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The Quarantine Stream: ‘His Dark Materials’ Is A Dark Adventure Into Adolescence By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 1, 2020 12:00 pm 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 Show: His Dark MaterialsWhere You Can Stream It: HBO and HBO MaxThe Pitch: Set in an alternate world where humans’ souls take the form of walking, talking animals called daemons, His Dark Materials starts off as a fantasy-adventure series involving child kidnappers and a brash young heroine named Lyra before it unfolds into an ambitious retelling of John Milton’s Paradise Lost....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story’ Is A Pitch Perfect Parody That Has Forever Ruined Music Biopics By Ethan Anderton/June 18, 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: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox StoryWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: Music biopics get spoofed spectacularly in this parody that’s every bit as good as the likes of Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, Airplane!...

This Week In Trailers: Mogul Mowgli, The Walrus And The Whistleblower, The True Adventures Of Wolfboy, How To With John Wilson By Christopher Stipp/Oct. 3, 2020 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?...

Todd Phillips Wants To See A Batman Movie Set In Gotham City He Created In ‘Joker’ By Ben Pearson/Jan. 3, 2020 5:00 pm EST As we head into the next phase of awards season, Joker is still a serious contender for multiple awards – first at this weekend’s Golden Globes, and then it’s setting its sights on Oscars. And while we’re still waiting on an official announcement about a possible sequel, director Todd Phillips has suggested that he’d like to see a separate Batman movie set in Joker’s Gotham City....

Warner Bros. Apologizes After ‘The Witches’ Sparks Backlash In Disability Community By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 4, 2020 3:00 pm EST The Witches has found itself at the center of a controversy — not for its poor critical reception, but for some bad character design choices. The disability community has criticized The Witches for giving a negative depiction of limb differences, after the witches in Robert Zemeckis’ film are shown to have three-fingered hands — a disfigurement notably similar to the real-life limb abnormality ectrodactyly, otherwise known as “split hand....

‘Bad Boys For Life’ Clip: Will Smith And Martin Lawrence Buckle Up By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 11, 2020 2:00 pm EST Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back for one last ride in Bad Boys for Life. The third and final entry in this franchise has Smith and Lawrence returning as cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, who once again find themselves drawn into ridiculous, highly improbable action sequences. The first Bad Boys for Life clip has found its way online, and it has Smith and Lawrence bickering in the midst of a high-speed chase....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 28, 2020 10:30 am EST “Sacha has masterfully created one of the most well received films of these unprecedented times – showcasing some of the best and the worst of us, wrapped in one outrageous moment after another. But at its core, Borat 2 is a heartwarming story of a father daughter relationship and of female empowerment seen through a hysterical, satirical lens. With the tremendous launch of this global, tentpole movie, it’s clear our customers around the world want content that is both relevant and entertaining....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 20, 2020 8:30 am EST Directed by Craig Brewer (Dolemite is My Name) from a screenplay by Kenya Barris, Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield, and story by Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield and Justin Kanew, Coming 2 America features the return of Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem, who this time “is set to become king of the fictional country of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America — a street-savvy Queens native named Lavelle....

‘Console Wars’ Review: A Fascinating, Fundamental Chronicle Of The Innovative Battle Between SEGA And Nintendo By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 23, 2020 7:00 am EST Though Atari was the first massively successful home video game system, a flood of terrible games, including the infamously awful E.T. video game, brought the industry crashing down in the early 1980s. But in 1985, the world of home video gaming was brought back from the dead thanks to innovation from Japan in the form of Nintendo....

‘Disenchantment’ Part 3 Promo Announces 2020 Premiere On Netflix By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 11, 2019 12:00 pm EST More Disenchantment is coming your way. With the second season of the Matt Groening animated fantasy-comedy series still fresh in our minds, Netflix has announced that part 3 is already on its way, with a Disenchantment part 3 release date set for 2020. A new promo announces the third part, which will be dealing with some intense mommy issues....

‘Hollywood’, Ryan Murphy’s New Netflix Show, Arrives In May By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 20, 2020 11:00 am EST Here’s the synopsis: Hollywood features David Corenswet as Jack, Darren Criss as Raymond, Jeremy Pope as Archie, Laura Harrier as Camille, Samara Weaving as Claire, Dylan McDermott as Ernie, Holland Taylor as Ellen Kincaid, Patti LuPone as Avis, Jim Parsons as Henry Willson, Jake Picking as Rock Hudson, Joe Mantello as Dick, and Maude Apatow as Henrietta....

‘Host’ Director Rob Savage Signs Deal With Blumhouse By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 10, 2020 4:30 pm EST After getting everyone’s attention with Host, his pandemic horror movie now streaming on Shudder, director Rob Savage is headed to Blumhouse. The filmmaker just signed a three-picture deal with the horror-centric studio. For his three-picture deal, Savage will be working with some of the same people behind Host, including writers Jed Shepherd and Gemma Hurley....

‘I’m Thinking Of Ending Things’ First Look Teases Charlie Kaufman’s New Netflix Movie By Chris Evangelista/July 16, 2020 2:30 pm EST Charlie Kaufman’s new film I’m Thinking of Ending Things, based on a twisty, creepy novel by Iain Reid, is headed to Netflix in September. The first official look at Kaufman’s film has arrived via some new images, and while they don’t hint at the weirdness to come, Kaufman promises that “loneliness and hopelessness and regret” are all woven into the movie’s fabric....

‘Long Way Up’ Will Have Ewan McGregor And Charley Boorman Back On Their Bikes For Apple TV+ By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 3, 2020 3:30 pm EST Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman are hitting the road again. The duo who previously appeared in the British TV series Long Way Round are back for Long Way Up, which will once again have McGregor and Boorman hopping onto motorcycles and riding across the world. Headed to Apple TV+, Long Way Up finds McGregor and Boorman traveling through Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and up through Colombia, Central America, and Mexico....

‘Marvel’s 616’ Trailer: Disney+ Doc Series Explores The Connection Of Storytelling, Pop Culture, And Fandom By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 29, 2020 11:00 am EST Before WandaVision relieves Marvel fans from the drought of stories within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Disney+ will shine a light on some of the most passionate among them in a new documentary series coming this November Marvel’s 616 shines a light on the stories, characters and creators behind the most beloved characters of Marvel Comics (and some of the more obscure ones too) and how they intersect with pop culture and fandom....

By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 9, 2020 2:30 pm EST Following in the footsteps of Extraction here comes Mosul, a new action flick produced by the Russo Brothers. Matthew Michael Carnahan wrote the movie, which “tells the true story of one group of Iraqi men who fought ISIS when the terrorist group took their homes, families, and city.” Mosul previously played the Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. THR has the scoop on Mosul, a new action movie produced by the Russo Brothers headed to Netflix....

By Chris Evangelista/May 19, 2020 2:45 pm EST Can movies start shooting in places like Los Angeles in five weeks? Michael Bay seems to think so. Bay and Adam Goodman are teaming to produce Songbird, a pandemic thriller that is said to “take an unusual approach to shooting a movie in Los Angeles during the lockdown.” It also starts to hope shooting in five weeks, which might make it the first post-coronavirus outbreak production in the city....

‘Stranger Things’ Comic Hints That Russia Might Have Its Own Eleven By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 10, 2020 5:00 pm EST We still know very little about Stranger Things 4, other than the hint that the fourth season of the flagship Netflix series will be the gang out of Hawkins, Indiana. But how far, exactly? Across oceans, if the teasers and companion material mean anything. A new Stranger Things comic may pinpoint us to exactly where we could be heading next season, and what to expect there....

‘Tenet’ Scores $20 Million At U.S. Box Office, While Disney+ Downloads Spike With ‘Mulan’ Release By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 8, 2020 7:00 am EST Warner Bros.’ Tenet and Disney’s Mulan have been hand-in-hand for most of the summer — they were both being primed to be the first big blockbusters that would reopen movie theaters amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, they were both delayed three times each, they were both major tentpoles starring a POC lead....

‘The Forever Puge’ First Look And Plot Details Signal The End Of The ‘Purge’ Franchise By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 7, 2021 2:30 pm EST Once upon a time, The Purge franchise felt like it existed wholly in the realm of fiction. But in the years since the first film has been released, The Purge’s imagery of American run wild has begun to feel uncomfortably prescient. And in the wake of yesterday’s horrific attack on the US Capitol, anything Purge-related is probably going to come across as extra disturbing....