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Now Scream This: 10 Oscar-Worthy Horror Movies Streaming Right Now By /Film Staff/Feb. 26, 2019 12:00 pm 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: Welcome to our new post-Oscars reality where Green Book is your (Academy voted) Best Picture of 2018. The bad thing happened, Academy members proved themselves clueless once again, and life moves on....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 73 - Making Trick ‘R Treat (GUEST: Mike Dougherty, Director Of Trick ‘R Treat) By Slashfilmcast/Nov. 1, 2009 8:40 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 Fight For ‘Wynonna Earp’ Season 4: Why The Hit Show Isn’t Back To Filming And What Fans Are Doing About It By Shana Oneil/March 22, 2019 9:00 am EST Production on season 4 of SYFY’s hit series Wynonna Earp should be chugging along right now. Melanie Scrofano should be swearing in new and creative ways. Creator and showrunner Emily Andras should be wrangling cast, crew, and production staff. Fans should be clamoring for pictures and sneak peeks and any little bit of information they can glean from their favorite show on television....

This Week In Trailers: Bosch: The Garden Of Dreams, The Proposal, Easy, Critters Attack!, The Professor By Christopher Stipp/April 27, 2019 8:00 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?...

Tom Cruise Demands You Turn Off Your Motion Smoothing By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 5, 2018 8:00 am EST Tom Cruise took a break from cheating death to offer-up an important public service announcement: turn your god damn motion smoothing off, people. Cruise and his frequent collaborator and Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie got together to helpfully let you know that motion smoothing looks like absolute garbage, and the best way for you to watch Fallout – or any movie – at home is to turn that unnecessary feature off....

/Filmcast Ep. 113 - Piranha 3D (GUEST: Tasha Robinson From AV Club) By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 24, 2010 6:11 pm EST This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley reflect on the ethics of basing a film on a true story, share their thoughts on Johnnie To, and praise Bong Joon Ho’s directorial debut, Barking Dogs Never Bite (now out on DVD). Special guest Tasha Robinson from AV Club joins us for this episode....

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Early Buzz: As Expected, Pretty Much Everyone Loves This Movie By Ben Pearson/Nov. 29, 2018 9:54 pm EST The social media embargo for Mary Poppins Returns has lifted like an otherworldly nanny floating up into the sky, and the early buzz is rolling in. Do critics find the Emily Blunt-starring Mary Poppins sequel magical? Does Lin-Manuel Miranda shine in his first big screen role? Does director Rob Marshall rekindle the spirit of the original?...

‘Swamp Thing’ Trailer: The Horrors Of The Swamp Will Be Revealed By Chris Evangelista/May 28, 2019 9:13 am EST The full Swamp Thing trailer is here in all its icky horror. The new DC Universe show brings the DC comics character to life, with producer James Wan working behind-the-scenes. Swamp Thing underwent some production woes earlier this year, reducing its first season from a planned thirteen episodes down to only ten....

Ben Wheatley Dreams Of Manderley, Will Adapt ‘Rebecca’ For Netflix With Armie Hammer And Lily James By Ben Pearson/Nov. 15, 2018 10:30 am EST “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” That’s the iconic opening line of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel Rebecca, a gothic thriller which largely takes place in an English estate called Manderley. The book has been adapted several times over the years (Orson Welles once starred in a radio version), but its most famous adaptation is the 1940 movie that stands as the only film Alfred Hitchcock directed which won Best Picture at the Oscars....

Even ‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Conleth Hill Isn’t A Fan Of The Last Two Seasons By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 14, 2019 2:30 pm EST As Game of Thrones nears its final episode, the debate over whether or not the show is gracefully wrapping up its sprawling storyline is reaching an all-time frenzy. Nothing better encapsulated that debate than this past Sunday’s penultimate episode “The Bells,” which is so divisive that it has some fans disowning the show altogether....

James Bond Will Never Be A Woman, According To Franchise Producer By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 8, 2018 10:30 am EST British pop culture just had a watershed moment for one of its most iconic characters last night with Jodie Whittaker’s debut as the first female Doctor in Doctor Who. But one British institution will probably stay the way it’s always been. At least, for the foreseeable future. James Bond, who has been portrayed by a similar revolving door of changing actors, will probably remain the same womanizing male spy who was first introduced in 1953....

Joe Alwyn On ‘The Favourite’ And His Busy 2018 In Movies [Interview] By Marshall Shaffer/Nov. 23, 2018 9:00 am EST Your eyes don’t deceive you – Joe Alwyn really is everywhere this year. Perhaps you missed his film debut in 2016’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Ang Lee’s ambitious foray into high-frame rate photography that grossed under $2 million stateside. Well, casting agents certainly didn’t. Alwyn appears in four films this year – Operation Finale, Boy Erased, Mary Queen of Scots and The Favourite, each of which showcases a different side of a versatile performer....

Star Wars Bits: Lots Of X-Wing Action, The Millennium Falcon Lands At Disneyland, And The Kessel Toy Run Returns By Rosie Knight/Nov. 4, 2018 10:00 am EST In This Edition of Star Wars Bits Oscar Isaac shares his feelings about filming Episode IX You can now discover what the inside of a Tauntan smells like Battlefront II is getting some awesome Clone Wars updates and much much more… X-Wing alert! Yep, we’ve got our first look at one of the iconic planes that Making Star Wars reports is from the set of Episode IX....

By Chris Evangelista/June 4, 2019 4:00 pm EST In the film, Travolta plays Moose, a man obsessed with a celebrity named Hunter Dunbar (played by Devon Sawa). Moose heads to Hollywood to meet Dunbar, but the meeting doesn’t go as planned: For what it’s worth, Travolta had very positive things to say about the film, saying last year that working with Fred Durst was “maybe my favorite experience I’ve had. He’s so generous and he’s such an artist....

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Shame (GUEST: Stephen Tobolowsky) By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 28, 2011 7:30 am EST In this episode, Dave chats with Stephen Tobolowsky about Steve McQueen’s controversial new film, Shame. Is the Michael Fassbender nudity worth the price of admission? The answer may surprise you. Come see Stephen and David LIVE at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle on January 7th, 2012! You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

The /Filmcast Audio Commentary - Step Up 2: The Streets By Slashfilmcast/Jan. 8, 2009 6:25 am EST The other day Jon Chu’s Step Up 2: The Streets was added to Netflix’s Watch Instantly program, making it available to millions of viewers for free. The question for us then became: Why not celebrate by doing an audio commentary on it? In their very first attempt at a movie commentary, Dave, Devindra, and Adam, discuss the hidden layers of meaning behind Step Up 2: The Streets....

The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen About Unfortunate Inheritances By Rob Hunter/Nov. 6, 2018 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. This week we’re thankful we don’t have wealthy relatives as we take a look at movies about the untimely deaths that come before and after inheritances!) Inheritances are something I’ll never have to actually deal with, sadly, but I still love seeing them used on plot set-ups in movies....

Watch The CBS Fall 2019 TV Series Trailers: ‘All Rise’, ‘The Unicorn,’ ‘FBI: Most Wanted’, ‘Evil’ & More By Ethan Anderton/May 17, 2019 1:30 pm EST Along with blockbuster summer, it’s also upfronts season in the television world, and that means we’re starting to glimpse of the new shows that will be coming to the small screen for the 2019-2020 season. We’ve already seen the new trailers for FOX, ABC and NBC shows, and now CBS has unveiled their primetime slate of new shows, and we have a first look at each of them with a round-up of trailers below....

Why HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Is 2019’s Most Vital, Terrifying And Relevant Horror Story By Rafael Motamayor/June 6, 2019 10:30 am EST A week before TV viewers witnessed a dragon burning thousands of people to death in Game of Thrones, and a couple of weeks before Godzilla fought Ghidora and Mothra stole our hearts in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, HBO released not only the best depiction of the dangers of radiation, but also the most terrifying TV series in years....

‘A Quiet Place 2’ Bringing Back John Krasinski To Direct, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, And Noah Jupe Also Returning [Updated] By Ben Pearson/Feb. 22, 2019 1:41 pm EST Update: The Hollywood Reporter says Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe, the actors who played the children in the first A Quiet Place, are in talks to reprise their roles in the sequel alongside Emily Blunt. Our original article follows, and you can get more updated details below....