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The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 49 - Preserving Your Moviegoing Experience (GUEST: Elisabeth Rappe From Cinematical) By Slashfilmcast/May 9, 2009 2:53 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: ‘Creed II’ Easter Eggs, ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Thanksgiving Music Video & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 26, 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. In this edition, find out if you noticed the various Creed II references and Easter eggs linked to the Rocky franchise....

The Morning Watch: How ‘Pixar’ Celebrates Halloween, The Power Of Leslie Knope & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 25, 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. In this edition, find out how the employees celebrate Halloween at Pixar and get jealous that your company isn’t nearly as cool....

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 77 - The Road Trip By Slashfilmcast/April 26, 2017 6:00 pm EST We should never forget the Berlin wall. I carry a piece of it with me wherever I go. The Tobolowsky Files is a podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky. You can e-mail Stephen at stephentobolowsky(AT)gmail(DOT)com....

Theme Park Bits: Galaxy’s Edge Parking, Epcot’s Space-Themed Restaurant, And More By Josh Spiegel/May 17, 2019 6:30 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: You can try an alcoholic popsicle at Epcot. Pirates of the Caribbean is heading back to basics. Get the parking lowdown on Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. And more! Let’s start today’s column in Orlando, specifically in Epcot. Epcot is going through a lot of crazy changes lately, but there’s a couple that are either already occurring or about to happen that are very exciting....

Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara Exits Company In Wake Of Scandal By Ben Pearson/March 18, 2019 10:56 am EST After six years leading the company, Kevin Tsujihara is out as the chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment. WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey released a statement today explaining the decision: “It is in the best interest of WarnerMedia, Warner Bros., our employees and our partners for Kevin to step down as Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros....

‘Bird Box’ Trailer: Netflix’s Post-Apocalyptic Thriller Looks Bleak As Hell By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 11, 2018 2:30 pm EST Whatever you do, don’t open your eyes. Unless you want to watch this new Bird Box trailer, that is. This intense new look at the Netflix film sends Sandra Bullock blindfolded across the wilderness, hoping to avoid some terrifying force. A force that, in the best Lovecraftian fashion, can kill people if they just lay eyes on it....

‘Godzilla: King Of The Monsters’ Spoiler Review: A Chip Off The Old Blockbuster By Joshua Meyer/June 3, 2019 8:00 am EST Revealed at Comic-Con last July, the first trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters was glorious. The prospect of an elemental assault on the senses, wall-to-wall fights with 17 monsters — maybe even some poignant family drama — seemed to rise up before one’s ensorcelled eyeballs with every subsequent trailer....

‘The Christmas Chronicles’ Trailer: Kurt Russell Is Cool Santa Claus By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 10, 2018 7:30 am EST Kurt Russell is the coolest Santa Claus you’ll ever see in The Christmas Chronicles trailer. Will this Netflix family film be any good? I don’t know. But at least Russell is clearly having fun playing the role of Jolly Old Saint Nick. In the film, a pair of kids have to help Santa save Christmas, as seems to be the standard set-up for these types of stories....

‘The Lion King’ Director Jon Favreau On Giving His Version A Documentary Feel, The Challenges Of Expectations, And Much More [Set Visit Interview] By Ben Pearson/May 30, 2019 10:00 am EST In December 2017, I drove to Playa Vista, California to visit the set of Disney’s The Lion King. Our full set visit report is still under embargo for now, but we are allowed to publish our conversation with director Jon Favreau, who joined our small group of journalists for an extended interview....

‘Top Gun 2’ Brings Christopher McQuarrie Into The Danger Zone For Script Rewrites By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 31, 2018 1:30 pm EST Fresh off the massive critical and commercial success of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Christopher McQuarrie is feeling the need to reunite with his star and longtime collaborator Tom Cruise once again. The filmmaker has been tapped to rewrite the Top Gun 2 script, which will make it McQuarrie and Cruise’s tenth film together....

‘Wayne’ Producers Rhett Reese And Paul Wernick On The Value Of Pop Culture In Fiction [Interview] By Fred Topel/Jan. 16, 2019 7:00 am EST Deadpool screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have a new streaming series premiering on YouTube Premium today, although they did not create Wayne. They are producing the half hour series for creator Shawn Simmons, and YouTube Head of Original Content Susanne Daniels calls the show “Dirty Harry in high school....

A ‘Black Mirror’ Board Game Is Here Based On The Social Media-Skewering Episode ‘Nosedive’ By Ben Pearson/Nov. 15, 2018 4:00 pm EST The third season of Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror began with an episode called “Nosedive.” In it, Bryce Dallas Howard played a character named Lacie who lived in a world in which things like purchasing power and class status were dictated by one’s “Social Score,” a personal rating influenced by each person you come in contact with over the course of each day....

Crime Scene Doughnuts And Hurricane Heists: The Best Trash Movies Of 2018 By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 7, 2019 12:00 pm EST To quote the poet Oscar the Grouch, “Oh, I love trash.” There’s a soft-spot in my heart for trash movies. The trashier the better. I’m not talking about the worst movies of the year. Nor am I talking about movies that are so bad they’re good. Instead, I’m referring to a special type of a film – one that is perfectly content to be, well, garbage....

Disney+ Picks Up Fairy Tale Movie Starring Olivia Cooke And LaKeith Stanfield By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 25, 2019 2:30 pm EST Your new Disney Princess and Prince may be Olivia Cooke and LaKeith Stanfield. The two actors are in talks to star in an untitled Disney+ fairy tale movie, which will be helmed by To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before director Susan Johnson and written by Cat Vasko. The Ralph Breaks the Internet Disney princess scene may just get a whole lot weirder....

Liam Hemsworth To Star In Quibi Action-Thriller Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 30, 2019 10:00 am EST Liam Hemsworth and Quibi – two names that are sure to immediately pique your interest. But a Liam Hemsworth Quibi series is what we’re going to get, even if we’re not sure what that means. Hemsworth, the star of The Hunger Games and other hits like…Independence Day: Resurgence, is the latest high-profile star to join the increasingly impressive roster behind Quibi, the Jeffrey Katzenberg-founded short form content streaming platform....

New ‘Watchmen’ Photos Show Off More Of The Police Department’s Unusual Uniforms By Ben Pearson/Nov. 20, 2018 11:30 am EST We’re intensely curious about what Damon Lindelof is cooking up over at HBO with his new Watchmen TV series, but in true mystery box fashion, the creator/showrunner is keeping us largely in the dark about the specifics of what he’s doing. Instead, the Watchmen Instagram account has revealed two new looks at some of the show’s characters, giving us a better view of the masked police officer characters seen in last month’s first look photo....

Now Scream This: 10 Streaming Horror Movies About Inanimate Objects That Want To Kill You By /Film Staff/June 20, 2019 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Now Scream This, a column where horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato tell you what scary, spooky, and spine-tingling movies are streaming and where you can watch them.)Matt: With MGM’s Child’s Play reboot opening this week, Chris and I jumped at the chance to suggest streaming horror flicks where the antagonist is, in some way, an inanimate object....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 13 By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 22, 2008 6:28 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 /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Lawless And The Newsroom Finale (GUEST: Laremy From Film.com) By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 29, 2012 8:47 pm EST In this bonus episode, Dave, Devindra, and Adam are joined from Laremy Legel from Film.com to discuss the first season finale for Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, and to review John Hillcoat’s newest film, Lawless. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast@gmail.com or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us next week when we’ll be reviewing Headhunters....