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‘Kill Bill’ At 15: How The Bride’s ‘Survival Energy’ Is More Relevant Than Ever By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 10, 2018 11:00 am EST I can pinpoint the exact moment I became a fan of Quentin Tarantino’s work. It wasn’t in the 1990s, though Tarantino’s influence reigned hard that decade and I had an appreciation for his films, if not an outright love for them. No, my conversion came at a theater on opening day, October 10, 2003, when I watched something completely unexpected happened in an early scene of Kill Bill, Vol....

‘Look Who’s Talking’ Reboot In The Works For Some Reason By Chris Evangelista/July 9, 2019 12:30 pm EST Those geniuses in Hollywood have done it again! After thinking long and hard about the best possible way to entertain the masses, executives and producers have found the solution: a Look Who’s Talking reboot. Yes, the ’80s film about a baby with the voice of Bruce Willis is getting an update for our terrible modern times, and there’s nothing you can do about it....

‘Stan And Ollie’ Trailer: Laurel And Hardy Have One Last Hurrah By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 21, 2018 4:30 pm EST Stan and Ollie isn’t your normal biopic. Instead, the film covers a specific period of time – namely, the 1953 UK tour of famed comedians Laurel and Hardy. Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly play Laurel and Hardy, and both appear to have disappeared into their respective roles. Watch the latest Stan and Ollie trailer below....

‘The Kissing Booth’ Beats Out ‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’ As Netflix’s Most Rewatched Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 11, 2018 1:30 pm EST Everyone fell in love with Peter Kavinsky in Netflix’s To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before — but did they fall in love enough to watch him and Lara Jean flirt up a storm multiple times? Yes, but not as many times as another movie. Netflix has released their year-end list of the movies and TV shows that viewers binged the most, and the No....

‘Watchmen’ TV Series Footage Revealed With ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 8 Tease And More By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 6, 2019 7:06 pm EST HBO knows what you want: teasers! The cable network has a big year ahead in 2019, with the final season of Game of Thrones airing, along with their Watchmen show, Big Little Lies season 2, and more. To get everyone hyped up, HBO has released a 2019 teaser that features our first look at Watchmen TV series footage, along with a Game of Thrones season 8 tease, a clip from Big Little Lies season 2, and more....

AD Ep. 121 - Paranormal Moviegoing Activity And The Decline Of South Park By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 31, 2010 2:57 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....

Exclusive ‘The Kid’ Clip Wants To Introduce You To The Real Billy The Kid By Chris Evangelista/May 31, 2019 7:30 am EST Director Vincent D’Onofrio provides a new take on the legend of Billy the Kid with The Kid. Featuring a cast that includes Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan, Jake Schur, Leila George, and Chris Pratt, The Kid arrives on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital on June 4. In anticipation of that impending home media release, we have an exclusive The Kid clip below....

How 2018 Horror Explored Disability – And Represented It For The Better By Marisa Mirabal/Jan. 23, 2019 11:00 am EST In Bird Box, shots feature a cloth fully covering the screen which inserts the viewer into the characters’ experience. This method garners empathy while simultaneously heightening tension. Encountering a group of blind individuals ultimately becomes their refuge. Normally, there is a societal stigma in which people assume those who are blind may not be fit for the world....

Marvel’s Secret Invasion Could Still Happen, Assures Kevin Feige By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 12, 2019 7:30 am EST The Skrulls are some of the most famous villains in Marvel Comics, and it all lead to an epic comic book crossover storyline called “Secret Invasion” that ran through a self-titled eight issue limited series and several tie-in books from April through December 2008. With the introduction of the Skrulls in 2019’s Captain Marvel, it was no surprise that fans expected the film to plant the seeds for an eventual Secret Invasion movie....

Netflix Trailers: New International Shows ‘1983’, ‘Dogs Of Berlin’, And Docu-Series ‘Our Planet’ By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 11, 2018 11:00 am EST Netflix can’t stop, won’t stop! There was a time when the streaming service was primarily known for providing subscribers with other people’s content. Those days are gone! Week after week, the streaming giant unleashes new original programming, and you, the hungry viewing public, lap it up like a lioness of the Serengeti lapping up the blood of a fresh kill....

Patty Jenkins In Early Talks To Direct Margot Robbie In ‘Barbie’ Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 5, 2018 1:00 pm EST Margot Robbie may be playing a Barbie girl in a Barbie world. The Oscar-nominated I, Tonya actress is in talks to star as the famous Mattel toy in a feature film possibly helmed by Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins. Life in plastic may truly be fantastic.The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Robbie is in talks to play the lead role in the long-gestating Barbie movie in development in Warner Bros....

Shea Whigham Reveals His ‘Joker’ Character, Praises Joaquin Phoenix’s Performance By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 22, 2018 11:00 am EST The Todd Phillips-directed, Joaquin Phoenix-starring Joker movie has gone from seeming like a terrible idea to a movie that might just work. It’s clear Phillips and company are going for a much different approach to the character than what we’re used to, and that might be enough to make the movie truly memorable....

Superhero Bits: Marvel Contest Of Champions Arcade Game, ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Toys & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 18, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want to play Marvel Contest of Champions on an arcade machine? Will Spider-Man’s UK suit make an appearance in Spider-Man: Far From Home? What did Zack Snyder have to say about what would have come after his Justice League? Did Tom Holland give up a bit of an Avengers: Endgame spoiler back in April last year?...

The Animators Of ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Reveal How It All Came Together In New Downloadable Commentary Track By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 25, 2019 12:30 pm EST Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has been hailed as a work of art, so why not give some credit to the artists behind that art? A dazzling, bold, and creative animated feature like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse required a lot of hands on deck, from producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, to directors Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti, and Rodney Rothman, to the animators who helped craft the film’s distinctive pop-art style....

The Morning Watch: The Character Driven Comedy Of ‘Shaun Of The Dead’, ‘Coco’ Off The Page & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 5, 2018 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....

The Most Anticipated TV Shows Of 2017 (GUEST: Alan Sepinwall From Uproxx) By Slashfilmcast/Jan. 11, 2017 1:58 pm EST Game of Thrones is still off the air until later in 2017, but Joanna and David are still podcasting! In this episode from their new podcast Gen Pop, they discuss the TCAs and their most anticipated new TV series of 2017. TV critic Alan Sepinwall joins us from Uproxx. Find Alan’s work, including his coverage of the TCAs, here....

Theme Park Bits: Rise Of The Resistance, That Big Family Fight At Disneyland, And More By Josh Spiegel/July 15, 2019 5:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Rise of the Resistance gets an opening date on both coasts. That fighting family from Disneyland denies anything happened. A new Pirates of the Caribbean themed frozen treat And more! The big news of the week is that we finally know when the second major attraction in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is opening....

YouTube Still Wants More ‘Cobra Kai’ Despite Rumors Of Reducing Original Programming [WonderCon] By Fred Topel/March 31, 2019 9:00 am EST Cobra Kai put YouTube Premium on the map with originals. The sequel to the Karate Kid films became a phenomenon when it premiered last year, and YouTube ordered a second season in the first week. Since then, YouTube decided to stop investing in original series. Now the second season of Cobra Kai is about to premiere and fans definitely want to know there will be moreCobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald were at WonderCon for Cobra Kai....

‘Aquaman’ Honest Trailer: His Real Superpower Is That Smolder By Ethan Anderton/March 25, 2019 6:00 am EST Who would have thought that Aquaman would become the highest grossing DC Comics movie at the global box office? Following the doom and gloom of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and the inspiration of Wonder Woman, director James Wan steers us right into the weirdest and wildest installment of the DC Extended Universe yet....

‘Arctic’ Trailer: Mads Mikkelsen Learns There’s Snowplace Like Home By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 3, 2019 5:00 pm EST Mads Mikkelsen freezes his butt off in the Arctic trailer. The Hannibal actor plays a man stranded in the Arctic after surviving a plane crash. Now he has to make a choice: stay at his relatively safe (but very chilly) camp, or brave the elements in a search for help. Ice, snow and polar bears abound....