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‘The Last Summer’ Trailer: ‘Riverdale’s’ KJ Apa Is Looking To Be The Next Netflix Heartthrob By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 10, 2019 3:30 pm EST Move over Noah Centineo, there’s a new aspiring teen heartthrob moving in for his Netflix crown. KJ Apa, best known for playing Hot Archie in the CW series Riverdale, is bringing his coiffed hair and perfectly symmetrical face to Netflix in a teen coming-of-age romance movie, The Last Summer....

A ‘Luther’ Movie Is In The Works, Confirms Star Idris Elba By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 19, 2018 9:30 am EST Idris Elba may be donning his famous grey trenchcoat one more time — but this time, on the big screen. The star of the still-running BBC crime drama confirmed that a Luther movie is in the works, following up the upcoming fifth season of the Neil Cross series. Elba and writer-creator Neil Cross can’t let go of Luther....

Mondo Masters of the Universe Action Figures He-Man will obviously be the first figure in the Mondo Masters of the Universe action figures assembly. And he comes with every accessory you’d want him to: power sword, battle axe, sheath, shield, short sword, hand blaster, rifle blaster and even a Burbie mini figure. He-Man also features six interchangeable hands, 30 points of articulation and real fabric costume elements. For all you classic He-Man fans out there, one of the cooler pieces that comes with the He-Man figure is an alternate head sculpt that makes him look more like the classic animated series version of the character....

Disney+ Will House Entire Disney Motion Picture Library, Including Things From The Disney Vault By Chris Evangelista/March 7, 2019 10:00 am EST During today’s big Disney shareholders meeting, Bob Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, revealed that Disney+, the Disney streaming service, will eventually house the “entire Disney motion picture library”, including titles in the fabled Disney Vault. When will this happen? To quote Mr. Iger, “at some point....

Emily Blunt In Talks To Star In Annapurna Memoir Adaptation ‘Not Fade Away’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 24, 2019 9:00 am EST Emily Blunt is eyeing a role in Not Fade Away, an Annapurna drama based on the memoir by Rebecca Alexander, who was rare genetic mutation that caused her to lose her sight and hearing over time, with the belief that she would be completely deaf and blind by 30.Deadline broke the news that Emily Blunt is in talks to star in Not Fade Away, based on the 2015 memoir Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found, which told the story of Rebecca Alexander, who was diagnosed with a rare genetic mutation called Usher Syndrome type III at birth and told by doctors that she would likely be completely blind and deaf by the age of 30....

Peaks TV S3E09-10 - “The Glow Is Dying.” By Slashfilmcast/July 20, 2017 6:00 pm EST Peaks TV is a new podcast from David Chen and Joanna Robinson. Every two weeks, we’ll be recapping the latest episodes of Twin Peaks: The Return on Showtime. This week, we recap the 9th and 10th episodes of season 3. Be sure to check out Ben Pearson’s recap of this week’s episode. Also see Indiewire’s take on episode 10, and a history of rape scenes....

The MCU Revealed To Be Earth-616 In ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Clip By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 8, 2019 8:30 am EST A studly magic-using superhero that looks like Jake Gyllenhaal? He could only exist in another universe. That’s exactly what is taking place in Spider-Man: Far From Home, in which Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio apparently travels from an alternate Earth in order to save the one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s a concept not unfamiliar to fans of the Marvel Comics, where there are alternate dimensions galore, each with their own numerical designation....

With Season 3, ‘Documentary Now’ Continues To Be The Best (And Most Sorely Overlooked) Television Comedy For Cinephiles By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 19, 2019 10:00 am EST A mysterious cult taking up roots in a small American town. A perceptive look at a daring and bold performance artist. A moment or two in the life of a prickly jazz musician in a foreign country. A warts-and-all behind-the-scenes look at the recording of a Broadway cast album....

/Filmcast Ep. 272 - Godzilla (GUEST: Matt Singer From The Dissolve) By Slashfilmcast/May 20, 2014 5:46 am EST David and Devindra are joined by Matt Singer of The Dissolve to discuss the latest Godzilla film. Plus, Dave reports back from his first few days at SIFF. 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 in your Browser:Subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES...

/Filmcast Ep. 513 - Pet Sematary (GUEST: Ariel Fisher) By Slashfilmcast/April 16, 2019 8:17 pm EST David and Devindra are joined by Ariel Fisher to watch Pet Sematary. Does this most recent resurrection of Stephen King’s novel live up to the horror of the original film? Read Ariel’s article on why the throne room fight in The Last Jedi is actually about online dating, and Nate Jones’s Vulture article on Jason Clarke: Hollywood’s go-to cuckold....

/Filmcast Ep. 82 - Sherlock Holmes & Up In The Air By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 29, 2009 9:26 pm EST This week, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss the pleasures of A Perfect Getaway, praise the beauty of A Single Man, and do a double review of Sherlock Holmes and Up in the Air. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us in two weeks on Monday January 11th at 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST at Slashfilm’s live page as we review Daybreakers....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Veteran Natalie Dormer Joins ‘Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels’ As A Demon By Ben Pearson/Feb. 22, 2019 10:45 am EST Natalie Dormer, who played Margaery Tyrell across five seasons of HBO’s Game of Thrones, is heading to Showtime to play a demon in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, the upcoming spin-off of the network’s Victorian-era original series, which came to an end back in 2016. This “spiritual descendant” of the original drama takes place in Los Angeles in the 1930s and features an entirely new group of characters, and you can read all about Dormer’s demon below....

‘Hellboy’ Trailer: David Harbour Smashes Things Real Good By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 19, 2018 11:04 am EST Remember Hellboy? He’s back, in David Harbour form. The Stranger Things actor takes up the mantle of the big red half-demon in a new take on the character. Guillermo del Toro already made two fine films about Hellboy, but now director Neil Marshall will try something different. After a long wait, the first Hellboy trailer awaits you below....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Featurette Tells The Story Of Captain Pike By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 4, 2019 5:00 pm EST Anson Mount, the latest actor to play the role of Captain Christopher Pike, sits down for a new Star Trek: Discovery featurette devoted to the character’s story. Pike has had an interesting trajectory in the Star Trek mythology, and Discovery is attempting to fill in some blanks in his backstory. Watch the Star Trek Discovery featurette below....

‘The LEGO Movie 2’ Early Screenings Hit 500 Theaters Two Weeks Before Release By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 23, 2019 7:30 am EST Warner Bros. Pictures announced that they will be holding a one-day preview screening of The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part in 500 theaters across North America on January 26, 2019. The special preview screening is part of the studio’s “Awesome Week” celebration in anticipation of the sequel to the lauded 2014 hit....

‘The Magicians’ Is The Rare Adaptation That’s Better Than The Book By Meredith Borders/Feb. 8, 2019 8:00 am EST “The book was better.“Even without context, those four words almost work as a manifest truth, one I have immortalized on a lapel pin and engraved on my heart. The book, by virtue of its being a story’s inception point, the very first version of a narrative where nothing’s cut for time and no grand ideas are scuttled for budget, is almost always better than any of its adaptations....

‘The Rook’ Trailer: A Spy Discovers A Supernatural Ability In The Starz Thriller Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 5, 2019 8:30 am EST One superhero franchise about caches of humans with special abilities may be fizzling out this week, but Starz is introducing a new supernatural spy thriller series that could replace that X-shaped hole in our hearts. The Rook, based on Daniel O’Malley’s novel of the same name, follows an amnesiac woman who slowly discovers that she may have a connection to a mysterous secret service that fends off threats that are a little paranormal....

Chris Evangelista’s Top 10 Movies Of 2018 By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 1, 2019 8:00 am EST Several people have told me they thought 2018 was a disappointing year for movies. I say: nuts to that. Any year that gives us Nicolas Cage fighting with a chainsaw, Ethan Hawke having a crisis of faith, and Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone and Olivia Colman in a power-grabbing love triangle is a-okay in my book. Below you’ll find my top 10 movies of the year – a list I struggled with, because there were so many films competing to make it into these top spots....

Jussie Smollett Suspended From ‘Empire’ Season 5 After Allegedly Staging A Hate Crime Attack By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 22, 2019 9:30 am EST Jussie Smollett has been suspended from the current season of FOX’s music industry drama Empire. The decision comes after the actor was arrested for allegedly staging a hate crime attack against himself in Chicago. At the end of January, Jussie Smollett was hospitalized after allegedly being the victim of a hate crime attack in Chicago....

The Team-Up You’ve Been Waiting For: ‘Grand Isle’ Will Star Nicolas Cage And Kelsey Grammer By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 2, 2018 5:30 am EST The entire history of cinema has been leading to this moment. At last, Dr. Frasier Crane and Nic Cage will share the screen together. That’s right – Nicolas Cage and Kelsey Grammer will star together in a film called Grand Isle. The plot sounds appropriately bonkers, involving a quiet island, a broken fence, unspeakable discoveries and more....