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/Filmcast Ep. 459 - The Death Of Stalin (Live Post-Wedding Spectacular) By Slashfilmcast/March 21, 2018 8:31 pm EST This week on the /Filmcast, David, Devindra and Peter discuss life in Seattle and review David’s wedding. Also, David’s friend Matt Weber joins the podcast to discuss The Death of Stalin. Check out Matt’s interview with Elmo here. Download or Listen/Subscribe below: Shownotes: Devindra: Patriot Peter: Sneaky Pete, Love Featured Review: The Death of Stalin...

‘Four Weddings And A Funeral’ Trailer: Mindy Kaling Updates The Beloved Rom-Com For Hulu By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 1, 2019 3:30 pm EST Mike Newell’s beloved 1994 rom-com Four Weddings and a Funeral is a bonafide classic that launched Hugh Grant to floppy-haired stardom and started a long partnership with the star and screenwriter Richard Curtis that blessed us with even more era-defining romantic-comedies. Now Four Weddings and a Funeral is getting a modern update for Hulu by notable rom-com lover Mindy Kaling....

‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ Clip: Finding The Land Of The Dragons By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 8, 2018 9:30 am EST Universal has released a new clip and new images from How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World following the animated film’s panel at New York Comic Con. The clip doubles down on the emotional burden that this third and final film in the How to Train Your Dragon series carries, taking us back to the beginning, in which Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler) tells a baby Hiccup the story of the hidden world of dragons....

‘La La Land’ Cinematographer To Shoot ‘Bond 25’, ‘Rogue One’ Cinematographer Heads To ‘Dune’ By Ben Pearson/Dec. 5, 2018 12:30 pm EST The two most recent entries in the James Bond franchise have benefitted from the work of two of the best cinematographers in the business: Roger Deakins (The Shawshank Redemption, Fargo) shot Skyfall, and Hoyte Van Hoytema (Interstellar, Let the Right One In) shot Spectre. Now the franchise is zeroing in on a collaborator for director Cary Joji Fukunaga: the Bond 25 cinematographer is reportedly La La Land and American Hustle’s Linus Sandgren....

‘Mortal Engines’ Visual Effects Team Talks About Solutions To Industry-Wide Problems, Bringing Those Moving Cities To Life, And More [Interview] By Ben Pearson/Dec. 13, 2018 1:00 pm EST Mortal Engines director Christian Rivers is a protege of filmmaker Peter Jackson, who co-wrote and co-produced this adaptation with his The Lord of the Rings collaborators. This is a tight-knit group, so it’s no surprise that when they needed a company to tackle the visual challenges of a movie about a city that eats other cities, they turned to New Zealand-based Weta Digital, who have consistently proven to be one of the best in the world....

‘Shadow’ Review: Zhang Yimou’s New Martial Arts Film Is Gorgeous, Scattered [Mumbai Film Festival] By Siddhant Adlakha/Nov. 8, 2018 1:00 pm EST It’s hard to talk about Shadow without mentioning Zhang Yimou’s previous effort, Matt Damon-starrer The Great Wall, from which it could not feel more different. While the latter was accused of whitewashing based on the trailers, its true nature was much more troubling: backed by China Film Group, The Great Wall was a very literal propaganda movie about the West accepting the superior might of the Chinese military....

‘The Holiday Calendar’ And ‘All The Creatures Were Stirring’ Trailers Offer Two Wildly Different Takes On Christmas By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 24, 2018 6:30 am EST Halloween isn’t quite here yet, but those who don’t get into the spirit of the spooky season are already starting to dust off their holiday decorations to get ready for the long lead into Christmas. That means the time is now for all the holiday-themed programming promos to get pushed in front of our eyes, and the first trailers for two wildly different Christmas movies have arrived....

5 Reasons To Watch ‘The Dragon Prince’, The Best New Netflix Show No One Is Taking About By Donna Dickens/Nov. 15, 2018 8:00 am EST Did you know it’s been almost 12 years since Netflix moved their business model from subscription-mail DVD rentals to online streaming? The company pivoted to video (sorry!) in 2007. Why am I bringing this up? Because I can recall, clear as day, having conversations at the time that boiled down to my generation telling older generations that Netflix had just killed cable....

A Cast Of Kings S8E5 - The Bells By Slashfilmcast/May 15, 2019 10:24 am EST All bell breaks loose! David Chen and Joanna Robinson watch the fifth episode of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, “The Bells.” Catch the Slashfilm Daily recap of the divisive episode here. Read the post on Medium about why pop culture fans feel threatened by disagreement here. Watch David’s original meme “Snickers ad” here....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 7, 2019 9:30 am EST Lord of the Rings Series Setting Confirmed Welcome to the Second Age: https://t.co/Tamd0oRgTw — The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) March 7, 2019 The Isle of Numenor is a mythic lost civilization (J.R.R. Tolkien intended it as an allusion to Atlantis) from whom the great men of Gondor are descended. Separated by the Great Sea from the continent known as Middle-earth, Numenor housed the apotheosis of the human race: they were physically perfect and lived three times as long as the average human....

Decoding Westworld: Season 2 Post-Mortem (GUEST: Will Wallace) By Slashfilmcast/July 2, 2018 11:03 pm EST Decoding Westworld is a weekly podcast recapping the HBO original series Westworld. In this episode, Joanna and David are joined by Kickstarter backer (and writer) Will Wallace to reflect on season 2 of the show. Follow Will on Twitter. Thanks for listening to this season of Decoding Westworld! Have your own crackpot theory? Want to leave us feedback in general?...

John Wick Would Be Restoring Old Books If People Didn’t Keep Trying To Kill Him By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 10, 2019 5:30 pm EST John Wick loves two things: his wife and his dog. And it turns out, book-binding. The titular assassin of the action franchise starring Keanu Reeves has an unexpected hobby that unfortunately got cut from the first two films. But it comes back in an unexpected way in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum....

Sacha Baron Cohen Returns As Borat To Sway US Elections, Discusses ‘Who Is America?’ Pranks By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 7, 2018 9:30 am EST Last night, everyone was abuzz with the results of the midterm elections. But while some American citizens were out voting on Tuesday, others had to deal with some election tampering and canvassing from an unlikely personality: Kazakhstan native Borat Sagdiyev. Jimmy Kimmel Live hosted Sacha Baron Cohen last night where the comedy actor revealed how he tried to swing the midterm elections to please Premier Trump by walking around the more wealthy part of Los Angeles to garner support for the Republican party....

Screen Gems Launching Horror Lab To Create New Horror Movie Ideas By Chris Evangelista/April 10, 2019 6:30 am EST “We envision the Horror Lab as another step in the evolution of our label as a leading genre supplier,” said Steve Bersch, head of Screen Gems. “We pride ourselves on supporting next generation creatives and see this as another way to bring exciting new talent and ideas to global audiences.” “With proof-of-concept emerging as a reliable source material for feature films, the aim is to work with filmmakers at the incubation stage to help actualize their concepts and grow the material organically through the development process,” added Ground Control founder Scott Glassgold....

Sequel Bits: ‘Star Trek 4’, ‘Avatar 2’, ‘Bird Box’, ‘The Trip’, ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’, ‘xXx 4’, ‘Toy Story 4’ By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 29, 2019 2:30 pm EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: John Cho still thinks Star Trek 4 will happen. Avatar 2 producer Jon Landau has an update on the epic sequel. A Bird Box cast member has an idea for a sequel. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan are planning a new Trip movie....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Episode 9 (GUEST: Myles McNutt) By Slashfilmcast/July 28, 2008 5:08 pm EST Sorry for the delay in getting this up this week guys! 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 Unpopular Opinion: ‘Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2’ Is An Unsung Masterpiece Of Horror Metafiction By Britt Hayes/Nov. 21, 2018 10:00 am 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 much-derided sequel to The Blair Witch Project actually rules, thank you very much.)A little over a year after The Blair Witch Project hit theaters and subsequently became a box office phenomenon, Artisan Entertainment released a sequel that did…the opposite....

‘American Horror Story’ Season 9 Wants To Tap Into Your ’80s Nostalgia Now By Chris Evangelista/April 10, 2019 10:30 am EST American Horror Story might end some day, but for now, it’s going to keep on keeping on with yet another wacky season. The title, and theme, for season 9 has been revealed, and it’s somewhat promising. American Horror Story season 9 will be subtitled 1984, and will attempt to channel ’80s slasher movies....

‘Bathtubs Over Broadway’ Trailer: Discovering The Hidden World Of Sponsored Musicals By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 24, 2018 3:00 pm EST You may remember those bits on the Late Show With David Letterman, in which the host introduced obscure vinyl records for laughs in a recurring segment called “Dave’s Record Collection.” That segment actually stemmed from an hobby held by Late Show writer Steve Young, who in the mid-nineties became obsessed with the hidden world of industrial musicals, curating a vast collection of sponsored musicals that hawked everything from cars, to cereal, to — yes — bathtubs....

‘BlacKkKlansman’ Returning To Theaters This Weekend After Landing Six Oscar Nominations By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 24, 2019 10:00 am EST The nominations for the 91st Academy Awards were announced earlier this week, and while The Favourite and Roma led the pack with 10 nominations each, let’s not forget that the frustratingly timely and relevant BlacKkKlansman also landed six nominations, including one for director Spike Lee. The film hit theaters back in August and has been available on home video for a few months now, but since the film has been given an extra boost of interest thanks to the Oscar noms, audiences will be able to catch BlacKkKlansman in theaters again....