/Filmcast Ep. 198 - Jaws (GUEST: Quint From Ain’t It Cool News) By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 26, 2012 8:42 pm EST This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam marvel at the sights of Samsara, wonder what happened to all the great action stars, acknowledge the pleasures of Peter Berg’s Battleship, and explain why Jaws (now out on Blu-Ray) is one of the best movies of all time. Special guest Eric Vespe (AKA Quint) joins us from Ain’t It Cool News....
‘I Am The Night’ Trailer: Chris Pine Screams “Can You Dig It?” In Patty Jenkins’ New Limited Series By Ben Pearson/Nov. 26, 2018 1:30 pm EST If you’re a sucker for Los Angeles-based noir stories, you’re in luck. Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins and actor Chris Pine are teaming up for a new limited television series called I Am The Night, which looks like it could be a hell of a way to kick off 2019....
‘John Wick Chapter 3’ Character Posters Introduce The Players, Including A New Villain By Chris Evangelista/March 20, 2019 1:30 pm EST There’s a new John Wick Chapter 3 trailer headed our way tomorrow, but if you need more Wick in your life immediately, you’re luck. A set of character posters just arrived, giving us our first looks at some new characters – including Jason Mantzoukas as the Tick Tock Man, someone bound to be everyone’s new favorite figure in the franchise....
‘Mandy 2’: Director Reveals His Idea For A Sequel That Probably Won’t Happen By Ben Pearson/Oct. 25, 2018 5:00 pm EST Panos Cosmatos’s Mandy is what happens when an uncompromising filmmaker shoots a revenge thriller as a psychotic, neon nightmare. It’s a jaw-dropping movie that operates on its own rhythm, unconcerned with convention or tradition and slowly unleashing more and more chaos on its protagonist, a revenge-seeking madman played by Nicolas Cage....
‘Surfer: Teen Confronts Fear’ Delivers An Incompetent, Bizarre And Worthy Successor To ‘The Room’ By Andrew Todd/Sept. 28, 2018 11:00 am EST In popular cinematic discourse, few phrases are as poorly-applied as “so bad it’s good.” That phrase suggests a continuum of quality, with a sweet spot in which a movie can entertain despite – or because of – its ineptitude. That’s nonsense. Any continuum of quality would have to exist three-dimensionally to account for the vastness of cinema, and four-dimensionally to account for “that” kind of film....
‘The Lodge’ Trailer Advises You To Not Get Snowed-In With Riley Keough By Chris Evangelista/April 18, 2019 5:00 pm EST The Lodge was one of the best films I saw at Sundance this year – a chilly, slow-burning nightmare that’s bound to give horror fans a jolt. What makes this creeper so effective is how unpredictable it is, which means you might want to go into The Lodge with as little info as possible....
FilmStruck Shutting Down Next Month Because We Can’t Have Nice Things By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 26, 2018 8:16 am EST Hey, this sucks! In a move that has me so upset that I’m near apoplectic, WarnerMedia is shutting down FilmStruck, one of the very best streaming services out there. Turner and WB Digital Networks cite a lack of significant subscriptions behind the move, because this is a hell world where wonderful things just can’t survive....
New Data Suggests ‘Daredevil’ Season 4 Could Be In Danger By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 25, 2018 3:00 pm EST Netflix cancelled Iron Fist and Luke Cage, and now it looks like the Man Without Fear might be next. New data is hinting that Daredevil season 4 likely won’t happen. Netflix doesn’t release ratings, but interest in a show is often tracked via social media engagement. Trends suggest that Daredevil season 3 is pulling in less-than-desirable numbers on social media, which could spell the end for the series....
‘Dear White People’ Season 3 Tackles Problematic Heroes And Jumps One Semester Ahead [TCA 2019] By Fred Topel/Feb. 8, 2019 3:30 pm EST Dear White People has always used topical issues to inspire its storylines. Season one dealt with the aftermath of a blackface party on a college campus and an incident of police violence. Season two dealt with social media trolls and the rise of the alt-right. Series creator Justin Simien told the Television Critics Association what season three would tackle when the press visited the set of the show’s third season....
/Filmcast Ep. 339 - Steve Jobs By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 27, 2015 12:45 am EST David, Devindra, and Jeff figure out a 3-stage system for shushing people at the symphony, debate the merits of YouTube Red, and marvel at one-shot wonder Victoria. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or Play Now in your Browser:Subscribe to the /Filmcast:...
/Filmcast Ep. 490 - Halloween By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 23, 2018 7:00 pm EST Congrats to Devindra on his new arrival! You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook. Shownotes (all timestamps are approximate only) What We’ve Been Watching (~14:00) David: Venom, A Star Is Born, Bad Times at the El Royal,, First Man, The Night Comes for Us, Making a Murder S2 Jeff: American Vandal S1 Featured Reviews (~50:00) Halloween...
‘Gatz’: A ‘Great Gatsby’ Origin Series Featuring A Young, Hot, Mixed-Race Gatsby Is Coming To YouTube Premium By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 20, 2018 2:30 pm EST This Great Gatsby origin series is being developed at YouTube Premium, which will reimagine the tragic figure in the Fitzgerald classic novel as a mixed-race man, based on some academic theories that posit that Jay Gatsby was mixed race. But because this is an origin story TV series, you can bet that this Jay Gatsby will at least be hot and young, and possibly solving mysteries....
‘Halloween’ At 40: How John Carpenter’s Original Film Frames Itself As A Violent Coming-Of-Age Movie By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 25, 2018 12:00 pm EST On October 25, 1978, John Carpenter’s Halloween, the original Golden Age slasher movie and greatest of them all, hit theaters. It’s been four full decades now since audiences met Michael Myers, whose reign of masked terror has spanned eleven films. The most recent sequel, also titled Halloween, is the best-reviewed installment in the franchise since 1978 and last weekend, it broke the box office record for slasher movie openings....
‘Killing Eve’ Season 2 Trailer: Sometimes When You Love Someone, You Will Do Crazy Things By Chris Evangelista/March 8, 2019 7:00 am EST Oh hey, the best show on TV is back. A new Killing Eve season 2 trailer just dropped, setting up a whole new series of deadly encounters between Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer. Season 1 ended with MI6 agent Eve Polastri finally catching up with deadly assassin Villanelle, whom she is just a little obsessed with – and the feeling is mutual....
‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’: Oscar Winner Releases Its First 9 Minutes Online By Ben Pearson/Feb. 28, 2019 2:45 pm EST If seeing Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse win the Best Animated Feature Oscar at this past weekend’s Academy Awards made you want to rewatch the film immediately, we have good news: it’s available to own right now on Digital HD. But if you’d rather wait for the Blu-ray/DVD, the studio has released the first nine minutes of the film online for free as an extended preview....
‘Stieg Larsson: The Man Who Played With Fire’ Trailer Reveals The Unknown Story Of The ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Author By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 26, 2019 9:00 am EST Stieg Larsson is the writer who created the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series – something you’re probably aware of. But how much do you know about Larsson himself? Larsson died of a heart attack in 2004, and his name has been associated primarily with the Dragon Tattoo series ever since....
‘The Current War’ Release Date Set For October After Two Year Delay By Chris Evangelista/May 21, 2019 3:30 pm EST After premiering at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, The Current War was set to open in November of that year. The film was supposed to be a Weinstein Company release, but when the sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein effectively killed TWC, The Current War was pulled from the release schedule....
‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga’ Trailer: The Wu-Tang Clan Origin Story Comes To Hulu By Chris Evangelista/July 7, 2019 7:00 am EST A mere movie wouldn’t be enough to cover the formative years of the Wu-Tang Clan. Instead, the origin story of the group will be covered in an entire TV series from Hulu. Wu-Tang: An American Saga follows the members of the Wu-Tang Clan as they come together in early ’90s New York....
‘Zombieland 2’ Gets A First Poster, Adds Rosario Dawson By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 30, 2019 6:30 am EST You don’t have to double tap to make sure that Zombieland 2 is showing signs of life. The long-awaited horror-comedy sequel is full speed ahead, releasing its first teaser “poster” in a classic tongue-in-cheek move that suits the film’s dark comedy tone. The teaser poster also reveals the full Zombieland 2 title, just as the Sony Pictures movie adds a new member to its cast....
Emergency Podcast: Holy Crap, James Gunn Rehired For Guardians Of The Galaxy 3!!!!!!!!!! By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2019 1:16 pm EST On the March 15, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in Chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Hoai-Tran Bui, for an Emergency Episode to discuss the breaking news that James Gunn has been rehired by Disney to direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3, and to discuss a couple bits of latest film and tv news, including, Apple’s streaming service and Game of Thrones season 8....
