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‘Manta Ray’ Is The Kind Of Film That Can Lull You To Sleep – But In A Good Way By Siddhant Adlakha/April 12, 2019 12:30 pm EST I think I fell asleep during Manta Ray — the debut feature of Thai cinematographer Phuttiphong Aroonpheng — though I can’t be sure. If that’s a value judgement on the film, it might not be entirely negative.Aroonpheng showed up to address the audience before the film’s New Directors/New Films Festival premiere, at New York’s Museum of Modern Art....

‘Someone Great’ Trailer: Gina Rodriguez Breaks Up With Lakeith Stanfield And Girls Night Ensues By Ethan Anderton/March 7, 2019 11:30 am EST Netflix has been a key part in the return of the classic romantic comedy thanks to movies like Set It Up and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. And with the trailer for Someone Great starring Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin, Miss Bala), they’re at it again, but this time it’s a story about breaking up and figuring out life after it all comes tumbling down....

‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Tracking Between $30-$40 Million, But It Could Be Bigger By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 22, 2018 1:00 pm EST A ton of new releases are hitting theaters this week in an effort to convince families getting together for Thanksgiving to head off to their local multiplex. However, once Turkey Day is over, it’ll be a few weeks before another tentpole release hits theaters, and that’ll be an adventure for Spider-Man unlike any we’ve seen for the webslinger before....

‘Star Wars’ Comic-Con Exclusives: An Ewok Riding A Speeder Bike, The Medal Of Yavin & More By Ethan Anderton/June 27, 2019 3:30 pm EST First up, we have a Diamond Select bust of a Sandtrooper inspired by the concept art of Ralph McQuarrie, a legend among Star Wars fans. This is the early version of the Imperial trooper that never made it to the big screen. This 1/6 scale mini-bust can be yours for $120 at Diamond Select’s Booth #2607...

‘Toy Story 4’ Teaser Trailer: One Of These Toys Is Not Like The Others By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 12, 2018 5:35 am EST Get your tissues ready, Toy Story 4 is on its way. After Toy Story 3 closed out a pitch-perfect trilogy in 2010, it was hard to imagine that the story of Woody, Buzz, and co., could continue in any fashion without running out of creative and emotional steam. But Pixar has a whole new story to tell us in the Toy Story 4 teaser trailer, which introduces us to a new “toy” who isn’t really a toy....

‘Toy Story 4’ TV Spot Features A Terrifying Photorealistic Cat By Chris Evangelista/April 18, 2019 12:00 pm EST A new Toy Story 4 TV spot is here, and it’s loud. It features all our old familiar toy-friends: Woody, Buzz, and so on. It looks about what you might expect, and then, holy crap! There’s suddenly a very photorealistic cat, and it’s scary. The Toy Story films have always had impressive animation, but the character designs have never been overly realistic....

‘Vox Lux’ Trailer: Pop Star Natalie Portman And Her Accent Take Center Stage By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 28, 2018 9:00 am EST Natalie Portman plays an unstable singer in Vox Lux, a new drama from Childhood of a Leader director Brady Corbet. The film tells two distinct stories: one focused on Portman’s character as a teen pop star on the rise (as played by Raffey Cassidy), and one after she’s already become a success, and is now on the downslope of her career....

A Cast Of Kings - Season 8 Preview By David Chen/April 8, 2019 8:29 pm EST Game of Thrones is returning and so is A Cast of Kings! In this episode, Joanna Robinson and David Chen discuss discuss how they’ve done their re-watches of the show and talk about the plotlines they are most looking forward to resolving in the 8th and final season of Game of Thrones. Learn more about why Game of Thrones might be the last show we watch together....

Disney Movies Won’t Be Leaving Netflix As Immediately — Or As Permanently — As You Think By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 3, 2019 9:30 am EST Disney and WarnerMedia shows and movies leaving Netflix may not disappear as quickly from the streaming service as we would assume. And they may even not disappear permanently either. A Bloomberg report dives into the complicated streaming deals with Netflix that are more far-reaching than anticipated. According to this report, Netflix could not only keep movies and shows on its service for the next few years, but it could restore them later on....

Holiday Box Office Haul Proves Disastrous For ‘Welcome To Marwen’ And ‘Mortal Engines’ By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 26, 2018 8:30 am EST Robert Zemeckis and Steve Carell attempted to welcome audiences to Marwen over the holiday weekend, and audiences replied: “Thanks, but no thanks.” As holiday box office results reveal, Welcome To Marwen is on track to be one of the biggest box office bombs of 2018. The dramedy, which features a bunch of creepy CGI dolls, will have some company at the bottom of the box office heap....

Kevin Smith Continues To Hype The ‘Howard The Duck’ Animated Series, Jokes That He’s “Not Talented Enough” For The Avengers By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 18, 2019 2:00 pm EST Howard the Duck fans are likely excited that the anthropomorphic duck is getting his own animated series on Hulu, but none are as excited as Kevin Smith. That’s because the famous comic book fan gets to go behind the camera (or the drawing board?...

Like All Of Us, Oscar Isaac Had An “Excruciating” Time With ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 16, 2018 12:30 pm EST Actors go through all manner of discomfort and grueling hours to deliver audiences the best possible movies they can, which makes it all the more tragic when the final product is a disappointment. Such was the case with X-Men: Apocalypse, which may have been just as bad for the actors to film as it was for the audience to watch it....

Long-Lost Willie Nelson Western ‘Red Headed Stranger’ Has Been Restored And Is Getting A Special Screening Next Month By Marisa Mirabal/June 19, 2019 8:30 am EST The Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow and Luck Productions are teaming up for a screening of Willie Nelson’s 1986 western drama Red Headed Stranger. The screening will take place on Saturday, July 6 on the original film set in Luck, Texas aka “Willieville”. The Austin Genre Film Archive remastered the movie digitally for the first time after the original print was lost two decades ago....

Netflix To Release ‘Roma’ And Two Other Oscar Contenders In Theaters Before Streaming By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 1, 2018 9:30 am EST The critical hype around Roma is driving Netflix to break its own rules on theatrical releases. The streaming giant, which was once so uncompromising about its day-and-date theatrical and online release stance that it got banned from the Cannes Film Festival, is making a dramatic move for three of its biggest Oscar contenders this year....

Rumors Of An Official ‘The Irishman’ Release Date Are Inaccurate [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 25, 2019 10:00 am EST Update: Representatives from The Irishman have reached out and let us know that the reports of the film opening this November are inaccurate. While it’s entirely possible for the film to open during that window, nothing has been set in stone and we will let you know when and if we hear more....

Superhero Bits: New ‘Hellboy’ Photos, The Bat Suit Symbol Gets A New Layer Of Significance & More By Ethan Anderton/March 27, 2019 6:00 pm EST How did David Harbour land the role of Hellboy? Does Marvel care about Chris Evans bashing Donald Trump on Twitter? What do Shazam’s filmmakers think about the Marvel and DC beef? How is Kevin Smith paying tribute to Captain Marvel in his latest movie? Want to watch the Agents of SHIELD panel from C2E2?...

SXSW 2019 Days One And Two: ‘Us’ Is Another Jordan Peele Masterpiece, ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Shows Promise On The Small Screen, And ‘Tread’ Is A Mind-Boggling Documentary That Must Be Seen To Be Believed By Jacob Hall/March 10, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The SXSW Diaries, where we will be chronicling every single movie we see at the Austin-based film festival.) Welcome to SXSW 2019 days one and two....

The Cinematographers Behind ‘Cold War,’ ‘First Man’ And More Share Stories Of Their Craft By Danielle Solzman/Feb. 15, 2019 10:00 am EST As we head into the final stretch of awards season, /Film had the opportunity to speak with a number of cinematographers about their craft. These include Linus Sandgren of First Man, Lukasz Zal of Cold War, John Mathieson of Mary Queen of Scots, Michael Grady of On the Basis of Sex, and C....

Wes Anderson’s Next Movie Will Be A Love Letter To Journalists, Casts Benicio Del Toro, Timothée Chalamet And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 3, 2018 4:30 pm EST Contrary to popular belief, Wes Anderson’s next movie won’t be a musical. But it will be a love letter to one under-appreciated group of people: journalists. Anderson’s newest film, titled The French Dispatch, will also star some of his favorite frequent collaborators as well as a few notable newcomers to the Anderson-verse including Timothee Chalamet, Benicio del Toro, and Jeffrey Wright....

‘Blade Runner 2049’ Hologram Ana De Armas Is Going ‘Blonde’ As Marilyn Monroe By Ethan Anderton/March 15, 2019 10:30 am EST Director Andrew Dominik (Killing Them Softly, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) has been trying to get the Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde off the ground for nearly a decade. Now that the project is set up at Netflix, it sounds like it’s finally going to happen, and the woman who will bring the blonde starlet to life has finally been chosen (again)....