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Stuber First Look In Stuber, Bautista plays Vic Manning, a rogue cop who’s trying to hunt down a vicious killer. The problem is, Manning has just had Lasik eye surgery, so he can’t drive himself around. Enter Stu (Nanjiani), a big-hearted Uber driver – get it? Stu? Uber? Stuber – who picks Manning up and becomes his unofficial sidekick during the quest. “[Manning] doesn’t volunteer much information, but Stu is starting to figure things out and doesn’t really realize what he’s gotten himself into by picking up this passenger,” Bautista told Entertainment Weekly....

‘The Larry Sanders Show,’ ‘Men In Black’ Star Rip Torn Dies At 88 By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 10, 2019 7:30 am EST Rip Torn, the versatile Emmy-winning actor best known for HBO’s The Larry Sanders Show and the Men in Black franchise, has died at the age of 88. A prolific actor on the stage and the screen, Rip Torn died Tuesday at his home in Lakeville, Connecticut, according to his representatives....

‘Toy Story 4’ International Trailer Reveals More Of Buzz Lightyear’s Side Of The Adventure By Ethan Anderton/March 27, 2019 7:30 am EST Last week, the latest Toy Story 4 trailer gave us a more proper introduction to Forky (Tony Hale), a new makeshift toy that raises some horrifying questions about the universe of the Pixar Animation franchise. But it also paid close attention to the eye-opening adventure that Woody (Tom Hanks) goes on when he’s forced to keep Forky from running out on Bonnie....

‘Venom’ Makes A $10 Million Killing At Thursday Box Office, ‘A Star Is Born’ Sings With $4.6 Million By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 5, 2018 1:30 pm EST Venom is proving to be the opposite of box office poison. The Sony comic book movie just clocked a record-shattering Thursday night opening, raking a whopping $10 million in 3,543 locations. That makes Venom the best Thursday night preview in October of all time, beating out Paranormal Activity 3’s $8 million record....

‘What Men Want’ Red Band Trailer: Taraji P. Henson Hears The Thoughts Of Every Man By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 25, 2018 11:00 am EST Hollywood loves remakes these days, and while most of them feel quite unnecessary, some of them actually put a welcome spin on the original that makes the concept feel refreshing. That’s exactly the cast with What Men Want, and the latest trailer for the R-rated comedy starring Taraji P....

2016 Summer Movie Wager: A Game Of Box Office Predictions By Slashfilmcast/May 5, 2016 10:15 am EST Update: During this podcast, we put the call out to listeners/readers to create a system that would act as a running scoreboard, dynamically updating with the box office numbers to show who is in the lead throughout the Summer. A /Filmcast listener named Paul answered the call, and you can now check the running tally on the Summer Movie Wager Virtual Scoreboard....

Cord Cutting Happening Faster Than Expected, Number Of People Who Bailed On Cable In 2018 Nearly Doubles The Previous Year’s Number By Ben Pearson/March 6, 2019 11:30 am EST That’s bad news for cable companies, but as the media landscape changes, will customers end up paying even more than they did for cable in the long run? But is the golden era of cord cutting already coming to an end? Sure, right now it makes financial and practical sense to ditch cable in favor of a few streaming services....

Disney Wants Hulu To Have More Original Programming And Expand Internationally By Ben Pearson/Nov. 9, 2018 11:30 am EST During an investor’s call, Iger spoke about Disney’s plans for Hulu (via The Verge): That’s good news for those who thought Hulu might go the way of FilmStruck. In fact, Iger also talked about expanding Hulu’s presence to international crowds – a tactic at which rival Netflix has excelled in recent years....

Nick Nolte ‘Mandalorian’ Character Possibly Revealed; Show Might Feature ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Bounty Hunters By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 19, 2018 10:55 am EST Nick Nolte is headed to a galaxy far, far away on the upcoming Star Wars TV series The Mandalorian. And now we might now know who the grizzled actor is playing. In addition to that, a rumor claims the show will feature the bounty hunter characters first introduced in The Empire Strikes Back – something the now-cancelled Boba Fett movie was originally going to do....

Star Wars Bits: Resistance, Jedi Fallen Order, Porg Hatchlings, And More By Ben Pearson/April 10, 2019 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Side-by-side synced-up footage of the destruction of Hosnian Prime, from Star Wars Resistance and The Force Awakens. pic.twitter.com/SVlkooXeHe — ReadStarWars (Victor) (@readstarwars) March 13, 2019 A fan (via StarWarsUnderworld) cut together this footage of Hosnian Prime being destroyed, giving us a look at two reactions in different parts of the galaxy....

Superhero Bits: ‘X-Men: The Animated Series’ Cast Reunion, ‘Captain Marvel’ Concept Art & More By Ethan Anderton/March 22, 2019 6:00 pm EST What is Marvel Comics’ new Absolute Carnage event? Want to see a Captain Marvel design that gave her short hair? Did you know Thanos’ snap almost didn’t happen in Avengers: Infinity War? Want to see an awesome X-Men: The Animated Series cast reunion panel? Who was revealed as the real big bad behind the final season of Gotham?...

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - I’m Still Here (GUEST: Matt Singer From IFC News) By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 14, 2010 6:10 pm EST In this bonus episode, Dave Chen delves deep into the mysteries of the new Joaquin Phoenix/Casey Affleck documentary, I’m Still Here. Is it a truthful documentary about the tragic fall of a once-great actor? Or a cynical and reckless put-on? Does the answer even matter? Special guest Matt Singer from IFC News joins in on the fun....

The Overlook Film Festival Day Two: ‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ Warns Of Imaginary Friends, While ‘Satanic Panic’ Raises Hell By Chris Evangelista/June 1, 2019 10:00 am EST Day two of the Overlook Film Festival unleashed, perhaps, the most humidity I have ever felt in my life, accompanied by a torrential downpour that did little to alleviate the heat. I kicked the day-off with a fest-sponsored ghost tour through the French Quarter, which introduced the perspiring crowd to several of NOLA’s famous haunts, including the infamous house where Delphine LaLaurie was said to have tortured and murdered several slaves (Kathy Bates played the historical murderess in American Horror Story: Coven)....

Theme Park Water Cooler: Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, Disney World & Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge By Peter Sciretta/June 13, 2019 12:45 pm EST On the June 13, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall and weekend editor Brad Oman to discuss their recent adventures to theme parks. Peter visited Universal’s Islands of Adventure to experience the new Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure rollercoaster in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, while Jacob visited Orlando’s Walt Disney World to experience Pandora and Toy Story Land on a trip for the Toy Story 4 junket, and Brad got a chance to step into Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland while he was visiting Los Angeles....

‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Review: Hollywood Makes Its First Good Manga Adaptation By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 1, 2019 7:00 am EST Anime is the final frontier, the last genre that Hollywood can’t seem to crack. Just look to the hilariously misguided Dragon Ball or the shallow husk that is Ghost in the Shell. Whether it be out of a fundamental misunderstanding of the source material, the messiness of cultural and racial divides, or simply the incompatibility of anime with any live-action form, anime adaptations have had a notoriously bad track record in Hollywood....

‘Carmen Sandiego’ Trailer: The World-Class Thief Gets The Animated Treatment Before A Live-Action Movie By Ben Pearson/Jan. 4, 2019 1:30 pm EST If you’re a child of the ’80s or ’90s, you probably remember Carmen Sandiego, the red trenchcoat-wearing, globe-trotting criminal who always seemed to be just out of our grasp in educational computer games from that era. Now the first Carmen Sandiego trailer has arrived for a new Netflix series, which has Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin, Annihilation) lending her voice to the animated version of the character before she eventually plays her in a live-action movie for Netflix....

‘Criminal’ Teaser: David Tennant, Hayley Atwell, And More Join The Cast Of Netflix’s International Procedural By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 17, 2019 11:30 am EST David Tennant and Hayley Atwell join a criminally good international cast for the upcoming Netflix procedural series, Criminal. The cast of the police interrogation drama spans four countries, even as the drama takes place exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite. Watch the first Criminal teaser below....

/Filmcast Ep. 488 - Venom And A Star Is Born (GUEST: Angie Han From Mashable) By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 9, 2018 9:50 pm EST Jeff, Devindra, Angie and Peter do a double review of Venom and A Star Is Born. 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. Listen and subscribe below: Shownotes (all timestamps are approximate only) Featured Reviews: Venom (~04:00)...

/Filmcast Ep. 92 - Repo Men (GUEST: Dave3 From Geeks Of Doom) By Slashfilmcast/March 23, 2010 7:32 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In this week’s episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley get caught up on Breaking Bad, celebrate Chris Evans’ selection as Captain America, and respond predictably to news that Platinum Dunes is remaking The Monster Squad. Special guest Dave3 joins us from Geeks of Doom....

‘Frozen 2’ Will Pick Up 3 Years After The First Movie; More Plot Details Revealed By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 14, 2019 11:30 am EST Disney is finally allowing the information freeze around Frozen 2 to melt down a little. The details around the highly anticipated animated sequel have been elusive until now, with Disney’s debuting of the first Frozen 2 footage and artwork at the Annecy Animation Festival. Head of animation Becky Bresee and head of effects Marlon West were there to reveal a few new Frozen 2 plot details, including the revelation that the sequel takes place three years after the events of the first hit film....