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‘Captain Marvel’ Deleted Scene Has Jude Law Talking To Himself By Chris Evangelista/June 14, 2019 12:00 pm EST What’s better than Jude Law? How about two Jude Laws? A newly released Captain Marvel deleted scene gives viewers a chance for twice the Law in one scene, in which the actor’s character in the film has a conversation with…himself. Sort of. In Captain Marvel, the alien race known as the Kree is ruled by a being known as the Supreme Intelligence....

‘Captive State’ Giveaway Will Help You Look Stylish For The Inevitable Extraterrestrial Invasion By Chris Evangelista/March 13, 2019 11:00 am EST In the sci-fi film Captive State, an extraterrestrial force has occupied the planet. Some resist, while others collaborate. And some wear some very fashionable hoodies. Okay, I haven’t seen the movie yet, so I don’t know how accurate that last part is. But in honor of the upcoming film from director Rupert Wyatt, we’re running a Captive State giveaway that will hook you up with some out of this world swag (see what I did there?...

/Filmcast Ep. 181 - The Cabin In The Woods (GUEST: Jeff Cannata From The Totally Rad Show) By Slashfilmcast/April 15, 2012 6:41 pm EST This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam delve into Drew Goddard’s brilliant horror film deconstruction, Cabin in the Woods. Special guest Jeff Cannata joins us from The Totally Rad Show. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Download or Play Now in your Browser: Your browser does not support the audio element....

/Filmcast Ep. 205 - The Future Of Star Wars (GUEST: Jeff Cannata From The Totally Rad Show) By Slashfilmcast/Nov. 4, 2012 12:24 pm EST This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam chat about the massive news that and speculate on what the future of Star Wars might look like. Also, is Wreck-It Ralph a terrorist? The guys explore, with special guest Jeff Cannata joins us from The Totally Rad Show. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

/Filmcast Ep. 52 - Terminator Salvation (GUEST: Jeff Cannata From The Totally Rad Show) By Slashfilmcast/May 26, 2009 7:47 pm EST In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley evaluate their familiarity with the character of Bazooka Joe, wonder why someone bothered buying the rights to the Battleship board game, get cynical about the new Sherlock Holmes trailer, and try to make sense of the time travel mechanics of Terminator Salvation....

‘Glass’ TV Spot Brings Superheroes Into The Real World By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 15, 2018 8:42 am EST Before Christopher Nolan gave superheroes the serious treatment with his Dark Knight trilogy, M. Night Shyamalan brought us Unbreakable, a film that asked: what if superheroes really existed? Now, Shyamalan finishes what he started with Glass, a sequel to both Unbreakable and his 2017 thriller Split. Unbreakable’s Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson are back, and they’re going to have to deal with Split’s James McAvoy and his many personalities....

‘John Wick 3’ Featurette Invites You To Check Into The Continental By Chris Evangelista/April 20, 2019 12:00 pm EST I know we’re all hyped for Avengers: Endgame this month, but that’s only the tip of the summer movie iceberg. Next month will bring us John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the latest stylish action flick starring Keanu Reeves and a bunch of bullets. A new John Wick 3 featurette highlights the continued world building of the franchise, and the ever-expanding mythology behind assassin hotel The Continental....

‘Marvel’s Runaways’ Season 2 Trailer: Superhero Teens (And Their Dinosaur!) Are Back By Ben Pearson/Nov. 29, 2018 2:00 pm EST Hulu has released a new trailer for Marvel’s Runaways, the live-action TV show based on the Brian K. Vaughn and Adrian Alphona comic series. Yep, those teen superheroes and their pet dinosaur are back to battle their supervillain parents Runaways Season 2 Trailer Critics and fans enjoyed the first season of Runaways (it’s sitting at 85% on Rotten Tomatoes), and season 2 picks up no more than 36 hours after the season one finale....

‘The Innocent Man’ Trailer: Netflix Continues To Satisfy Your True Crime Craving By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 3, 2018 3:30 pm EST If there’s one thing Netflix has learned, it’s that people love to watch true crime. It’s an obsession that can’t accurately be explained – time and time again, we tune into grisly stories of horrible real-life murders, and watch rapt, like moths to a flame. In the spirit of giving the people what they want, Netflix is about to debut The Innocent Man, a new docu-series based on John Grishams only true crime book....

‘Vice’ Originally Had A Musical Number, But Paul Thomas Anderson Convinced Adam McKay To Cut It By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 18, 2018 4:30 pm EST It’s hard to picture Dick Cheney bursting into song, but it almost happened in Adam McKay’s Vice. McKay’s dark comedy biopic about the former Vice President makes a wide variety of stylistic choices to tell its tale, and at one point, one of those flourishes involved a full-blown musical number....

Alan Tudyk To Voice The Joker In DC Universe’s ‘Harley Quinn’ Animated Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 25, 2018 2:30 pm EST DC Universe’s Harley Quinn has found its Joker. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story star Alan Tudyk will be the Mr. J to Kaley Cuoco’s titular Gotham villain Harley Quinn in the upcoming adult animated series set to debut on the DC streaming service. It seems like DC is keeping the Joker role in the Star Wars family....

Road To Endgame: ‘Ant-Man’ Is Simple And Sincere, But It Feels Like Something Is Holding It Back By Siddhant Adlakha/April 9, 2019 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Road to Endgame, where we revisit the first 22 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask, “How did we get here?” In this edition: Ant-Man is charming, but feels like two different scripts smashed together)Ant-Man would’ve been a different beast under director Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead), who left the project over creative differences in 2014....

Sherlock Holmes In The Movies: Ranking 70 Feature-Length Films Starring The Iconic Detective [Part One] By Rob Hunter/March 1, 2019 8:00 am EST (Months ago, writer Rob Hunter set out on a wild and dangerous case: he would watch and rank as many feature-length Sherlock Holmes movies as possible. This is part one of his investigation. Part two will run on Monday.) Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes may not have been the first fictional detective – that honor belongs to Edgar Allan Poe’s C....

Superhero Bits: Arrowverse Return Dates, MTV Movie & TV Awards Love Marvel & More By Ethan Anderton/June 18, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want to know how to make an Infinity Gauntlet cookie? When do all the Arrowverse shows return this fall? Which superhero movies won MTV Movie & TV Awards? How did Adam Savage build an Iron Man suit that actually flies? What Spider-Man related thing is Marvel Comics counting down to?...

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 122 - Digging Into The Scott Pilgrim Blu-Ray (GUEST: Edgar Wright, Director Of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World) By Slashfilmcast/Nov. 14, 2010 11:27 am EST This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley chat with special guest director Edgar Wright about making Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, delve into the film’s alternate ending, and geek out over the best special features on the new Scott Pilgrim Blu-Ray/DVD....

The Best Offshore Horror Movies You’ve Never Seen By Rob Hunter/Oct. 3, 2018 11:00 am EST (Welcome to The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. This week we get our feet wet with some underappreciated horrors on the open water!) Horror can unfold anywhere, but there’s something especially unnerving about nightmares at sea. Traveling by boat can be a lonely affair under even the best conditions as you’re cut off physically from the outside world, and that can be the case whether or not you’re alone....

Yes, People Are Buying That $25,000 Droid At Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge By Ben Pearson/June 17, 2019 2:30 pm EST When /Film’s Peter Sciretta returned from his first visit to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and told us that the most expensive thing guests can purchase in the park costs $25,000, I was floored. How many diehard Star Wars fans would really drop that much money on a custom droid from a theme park?...

‘Captain Marvel’ Tops Box Office Again In A Weekend That (Mostly) Exceeded Expectations By Ethan Anderton/March 18, 2019 1:00 pm EST Captain Marvel had no problem winning a second weekend at the box office for Marvel Studios. Following the film’s massive opening weekend haul of $153 million, the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe raked in another $69.3 million at the box office. That’s only a drop of 54.8% in its second weekend, which is slightly better than the average 56% that usually happens with Marvel Studios movies....

/Filmcast Ep. 153 - Transformers: Dark Of The Moon (GUEST: Tasha Robinson From AV Club) By Slashfilmcast/July 3, 2011 9:13 am EST This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss Michael Bay’s latest masterwork, Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Special guest Tasha Robinson joins us from AV Club. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. We’ll be back on Sunday 10 PM EST at slashfilm’s live page to discuss Horrible Bosses....

/Filmcast Ep. 279 - Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes By Slashfilmcast/July 15, 2014 8:00 pm EST Dave, Devindra, and Jeff discuss the pleasures of Boyhood and pick their favorite Emmy nominees. Be sure to read Annalee Newitz’s Apes timeline, and learn more about Dave’s favorite moment in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Dave’s review of Orange is the New Black, as well as the special effects shot that took over 1030 iterations....