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‘The Other Side Of The Wind’ Review: Netflix Revives An Orson Welles Artifact [NYFF] By Siddhant Adlakha/Sept. 29, 2018 1:00 pm EST The Other Side of the Wind is finally complete — or rather “complete.” Nominally. The final film by the great Orson Welles (assuming The Deep never sees the light of day) begins with a title card explaining that this version, restored by the folks at Netflix, exists as “an attempt to honor and complete” Welles’ original vision, the key word being “attempt....

‘The VelociPastor’ Trailer: A Priest Turns Into A Dinosaur And Fights Ninjas By Ben Pearson/April 24, 2019 4:30 pm EST Game of Thrones is poised to kill off several major characters during this weekend’s battle episode, and it’s extremely unlikely that all of the characters of Avengers: Endgame will come out unscathed. This is a fraught time for pop culture heroes. But when the dust settles, a new hero will rise....

Denis Villeneuve Reunites With ‘Arrival’ And ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Editor Joe Walker For ‘Dune’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 10, 2019 1:30 pm EST Denis Villeneuve has tapped his frequent collaborator Joe Walker as the Dune editor. This marks the French-Canadian director’s fourth collaboration with Walker in a row, after they’ve worked together on Sicario, Arrival, and Blade Runner 2049.Dune has long been a passion project for Villeneuve, who co-wrote the script with Eric Roth and Jon Spaihts....

Jason Reitman’s ‘Ghostbusters’ Sequel Casts ‘Captain Marvel’ Youngster Mckenna Grace By Ethan Anderton/March 29, 2019 2:57 pm EST Jason Reitman’s upcoming Ghostbusters sequel is slowly filling out the cast as the start of production gets closer. Stranger Things kid Finn Wolfhard has already been cast as a teenage boy involved in the story, and Carrie Coon is playing his single mother. Now a younger girl character has been cast with Gifted star Mckenna Grace taking the role, fresh off her brief turn as a young Carol Danvers in flashbacks from Captain Marvel....

The Case For Jon Snow, The Least Offensive Choice To Win The Game Of Thrones By Britt Hayes/May 10, 2019 7:00 am EST (Welcome to Debate of Thrones, where a panel of Citadel-trained experts explain why someone deserves, or doesn’t deserve, to sit on the Iron Throne. In this edition: if we must have a king, at least Jon Snow won’t kill us all.)People of Westeros – of which I am totally one and not at all a ghost of non-fiction future – who, may I ask, would you have rule the seven kingdoms?...

The Morning Watch: Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Anatomy Of A Scene, ‘Clueless’ Cast Reunion & More By Ethan Anderton/March 25, 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, Us director, writer and producer Jordan Peele breaks down a key scene from his latest movie....

Video: /Film Visits Winterfell And Other ‘Game Of Thrones’ Locations By Ben Pearson/Nov. 2, 2018 7:00 am EST Less than an hour from Belfast, you can travel to another world. Northern Ireland has been the home base of HBO’s Game of Thrones since its earliest days – even since the original pilot the network didn’t pick up. The mega-hit fantasy drama has already wrapped the majority of its production for the upcoming eighth and final season, but fans can still step into the fantasy world of Westeros by visiting Castle Ward, a sprawling property that doubled as Winterfell in the first season of the show....

VOTD: ‘The Brady Bunch’ Reunites To Renovate The Real Brady House For HGTV By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 8, 2019 6:00 am EST This year marks the 50th anniversary of the classic sitcom The Brady Bunch. To celebrate, HGTV has something special in store for fans who have been waiting for some kind of reunion. HGTV rounded up all six of the Brady kids from the original series to renovate the real house used for the exterior of the family home....

Watch The ‘Captain Marvel’ Credits Scene That Sets Up ‘Avengers: Endgame’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 22, 2019 11:30 am EST We’re four days out from the release of Avengers: Endgame and we don’t know much of what this movie will entail beyond the footage that we’ve seen over and over in the countless TV spots. But one scene that we haven’t seen much of was the full unbroken minute of Avengers: Endgame that played during the mid-credits of Captain Marvel....

‘Black Widow’ Recruits ‘The Departed’ Star Ray Winstone By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 21, 2019 7:30 am EST The Black Widow cast continues to grow more impressive — and intimidating — with each new addition. The latest recruit is The Departed star Ray Winstone, who joins the cast of the upcoming Marvel prequel film in an undisclosed role. Variety broke the news that Ray Winstone has joined Marvel’s Black Widow stanadalone movie. Marvel and Disney had no comment on the casting, but considering Winstone’s past filmography as a gruff and menacing character actor in films like The Departed, Sexy Beast, and Noah, it would be no surprise if he played a villain....

‘Cats’ Will Bring The Musical To Life With Motion-Capture Performances And Oversized Sets [CinemaCon 2019] By /Film Staff/April 3, 2019 12:10 pm EST Featuring spandex-wearing anthropomorphic cats and a barebones plot, Cats is possibly one of the strangest Broadway musicals to hit the Great White Way. And now it’s about to become one of the most baffling feature film musicals. Directed by Tom Hooper in his second movie musical following Les Miserables, Cats has an unfairly stacked cast including Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, Idris Elba, and Judi Dench....

/Filmcast Ep. 19 - Eagle Eye By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 30, 2008 9:54 pm EST In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Peter, Devindra, and Adam debate the interpersonal dynamics of The Office, question the wisdom of an I Am Legend prequel, and spend 40 minutes picking apart the finer plot intricacies of Eagle Eye. Have any questions, comments, concerns, feedback, or praise? E-mail us at slashfilmcast@gmail.com or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993 ....

‘I Am Mother’ Trailer: Hilary Swank Clashes With Rose Byrne’s Sinister Robotic Mother By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 9, 2019 5:00 pm EST When humanity has gone extinct, it’s up to a robot simply called Mother (Rose Byrne) to raise a new generation of people to repopulate the Earth. Her first subject grows into a teenage girl (Clara Rugaard) that adores Mother and believes everything she says — until a mysterious stranger (Hilary Swank) arrives at the bunker where she lives and shakes up her entire existence....

‘Kingdom’ Trailer: Zombies Invade Medieval Korea In This Netflix Horror Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 8, 2018 2:00 pm EST South Korea has already reached the pinnacle of the zombie genre with the horror masterpiece Train to Busan, but the new Korean Netflix original series will do you one better. Zombies…in medieval Korea. Kingdom is the streaming service’s second Korean original series, and it brings the zombie genre to Korea’s Joseon period in a historical drama penned by the writer of the hit K-drama Signal and starring Bae Doona....

‘Piercing’ Review: Nicolas Pesce’s Latest Is A Dark Comedy Pleasure Spiked With Pain [Fantastic Fest] By Marisa Mirabal/Oct. 2, 2018 12:00 pm EST Late at night, distraught, and coldly standing over the crib, Reed stares down at his baby girl while firmly gripping the ice-pick behind his back when he suddenly hears his wife calling him to bed. This opening scene exemplifies director Nicolas Pesce’s ability to draw an audience in and immediately set an unnerving tone....

‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ Clip: Ralph Has His First Brush With Auto-Fill By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 29, 2018 7:30 am EST Forget “If Google Was a Guy,” Ralph Breaks the Internet can do you one better. Meet KnowsMore, the egg-headed search engine whose auto-fill function may be a tad “aggressive.” But it leads to some great comedy moments in the sequel that finds that arcade game bad guy lost in the internet....

‘Spider-Man’ Spin-Off ‘Morbius’ Adds Jared Harris By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 5, 2019 8:30 am EST Sony went to Jared…Harris for the upcoming Spider-Man spin-off, Morbius. Jared Harris has been tapped to join the Morbius cast, joining Jared Leto, who has already been cast as the titular anti-hero. Deadline broke the news that Harris has been cast in Morbius, in which Leto is set to star as Dr. Michael Morbius, a renowned biochemist who attempts to cure a fatal blood disease by injecting himself with a serum derived from bats....

‘Star Wars: Resistance’ Season 2 Begins Right Where Season 1 Ended (And Everything Else We Learned At Star Wars Celebration) By Danielle Solzman/April 16, 2019 10:00 am EST Fans attending the Star Wars: Resistance panel at Star Wars Celebration were the first to get a sneak peak at the first episode of the second season. Executive producers Justin Ridge, Athena Portillo, and Brandon Auman were joined by cast members Christopher Sean, Suzie McGrath, Scott Lawrence, Myrna Velasco, Donald Faison, and Bobby Moynihan....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Gets A Different Title In Japan By Ben Pearson/June 24, 2019 2:00 pm EST Alternate international titles are nothing new for Hollywood movies. Sometimes translating a concept from English into another language doesn’t quite work, and a bit of the subtlety is removed in the process. (In the Czech Republic, Bad Santa became Santa is a Pervert.) Maybe there’s already a property that features the same title, so a tweak is needed to differentiate it....

‘The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil’ Review: Excellent Premise, Decent Execution [Cannes] By Jason Gorber/June 7, 2019 11:00 am EST At the outset, the concept of The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil is the stuff of genre genius – a hard-nosed, irascible cop and tough guy crime boss become allies to combat a shared enemy when a knife-wielding serial killer comes to town. Lee Won-tae’s film has such an extraordinary premise, ripe for exploration, that it can’t help but feel a little bit disappointing when such a relatively straightforward flick is the result....