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‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ Will Be A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Movie With 5 Hours Of Footage By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 26, 2018 6:45 am EST Netflix is preparing a belated Christmas present with the slow unveiling of the highly anticipated Black Mirror movie, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. We’re steadily learning more about this mystery Black Mirror project, which has already been reported to be a choose-your-own-adventure movie. Now, new reports suggest that this movie could contain about five hours worth of footage, which we could see as soon as this week....

‘Captain Marvel’ Deleted Scene: Carol Danvers Hangs Out With Some Space Kids By Chris Evangelista/May 20, 2019 4:00 pm EST Captain Marvel opened this year, but it feels like a very long time ago. If you’re ready to revisit the Brie Larson superhero flick, you’re in luck: it’s hitting digital this month, and Blu-ray in June. That home media release comes packed with six deleted scenes, one of which awaits you below!...

‘Detective Pikachu’ Trailer: Ryan Reynolds Is A Lonely, Mystery-Solving Pokemon By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 12, 2018 9:39 am EST This is not a dream (or a drug-induced nightmare) – Detective Pikachu is a real movie. Somehow. For some reason. Twenty years of Pokemon’s world-wide domination and pop culture legacy, and the first live-action movie we get for the franchise is about a smart-talking Pikachu voiced by Ryan Reynolds. Warner Bros. has released the first Detective Pikachu trailer, and now we can no longer deny the reality....

‘Eyes Wide Shut’ At 20: Stanley Kubrick’s Haunting Final Masterpiece Sees Human Nature All Too Clearly By Joshua Meyer/July 16, 2019 10:00 am EST Twenty years ago, on the eve of the new millennium, Stanley Kubrick invited moviegoers into a mansion where the rich and powerful donned Venetian masks and black hoods to engage in ritualistic orgies. It was the summer of 1999 and Kubrick had passed away months earlier, leaving behind the last entry in his filmography, Eyes Wide Shut, as a posthumous release....

/Filmcast Ep. 242 - Now You See Me And Blue Jasmine By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 3, 2013 8:34 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Dave, Devindra, and Laremy (author of Film Critic) discuss one of Woody Allen’s best films, and one of Louis Leterrier’s most underwhelming. 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!...

/Filmcast Ep. 274 - A Million Ways To Die In The West (GUESTS: Jeff Cannata And Amy Nicholson) By Slashfilmcast/May 29, 2014 8:32 pm EST David is joined by Jeff Cannata from DLC and Amy Nicholson from LA Weekly to discuss Seth Macfarlane’s newest film, A Million Ways to Die in the West, out in theaters this weekend. Be sure to check out Amy’s newest piece for LA Weekly on Tom Cruise....

‘On The Basis Of Sex’ Trailer: Felicity Jones Is The Notorious RBG By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 13, 2018 3:30 pm EST Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become a celebrity in ways no other Supreme Court Justice has before. Not only has she fought for just causes, she’s also inspired memes, documentaries, and even action figures. And now she gets the origin story treatment with On the Basis of Sex. The film finds the young Ginsburg long before she became a Supreme Court Justice, working as a lawyer on a case involving gender discrimination....

‘Rocketman’ Star Bryce Dallas Howard Discusses The Life Of Elton John [Interview] By Jack Giroux/May 30, 2019 3:00 pm EST Elton John’s life, music, and now the musical biopic about his journey are filled with rousing highs and crushing lows. Rocketman doesn’t fast-forward through the rough patches and consequences to get the good times, either. It’s the real-deal warts and all biopic that depicts John as an extraordinary musician but also as a deeply human and wounded man....

‘The Clovehitch Killer’ Review: A Well-Constructed Serial Killer Drama With A Killer Dylan McDermott Performance By Andrew Todd/Nov. 15, 2018 9:00 am EST The question of how well we ever really know our parents is one that surely hangs heavy on any slightly-curious child. We never know what we were like before we were born; we only see the personalities they present to us, which of course are tailored specifically for us....

‘The Last Dance’ Trailer: ESPN’s 10-Part Chicago Bulls Documentary Series Arrives In 2020 By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 27, 2018 2:00 pm EST Earlier this year, we learned ESPN and Netflix were teaming up for a 10-part documentary series looking at the life, career, and legacy of Michael Jordan. However, a new trailer for the series paints the project at being about much more than just the legendary basketball player. Instead, the documentary, titled The Last Dance, will chronicle the 1997-1998 season of the Chicago Bulls as they marched towards the final championship this epic assembly of players would win together....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 13, 2019 12:30 pm EST This Is Us is the closest thing to a cultural phenomenon that’s not on HBO right now, so it’s no wonder NBC is invested in Dan Fogelman’s touching generations-spanning melodrama. In an unprecedented move for the network, NBC has renewed This Is Us for three additional seasons, bringing its total season count to six seasons. Read more to learn about how NCB has had This Is Us renewed....

‘Toy Story 4’ Star Tony Hale On Playing Forky And Why His ‘Veep’ Character Really Needed A Woody In His Life [Interview] By Jacob Hall/June 21, 2019 10:00 am EST For our actual conversation, conducted at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios theme park, Hale was happy to dwell on what makes Forky special and talk about the creative whiplash of making Veep and working with Pixar at the same time. And yes, my watermelon shirt enters the conversation again....

‘Triple Frontier’ Trailer: Oscar Isaac And Ben Affleck Can’t Go Back To Their Normal Lives By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 15, 2019 8:30 am EST Triple Frontier’s long road to the big screen is almost as fascinating as the film itself. The drug money heist thriller was in the works for years at Paramount Pictures with Katherine Bigelow set to helm the film. Then Netflix picked it up with Oscar-nominated A Most Violent Year director J....

Hulu Wants To Build Its Own George R.R. Martin Universe With Two ‘Wild Cards’ TV Shows By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 14, 2018 6:30 am EST As Game of Thrones winds down to its final season, other networks and streaming services are eagerly jumping at the chance to build their own George R.R. Martin universe. Next in line is Hulu, which is set to develop not one, but two Wild Cards shows, based on the sci-fi series written by multiple authors and edited by Martin....

Jacob Hall’s Top 10 Movies Of 2018 By Jacob Hall/Jan. 4, 2019 8:00 am EST 2018 belongs on some kind of watch list for crimes against our international sanity, but you know what? At least the movies were good! The fact that Never Goin’ Back, First Man, The Night Comes For Us, The House That Jack Built, and Bodied have to live in my honorable mentions in this introductory paragraph and not in the top 10 itself says a lot....

Superhero Bits: Potential Character Line-Up For ‘The Eternals’, Bill Maher’s Dumb Comic Book Opinion & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 19, 2018 6:00 pm EST What kind of DC Comics attractions are at the Warner Bros. theme park in Abu Dhabi? Will there be public memorials for Stan Lee? When does Birds of Prey start shooting? Want a first look at Quake in the new season of Agents of SHIELD? What stupid thing did Bill Maher say about comic book over the weekend?...

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Only Lovers Left Alive (GUESTS: Angie Han And Kristy Puchko) By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 6, 2014 8:22 am EST Devindra chats with Slashfilm’s Angie Han and Kristy Puchko from CinemaBlend about Jim Jarmusch’s latest film, Only Lovers Left Alive, which is now available on DVD and video on demand. Also, check out Angie and Kristy’s podcast Popcorn & Prosecco. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

The Morning Watch: ‘Starship Troopers’ Book Comparison, ‘Escape At Dannemora’ Scene Breakdown & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 21, 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, see how the film adaptation of Starship Troopers compares to the original book by Robert Heinlein....

‘Daredevil’, ‘Luke Cage’, And ‘Iron Fist’ Props And Costumes Will Be Auctioned Off This Summer By Ethan Anderton/March 26, 2019 6:00 am EST If you’re one of the Marvel Television fans who has been hoping Disney would revive the canceled Netflix shows Daredevil, Luke Cage and Iron Fist at the forthcoming Disney+ streaming service, we have bad news. Marvel Entertainment and Prop Store have announced a live-action that will take place late this summer featuring costumes, props and set decoration from the three aforementioned Marvel TV shows that were give the axe by Netflix....

‘Force Of The Trojans’ Will Combine CG Effects With Ray Harryhausen-Style Stop-Motion By Ben Pearson/Oct. 26, 2018 4:00 am EST Influential visual effects artist Ray Harryhausen died in 2013, but his legacy lives on in a whole generation of filmmakers who he inspired with his jaw-dropping stop-motion effects. His work also lives on in the Harryhausen Foundation, which is responsible for protecting his collection of movie-related artifacts. Now the Foundation is teaming up with a company called Morningside Productions to produce a new Harryhausen-style adventure film in the vein of 1981’s Clash of the Titans that is tentatively titled Force of the Trojans....