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‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ Rumors: Luke’s Lightsaber, The Knights Of Ren, And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 6, 2018 11:30 am EST Filming continues on Star Wars: Episode 9 over at Pinewood Studios in London, but even as Lucasfilm and Disney’s grip on spoilers for the film tightens, rumors inevitably make their way back across the pond. A few new Star Wars Episode 9 rumors suggest plot details that could fly in the face of the events of Star Wars: The Last Jedi or further expand the universe in ways we don’t expect....

‘WandaVision’ Will Have A 1950s Aesthetic, According To Elizabeth Olsen By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 24, 2019 1:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We’ve seen so little of Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision’s (Paul Bettany) relationship on the big screen, so it’s difficult to guess what their upcoming Disney+ series will look like. The two Avengers have a deep and sincere romance that has mostly happened offscreen, and it will finally get the spotlight in the upcoming WandaVision....

Ben Pearson’s Top 10 Movies Of 2018 By Ben Pearson/Jan. 2, 2019 9:00 am EST 2018 felt more like a warped decade than a normal 365 day span, but at least the movies that came out last year were pretty damn great. Over the next few days, Team /Film will be counting down our favorite films of the last twelve months. The fact that films like Free Solo, Destroyer, Paddington 2, Lizzie, and Black Panther ended up in my honorable mentions when they could form a respectable top 5 on their own speaks to the overall quality of the year at the movies....

Funko Plans To Open Giant Store In Hollywood This Year By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 28, 2019 10:30 am EST The Funko figurine maker company plans to open a nearly 40,000-square-foot store in Los Angeles in late 2019, according to CNN. The LA store will be located in Hollywood Boulevard, not far from the famous TCL Chinese Theatre, and next to a Shake Shack and Soul Cycle. That’s intentional — Funko CEO Brian Mariotti told CNN Business that they plan to target both tourists and local residents....

Lena Dunham Has ‘A Hope More Powerful Than The Sea’ For Producers Steven Spielberg And J.J. Abrams By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 29, 2018 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea chronicles the life of Doaa, a Syrian girl whose life was upended in 2011 by the onset of her country’s brutal civil war. Doaa and her fiance, Bassem, decide to flee to Europe to seek safety and an education, but four days after setting sail on a smuggler’s dilapidated fishing vessel along with five hundred other refugees, their boat is struck and begins to sink....

Netflix Testing Out Random Episode Orders For Original Shows Starting With ‘Love, Death & Robots’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 20, 2019 2:30 pm EST Netflix has been changing the way we watch TV, leading the cord-cutting phenomenon and disrupting the movie and TV industries with its slew of acclaimed original titles. But could it soon be changing the order in which we watch a show? Viewers of Netflix’s latest original show Love, Death & Robots noticed over the weekend that the experimental animated anthology series was shown in different episode orders per person....

R.I.P. ‘Whiskey Cavalier’ And More: The 2019 TV Cancellation Round-Up By Chris Evangelista/May 16, 2019 9:00 am EST Whiskey Cavalier, we hardly knew ye. The series starring Lauren Cohan is just one of several shows to get the ax as networks make way for new stuff that will also probably be cancelled some day. That’s how things work in the magical world of television! We’ve compiled a list of recently cancelled shows for you – think of it as a kind of in memoriam segment....

Superhero Bits: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Gets A Soldier Arrested, ‘Dark Phoenix’ Runtime & More By Ethan Anderton/May 6, 2019 6:00 pm EST Are you ready for the final season of Legion? How did Avengers: Endgame get a soldier arrested? What did Groot say in his final scene in Avengers: Endgame? How long is Dark Phoenix? Where did a certain adorable line from Tony Stark in Avengers: Endgame come from? Did you see the Saturday Night Live sketch with The Avengers and Game of Thrones playing Family Feud?...

Superhero Bits: Fans Want Henry Golding As ‘Shang-Chi,’ ‘Big Hero 6’ Animated Series Renewed & More By Ethan Anderton/April 16, 2019 6:00 pm EST How did Avengers: Endgame leak online two weeks before release? Is Tom Welling making an appearance on Arrow? When does Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 come to Nintendo Switch? Will Sean Gunn have a role in The Suicide Squad? Who is Tyrese Gibson playing in Morbius the Living Vampire?...

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Captain America: The First Avenger (GUEST: Jordan Raup From The Film Stage) By Slashfilmcast/July 22, 2011 12:00 pm EST This week, Dave and Adam chat about Captain America: The First Avenger, and discuss whether it restores their faith in director Joe Johnston. Special guest Jordan Raup joins us from The Film Stage. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

The Morning Watch: ‘Star Wars’ Ships Compared To Real World Locations, ‘Joker’ Trailer Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/April 5, 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 edition, a visual effects artist places digital models of Star Wars ships in 3D environments around the world to show off their scale....

What The ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Post-Credits Scene Means For The Next Spidey Adventure By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 3, 2019 9:30 am EST Ever since 2008’s Iron Man, the Marvel credits scenes have become a staple of the films, teasing future sequels or filling the gaps between other films. But rarely do they show the film’s biggest twist. Spider-Man: Far From Home is full of twists and turns, but it slips its biggest one in the mid-credits scene of the film....

Win M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Unbreakable’ Trilogy, Including An Autographed ‘Glass’ Blu-Ray By Chris Evangelista/April 16, 2019 7:30 am EST M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable trilogy (unofficially dubbed the Eastrail 177 Trilogy by some) has come to a close. The filmmaker started things off with Unbreakable in 2000, and then secretly followed-up with Split in 2017. Earlier this year, the filmmaker released Glass, bringing the threads of the previous two films together. Now, Glass is hitting Blu-ray, and we’re hosting a contest to celebrate....

‘Blow The Man Down’ Review: A Chilling Coen Brothers-Esque Crime Drama With A Feminist Twist [Tribeca] By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 6, 2019 3:00 pm EST Sex, drugs, and murder rock the sleepy New England seaside town in Blow the Man Down, a chillingly savage debut feature from co-directors and screenwriters Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy that makes a strong case for them to be the heirs to the Coen Brothers’ wintry crime drama throne....

‘Captain Marvel’ Executive Producer Jonathan Schwartz Reveals Everything He Can About Marvel’s Next Movie [Set Visit Interview] By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 8, 2019 10:30 am EST Just as Marvel Studios mastermind Kevin Feige started as the assistant to X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner, Schwartz began his career as the assistant to Feige on Iron Man 2. He quickly proved himself valuable and worked his way up the ladder to the producer of Guardians of the Galaxy, executive producer of the sequel, and now Captain Marvel is his baby....

‘Charlie Says’ Trailer: Matt Smith Is Charles Manson For ‘American Psycho’ Director Mary Harron By Chris Evangelista/March 12, 2019 5:00 pm EST Charles Manson is having an unexpectedly busy year on the big screen. In addition to The Haunting of Sharon Tate and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the infamous cult leader is also featured in Charlie Says. Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith plays Manson, but this film from American Psycho director Mary Harron isn’t about him....

‘Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina’ Clip Introduces A Creepier, But Still Cute, Salem By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 11, 2018 2:30 pm EST Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina looks as different as can be from the cheery Sabrina the Teenage Witch comic book and ’90s sitcom that it inspired. But there’s one returning element that is probably familiar to fans. A new clip from the upcoming Netflix series introduces Sabrina’s animal familiar, Salem, a cat which spoke with a deep and sarcastic voice in the ’90s sitcom....

‘Fast And Furious 9’ And James Bond 25 Get New 2020 Release Dates, ‘Dune’ Stakes Out Thanksgiving By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 15, 2019 6:07 pm EST The summer of 2020 just got a little more interesting with two of the year’s biggest blockbusters shifting their release dates. Fast and Furious 9 has bumped back their initial April 2020 release date by nearly two months, and James Bond 25 has swept in and filled the gap....

/Filmcast Ep. 295 - Birdman By Slashfilmcast/Nov. 18, 2014 7:00 pm EST David, Devindra, and Jeff follow-up their discussion of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar and share movies they’d recommend you check out over the Thanksgiving break. Be sure to read about what is up with the ending of Birdman, how to see Interstellar unlimited times, read Christopher Nolan’s response to Interstellar’s sound issues, and speculate on why Christopher Nolan fans are so intense....

By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 9, 2018 3:30 pm EST Watch the Inside Jokes Trailer What makes the New Faces showcase at the Just for Laughs festival so special? Well, it’s a career-launching pad for comedians who are looking to find a little more fame and success on the comedy scene. Big name comics like Hannibal Buress, Gary Gulman, Pete Holmes, Gabriel Iglesias, Colin Jost and Chelsea Peretti were all once featured on the New Faces panel, and they also appear in the documentary series to add some perspective....