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The Unpopular Opinion: ‘Wayne’s World 2’ Is Better Than The First Movie By Britt Hayes/Dec. 10, 2018 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly beloved by all. In this edition: the sequel to Wayne’s World is actually better than the beloved original.)In 1993, just one short year after Wayne’s World transitioned from SNL favorite to box office hit, Paramount unleashed the sequel....

Tim Heidecker And Gregg Turkington’s ‘On Cinema At The Cinema’ Announces 2019 Tour Dates By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 15, 2019 6:00 am EST If you like the comedic stylings of Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington in the ongoing web series On Cinema at the Cinema, then we have some good news for you. The hapless duo is going on tour this spring with stops in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas, and they have a multimedia stage show planned featuring their “famed movie expertise and exuberant feuds....

‘Among The Shadows’ Trailer: Lindsay Lohan Stars In A Werewolf Noir By Ben Pearson/Feb. 2, 2019 1:00 pm EST When Lindsay Lohan burst onto the scene with Disney’s The Parent Trap remake back in 1998, who could have foreseen a future in which, more than twenty years later, we’d be seeing a Lindsay Lohan werewolf noir film? That day has finally arrived. Here’s the trailer for Among the Shadows, in which Lohan plays a woman who hires a werewolf private investigator to find out who’s trying to kill her politician husband....

By Ethan Anderton/June 18, 2019 8:30 am EST Hollywood has been trying to make a movie based on the popular Gears of War video game franchise since 2007, shortly after the first game became a huge hit for the Xbox 360. The most recent attempt is in the hands of Universal, who is collaborating with Microsoft on the project. Last we heard anything about the project was the hiring of F....

‘The Umbrella Academy’ Featurette Educates On Who The Dysfunctional Superheroes Are By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 14, 2019 5:30 pm EST What is The Umbrella Academy? Is it just X-Men but with siblings? The latest The Umbrella Academy featurette released by Netflix attempts to educate and explain this dysfunctional family of superheroes at the center of the series based on the comic by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way. The Umbrella Academy Featurette...

Akiva Goldsman Is Considering Directing Rob Liefeld’s ‘Avengelyne’ By Jack Giroux/Nov. 5, 2016 11:00 am EST Another character from Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld might get the big screen treatment. Paramount Pictures has purchased the rights to Avengelyne, a story about an angel banished to Earth. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (Winter’s Tale) is producing the comic book movie, and he’s eying the director’s chair. Below, learn more about the potential Avengelyne movie....

Rumors About Christopher Nolan’s Next Movie Are Incorrect [Update] By Chris Evangelista/March 6, 2019 9:31 am EST Update: According to Warner Bros., this story – which originated with Production Weekly – is incorrect, and describing Christopher Nolan’s new film as “North by Northwest meets Inception” is inaccurate. It’s worth noting that Production Weekly is usually reliable, which might mean there’s at least some truth to this description, but that Nolan and company are unhappy with it being out there at this time....

SXSW Days 6 And 7: ‘Stuber’ Is A Killer Comedy For Kumail Nanjiani And Dave Bautista And ‘Sword Of Trust’ Teams Marc Maron With Director Lynn Shelton By Jacob Hall/March 15, 2019 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The SXSW Diaries, where we will be chronicling every single movie we see at the Austin-based film festival.) Welcome to SXSW 2019 days six and seven. In this edition: Sword of Trust is more of the same from Lynn Shelton (f0r better or worse), Stuber gets amazing mileage out of Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista, and Mr....

Syfy’s ‘Deadly Class’ Is Dead, Fails To Find Home At Another Network By Ben Pearson/June 25, 2019 4:30 pm EST Earlier this month, Syfy cancelled Deadly Class, its adaptation of the Image Comics title about a homeless teen who’s recruited to a private school where the world’s top crime families send their heirs to prepare to take over the family business. And though there was a tiny sliver of hope that the show could find another home at a different network, that hope has now been extinguished....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 161 - The Dark Knight Action And Racist Cartoons By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 24, 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: Bonus Ep. - In Time By Slashfilmcast/Nov. 1, 2011 7:00 pm EST In this episode, Dave Chen and Adam Quigley discuss Andrew Niccol’s newest film, In Time. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Tune in on Sunday night (11/6) at Slashfilm’s live page at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST as we review A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas....

The Evolution Of Peter Jackson: From Cult Filmmaker To Industry-Shaking Oscar-Winner [Part 1] By Andrew Todd/Dec. 12, 2018 11:00 am EST Peter Jackson has two new movies out this December, and each represents a vastly different side of the New Zealand cinema titan. Mortal Engines, which Jackson produced and co-wrote, is the kind of giant fantasy blockbuster he has become known for, while They Shall Not Grow Old, his (non-faux) documentary debut, stems from an entirely different part of his sensibilities....

‘Chernobyl’ Creator Craig Mazin On His New HBO Miniseries And The Debt We Owe To The Truth [Interview] By Fred Topel/May 6, 2019 2:00 pm EST The meltdown at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Russia was an international disaster in 1984. Plenty of investigations and reporting occurred in the aftermath, but now whole generations have been born and come of age since then. HBO’s new miniseries Chernobyl puts viewers inside the meltdown with the plant workers, Russian scientists, doctors, nurses and soldiers in the mid-’80s....

/Filmcast Ep. 390 - Black Mirror Season 3 By Slashfilmcast/Nov. 1, 2016 1:00 am EST David, Devindra and Jeff dive deep into the the third season of Black Mirror. Tune in for an overview of the season, followed by an episode-by-episode breakdown.You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook!Download or Play Now:Subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES Featured Review Black Mirror: Season 3 (23:29) SPOILERS and episode-by-episode breakdown Credits Our sponsor this week is Casper....

‘Green Knight’: ‘The Old Man & The Gun’ Director David Lowery And A24 Team Up For Arthurian Epic By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 6, 2018 12:00 pm EST A year after teaming up for his 2017 drama A Ghost Story, David Lowery is working with A24 again to adapt an Arthurian fantasy epic. The Old Man & The Gun director will be helming a retelling of the Arthurian epic poem, “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” in a film simply titled Green Knight....

‘Preacher’ Season 4 Teaser Heralds The Coming Of The Final Season By Chris Evangelista/June 28, 2019 4:30 pm EST Repent, the end is near! The end of Preacher, that is. The AMC series from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, based on the graphic novel series, is drawing to a close with its upcoming fourth season, and there’s a vague new teaser to prepare you for Judgement Day. Watch the Preacher season 4 teaser, and see a new poster, below....

‘Russian Doll’ Season 2 Is Coming To Netflix, But We Have Questions By Ben Pearson/June 11, 2019 3:44 pm EST Russian Doll, the twisty Netflix dramedy starring Natasha Lyonne, has officially been renewed for a second season, with eight more episodes on the way. The first season works so perfectly that the idea of bringing it back for more potentially seems like flirting with disaster, and there are plenty of questions about where exactly the series will go after its satisfying season one finale....

TWIN PLANETS IN A UNITED FEDERATION Now more than ever, the world needs Star Trek. At a time when it feels like Aldous Huxley and George Orwell’s vision of the future is coming to pass — with civilization moving closer to the distracted dystopia of Brave New World and the post-truth landscape of 1984 — the world needs a reminder of the hopeful ideals that humanity can embody when it’s not bent on dividing and destroying itself....

‘The Dead Don’t Die’, Jim Jarmusch’s Zombie Movie, Announces Its Impressive Cast, Summer Release Date By Chris Evangelista/March 27, 2019 4:15 pm EST Having already covered vampires with Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch is moving on to zombies with The Dead Don’t Die. The indie auteur has put together one hell of a cast for this saga, and you can see the full lineup below. In addition to the complete cast announcement, The Dead Don’t Die now has an official release date: June 2019....

‘The Kissing Booth 2’ Is On Its Way With The Original Cast, Netflix Confirms By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 15, 2019 4:00 pm EST Netflix can’t get enough of its romantic-comedies. It hit a hot streak last summer with the triple threat of The Kissing Booth, Set It Up, and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, and the streaming giant is looking to repeat that success with sequels for (potentially) all of them....