‘Us’ Explains Itself Too Much – And That’s A Big Problem By Andrew Todd/June 18, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: Jordan Peele’s Us explains itself too much and that’s a big problem.)Note: Us hits Blu-ray and DVD today, but this article assumes you have already seen it. Spoilers ahead.Mysteries are hard to write....
Alexander Skarsgård Joins Legendary’s MonsterVerse Playing A Human Man In ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ By Ben Pearson/Oct. 25, 2018 11:43 am EST Alexander Skarsgård (Big Little Lies) is the latest actor to enlist in Legendary and Warner Bros.’ Godzilla vs. Kong, joining Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things), Demian Bechir (The Hateful Eight), Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta), and Julian Dennison (Deadpool 2) in the cast. Read more about the upcoming MonsterVerse movie below....
Daily Podcast: The Future Of Star Wars, Netflix’s Disney Loss, That Horrible Aladdin Clip And The Food We Wanna Eat At Galaxy’s Edge By Peter Sciretta/May 14, 2019 1:19 pm EST On the May 14, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Star Wars, Netflix, Honey I Shrunk The Kids, The Twilight Zone, Aladdin, and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge....
Everything We Learned About ‘The Mandalorian’ At The Star Wars Celebration Panel By Jacob Hall/April 14, 2019 11:15 am EST Live-action Star Wars stories have always been on the big screen, with only animated tales getting a shot on television. Until now. The Mandalorian is the first live-action Star Wars TV series and Disney knows this is a big deal – it’s being positioned as the flagship series for the new Disney+ streaming service....
Katherine Langford’s Cut ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Role Revealed By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 6, 2019 7:30 am EST When Katherine Langford was reportedly cast in Avengers: Endgame, it sparked a wave of speculation over who the rising 13 Reasons Why and Love, Simon star would be playing. To introduce a new character in a climactic movie like Endgame would have to mean she would be someone of huge importance, right? But much to the surprise (or confusion) of fans, Langford didn’t even appear in the fourth Avengers film....
Netflix’s Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Series Casts John Cho As The “Impossibly Cool” Lead By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 4, 2019 9:55 am EST Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop series has lassoed its cast. In an inspired piece of casting, John Cho has been cast as Spike Siegel, the bounty hunter who leads a motley crew aboard the spaceship Bebop, in the live-action adaptation of the seminal genre-bending anime series created by Shinichiro Watanabe. Joining Cho in the Cowboy Bebop live-action cast are Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, and Alex Hassell....
Now Scream This: Stream These Great Horror Marathons For Your Holiday Weekend By /Film Staff/July 4, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Now Scream This, a column where horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato tell you what scary, spooky, and spine-tingling movies are streaming and where you can watch them.)Matt: This week on “Now Scream This,” Chris and I put on our “Film Programmer” hats. Weekly themes typically coincide with popular movies released in tandem with posting dates, but we’re trying something different....
Stuntwoman Deven MacNair On Becoming Hollywood’s Rape Choreography Expert In The #MeToo Era [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 6, 2018 8:00 am EST “I feel I’m doing a service,” MacNair said in a phone interview with /Film. “But yeah, they’re not my favorite.” Rape choreography, sometimes called “intimacy choreography,” is just like it sounds: It’s the part in production when the crew has to coordinate how they’re going to film a sexual assault scene....
The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 58 - Movie Food And Performances That Were Worth It (GUEST: Dan Trachtenberg From The Totally Rad Show) By Slashfilmcast/July 12, 2009 1:19 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....
The 2017 Summer Movie Wager Results And Podcast By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 6, 2017 4:04 pm EST David Chen, Jeff Cannata, Peter Sciretta, and Germain Lussier reconvene to discuss the results of their 2017 box office summer movie wager results. Did David make a catastrophic mistake by ranking Despicable Me 3 as his #1 or did the surprise that was Wonder Woman help him leverage a win over the Guardians Vol. 2 Ravagers?...
‘Avengers: Endgame’ Box Office On Track To Beat ‘Infinity War’ Weekend Record By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 28, 2019 8:00 am EST Avengers: Endgame is the culmination of 10 years and 21 movies. It’s the follow-up to one of the most devastating cliffhanger endings in a comic book movie. Of course it will get butts in theaters. But the Avengers: Endgame box office tracking suggests that it may do more than that. Industry insiders estimate that the film is on track to beat the opening weekend box office record — a record set by Avengers: Infinity War just last year....
‘Bodied’ Trailer: The Sharp-Tongued Battle Rap Movie Will Knock You Off Your Feet By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 8, 2018 9:00 am EST Fantastic Fest is still in full swing over in Austin, Texas, and there are plenty of movies that will be worth checking out once they hit theaters for general audiences to see. But in the meantime, one of last year’s most buzzed about entries at Fantastic Fest 2017 is finally getting released....
‘Bond 25’ Suspends Shooting After Daniel Craig Is Injured On Set By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 14, 2019 10:30 am EST Daniel Craig doesn’t need Rami Malek to defeat him: just his own body. The Bond 25 production has been temporarily suspended after its star took a tumble in what is just the latest in an icky history of scrapes, knocked-out teeth, and sliced-off fingertips. And it seems even in Craig’s swan song as James Bond, he can’t catch a break....
‘Ewoks’ TV Show Headed To Disney+? Let’s Speculate Wildly! By Chris Evangelista/March 19, 2019 8:30 am EST Disney’s new streaming service Disney+ is going to be home to all sorts of original Star Wars content, from live-action shows to animated series. Confirmed shows include The Mandolorian, a series about Rogue One character Cassian Andor, and a new animated Clone Wars. Then there are rumors about a series involving Solo character Qi’ra, and even a potential Obi Wan series....
/Filmcast Ep. 31 - Frost/Nixon (GUESTS: Erik Davis And William Goss From Cinematical) By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 24, 2008 2:54 pm EST In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam lament the removal of Stephen Chow from The Green Hornet, discuss whether or not a Schwarzenneger cameo would be a good idea for Terminator Salvation, and evaluate the early movie careers of Seth Gordon and Frank Miller. Special guests Erik Davis and William Goss join us from Cinematical....
‘Game Of Thrones’ Teaser Hints At The Bleak “Aftermath” Of Season 8’s Final Battle By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 3, 2019 2:30 pm EST A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin has long envisioned ending his book series in a “bittersweet victory” inspired by Lord of The Rings — you know, where Frodo Baggins and his fellow Hobbits return home to the Shire only to find it ransacked by war....
‘High Life’ Trailer: Oblivion Awaits Robert Pattinson In Space By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 16, 2019 6:01 am EST Claire Denis’ High Life generated a lot of buzz at TIFF in 2018, primarily due to how weird it was. Audiences everywhere will soon get to see just how weird when A24 distributes the movie in April of this year. Denis, making her English language debut, directs Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche and more in a sci-fi story about a space ship heading towards a black hole....
‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ Sets Broadway Opening Date For Summer 2019 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 19, 2018 12:30 pm EST The show must go on for Moulin Rouge! The Musical, which has officially announced its Broadway premiere. The spectacular stage adaptation of the 2001 Baz Luhrmann film of the same name has set its Moulin Rouge The Musical Broadway opening for summer 2019, following its world premiere this past summer at Boston’s newly re-opened Emerson Colonial Theatre....
‘Pet Sematary’ Producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura On Making Big Changes To Stephen King’s Book And The Current Status Of ‘Snake Eyes,’ ‘McClane,’ And ‘Transformers’ [Interview] By Fred Topel/April 4, 2019 2:00 pm EST Between his career as a producer and his time as a Warner Brothers executive, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura has been responsible for many films that movie lovers can describe as formative. And now it’s dawned on him too, especially as he reads 20th anniversary articles about The Matrix this week....
‘Shaft’ Trailer: Three Generations Of Shaft Deliver Three Times The Action By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 6, 2019 9:15 pm EST Get ready for three times the Shaft. The long-dormant Shaft franchise is getting a new sequel from director Tim Story (2005’s Fantastic Four, Ride Along) with actor Richard Roundtree back to reprise his role from the original 1970s blaxploitation movies. But this time he’s accompanied by Samuel L. Jackson back as his nephew, John Shaft II, from the 2000 sequel, as well as the youngest member of the family is Jessie T....
