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Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross Release 13-Minute Track Cut From Their ‘Bird Box’ Score By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 4, 2019 11:00 am EST Time for yet another Bird Box story! The popular Netflix film features a musical score from the Nine Inch Nails team of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who have become the go-to team for creating dark, moody music for movies. The Bird Box soundtrack album is currently available for purchase, and should be streaming soon....

Video: Our First Visit To ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’ By Peter Sciretta/May 31, 2019 8:30 am EST Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens at Disneyland Resort today! Yesterday, Peter and Kitra got to enter Star Wars Land for their first official visit. Follow along in this new video blog to see what it’s like to step into the world of Batuu . This extensive video covers an overview of everything they saw on their first time in Batuu, including Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run, the Droid Depot, The Creature Stall, The Marketplace, Rondo’s RoastersDok Ondar’s Den of Antiquities, Oga’s Cantina and much, more....

Women Make Gains In Indie Films, But Are Still Outnumbered 2 To 1 By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 19, 2019 5:00 pm EST Women directors, writers, editors and producers are making strides in the indie film industry, but there’s still a long way to go. According to a new study from San Diego State University, the number of women in indie film productions hit a “historic high,” are still by outnumbered men 2-to-1....

‘Coraline’ Is About The Fear Of Growing Up – And The Realization That It’s Not That Bad By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 10, 2019 10:00 am EST (To celebrate the release of Missing Link, we’re revisiting the stop-motion animated films of Laika this week and discussing why they’re so special. Today: Coraline is an adventure movie where adulthood is the villain.) At first glance, Coraline seems ripe for the haunting of children’s dreams....

‘Creed II’ Featurette: Everyone Is Out For Revenge By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 4, 2018 2:00 pm EST While getting back together with your family could make for an awkward reunion this Thanksgiving, there’s no way it will be more tense than the reunion between Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) when Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) and Viktor Drago (Florian “The Big Nasty” Munteanu) go head-to-head in the ring in Creed II....

‘Dolls’ Trailer: The Summer Of Killer Dolls Continues! By Chris Evangelista/June 6, 2019 12:30 pm EST It’s a big year for sentient dolls. Not only do we have the Child’s Play remake to look forward to this month, there’s also Toy Story 4 and Annabelle Comes Home. And next month, we’ll be blessed with Brahms: The Boy II. But The Boy II isn’t the only doll movie arriving in July. There’s also Dolls, a low-budget affair featuring E....

/Film’s 25 Most Anticipated Movies Of 2019 By Jacob Hall/Jan. 16, 2019 10:00 am EST We are at the start of a new year and you know what that means: a whole new year of movies to anticipate. The /Film crew recently sat down, put our heads together, and compiled a list of our top 25 most anticipated movies of 2019. You can see the fruits of our labor below....

/Filmcast Ep. 100 - Robin Hood (GUEST: Rian Johnson, Director Of Breaking Bad) By Slashfilmcast/May 17, 2010 3:22 pm EST In this week’s /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley ring in their 100th episode by discussing piracy, movie adaptations of plotless games and toys, and the plot/casting of Rian Johnson’s upcoming film, Looper. Rian Johnson joins us for this episode, with his unique banjo stylings and photoshop skills. Rian’s episode of Breaking Bad airs this Sunday on AMC at 10 PM EST....

/Filmcast Ep. 60 - Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (GUEST: Marc Webb, Director Of 500 Days Of Summer) By Slashfilmcast/July 21, 2009 6:51 pm EST In this special episode of the /Filmcast, Director Marc Webb joins David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley for their review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. They also praise Paper Heart, Moon, In The Loop, and chat about Futurama’s precious voice actors, as well as the wisdom of a potential Aquaman film....

‘Killer’s Game’ Will Star Dave Bautista As A Hitman Who Puts A Contract Out On Himself By Chris Evangelista/April 11, 2019 5:30 pm EST Dave Bautista has quickly become a dependable character actor worth paying attention to. Unlike other wrestlers-turned-actors, Bautista tends to shy away from the flashy leading parts for more interesting, quirky roles. But he’s not above doing the goofy action movie now and again. Case in point: Bautista will star in Killer’s Game, which sounds like John Wick meets Crank....

‘Killing Eve’ Season 2 Trailer: Get Ready To Get Obsessed All Over Again By Chris Evangelista/March 27, 2019 1:30 pm EST If you’re not obsessed with Killing Eve yet, you must not have begun watching it. The highly addictive comedy-thriller series from creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge is returning for an all new season, and the final trailer is here. Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer are back as TV’s strangest but most interesting duo – Oh as an obsessive MI6 agent, and Comer as the psychopathic assassin she’s trying to catch....

‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Trailer: The Horror Book Adaptation Will Scare A Whole New Generation Of Children By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 3, 2019 11:08 am EST Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was responsible for thousands of ’80s and ’90s kids’ nightmares when it was first published as a series of three children’s horror books written by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Stephen Gammell in 1981. Now the upcoming feature film adaptation will traumatize a whole new generation of children....

‘Stan And Ollie’ Star Steve Coogan On Bringing The Iconic Comedy Duo To Life [Interview] By Steven Prokopy/Jan. 15, 2019 7:30 am EST There are few things more satisfying than having modern-day actors pay worthy tribute to their legendary predecessors, and the easily lovable biopic Stan & Ollie, from director Jon S. Baird, is almost nothing but that, with Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly (along with some awards-worthy makeup) portraying arguably the greatest comedy duo in film history, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy....

‘The Mandalorian’ Will Feature Werner Herzog As A Villain By Ben Pearson/March 26, 2019 11:30 am EST I don’t think anyone expected iconoclastic German director Werner Herzog to be playing a swashbuckling hero in the upcoming live-action Star Wars TV show The Mandalorian, but in a new interview, Herzog himself has shed the tiniest bit of light on his role in the new Disney+ series. And yes, he’ll be playing a villain....

2019 Golden Globe Nominations: ‘Vice’ And ‘The Assassination Of Gianni Versace’ Top Golden Globe Nods By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 6, 2018 5:51 am EST It’s the happiest time of the year again: when the takes keep coming and award nominations start flying. The 2019 Golden Globe nominations are here to kick awards season into gear. Terry Crews, Danai Gurira, Leslie Mann, and Christian Slater join forces with Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Meher Tatna, producer Barry Adelman, and 16-year-old Isan Elba — Idris Elba’s daughter and this year’s Golden Globes Ambassador — to reveal the films, TV series, actors, and more that have been nominated for the 76th annual Golden Globes Awards....

LOL: Tig Notaro Interviews Stars She Doesn’t Know In New Funny Or Die Series ‘Under A Rock’ By Ethan Anderton/June 5, 2019 6:00 am EST Tig Notaro has been in show business for years, touring the country as a stand-up comedian, appearing in shows like Community, Transparent, Fresh Off the Boat, The Office, Bob’s Burgers, and most recently Star Trek Discovery. She’s also appeared in movies such as In a World…, Walk of Shame and Instant Family....

Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Hails ‘Booksmart’ As Best Film Of 2019 So Far By Ben Pearson/July 2, 2019 2:00 pm EST We’re still several months away from the next awards season ramping up, but this past weekend, members of the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society voted to determine the winners of several mid-year movie-related categories, including the best film of 2019 thus far. That prize ultimately went to Olivia Wilde’s debut feature film Booksmart (a great pick!...

NBC Cuts Plans For ‘Hair Live!’ To Refocus On Family-Friendly Musicals By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 5, 2019 3:30 pm EST Adult-oriented musicals can consider themselves on the chopping block for NBC. The network has cut short its plans to air Hair Live!, which had been originally scheduled for a May 19 telecast, as the network’s next live musical. Instead, NBC plans to refocus its live musical programming to family-friendly shows in a return to the broad-appeal titles like The Sound Of Music, which helped launch the current live TV musical phenomenon....

New ‘Killer Klowns From Outer Space’ And ‘Critters’ Movies In The Works At SyFy By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 23, 2018 9:30 am EST In recent years, SyFy has become known for their intentionally abysmal programming efforts such as the Sharknado franchise and other monster movies. But they’ve also been responsible for praiseworthy efforts like Battlestar Galactica, The Expanse, Channel Zero and the upcoming Nightflyers and Deadly Class. That makes us wonder just what to expect from their most recently revealed endeavor....

Original Big Bird Caroll Spinney Retires From ‘Sesame Street’ After 50 Years By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 17, 2018 2:00 pm EST A few things have remained constant at Sesame Street since the children’s show debuted on PBS in 1969, and one of them is the presence of puppeteering legend Caroll Spinney. The puppeteer and performer has played two of Sesame Street’s most famous characters since the show’s debut: Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch....