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‘The Nightingale’ Trailer: The Director Of ‘The Babadook’ Is Back With A Shocking Revenge Thriller By Chris Evangelista/May 22, 2019 12:30 pm EST Jennifer Kent, director of the acclaimed horror film The Babadook, returns with a very different type of scary movie. The Nightingale is a shockingly brutal tale of revenge set in Australia in the 1800s. Aisling Franciosi plays a young Irish convict on a journey to track down and kill a soldier who did something terrible to her and her family....

2019 New York Toy Fair: The Coolest New Toys And Collectibles From Movies & Television By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 19, 2019 7:00 am EST Over the weekend, the 2019 New York Toy Fair revealed an endless amount of toys and collectibles that you’ll see be throwing all your money at. We already shined a special light on some of the cool new Funko POPs on the way this year, including new figures from The Office, The Simpsons, Jaws, Community, Forrest Gump and more....

Exclusive: Disney+ Marvel Shows Will Be Set In The Past, Present And Future Of The MCU; Will Tackle A Variety Of Genres By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 26, 2019 11:30 am EST However, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige promises that this will change for the Disney+ Marvel shows. The upcoming streaming platform will feature new titles featuring new and familiar superhero faces, and will be inarguably “connected” to the MCU. With high-profile superheroes and Avengers getting their own Disney+ Marvel shows, it seems obvious that they would be tied to the MCU at large....

How ‘Isn’t It Romantic?’ Made Director Todd Strauss-Schulson’s Childhood Dream A Cinematic Reality By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 15, 2019 4:30 pm EST Like many romantic comedies, Isn’t It Romantic? makes New York City a big part of the story. In fact, there are two versions of The Big Apple in the movie. First, there’s the grungy, dingy real New York City that we all know and love. Then there’s the colorful, vibrant and picturesque version of New York City that exists in the romcom dream world that Rebel Wilson finds herself stuck in....

James Gunn Rehired To Direct ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’ [Updated] By Ben Pearson/March 15, 2019 11:31 am EST Update: James Gunn has issued a statement to fans following his rehiring. See the statement below. Whoa – here’s something totally unexpected. Disney has rehired James Gunn as Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 director after firing him months ago due to offensive, years-old tweets. Deadline has the report, and they’ve confirmed with Marvel and with Gunn’s representatives that the filmmaker will indeed return to direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Lance Reddick, Uncredited In 1998’s ‘Godzilla’, Joins Cast Of ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ By Ben Pearson/Nov. 14, 2018 3:30 pm EST According to IMDb, The Wire and Fringe actor Lance Reddick appeared as “Soldier on Manhattan Bridge” in Roland Emmerich’s 1998 box office bomb Godzilla. Now, 20 years later, he might come face to face with the giant lizard once more – Reddick is the latest actor to join the ensemble cast of Warner Bros....

Leigh Whannell’s ‘The Invisible Man’ Remake To Materialize In 2020 By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 21, 2019 8:00 am EST The Invisible Man remake will be appearing in theaters in 2020, with Universal officially setting the release date for the Blumhouse-produced film starring Elisabeth Moss and directed by Leigh Whannell.Deadline reports that Universal has set The Invisible Man for March 13, 2020, the same date as Warner Bros.’ own classic monster mashup Godzilla vs....

Michael Jackson Documentary ‘Leaving Neverland’ Coming To HBO After Sundance Premiere By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 10, 2019 12:30 pm EST The 2019 Sundance Film Festival recently announced a last minute addition to the slate of movies premiering in Park City, Utah later this month, and it’s bound to stir up some controversy, albeit with a familiar story. Leaving Neverland is a new documentary that will focus on sexual abuse allegations made against Michael Jackson by a pair of young boys who were befriended by the international recording superstar....

Netflix’s ‘Dark Crystal’ Prequel Series Reveals First Look Photos And Star-Studded Voice Cast By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 17, 2018 8:30 am EST Netflix is reviving a cult favorite for many children of the 1980s in the form of the prequel series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. The series serves as a follow-up to Jim Henson’s dark fantasy adventure The Dark Crystal from 1982, which featured some extremely impressive and immersive puppet work and production design....

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Lost Series Finale And Wrap-Up (GUESTS: Katey Rich And Myles McNutt) By Slashfilmcast/May 28, 2010 7:00 pm EST In this bonus episode of the /Filmcast, Devindra and Adam are joined by Katey Rich (from CinemaBlend) and Myles McNutt (from Cultural Learnings) to discuss the controversial Lost finale, and look back at the series as a whole. Was it all a waste of time? Did we get the answers we wanted?...

The Battle Of Winterfell: Let’s Guess Which ‘Game Of Thrones’ Characters Survive The War To Come By /Film Staff/April 24, 2019 10:00 am EST This Sunday, the final season of Game of Thrones reaches its halfway point with a feature-length episode built around a single battle. The Night King and his army of the undead have arrived at Winterfell, and only a small-ish force of Northerners, Free Folk, Unsullied, dragons, Night’s Watchmen, Brotherhood Without Banners members, and even a few Lannisters stand in their way....

The Morning Watch: Hacking In Movies And TV, The Manipulation Of Dumbledore & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 14, 2018 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 hacker and security expert breaks down the accuracy of hacking in movies and television....

TOHO Studios Is Giving ‘Godzilla’ An Entire Booth At San Diego Comic-Con By Ethan Anderton/June 27, 2019 2:00 pm EST If you thought Godzilla: King of the Monsters was the only radioactive titan action you were getting this summer, think again. TOHO Studios, the Japanese company behind all things Godzilla, will give the legendary monster his own booth at San Diego Comic-Con next month in honor of the big guy’s 65th anniversary....

You’ll Be Able To Watch ‘The Twilight Zone’ Reboot In Black And White Soon By Chris Evangelista/May 13, 2019 3:30 pm EST If you’re of the opinion that The Twilight Zone doesn’t really feel like The Twilight Zone unless it’s in black and white, Jordan Peele has good news for you. You’ll soon be able to watch Peele’s Twilight Zone reboot in black and white on CBS All Access. Very soon, in fact – we’re talking the end of the month here....

/Filmcast Ep. 492 - Suspiria By Slashfilmcast/Nov. 6, 2018 7:00 pm EST David, Devindra, Lindsey, and Britt talk about Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and The Haunting of Hill House. David gets more “screenlife” with Unfriended: Dark Web. The cast (sans David) stay on to discuss Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria, a rebirth of Dario Argento’s 1977 Italian horror. Stay tuned for the after dark on AMC Stubs A-List’s recent price hike....

‘Infinite’ Replaces Captain America With A Hamburger Salesman By Chris Evangelista/June 28, 2019 2:00 pm EST In what has to be one of the biggest examples of downgrading ever, the Antoine Fuqua film Infinite is set to replace Chris Evans with Mark Wahlberg. Evans just recently dropped out of the acton thriller, and Wahlberg is now in talks to take over his role in the film about near-immortal men and women reincarnated over the centuries....

‘Knives Out’: ‘Sorry To Bother You’ Star Lakeith Stanfield Joins Daniel Craig And Chris Evans In Rian Johnson’s Murder Mystery By Ben Pearson/Oct. 8, 2018 1:30 pm EST Learn about Stanfield’s role below. Knives Out was already one of my most anticipated films of next year because A) it’s a murder mystery, which is a genre I love, and B) it’s being written and directed by Rian Johnson, the filmmaker who got his start making fantastic indies like Brick and The Brothers Bloom before graduating to bigger sci-fi titles like Looper and a little-known feature called Star Wars: The Last Jedi....

‘Mortal Engines’ Review: A Confused And Messy Adaptation In Search Of An Identity By Josh Spiegel/Dec. 12, 2018 7:00 am EST I sat down last night at the screening of Mortal Engines, and had just about no idea what to expect. Greeted only by a bland, vague tagline and a pair of glaring blue eyes staring out from the screen, I wondered, “What is this movie all about?” The bland, vague tagline should have been enough of a hint....

‘Suicide Squad’ Director David Ayer Approves Of James Gunn Taking Over ‘Suicide Squad 2’ By Ben Pearson/Oct. 10, 2018 12:15 pm EST Yesterday, the superhero movie fan community was surprised to learn that Guardians of the Galaxy writer/director James Gunn might be jumping ship from Marvel to DC to write and potentially direct Suicide Squad 2. Guardians actor Dave Bautista is excited about Warner Bros. and DC’s decision, jokingly (maybe?) suggesting that he wants to be involved in the anti-hero sequel....

‘The Umbrella Academy’ Early Buzz: A Weird And Wonderful Must-See Comic Book Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 1, 2019 8:30 am EST The Umbrella Academy is just the latest of many superhero series to hit the small screen, as Hollywood breathlessly tries to mine every comic book for a TV show or film adaptation. But the Netflix series, based on the Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá Dark Horse comic book series of the same name, stands apart from the rest....