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31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘The Devils’ Is An Orgy Of Unbridled Lust And Religious Mania By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 18, 2019 7:00 am EST Welcome to 31 Days of Streaming Horror. Every day this October we’ll be highlighting a different streaming horror movie to help you get into the Halloween spirit. Today’s entry: The Devils (1971). The Devils Now Streaming on The Criterion Channel Sub-Genre: Sexy Historical Horror Freak-OutBest Setting to Watch It In: In a conventHow Scary Is It?...

AT&T Is Spending More Than $2 Billion On HBO Max In 2020 — How Does It Compare To The Disney+ And Apple TV+ Costs? By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 29, 2019 8:30 am EST The battle for the superior streaming service will be fought in boardrooms and banks. As Hollywood’s biggest companies and studios turn their eye to streaming platforms, they’re also emptying their wallets with the knowledge that these platforms won’t be profitable for at least several years....

Cool Stuff: ‘Elf’ Monopoly And Breakfast Cereal Will Help Make Smiling Your Favorite By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 6, 2020 6:00 am EST Right now, all eyes are on Jon Favreau’s work on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, but as we get closer to the holidays, fans will be digging into the director’s modern holiday classic Elf. The movie is played endlessly during the Christmas season, and this year you can take your love of Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf to the next level....

Cool Stuff: Hasbro Unveils Life-Size Boba Fett Helmet From The Black Series Collection By Ethan Anderton/July 22, 2019 6:00 am EST Hasbro’s Black Series has been making waves for a few years now by making 6-inch action figures (and a few other collectible items) from the Star Wars saga. They’re much detailed than the smaller, standard 3 and 3/4 inch figures that have been popular since the original movie released the first merchandise following the original Star Wars, and they’re intended for more grown up collectors....

Cool Stuff: Mondo Is Giving ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ Video Game Score A Vinyl Soundtrack By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 11, 2020 6:00 am EST Marvel’s Avengers won’t be hitting video game consoles until September 4, but the beta gameplay is underway right now. That means players have already heard the game’s score composed by Bobby Tahouri, and soon it will be available as a vinyl soundtrack release by Mondo, including artwork by Phantom City Creative....

Cool Stuff: Nan Lawson’s Gallery 1988 Art Show Features ‘Logan’, ‘Midsommar’, ‘Into The Spider-Verse’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 4, 2020 6:00 am EST Artist Nan Lawson is best know for her Meet Cute series of artwork featuring some of our favorite couples of film and television. Her work has a dreamy sort of quality to it with a unique illustration style and use of color. But her latest show, Through the Woods at Gallery 1988, has pulled back from the Meet Cute portraits she’s known for....

Double, Double Toil And Trouble: The Best Halloween Movie Is A ‘Harry Potter’ Film By Brianna Zigler/Oct. 29, 2019 12:00 pm EST Horse-drawn carriages can be seen making their way to the black castle of Hogwarts, drenched in thick fog and a glimmer of moonlight. Sheaths of rain torrent down into sloshing puddles on the cold earth. A single crow emerges into the scene and perches atop a sign in-frame that reads “Hogsmeade....

Edgar Wright Lists His 100 Favorite Comedies, Including ‘Popstar’, ‘Some Like It Hot’ And More By Ethan Anderton/March 28, 2020 11:00 am EST Edgar Wright isn’t just the director of comedy treasures like Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End. He’s also an educated cinephile and comedy connoisseur with a deep knowledge of the biggest and best laughs ranging from classics in Hollywood’s Golden Age to contemporary hits....

HBO Chief Doesn’t Think ‘Game Of Thrones’ Franchise Will Get As Big As Marvel Or ‘Star Wars’ By Ben Pearson/Dec. 19, 2020 1:00 pm EST Casey Bloys, the chief content officer for HBO and HBO Max, does not think the Game of Thrones franchise will grow to the size of the sprawling, interconnected universes that Marvel Studios has established in its superhero storytelling or that Lucasfilm is aiming for with its Star Wars franchise....

HBO Max’s ‘The Flight Attendant’ Pilot Is Now Free To Watch On YouTube By Ben Pearson/Nov. 18, 2020 3:00 pm EST The streaming service has made The Flight Attendant pilot (ah, wordplay!) available to stream on YouTube in advance of the series premiere later this month, and you can watch the entire first episode below. Embedding on the episode has been turned off (what gives, HBO Max?), but you can watch it right here....

How Hollywood Plans To Market The Reopening Of Movie Theaters By Ethan Anderton/May 29, 2020 4:00 pm EST While we’re not sure if movie theaters will be opening their doors in time to get Christopher Nolan’s Tenet into theaters by the proposed July 17 release date (or if Warner Bros. will even release it), it’s very likely that they’ll at least be back in business by sometime in August. But how will movie theaters convince audiences to come back?...

Joaquin Phoenix Made ‘Joker’ Sequel Posters Inserting Joker Into Films Like ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ And ‘Yentl’ By Ben Pearson/Nov. 5, 2019 9:30 am EST Joker 2 has not yet been officially announced, but it seems like an inevitability at this point. The first film is already the most successful R-rated movie of all time, and though star Joaquin Phoenix admits that part of the attraction to making the first movie was that it was a “one-off,” he started getting sequel fever only a couple of weeks into filming....

Let’s Dwell On L3-37, One Of The Best (And Most Totally Doomed) ‘Star Wars’ Droids Ever By Evan Saathoff/Dec. 17, 2020 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Galaxy-Wide Star Wars Character Guide, where we give proper due to the smaller figures in Star Wars history.)You can already tell the Disney Star Wars era will go down in history for some specific things. One will be a massive increase in content for sure....

Martin Scorsese Doubles Down On Superhero Movie Criticism, Says Theaters Need To Show More “Narrative Films” By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 14, 2019 8:30 am EST Martin Scorsese stirred up an intense debate recently when he compered superhero movies to theme parks and excluded them from being classified as cinema, at least in his mind. The commentary felt a little close-minded, but knowing the kind of filmmaker Scorsese is, it’s easy to see where he’s coming from with that kind of criticism....

By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 5, 2019 8:00 am EST Netflix’s The King is a reverse Hobbit: instead of adapting one book into three movies, it adapts three plays into one film. Shorn of Shakespearean dialogue, this loose retelling of Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 and Henry V gets by on character and plot. Timothée Chalamet brings a brooding intensity to the Henry V role, which sees him following in the footsteps of classically trained luminaries like Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir Kenneth Branagh....

New Joaquin Phoenix Movie From Mike Mills And A24 Involves A Road Trip By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 11, 2020 5:30 pm EST Joaquin Phoenix, you just won an Oscar for playing a smelly clown! What are you going to do next? The answer: star in an A24 film for director Mike Mills. Word of this project first surfaced last year, and now, details are starting to trickle out. The plot involves Phoenix’s character traveling across the country with his nephew....

Spike Lee Will Direct A Musical About Viagra (Yes, Really) By Ben Pearson/Nov. 17, 2020 1:00 pm EST Spike Lee is always pushing forward, always evolving, and always doing interesting things as a storyteller. He has been making movies for more than 35 years, and now he’s about to attempt something he has never tried before: directing a full-blown narrative movie musical. In the wake of Lee’s filmed version of David Byrne’s American Utopia, the next Spike Lee joint will be a musical about an unexpected topic: the invention of Viagra....

Superhero Bits: Stan Lee’s Daughter Bashes Marvel/Disney, ‘Avengers’ Game Separate From ‘Spider-Man’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 22, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want to read the synopsis for the second season premiere of Titans? Interested in seeing a stage production about the life of Spider-Man artist Steve Ditko? Why does Marc Maron have a problem with comic book movies? Why is Stan Lee’s daughter lashing out at Marvel/Disney? Did you hear that rumor about Pierce Brosnan playing Alfred in The Batman?...

The Best Movies And TV Shows Coming To Disney+ And Hulu In June 2020 By Ben Pearson/May 27, 2020 5:30 pm EST As the streaming wars rage on, consumers are reaping the benefits of having loads of new content to sift through every month on their various streaming services. We’re here to help, so we’ve highlighted five of the best shows and movies coming to Disney+ and Hulu in June 2020 below if you’re looking for a recommendation....

The Morning Watch: Stuntmen React To ‘The Raid 2’ Fight Sequences, ‘Joker’ Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 7, 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. In this edition, take a look at some of the Easter eggs and comic references that you might have missed in Joker with Joaquiin Phoenix....