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‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ Easter Eggs And Cameos: Exploring The Countless References To Just About Everything By Britt Hayes/Nov. 26, 2018 10:00 am EST In Ralph Breaks the Internet, Ralph and Vanellope head into the wild and vast realm of the internet for a new and exciting adventure. As you can probably guess, Disney’s highly-anticipated sequel to 2012’s Wreck-It Ralph is packed with cameos and Easter eggs. With Ralph and Vanellope leaving their tiny arcade for the seemingly boundless internet, those references aren’t limited to video games....

‘See You Yesterday’ Review: The Time Travel Romp Takes On A Timely Twist By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 17, 2019 7:00 am EST See You Yesterday follows CJ (Eden Duncan-Smith), a science prodigy who develops a time travel device with her best friend Sebastian (Danté Crichlow) for their school science fair. But their elation at inventing time travel is cut short when CJ’s older brother Calvin (a wonderfully plaintive Brian Vaughn Bradley, Jr....

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Photos Show Off Badass Women And The New Terminator By Ethan Anderton/April 4, 2019 7:30 am EST Terminator: Dark Fate is the next installment in the increasingly confusing Terminator franchise. Following the disappointment of Terminator Genisys, Paramount Pictures and producer James Cameron went back to the drawing board, and this time they’re bringing back one of the best things to happen to the Terminator franchise: Linda Hamilton. Not only is the mother of John Connor still a total badass, but she’s joined by Mackenzie Davis, looking like she’s been given all the best tips about taking on deadly cyborgs from the future....

Matt Ryan Tobin’s The Sandlot Print First up, Matt Ryan Tobin delivered this outstanding print in the vein of classic western gunfights. Except rather than looking through the chaps of a cowboy, we’re looking through the hairy legs of the dog known as “The Beast.” The dogs stares down the group of nine kids who spend the summer playing baseball in the dusty field nearby, and between them is the Babe Ruth-signed baseball that Scotty Smalls knocked into old Mr....

Disney+ ‘Rogue One’ Series Hires ‘The Americans’ Executive Producer Stephen Schiff As Showrunner By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 30, 2018 5:09 pm EST Earlier this month, we learned that Disney and Lucasfilm had another live-action Star Wars series in the works. It’s a Rogue One prequel series that will focus on Diego Luna reprising his role as Cassian Andor, and it just got the best showrunner that a series focusing on a Rebel spy could ask for: The Americans executive producer Stephen Schiff....

George Lucas Just Made It Possible For Kids To Get Into The Academy Museum For Free By Ben Pearson/April 18, 2019 4:00 pm EST The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has been working on building a new museum in Los Angeles, and it’s set to open later this year. Information on how much it will cost to gain entry hasn’t been revealed yet, but thanks to a new “transformative grant” from the George Lucas Family Foundation, all children 17 years old and younger will get in for free – forever....

How The Framing Of ‘A Private War’ Does A Disservice To Its Subject – And Misses The Point Entirely By Siddhant Adlakha/Dec. 27, 2018 8:00 am EST “I want people to know your story.” A Private War recognizes, in words, Marie Colvin’s ethos right from the get-go. Her mission, first and foremost, was to speak truth to power, unearthing the horrors bequeathed to civilians by leaders and governments. Rosamund Pike, who plays her in the film, repeats this mantra frequently, stressing the importance of telling individual stories from the world’s war-torn regions....

John Lasseter Fields Questions On Sexual Harassment From Concerned Skydance Employees By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 15, 2019 7:00 am EST Outcry exploded following John Lasseter’s hiring at Skydance Animation a year after the animation magnate stepped down from his roles at Disney and Pixar in the wake of unspecified sexual harassment allegations. Lasseter stepped into the role of chief at Skydance Animation merely nine days after his contract expired with Disney, which many in the industry saw as too little time for Lasseter to be held accountable for his actions....

Jon Favreau Seems Open To Returning To The MCU, Has Funny Idea For ‘Iron Man 4’ By Ben Pearson/May 10, 2019 3:30 pm EST Eleven years, twenty-two movies, and more than $20 billion ago, the Marvel Cinematic Universe began under the direction of the guy from Swingers. Jon Favreau kicked things off back in 2008 with Iron Man and followed that up two years later with Iron Man 2, and he hasn’t directed an MCU-related project since....

Listen To An Exclusive ‘Umbrella Academy’ Track From Netflix’s New Superhero Series By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 11, 2019 9:30 am EST This week, the strange, stylish superhero series The Umbrella Academy drops on Netflix, bringing the Eisner award-winning comics to life. In anticipation of the premiere, we’re debuting an exclusive Umbrella Academy soundtrack track, from the staggeringly prolific Jeff Russo. Hear the exclusive track below. Umbrella Academy Soundtrack Jeff Russo is in high-demand....

Netflix Is Launching 47 Stand-Up Specials From An International Assembly Of Comedians On New Year’s Day By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 28, 2018 12:00 pm EST Netflix is adding new stand-up specials to their streaming library every single week, and it’s pretty hard to keep up – especially with all the other movies and TV shows arriving every week. But the streaming service is about to outdo themselves by releasing an onslaught of stand-up comedy on New Year’s Day....

The ‘Doctor Who’ Season Finale Is A ‘Battle’ To Maintain The Show’s Momentum By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 10, 2018 9:00 am EST There’s a line from Peter Capaldi’s run as the Doctor that I keep going back to during this inspiring, but uneven, 11th season of Doctor Who: “Well to be fair, they cut out all the jokes!” This episode, and to an extent this season, could have done with a couple of laughs....

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Children Of Men Retrospective By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 31, 2016 10:47 am EST Children of Men is 10 years old, and yet it seems more relevant than ever. In this bonus episode, Devindra chats with Anthony Ha, senior editor at TechCrunch, and Dwayne De Freitas, co-host of The Drill Down podcast, about the film’s themes and lasting impact. And perhaps we’ll figure out how to find hope in a hopeless world along the way....

The Margot Robbie ‘Barbie’ Movie Is Officially Happening As Warner Bros. Finalizes Deal With Mattel By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 8, 2019 8:30 am EST Hollywood has been trying to make a Barbie movie for a while now, with Amy Schumer and Anne Hathaway both considered for the lead. Margot Robbie eventually signed on, and now, the movie is officially moving ahead as Warner Bros. closes a deal with Barbie owner Mattel. Hop in this tiny plastic convertible and follow me down below to learn more about the Margot Robbie Barbie movie....

The MCU Referenced Earth-616 Way Before ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 9, 2019 5:30 pm EST The Marvel Cinematic Universe just got shaken up by the latest trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home, which dropped the major reveal that the MCU is just one of many alternate realities. This concept is not new to readers of Marvel Comics, who have become familiar with the concept of other Earths — mostly since Marvel uses it as leeway to create as many “alternate” titles as possible....

Water Cooler: Game Of Thrones, Barry, Star Wars, Guava Island, Veep, Dark Side Of The Ring, Detour, Little, Twilight Zone, Tokyo Story By Peter Sciretta/April 17, 2019 1:32 pm EST On the April 17 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what we’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

Why So Serious? New ‘Joker’ Image Shows A Morose Joaquin Phoenix Watching TV By Chris Evangelista/March 22, 2019 2:30 pm EST A new Joker image is here, showing Joaquin Phoenix looking very, very serious. Lighten up, sir! The movie is called Joker! The black and white pic comes courtesy of director Todd Phillips, who has confirmed he’s now editing the standalone Batman spin-off. See the Joker image below, and don’t worry about spoilers....

Why The Two-Hour Movie Is Dead, According To ‘Avengers 4’ Directors The Russo Brothers By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 5, 2018 1:30 pm EST Do you miss when movies were under two hours and you hadn’t lost half of your night to the black hole of the darkened movie theater? Well too bad, because according to the Russo Brothers, the directors of Avengers: Infinity War and the upcoming Avengers 4, the two-hour movie is dead....

Your Favorite Directors Pick Their Favorite Movies Of 2018…and ‘Venom’ Makes The List By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 28, 2018 11:00 am EST IndieWire gathered together some prominent film directors, locked them in a room, and made them fight to the death! Oh no, sorry, that’s not accurate at all. Instead, they asked these filmmakers to pick their favorite films of 2018. Edgar Wright, Guillermo del Toro, Attack the Block’s Joe Cornish, Destroyer filmmaker Karyn Kusama, and many more all weighed-in, singing the praises of a wide variety of 2018 movies....

‘A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’ Trailer: Shaun Has A Close Encounter With The Cutest Alien By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 1, 2019 3:00 pm EST Shaun is back and this time, his shenanigans are out of this world. Literally. Our favorite mischievous sheep has a new feature film adventure in A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, which sees Shaun having a close encounter of the third kind. But don’t worry, this alien is more cute than creepy....