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Cool Stuff: Build Your Own ‘Ghostbusters’ Ecto-1 With The Eaglemoss Subscription Model Package By Ethan Anderton/June 7, 2019 2:30 pm EST The Ghostbusters Ecto-1 is one of the most famous vehicles to ever grace the silver screen, and there have been countless versions of it released over the years as toy cars, die-cast models, and more. But now the hearse-turned-paranormal-ambulance is getting a new detailed model courtesy of Eaglemoss Hero Collector’s model building subscription program, letting fans slowly build the vehicle over an extended period of time....

Daily Podcast: ‘Midsommar’ Spoiler Review And Interviews With Ari Aster, Will Poulter, And Jack Reynor By Ben Pearson/July 5, 2019 10:00 am EST On a special edition of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista for a spoiler-filled discussion of writer/director Ari Aster’s new film, Midsommar. Then, you’ll hear interviews with Aster and actors Will Poulter and Jack Reynor....

Daily Podcast: Ben Visits The Set Of ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ To Interview Jon Favreau & Tom Holland By Peter Sciretta/May 8, 2019 1:09 pm EST On the May 8, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss visiting the set of Spider-Man: Far From Home and we will play interviews with stars Jon Favreau and Tom Holland.You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it)....

Decoding Westworld S2E06 - Phase Space By Slashfilmcast/May 29, 2018 10:10 pm EST Decoding Westworld is a weekly podcast recapping the HBO original series Westworld. In this episode, Joanna and David discuss the sixth episode of the second season, “Phase Space.” Be sure to check out Chris Evangelista’s review of the episode and Joanna Robinson’s recap of the episode. Thanks for listening to this season of Decoding Westworld. Have your own crackpot theory?...

How ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Affects ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ By Ben Pearson/April 29, 2019 12:00 pm EST Avengers: Endgame seems to place a dramatic period at the end of the Infinity Saga, but Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige recently confirmed that Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will actually conclude with Spider-Man: Far From Home later this summer. How will the events of Endgame impact that movie? Join us for a spoiler-filled discussion below....

New ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Poster Proves Sonic Has The Best Thigh Gap By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 12, 2018 9:30 am EST With the arrival of the first poster, we learned that Sonic the Hedgehog has muscles. Now, get an up close and personal look at them in the new Sonic the Hedgehog poster. The poster, which Paramount Pictures has confirmed to us is legit and will only be seen in theaters, shows the beloved video game character looking down at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, while his weirdly muscular legs dangle from the edge....

Sherlock Holmes In The Movies: Ranking 70 Feature-Length Films Starring The Iconic Detective [Part Two] By Rob Hunter/March 4, 2019 11:00 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 two of his investigation. Part one can be read right here.) Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes may not have been the first fictional detective – that honor belongs to Edgar Allan Poe’s C....

Superhero Bits: ‘Cloak And Dagger’ Return Date, Clark Gregg’s New ‘Agents Of SHIELD’ Character & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 5, 2019 6:00 pm EST When does Cloak and Dagger return to Freeform? Which Batman villain did Shane West almost play on Gotham instead of Bane? Who is Clark Gregg playing in the sixth season of Agents of SHIELD? What one thing did Hans Zimmer dislike about The Dark Knight score? Will New Mutants really get a theatrical release?...

Superhero Bits: ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Red Carpet, Deciphering The X-Men Timeline & More By Ethan Anderton/June 27, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want to watch the Spider-Man: Far From Home red carpet premiere? What official name has Marvel Studios given Thicc Thor? What role did Anthony Mackie audition for in the MCU before Falcon? Did someone figure out the confusing X-Men movie timeline? Will the Joker movie premiere at the Venice Film Festival?...

Superhero Bits: Meet The ‘Avengers’ Video Game Cast, Keanu Reeves As The Sub-Mariner & More By Ethan Anderton/June 13, 2019 6:00 pm EST How were comic books used in Australia to smuggle in some drugs? Who is voicing the Avengers in the upcoming video game from Square Enix? Would you like to see Keanu Reeves as Namor the Sub-Mariner? How did Chris Hemsworth help Tom Holland land the Spider-Man role? Is the X-Men franchise more of a success or a failure now that it has come to an end?...

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 84 - Seat-Saving, And What Makes A Classic Film? By Slashfilmcast/Jan. 26, 2010 9:23 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 End Of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Has Permanently Changed The Hulk By Ethan Anderton/May 8, 2019 9:30 am EST It goes without saying that the events of Avengers: Endgame will have a huge impact on the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In fact, we’ve already seen how the film is playing an important role (in more ways than one) in Spider-Man: Far From Home via the new trailer for the sequel arriving this summer....

TV Bits: Frasier Revival, Arnold Schwarzenegger Voicing A Superhero, We Bare Bears, And More By Ben Pearson/June 5, 2019 4:00 pm EST In this edition of TV Bits: Kelsey Grammer gives an update about that potential Frasier revival Arnold Schwarzenegger is lined up to play a Stan Lee superhero Check out the trailer for a new Netflix series starring Gabriel Iglesias Cartoon Network’s We Bare Bears is getting a movie and a spin-off And more!...

Water Cooler: Wicked, Glass, The Mummy, You, Bill And Ted, Police Story, A Dog’s Way Home, Warhammer 40K By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 14, 2019 5:30 pm EST On the January 14, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what we’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

You Can Become Part Of The Crew Of The Millennium Falcon In The ‘Smuggler’s Run’ Ride At Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 13, 2019 12:39 pm EST The most famous hunk of junk in a galaxy far, far away will be in your hands at the upcoming Disney Parks expansion Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. The highly anticipated ride Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run will allow you to do more than just step into the iconic cockpit and watch the stars get stripped away as you head into lightspeed....

Beverly Hills 90210 ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ Revival With Original Cast Being Shopped Around By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 21, 2018 4:30 pm EST Now, it might come back, with much of the original cast returning. Earlier this year, original cast member Tori Spelling let slip that a potential revival was in the works. Now, Deadline confirms that revival is very much real, and being shopped around to networks and streaming services. The revival is a “scripted project from CBS TV Studios features most of the original cast but is not a traditional reboot....

‘Catch-22’ Trailer: George Clooney Brings Some Comedy To World War II By Ethan Anderton/April 24, 2019 10:30 am EST George Clooney has dabbled with wartime satire as the producer and star of The Men Who Stare at Goats, but now he’s fully leaning into the unexpected comedy that comes from World War II with a series adaptation of Joseph Heller’s classic novel Catch-22. Hulu is behind the Catch-22 series, which follows the adventures and misadventures of a US air squadron in Italy during the historical global war....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Featurette: How Season 8 Pushes The Boundaries Of Visual Effects By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 1, 2019 5:00 pm EST Eight seasons, 80-plus hours of cutting-edge visual effects with which few other shows can compete. Game of Thrones has long pushed the envelope with special effects on television just by virtue of the sheer scope of this series, which has spanned years and continents — fictional or otherwise. And although they’ve had years of practice, creating the creatures, effects, and settings of Game of Thrones doesn’t get easier for the visual effects team behind the hit HBO fantasy series....

‘Glass’ Spoiler Review: Breaking Down M. Night Shyamalan’s Disastrous Sequel To ‘Unbreakable’ And ‘Split’ By Josh Spiegel/Jan. 21, 2019 9:00 am EST “Please enjoy this film that took 19 years to make!” This sentence greeted me as I sat down at a pre-release screening of Glass last week, as the final part of a letter from its writer/producer/director M. Night Shyamalan to the audience. The upshot of the letter was basically, “Please don’t spoil Glass” (which I’m about to do, so…sorry!...

‘Midsommar’ Star Jack Reynor On The Shot That Made Him Actually Cry, And Flipping Gendered Horror Traditions [Interview] By Ben Pearson/July 5, 2019 10:30 am EST At its heart, writer/director Ari Aster’s twisted new folk horror nightmare Midsommar is a relationship drama. Florence Pugh (Macbeth, Fighting With My Family) plays Dani and Jack Reynor (Transformers: Age of Extinction, Free Fire) plays Christian, a couple who are slowly drifting apart and whose problems come to a head during a trip to an isolated Swedish commune....