Posts

The Dream of the ’80s is Alive in Washington Nostalgia for the ’80s is all the rage in Hollywood, with shows like Stranger Things and movies like Ready Player One kicking off a craze for big hair and even bigger pop culture references. But it’s more than aesthetic or trendy choice for Wonder Woman 1984. There are plenty of costume changes for Diana, of course, but the ’80s and its legacy of rampant materialism and political corruption — much of which feels especially prescient today — was of particular interest to Jenkins:...

Zombieland Double Tap International Trailer The new Zombieland: Double Tap international trailer is packed with gore, laughs, and tons of new footage of the new cast actors joining the horror-comedy franchise. That includes Deutch, whose ditzy blonde drives a wedge in the dysfunctional foursome after they find their way to Washington, D.C. Then there’s a cute stranger named Berkeley (Avian Jogia), whose dashing good looks and impressive weed supply draws Little Rock (Breslin) out of the group....

Adam Goldberg Has Written ‘Goonies 2’ On Spec, Steven Spielberg Explains Why A Sequel Never Happened By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 28, 2020 9:30 am EST Goonies may never say die, but the multiple attempts to make a sequel to Richard Donner’s ’80s kid adventure classic have. When The Goonies hit theaters in 1985, it was a massive box office hit, becoming one of the top ten highest-grossing films of the year and became a classic in the years to follow....

Daily Podcast: Spoiler Discussion Of Watchmen Episode 8, “A God Walks Into Abar” By Ben Pearson/Dec. 9, 2019 1:45 pm EST On the December 9, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to have a spoiler discussion of the eighth episode of HBO’s Watchmen, entitled “A God Walks Into Abar.” Opening Banter: HT’s back!In Our Feature Presentation: Emails Angela and Dr....

Emmys Expand Comedy And Drama Categories To Eight Nominees, Among Other Changes By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 18, 2020 7:30 am EST In the age of Peak TV, it’s far too easy for great television to fly under the radar. But the Emmy Awards are attempting to rectify that by expanding the number of nominees in key categories, including its best comedy and drama categories. The comedy and drama categories have been expanded to feature eight nominees, while other categories will expand based on submissions....

Guillermo Del Toro Likens His Stop-Motion Animated ‘Pinocchio’ To ‘Frankenstein’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 13, 2019 2:00 pm EST Guillermo del Toro has a fondness for monsters, so it should come as no surprise that he’s comparing his upcoming stop-motion animated adaptation of Pinocchio to the classic tale of Frankenstein. In a recent interview about the forthcoming Netflix project being developed with The Jim Henson Company, del Toro discussed his vision for Pinocchio and how it hits close to his love for Frankenstein....

HBO Developing A Scripted Series About Elon Musk’s SpaceX By Ben Pearson/Oct. 12, 2020 2:00 pm EST HBO is about to add Elon Musk to the premium cable channel’s iconic roster of characters. A new report says that a SpaceX limited series is currently in development at HBO, centering on Musk’s space exploration company, and Star Trek Beyond co-writer Doug Jung will serve as a writer and executive producer of the scripted SpaceX show....

Over 40 Beloved British Movies Have Been Hidden Across Google Maps U.K. To Watch For Free By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 10, 2020 1:30 pm EST The United Kingdom is preparing to enter another lockdown, and since its residents can’t really travel anywhere, they’re getting the next best thing: a Google Maps “virtual movie hunt.” Over 40 beloved British movies have been hidden across the Google map of the U.K., and are available to watch for free to any film fan that finds them....

Pixar’s Ed Catmull And Pat Hanrahan Have Won The $1 Million Turing Prize For Their CGI Breakthroughs By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 22, 2020 2:00 pm EST Pixar has been dominating the animation field for years with its beloved Oscar-winning films, but it’s taken over 25 years for the computer industry to acknowledge the animation studio’s contributions on the technology side of things. Luckily, Pixar Animation’s Ed Catmull and Pat Hanrahan are being acknowledged with the most prestigious award in the computer industry: the Turing Prize....

Superhero Bits: ‘Black Adam’ Cinematographer Revealed, Female Loki May Be Coming To Disney+ & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 18, 2019 6:00 pm EST Which comic book movie did the President of the United States of America show to family, friends and staff? Who will be the cinematographer for Black Adam? Could we get a female version of Loki in the Disney+ series? What did Anthony & Joe Russo have to say about Martin Scorsese’s Marvel movie comments?...

The Diamond Dogs Are Back: ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3 Confirmed At AppleTV+ By Ben Pearson/Oct. 28, 2020 12:30 pm EST Back in August, Apple handed out a greenlight for a second season of Ted Lasso, the heartwarming and hilarious sports comedy starring Jason Sudeikis. There were some rumblings and rumors about a potential third season being in the works as well, and now that has been confirmed: Ted Lasso season 3 is officially coming to AppleTV+....

The Morning Watch: ‘Enola Holmes’ Bloopers, Fight Breakdown & Behind The Scenes Featurette By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 5, 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. In this edition, it’s a whole line-up of videos from Netflix’s original movie Enola Holmes, starring Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Burn Gorman, and Helena Bonham Carter....

The Morning Watch: Stuntmen React To ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, Why ‘Mask Of Zorro’ Is Great & More By Ethan Anderton/March 26, 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: ‘The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance’ Deserved To Be Hailed As A Modern Fantasy Classic By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 24, 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: The Dark Crystal: Age of ResistanceWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: In the prequel to Jim Henson’s cult 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal, three Gelflings discover the horrifying secret behind the ruling Skeksis’ power and set out an epic journey to try to save the world from being corrupted by darkness....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Too Funny To Fail’ Charts The Promising Rise And Frustrating Fall Of ‘The Dana Carvey Show’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 12, 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 Movie: Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey ShowWhere You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: Fresh off a successful run on Saturday Night Live, comedian Dana Carvey was hired by ABC to create a new sketch show....

There Are Better Movies Than This: ‘The Dark Tower’ Spoiler Review By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 7, 2017 9:00 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 big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower.)The Man in Black fled across the desert, and The Dark Tower movie followed....

Water Cooler: The Last Dance, Best In Show, War Of The Worlds, Magic For Humans, Braven, Looney Tunes, Homecoming, ILM, Community & More By Peter Sciretta/May 22, 2020 3:15 pm EST On the May 22, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

‘30 Rock’ Returning With An Hour-Long Special Introducing New 2020-2021 NBC TV Shows By Ethan Anderton/June 16, 2020 1:00 pm EST 30 Rock is about to be proud as a peacock to return to NBC with cast members Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, and more reprising their series roles for a remotely produced hour-long special. However, this will be a little bit different from the quarantined special that Parks and Recreation put together for NBC, because the 30 Rock revival will also double as a primetime upfronts special to promote new NBCUniversal shows for the 2020-2021 TV season....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Originally Had A Post-Credits Sequence Featuring Vision, Paul Bettany Says By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 20, 2021 8:00 am EST Anyone following the continuity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe may be a little surprised when they tune into WandaVision. In that show, Paul Bettany’s Vision is, totally alive and not a grey, lifeless corpse. Which is the opposite of how we left him in Avengers: Infinity War, the last appearance that Bettany would make on the big screen as the superhero android....

‘Blood Quantum’ Review: Somehow, Here’s A Fresh Take On The Zombie Movie [TIFF 2019] By Meredith Borders/Sept. 14, 2019 10:00 am EST Blood Quantum, the second feature film from Rhymes for Young Ghouls’ Jeff Barnaby, opens with an intense ancient settler’s proverb that reads, in part: “Take heed to thyself, make no treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering,” lest a lot of really heinous things happen, apparently....