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‘Hobbs And Shaw’ Image: The Rock Leads His Family Into The “Biggest Showdown” In ‘Fast And Furious’ History By Jacob Hall/Jan. 28, 2019 9:00 am EST Over the course of 18 years and eight films, the Fast and Furious franchise pulled off the ultimate bait-and-switch. “Come for the fast cars!” the trailers said. “Come for the big action and hot stars!” the posters cried. And yet, audiences slowly realized that this was a series that was really all about…wait for it…family....

‘Runaways’ Recapped: Everything You Need To Remember Before Diving Into The New Season By Britt Hayes/Dec. 20, 2018 9:00 am EST It’s been a hot minute since we last checked in with the young heroes of Marvel’s Runaways, which debuted last year on Hulu. The series, based on the Marvel comics of the same name, follows a group of teens who discover that their parents are part of an evil supervillain group/cult known as the PRIDE....

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’: It Sounds Like J. Jonah Jameson And The Daily Bugle Will Appear In The MCU By Ben Pearson/May 8, 2019 6:15 am EST We haven’t seen J. Jonah Jameson, Peter Parker’s bombastic, Spider-Man-hating newspaper boss, in a live-action Spider-Man movie since 2007, when J.K. Simmons perfectly embodied that character for director Sam Raimi. (Jameson didn’t appear on camera in The Amazing Spider-Man movies, but he did respond to Andrew Garfield’s Peter Parker in an e-mail....

‘Star Wars Episode 9’ Secrecy Is Like Being In The CIA, Says Mark Hamill By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 11, 2018 5:00 pm EST It’s no secret that secrets of Star Wars must be kept secret, for fear of the secrets secreting and ruining everything (especially the secrets). But the secrecy around Star Wars has gotten even more extreme than you might realize. There are criminals in movies that get transferred between prisons that don’t have as much security as the secrets of Star Wars....

‘Star Wars Resistance’ Season 1 Was An Exercise In Watching A Slow Burn Achieve An Exhilarating Payoff By Caroline Cao/March 19, 2019 10:00 am EST (This post contains spoilers for season 1 of Star Wars Resistance.)Like its spiritual animated predecessors, Star Wars Rebels and The Clone Wars, Star Wars Resistance complements the Star Wars movie trilogies. In this case, it’s the Sequel Trilogy, with a tale of underdogs fighting their battles in other corners of the galaxy....

‘The Farewell’ Director Lulu Wang Turned Down A Nearly $15 Million Deal From A Streaming Company For A24’s Theatrical Rollout By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 2, 2019 4:00 pm EST In a new interview with Vulture, Wang revealed that she was torn between A24’s $6-7 million offer and a nearly $15 million offer from a “streaming company” that she left unnamed. But we can probably assume which company it is, considering a certain service’s penchant for snapping up indie sensations and burying them in their crowded collections (cough, Netflix)....

10 Truly Frightening PG-Rated Horror Movies By Rob Hunter/Oct. 24, 2018 8:00 am EST This shouldn’t be news to anyone, but a film’s MPAA rating has no real bearing on its quality. There are all manner of great to terrible movies rated G, PG, PG-13, and R. Still, this continues to get pushback from a vocal minority every few months. Most recently the furor was over Venom, which some fans insisted should have been R-rated and it represented something of a new contingent in the ratings war – comic book superhero fans who, buoyed by the success of Deadpool (2016) and Logan (2017), now think certain characters can only work with an R....

A ‘Bird Box’ Sequel Is On Its Way This Fall — As A Book By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 19, 2019 2:30 pm EST Time to open up the Bird Box universe again. After Josh Malerman’s 2014 post-apocalyptic thriller novel inspired the Netflix mega-hit starring Sandra Bullock and that life-threatening viral “challenge,” we’re getting a Bird Box sequel this fall. But wait a bit before you stumble blindly toward Netflix’s homepage — this is a sequel book written by Malerman, who confirmed that his next post-apocalyptic “Bird Box novel,” titled Malorie, will be hitting bookshelves in October....

A24 Announces Free Screenings On Billboards In Cities Where The Movies Are Set By Ben Pearson/July 10, 2019 4:30 pm EST A24, the indie film distribution company responsible for films like Moonlight, Eighth Grade, Midsommar, Swiss Army Man, and dozens more, has announced a cool new project called A24 Public Access. It’s a six-week screening series in which the company will take some of its best films on the road this summer and project them onto billboards in cities across America in which the films are set....

AD Ep. 115 - Biopics And Passing The Torch (GUEST: Matt Singer From IFC News) By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 12, 2010 3:00 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....

Cool Stuff: An Exclusive ‘Star Wars’ Black Series Figure Set Is Coming To ‘Galaxy’s Edge’ By Ethan Anderton/March 5, 2019 6:00 am EST When Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens in Disneyland later this year, it will be the kind of experience that fans will remember for the rest of their life. But since this is a Disney theme park we’re talking about, it’s not just about being there, it’s also about merchandise!...

Daily Podcast: Should Jordan Peele Make An ‘Us’ Sequel? How Will ‘Endgame’ Be Different From ‘Infinity War’ & More By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2019 12:09 pm EST On the March 28, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and tv news, including The Eternals, Avengers: Endgame, The Craft, The Mandalorian, Toxic Avenger, and Jordan Peele’s Us....

The Stranger Now Streaming on Netflix Release date: 1946Director: Orson WellesCast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, and Orson WellesFor his third feature film – a thrilling noir – Orson Welles directed himself in the role of Franz Kindler, a Nazi fugitive hiding in Connecticut to avoid punishment for his war crimes. Edward G. Robinson is special investigator Mr. Wilson, who’s been tasked by the United Nations War Crimes commission to locate Kindler and bring him to justice....

Movies Are Getting Better, According To Rotten Tomatoes By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 10, 2019 3:00 pm EST As we all know, Rotten Tomatoes is the only way to determine whether or not a movie is good (this is a joke, please don’t @ me). And according to the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, movies are getting better. At least, that’s what movie marketing consultant David A. Gross discovered when he ran an experiment calculating Rotten Tomatoes scores since 1997 for movies released on 1,000 or more screens....

Netflix Launches ‘Celebrate The Oscars’ Sidebar Featuring Every Oscar-Nominated Movie Available To Stream By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 5, 2019 3:00 pm EST Netflix is finally attending the Oscars in a big way this year, with its critically acclaimed drama Roma a favorite to win the majority of its 10 nominations. And while the streaming giant has allegedly shelled out for one of the most expensive Oscar campaigns ever for the Alfonso Cuaron film, Netflix is making one last Oscar outreach that is decidedly much cheaper, and much more accessible....

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Les Misérables (GUEST: Joanna Robinson From Pajiba) By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 27, 2012 7:00 pm EST In this episode, Dave and Joanna Robinson from Pajiba discuss their love of Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Download or Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast: The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Les Misérables (GUEST: Joanna Robinson From Pajiba)...

The Morning Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Weird Trailer, ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Fan Theories & More By Ethan Anderton/June 25, 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, Aldo Jones has delivered one of his patented Weird Trailers for Spider-Man: Far From Home, and things get more than wacky....

‘Aquaman’ Trailer: A Tide Is Coming By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 5, 2018 8:54 am EST A new Aquaman trailer has washed ashore! Are you ready for more undersea action? More scenes of Jason Momoa without a shirt? More shots of Amber Heard’s questionable wig? We’ve got all that, and more! James Wan helms the superhero flick, which finds Arthur Curry, aka Aquman, torn between the surface and underwater worlds. Watch the Aquaman trailer below....

‘Bumblebee 2’ And Future ‘Transformers’ Movies Will Feature “A Little More Bayhem”, According To Their Producer By Ben Pearson/March 18, 2019 12:30 pm EST Last year’s Transformers prequel Bumblebee took a stripped-down approach to its story about an alien robot by eschewing excessive action in favor of an Amblin-style relationship between the eponymous Autobot and Hailee Steinfeld’s human character. But according to the film’s producer, they still haven’t quite landed on the right balance between character moments and action beats....

Dark Phoenix Trailer First Class was set in the 1960s, Days of Future Past took the younger cast into the 1970s, Apocalypse pushed forward into the 1980s, and now Dark Phoenix picks up in the ’90s – with many of the characters looking as if they haven’t aged in the process. Longtime X-Men franchise writer/producer Simon Kinberg is making his directorial debut with this film, which is serving as something of a do-over for the way the Dark Phoenix storyline from the comics was handled in Brett Ratner’s X-Men: The Last Stand....