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Contest: Win ‘Clueless’ And ‘Ghost’ On Blu-Ray By Chris Evangelista/July 23, 2020 10:30 am EST This month, Paramount released new Blu-ray editions of two of their most famous titles: Ghost, the movie where Patrick Swayze’s ghost annoys Whoopi Goldberg, and Clueless, where Alicia Silverstone falls in love with her step-brother, the immortal Paul Rudd. To celebrate these new releases, we’re giving away free copies of the Ghost Blu-ray and the Clueless steelbook Blu-ray....

By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 21, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the February 21, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and tv news, including The Batman, Gaslit, Clone Wars, Borderlands, and Planet of the Apes. In The News: HT: ‘The Batman’ May Draw Inspiration From ‘Batman: Year One’ and ‘The Long Halloween’, Could Introduce the Flying Graysons [Updated] Ben: ‘Gaslit’ Will Reunite Julia Roberts and ‘Homecoming’s Sam Esmail HT: The Final Season of Clone Wars Will Cross Over Into Revenge of The Sith HT: Ahsoka Tano’s Voice Cameo in ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Doesn’t Mean She’s Dead, According to Dave Filoni Ben: ‘Borderlands’ Movie Coming From Eli Roth HT: The New ‘Planet of the Apes’ Movie Won’t Be a Reboot, So Please Don’t Go Bananas All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....

Disney Offering Digital Flash Sale For ‘Star Wars’, Animated Classics, Sports Favorites & More From Now Through May By Ethan Anderton/April 16, 2020 4:30 pm EST There are a lot of streaming offers out there to help pass the time with self-quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic. But if you’re in the market to pick up some movies that you can keep (though not as assuredly as physical media), Disney will be offering a big discount on some of their most popular movies in the coming weeks from now through the month of May....

Three more American Horror Story seasons are coming American Horror Story just wrapped its ninth season, 1984, inspired by ’80s summer camp slasher movies. FX had already renewed for a 10th season, but today they announced seasons 11, 12 and 13. Of course creator Ryan Murphy won’t reveal anything about a season in advance and he hasn’t told Landgraf either.“No, it’s like an annual ritual for him,” Landgraf said. “I think one of the things he loves and I think we’re really fortunate that he still loves it because he’s got so many things on this plate, but he loves the act of imagination and creating something new, starting from the ground up with a concept, production design, casting, makeup hair costume....

New On Blu-Ray: ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’, ‘The Fly’ Collection, ‘Ad Astra’ By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 23, 2019 4:00 pm EST Streaming is great, but you know what’s better? Actually owning movies. I’m talking about physical copies you can put up on a shelf and pull down whenever the mood strikes you. Besides, not everything is ready and available to stream. And that’s where Blu-rays come in. These are the new Blu-ray releases you should check out this week...

Pop Culture Imports: ‘City Of God,’ A Gender-Bent Japanese ‘Sherlock Holmes,’ Netflix’s First Indian Horror Series, And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 7, 2018 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best, wackiest, and weirdest foreign-language movies and TV shows streaming right now.) Like the start of every school season, September brings with it something old and something new for this week’s Pop Culture Imports. The acclaimed Brazilian crime drama City of God makes its way to streaming, while HBO premieres its first international TV series with a gender-bent take on Sherlock Holmes....

South Korea Selects ‘Parasite’ As Its 2020 Oscar Contender For Best International Film By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 22, 2019 1:30 pm EST According to The Hollywood Reporter, South Korea has selected Parasite as its entry for next year’s Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars. Despite the country’s bad luck at the Oscars — last year’s Burning was widely hailed as one of the best movies of the year and failed to receive a nod — this year could finally be the year that South Korea earns an Oscar nomination, maybe even a win....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: ‘Supergirl’ Loses The Skirt In Season 5, ‘Dark Phoenix’ Home Video Date & More By Ethan Anderton/July 16, 2019 6:00 pm EST Here’s a trailer for the Batman: Hush graphic novel, reminding you it exists before the animated movie arrives. Legendary comic book duo Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch is reteaming for 12-issue series The Batman’s Grave. Melissa Benoist showed off Supergirl’s new suit, which ditches the skirt to avoid the cold weather of Vancouver....

The Morning Watch: The History Of Slow-Motion In Movies, Barry Jenkins And Spike Lee Chat For An Hour & More By Ethan Anderton/July 24, 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: The Tricks Of Faking A Single Take Shot, 2.5 Hour DGA Nominees Discussion & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 14, 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 Quarantine Stream: Steven Moffat’s ‘Coupling’ Is The British ‘Friends’, But Raunchier, Funnier And Better By Ethan Anderton/April 10, 2020 7:00 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: CouplingWhere You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: When a group of friends really get to thinking how to get what they want out of love, the results are a wild mix of one-night stands, one-lunchtime stands, two-timing and partner-swapping....

Water Cooler: It Chapter Two, Mindhunter, Good Boys, Succession, Castlevania, Le Samourai, Rocko’s Modern Life, TV Mounting, Digital Cameras By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 21, 2019 1:15 pm EST On the August 21 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Scirettais joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Buiand Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

Water Cooler: The Great Muppet Caper, Sunshine, The Royal Tenenbaums, Belushi, After Hours, Lupin, And More By Ben Pearson/Jan. 21, 2021 1:45 pm EST On the January 21, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler....

‘1917’ Director Sam Mendes On Collaborating With Roger Deakins And The “Unnerving” Decision To Present The Movie As A Single Shot [Interview] By Steven Prokopy/Jan. 1, 2020 10:00 am EST 1917’s seemingly death-defying camera work from master cinematographer (and recent Oscar winner) Roger Deakins is extraordinary as it moves through varying terrains in the guise of a single take, with no place to hide lights (he’s working in natural light most of the time)....

‘Big Mouth’ Season 3 Images Tease Big Changes For The Kids By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 22, 2019 2:00 pm EST Big changes are coming to Big Mouth in the upcoming third season of the Netflix animated comedy series. The constant battle with hormones only gets hairier in a batch of new Big Mouth season 3 images, which Netflix just released. See the Big Mouth season 3 images below. Big Mouth Season 3 Images...

‘Black Mirror’ Creator Charlie Brooker’s Mysterious 2020 Project Gets A Mysterious Teaser By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 3, 2020 3:00 pm EST This year has been such a shit-show that it makes episodes of Black Mirror look almost quaint by comparison. Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker is aware of that, so rather than bring us a new season of Black Mirror he’s unleashing a new, mysterious mockumentary about the hell year that was 2020....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 23, 2019 11:30 am EST Things seem to be moving fast for Clerks 3 just a few weeks after we learned that Kevin Smith was breathing new life into the long-abandoned sequel. The writer and director is currently on the road promoting Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, but he took the opportunity to give an update on Clerks 3 — specifically, the score. Former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way, who has taken a break from the music industry to pursue a career in comic book writing, will be scoring Clerks 3, according to Smith....

‘Field Of Dreams’ Shooting Location Will Host A Real Major League Baseball Game Next Year By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 9, 2019 4:00 pm EST This year marks the 30th anniversary of the beloved baseball movie Field of Dreams. The movie stars Kevin Costner as a farmer who hears a mysterious voice that inspires him to build a baseball diamond on his land. After building the field, the ghosts of the banned 1919 White Sox, including “Shoeless Joe” Jackson, emerge to play a good old fashioned game in the great Midwest....

‘Hustlers’ Trailer: Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo, And Cardi B Rip Off Wall Street Jerks By Chris Evangelista/July 17, 2019 8:30 am EST Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Lizzo, and Cardi B all star in Hustlers, a stylish new drama-comedy about a group of strippers who team up to rip off some Wall Street douchebags. In all seriousness, that premise sounds like it could make for the feel-good movie of the year....

‘Jurassic World Aftermath’ Trailer: Now You Can Run From Dinosaurs In Virtual Reality By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 18, 2020 1:00 pm EST You would think that the lesson of all the Jurassic Park movies, and by extension the Jurassic World movies, is that it’s a terrible idea to visit the real, living dinosaurs of Isla Nublar. But Jurassic World Aftermath gives you the opportunity to do exactly that — in virtual reality....