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MoviePass Promises They’ve Changed, Announces New Monthly Plans By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 6, 2018 7:30 am EST Just when you thought MoviePass had sold its last ticket, the movie ticket subscription service has one last gasp of breath. In an effort to show the millions of customers who have fled the service that they’ve changed and won’t be the shady, policy-changing company that we’ve come to know them as, MoviePass is trying to make amends by offering a new series of tiered monthly plans, each offering different kinds of access to movie tickets....

Revisiting ‘My Life’ And The Saddest Movie Ending Ever By Rob Hunter/Nov. 23, 2018 7:00 am EST The things that make us cry are personal. Our reactions to most things are our own, of course, and what makes you angry might make me laugh, what might offend one person could bore the next, but those are reactions without personal, intimate investment. The things that make us cry, though, are the things in tune with our own empathies and memories....

Spider-Man Spin-Off ‘Morbius’ Adds Former ‘Doctor Who’ Star Matt Smith By Jacob Hall/Jan. 24, 2019 2:41 pm EST Matt Smith, best known for starring in Doctor Who from 2010 through 2014, is joining the Spider-Verse. The Emmy-nominated actor has been cast in Morbius, the upcoming villain spin-off starring Jared Leto as the “living vampire” who sometimes fights Spider-Man and sometimes fights crime. Will he fight Matt Smith? We have no idea!...

Star Wars Bits: Constable Zuvio, Luke Skywalker’s Sex Life, How Rex Became A DJ, And More By Ben Pearson/April 24, 2019 4:00 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Is Constable Zuvio coming back in The Rise of Skywalker? Mark Hamill explains his pitch for a key reunion scene between Luke, Han, and Leia in The Force Awakens Did Luke Skywalker die a virgin? Ian McDiarmid talks about Palpatine’s laugh in The Rise of Skywalker trailer Admiral Ackbar voice actor Tom Kane is still pissed off about The Last Jedi And more!...

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 66 - The Jurassic Park Trilogy By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 11, 2009 6:08 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 Battle Of Winterfell On ‘Game Of Thrones’ Was A Tactical Clusterf*ck – And A Military Officer Told Us Why By Vanessa Bogart/April 30, 2019 8:00 am EST Whether you thought “The Long Night” was the best episode of Game of Thrones ever, hated it, or just couldn’t see it, one thing was very clear: from a military standpoint, this was one of the most poorly planned battles of all time....

This Week In Trailers: The American Meme, Bleed Out, The Price Of Everything, My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes, Maine By Christopher Stipp/Dec. 8, 2018 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Why The Korean Company Behind ‘Parasite’ Is Developing English-Language Remakes Of Its Own Films By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 5, 2019 9:00 am EST For many cinephiles, the phrase “English-language remake” is a red flag — another blatant attempt by Hollywood to capitalize on the success of a popular Korean, Japanese, Chinese, etc., film. And more often than not, those remakes fall flat with both the original fans and the mainstream audiences that they’re attempting to appeal to, either because the cultural essence gets lost in translation or, more recently, because of the polarizing issue of whitewashing....

‘Come To Daddy’ Review: Elijah Wood Is Pitch-Perfect In This Twisted Blend Of Comedy And Horror [Tribeca] By Caroline Cao/May 2, 2019 12:00 pm EST Come to Daddy is staged in a wicked universe, twisting and turning like a Coen Brothers film. The movie opens with an epigraph from Shakespeare about fathers: “The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.” As usual with movie epigraphs, it’s a sober quote of a high-brow variety....

‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live-Action Series Coming To Netflix With Original Creator On Board By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 28, 2018 7:00 am EST In their never-ending quest to smother us all in original series, Netflix has given a 10-episode order to a Cowboy Bebop live-action series, adapted from the much-loved Japanese anime series. The first episode will be written by Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok writer Christopher Yost, with Shinichiro Watanabe, director of the original anime, on board as a consultant....

‘Nightmare Cinema’ Trailer: This Horror Anthology Movie Has Five Stories To Die For By Chris Evangelista/April 28, 2019 1:00 pm EST Mickey Rourke is the projectionist from hell in Nightmare Cinema, a new horror anthology film coming to Shudder. Featuring five tales of terror from recognizable horror filmmakers, the film follows a group of potential victims who have their worst fears projected onto the screen of a creepy, run-down theater. Watch the Nightmare Cinema trailer below....

‘Now Apocalypse’ Trailer: Gregg Araki’s Trippy Vision Of The End Of The World Is A Millennial Comedy By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 17, 2019 11:30 am EST It turns out the end of the world is a lot trippier and sexier than we anticipated. But it’s not really the apocalypse as the new Starz series Now Apocalypse implies. It’s just the romantic trials and tribulations of the millennials at the center of the series created by Gregg Araki and executive produced by Steven Soderbergh that seem world-ending — and peppered with an odd amount of hallucinations and monsters....

By Chris Evangelista/April 9, 2019 9:30 am EST Drew Goddard has a new project on the horizon. The Bad Times at the El Royale and The Cabin in the Woods filmmaker will write, and probably direct, Sabrina, based on the graphic novel by Nick Drnaso. Not to be confused with a certain teenage witch, Sabrina follows a man whose girlfriend goes missing. The critically acclaimed Sabrina was the first graphic novel to ever make the list for the Man Booker Prize....

Chilling, Vampiric, And Romantic Comics To Read After You Revisit ‘Let The Right One In’ By /Film Staff/Oct. 23, 2018 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Comic Book Drive-In, a series where comic and movie fans Jazmine Joyner and Rosie Knight recommend brand new, ongoing, and completed comic book series that tie into classic films and new releases.) For this week’s spooky Comic Book Drive-In, we’ve selected the beautifully dark Swedish horror offering Let the Right One In....

Exclusive ‘Robin Hood’ Blu-Ray And Digital Featurette Gets Ready For Battle By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 1, 2019 9:30 am EST Robin Hood, the latest film adaptation of the legendary story, arrives on digital February 5 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, and DVD on February 19. In honor of those impending releases, we have an exclusive Robin Hood featurette that goes behind-the-scenes of the film to highlight the amount of work that went into preparing the actors for their big action scenes....

HBO 2019 Teaser Has Footage From ‘Game Of Thrones,’ ‘Watchmen’, ‘Deadwood’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 24, 2019 1:43 pm EST HBO has quite the slate of programming coming to the cable channel this year, and they want to get everyone excited for what’s in store. That’s why they’ve released a 2019 sizzle reel with new footage from the anticipated return of shows like Game of Thrones and Big Little Lies, not to mention new shows like Watchmen, His Dark Materials and The Righteous Gemstones....

Now Scream This: Film Festival Horror Movies Streaming Right Now By /Film Staff/Jan. 31, 2019 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Now Scream This, a column where horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato tell you what scary, spooky, and spine-tingling movies are streaming and where you can watch them.)Matt: With Chris away having all his fun at Utah’s Sundance Film Festival, I thought it fitting to theme this week’s “Now Scream This” around festival content....

The Morning Watch: ‘Finding Nemo’ Storyboard Comparison, Tom Whalen Draws ‘RoboCop’ & More By Ethan Anderton/March 8, 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, see how the dentist scene from Finding Nemo compares to the storyboards used to plan it....

Will Captain America Get His Own Disney+ Show? The Plan For Cap’s Future, According To The ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Writers By Ben Pearson/May 3, 2019 1:15 pm EST What does the future hold for Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? The Avengers: Endgame writers have hinted at a potential answer in a new interview, but we can’t begin to address their response without spoiling the events of Endgame. So consider this your spoiler warning, and continue on for their comments....

‘A Day In The Life Of America’ Review: Jared Leto’s Patriotic Doc Tries To Reduce American Anxiety [Tribeca] By Caroline Cao/May 6, 2019 1:00 pm EST Actor Jared Leto’s directorial debut, playing the Tribeca Film Festival, is spun from constructive intentions, but I had a hard time buying into its purported positivity. Leto posited that he hoped this documentary, A Day in the Life of America, would be seen as a time capsule years later....