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This Week In Trailers: High Maintenance Season 3, West Of Sunshine, Hillbilly, This One’s For The Ladies By Christopher Stipp/Dec. 29, 2018 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

‘Charlie’s Angels’ First Look Sends Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, And Ella Balinska On A Mission By Chris Evangelista/April 11, 2019 10:30 am EST The Charlie’s Angels first look is here, giving us our first glimpse of Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, and Ella Balinska in Elizabeth Banks’ reboot. Although you probably shouldn’t call it a reboot. According to Banks, the new Charlie’s Angels is a “continuation” that actually references the events of both the original Charlie’s Angels TV series, and the two movies from the 2000s featuring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu....

/Filmcast Ep. 218 - Side Effects By Slashfilmcast/Feb. 10, 2013 8:00 pm EST Dave, Adam, and Devindra discuss why Flight is a failure, explain why Community is a shell of its former self, and list their most anticipated films of 2013. 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: SHOWNOTES What We’ve Been Watching Devindra (8:03): Flight, Community News Discussion (24:00) Our Most Anticipated Films of 2013 Featured Review (46:45) Side Effects (52:50) SPOILERS Credits A big thanks to our sponsor, Audible....

/Filmcast Ep. 377 - Jason Bourne And Stranger Things By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 2, 2016 11:20 pm EST David, Devindra, Jeff and Angie Han discuss the new Bourne film and do an in-depth spoiler-filled review of Stranger Things. Be sure to read up on the answer to all your Stranger Things questions and Sean Burns’ review of Jason Bourne. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Synopsis Promises A “Spectacular Battle For The Ages” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 13, 2018 8:30 am EST Now that Godzilla vs. Kong has assembled a monster of a cast, the Legendary MonsterVerse film officially heads into production. With the start of production comes the release of the first Godzilla vs Kong synopsis, which gives us a better idea of what to expect in the kaiju clash of the century....

‘Ultraman’ Trailer: Netflix Adapts The Japanese Pop Culture Icon Into An Anime By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 28, 2018 4:00 pm EST Remember those cheesy 1960s Japanese action TV shows that feature metal-armored superheroes who bleed sparks or giant robots made of cardboard? Shows like Kamen Rider, Super Sentai that usually made their way to the States on late-night cable? Well, Ultraman is the one that started it all. The progenitor of the tokusatsu TV genre, Ultraman began as a 1966 live-action TV series about a special anti-monster defense agent who can transform into a giant alien called Ultraman to defeat huge creatures....

‘Umbrella Academy’ Trailer: Six Adopted Kids Have To Stop The Global Apocalypse By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 9, 2018 2:00 pm EST If the X-Men franchise has been disappointing you in recent years, maybe you’ll take solace in a different kind of mutant superhero story that has flares of Watchmen, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and Atomic Blonde all mixed together. Umbrella Academy, based on the comic book series created and written by Gerard Way, is a new series coming to Netflix in February, and the first trailer has just arrived with some 1980s pop music to usher in the story about a group of adopted misfits who must band together to stop the world from ending....

‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Review: New Country, New House, Same Mockumentary Vampire Laughs [SXSW] By Matt Donato/March 9, 2019 11:25 am EST “Documentary” in quotations because, you know, if it were real (which Waititi and Clement both insisted). Following the structure of a Real World docuseries, four vampires permit camera operators to record their daily lives and blow the lid of Dracula-heavy myths. Nandor (Kayvan Novak) “The Relentless” still retains mannerisms from his life as an Ottoman Empire soldier, “Familiar” Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) does many an evil bidding on behalf of Nandor, Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) and Laszlo (Matt Berry) are immortal gothic lovers, plus there’s Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch), an avoided “Energy Vampire” (drains your lifeforce through boring conversation)....

Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Trial Of The Chicago 7’ Shuts Down Pre-Production By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 12, 2018 12:10 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Variety has word from Amblin Entertainment that they shut down production in order to allow writer/director Aaron Sorkin to focus on his Broadway adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, which opens Thursday. Here’s what Amblin said in their official statement: However, additional details from The Hollywood Reporter say, “Budgetary concerns forced the company to pull the plug on the feature project....

FilmAid Broadcast Part 4 - Jason Reitman And Bryan Singer By Slashfilmcast/June 8, 2013 12:00 pm EST In Part 4 of our FilmAid broadcast, directors Jason Reitman and Bryan Singer join us to discuss their formative cinematic experiences, what a Reitman-directed Ghostbusters film would look like, what it’s like to plan the next X-Men film, and why Jason is doing live reads these days. If you want to support the cause we’re promoting, please head over to filmaid....

FX’s ‘Mrs. America’ Will Bring Cate Blanchett To TV By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 30, 2018 11:30 am EST Cate Blanchett is coming to American TV for the first time ever. The acclaimed actress will star in the FX limited series Mrs. America, about the true story to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Blanchett will play 1970s constitutional lawyer and conservative political activist Phyllis Schlafly in the series, which is set to begin production in 2019....

Jonah Hill Continues His Directorial Career With Vampire Weekend ‘Sunflower’ Music Video, Featuring Jerry Seinfeld By Chris Evangelista/March 13, 2019 5:30 pm EST Jonah Hill made his directorial debut last year with mid90s, and he already has a follow-up ready. This isn’t a film, though – it’s a music video. Hill has directed a Vampire Weekend music video for the song “Sunflower,” and he’s somehow managed to recruit Jerry Seinfeld to make an appearance....

Judy Blume’s ‘Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret’ Is Finally Becoming A Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 18, 2018 10:00 am EST Are you there Hollywood? It’s Judy Blume, finally allowing the movie industry to take a crack at her most beloved novel. The author has been famously reluctant to let Hollywood adapt her hugely influential 1970 coming-of-age novel Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, but has now granted the rights to the team behind The Edge of Seventeen....

M. Night Shyamalan’s First Cut Of ‘Glass’ Was 3 Hours And 20 Minutes Long By Ben Pearson/Dec. 12, 2018 5:00 pm EST When Glass, director M. Night Shyamalan’s long-awaited sequel to both 2000’s Unbreakable and 2017’s Split, arrives in theaters next year, it will clock in at just over two hours. But Shyamalan has revealed in an interview that his original cut came in at three hours and twenty minutes – more than an hour and a half longer than Unbreakable and more than eighty minutes longer than Split....

MoviePass Still Exists, Signs Three Picture Deal With Bruce Willis By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 19, 2018 6:30 am EST Hey, did you know MoviePass was still around? It’s true! Not only that, but so is MoviePass Films, the folks that brought us Gotti. And now, the company is jumping from John Travolta to Bruce Willis. Willis has just signed a three picture deal with MoviePass Films, which will kick-off with something called Trauma Center....

Now Scream This: 10 Great Horror Movies About Children In Peril By /Film Staff/April 10, 2019 7:00 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, in “honor” of upcoming Conjurverse entry The Curse of La Llorona, Chris and I are dishing on children in peril....

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Young Adult (GUEST: Tasha Robinson From AV Club) By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 27, 2011 4:45 am EST In this episode, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss Young Adult. How did the Reitman/Cody team do this time around in depicting life in small town America? Tune in to find out! Special guest Tasha Robinson joins us from AV Club. Be sure to check out Tasha’s awesome podcast, Reasonable Discussions....

The Morning Watch: Creating The Millennium Falcon For ‘Solo’, Hidden CGI In Movies & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 27, 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, dive into the making of the Millennium Falcon by Industrial Light and Magic for Solo: A Star Wars Story....

YouTube Taps The Brakes On Scripted Shows, Will Make All Original Content Free In 2019 By Jacob Hall/Nov. 27, 2018 2:00 pm EST In an official statement (via Variety), YouTube couched all of this in the kind of vague business-speak that includes phrases like “global fanbase” and “the YouTube generation” and so on: If one were to read between the lines, you get a pretty clear picture of what happened here – YouTube Premium isn’t exactly lighting the world on fire, so everyone involved is rethinking the kind of content they want to create and how they want to serve it to their audience of billions....

‘Child’s Play’ Remake Trailer Breakdown: Hey, This Doesn’t Look Awful By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 8, 2019 9:00 am EST The Child’s Play remake trailer is here, and…it looks okay? If you’ve been reading my work here at /Film, you know I’m not a fan of the idea of this film. I’m a die hard Child’s Play franchise fan, and there was no need to launch a remake. For one thing, the original franchise is still going, with original creator Don Mancini at the helm....