USA Orders ‘Masters Of Doom’ Pilot, Following The Rise Of The ‘Doom’ Video Game Franchise By Ethan Anderton/June 28, 2019 9:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Doom is one of the most popular video games ever made. It started the craze of bloody, violent first-person shooters. But did you know that the creation of the video game turned two best friends into bitter rivals?...
Video: What ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’ Was Really Like On Opening Day By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2019 9:00 am EST I was lucky enough to visit Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge on opening day and experienced the craziness of the new Star Wars-themed land in Disneyland Resort. What was it like to be one of the first people to visit Batuu on opening day? How crazy were the crowds? Was it emotional?...
VOTD: ‘Captain Marvel’ VFX Featurette Showcases Goose The Cat, Skrull Transformation & Super Powers By Ethan Anderton/March 19, 2019 6:00 am EST Every single Marvel Studios movie is a blockbuster spectacle that is chock full of visual effects that bring the fantastical world of Marvel Comics to life on the big screen, and the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is no exception. A new Captain Marvel visual effects featurette from Marvel Entertainment dives into the post-production process for creating the titular superhero’s photon energy blasts and other superpowers, the transformation of Skrulls, and the scene-stealing character Goose the Cat....
‘Bird Box’ Deleted Scene Showed One Of The Creatures, Described As A “Long Fat Baby” By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 27, 2018 9:30 am EST In Bird Box, unseen creatures are killing off people left and right. In the tradition of H.P. Lovecraft, anyone who lays eyes on these monsters goes completely out of their minds, usually killing themselves in the process. It’s a scary premise, and while Bird Box has its flaws, it does an excellent job conveying the terror of the situation....
‘Creed II’: Ivan Drago Is A Damaged Man, According To Dolph Lundgren By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 30, 2018 5:00 pm EST Ivan Drago is back in Creed II, but he’s not the Russian superman we saw in Rocky IV. In fact, according to actor Dolph Lundgren, the former boxer is emotionally damaged. This is a far-cry from the Drago audiences are used to, and it’ll be interesting to see Lundgren’s new take on the character....
/Filmcast Ep. 200 - The Summer Of 2012 And Looking Back On 200 Episodes By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 16, 2012 1:26 pm EST Dave, Devindra, and Adam reflect on their favorite and most disappointing films of the summer, and discuss what it’s been like to record 200 episodes of the /Filmcast. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Here are some of the episodes that we referred to:...
/Filmcast Ep. 201 - Looper (GUEST: Tasha Robinson From AV Club) By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 30, 2012 3:26 pm EST Dave, Devindra, and Adam invite you to check out the under-appreciated Dredd, lament the lost career of Ed Wood, sing the praises of Shawn Ryan’s Last Resort, and opine that Headhunters got the “foreign movie” pass. Tasha Robinson from AV Club joins us for this episode. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....
‘NOS4A2’ Featurette Turns Zachary Quinto Into An Elderly Serial Killer By Chris Evangelista/April 27, 2019 9:00 am EST In the AMC series NOS4A2, Zachary Quinto plays a rather ancient-looking supernatural serial killer named Charlie Manx. Since Quinto looks even younger than his actual age of 41, the makers of NOS4A2 had to slap some serious make-up on him to pull off the appropriate look. In the NOS4A2 featurette below, watch as Quinto calmly checks his cellphone as make-up artists bury him in prosthetics....
‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Star Shameik Moore Originally Auditioned To Be Lando In Lord And Miller’s ‘Solo’ By Ben Pearson/Feb. 12, 2019 11:30 am EST Shameik Moore, the up-and-coming actor who most recently voiced Miles Morales in Sony’s animated hit Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, initially met producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller for a completely different project. The Dope star auditioned for the role of Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story before Lord & Miller were fired from that project....
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 3 To Premiere This June By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 12, 2019 9:24 am EST Deadline reports that Hulu has set The Handmaid’s Tale season 3 premiere date for June 5, 2019. The streaming service announced the series return at the TCA, where Hulu SVP of Originals Craig Erwich explained the decision to delay the show’s season 3 premiere. “We wanted to give the show as much time as possible to maintain the quality,” Erwich said....
‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ At 25: Tim Burton’s Hybrid-Holiday Musical Still Holds Charm By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 29, 2018 8:00 am EST Tim Burton’s best movie might actually be one he didn’t direct. As a filmmaker, Burton’s strength has always been in his visual storytelling, the eccentric look and phantasmagorical feel of his characters and story settings. Since 1990, a parade of peculiar, pale protagonists, led by the grand marshal of Edward Scissorhands, has formed up in his long string of collaborations with Johnny Depp....
Adam McKay And Will Ferrell Ending Production Partnership, And We’re In A Glass Case Of Emotion By Ethan Anderton/April 6, 2019 12:00 pm EST Through their Gary Sanchez Productions banner, writer/director Adam McKay and comedy multi-hyphenate Will Ferrell have produced an incredible number of hilarious comedies for 13 years. But now the two partners in comedy are going their separate ways to pursue their own individual creative efforts. Get the details on the Will Ferrell and Adam McKay partnership ending below....
Cool Stuff: ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Crew Jacket Will Keep You Warm, Doesn’t Smell Bad On The Outside By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 7, 2018 6:00 am EST Among hardcore Star Wars fans, there is one coveted item from the production of the original trilogy that is a rare artifact. No, we’re not talking about any props from the set, even though those are highly sought after items. Instead, we’re talking about a winter jacket given to crew members who worked on the Norwegian set of The Empire Strikes Back on the location that was used to represent the ice planet Hoth....
New ‘Captain Marvel’ TV Spot Highlights The Most Important Character In The Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 1, 2019 7:30 am EST The latest Captain Marvel TV spot wisely did away with all the energy blasts and Skrulls, and gave us the one truly important part of the comic book movie: Goose the cat. Or rather, the maybe-cat. Captain Marvel TV Spot Carol Danvers’ (Brie Larson) pet is the star of this new TV spot, appropriately distracting S....
Road To Endgame: ‘Thor’ Expands The MCU Using Fantasy, Examinations Of Masculinity, And Chris Hemsworth Hotness By Siddhant Adlakha/March 28, 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?” In this edition: Thor sets a new tone for the MCU, but continues its muddled approach to warfare.)After three relatively grounded sci-fi action flicks, the Marvel Cinematic Universe took a leap of faith and ventured into the cosmos....
Rotten Tomatoes Could Further Tighten Audience Review Guidelines Against Trolls By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 14, 2019 9:30 am EST Following the deluge of negative posts on the Captain Marvel Rotten Tomatoes user page, Rotten Tomatoes took serious measures to secure its website against malicious trolls looking to skew a movie’s audience rating. But that may have just been the beginning of Rotten Tomatoes’ countermeasures against potential user sabotage. The review aggregator website is considering further changes to the Rotten Tomatoes audience review guidelines in order to combat trolls that have been targeting films like Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Ghostbusters, and even Star Wars: Episode 9....
Steven Spielberg Refuses To Submit To The Wonderful World Of Streaming By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 20, 2019 10:30 am EST Steven Spielberg is usually a forward thinking guy, especially when it comes to technology. After all, his Jurassic Park helped usher in the modern boom in digital effects. But there’s one bit of tech that the acclaimed filmmaker refuses to get on board with, and that’s streaming video. In the past, Spielberg has declared that the films produced by Netflix aren’t real movies – they’re more like TV movies....
The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 143 - Anti-Piracy PSAs And The Tragedy Of The Commons (GUEST: Scott Mendelson From Mendelson’s Memos) By Slashfilmcast/April 25, 2011 4:00 am 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....
The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 163 - Responding To Moneyball By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 9, 2011 10:13 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....
The Morning Watch: ‘Rick And Morty’ Pickle Rick Bloopers, ‘A Star Is Born’ Anatomy Of A Scene & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 9, 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....
