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Timothée Chalamet Had A Blast With Pete Davidson On A Smashing ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 13, 2020 11:00 am EST We’ve already seen Timothée Chalamet on Saturday Night Live thanks to Chloe Fineman’s outstanding impression of him. But the real Timothée Chalamet hosted the show this weekend, he brought a lot of youthful energy to Studio 8H. Furthermore, he also allowed Pete Davidson to really shine in many more sketches than he usually gets a chance to appear in....

Watch: New ‘Doctor Who’ Season 12 Trailer; Premiere Date Revealed By Ben Pearson/Dec. 2, 2019 1:30 pm EST Blimey! Will the Doc (Jodie Whittaker) be able to use her magic wand to defeat all of the Snorf Weezils and Cephlamorks in the galaxy? What about those pesky trash can robots? Can’t forget about those! And will she and her trusty sidekicks all fit in that tiny phone booth at the same time?...

What George Lucas Borrowed From ‘The Adventures Of Robin Hood’ To Make ‘Star Wars’ By Bryan Young/Sept. 2, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Movies That Made Star Wars, a series where we explore the films and television properties that inspired George Lucas’s iconic universe. In this edition: The classic adventure film The Adventures of Robin Hood.)In The Making of Star Wars, Martin Scorsese talked about George Lucas and his work on Star Wars....

Why ‘Game Of Thrones’ Didn’t Include Lady Stoneheart, According To The Showrunners By Ben Pearson/Sept. 24, 2020 4:30 pm EST George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels contain dozens of jaw-dropping moments, many of which were adapted into HBO’s Game of Thrones. But for years, fans have wondered why one major reveal – the existence of a character called Lady Stoneheart – was not included in the show....

‘Amulet’ Trailer: You Might Want To Think Twice Before Moving Into This House By Chris Evangelista/June 30, 2020 5:30 pm EST If you badly needed a place to stay, and someone offered you refuge in their crumbling, spooky home, would you say yes? I would, because I love spooky, crumbling stuff, but the idea might send up more than a few red flags for others. But that’s just the situation that the main character of Amulet finds himself in, and since this is a horror movie, things don’t go so well....

‘Be More Chill’ Represents The Positive Power Of Fandom Gone Right By Caroline Cao/Aug. 13, 2019 3:00 pm EST Throughout early 2017, I constantly listened to musical soundtracks on YouTube, from Hamilton, to Heathers, to The Great Comet of 1812. Somehow, the YouTube Autoplay involuntarily recommended a number that I was not familiar with: “More Than Survive.” It was from a musical called Be More Chill. I thought, how did I, a musical theatre fan, miss the existence of this show?...

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 16, 2020 1:00 pm EST Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter easily slipped back into their roles of the beloved time-traveling slackers after nearly 30 years in Bill & Ted Face the Music, and then some — playing alternate versions of their characters that could have been. But in another timeline, there could have been a very different ending to Bill & Ted Face the Music, co-writer Ed Solomon revealed....

‘Black Widow’ Concept Art: Black Widow Takes A Flying Leap At Taskmaster By Ben Pearson/July 21, 2019 2:54 pm EST During last night’s Marvel Studios panel at San Diego Comic-Con, fans in attendance were given a glimpse at the first footage from the long-awaited Black Widow movie. But this afternoon, Marvel Studios artist Andy Park shared a piece of Black Widow concept art which gives audiences who weren’t in Hall H our first look at Taskmaster, the movie’s villain....

‘Dream Horse’ Trailer: Toni Collette’s Horse Was Born To Run By Ben Pearson/Feb. 19, 2020 5:00 pm EST Every so often, a movie comes along that feels as if it’s been plucked from another era, discovered among a pile of film canisters from twenty years before. Such is the case with Dream Horse, a new family-friendly sports drama starring Toni Collette and Damian Lewis that follows their attempts to get a small town racehorse to compete against the elite equestrians of Wales in a nationwide competition....

‘Eight For Silver’ Review: Boyd Holbrook Hunts Werewolves In Atmospheric Thriller [Sundance 2021] By Ben Pearson/Jan. 31, 2021 9:00 am EST Werewolf stories frequently involve allegorical explorations of the duality of man: the clash between the “civilized” surface layer and the violent beast within. But unlike so many other films in this genre, writer/director Sean Ellis’s new werewolf thriller Eight for Silver does not fixate on a gruesome physical transformation to illustrate that duality....

/Filmcast Ep. 585 - The Devil All The Time By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 23, 2020 8:00 pm EST David, Devindra, and Jeff talk about the winners and losers at this year’s virtual Emmys. For the feature review, the cast goes over The Devil All the Time, the latest Netflix movie directed by Antonio Campos. Read about Robert Pattinson’s lack of dialect coach here. Check out Drew McWeeny’s newsletter, Formerly Dangerous, here. Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 7, 2019 4:30 pm EST As long as there are an infinite number of holidays, there will always be holiday ensemble comedies. But Friendsgiving one might be one that we can give thanks for. Produced by Ben Stiller and starring an all-star cast of comedians that includes Malin Akerman, Kat Dennings, Chelsea Peretti, Christine Taylor, Jane Seymour, and more, Friendsgiving has just been picked up by Saban Films with a planned theatrical release for long after Thanksgiving....

‘His Dark Materials’ Season Trailer: Armored Bears, Alternate Worlds, Religious Wars, Oh My! By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 5, 2019 12:30 pm EST His Dark Materials got off to a strong, albeit imperfect, start last night, dropping viewers right into the alternate world where human souls take on the form of animals and James McAvoy is a bad uncle. While the first episode was comprised of a lot of Dafne Keen’s bull-headed protagonist Lyra Belacqua running on rooftops and foreshadowing things to come, the rest of the first season of His Dark Materials looks to be packed with plot and action....

‘Joker’ Sequel A Possibility; A Cast Member Talks About A Spoiler-Heavy Twist By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 7, 2019 10:30 am EST Joker was a smash-hit over the weekend. That would usually all-but-assure that a sequel would be in the works. But Joker isn’t your typical comic book adaptation, and star Joaquin Phoenix has tended to avoid franchises in his career. But a Joker sequel might just happen. According to Phoenix, he and director Todd Phillips had such a good time making the first movie that there are “endless” possibilities for the character....

‘Joker’ Sequel Might Happen, If Joaquin Phoenix Is Up For It By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 22, 2019 2:30 pm EST Can the world handle something as twisted as a Joker sequel!? We might find out! Director Todd Phillips recently revealed that he had such a good time working with Joaquin Phoenix that he’s more than game for a sequel – as long as the first film is a hit, and as long as Phoenix wants to come back for more....

‘No Time To Die’ Delayed To Easter Weekend 2021 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 2, 2020 1:26 pm EST Just a month before it was set to hit theaters following a prior COVID-19 delay, No Time to Die has been delayed again. MGM has pushed the No Time to Die release date to Easter weekend 2021, vacating its November 20 slot. Deadline broke the news that MGM has delayed No Time to Die to April 2, 2021 on Easter weekend....

‘Palm Springs’ Sets New Hulu Record With The Biggest Opening Weekend For The Streaming Platform By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 14, 2020 8:30 am EST No, the buzz for Palm Springs that you’re seeing all over social media is not déja vu. After Max Barbakow’s time loop romantic-comedy starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti debuted to glowing praise at the Sundance Film Festival, Palm Springs set records as the biggest deal at the annual Park City fest....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 31, 2020 9:00 am EST Written and directed by Derek Wayne Johnson, who profiled the director of Rocky in the 2017 film John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs, uses footage captured by John Avildsen, who died in 2017. Avildsen filmed the preproduction and production of the eventual 1976 Best Picture winner on his own 8mm footage, which becomes the basis for the new documentary, which is narrated by the screenwriter and star himself, Stallone....

‘Showbiz Kids’ Trailer: What’s It Like To Be A Child Star? By Chris Evangelista/June 25, 2020 3:15 pm EST Promising an “unvarnished look at the high risk, high reward business of working as a child actor in the entertainment industry,” HBO’s documentary Showbiz Kids comes from writer-director-actor Alex Winter (of Bill and Ted fame), and features interviews with former child stars, as well as young hopefuls trying to make it big in the industry....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Cast Tease Plot Details, Palpatine, And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 26, 2019 9:00 am EST Disney’s 2019 D23 Expo has proven to be a goldmine of information for Star Wars fans. Not only did we get treated to a teaser jam-packed with new footage from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, director J.J. Abrams and his cast were all there to tease new plot details from the upcoming film....