘Iron Man’ Built The Foundation Of The MCU Using Charm And Military Fantasy By Siddhant Adlakha/March 25, 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?” First up: Iron Man and the foundation of Marvel’s messy political outlook.)At Comic Con 2006, Marvel Studios promised an unprecedented four-franchise shared continuity, set to cross over in The Avengers....

Sinemia Is Dead, While MoviePass Inexplicably Lives On By Chris Evangelista/April 26, 2019 9:30 am EST After a prolonged battle with financial and legal difficulties, Sinemia has died at the age of 5. Sinemia provided discounted movie-subscription plans, and rose to prominence around the same time that similar service MoviePass was thriving. When MoviePass suffered setback, Sinemia attempted to attract disgruntled customers with the promise of a more rewarding experience. Yet, while many reasoned MoviePass would succumb to a painful death, it inexplicably lives on, while Sinemia has passed into the ether....

Star Wars Celebration Is Returning To Anaheim In 2020, Official Dates Revealed By Ben Pearson/June 13, 2019 11:30 am EST Star Wars Celebration, the world’s biggest Star Wars convention, has zeroed in on its next dates. After the last three events took Celebration to London, Orlando, and Chicago, the convention will return to Anaheim, California, and now the official dates for the 2020 convention have been revealed. Get those newly-unveiled dates below, and find out when you can purchase tickets and when hotel room blocks go on sale, too....

The 20 Best Horror Movies Of 2018: The Psychotic Drowns Where The Mystic Swims By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 3, 2019 10:00 am EST Horror had a great year in 2018, perhaps because our everyday lives have morphed into an on-going horror story. But while the real world offers no clear conclusion to our current nightmare, horror movies provide a kind of catharsis, because they always draw to an end. Sure, sometimes evil wins in these films, but sometimes, good prevails....

The Morning Watch: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Edition: Best Red Carpet Moments, Weird Trailer & More By Ethan Anderton/April 24, 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. In this Avengers: Endgame edition, check out an assembly of the best moments from the world premiere of the film in Los Angeles with all the film’s stars and more....

‘Deadwood: The Movie’ Trailer: HBO’s Gritty Western Returns By Chris Evangelista/April 25, 2019 11:30 am EST A full Deadwood: The Movie trailer is here, and it does not disappoint. The cast is together again, older, wiser, and angrier. Some thirteen years after the original series was cancelled, HBO has given David Milch’s grungy, brilliant Western a second chance to end things right. Many of us thought this moment would never come, but now it’s almost here....

‘Downton Abbey’ Trailer: The Crawley Family Welcomes You Back By Chris Evangelista/May 21, 2019 5:30 am EST Downton Abbey, the series some will forever think of as Downtown Abbey, is headed to the big screen. Most of the cast of the original series will return to once again tell the story of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them in an Edwardian English country house. This is bound to be the take-mom-to-the-movies event of the year!...

/Filmcast Ep. 16 - Bangkok Dangerous (GUESTS: Vic Holtreman And Moriarty) By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 9, 2008 10:00 pm EST In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra and Adam try to decide whether Ghostbusters 3 is a good idea, debate whether or not The Dark Knight should have been rated R, and assess the acting talent of Nicholas Cage in Bangkok Dangerous. Vic Holtreman joins us from Screenrant and Moriarty from AICN joins us to bitchslap rumors about Will Smith and Batman 3 into submission....

/Filmcast Ep. 456 - Annihilation By Slashfilmcast/Feb. 27, 2018 10:38 pm EST David, Devindra, Jeff, and Kristy discuss Alex Garland’s latest film, Annihilation. Check out Indiewire’s piece on Netflix streaming and Chris Evangelista’s deep-dive into Annihilation. To enter our Coco contest, email slashfilmcast@gmail.com with the words “Coco Contest” in the subject line and share your favorite musical moment in films. Include your address (US only, no PO boxes). You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

‘Good Lord Bird’: Ethan Hawke Playing Abolitionist John Brown In Showtime Limited Series By Chris Evangelista/March 11, 2019 5:00 pm EST Having recently delivered the best performance of his career in First Reformed, Ethan Hawke is going to give TV a try. The actor will star as 19th-century abolitionist John Brown in the Showtime limited series Good Lord Bird, adapted from the James McBride novel of the same name. Hawke will also co-write and executive produce the series, with Underground’s Anthony Hemingway directing....

‘Men In Black International’ Is The Title Of The Upcoming ‘Men In Black’ Reboot By Jacob Hall/Dec. 5, 2018 12:19 pm EST The original three Men in Black movies may have featured characters from across the universe, but they were set almost entirely within the confines of New York City. Now, the title of the upcoming reboot/sequel promises an adventure on a much grander scale. The fourth film in the franchise will be titled Men in Black International, which confirms early reports that this will be a global story that takes those black-suited alien-policing humans on a whirlwind trip around the globe....

‘Sopranos’ Prequel Movie Cast Adds Jon Bernthal And Vera Farmiga By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 14, 2019 12:00 pm EST The Many Saints of Newark, the Sopranos prequel movie from series creator David Chase, just added two exciting new cast members: Jon Bernthal and Vera Farmiga. At this time, we don’t know who Bernthal and Farmiga are playing – brand new characters, or younger versions of characters we met during the run of The Sopranos....

‘The Best Of Enemies’ Trailer: Taraji P. Henson And Sam Rockwell Have To Learn To Work Together By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 12, 2018 7:30 am EST The true story of Ann Atwater and C.P. Ellis gets the big screen biopic treatment with The Best of Enemies. Atwater was a civil rights activist, and Ellis was an Exalted Cyclops of a Ku Klux Klan group, but the two were forced to work together to deal with the issue of school segregation in Durham....

‘The Good Liar’ Trailer: Helen Mirren And Ian McKellen Star In A Con Artist Romance Thriller By Ben Pearson/June 26, 2019 2:00 pm EST Bill Condon, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who recently directed the live-action Beauty and the Beast for Disney, is back with a new movie, and this one does something that’s inexplicably never been done before: it pairs Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen on the big screen together for the first time ever....

‘The Politician’, Ryan Murphy’s Netflix Show, Announces Cast And Premiere Date By Chris Evangelista/March 22, 2019 5:00 pm EST Ryan Murphy signed a huge deal with Netflix, and the first results of that deal will soon be upon us. The Politician, which Murphy co-created with Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, follows the political aspirations of a wealthy Santa Barbarian. The ambitious concept for the show will have each season dealing with a different type of political race the main character is dealing with....

‘The Witcher’ First Look: Henry Cavill Stars In The Fantasy Adaptation, Which Is Coming To Comic-Con By Ethan Anderton/July 1, 2019 8:00 am EST Since Henry Cavill isn’t returning to the role of Superman anytime soon, he’s occupying his time by digging into the fantasy world of The Witcher. The video game franchise and book series is being turned into a show on Netflix, and the streaming service has just released the first official The Witcher photos, revealing the show’s lead characters....

‘Venom’ Creator Todd McFarlane Wants Critics Over The Age Of 16 To Leave The Movie Alone By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 19, 2018 12:00 pm EST Venom was a huge hit, but critics really did not like the movie. According to Todd McFarlane, one of the creators of the character, that’s not the movie’s fault. McFarlane says that movie critics are too old, and that they needed to unleash their inner 16-year-olds to truly enjoy the story of a giant goo monster who bites off heads....

‘Voltron: Legendary Defender’ Season 8 Trailer: The End Is Here By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 2, 2018 12:00 pm EST The Paladins are entering their final battle. Netflix has released the trailer for the eighth and final season of Voltron: Legendary Defender, which is set to premiere on the streaming service in December. And the stakes are higher than ever in thistrailer, which sees the Paladins joining together one last time to “save all of existence....

‘Young Justice: Outsiders’ Trailer: The Superhero Sidekicks Go To Space By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 29, 2018 5:30 am EST The latest Young Justice: Outsiders trailer packs quite a punch, as the third season of the beloved superhero animated show sends your favorite sidekicks to space. The team of not-so-young-anymore superheroes are fighting off a multi-universe threat that is somehow tied to a metahuman trafficking ring. It’s all a little confusing, but look!...

Celebrating Shaak Ti, The Forgotten First Female Jedi Of ‘Star Wars’ Animation By Caroline Cao/April 8, 2019 1:00 pm EST In a galaxy far, far away, a Togruta Jedi fought for the greater good. She appeared in a Star Wars television series called Clone Wars. She won my heart. She was badass. She was emotional. She was competent. She experienced failure, but plowed through her insecurities. She was the first onscreen forefront female Jedi of the Star Wars galaxy....