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The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Conversation’ Might Be Francis Ford Coppola’s Best Film By Ben Pearson/May 1, 2020 7:00 am EST If you thought it was impressive when Christopher Nolan made The Prestige or Inception between Dark Knight movies, think about this: Coppola made The Godfather, The Conversation, and The Godfather Part II back-to-back-to-back in two years. And what’s more, The Conversation and The Godfather Part II were both nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, and Coppola ended up winning for The Godfather sequel....

TV Bits: ‘Black Monday’ Season 2, ‘Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens’ Gets A Second Season, ‘Tosh.0’ Gets Four More Seasons, And More By Ben Pearson/Jan. 19, 2020 12:00 pm EST In this edition of TV Bits: Check out a new trailer for the final season of Homeland The Chi season 3 trailer has arrived Comedy Central has decided to remain in the Daniel Tosh business Straight Outta Compton star Corey Hawkins heads to HBO Max Awkwafina is Nora From Queens has received a second season order And more!...

Water Cooler: Force Friday, Joker, Gemini Man, Watchmen, Dark Harbor, Marianne, House Of Torment, What Lies Beneath By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 9, 2019 1:15 pm EST On the October 9, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

‘78/52’ Review: The Shower Scene From ‘Psycho’ Gets Explored In Fascinating Detail [Fantasia Film Festival] By Chris Evangelista/July 24, 2017 9:00 am EST The background info on Hitchcock and Psycho make for informative fodder, but 78/52 truly springs to life when it begins to break-down the shower scene frame by frame (the doc’s title refers to the 78 camera setups and 52 cuts used to create the scene). This sequence is pure film nerd manna from heaven, analyzing every angle, every cut, every object in frame....

‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Clips Flashback To The Beginning Of The Invasion By Chris Evangelista/March 6, 2020 5:00 pm EST A Quiet Place Part II opens this month, and the horror sequel is already garnering praise. But if that still hasn’t sold you on the John Krasinski-directed pic, perhaps these three new clips will. Two of them are flashbacks that take viewers back to the beginning of the alien invasion that lead to all the chaos, and one follows events after the original film....

‘Astronaut’ Review: Richard Dreyfuss Barely Saves This Wistful Indie Drama [Fantasia Film Festival] By Sarah Foulkes/July 19, 2019 3:00 pm EST Aside from their exorbitant wealth, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk also share a passion for space travel. They’ve faced much criticism for spending billions of dollars on their space ventures, and one could argue that they’re indulging in childish wish fulfillment that ignores the very real problems on this planet....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Watch Party Happening Tonight With Directors Anthony & Joe Russo By Ethan Anderton/April 27, 2020 9:00 am EST Last night marked the one-year anniversary of the theatrical release of Avengers: Endgame. It’s hard to believe that one year ago, we were sitting in a movie theater watching the epic battle between The Avengers and Thanos, and today we don’t even have movie theaters to sit in. Thankfully, directors Anthony & Joe Russo and co-writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely will help us cope with the mad world we currently find ourselves in by participating in an Avengers: Endgame watch party tonight, hosted by ComicBook....

‘Hopper/Welles’ Clip: Listen To Dennis Hopper And Orson Welles Discuss Filmmaking In 1970 By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 28, 2020 12:30 pm EST I’ll never get tired of watching cinematic legends talk about the craft of filmmaking. So you can understand my excitement for the new documentary feature Hopper/Welles, a film featuring never-before-seen footage from a 1970 meeting between rising star Dennis Hopper, hot off his breakthrough directorial debut with the New Hollywood counterculture film Easy Rider, and the legendary Orson Welles, director of classics such as Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil....

‘It Chapter Two’ Trailer Breakdown: “I Dreamt Of You. I Craved You. I’ve Missed You.” By Chris Evangelista/July 18, 2019 12:15 pm EST The full trailer for It Chapter Two arrived today, bringing with it a whole new cavalcade of terrors to give viewers nightmares. The sequel to 2017’s It brings the Losers’ Club back to Derry to battle Pennywise the Clown again. Will they finally succeed as adults? Or will Pennywise end up eating every last one of them?...

‘Persuasion’ Movie, Based On The Jane Austen Novel, Will Star Sarah Snook From ‘Succession’ By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 15, 2020 5:00 pm EST Jane Austen adaptations will never die. The latest: Persuasion, Austen’s last completed novel, is being adapted yet again, with Succession breakout Sarah Snook set to star. The story concerns a young woman who reunites with a man she was once engaged to marry. The book has been adapted several times before, mostly in the form of TV miniseries....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 4 Begins Production By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 4, 2020 10:30 am EST Following its renewal last month, Star Trek: Discovery is going straight into warp speed for production of its upcoming fourth season. Production on Star Trek: Discovery season 4 has officially begun, announced co-showrunner Michelle Paradise, who executive produces the hit sci-fi series with Alex Kurtzman. Star Trek: Discovery has only just begun airing its third season, with episode 3....

‘The Other Lamb’ Trailer: Michael Huisman Leads A Creepy Horror Cult By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 3, 2020 4:30 pm EST Cults! They’re creepy! And the cult at the center of The Other Lamb certainly has that creep factor down pat, wth dozens of blank-faced woman with bodily scarring dutifully serving the messiah-like leader played by The Haunting of Hill House’s Michael Huisman. But one innocent teenage member (played by The Killing of a Sacred Deer’s Raffey Cassidy) who has lived her entire life in the cult, starts to see the commune for the horrifying place it is in the chilling film from Polish filmmaker Malgorzata Szumowska....

‘We Can Be Heroes’ Trailer: The Next Generation Of Superheroes Has Arrived With Shark Strength By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 4, 2020 10:00 am EST Take everything you loved about Spy Kids and mix it with The Avengers, and you have some idea of what Netflix will deliver with the family superhero adventure We Can Be Heroes, courtesy of director Robert Rodriguez. When an alien invasion results in the capture of the adult superheroes known as The Heroics, their children are put into government protection at a secret underground facility....

‘Wonder Woman’ Director Patty Jenkins Reveals Why She Turned Down A ‘Justice League’ Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 1, 2020 11:30 am EST When Wonder Woman hit theaters in 2017, it became a smash success, earning critical raves and making director Patty Jenkins the most successful female director working in Hollywood today. Jenkins’ light touch and the film’s sincere tone marked a turning point for Warner Bros.’ DC films to brighter fare....

A Tale Of Two Lukes: How ‘The Mandalorian’ And ‘The Last Jedi’ Work Together In Perfect Harmony By Bryan Young/Dec. 23, 2020 9:00 am EST This post contains major spoilers for The Mandalorian and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. For anyone with a passing familiarity with the timeline of The Mandalorian and its relationship to the rest of the Star Wars canon, it wasn’t a hard leap to guess that Luke Skywalker would be the Jedi to answer Grogu’s (or as you better know him, Baby Yoda) call from the temple on Tython....

Scout Trooper and Speeder Bike Hot Toys Figure As you can see, the Scout Trooper itself is a finely detailed figure with interchangeable hands, a blaster pistol, and a rocky figure stand (not pictured). It’ll make for a nice addition to any collection of Imperial troops that you’ve assembled over the years. But the figure is even better when sitting on a Speeder Bike. Look at how much swag that Scout Trooper has while leaning on his Speeder Bike....

Could U.S. Theaters Stay Closed Until Mid-2021? By Ben Pearson/July 16, 2020 3:00 pm EST Collectively, the film industry has several pressing questions on its mind in the era of the coronavirus, but one of the most significant is: when will movie theaters reopen on a significant scale in the United States? Despite the fact that films like Tenet and Mulan are still currently slated to be released theatrically next month, one analyst thinks domestic theaters might not reopen until the middle of 2021....

Don’t Get Your Hopes Up For A ‘GLOW’ Movie After Netflix Cancelation, Alison Brie Says By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 23, 2020 3:30 pm EST Could a GLOW movie wrap up the beloved Netflix series after it was abruptly canceled after three seasons? “Don’t hold your breath,” said star Alison Brie, who spoke about the cancelation of the beloved comedy-drama series by Netflix as it was about to head into its fourth and final season....

Drive-In Theaters Are Unexpectedly Seeing A Surge In Popularity Amid Coronavirus Concerns By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 19, 2020 5:30 pm EST As Hollywood studios push back their major releases and movie theater chains close their locations across the country, it seems like it would be a long time before we can go back to the old American tradition of watching movies on the big screen. But as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic spreads, an older American moviegoing tradition may be seeing a surprising resurgence: drive-in movie theaters, baby!...

Hans Zimmer Is Currently Working On Billie Eilish’s ‘No Time To Die’ Theme Song [TCA 2020] By Fred Topel/Jan. 17, 2020 4:00 pm EST This week, Billie Eilish announced that she is writing and performing the song for the upcoming James Bond movie No Time to Die. Hans Zimmer was also confirmed to write the score. Zimmer was on a Television Critics Association panel for the nature docu-series Seven Worlds, One Planet, for which he also provided the score....