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/Filmcast Ep. 465 - Avengers: Infinity War By Slashfilmcast/May 1, 2018 11:18 pm EST David, Devindra, Jeff, and Kristy delve into Marvel’s latest ambitious, audacious entry into the superhero genre. 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. Download the episode or listen/subscribe below: Featured review: Avengers: Infinity War Credits Editing assistance for this episode was provided by Brian Davids....

‘Hail Satan?’ Trailer: What If Satanists Aren’t As Evil As Everyone Thinks? By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 27, 2019 2:00 pm EST Those who worship at the throne of Satan are deemed evil by a majority of the population. But what if their ideas aren’t any less radical than those who practice Christianity or other God-worshiping religions? The new documentary Hail Satan? shines a light on those who identify with the frequently persecuted religion known as Satanism and are treated like outcasts....

‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’ Teaser: Pokémon Go-Style Mobile Game Is Coming In 2019 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 14, 2018 4:00 pm EST Niantic has another mobile game on its way that will force nerds to go outside. The developer of Pokémon Go has released the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite teaser for the long-delayed Harry Potter augmented reality mobile game, which is now set to arrive in 2019. Harry Potter Wizards Unite Teaser...

‘Rocketman’ Video Features Taron Egerton Actually Singing, Unlike A Certain Oscar Winner By Ben Pearson/Feb. 25, 2019 12:30 pm EST If Rami Malek won an Oscar largely for lip synching as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, that should mean Hollywood is going to award Taron Egerton with an Oscar in the upcoming Elton John biopic Rocketman for actually singing…right? Egerton took the stage with the legendary musician to sing “Tiny Dancer,” and the timing of this performance strikes me as interesting: as Malek picked up his trophy on the Oscar stage, Egerton was belting out a tune and potentially kicking off a possible Best Actor campaign for next year’s Oscars....

‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Tackles The Concept Of Change, Features “Fatter” Version Of Hopper By Ben Pearson/May 23, 2019 3:00 pm EST We’re six weeks away from seeing Stranger Things season 3, and as anticipation rises for the return of the Netflix series, a few more details have slipped out about what we can expect in the new episodes. Specifically, series creators/showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer have explained that this season deals with the notion of change, and actor David Harbour says we can expect to see a “fatter” version of his character, Sheriff Jim Hopper....

‘The Magicians’ Season Premiere Review: The Wildest Fantasy On TV Is Off To A Spellbinding Start By Vanessa Armstrong/Jan. 24, 2019 12:30 pm EST At San Diego Comic-Con last year, The Magicians co-creator Sera Gamble said the show strived to end on a cliffhanger each season in order to keep the fans (and the writers) guessing what happens next. The end of Season 3 was no exception, where the magicians we know and love successfully bring back magic only to have Dean Fogg wipe their memories and give them magic-free identities and lives....

Did You Catch The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Showrunners’ Cameo? Plus, Watch A Teaser For The Show’s Penultimate Episode By Ben Pearson/May 6, 2019 2:30 pm EST Last night’s episode of Game of Thrones was a brutal return to form for the show after its huge battle episode, and amid all of the survivors’ drunken revelry, you may have missed a cameo from David Benioff and Dan Weiss, the co-creators and showrunners of the series....

Fifth And Final ‘The Purge’ Movie Sets Its Release Date For July 2020 By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 13, 2019 1:30 pm EST Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Pictures will be holding their last Purge. The fifth and final The Purge movie is set to open in theaters in July 2020, bringing to an end the series created by James DeMonaco that went from sleeper horror hit to critically acclaimed franchise. Universal and Blumhouse have set a release date for the fifth The Purge film, which is currently being called the “Untitled Next Purge Chapter....

Kenneth Branagh On Playing Shakespeare In ‘All Is True’ And If He’s Caught Up On The MCU [Interview] By Steven Prokopy/May 17, 2019 12:00 pm EST Although he has tackled roles and projects varied in scope, both on the stage and screen, actor/director Kenneth Branagh made his name by bringing the plays of William Shakespeare to the masses (much like his hero, Lawrence Olivier) through a series of films that attracted an array of well-known faces, staged in ways that made the sometimes impenetrable words of the Bard accessible and joyous....

Netflix Orders World War II Live-Action/Animated Hybrid Series ‘The Liberator’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 16, 2018 6:30 am EST Netflix is breaking new ground in the animation industry with its new live-action/CGI animation hybrid series, The Liberator. The streaming service has ordered the World War II animated series that combines live-action performance with “state of the art” CGI with a never-before-used technology called Trioscope Enhanced Hybrid Animation. Netflix is doing more than simply becoming a haven for bold, radical, and creative animated projects, it’s helping to spearhead the use of animation technology in a way that has never been done before....

The ‘Cats’ Movie Sent Taylor Swift To Cat School By Chris Evangelista/May 11, 2019 10:00 am EST None of us has seen a single frame of the Cats movie, but the film community seems obsessed with the big screen adaptation of the Broadway musical – for all the wrong reasons. Rather than have the actors dress up in cat costumes like the musical, the movie is employing tech to digitally turn the cast into realistic-looking cat-people....

The Best TV Shows & Movies Leaving Netflix In February 2019 By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 23, 2019 2:00 pm EST Even though you should be spending part of this month catching up on the movies you might have missed that ended up nominated for Oscars, you’ll still want to hit up Netflix to check out some movies leaving the streaming service before the end of the month. They include one of the best zombie movies of all-time, the best installment of the Bourne franchise, Kevin Smith’s career-launching indie, one of Alfonso Cuarón’s most incredibly made movies, and more....

The Morning Watch: Pokémon Bootleg Universe Trailer, Tom Hanks & Tim Allen Visit Toy Story Land & More By Ethan Anderton/June 26, 2019 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....

The Unpopular Opinion: 10 Years Later, Zack Snyder’s ‘Watchmen’ Is The Best-Case-Scenario For Anyone Adapting The Comic By Leigh Monson/March 6, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly beloved by all. In this edition: Zack Snyder’s Watchmen adaptation is a best case scenario situation.)I will be the first to admit that Zack Snyder’s interpretation of Watchmen isn’t perfect....

Trailer Round-Up: ‘Shoplifters’, ‘The Emu War’, ‘Fair Game’, ‘Unlovable’, ‘Mirzapur’, ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 23, 2018 12:00 pm EST We usually devote entire stories to trailers for bigger, more popular films. But we like to give every movie a fair shake. So when trailers for smaller films, and other oddities, pop up, it’s time for a good old fashioned trailer round-up. Below, check out some trailers for movies that might have slipped through the cracks, or might not be on your radar at all....

Two Threads Run Through All Four ‘Poison Ivy’ Films, And One Isn’t What You Think By Rob Hunter/Feb. 20, 2019 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to DTV Descent, a series that explores the weird and wild world of direct-to-video sequels to theatrically released movies. In this edition, things get dirty with inappropriately seductive women, idiotically horndog men, and venomous plants in name only.) I didn’t intentionally make the title of this week’s column sound like a math problem, but if it’s any consolation the films we’re looking at today require very little in the way of heavy thinking....

VOTD: How ‘Captain Marvel’ Should Have Ended By Ethan Anderton/April 25, 2019 6:30 am EST Captain Marvel was the last film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to hit the big screen before Avengers: Endgame kicked off the summer box office with a bang. Though the film does a solid job introducing us to Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) as the Air Force pilot turned cosmic superhero known as Captain Marvel, it’s held back slightly by feeling like a set-up for her character to make a big impact in Avengers: Endgame....

‘Annabelle Comes Home’ First Look Promises More Creepy Doll Action By Chris Evangelista/March 26, 2019 7:30 am EST If you’ve been craving more creepy dolls in your life, today’s your lucky day! James Wan, grandaddy of the spooktacular Conjuring Universe, shared a first-look at Annabelle Comes Home, the third entry in the Annabelle series. Once again, that damn scary doll will be front and center. And in a nice change of pace, Conjuring stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga – who usually don’t bother appearing in these spin-offs – will have parts in the film, although they won’t be the main characters....

‘Dark Phoenix’ Reshoots Changed The Big Action Climax By Chris Evangelista/April 26, 2019 11:30 am EST You know what’s exciting? Space! The final frontier! Vast and mysterious! But who needs space when you can have…a train. At least, that was the thinking behind the Dark Phoenix reshoots. A new piece about the production reveals that the filmmakers behind the latest X-Men movie changed the film’s big climactic action setting from being in outer space to being on board a train, which is probably just as thrilling....

/Filmcast Ep. 263 - The Wind Rises By Slashfilmcast/March 14, 2014 10:31 pm EST David and Devindra praise Eva Green’s insane performance in 300: Rise of an Empire, discuss whether or not 20 Feet from Stardom should have beaten The Act of Killing act the Oscars, and dissect the latest (and last?) Miyazaki film, the controversial The Wind Rises. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....