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By Jacob Hall/March 22, 2019 10:00 am EST Writer/director Jordan Peele looks exhausted when I sit down to speak with him. It’s his final interview of the day. A car is waiting outside to take him to the airport. And his new horror movie, Us, had just broken the brains of its world premiere audience at SXSW the night before. Even with the time crunch – Peele is the kind of interview that demands 30 minutes, not 10 – the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind Get Out managed to talk about his influences, directing his ensemble in terrifying dual performances, and creating a truly tragic monster....

A Cast Of Kings S8E6 - The Iron Throne By Slashfilmcast/May 22, 2019 9:02 pm EST It’s the final page of A Song of Ice and Fire. David Chen and Joanna Robinson watch the finale of the HBO series Game of Thrones, “The Iron Throne.” Catch the analysis of the ending by Ben and Jacob of Slashfilm here. Read Joanna’s article on how Lord of the Rings predicted the ending of Game of Thrones here, and the show’s original pitch to HBO here....

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Honor ‘Hereditary’, ‘Mandy’, And ‘The Haunting Of Hill House’ By Ben Pearson/Feb. 25, 2019 5:00 pm EST As the Oscars were Oscar-ing last night, a beloved genre magazine was holding its own awards show: The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. Fangoria readers voted on winners in categories like Best Kill and Best Makeup Effects as well as more traditional categories celebrating aspects of filmmaking like directing and acting, and Ari Aster’s arthouse horror film Hereditary and Panos Cosmatos’s gonzo, one-of-a-kind revenge movie Mandy ended up winning the top prizes....

In Its Second Season Premiere, ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Learns How To Have Fun By Monique Jones/Jan. 18, 2019 10:00 am EST We’re back in the saddle again! Welcome to Star Trek: Discovery, Season 2, where we have a ton more fun around these parts than last season. In fact, “fun” and “levity” are the themes of this episode, “Brother,” despite its intense undercurrent. The episode follows Michael as she tries to figure out what happened to Spock....

John Carpenter Takes Big Issue With Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Big Trouble In Little China’ Sequel By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 12, 2018 9:30 am EST Dwayne Johnson is starting to make a habit of rebooting cult franchises with a shinier, brawnier semi-sequel. And after the massive success of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, it’s no wonder that he’s been eyeing another beloved film: Big Trouble in Little China. Cast as the lead for the remake (or maybe sequel?...

Marvel Is Adapting Its Iconic Comic Book Stories Into Audiobooks By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 6, 2019 7:30 am EST Variety reports that Marvel Entertainment has teamed up with Dreamscape to adapt “around two dozen” iconic comic book stories including titles such as The Ultimate Spider-Man, The Ultimate X-Men, X-Men: Codename Wolverine, and Daredevil: The Man Without Fear. In a statement, Dreamscape Media publisher Tammy Faxel celebrated the Marvel partnership, saying: Marvel is making strides to branch out into the audio world lately, releasing last year a 10-episode podcast series called Wolverine: The Long Night, which won the Best Scripted Podcast prize at the first annual iHeartRadio Podcast Awards....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 93 - Theater Disasters And The Business Of Hollywood By Slashfilmcast/April 4, 2010 6:00 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 Tolkien Estate Won’t Endorse The New ‘Tolkien’ Biopic [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 24, 2019 6:30 am EST The Tolkien estate has released a statement clarifying that they “do not endorse [Tolkien] or its content in any way,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. In a statement issued Tuesday, the J.R.R. Tolkien family and the Tolkien estate said they wished to “make clear that they did not approve of, authorize or participate in the making” of the film, which stars Hoult as Tolkien during the “formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school....

With ‘Ma’, Director Tate Taylor Continues To Wear His Classical Influences On His Sleeve By Kristen Lopez/June 11, 2019 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Classically Contemporary, a series where we explore the ways in which new releases echo classic Hollywood or how classic Hollywood continues to influence modern filmmaking.)With our current nostalgia boom in full swing, there’s certainly a fair amount of fatigue invading our daily viewing. This could explain why we’re seeing a bevy of films sidestepping certain eras and evoking specific genres....

‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ Featurette: How The Ambitious Netflix Experiment Was Made By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 3, 2019 9:30 am EST Imagine: a universe where Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker said no when Netflix approached him with the idea of doing an interactive Black Mirror project. It’s a whole parallel universe that butterflies out into millions of other possibilities and choices until your brain hurts — essentially what Black Mirror: Bandersnatch achieves as Netflix’s first choose-your-own-adventure feature film....

/Filmcast Ep. 496 - Roma And The Favourite (GUEST: Britt Hayes) By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 11, 2018 11:16 pm EST Check out David’s other podcast Write Along with writer C. Robert Cargill and Devindra’s new podcast Know More Tech, answering your question on the latest gadgets. 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. Show Notes (all timestamps are approximate only) What We’ve Been Watching (~06:00) David – If Beale Street Could Talk...

‘The LEGO Movie 2’ Holiday Short: Even The Apocalypse Deserves A Holiday By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 10, 2018 3:30 pm EST The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part may not be coming to theaters until next year, but Warner Bros. has an early Christmas present for us in the form of a new holiday short. The year 2018 and Bricksburg alike may be fiery hellscapes right now, but that shouldn’t stop you from celebrating the holidays....

‘The Magicians’ Explores Its Supporting Characters With “The Side Effect” By Vanessa Armstrong/March 7, 2019 2:00 pm EST The Magicians is an ensemble show, with the gang of main characters flitting across interwoven storylines in perpetual battles to save their lives and/or magic. In “The Side Effect,” one of my favorite episodes this season, the roles that characters’ play gets flipped; the spotlight moves away from the core gang (Quentin, Julia, Margo, Eliot and Alice) and shines on four side characters: Zelda the Librarian, Fillory’s own Fen, the warrior-woman Kady, and the kinda dead Penny 40....

‘The Secret Life Of Pets 2’ Trailer Unleashes The Emotional Side Of Pets By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 11, 2019 6:30 am EST Sometimes pets need therapy too. That’s what the official The Secret Life of Pets 2 trailer is about, which comes on the heels of about 352 character trailers that spotlighted every. Single. Pet. And as much as we can’t get enough of adorable dogs and cats in real life, animated pets just don’t have the same shine....

‘The Twilight Zone’ Extended Trailer Is Ready To Take You To Another Dimension By Chris Evangelista/March 27, 2019 11:30 am EST Jordan Peele’s highly anticipated reboot of The Twilight Zone is debuting on CBS All Access, and if you’re not excited about that yet, you should be. Peele and company bring Rod Serling’s iconic series fully into the 21st century, and bring along some famous faces in the process. Below, watch a new Twilight Zone extended trailer overflowing with menace, paranoia and big surprises....

‘Turn Up Charlie’ Trailer: Idris Elba Goes From Record Spinning To Babysitting By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 28, 2019 7:30 am EST Idris Elba is best known for being a badass in shows like Luther and movies like Pacific Rim and the Thor franchise. But now we’ll see a completely different side to the actor as he dives head first into his own comedy series at Netflix.Turn Up Charlie follows Idris Elba as the titular character, a DJ who jumps from one woman to the next but can’t seem to find enough success to feel secure in his own life....

‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ Footage Sends The Mutants On A Cosmic Adventure [CinemaCon 2019] By /Film Staff/April 3, 2019 4:13 pm EST But for now, /Film’s Peter Sciretta and Ben Pearson were present for the new footage and it certainly sounds like the franchise is going out with a bang before it reboots. The footage begins with the core X-Men team going on a mission to space to save a crew of stranded astronauts....

Disney+ Will Play A Major Part In The Post-‘Avengers: Endgame’ Marvel Cinematic Universe, Kevin Feige Says By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 11, 2019 4:47 pm EST At Disney’s Investor Day promoting the unveiling of the highly anticipated streaming platform Disney+, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige revealed that the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is not just on the big screen, but on every other screen. “A post-Endgame MCU will be extremely different and extremely focused on Disney+ tying into our future,” Feige said during his presentation of various Marvel Disney+ originals in the works for the streaming service, including WandaVision, Falcon & Winter Soldier, and Marvel’s first animated series What If....

New ‘Star Wars Resistance’ Trailer Includes A ‘Force Awakens’ Villain, Series Renewed For Season 2 By Ben Pearson/Jan. 9, 2019 11:41 am EST Star Wars Resistance returns from its winter break in just a few days, and now Disney Channel has debuted a new trailer showing some highlights of what fans can expect when the animated series makes its big comeback. One of those highlights is a crossover with a key moment in Star Wars: The Force Awakens that involves one of that film’s major villains....

New Blu-Ray Releases: ‘Happy Death Day 2U’, ‘Hannibal’ 4K, ‘Black Hawk Down’ 4K, ‘Godzilla’ 4K, ‘The Prodigy’ By Chris Evangelista/May 14, 2019 12:00 pm EST This week, several titles get new, splendid-looking 4K releases. You’ll also have a chance to pick up a criminally underrated horror sequel from earlier this year, as well as a new creepy kid movie. In addition to that, we’re trying out something new with this column: rather than just break down the special features, you’ll find reasons why any of these films are worth owning physically (rather than relying on those newfangled digital copies)....