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/Filmcast Ep. 382 - The Light Between Oceans By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 7, 2016 7:00 pm EST David and Devindra go Jeff-less for this week’s episode (Congratulations, Jeff!), and discuss Mike Birbiglia’s latest film, as well as if/how to confront parents with rowdy kids in a movie theater. 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. 508 - Captain Marvel By Slashfilmcast/March 8, 2019 5:30 pm EST David and Jeff are joined by Joanna Robinson, senior writer at Vanity Fair and co-host of A Cast of Kings, to talk about the much anticipated next entry in the Marvel franchise: Captain Marvel. Sandwiched between Infinity War and Endgame, does the first female superhero in the EMU live up to the hype? Stay after the feature review to hear how David installed his new OLED TV....

By Chris Evangelista/March 8, 2019 10:30 am EST Homecoming was inspired by the podcast of the same name, created by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg. While the podcast served as a jumping-off point, the TV series deviated from the original storyline considerably. Esmail commented on this when asked if season 2 of the show would follow the podcast story: Season 1 ended in a satisfying way, leaving things both open-ended and somewhat resolved – if that makes any sense....

‘Miracle Workers’ Trailer: Steve Buscemi Is God And Daniel Radcliffe Is An Angel In New TBS Series By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 6, 2018 4:00 pm EST Though they might not be huge hits in the ratings department, TBS has curated some fantastic comedies with incredible talent in recent years. Along with their consistently great late night presence featuring Conan O’Brien and Samantha Bee, they’ve also had outstanding shows like Detour, Wrecked, Search Party, Angie Tribeca, and The Final Space....

‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Final Season Trailer: Kimmy Wants To Change The World By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 16, 2019 12:30 pm EST Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper) is alive, dammit but she’s only got six more episodes to show it. The final six episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt are set to drop on Netflix at the end of this month, and the streaming service has released a final trailer to get us hyped about the adventures of our favorite Mole Woman....

2019 Golden Globe Winners: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ And ‘Green Book’ Win Big By Ben Pearson/Jan. 6, 2019 7:15 pm EST The 76th annual Golden Globe Awards aired last night, and hosts Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh kicked off the festivities live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel. We have a full list of all the winners as they were announced live last night. So check out all the 2019 Golden Globe winners below....

D23 Expo 2019 Schedule Announced, Featuring Marvel, Star Wars, Disney+ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 6, 2019 10:54 am EST San Diego Comic-Con may be losing its status as the premiere convention for all things geeky, but Disney’s biannual D23 Expo only grows in influence and anticipation every year. This year’s D23 is especially exciting with the upcoming November launch of Disney+, the Disney streaming platform that will feature original and already-released titles from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars....

Female ‘Cliffhanger’ Remake Coming From Ana Lily Amirpour By Chris Evangelista/May 8, 2019 11:30 am EST Ana Lily Amirpour, director of The Bad Batch and A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, is heading for the mountains with a female-driven Cliffhanger remake. Inspired by the 1993 Sylvester Stallone action film of the same name, this new Cliffhanger hopes to tap “into the primal side of an action movie.” Here’s a remake we can totally get behind: Ana Lily Amirpour’s Cliffhanger....

Madhouse The Violent Years The Dark Crystal Death Line (aka Raw Meat) Now Streaming on Shudder Release date: 1972Director: Gary ShermanCast: Donald Pleasence, Christopher Lee, and Norman RossingtonGuillermo del Toro counts Gary Sherman’s 1972 horror movie among his favorites – for good reason. The plot centers on a pair of investigators (Pleasence and Rossington) looking into a series of disappearances in the London Underground, and the young couple that find themselves a little too close to the grisly mystery....

Hilary Swank On Trusting Her Director And Playing Fake Siblings With Michael Shannon [Interview] By Steven Prokopy/Oct. 29, 2018 3:00 pm EST What They Had is about a lot of things, most of which are related to a family’s inability to talk about medical care, but bigger-picture dramas like the inability to please our parents no matter how hard we try and how we sometimes lose our voice and dreams by trying to live up to certain familial expectations....

How Clint Eastwood’s “Man With No Name” Persona Has Evolved Over 50 Years By Scott Beggs/Dec. 17, 2018 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to Role Call, where we examine two performances from an actor – their first defining role and their most recent/last – to get a sense of who they are.) There are two options when you picture Clint Eastwood. His image has been frozen in amber twice during his career, offering us only the cigar-chomping, heavily tanned silence of Sergio Leone’s “Dollars Trilogy” and the gray-headed, lawn protector of Gran Torino....

New Blu-Ray Releases: ‘Incredibles 2’, ‘Creepshow’, ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’, ‘The Princess Bride’, ‘Sorry To Bother You’ By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 31, 2018 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Not Dead Yet, a feature dedicated to new Blu-ray releases and what special features you should be excited about. Because yes, some of us still like to own physical copies of our movies.) Here are the new Blu-ray releases and their special features you should check out this week and beyond....

The Best Movies Streaming Right Now The Commuter Ricochet Now Streaming On MAX Go Release Date: 1991Genre: Sleazy Action MovieDirector: Russell MulcahyCast: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, and Lindsay WagnerRicochet feels like a film that time forgot – which means it’s perfect for rediscovery. This is a sleazy, nasty, hyper-violent action movie that borders on horror territory. Denzel Washington plays a former cop turned Assistant District Attorney who has his entire life turned upside down and sent straight to hell when a hitman he put away 8 years ago comes back for revenge....

Sega Vs. Nintendo Tale ‘Console Wars’ Becoming A Limited Series, ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts To Direct By Jacob Hall/Nov. 28, 2018 3:06 pm EST Top five favorite business rivalries – go! Coca-Cola versus Pepsi. Edison versus Tesla. Marvel versus DC. Disney versus Universal. And, of course, Nintendo versus Sega. That latter was the subject of the 2015 book Console Wars, which tells the tale of how the scrappy video game company Sega took on the colossal industry titan Nintendo in the ’90s, fought hard, grew fast, and ultimately flew too close to the sun....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 141 - Visual Awe And Hyperbolic Discounting By Slashfilmcast/April 10, 2011 5:00 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: After Dark - Ep. 94 - Citizen Kane, How Green Was My Valley, And Unique Movie Experiences By Slashfilmcast/April 11, 2010 2:26 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. - Comic-Con 2016 By Slashfilmcast/July 26, 2016 10:28 pm EST David, Peter, and Brad from slashfilm.com discuss Comic-Con 2016, giving their take on their favorite panels, most memorable moments, and the best footage shown. 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: The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep....

The Only Thing More Brutal Than Last Night’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ Was The Final Episode Of ‘Veep’ By Jacob Hall/May 13, 2019 9:30 am EST On HBO last night, viewers watched in horror as a power-mad woman sold her soul and devastated a land she claimed to love in order to achieve maximum power at the expense of countless innocents. And there was also an episode of Game of Thrones where Daenerys Targaryen killed a bunch of people....

The Unpopular Opinion: ‘Glass’ Is A Bold And Brilliant Climax To M. Night Shyamalan’s Superhero Trilogy By Britt Hayes/Jan. 18, 2019 9:00 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: M. Night Shyamalan’s critically lambasted Glass is actually good!)Reactions from critics to the Unbreakable trilogy have grown increasingly divisive with each film – not unlike reactions to M....

Why The ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Final Scene Doesn’t Break The MCU, According To The Russo Brothers By Ethan Anderton/April 30, 2019 1:30 pm EST Avengers: Endgame is a satisfying conclusion to the first era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a number of reasons. Not only does it deliver a hefty dose of incredible comic book action and raw, genuine emotion, but it gives many of the characters satisfying, definitive character arcs....