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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Delivers A Classic ‘Trek’ Adventure With “New Eden” By Monique Jones/Jan. 25, 2019 10:00 am EST This week’s episode of Star Trek: Discovery, “New Eden,” brings us even more old-school Trek goodness by providing us with a thought-provoking adventure, finally! In fact, we learned a lot of thought-provoking things, which only deepen the overarching mystery of the season. Let’s dive into what we learned. A Luddite colony in space...

‘The Batman’: Matt Reeves’ Initial Script Was 160 Pages Long, Studio Won’t Cast An Unknown By Ben Pearson/Feb. 1, 2019 3:00 pm EST After months of silence, it seems like the bat’s out of the bag when it comes to director Matt Reeves’ highly-anticipated superhero movie The Batman. Earlier this week, Reeves confirmed that his take on the Caped Crusader would be a noir-style story that focuses on Batman being the world’s greatest detective – a quality apparent to his character in the comics but one the movies have rarely touched....

Cannes 2019 Lineup Includes ‘Rocketman,’ Films From Terrence Malick, Bong Joon-Ho, And 13 Female Directors By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 18, 2019 3:30 pm EST The Cannes 2019 lineup has been announced for the prestigious film festival’s 72nd annual outing. The official selection so far includes films by Terrence Malick (A Hidden Life), Pedro Almodovar (Pain & Glory), and Bong Joon ho (Parasite), as well as Dexter Fletcher’s high-profile Elton John biopic Rocketman, which is set to make its debut with John himself making an appearance on the Croisette....

Disney Is One Of The Most Successful Companies In The World – So Why Are Its Failures So Troubling? By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 13, 2019 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Disney Discourse, a recurring feature where Josh Spiegel discusses the latest in Disney news. He goes deep on everything from the animated classics to the theme parks to live-action franchises. In this edition: Disney may be massively successful, but its failures speak to a troubling trend....

Ep. 121 - Paranormal Activity 2 (GUEST: C. Robert Cargill From Ain’t It Cool News) By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 26, 2010 10:33 pm EST This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss the possibility of new Star Wars films, get excited about an Aronofsky-directed Wolverine film, and ponder whether Mel Gibson truly has been subjected to a double standard. Special guest C. Robert Cargill joins us from Ain’t It Cool....

Revisiting ‘Creed’: Nature, Nurture, And One Of The Best Movies Of The 21st Century So Far By Siddhant Adlakha/Dec. 4, 2018 12:00 pm EST Creed shoulders the legacy of six prior Rocky films but it blazes its own path, establishing a concise mission statement in its opening scene. Set in an LA juvenile correctional facility, in which young Black boys are lined up like adult prisoners, the Ryan Coogler-helmed sixth sequel introduces us to a young Adonis Johnson (Alex Henderson) as he beats down a fellow detainee....

Rupert Wyatt Compares His Abandoned ‘Gambit’ Movie To ‘The Godfather’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 15, 2019 11:30 am EST So often with superhero movies, it becomes a series of “what if’s?” What if this actor had signed on the play Superman? What if this movie had never bombed? But in the case of Gambit, the long-gestating comic book movie is one big case of “what if?” The film has had a veritable revolving door of directors, including Rise of the Planet of the Apes filmmaker Rupert Wyatt, who first signed on to helm Gambit in 2015....

Superhero Bits: ‘Black Widow’ Working Title, ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Q&A, And More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 15, 2019 6:00 pm EST What is the working title for Black Widow? What other DC Comics team will debut in the first season of Doom Patrol? Is Michael B. Jordan interested in playing Superman? Which Marvel Comics character does Brie Larson want in a Captain Marvel sequel? Want to see an extensive Q&A with the directors of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?...

The Morning Watch: Creating The Wardrobe Of ‘Saturday Night Live’, The Best Soundtracks Ever & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 28, 2018 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, find out how the wardrobe for every new episode of Saturday Night Live is created....

Watch: The Beautiful Short Films Of Ben Aston By Slashfilmcast/Jan. 17, 2015 9:00 am EST I first learned about director (and /Filmcast listener) Ben Aston when he wrote me an email a year ago asking me to check out one of his short films. Since then he’s put out two more short films, both of which have gone on to play at prestigious film festivals all around the world. His latest short film, He Took His Skin Off For Me, blew me away and represents an exponential step in his growth as a filmmaker....

Watch Never-Before-Seen Original ‘Ghostbusters’ Footage, Which Jason Reitman Is Using for…Something By Ethan Anderton/June 9, 2019 10:00 am EST Ghostbusters Fan Fest is officially over. Tons of Ghostheads from all over the world converged on the Sony Pictures lot yesterday to celebrate all things Ghostbusters. And while director Jason Reitman was very hesitant to reveal any new details about the forthcoming sequel he’s working on for 2020 (other than confirming the original cast members would return), he did bring something else special to the fest....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Writers Disagree With Directors About How The Film’s Timeline Works By Ben Pearson/May 3, 2019 11:15 am EST Avengers: Endgame is clearly a huge movie – not only in terms of its financial success, but also its plot mechanics. And it turns out those mechanics are so complex that even the people who worked on the movie can’t seem to get on the same page about it. Writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have worked with directors Anthony and Joe Russo on four Marvel Studios movies thus far, including the two most recent Avengers films, and while that group is typically simpatico, Avengers: Endgame is so complicated that it’s drawn a line in the sand, with each pair standing on opposing sides....

/Filmcast Ep. 230 - After Earth (GUEST: Laremy Legel, Author Of Film Critic) By Slashfilmcast/June 2, 2013 6:41 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Dave, Devindra, and Laremy (author of Film Critic) discuss some great new films screening at SIFF, muse on the greatness of Linklater’s Before franchise, and wonder which timeline Community season 4 came from. Be sure to check out Rachel Sklar’s piece on Afternoon Delight, Nick Schager’s take on M....

‘Hell House LLC 3’ Coming From Shudder This Year By Chris Evangelista/May 3, 2019 5:00 pm EST The Hell House LLC franchise will continue to creep-out audiences with Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire. Shudder and Terror Films have teamed-up to bring audiences the third entry in the spooky found-footage franchise about a Halloween haunt that’s really haunted. Stephen Cognetti, who directed the last two films, has returned to helm the third, which began production this week....

‘Stranger Things 3’ Episode Titles Revealed, But What Do They Mean? By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 9, 2018 5:58 pm EST Stranger Things 3 interrupted everyone’s Sunday night to announce all of the episode titles for the upcoming third season hitting Netflix sometime in 2019. This is the first time that a season of Stranger Things takes place in the summer instead of during the school year, so that will certainly shake things up a bit, and the episode titles offer some insight into what we can expect from the eight episodes coming this season....

‘The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs’ Showcases The Wide-Ranging Brilliance Of The Coen Brothers [NYFF] By Marshall Shaffer/Oct. 7, 2018 9:00 am EST It can be tough to take the Coen Brothers at their word – after all, the duo claims (seemingly in jest) that they never read Homer’s The Odyssey despite basing O Brother, Where Art Thou? on it. But if they were forthright about the origins of their latest work, the anthology film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, then it serves as a kind of career compendium....

‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal Reteams With ‘Nightcrawler’ Director Dan Gilroy For A Literal Arthouse Horror By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 10, 2019 7:20 am EST Five years ago we saw how truly weird and dark Jake Gyllenhaal could get when he teamed up with writer-director Dan Gilroy for the twisted 2014 thriller Nightcrawler, which gave a thought-provoking condemnation of the ambulance-chasing tabloid industry. Now, Gyllenhaal, Gilroy, and Nightcrawler co-star Rene Russo reunite for what looks to be a darkly satirical indictment of yet another niche field: the contemporary art world....

2019 Oscars Winners: ‘Green Book’ Wins Best Picture, But Alfonso Cuarón Takes Best Director By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 24, 2019 8:00 pm EST The 91st Academy Awards aired live on ABC last night, and the ceremony went surprisingly smoothly without a host to lead the way. In fact, this might be the best way to do the Oscars from now on. But you didn’t come here for chatter about the ceremony itself....

A Non-Horror Fan Watches ‘Halloween’ And ‘Suspiria’ For The First Time In 2018 By Josh Spiegel/Oct. 30, 2018 12:00 pm EST At some point in early October, I stopped by Facebook and the top post in my feed was from ScreenCrush’s Matt Singer, wherein he asked what the reader’s biggest cinematic blind spot was. My initial answer has been my go-to for a long time: Gone with the Wind. (I own a copy of the Blu-ray, and I still haven’t seen it....

Apple Streaming Service Could Soon Add HBO, Showtime, Starz While Original Titles In Development By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 14, 2019 1:30 pm EST The company is expected to reach a deal with all three networks by Friday, taking Apple one step closer to its end goal of being a one-stop-shop for digital media and entertainment. The service is already set to allow users to watch cable news channels, according to CNBC. In addition, Apple’s streaming service will reportedly launch with a “media bundle” that will come with video streaming, Apple Music, and the Texture news app, according to Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty....