Detective Pikachu Review The Pok Mon Adaptation Uses Heartfelt Nostalgia It S Mostly Effective

‘Detective Pikachu’ Review: The Pokémon Adaptation Uses Heartfelt Nostalgia – It’s Mostly Effective! By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 2, 2019 6:30 pm EST Detective Pikachu has one of those premises that is just so absurd, it may actually be a work of genius: A hardboiled talking Pikachu with a talent for solving crimes and pulling off a deerstalker hat? Ridiculous! Amazing! Add on to that the richly realized world of Pokémon, a franchise in which prepubescent children travel the world and battle magical creatures, and you’ve got potentially one of the strangest Hollywood blockbusters this year....

March 15, 2022 · 15 min · 3110 words · Jody Greenhalge

Filmcast Ep 329 Mission Impossible Rogue Nation

/Filmcast Ep. 329 - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 3, 2015 10:16 pm EST David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss the brilliance of Mark Duplass’s indie work, the cartoon pleasures of Steven Universe, the second coming of Wet Hot American Summer, and the dismantling of Bill Cosby’s legacy. Be sure to read up on why we shouldn’t erase The Cosby Show, and why it’s okay to like Tom Cruise again, and all of /Film’s awesome Mission: Impossible -Rogue Nation coverage....

March 15, 2022 · 3 min · 521 words · John Wilkes

His Dark Materials Season 1 Trailer Hbo Brings Us The Long Awaited Adaptation Of The Fantasy Epic

‘His Dark Materials’ Season 1 Trailer: HBO Brings Us The Long-Awaited Adaptation Of The Fantasy Epic By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 17, 2019 11:13 am EST All right, His Dark Materials fans. This is it. This could be the screen adaptation that could finally do justice to Philip Pullman’s rich, complex fantasy trilogy full of ideas about alternate dimensions and universe-spanning battles with religious deities. The HBO/BBC big-budget miniseries is set to adapt all three novels of Philip Pullman’s acclaimed fantasy series, an adaptation that has been long-awaited after the disastrous 2007 film The Golden Compass....

March 15, 2022 · 7 min · 1296 words · Theodora Taber

Native Son Trailer The Sundance Film Debuts On Hbo This April

‘Native Son’ Trailer: The Sundance Film Debuts On HBO This April By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 22, 2019 4:00 pm EST After a well-received premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Native Son heads to HBO in April. Director Rashid Johnson and writer Suzan-Lori Parks adapt Richard Wright’s acclaimed novel into modern times, with Moonlight’s Ashton Sanders as a young man coming of age in the south side of Chicago. Ahead of the April premiere on HBO, a new Native Son trailer can be seen below....

March 15, 2022 · 6 min · 1189 words · Joseph Rojo

Shoplifters Review This Year S Palme D Or Winner Lives Up To The Hype Festival Du Nouveau Cin Ma

‘Shoplifters’ Review: This Year’s Palme d’Or Winner Lives Up To The Hype [Festival Du Nouveau Cinéma] By Andrew Todd/Oct. 15, 2018 1:00 pm EST Winning the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival is, in artier circles, more prestigious than the Academy Award. It represents the winning film out of an official selection that’s notoriously difficult to get into in the first place. Some Palme d’Or winners are grand, sweeping works of high cinema; some are politically searing; and others still are tiny, well-observed character dramas....

March 15, 2022 · 7 min · 1446 words · Gerald Cuevas

The Front Runner Trailer Hugh Jackman Kisses The White House Goodbye

‘The Front Runner’ Trailer: Hugh Jackman Kisses The White House Goodbye By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 25, 2018 8:30 am EST While election season is heating up here in the United States, Hollywood is ready to capitalize on all the political hype with the release of the new true story drama The Front Runner, and the film couldn’t be any more relevant if it tried. Now, a new international trailer has arrived just in time to make a push before Election Day....

March 15, 2022 · 7 min · 1472 words · Diane Swan

The Punisher Season 2 Viewership Suffers Massive Drop Is Cancellation Next

‘The Punisher’ Season 2 Viewership Suffers Massive Drop – Is Cancellation Next? By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 25, 2019 3:30 pm EST Marvel-Netflix shows have been dropping likes flies, from Iron Fist to Luke Cage to Daredevil. And the streaming giant may be training its sights on one more comic book series: The Punisher. The Jon Bernthal series debuted its second season last week, but it may be its last season if its viewership numbers indicate anything....

March 15, 2022 · 6 min · 1107 words · Annie Luong

Toy Story 4 Alternate Ending Would Have Been A Tribute To Woody S Romance With Bo Peep

‘Toy Story 4’ Alternate Ending Would Have Been A Tribute To Woody’s Romance With Bo Peep By Ben Pearson/July 11, 2019 9:30 am EST After a nine year break between sequels, Pixar’s Toy Story 4 managed to establish itself as an essential entry in the Toy Story franchise by turning the focus back to Woody and giving Andy’s oldest pal a satisfying narrative conclusion. The resulting film won over skeptical fans across the world, and made it onto several /Film staff members’ lists of the top 10 movies of the year so far....

March 15, 2022 · 6 min · 1169 words · Janie Fernandez

Exclusive Pet Sematary Clip Unleashes Night Terrors Plus Win The Film On 4K Blu Ray

Exclusive ‘Pet Sematary’ Clip Unleashes Night Terrors; Plus: Win The Film On 4K Blu-Ray By Chris Evangelista/July 9, 2019 2:00 pm EST The new Pet Sematary crawls from the gave and onto Blu-ray today, and we’ve got an exclusive clip to mark the occasion. Part of a featurette entitled Night Terrors, the clip features footage never before seen, focused on Amy Seimetz’s character Rachel. Plus: learn how you can win the movie on 4K Blu-ray....

March 15, 2022 · 5 min · 1046 words · Peter Meyer

Incognito Doritos Packs The New Spider Man Far From Home Suit Into A Doritos Bag And You Can Get One

Incognito Doritos Packs The New ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Suit Into A Doritos Bag, And You Can Get One By Ethan Anderton/June 19, 2019 7:30 am EST Spider-Man: Far From Home hits theaters in a couple weeks, and in case you haven’t noticed, the Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures co-production has a big cross-promotion deal with Doritos. You might have seen bags of the tortilla chips on shelves with Spider-Man’s face on them....

March 15, 2022 · 7 min · 1417 words · April Cervantes

New Aquaman And Bumblebee Clips Reveal Trench Monsters And A Police Chase

New ‘Aquaman’ And ‘Bumblebee’ Clips Reveal Trench Monsters And A Police Chase By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 12, 2018 1:00 pm EST There will soon be a big blockbuster battle for Christmas audiences. Mary Poppins Returns will get a bit of a head start on December 19, but two days later, Bumblebee and Aquaman will go head-to-head, hoping to pull in all the families home for the holidays. In an effort to convince audiences to head to theaters on December 21, new Aquaman and Bumblebee clips have surfaced online....

March 15, 2022 · 5 min · 977 words · Michael Belanger

Superhero Bits Runaways Gets A New Villain An Infinity Gauntlet For Dipping Sauces More

Superhero Bits: ‘Runaways’ Gets A New Villain, An Infinity Gauntlet For Dipping Sauces & More By Ethan Anderton/June 5, 2019 6:00 pm EST What new villain is coming to the third season of the Runaways on Hulu? What did Spider-Man do in Toronto that the police had to call out? Is DuckTales’ new version of Darkwing Duck making fun of Zack Snyder a bit? How would you like an Infinity Gauntlet that held dipping sauces?...

March 15, 2022 · 9 min · 1712 words · Gloria Howard

Tom Hanks Will Discover The King In Baz Luhrmann S Elvis Biopic

Tom Hanks Will Discover The King In Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Biopic By Chris Evangelista/March 28, 2019 12:45 pm EST Tom Hanks will continue his quest to play every historical figure ever by taking on the role of Colonel Tom Parker in Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis biopic. Parker was the man who discovered Elvis Presley, helping him land a record deal and serving as the King’s manager from 1955 to 1977. Elvis and Parker had a very close relationship, with Parker overseeing nearly every single aspect of Presley’s life....

March 15, 2022 · 6 min · 1139 words · Bryan Metz

Video Watch Us Unbox The Life Size Infinity Gauntlet Replica From Hot Toys Sideshow Collectibles

Video: Watch Us Unbox The Life-Size Infinity Gauntlet Replica From Hot Toys/Sideshow Collectibles By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2019 11:13 am EST Watch as Kitra and I unbox the Hot Toys/Sideshow Collectibles Avengers: Infinity War Infinity Gauntlet replica, one of the most iconic movie prop replicas of out modern film era. Infinity Gauntlet Replica Unboxing Video I launched slashfilm.com in 2005, right before Iron Man began production. The blog has chronicled the rise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but also my growing fandom for the characters and stories of Marvel Studios....

March 15, 2022 · 7 min · 1433 words · Ryan Ault

X Men Day Coming Next Week But You Ll Still Have To Go To Work Sorry

X-Men Day Coming Next Week – But You’ll Still Have To Go To Work, Sorry By Chris Evangelista/May 9, 2019 3:30 pm EST I have some good news and bad news. The good news: next week is X-Men Day! The bad news: it’s not a federal holiday, so you all still have to go to work. Sorry. X-Men Day kicks-off the advance ticket sales for Dark Phoenix, which is likely to be the final installment in the X-Men film series as we know it....

March 15, 2022 · 6 min · 1120 words · John Laureano

Youtube Orders Cobra Kai Season 3 Which Will Be Free To Watch

YouTube Orders ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 3, Which Will Be Free To Watch By Chris Evangelista/May 3, 2019 6:30 am EST YouTube just can’t get enough of the Karate Kid sequel series Cobra Kai. Season 2 has only been available for about a week, but the streaming platform has already ordered Cobra Kai season 3. In addition to this news, YouTube has also announced that it will make all of its YouTube Premium originals – including Cobra Kai – free to watch with ads later this year....

March 15, 2022 · 6 min · 1267 words · Rick Burton

Alien Nation Remake Is The Latest Casualty Of The Disney Fox Acquisition

By Ben Pearson/July 1, 2019 9:30 am EST The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision newsletter reports that the remake of the 1988 sci-fi film was previously in active development, but has now fallen by the wayside thanks to Disney swooping in with an historic purchase of a studio rival. The ‘88 film, which was directed by Graham Baker, was set in Los Angeles after a spaceship carrying 300,000 extra-terrestrial refugees lands on Earth....

March 14, 2022 · 2 min · 394 words · Heather Steir

Avenue 5 A Sci Fi Show From Veep Creator Starring Hugh Laurie And Zach Woods Gets Series Order At Hbo

‘Avenue 5’, A Sci-Fi Show From ‘Veep’ Creator Starring Hugh Laurie And Zach Woods, Gets Series Order At HBO By Ben Pearson/April 23, 2019 5:30 pm EST Armando Iannucci, the director of movies like The Death of Stalin and In the Loop and the creator of TV comedies The Thick of It and Veep, is returning to HBO with a new TV show. Iannucci stepped away from being Veep’s showrunner after season 4 and hasn’t worked in television since, but that’s about to change with Avenue 5, a HBO science fiction series that will star Hugh Laurie (House, Tomorrowland), Zach Woods (Silicon Valley, The Office), and Josh Gad (Frozen, Pixels)....

March 14, 2022 · 6 min · 1156 words · Selina Nicholson

High Life Trailer Robert Pattinson Gets Weird In Space

‘High Life’ Trailer: Robert Pattinson Gets Weird In Space By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 12, 2018 10:30 am EST After starring in The Twilight Saga films, Robert Pattinson has carved out quite the eclectic career for himself, appearing in countless indies and arthouse films. His latest finds him collaborating with French filmmaker Claire Denis in her first English language film, and it certainly looks like quite the mind trip. High Life finds Robert Pattinson aboard a spacecraft full of convicts and death row inmates who are being used as guinea pigs in a mission heading towards the black hole closest to Earth....

March 14, 2022 · 7 min · 1325 words · Marilyn Dexter

Pet Sematary Trailer They Don T Come Back The Same

‘Pet Sematary’ Trailer: They Don’t Come Back The Same By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 7, 2019 6:00 am EST Stephen King’s most terrifying novel comes back to life with Pet Sematary, a remake/new adaptation that looks seriously scary. You likely know the story: a family moves into a new house, only to discover a pet cemetery in the woods out back. And beyond that lies another burial ground…one with the power to raise the dead....

March 14, 2022 · 7 min · 1344 words · Bryan Nau