/Filmcast Ep. 547 - Marriage Story + Uncut Gems By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 18, 2019 7:00 pm EST This holiday season, David, Devindra, Jeff give the gift of a double-feature. The cast reviews Marriage Story, the latest Netflix film by Noah Baumbach, and Uncut Gems, a crime drama featuring a rough looking Adam Sandler. Thanks to our sponsors this week: 8hours and Feals. Visit 8hours.com for your hand-picked and exclusive videos on film and television....
‘Just Mercy’ Trailer: Michael B. Jordan And Brie Larson Fight For Justice By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 4, 2019 8:30 am EST Before Destin Daniel Cretton heads to Marvel to helm the highly anticipated Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the Short Term 12 director is squeezing in one last dramatic stunner. This time, Cretton teams up with Michael B. Jordan to tell the true story of attorney Bryan Stevenson’s fight for justice for a criminal on death row (Jamie Foxx), in Just Mercy....
‘Old’: M. Night Shyamalan Wraps Production On His Latest Thriller By Ben Pearson/Nov. 17, 2020 2:00 pm EST M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Glass) has completed principal photography on Old, his upcoming thriller which is based on a French graphic novel. The project started shooting back in late September and wrapped this past weekend. Here’s what we know about it so far. Wrapped production on @oldthemovie It was an incredible experience....
‘Saturday Night Live’ Wants To Resume Filming In Person By Ben Pearson/July 20, 2020 5:30 pm EST The most recent season of Saturday Night Live was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic, with the cast, writers, and producers rolling with the punches and releasing three “Saturday Night Live at Home” episodes that were produced in quarantine. The pandemic has not yet been fully suppressed in New York City, but executive producer Lorne Michaels and his team are currently looking at ways to get the show back to filming live and in-person again at Manhattan’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza when a new season debuts later this year....
‘See’ Director Francis Lawrence On World-Building And Making Television Shows For Apple [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Dec. 25, 2019 2:00 pm EST It’s not the first time Lawrence has defined the aesthetic and tone of a show as a filmmaker. He directed three episodes of NBC’s Kings, which was a short-lived but entertaining show that probably would’ve resonated more today, and the premiere of Tim Kring’s Touch. All high-concept projects. Recently, we talked to Lawrence about the type of material that appeals to him, including See, as well as growing as a director and his most-watched work, Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” video....
‘Shiva Baby’ Review: A Filmmaking Debut That Is Lox, Stock And Barrel [TIFF 2020] By Jason Gorber/Sept. 11, 2020 11:00 am EST Emma Seligman’s Shiva Baby is a caustic comedy about attending a traditional post-burial brunch, taking the tropes of Jewish family life in directions that feel much like a beautifully realized horror film as well as an eloquent and often hilarious look at a hapless millennial navigating parental and cultural expectation....
‘Star Trek: Picard’ Will Take Picard Back To Space, But Not With Starfleet By Chris Evangelista/July 18, 2019 10:00 am EST Specific details about Star Trek: Picard, Patrick Stewart’s much heralded return to the Trek universe, have been mostly kept under-wraps. But as the CBS All Access series prepares to take the stage at San Diego Comic-Con, executive producer Alex Kurtzman has opened up with some new info. According to Kurtzman, while images so far have shown Picard on Earth, he will indeed be returning to space – “but not in a way that anyone expects....
‘The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance’ Trailer: Get Ready For Epic Puppet Action By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 13, 2019 8:30 am EST Who knew puppets could be this intense? The trailer for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance gives us a fresh look at the new Netflix series, and it’s loaded with epic action that puts most live-action Hollywood blockbusters to shame. The series is a prequel to the cult classic 1982 Jim Henson film The Dark Crystal and boasts an impressive voice cast that includes Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Mark Hamill....
‘Two Weeks To Live’ Trailer: Doomsday-Prepper Maisie Williams Wants Revenge (And Romance) By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 28, 2020 3:00 pm EST In Two Weeks to Live, Maisie Williams plays a young woman who has lived in seclusion for years with her doomsday-prepping mother. Now, Williams’ character has escaped and embarks on an adventure that involves revenge, romance, and lots of gunfire. The dark comedy series already aired in the UK and now it’s found a home in the US on HBO Max....
Cool Stuff: Oh, ‘Dumb And Dumber’ Funko POPs, Huh? Welp, See Ya Later By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 2, 2020 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s been 26 years since Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey hit the road as the dimwitted Harry and Lloyd in Dumb and Dumber, and the movie still has us cracking up. Now you can make your nostalgia for those laughs more tangible with the recently revealed like of Funko POPs inspired by the movie....
Galaxy’s Edge Secrets: The BEST Obscure Easter Egg In Dok Ondar’s Den Of Antiquities? By Peter Sciretta/June 29, 2020 12:00 pm EST We return to Dok Ondar’s Den of Antiquities in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge to catalog more of Dok’s collection of artifacts from around the galaxy. This time we are focused on the wall to the left of Dok-Ondar’s office, featuring the Imperial masks and other artifacts. This wall features two of the biggest deep dive Star Wars easter eggs in the whole land, one of which is Peter’s favorite....
Justin Chon Gives Color To The Asian-American Experience With ‘Ms. Purple’ [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 13, 2019 2:00 pm EST “Palm trees are not native to California, did you know?” Young-Il (James Kang) tells his young daughter Kasie that in Ms. Purple, Justin Chon’s gauzy, contemplative follow-up to his charged 2017 darling Gook. Newcomer Tiffany Chu is the titular Ms. Purple, a young woman named Kasie who refuses to put her father in hospice even as he lies comatose in his death bed....
Marvel’s Animated ‘What If?’ Clips: Feast Your Eyes On A Zombified Captain America By Ben Pearson/Nov. 12, 2019 1:30 pm EST In addition to new costume designs for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Marvel Studios has also provided some new looks at What If?, the studio’s first animated series for Disney+ which will explore alternate realities inside the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Check out several new clips from the upcoming series below, including Bucky Barnes facing off against a zombified Captain America, Peggy Carter as a shield-wielding super soldier known as Captain Carter, T’Challa as Star-Lord, and more....
New ‘Candyman’ Teaser Puts The Social Commentary Behind This Horror Icon At The Forefront By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 29, 2020 10:30 am EST Candyman is coming back. Universal has released a teaser spotlighting Nia DaCosta’s new take on the classic horror tale, which is due out in September. The new Candyman teaser re-introduces the Candyman origin story by embedding it in the stories of Black persecution and pain. Watch the Candyman teaser below....
Paul W.S. Anderson’s ‘Monster Hunter’ Video Game Movie Pushed To Spring 2021 By Ethan Anderton/July 13, 2020 11:00 am EST While most movies originally slated for theatrical release over the next couple months have already shifted their release dates, the adaptation of the best-selling Capcom video game Monster Hunter starring Milla Jovovich was still set for release in September. But Sony Pictures and Screen Gems finally realized that probably wasn’t going to happen, and they’ve now shifted the movie from director Paul W....
Simon Pegg On His New Film ‘Lost Transmissions’ And Balancing Indies With Blockbusters [Interview] By Jason Gorber/Jan. 3, 2020 2:00 pm EST For more than two decades, Simon Pegg has firmly established himself as a performer of extraordinary range. Though known by many for his roles in blockbusters like Mission Impossible and Star Trek, as well as his beloved collaborations with Edgar Wright, he’s appeared in a wide range of projects, from early roles in Band of Brothers, voice work on Ice Age: Collision Course and Boxtrolls, to indie films like Run Fatboy Run or Hector and the Search for Happiness....
The 2019 Black List Showcases This Year’s Best Unproduced Screenplays – Here Are Our Ten Favorites By Ben Pearson/Dec. 16, 2019 12:15 pm EST The 2019 Black List has arrived. This fifteenth annual edition surveyed more than 250 executives in the film industry, of the year’s most-liked scripts that have not started or will not begin production in this calendar year. This list has long been an indicator of great scripts which could result in great movies, and previous entries have included scripts for films like Whiplash, The Social Network, The Prestige, Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Argo, Juno, In Bruges, and countless more....
The Clock Tower: How Pariah Could Factor In To The Future Of The Arrowverse, And Will Allegra Garcia Also Have A Big Role To Play? By Amelia Emberwing/Dec. 30, 2019 3:30 pm EST (Welcome to The Clock Tower, where we’ll break down the goings on of the The CW network’s Arrowverse. We’ll touch on things like themes, cultural impact, lead-ins to major events, ships, and more every week! Warning: this Clock Tower is filled with spoilers....
The Quarantine Stream: ‘Host’ Is A Horror Film Made During Lockdown That Is, Somehow, Really Good By Jacob Hall/Aug. 7, 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: HostWhere You Can Stream It: ShudderThe Pitch: What if a group of friends, isolated and bored during quarantine in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, decided to hold a seance over Zoom?...
The Quarantine Stream: Shudder’s ‘Ghoul Log’ Series Has All The Halloween Ambiance You Could Need By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 26, 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: Ghoul Log, Return of the Ghoul Log, Ghoul Log: Trick ‘r Treat Sam O’ LanternWhere You Can Stream It: ShudderThe Pitch: Remember the Holiday Yule Log – a filmed fireplace that crackles on your TV for the holiday season?...
