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‘Transparent’ To Kill Off Jeffrey Tambor’s Character In Musical Finale By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 11, 2019 12:30 pm EST The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Transparent will kill off Jeffrey Tambor’s character Maura in the finale, which will cap off the show’s five season run with a feature-length musical episode. “When the time came to bring the Transparent journey to a close, it was clear that saying goodbye to Maura was our path forward,” Transparent creator and executive producer Jill and Faith Soloway said in a statement released to press on Thursday....

‘Us’ Release Date Pushed Back One Week In Wake Of SXSW Premiere By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 9, 2019 8:30 am EST Universal is pushing back the release date for Jordan Peele’s Us by one week following news that the horror film starring Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke will be the opening night film at SXSW. Read more about the new Us release date below. Universal announced Tuesday that it is pushing back the Us release date to March 22, 2019, a week later than the initial March 15 date....

‘White As Snow’ Review: Why Is This Erotic Snow White So Disenchanting? [Tribeca] By Caroline Cao/May 1, 2019 3:00 pm EST The idea of White as Snow (Blanche Comme Neige) has such a charged adult fairy tale conceit. Too bad the lagging execution is disenchanting.Once upon a time, there is young twentysomething Claire (Lou de Laâge) who lives a drab life in Geneva. She’s a servant of this wealthy hotel owner Maud (Isabelle Huppert, perfectly ice cold), and we learn later she is the latter’s stepdaughter....

Cool Stuff: Six Official ‘Hellboy’ Craft Beers Are Coming This Spring By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 15, 2019 6:00 am EST Hellboy already received an official whiskey a couple years ago. But Big Red likes his booze, so it should come as no surprise that Mike Mignola’s hellish hero has inspired a new series of six craft beers from Oregon’s Gigantic Brewing Company. Starting in March, there will be a new beer released roughly every seven weeks that pays tribute to a specific character from the Hellboy comics....

New Blu-Ray Releases: ‘Venom’, ‘2001’, ‘The Predator’, ‘Starman’, ‘True Stories’ By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 25, 2018 11:00 am 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.) Welcome to the last Blu-ray review round-up of 2018. We did it, everyone! Congratulations! As we close out this hell-year, some new Blu-ray releases await you – some good, some not so good, but all worth checking out in some capacity....

Nickelodeon’s ‘Rocko’s Modern Life’ And ‘Invader Zim’ TV Movies Are Heading To Netflix By Ethan Anderton/May 13, 2019 6:30 am EST You might remember awhile ago that there was talk about Nickelodeon bringing back Rocko’s Modern Life and Invader Zim in the form of TV movies. However, ever since the projects were teased at San Diego Comic-Con in 2017 and 2018 respectiely, we haven’t heard anything about when they might debut on the kids cable network....

Rodney Dangerfield’s ‘Back To School’ Is Getting Turned Into A Reality TV Show By Ethan Anderton/June 18, 2019 5:30 pm EST If you thought Rodney Dangerfield didn’t get any respect before, just wait until you hear how MGM is using one of the comedian’s classic movies for a television series. Back to School is a 1986 comedy following the comedian as a millionaire who enrolls in college with his son in order to keep him from dropping out....

Samsung Made A Vertical TV, Because We Live In Hell By Chris Evangelista/May 1, 2019 6:30 am EST Well, it finally happened. Someone made a vertical TV. Taking note of how often those darn kids watch videos on their phones in portrait mode, Samsung has created the Sero – a TV that flips into portrait mode and connects to your mobile device. Which means youths can watch their Snapchats, and Instagrams, and TikToks and whatever the hell else it is they watch, on a big screen....

Superhero Bits: ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ And ‘Shazam’ CCXP Posters, How To Throw A Trident & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 7, 2018 6:00 pm EST Is Thanos coming back to Fortnite? What did Charlie Cox have to say about the cancellation of Daredevil? Are you ready for a third installment of Marvel Ultimate Alliance? Want to see some new posters for X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Shazam from CCXP? What was Aquaman’s budget?...

Watch ‘Kitbull’, A Hand-Drawn Short Film From Pixar By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 18, 2019 1:30 pm EST Pixar has released another short film from their SparkShorts program, and it’s extra special, because it’s hand-drawn. While the studio is known for their pioneering digital animation, their latest short – Kitbull – is entirely hand drawn short. Watch the full Kitbull short below, along with a making-of featurette and an introduction to the filmmakers....

Writer/Director Jonah Hill And The Cast Of ‘Mid90s’ On Bringing A Skateboarding Crew To Life On Screen [Interview] By Marshall Shaffer/Oct. 19, 2018 7:00 am EST I filed a 9.5/10 review of mid90s following its world premiere at TIFF earlier this fall, declaring “writer and director Jonah Hill has struck gold.” (I mention this only because perhaps you’ve seen this particular quote in ads if A24 has been targeting your Instagram feed as aggressively as they have mine....

Alita Battle Angel Clip I can see why sci-fi lovers would dig this: while the human faces on the cyborg bodies still look a little rough, the rest of the visuals are solid. It’s very familiar – the whole thing looks like a something out of 1975’s Rollerball, if Rollerball had a massive budget and was full of CG-enhanced characters – but we’ll have to see if Rodriguez and producer James Cameron can imbue this scene with any meaning by making us care about the characters at this point in the story....

‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Clip Shows Off Some Cyborg Vs. Cyborg Action By Jacob Hall/Jan. 30, 2019 4:00 pm EST Like many science fiction films, the success of Alita: Battle Angel seems to hinge on whether or not audiences will fall in love with the wild and weird world in which the story takes place. But some snazzy action certainly can’t hurt. In the latest clip from the new Robert Rodriguez film, the badass cyborg warrior Alita (Rosa Salazar) faces office against a hulking robotic menace named Grewishka (Jackie Earl Haley) in the sewers beneath Iron City....

‘Black Widow’ Set Photos May Have Revealed Florence Pugh’s Mysterious Role By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 24, 2019 7:00 am EST Marvel Studios has always been notoriously tight-lipped about its projects, but never more so than with Black Widow. So fans must instead turn to photos and glimpses of the locations where star Scarlett Johansson has been spotted filming — the latest being, fittingly, Budapest. But while new set photos that have emerged from the Budapest set don’t reveal what Hawkeye and Black Widow were talking about when they referenced the city in previous MCU films, they do potentially reveal the identity of Johansson’s new Black Widow co-star Florence Pugh....

‘Dumbo’ Box Office Tracking Proves An Elephant Can Fly (Straight To The Bank) By Chris Evangelista/March 8, 2019 3:00 pm EST I have some good news for Disney: they’re finally going to make some money. I know they were worried about that, but the House of Mouse can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that finally, one of their movies will earn some dough at the box office. That movie is Dumbo, Tim Burton’s live-action remake of the 1941 animated film about a flying elephant....

/Filmcast Ep. 24 - Zack And Miri Make A Porno By Slashfilmcast/Nov. 4, 2008 11:44 pm EST Dave, Devindra, and Adam fly guest-less in this episode of the /Filmcast, as they cut through the B.S. of Mark Millar’s Superman trilogy pitch, reflect on the career of Sam Mendes, and cry over the lost potential of Joaquin Phoenix’s abruptly terminated acting career. Have any questions, comments, concerns, feedback, or praise? E-mail us at slashfilmcast@gmail....

/Filmcast Ep. 293 - Nightcrawler By Slashfilmcast/Nov. 5, 2014 7:00 pm EST David, Devindra, and Jeff review Dan Gilroy’s latest, discuss which format you should see Interstellar in, wonder at what kind of world Christopher Nolan is trying to create, and address listener emails about the /Filmcast’s format. 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...

/Filmcast Ep. 511 - The Matrix 20th Anniversary Retrospective (GUEST: David Sims From The Atlantic) By Slashfilmcast/April 4, 2019 9:04 pm EST It’s been two decades since viewers chose the red pill and entered the science-fiction world of The Matrix. David, Devindra, Jeff are joined by David Sims, film critic for the Atlantic and co-host of Blank Check podcast, to chase the white rabbit and discuss The Matrix’s lasting impact on film culture today....

/Filmcast Ep. 54 - The Hangover (GUESTS: Jeremy Renner, Katey Rich From Cinemablend, Jesse Thorn From PRI) By Slashfilmcast/June 10, 2009 12:49 pm EST In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, and Adam Quigley ponder the implications of drastic changes to The Warriors, complain about different versions of movies in theaters, remember cinematic versions of Shakespeare plays, and mourn the loss of a beloved actor. Special guest Katey Rich joins us from Cinemablend and Jesse Thorn joins us from The Sound of Young America....

‘Glass’ Expected To Shatter January Box Office Records By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 27, 2018 1:30 pm EST It’s still a few weeks away from release, but early Glass box office tracking indicates M. Night Shyamalan’s climb back to the top is holding strong. The thriller, which serves as a sequel to both Unbreakable and Split, is expected to haul in around $50 million when it opens January 18, kicking-off the MLK weekend....