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‘Missing Link’ Review: Another Stop-Motion Miracle From Laika By Josh Spiegel/April 8, 2019 11:00 am EST Like the other films from Laika Animation Studios, Missing Link is a breath of fresh air. Laika’s films are all welcome reminders of the value and beauty of art made by hand. The attention to every last detail in a given shot for stop-motion animation is staggering; by that metric, Missing Link is the studio’s most visually accomplished and ambitious film to date....

Captain Marvel Can Time Travel, According To Samuel L. Jackson By Ben Pearson/Jan. 8, 2019 1:41 pm EST In the wake of all of our own Captain Marvel set visit coverage today, a different report from a separate set visit includes a jaw-dropping quote from star Samuel L. Jackson about Marvel Studios’ new title character. Jackson, who plays a younger version of Nick Fury in the new movie, says Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) can time travel....

Daily Podcast: ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Director Rob Marshall On That Big Live-Action/Animated Scene, Easter Eggs, And More By Ben Pearson/Dec. 31, 2018 6:00 pm EST On the December xx, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, senior writer Ben Pearson interviews director Rob Marshall about the new Disney movie Mary Poppins Returns, the challenges of that live-action/animation hybrid scene, and more. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it)....

John Wick Has A Higher Body Count Than Jason Voorhees And Michael Myers Combined By Chris Evangelista/May 24, 2019 2:30 pm EST Slashers ain’t got nothin’ on John Wick. In the span of three movies, Keanu Reeves’s well-dressed assassin has bumped-off more people than horror icons Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers combined. That’s no small feat. It also means the only way to solve this rivalry is to make John Wick vs....

Marvel Legends Give Fans The ‘Thor: Ragnarok’, ‘Ant-Man’ And ‘Captain America’ Figures They Really Want By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 19, 2019 4:30 pm EST We’ve already highlighted a ton of the cool movie and TV-inspired toys and collectibles that were revealed at the 2019 New York Toy Fair last weekend. But much like the return of Kenner’s vintage Star Wars figures, we thought some new additions to the Marvel Legends action figure line-up from the Marvel Cinematic Universe deserved to be highlighted on their own....

The Best Movies Streaming Right Now Personal Shopper Now Streaming on Netflix Release Date: 2016Genre: Supernatural DramaDirector: Olivier AssayasCast: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid BouazizKristen Stewart is one of the most interesting performers working today, and she solidified her talent considerably with 2016’s Personal Shopper. Here is a film that proved Stewart is so compelling that she can make looking at her phone for hours pretty damn exciting. Stewart plays a personal shopper to an actress, living and working in Paris....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: ‘Reign Of The Supermen’ Clip, Zack Snyder Designs ‘Justice League’ Shirt For Charity & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 11, 2019 6:00 pm EST Here’s a clip from the upcoming animated movie Reign of the Superman, coming to theaters and Blu-ray soon. Arrow will be moving to a new time slot in the spring, airing at 9pm Eastern Time starting on April 1 on The CW....

Sylvester Stallone Still Wants To Make An Edgar Allan Poe Movie By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 24, 2019 2:30 pm EST Sylvester Stallone may be primarily known for action movies, but his long-running dream project has been to make a movie about writer Edgar Allan Poe. Yes, really. Stallone even wrote a script for the potential movie back in the ’70s, and wanted to play Poe himself. It never came to pass. But Stallone has never said “nevermore” to this idea, and the actor, writer and filmmaker recently revealed he still hopes to get the movie made....

The /Filmcast: After Dark Ep. 70 - Shushing Significant Others And Your Movie Stories With Friends (GUEST: Jeff Cannata From The Totally Rad Show) By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 12, 2009 3:30 am 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 Classic Influences Of ‘Us’, From ‘The Twilight Zone’ To ‘Jaws’ By Kristen Lopez/March 25, 2019 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Classically Contemporary, a series where we explore the ways in which new releases echo classic Hollywood or how classic Hollywood continues to influence modern filmmaking.)Jordan Peele’s Get Out reinvigorated a horror landscape rife with jump scares and standard monsters. Horror features with political overtones have existed since the genre was created, but in the Blumhouse era, they were sometimes harder and subtler to find....

The Morning Watch: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Set Tour, All The 1980s References & More By Ethan Anderton/July 8, 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. In this edition, take a tour of the various sets from the third season of Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things....

The Morning Watch: A Short Doc On Female Cinematographers, LEGO ‘Star Wars’ Tantive IV Secrets & More By Ethan Anderton/May 3, 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. In this edition, a documentary short focuses on some female cinematographers who know exactly how to get the right shot....

The Sins Of Our Fathers: The Hubris Of ‘Rocky IV’ And The Humility Of ‘Creed II’ By Leigh Monson/Nov. 26, 2018 11:00 am EST As a franchise, Rocky has almost always been defined by the hubris of its star and creator, Sylvester Stallone. The original film is not actually so much about boxing as it is about the boxer, a working class guy who has only one skill in the ring and desperately wants to achieve more for himself, and what Stallone gradually lost sight of in writing and directing the sequels is that it was that character struggle that made his film resonate with people....

Those ‘Little Black Mirror’ Shorts Are Now Called ‘Stories From Our Future’, Will Debut On June 10 By Ben Pearson/June 3, 2019 2:30 pm EST Last week, Netflix announced they would be releasing a series of three short films as a spin-off of its acclaimed sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror. The shorts, which were to be released under the umbrella title of Little Black Mirror, will now be known as Stories From Our Future....

Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Lineup Announced, Featuring Zac Efron’s Ted Bundy Movie And Much More By Chris Evangelista/March 6, 2019 4:00 pm EST The freshly announced Tribeca Film Festival feature lineup includes 103 films from 124 filmmakers, with 50% of the films selected in the three competition sections from women directors. Here are some other statistics: “Our goal each year is to strike a balance between discovering new talent and showcasing new projects by notable filmmakers and storytellers....

TV Bits: ‘Transparent’, ‘Rick And Morty’, ‘Riverdale’, ‘Happy!’, ‘The Witcher’, And More By Ben Pearson/Oct. 19, 2018 5:30 am EST Netflix has announced a whole slew of cast members for its anticipated adaptation of The Witcher, which stars Henry Cavill as a monster hunter named Geralt. Settle in, because this is going to get nerdy: The official soundtrack for the animated series Rick and Morty was released last month, and it looks like the show’s veracious fanbase is almost equally excited about its music as they are about the show’s humor....

‘A Hidden Life’ Review: Terrence Malick’s New Movie Is Beautiful, Confounding, And Way Too Long [Cannes] By Jason Gorber/May 20, 2019 9:00 am EST Terrence Malick has made a career crafting highly sumptuous, often meandering portraits of flawed but well-meaning individuals. He is fascinated by images of nature, and often lingers on leaves, small animals, or the texture of soil with his camera often below knee level to stretch the image to grandiose proportions....

‘Adopt A Highway’ Review: An Honest, Open-Road Ballad About Life’s Unpredictability [SXSW] By Matt Donato/March 15, 2019 10:00 am EST Actor Logan Marshall-Green’s directorial debut Adopt A Highway feels tailor-made for Austin’s South by Southwest Film Festival. It has nothing to do with horror, mind you, despite Blumhouse’s production banner. What could double as an acoustic country ballad whispers a nomad folk tale about one simple task: getting by. Indie bloodlines run through Marshall-Green’s jailhouse poetry without overly romanticized narratives, more appropriately about passing moments than revelations....

‘Creepshow’ TV Series First Look Reveals The New And Improved Version Of The Creep By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 15, 2019 1:30 pm EST The Creepshow TV series has begun filming, and executive producer Greg Nicotero just provided the first look at the horrors that await us all. The image features the new and improved version of The Creep, the ghostly figure spotted at the beginning of the Creepshow movie. There, the “character” was little more than a puppet (that eventually turned into a cartoon)....

‘Deadpool 2’ PG-13 Cut Will Feature Fred Savage Reprising ‘The Princess Bride’ Role By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 29, 2018 10:00 am EST Find out more about the Deadpool 2 PG-13 cut below. When news of the Deadpool PG-13 cut was announced yesterday, details were almost non-existent. Collider even noted that the studio is encouraging press to “guess away” what this movie was going to be while Deadline gave away at least part of the game by saying it would be a PG-13 cut of the R-rated summer blockbuster....