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‘Supervized’ Trailer: Tom Berenger Leads A Group Of Senior Superheroes Out Of Retirement By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 24, 2019 1:30 pm EST We’re at the point of the superhero genre eating its own tail when we start getting straight-to-video comedies starring Tom Berenger and Beau Bridges as senior superheroes coming out of retirement to save the world. That’s what’s happening in Supervized, an honest-to-god real movie about a group of retired international superheroes who realize that their quiet Ireland nursing home is more sinister than it appears....

A London Theater Is Charging Up To $52 For Movie Tickets By Ben Pearson/Dec. 7, 2018 5:00 pm EST In the heart of London, the flagship Odeon theater in Leicester Square has been closed for eleven months as it underwent a massive, multi-million dollar renovation. It’s finally set to re-open later this month, but some moviegoers are balking at the ticket prices: the theater has announced it will potentially charge over £40 (approximately $52) for its most premium seats....

An Immersive ‘Doctor Who’ VR Adventure Lets You ‘Runaway’ With The Doctor [Tribeca] By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 26, 2019 8:00 am EST Every Doctor Who fan dreams about hearing that vworp vworp sound outside their bedroom window, and running outside to find the time-traveling alien reaching out their hand. Now that dream can become a reality with the new Doctor Who: The Runaway virtual reality film from the BBC and Passion Animation Studios....

Cool Stuff: Get New ‘Indiana Jones’ Trilogy Prints And Some Mondo ‘Jurassic Park’ Goodies By Ethan Anderton/March 12, 2019 6:00 am EST Thankfully, the non-existent war between Steven Spielberg and Netflix is over before it really began. That means we can get back to burning money by buying collectible art, enamel pins and t-shirts inspired by the legendary filmmaker’s movies. This week we have an entire slate of new prints from Karl Fitzgerald honoring the entire Indiana Jones trilogy....

LEGO Announces ‘Star Wars’ Tantive IV Rebel Cruiser Set At Star Wars Celebration 2019 By Ethan Anderton/April 12, 2019 1:00 pm EST This year, LEGO is celebrating the 20th anniversary of creating Star Wars building brick playsets. The year was 1999, when The Phantom Menace was bringing Star Wars back from a 16-year hiatus of new adventures on the big screen. And 20 years later, the Star Wars LEGO sets are better than ever, so there’s no better time to reveal a new set recreating the first ship to ever grace the big screen in the Star Wars universe: the Tantive IV rebel cruiser....

Mindy Kaling Confirms She’s Discussed A ‘Ms. Marvel’ Project With Marvel Studios By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 10, 2019 2:30 pm EST When Kamala Khan debuted in the pages of her very own solo title Ms. Marvel in 2014, she was an immediate sensation. Marvel’s first Muslim superhero character to head her own comic book took on the mantle once worn by Carol Danvers (the current Captain Marvel) and became a wildly popular success, with fans quickly clamoring for Kamala’s turn on the big screen....

New ‘Sesame Street’ Movie Is A Musical That Gets Lost In New York By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 6, 2019 10:30 am EST Late last year, we learned about a new Sesame Street movie in development. The project was intended to be the first theatrically released big screen adaptation of the popular children’s television show since Elmo in Grouchland in 1999, so it’s going to be a big deal. Anne Hathaway was being courted to star in the movie set up at Warner Bros....

New Report Indicates Bryan Singer Fired From ‘Red Sonja’ Movie By Chris Evangelista/March 14, 2019 7:30 am EST THR has a lengthy piece this week about the scandal surrounding Warner Bros. head Kevin Tsujihara and actress Charlotte Kirk, which also happens to reveal that Bryan Singer has been fired from the Red Sonja movie: In 2018, it was revealed Millennium was willing to shell out $10 million to hire Singer to direct the comic book adaptation – a business decision that immediately raised eyebrows and caused backlash....

The Morning Watch: ‘Stranger Things’ LEGO Designer Video, ‘Deadwood’ Series Recap & More By Ethan Anderton/May 16, 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, get a closer look at the new Stranger Things LEGO set with a retro video from the classic series Behind the Brick....

‘Captain Marvel’ Will Also Double As A Nick Fury Origin Story By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 8, 2019 10:15 am EST Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers is, of course, the main focus of Captain Marvel. But the superhero film also has a few familiar MCU faces backing her up – most notably Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury. Since Captain Marvel is set in the 1990s, we’re going to see a much younger, eyepatch-free Nick Fury....

/Filmcast Ep. 175 - Chronicle By Slashfilmcast/Feb. 8, 2012 6:30 am EST This week, David, Devindra, and Adam chat about the perils of marathoning Mad Men, dissect the pleasures of marathoning Skins, lament the nonsense of Ultraviolet, and assess this year’s Super Bowl ads. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us for our next live broadcast at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST at slashfilm....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Reunion Special Won’t Air On HBO By Ben Pearson/Nov. 29, 2018 3:30 pm EST Game of Thrones will come to an end next year, but the series finale won’t be the last time fans will see the show’s sprawling cast together in the same place. A Game of Thrones reunion special has been confirmed with actors from the first season returning to join their old cast mates, but the special won’t be airing on HBO....

By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 21, 2019 10:14 am EST The long road to adapt Halo to the screen (be it big or small) is almost at an end. Showtime is turning the video game franchise into a new TV series, and they’ve found their director – Otto Bathurst, the filmmaker behind the recent Robin Hood reboot. Bathurst will direct multiple episodes of the live-action series, and serve as executive producer. Showtime has officially announced Otto Bathurst as the Halo TV series director....

‘Missing Link’ Early Buzz: LAIKA Delivers A Visual Feast But Only An Appetizer Of A Story By Ethan Anderton/April 3, 2019 12:30 pm EST The first Missing Link reviews have hit the web, and while it sounds like LAIKA has delivered another beautiful piece of stop-motion animation that continues to push the medium to new horizons, it would seem the story doesn’t quite match up to the strengths of their previous efforts....

‘Stranger Things 3’ Teaser Lets The Rats Out Of The Bag By Chris Evangelista/March 19, 2019 9:00 am EST Want your first look at official Stranger Things 3 footage? Today’s your lucky day! Sort of! A new Stranger Things 3 teaser has just been unleashed, and it features…some rats. There’s not a lot here, but it’s clearly shot in a way that suggests it is indeed footage from the new season, and likely teasing a trailer to come....

‘The Hottest August’ Review: A Documentary About Just How Doomed We Really Are By Abby Olcese/March 5, 2019 12:00 pm EST Life during late stage capitalism is fraught with anxiety and hypocrisy. No one quite knows what the future holds for us, but if the present is any indication, it doesn’t seem promising – unless things start to change very quickly. Global warming, gentrification and a vanishing middle class, among other woes, all lead up to a sense that we’re headed toward a kind of post-apocalyptic Dickensian society....

‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Interactive Special Adds Daniel Radcliffe To Its Cast By Ben Pearson/June 13, 2019 3:30 pm EST I must admit that while watching fresh-faced young actor Daniel Radcliffe in the Harry Potter film franchise, he never struck me as someone with exceptional potential in comedy. But since graduating from Hogwarts, Radcliffe has proven me wrong time and again – and now he’ll be able to show off his comedy chops once again for Netflix....

‘Widows’ Editor Joe Walker On Constructing The Year’s Tightest Thriller [Interview] By Danielle Solzman/Nov. 15, 2018 11:00 am EST During the Toronto International Film Festival, I sat down with two-time Oscar-nominated film editor Joe Walker. Walker was attending the festival for the world premiere of Steve McQueen’s new film, Widows. Our conversation in Toronto, which took place prior to the world premiere, where the film was met with glowing reviews....

Cool Stuff: Welcome To LEGO ‘Jurassic Park’ With Massive Gate And Buildable Tyrannosaurus Rex By Ethan Anderton/June 11, 2019 6:00 am EST Jurassic World has gotten the focus of LEGO when it comes to building playsets, but the original Jurassic Park is finally getting some time in the spotlight with a massive new set that brings to life one of the most iconic setpieces from the film. LEGO has announced the Jurassic Park T-Rex Rampage set (albeit under the Jurassic World banner), which allows builders to create the huge gate that Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) drive through when they first enter John Hammond’s (Richard Attenborough) unique and soon-to-go-wrong theme park....

Everything Steven Soderbergh Watched And Read In 2018, Including His Forthcoming Netflix Projects By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 7, 2019 5:00 pm EST It has become a tradition for Steven Soderbergh to release a list of everything that he watched throughout the preceding year, encompassing feature films, television shows, and short films, and he certainly didn’t slow down his viewing habits at all this year, even if he maybe spent too much time watching the Winter Olympics in February last year....