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‘Child’s Play’ Remake Rated R For Gore And Intensity, According To Producer By Chris Evangelista/April 23, 2019 4:30 pm EST While the MPAA has yet to issue an official rating for the Child’s Play remake, producer Seth Grahame-Smith wants to assure horror fans that the new take on Chucky will have a firm R-rating. According to Grahame-Smith, you can expect a whole lot of gore and intensity in the upcoming movie, so at least that’s one less thing to worry about....

/Filmcast Ep. 183 - Sleepless Night (GUEST: Matt Singer From Criticwire) By Slashfilmcast/May 2, 2012 7:00 pm EST This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam delve into Frederic Jardin’s bold new action film, Sleepless Night, which is available now on Video on Demand. Special guest Matt Singer joins us from Criticwire. 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. 485 - The Predator And Ozark: Season 2 By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 18, 2018 6:48 pm EST David, Devindra and Jeff discuss the brilliance of American Vandal, the easter eggs of Searching, and whether or not more movies should take place just on a screen. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 8 Trailer: The Final Battle Is Here By Jacob Hall/March 5, 2019 8:16 am EST HBO could have just never released a trailer for the final season of Game of Thrones. After all, they know we are all going to watch it, even if we never saw a single frame of footage beforehand. It’s their flagship series. An unlikely phenomenon. The show that changed the way we view genre television....

‘Good Sam’ Trailer: Netflix Pays Forward The Positivity By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 2, 2019 4:30 pm EST The Good Place actress Tiya Sircar is trading one “good” project for another, with Netflix’s heartwarming drama Good Sam. In the Good Sam trailer, Sircar stars as television news anchor Kate Bradley, who enjoys her job on New York City’s “bummer beat” of fires, car crashes, riots, and other disasters, until she stumbles upon a story of a mysterious good Samaritan....

‘Gravity Falls’ Creator Lands A Netflix Deal, ‘Rick And Morty’ Creator Takes ‘Solar Opposites’ To Hulu By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 29, 2018 2:30 pm EST The roster of animated programming at Netflix and Hulu is about to expand in an exciting way. Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch has landed an overall multi-year deal at Netflix to exclusively develop new series and feature films for the streaming platform. Meanwhile, Rick and Morty creator and executive producer Justin Roiland is taking a new series called Solar Opposites over to Hulu, and he’s bringing one of the writers assistants from Rick and Morty with him....

‘Shrill’ Review: Hulu’s New Series Is More Than Just A Plus-Size Comedy By Joi Childs/March 19, 2019 1:00 pm EST While staring at an exercise advertisement in a coffee shop, Annie (Aidy Bryant) is confronted by “Toned Tonya,” the woman pictured in the ad. She speaks to Annie in a condescending manner, talking about her weight as if it’s a burden of some sort. “There’s a small person inside of you, dying to get out!...

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Refuses To Reckon With The Past Failures Of The Marvel Cinematic Universe By Siddhant Adlakha/July 9, 2019 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Road to Endgame, where we revisit the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask, “How did we get here?” In this epilogue, we explore how Spider-Man: Far From Home continues the MCU following the events of Endgame.)This post contains major spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home....

‘The Conners’ Trailer: It’s ‘Roseanne’ Without Roseanne By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 3, 2018 9:30 am EST Roseanne is dead, long live The Conners. At least, that’s what ABC is hoping everyone will say as they get ready to debut their new spin-off. After Roseanne Barr was fired from her own show for offensive comments on Twitter and the show was subsequently cancelled, producers scrambled to come up with a game plan. That plan involved killing off Roseanne as a character, and launching a whole new show focused on the rest of the characters....

Asian And Asian-American Superheroes Are Getting Their Own Marvel Comics Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 27, 2019 8:00 am EST Right as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is coming to a close, Marvel Comics is coming in strong with their most exciting move toward Asian representation yet. Marvel is teaming up its mightiest Asian and Asian American heroes in a new stand-alone limited series titled New Agents of Atlas. The series will feature established heroes like Shang-Chi (who will be debuting in his own Marvel Studios solo film in a few years) and new Marvel heroes that have never been featured in U....

Jordan Peele Is Interested In Returning To His ‘Us’ Movie Universe By Ben Pearson/March 26, 2019 3:00 pm EST Writer/director Jordan Peele has proven without a doubt that he’s no fluke. After winning an Oscar for writing Get Out, his latest film, Us, is a scary, no-holds-barred plunge into deep thematic waters, the type of film that demands interpretation and discussion. But while star Lupita Nyong’o doesn’t seem particularly interested in returning to this movie’s universe, Peele himself is keeping the door open for a possible prequel or sequel....

Let’s Talk About That Big ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Twist By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 3, 2019 7:30 am EST Marvel movies love a good third-act twist, so it’s no surprise that Spider-Man: Far From Home has an eleventh-hour reveal as well. The Elementals that set upon the cities of Venice, Prague, and London are but the warm-up act for another threat. And not unlike Spider-Man’s previous foe in Spider-Man: Homecoming, this villain has more than a few ties to previous Marvel Cinematic Universe films....

New On Blu-Ray: ‘Pet Sematary’, ‘Fast Color’, ‘Silent Hill’, ‘The New York Ripper’ By Chris Evangelista/July 10, 2019 7:00 am EST Greetings, physical media aficionados. I’m back again with a round-up of some Blu-rays you should dare to venture out of your house to pick up. Or I guess you could just get them shipped to your house and never see the daylight again. These are the new Blu-ray releases you should check out this week!...

The Morning Watch: John Mulaney’s ‘SNL’ Auditions, The Seductive Satire Of ‘Starship Troopers’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 28, 2019 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, watch John Mulaney’s many auditions for Saturday Night Live that didn’t get him the job....

VOTD: ‘Ready Player One’ VFX Breakdown Reveals The Layers Of Digital Animation By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 1, 2019 6:00 am EST Regardless of whether you ended up enjoying the pop culture extravaganza that was Ready Player One, it’s hard to deny that the visual effects used to bring the digital world of The OASIS to life were quite the visual spectacle. It’s all thanks to the wizards at Industrial Light and Magic, and the special effects house has released a breakdown showing the layers of the animation we saw on the big screen....

‘Anna And The Apocalypse’ Clip: Turn Your Life Around With The Soundtrack To The Zombie Musical By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 27, 2018 4:30 pm EST Now that Thanksgiving is over and gone, we can focus on celebrating Christmas with the best present Hollywood can offer: the soundtrack to Anna and the Apocalypse. The cult film festival favorite is a mere four days away from its highly anticipated release in U.S. theaters, but it looks like Christmas has come early for those who are waiting for the Scottish zombie musical — the entire Anna and the Apocalypse soundtrack is now on sale....

‘Doom Patrol’ Showrunner Previews Stories From Grant Morrison’s Comic And Talks The Show’s Version Of Cyborg [Interview] By Fred Topel/Feb. 15, 2019 2:00 pm EST DC Universe’s second live-action show, Doom Patrol, arrives today. This superhero team consists of Robotman (Brendan Fraser), Negative Man (Matt Bomer), Elasti-Girl (April Bowlby), Cyborg (Joivan Wade) and Crazy Jane (Diane Guerrero) and a farting donkey. So it’s not the Justice League. It’s not even the Suicide Squad....

/Filmcast Ep. 402 - Split By Slashfilmcast/Jan. 23, 2017 6:00 pm EST David, Devindra and Jeff discuss M. Night Shyamalan’s latest. In the After Dark, we talk about top 10 lists, the fate of Twitter, and the psychological toll of Twitter. Also, we’re launching a Slack experiment! If you want to join our Slack, go to slackfilmcast.com and sign up.You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

‘God Country’ Movie Based On Acclaimed Graphic Novel In The Works At Legendary By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 10, 2018 12:30 pm EST Legendary has started seeing God (Country). The acclaimed graphic novel written by Donny Cates and illustrated by Geoff Shaw is being developed into a film by the studio, which teams up with AfterShock Media on the project. The God Country movie screenplay will be penned by Cates. Legendary has announced a deal with AfterShock Media to develop a God Country movie....

‘Godzilla: King Of The Monsters’ Will Put The “God” Back In Godzilla [WonderCon 2019] By Vanessa Armstrong/April 1, 2019 10:00 am EST Warner Bros./New Line highlighted three of its upcoming films during their panel this Saturday at WonderCon in Anaheim, California. While the new trailer for Annabelle Comes Home debuted and footage from Shazam was screened, the real treat came from the section dedicated to the upcoming Godzilla: King of the Monsters....