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‘Dumbo’ Sneak Peek: Tim Burton’s Disney Live-Action Movie Flies High By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 11, 2019 6:30 am EST You’ll believe an elephant can fly with the latest Dumbo sneak peek released by Disney. The House of Mouse dropped a new sneak peek for the live-action remake directed by Tim Burton. And aside from giving us some new soaring shots of the titular floppy-eared elephant flying high, there are even more delightful glimpses of the star-studded cast including Danny Devito, Colin Farrell, Eva Green, and a very excited Michael Keaton....

/Filmcast Ep. 46 - Observe And Report (GUESTS: Katey Rich From Cinemablend And Whitney Matheson From USA Today) By Slashfilmcast/April 14, 2009 8:45 pm EST In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss the ideal business situation for 3-D glasses at theaters, get excited about Duncan Jones’ Moon, deconstruct the awfulness of Marley & Me, and reflect on the brilliance of Jody Hill. Special guests Katey Rich from Cinemablend and Whitney Matheson from USA Today’s Popcandy blog join us....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 8 Featurettes: The Cast Remembers Their Time On The Show By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 9, 2019 5:30 pm EST When Game of Thrones first hit the air on HBO in 2011, none of the cast members knew that it would become the cultural touchstone of this decade. But eight years later, more than just puberty has hit the youngest actors of the Game of Thrones cast. In a series where Sean Bean was once the biggest name, the Game of Thrones cast young and old have seen their fame skyrocket....

Greta Trailer Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz in a homoerotic thriller directed by the director of The Crying Game? Say no more. Neil Jordan’s new film is a promising suspense thriller that follows a naive young woman, Frances (Moretz) who stumbles upon a purse that left behind on a subway train. Upon returning the bag to its owner, the titular Greta (Huppert), she strikes up a friendship with the lonely, eccentric French piano teacher....

‘Shadow And Bone’ TV Series Adaptation Coming To Netflix By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 11, 2019 7:30 am EST The Grishaverse is coming to the small screen. Leigh Bardugo’s best-selling fantasy-adventure novel Shadow and Bone is being adapted into a TV series by Netflix, bringing the author’s beloved Grishaverse to the screen for the first time. Eric Heisserer, the screenwriter behind Netflix’s uber-successful horror film Bird Box, will act as showrunner for the Shadow and Bone series....

‘The Color Purple’ Musical Movie Adaptation In The Works From Steven Spielberg, Oprah By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 5, 2018 2:00 pm EST The Color Purple is getting remade into a feature film again, but this time as a movie musical. The powerful Alice Walker novel was first adapted to the big screen by Steven Spielberg, whose 1985 Oscar-nominated film featured an all-star cast that included none other than Oprah Winfrey. Now, the duo are teaming up again to develop the musical version, based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway show....

‘The Mandalorian’ Footage Description: Sorry, Boba Fett, There’s A New Bounty Hunter In Town By Ethan Anderton/April 14, 2019 11:06 am EST While many would argue that modern science fiction fandom was born thanks to television, live-action Star Wars storytelling has existed solely as a big screen endeavor. Until now. The Mandalorian arrives this Fall on the new Disney+ streaming service and it will be the first live-action Star Wars story to debut outside of a movie theater....

Daily Podcast: Barry Jenkins On ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’, ‘Dear White People’, And More By Ben Pearson/Dec. 25, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the December 21, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, senior writer Ben Pearson interviews director Barry Jenkins about life after Moonlight, directing If Beale Street Could Talk, Brian Tyree Henry’s big show-stopping scene, and much more. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it)....

How ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Perfected Tony Stark’s Emotional Journey (And Whether Or Not We’ll See Another Iron Man) By Chris Evangelista/May 3, 2019 11:30 am EST As Avengers: Endgame continues to blow-up the box office, more and more details about the mega-sequel continue to trickle out. Part of this is due to the nature of the Endgame marketing: Marvel took extreme lengths to keep virtually all plot points a secret to avoid spoilers....

Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Nominations Announced, ‘Black Panther’, ’ Star Is Born’ And ‘Searching’ Among The Nominees By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 3, 2018 3:00 pm EST We’re in the home stretch. Only a few more weeks left in 2018, and only a few more 2018 films to hit theaters. Most critics have already seen what the rest of the year has to offer through advance screenings and screeners, which means it’s time for critics groups to start voting....

The Morning Watch: ‘Stranger Things’ Kids Wax Figures Prank, ‘Toy Story’ Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/June 27, 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 as the kids from Stranger Things surprise fans with a prank at Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York....

VOTD: How ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Should Have Ended By Ethan Anderton/June 18, 2019 6:00 am EST As Doctor Strange told us in Avengers: Infinity War, there was only one path that saw Earth’s mightiest heroes defeating Thanos in Avengers: Endgame. But that didn’t stop the people at How It Should Have Ended from pointing out the various ways in which the events of Marvel’s epic summer blockbuster could have gone much differently....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Final Battle Originally Had More Reunion Scenes By Chris Evangelista/May 6, 2019 10:30 am EST There’s no denying it: the big battle at the end of Avengers: Endgame is epic. Almost every single Marvel Cinematic Universe character shows up to take part in an all-out-brawl in the rubble of the Avengers HQ, with the camera swooping from one costumed hero to another. It could’ve been chaotic and incoherent, but directors the Russo Brothers managed to pull it off, and achieve something highly memorable....

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 2 Review: ‘Karate Kid’ Spinoff Waxes Its Way Onto A Great Second Season [SXSW] By Meredith Borders/March 14, 2019 9:00 am EST Viewers who were hoping to see Daniel-San crane kicking through Miyagi-do in the first season of Cobra Kai may have been disappointed. The YouTube original series from Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald wisely saved their most crowd-pleasing moments for the beginning of Season Two, after viewers were already in the bag....

‘Detective Pikachu’ “Audition” Video Gives An Up-Close Look At More Pokémon As Tickets Go On Sale By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 10, 2019 1:30 pm EST As if the marketing for Detective Pikachu couldn’t get any more charming, Warner Bros. has released a tongue-in-cheek “audition” video spotlighting a slew of beloved Pokemon and bringing back what many old-school Pokémon loved best about the franchise: statistics! You know what I’m talking about, Pokemon players — the trading cards and video games are what made this franchise such a global phenomenon, and the new Detective Pikachu teaser does a great job of tapping into that....

‘False Positive’, A New A24 Horror Movie, Will Star Ilana Glazer, Justin Theroux, Pierce Brosnan By Chris Evangelista/March 29, 2019 10:00 am EST A24 has a new horror movie called False Positive lined up, and it sounds wild. Broad City’s Ilana Glazer co-wrote the script and will star alongside Justin Theroux and Pierce Brosnan. The story focuses on a husband and wife who turn to a fertility doctor when they’re unable to conceive a child....

/Filmcast Bonus Ep. - The Films Of Tony Scott By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 21, 2012 6:00 pm EST In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam are joined by C. Robert Cargill (writer of Sinister) to remember the films of Tony Scott. 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 Jaws, now out on Blu-Ray....

/Filmcast Ep. 43 - Duplicity (GUEST: Alison Willmore From IFC) By Slashfilmcast/March 24, 2009 5:10 pm EST In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss the criteria for getting chosen for the Criterion Collection, and reflect on the state of I Love You, Philip Morris. Special guest Alison Willmore from IFC and the Indie Eye blog joins us this evening, and reports from the SXSW film festival....

‘Halloween’ Sequel Finds Writer, Main Cast Expected To Return By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 7, 2019 6:46 am EST Just like its iconic villain, the Halloween franchise will keep coming back. A new sequel is reportedly in the works, with Universal targeting Firestarter writer Scott Teems to pen the follow-up to the 2018 horror hit. Teems is being eyed as the Halloween sequel writer following reports that producer Jason Blum had been trying to get a follow-up off the ground with main cast members Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, and Andi Matichak returning....

‘Okko’s Inn’ Trailer: Studio Ghibli Veteran Kitaro Kosaka Directs A Cute Ghost Story By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 9, 2019 1:00 pm EST Studio Ghibli may have (temporarily) shuttered its doors five years ago, but its former animators are thriving. Aside from the majority Ghibli-staffed Studio Ponoc, which this year released the acclaimed anthology film Modest Heroes, Ghibli alums are proving that they don’t need the iconic Totoro symbol backing them to deliver quality work....