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Daily Podcast: Movies We’re Embarrassed We Haven’t Seen Yet, Chris Rock Rebooting Saw & More By Peter Sciretta/May 16, 2019 12:23 pm EST On the May 16, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Saw, Iron Man, John Carpenter, Ghostbusters, Martin Scorsese, and Evil Dead. And in the Mailbag, we’ll talk about movies we are embarrassed we haven’t seen yet....

Listen To Two ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Songs And Add Some Whimsy Into Your Joyless Life By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 27, 2018 8:30 am EST This holiday season, Mary Poppins Returns, and she means business. The sequel the classic Disney musical finds Emily Blunt taking up Mary’s magic umbrella, and teaming up with Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda. Like the original Mary Poppins, this follow-up film is a musical, and you owe it to yourself to stop whatever menial task your performing right now and listen to two Mary Poppins Returns songs below....

Dark Phoenix Featurettes First up, X-Men launched the comic book movie craze as we knew it. Though there were a handful of comic book movies released in the preceding decades, the success of X-Men had studios investing in every property they could get their hands on, nearly a decade before the Marvel Cinematic Universe was ever being developed. This new featurette looks back at all of the X-Men movies that came before Dark Phoenix (including the first time the comic storyline was adapted in X-Men: The Last Stand) with clips from various cast members over the years talking about their work on the films, as well as behind the scenes footage....

New ‘Toy Story 4’ Merchandise Confirms ‘Incredibles 2’ Easter Egg And More New Characters By Ethan Anderton/March 18, 2019 7:30 am EST Toy Story 4 is coming to theaters this summer, whether you like it or not. The sequel feels like it has a bit of up an uphill battle to justify its existence after the ending of Toy Story 3 provided such a prefect conclusion. But since they have a new kid to play with in the form of the adorable Bonnie, I suppose they have a whole new world of adventures open to them....

Paul Greengrass’ Netflix Movie ‘22 July’ Is Getting A Pretty Wide Theatrical Release By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 1, 2018 4:30 pm EST Not too long ago, we found out Netflix was planning to release some of their movies directed by prestige filmmakers into theaters for a limited time alongside their debut in the streaming library. Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma was one of the titles, but it sounds like Paul Greengrass’ thriller 22 July will be the one getting a wider release on the big screen....

Peter Dinklage And Matt Reeves Unite For Netflix’s ‘Last Sons Of America’ By Ben Pearson/Feb. 8, 2019 2:15 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Dinklage will play Julian, one of the brothers at the center of the story, and Deadline says the setting will be shifted to Colombia instead of Nicaragua. Addition casting is underway, but Dinklage is the only actor attached at the moment....

Sequel Bits: ‘xXx 4’, ‘Space Jam 2’, ‘Sky High’, ‘RoboCop’, ‘Candyman’, ‘Furious 9’, ‘Jay And Silent Bob Reboot’, ‘Bridesmaids’, ‘Bill And Ted 3’ By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 3, 2019 12:00 pm EST In this edition of sequel bits: xXx 4 finds its composer. Space Jam 2 might start filming in the summer. The Sky High sequel we never saw. The new RoboCop is very connected to the first film. Tony Todd said no to Candyman vs....

Superhero Bits: New ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Single, People’s Choice Award Winners & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 12, 2018 6:00 pm EST Rest in peace Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, who passed away this morning in Los Angeles. Without him, we would have significantly less bits about superheroes to write about. We’ll miss you, Stan. How much money did Venom make in its opening weekend in China? How much more popular was Luke Cage than Iron Fist on Netflix?...

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 168 - The Quest For Control (GUEST: Eric D. Snider From Film.com) By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 11, 2011 4:37 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 /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Her By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 24, 2013 6:00 pm EST Dave and Devindra discuss Spike Jonze’s newest love story, Her. 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: SHOWNOTES Featured Reviews (0:35) Her (19:00) SPOILERS The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Her By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 24, 2013 6:00 pm EST...

The Final Season Of ‘Legion’ Casts ‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Harry Lloyd As Professor X By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 5, 2019 9:00 am EST Legion has landed Harry Lloyd as Professor X, though the extent of the character’s involvement in the end of the series has yet to be revealed. Lloyd may best be known for his role on Game of Thrones as Viserys Targaryen, the corrupt, doomed brother of Emilia Clarke’s Daenerys Targaryen....

The Russo Brothers Explain Why ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Doesn’t Have An End-Credits Scene By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 1, 2019 7:30 am EST There’s a finality to Avengers: Endgame that extends all the way to its end credits scene which…doesn’t happen. It’s the first time in 11 years and 22 movies that a Marvel Studios movie hasn’t employed a mid- or end-credits scene, the first of which kicked off an entire cinematic universe with the appearance of Nick Fury at the end of 2008’s Iron Man....

VOTD: Topher Grace’s ‘Toy Story 4 Ever’ Remembers The Entire Pixar Franchise In 3 Minutes By Ethan Anderton/June 25, 2019 4:00 pm EST Toy Story 4 is in theaters now, and the film somehow serves as a perfect ending to the Pixar Animation franchise. We don’t know if there are any plans to continue the story of these beloved toys (we hope there aren’t), so in the meantime, we’ll just act like this is the end of our playtime with Pixar’s first feature film friends....

Zack Snyder Announces Three-Day Event With Director’s Cut Screenings Of ‘Watchmen’, ‘Batman V Superman’, And ‘Dawn Of The Dead’ By Ben Pearson/March 1, 2019 4:00 pm EST Zack Snyder, who somehow went from being a fascinating visual stylist to one of the biggest lightning rod filmmakers in Hollywood, has announced a three-day event in which he will showcase director’s cuts of three of his movies: Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice....

‘Black Mirror’ Season 5 Posters Reveal The Future You Should Have Seen Coming Is Here By Chris Evangelista/May 28, 2019 2:30 pm EST Black Mirror season 5 is set to bring three new tales of technological terror your way next week. We’ve already been blessed with new trailers for the three new episodes, and now we have some posters to match. In typical Black Mirror fashion, the posters are vague enough to not give really much of anything away....

‘Bumblebee’ Made Some Big Changes To Distance Itself From Michael Bay’s ‘Transformers’ Movies By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 2, 2019 11:30 am EST The Transformers spin-off Bumblebee hit theaters just before Christmas. While the film certainly didn’t bomb at the box office, debuting in the #3 spot, it’s having some trouble matching up to the success that Aquaman and Mary Poppins Returns have had on the charts. That’s a real shame, especially since this is easily the best film in the Transformers franchise, and a big part of that achievement comes from taking a step back from the Michael Bay movies....

‘Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki’ Clip: The Legendary Anime Filmmaker Works With His First CG Creation By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 16, 2018 11:00 am EST Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki chronicles the inevitable un-retirement of its legendary subject, but despite the predictable return of Hayao Miyazaki to the world of animation, the Kaku Arakawa documentary has a few surprises hidden up its sleeves. Namely, Miyazaki’s first dalliance with an entirely CG-animated project. The famous advocate for traditional hand-drawn animation, who notoriously once called an AI-animated short “an insult to life itself,” tackles his first CG-animated film with the short Boro the Caterpillar....

‘Official Secrets’ Trailer: Keira Knightley Tries To Stop The Iraq War By Ethan Anderton/June 13, 2019 7:30 am EST When the United States decided to declare war on Iraq, it was because there was apparently evidence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that he could use to wreak havoc on the world. But as we’ve learned since then, it seems that intelligence might have been manipulated to force a war that didn’t need to happen....

‘Paddleton’ Trailer: Mark Duplass And Ray Romano Laugh In The Face Of Death By Ben Pearson/Jan. 15, 2019 5:00 pm EST In the mid-2000s, Mark Duplass made a name for himself with a low-budget indie called The Puffy Chair and helped introduce the burgeoning “mumblecore” movement to cinephiles. Now, after a decade of near-constant movie appearances and starring on television shows like Togetherness and The League, Duplass is still embracing his low-budget roots by starring in a new movie called Paddleton....

‘The Wizard Of Oz’ Revisited: How The 1939 Masterpiece Became A Cinematic Classic For The Ages By Jessica Mason/June 7, 2019 9:00 am EST (Welcome to 1939: Revisited, a column dedicated to taking a look back at some of the films of one of the most highly-praised years in film history and explaining why they still matter today. In this inaugural entry: Jessica Mason takes a whirlwind twister ride and revisits The Wizard of Oz....