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‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Interviews: Guillermo Del Toro And André Øvredal On Which Stories Made It In, The Rating, ‘Haunted Mansion’, ‘Mountains Of Madness’, And More By Ben Pearson/March 29, 2019 7:00 am EST Guillermo del Toro has been a fan of the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books since he was in his early teens, when he stumbled across them in a bookstore and was struck by the perfect title and creepy artwork....

‘The Punisher’ Season 2 Teaser Confirms January Release Date, Offers New Look At Jigsaw By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 3, 2019 8:00 am EST Frank Castle is back, and yeah, he’s not done killing. Jon Bernthal reprises the role of the vengeance-driven ex-soldier in The Punisher season 2, which Netflix confirmed will be returning later this month. Prepare to start the new year with extra bloodshed and a new look at Ben Barnes as the Punisher’s nemesis, Jigsaw....

10 Things We Learned From The Set Of ‘Deadly Class’ [Set Visit Report] By Candice Frederick/Dec. 20, 2018 7:00 am EST If you’ve seen the commercials for SYFY’s new series Deadly Class, in which young misfits are trained to be assassins in a school called King’s Dominion, then you’ve probably already determined that this show is going to be ca-razy (in the best way ever). But beyond the switchblades and the characters’ devilishly deceptive private school uniforms, the show—derived from writer Rick Remender and artist Wesley Craig’s comic book series of the same name—seeks to confront resonating themes of morality, antiestablishment, and mental health that present a conflict among the characters in this 1987-set narrative....

Beyond Bollywood: The 10 Best Indian Films You Missed In 2018 By Siddhant Adlakha/Jan. 14, 2019 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are, on average, nearly 2,000 new Indian films each year — about three times the American output. The mainstream Hindi film industry (or “Bollywood”) is a small contributor to that figure, though it usually receives the most attention in both Western and Indian media....

Ep. 516 - Avengers: Endgame Mailbag And Further Analysis (Feat. /Film Daily And Brian Roan From The Film Stage) By Slashfilmcast/May 7, 2019 8:35 pm EST It’s a post-Endgame extravaganza! David, Devindra, and Peter open up the mailbag since their feature review of the film, followed by a Slashfilm Daily segment on where each Marvel characters stand at the moment. Last but not least, David chats with Brian Roan, writer and host at The Film Stage, about why Avengers: Endgame might be morally reprehensive....

Hear An Exclusive From The ‘Les Miserables’ Mini-Series Soundtrack By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2019 9:30 am EST We’ve got exclusive music below from Les Miserables. No – not the Broadway one. You can hear that music anywhere. This exclusive track hails from the new BBC/PBS Masterpiece mini-series adaptation starring Dominic West, David Oyelowo, and Lily Collins. The Les Miserables mini-series soundtrack comes from composer John Murphy, who sought to give the score an experimental vibe....

Jodie Foster To Direct And Star In English-Language ‘Women At War’ Remake By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 12, 2018 3:00 pm EST It’s been seven years since Jodie Foster has starred in a film that she’s directed, but the two-time Oscar winner is pulling double duty again for the English-language remake of the Iceland eco-thriller Women at War. The eccentric comedy-drama thriller, which follows a teacher who moonlights as a vigilante environmental activist, is Iceland’s official submission for Foreign Language film at the upcoming Oscars....

The Best Movies Streaming Right Now If Beale Street Could Talk Now Streaming on Hulu Release Date: 2018Genre: DramaDirector: Barry JenkinsCast: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, Brian Tyree Henry, Regina King One of the very best movies of last year, or any year, really, If Beale Street Could Talk is Barry Jenkins’ powerful, heartbreaking follow-up to Moonlight. Adapted from the book by James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk follows pregnant young woman Tish (KiKi Layne) as she grapples with being an expecting mother at the worst possible time....

SXSW 2019 Day 3: ‘The Art Of Self-Defense’ And ‘Booksmart’ Are Instant Comedy Classics And ‘The Highwaymen’ Is Your Dad’s New Favorite Movie By Jacob Hall/March 11, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The SXSW Diaries, where we will be chronicling every single movie we see at the Austin-based film festival.) Welcome to SXSW 2019 day three. In this edition: The Art of Self-Defense is masterful dark comedy about masculinity gone wrong, The Highwaymen is perfectly decent dad-tainment, Booksmart redefines the high school comedy for 2019, and Snatchers can’t quite capture its tricky blend of comedy and horror....

The 4 Stages Of Accepting ‘Suspiria,’ One Of 2018’s Most Ambitious And Confounding Movies By Lindsey Romain/Oct. 29, 2018 9:00 am EST In high school, I first heard the myth of the invisible ships. Perhaps you know it. It goes as such: When European explorers first discovered the Americas, their boats were so inconceivably large and foreign that the natives couldn’t comprehend them, and therefore couldn’t see them. The theory is based mostly on observations from the voyagers, who noted that natives failed to acknowledge the massive ships, and that even as they approached the shore they didn’t look up from what they were doing to take in the sight....

‘Bird Box’ Screenwriter Eric Heisserer On Building A Mysterious Post-Apocalypse And Working With Netflix [Interview] By Fred Topel/Dec. 21, 2018 9:00 am EST Bird Box is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the exact cause of the apocalypse is never shown. Something out there causes people to kill themselves when they look at it, and much of the world commits suicide in the first days. Malorie (Sandra Bullock) ends up in a stranger’s house where a group of survivors covers the windows, and the audience never sees the monstrous forces in Bird Box....

‘Fear Street’ Movie Trilogy Still Happening, First Cast Members And Potential Story Revealed By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 27, 2019 1:00 pm EST It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything on the Fear Street movie trilogy, based on the books by Goosebumps writer R.L. Stine. Here’s an update: they’re still happening, and they’ve locked down some directors and cast members. Leigh Janiak, director of horror film Honeymoon, is still set to helm the first of the trilogy, and also the third, while Her Smell filmmaker Alex Ross Perry is directing part two....

/Filmcast Ep. 17 - Burn After Reading (GUEST: Eric D. Snider) By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 16, 2008 10:18 pm EST In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra and Adam discuss Darren Aronofsky’s latest project, Noah, assess Fox’s terrible summer movie season, and try to determine where Burn After Reading fits in the Coen brother’s filmography. Eric D. Snider joins in to review the film as well. Have any questions, comments, concerns, feedback, or praise?...

/Filmcast Ep. 262 - All Is Lost (GUEST: Jeff Cannata From DLC) By Slashfilmcast/March 3, 2014 6:00 am EST Dave and Devindra discuss the genius of Hannibal, the brilliance of Tim’s Vermeer, and the genius of Harold Ramis. Jeff Cannata joins us from DLC. 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! Download or Play Now in your Browser:Subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES...

/Filmcast Ep. 489 - First Man And Bad Times At The El Royale (GUEST: Lindsey Romain) By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 16, 2018 7:00 pm EST Jeff, Devindra, and Lindsey Romain do a double review of Damien Chazelle’s First Man and Drew Goddard’s Bad Times at the El Royale. 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....

‘Friends’ Will Still Be There For You On Netflix, Isn’t Leaving Anytime Soon [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 4, 2018 11:16 am EST Update: Netflix is reportedly paying around $100 million to continue licensing Friends from its owner, WarnerMedia, through 2019, according to The New York Times. That’s a steep jump from the $30 million a year that Netflix used to pay for streaming rights, in a deal that was due to expire by the end of 2018....

‘Pennywise: The Story Of It’ Trailer Goes Behind-The-Scenes Of The Stephen King Miniseries By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 22, 2019 3:30 pm EST Before Bill Skarsgård terrified audiences as Pennywise the Clown, there was the great Tim Curry. Curry played Stephen King’s malevolent monster in the 1990 It miniseries, creating an iconic horror character in the process. Now the documentary Pennywise: The Story of It goes behind-the-scenes of that miniseries, featuring interviews with the cast and crew, all of whom seem to really hate the ending with the big spider puppet....

‘Sopranos’ Prequel Movie Will Feature A Young Tony Soprano By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 8, 2019 7:30 am EST The Sopranos creator David Chase has answered a very pressing question regarding his Sopranos prequel movie, The Many Saints of Newark: will we see Tony Soprano in the film? The answer – yes. Since the film is set in the 1960s, it enables Chase and company to skirt around the tragic fact that James Gandolfini, who so famously played Tony, died in 2013....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’: Rey And Kylo Ren’s Connection Runs Deeper Than We Thought By Ethan Anderton/May 22, 2019 9:00 am EST It’s unofficially Star Wars Day on the internet today since Vanity Fair released their now-traditional cover story about the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. While we already covered a slew of information that came from new details revealed in the magazine’s extensive story and gorgeous photos by Annie Leibovitz, there were some more significant discussions to be had about the connection between Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and Rey (Daisy Ridley)....

Disney Princess Spin-Off Movie Is “An Idea Worth Exploring”, According To ‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ Directors By Ben Pearson/March 4, 2019 1:30 pm EST I’ll admit that I rolled my eyes when I first saw the now-famous Disney Princess scene in the trailers for Ralph Breaks the Internet. You know the one: Vanellope Von Schweetz meets Belle, Jasmine, Moana, Cinderella, and several other princesses as they make self-referential jokes about the ordeals they’ve experienced....