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Steven Spielberg Reanimates ‘Animaniacs’ In A Hilarious ‘Jurassic Park’ Parody Clip By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 11, 2020 12:00 pm EST All new episodes of Animaniacs are coming to Hulu in a revival of the beloved animated series from the 1990s. Fans have been eagerly awaiting their first proper look at the return of the series, and it finally arrived today with the first new Animaniacs clip. If you were worried that the return of Animaniacs wouldn’t be able to capture the pop culture zaniness of the original series, this clip featuring a pitch perfect parody of Jurassic Park should wash away all your concerns....

Superhero Bits: ‘Superman: Man Of Tomorrow’ Movie Release Date, ‘Hawkeye’ Series Rumors & More By Ethan Anderton/June 26, 2020 6:00 pm EST When does Superman: Man of Tomorrow arrive on home video and what special features come with it? Did you notice any Easter eggs in the Avengers gameplay footage released yesterday? Did you hear Avengers: Infinity War is now on Disney+? How terrible was the video game based on Batman & Robin?...

The Morning Watch: ‘SNL’ Hypes Up Your House During Quarantine, The Art Of Making Fake Faces & More By Ethan Anderton/May 21, 2020 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....

The Morning Watch: Everything Elmo Does In A Day, An Astronaut Reviews Space Scenes In Movies & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 19, 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....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Community’ Broke The Sitcom Mold As One Of TV’s Most Unique Network Comedies By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 2, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series: CommunityWhere You Can Stream It: Netflix, HuluThe Pitch: Created by Dan Harmon, Community is the fiendishly clever cult classic for every pop culture obsessive....

Theme Park Bits: Photo Changes, Electrical Water Pageant On Hold, And More By Josh Spiegel/June 19, 2020 4:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Changes to how guest photos work are happening at Disney. The Magical Express will return. And more! It’s strange times in the world of theme parks, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, putting it lightly. Theme parks are preparing to limit capacity, characters will be wearing masks, and that’s not to include the sure-to-be very strange sight of a large swath of the NBA holing up in resorts like the Grand Floridian while they complete their truncated season....

This Week In Trailers: PG: Psycho Goreman, Acasa, My Home, Blown Away, Inside The World’s Toughest Prisons By Christopher Stipp/Jan. 2, 2021 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Watch: The Creepy Opening Credits For ‘The Haunting Of Bly Manor’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 2, 2020 12:30 pm EST Mike Flanagan’s highly anticipated follow-up to his hit horror series The Haunting of Hill House premieres on Netflix next week. Until then, we can ring in October with a sneak peek at the opening credits sequence of the upcoming The Haunting of Bly Manor. Watch the creepy The Haunting of Bly Manor opening credits below....

Why ‘His Dark Materials’ Shot Two Seasons Back-To-Back [TCA 2019] By Fred Topel/July 25, 2019 1:00 pm EST HBO presented a panel to the Television Critics Association on their adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, in coproduction with BBC. Executive Producers Jane Tranter and Jack Thorne were on the panel to discuss the challenges of adapting Pullman’s trilogy. New Line tried to adapt them as movies, but didn’t make it past The Golden Compass....

‘Ad Astra’ Clips: Brad Pitt Deals With Daddy Issues And Heads To Space By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 15, 2019 1:00 pm EST Ready to head to space with handsome astronaut Brad Pitt? If so, you might want to check out these two new Ad Astra clips, showing Pitt front and center in director James Gray’s new sci-fi epic. The first clip has Pitt firmly on terra firma, while the second finds him on another planet, having a terse conversation with Ruth Negga....

‘Cliffhanger’ Director Renny Harlin Begins Directing A Finnish Comedy This Month, With Coronavirus Safety Precautions In Place By Ben Pearson/June 3, 2020 2:00 pm EST As the man behind A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master and Die Hard 2, director Renny Harlin is accustomed to jumping into film franchises that are already multiple entries in. Now he’s going to do the same thing again: he’s co-writing and directing Class Reunion 3, a Finnish comedy that will be one of the first movies to shoot in Northern Europe since the coronavirus pandemic brought filmmaking to a halt....

‘Da 5 Bloods’: The Next Spike Lee Joint Premieres On Netflix This June By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 7, 2020 9:30 am EST With movie theaters out of commission as quarantine stretches on, it was unknown when we’d see the new Spike Lee joint. But the BlacKkKlansman director always keeps us on our toes — announcing the surprise release of his new war drama, Da 5 Bloods, on Netflix. Lee took to Twitter to announce the Da 5 Bloods release date, which will be premiering globally on the streamer this June....

‘Hamilton’ Movie Coming In 2021; “Live Capture” Of The Broadway Cast Was Shot In 2016 By Ben Pearson/Feb. 3, 2020 9:31 am EST “Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” That question of legacy is posed in the final minutes of the smash hit musical Hamilton, and creator/star Lin-Manuel Miranda took no chances when it comes to securing his musical’s legacy on film. Back in 2016, Miranda and the Broadway cast shot a “live capture” version of the Tony-winning production on stage at The Richard Rogers Theatre in New York City, and today The Walt Disney Company has announced that it will make that filmed performance available theatrically next year....

‘Happy Death Day 3’ Still A Possibility, According To Jason Blum By Chris Evangelista/June 9, 2020 12:30 pm EST If you had told me several years ago that something called Happy Death Day would end up blossoming into one of my all-time favorite horror franchises, I would’ve believed you, because I am a silly boy. Nonetheless, if you have yet to give yourself over to the joys of the Happy Death Day series, I urge you to reconsider, because they’re wonderful....

‘Jojo Rabbit’ Cast And Crew On Blending The Comedic And The Tragic By Jason Gorber/Oct. 30, 2019 5:30 pm EST The ads describe Jojo Rabbit as being from the “visionistical” director Taika Waititi, and somehow there’s no better world to describe this iconoclastic auteur. While the world took notice when he was picked to helm Thor: Ragnarock, fans have long sought out his unique blend of comedy and pathos in films like Eagle vs Shark, Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople and the gloriously batty What We Do In The Shadows....

‘Love, Antosha’ Clip: Simon Pegg Tells A Heartwarming Story About ‘Star Trek’ Co-Star Anton Yelchin By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 2, 2019 12:00 pm EST Anton Yelchin would have been 30 years old this year, but the star of Green Room, Charlie Bartlett, Terminator Salvation and the Star Trek reboot franchise died in a tragic accident in June of 2016. Three years later, a new documentary called Love, Antosha looks back at the unfortunately short life of the actor who touched a lot of people, both through his work and his life....

‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Director Eliza Hittman On Making Peace With Its Unconventional Release, Conversations She Hopes To Inspire, And More [Interview] By Ben Pearson/April 3, 2020 1:00 pm EST Never Rarely Sometimes Always, the third feature film from writer/director Eliza Hittman, was released in theaters on Friday, March 13 – one of the unluckiest release dates in the history of Hollywood. Theaters began shutting down due to the coronavirus crisis, cutting short the film’s box office prospects and its ability to continue riding the wave of acclaim that began cresting when it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year....

‘Survive’ Teaser: Winter Comes Again For Sophie Turner In Quibi Survival Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 10, 2020 3:00 pm EST Sophie Turner just can’t escape the winter. The Game of Thrones actress stars alongside Corey Hawkins in an upcoming Quibi series Survive, an action thriller series following two survivors of a plane crash on a remote snow-covered mountain. It’s pretty self-explanatory what the two must do. Watch the Survive teaser below....

‘Tammy And The T-Rex’ Might Just Be Your New Midnight Movie Obsession [Fantastic Fest 2019] By Matt Donato/Sept. 21, 2019 11:00 am EST Tammy And The T-Rex is a tale as old as prehistoric time. Boy meets girl. Girl falls in love with boy. Girl’s punk ex-boyfriend kidnaps her new crush and leaves him to be mauled by lions in a wildlife park. Wounded boy is stolen by a crazed genius, has his brain removed, then implanted into an animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex....

“Theft” Brings Some Shock And Awe To ‘His Dark Materials’ With The Help Of Paddington Bear By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 1, 2020 9:00 am EST His Dark Materials is only getting better with each episode of its second season, with the third episode, “Theft,” finally bringing an end to the sluggish witches vs. Magisterium plot and getting to the real action. And by real action, I mean Will and Lyra sitting down in a movie theater to watch Paddington....