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Watch: Go Behind The Scenes Of ‘The Irishman’ With Criterion’s 36-Minute Making-Of Documentary By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 26, 2020 1:00 pm EST What’s the point in owning the Criterion edition of Martin Scorsese’s modern gangster masterpiece, The Irishman, you might ask? Well, we can debate about the benefits of digital versus physical copies for ages, but the special features alone would make it worth it. Criterion’s The Irishman Blu-ray release includes everything from video essays, scene breakdowns, and making-of-featurettes, the latter of which has been made available to watch for free on YouTube now....

‘All Day And A Night’ Trailer: Jeffrey Wright And ‘Moonlight’ Star Ashton Sanders Are In A Cycle Of Violence By Ben Pearson/April 21, 2020 3:00 pm EST Ryan Coogler rightfully earned loads of praise for directing and co-writing Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, but his co-writer on that film, Joe Robert Cole, sort of fell by the wayside in a lot of the discussions about that movie. Now Cole is putting a new film entirely on his own shoulders: he’s written and directed a generational drama for Netflix called All Day and a Night, and its trailer has just arrived....

‘All The Bright Places’ Trailer: Elle Fanning And Justice Smith Are Sad Teens In Love By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 6, 2020 2:30 pm EST After years of playing precocious teens and stony-faced ingenues in stylish arthouse dramas, Elle Fanning will finally get to relax and just play an ordinary teen. Granted, a grieving teen who begins a tumultuous romance with Justice Smith’s angsty boy, but an ordinary grieving teen, at least. Fanning has had an interesting and envelope-pushing early careers, but it’s prevented her from starring in a cheesy romantic drama or a sentimental weepy....

‘Black-Ish’ Spin-Off ‘Old-Ish’ Being Developed At ABC For Laurence Fishburne And Jenifer Lewis By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 9, 2020 3:30 pm EST The ABC sitcom Black-ish starring Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross is the gift that keeps on giving. Not only is the show heading into its seventh season in October with an animated election special leading the way, but it’s about to add a third spin-off to the slate of shows that have grown out of the family comedy series....

/Filmcast Ep. 597 - Sound Of Metal By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 15, 2020 8:00 pm EST The Slashfilmcast is launching a Patreon! Support us at http://patreon.com/filmpodcast. David, Devindra, and Jeff share their thoughts on the highly anticipated video game Cyberpunk 2077. For the feature review, the cast reviews Sound of Metal, the drama directed and co-written by Darius Marder and starting Riz Ahmed. Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch....

‘Just Mercy’ Made Available To Rent For Free Through June To Help Educate On Systemic Racism By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 3, 2020 9:30 am EST In the wake of the widespread Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the nation, Warner Bros. is seeking to educate audiences on systemic racism. The studio is making Just Mercy, the 2019 legal drama starring Michael B. Jordan as the real-life civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, available to rent for free through the month of June....

‘Primal’ Clip: Genndy Tartakovsky Delivers Violent Dinosaur Action By Ben Pearson/July 22, 2019 5:30 pm EST Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky has spent the past several years making Hotel Transylvania movies: goofy, breezy films that are largely designed for kids and families. But longtime fans know that Tartakovsy’s a man with varied interests – and one of those interests happens to be seeing a dinosaur rip another dinosaur’s face off....

‘Rising Phoenix’ Trailer: Meet The Badasses Who Compete In The Paralympic Games By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 14, 2020 3:30 pm EST This year would have seen another round of the Olympic Games unfolding from Tokyo, Japan. But unfortunately, the worldwide sporting event had to be moved to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. That means that the Paralympic Games that typically follow in the same location have been shifted to next year as well....

‘Saint Maud’ Trailer: Take A Look At One Of Next Year’s Most Disturbing Movies By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 17, 2019 9:30 am EST A24 has carved out a brand releasing weird, unconventional horror movies that casual horror moviegoers don’t quite get, but horror fans go gaga over. And they’re at it again with Saint Maud, a highly disturbing slow burn that’s going to stick with you long after the credits have rolled....

‘Save Yourselves!’ Review: A Couple Goes Off The Grid Just As Aliens Arrive [Sundance 2020] By Ben Pearson/Jan. 26, 2020 2:00 pm EST We’re all addicted to our phones. Whether it’s because we need the dopamine hit of receiving Twitter faves or Instagram likes, or just a gnawing need to constantly be connected, the addiction is very real. Save Yourselves!, the new sci-fi comedy from writer/directors Eleanor Wilson and Alex H....

‘Spiderhead’: Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, And Jurnee Smollett Will Star In Netflix Movie From Joseph Kosinski By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 29, 2020 3:00 pm EST Netflix’s Spiderhead, a new sci-fi film from Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski, has just assembled a noteworthy cast: Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, and Jurnee Smollett. Zombieland and Deadpool writers Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick are handling the script, which is adapted from a short story by George Saunders....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ VR Experience Coming To Select Cities This Fall By Ben Pearson/Aug. 1, 2019 3:00 pm EST Sandbox VR, a company that offers full body virtual reality experiences, has announced that it will be launching a Star Trek Discovery VR experience this fall called Star Trek: Discovery – Away Mission. Similar to what we’ve seen from companies like The Void, Sandbox VR is blending virtual reality technology with tactile physicality, immersing participants in a way that goes beyond simply donning a headset and operating a hand-held controller....

‘Stargirl’ Review: This Disney+ Original Feels Like A Missed Opportunity By Josh Spiegel/March 17, 2020 10:00 am EST Before there was a manic pixie dream girl, there was Stargirl, at least for the young-adult set. The 2000 novel by Jerry Spinelli has finally spawned a live-action adaptation, this time courtesy of Disney+ (and what incredibly perfect timing for them to have a new original film right now). 20 years isn’t that much time in terms of how drastically culture can shift, but when Spinelli wrote the story of a shy teenager who’s brought out of his shell by a mysterious, quirky, charming young woman with plenty of tricks up her sleeve seemingly intended to make him a better person, it felt fresher than such a story can feel after the introduction of the MPDG into pop culture....

‘The Mandalorian’ Delivers Its Best Episode Yet With “The Prisoner” By Bryan Young/Dec. 13, 2019 7:00 am EST Naturally, there are spoilers here.With nowhere left to turn, the Mandalorian looks up an old ally from his days working on a crew. This character, played by Mark Boone Junior, has a job for him: breaking onto a New Republic prison ship, breaking out a prisoner, and escaping. The Mando is sent with a crew that consists of an ex-Imperial sharp-shooter (Bill Burr), the Devaronian muscle (Clancy Brown), a droid (Richard Ayoade), and his old flame, a purple Twi’lek played by Natalia Tena....

‘The Punisher’ Spoiler Review: This Show Is All Out Of Ammo By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 20, 2017 10:00 am EST (In our Spoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: the second season Netflix’s latest Marvel series, The Punisher.) Why is The Punisher so hard to get right? First appearing in the pages of The Amazing Spider-Man in 1974, Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, was birthed from the same two-fisted pulp sensibilities that created angry, well-armed lone nuts like Charles Bronson’s Paul Kersey in Death Wish and Clint Eastwood’s Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry....

‘Watchmen’ Composers Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross Just Won Their First Emmy And They’re One Tony Away From An EGOT By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 18, 2020 11:30 am EST Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are now one Tony away from achieving that coveted EGOT status. The Nine Inch Nails collaborators and Oscar-winning composers added an Emmy to their collection with a trophy for their score on HBO’s Watchmen. It marks Reznor and Ross’ first Emmy win....

Daisy Ridley Says ‘Star Wars’ Toyed With Rey’s Parentage, Including Making Her A Kenobi By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 9, 2020 7:00 am EST Rey Kenobi? That might have been the true parentage of Rey revealed in Star Wars: Episode IX, according to Daisy Ridley, who revealed that the Star Wars teams toyed with several ideas for Rey’s origins before settling on making her the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine. But “an Obi-Wan connection” was one of the front-runners before the idea on Rey’s parentage had been decided on, which Ridley revealed was not even set in stone while she was filming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker....

Director Brad Bird’s Live-Action & Animated Musical Is Still On The Way, Says Composer Michael Giacchino By Ethan Anderton/March 24, 2020 2:00 pm EST Did you forget that The Incredibles and Ratatouille director Brad Bird is working on a live-action/animated hybrid movie musical? Well, we’re here to remind you about it, because the project is still very much in the works, but it’s just in the early stages of development right now with composer Michael Giacchino working closely with the Iron Giant filmmaker....

Fantasia Film Festival Dispatches: ‘#ShakespeareSh*tstorm’, ‘The Block Island Sound’, ‘For The Sake Of Vicious’ By /Film Staff/Sept. 4, 2020 11:00 am EST Usually, the genre-heavy Fantasia International Film Festival is held annually in Montreal, but with things the way they are this year (terrible), the festival has gone virtual. This year, Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato are covering Fantasia for /Film, firing off dispatches featuring capsule reviews of the titles we’ve watched from the safety of our own homes, all while dreaming of poutine....

Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Hellboy 3’ Could Have Been Turned Into A Comic, But Mike Mignola Refused By Ethan Anderton/July 24, 2019 1:00 pm EST For the longest time, director Guillermo del Toro tried to get Hellboy 3 off the ground. The end of Hellboy II left the door wide open for a sequel involving Big Red (Ron Perlman) having a couple hellions of his own with his girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), not to mention fulfilling his destiny as the beast of the apocalypse....