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‘Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War’ Is A Hilarious Rom-Com That’s Also A Brilliant Psychological Action Anime By Rafael Motamayor/May 28, 2020 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Ani-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.)The romantic-comedy, much like its cousin the horror-comedy, more often than not ends up sacrificing the romance for the comedy. Or the comedy for the romance. But where there are plenty of romantic anime shows, few end up being as sweet and as hilarious as Kaguya-sama: Love is War....

‘Mandy’ Star Nicolas Cage On Channeling Bruce Lee And Jason Voorhees For His Craziest Role Yet [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Sept. 13, 2018 10:00 am EST If ever there was a match made in heaven, it’s filmmaker Panos Cosmatos and actor Nicolas Cage. The artful duo’s boundary-pushing sensibilities coalesce beautifully in Cosmatos’ thrillingly imaginative horror movie, Mandy, which stars Cage as lumberjack Red Miller, who goes on a tripe blood-soaked journey for revenge....

‘Parasite’ Getting Limited Re-Release In Black And White, Has Been Completed Since Before Cannes Premiere By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 23, 2020 3:30 pm EST Parasite has been getting all sorts of buzz this awards season, and it will undoubtedly be getting more attention from audiences now that it’s nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. Even though Parasite is available to own on digital and will be available on Blu-ray and DVD next week, soon there will be a whole new way to experience the compelling, suspenseful thriller....

‘Snow Crash’ TV Series In The Works At HBO Max By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 17, 2019 5:30 pm EST In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosoNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that’s striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about infocalypse....

‘Tenet’ First Look: Christopher Nolan Says This Is The “Most Ambitious Film” He’s Ever Made By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 18, 2019 10:30 am EST Christopher Nolan’s Tenet has remained shrouded in secrecy, as most upcoming Nolan films do. But a trailer is imminent, along with an IMAX-only prologue. As a result, Nolan is finally opening up a little bit about his latest, which stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clémence Poésy, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh....

‘The Man From Nowhere’ Remake Will Be A ‘John Wick’ Reunion By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 5, 2020 1:00 pm EST John Wick director Chad Stahelski and writer Derek Kolstad are re-teaming for more action. Stahelski will produce and Kolstad will write a remake of The Man from Nowhere, inspired by the 2010 South Korean action film which is, according to /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, pretty much “120 minutes of knife fights....

By Ben Pearson/Sept. 10, 2020 5:00 pm EST The filmmaker, who is writing and directing the highly anticipated Marvel Studios sequel Thor: Love and Thunder, will be using the same visual effects technology for the new movie as was used while making The Mandalorian, the Disney+ Star Wars series that Waititi both acted in and directed. Get the details below. And it sounds like these ain’t your daddy’s VFX stages – to hear ILM tell it, these are going to be a huge improvement over the versions used for The Mandalorian....

‘WandaVision’ Plot And Character Details Tease The Mysteries Of Marvel’s Disney+ Series By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 10, 2020 8:06 am EST Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, there’s been a shift in the release schedule for the Disney+ shows that Marvel Studios has been putting together in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Instead of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier leading the path in the wake of Avengers: Endgame, it will be WandaVision and its mash-up of comic book action and classic TV sitcom tropes....

31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘Haunt’ Will Get You In The Halloween Spirit By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 24, 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: Haunt (2019). Haunt Now Streaming on Shudder Sub-Genre: Halloween Haunted House HorrorBest Setting to Watch It In: In a very remote Halloween haunt while wearing a plastic maskHow Scary Is It?...

Cool Stuff: Ben & Jerry’s Created A ‘Space Force’ Ice Cream Flavor Called “Boots On The Moooo’n” By Ethan Anderton/May 28, 2020 6:00 am EST All 10 episodes of the first season of Space Force arrive on Netflix tomorrow. It marks the return of Steve Carell to television comedy, and he’s joined by The Office co-creator Greg Daniels. There’s a good chance you’ll be hunkered down on your couch to binge Space Force since there’s not much else to do, and to ensure that you don’t get hungry, the flavor makers at Ben & Jerry’s have created an official Space Force ice cream called “Boots on the Moooo’n....

Cool Stuff: Patton Oswalt Loves This ‘Ratatouille’ LEGO Playset, So Help Make It A Reality By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 19, 2019 6:00 am EST If there’s one Pixar Animation movie that doesn’t get as much respect as it deserves, it’s Ratatouille. While on the surface the movie is about cooking, it’s moreso about passion and realizing that everything you love is some kind of art. That includes building a LEGO set, and one brilliant master builder has created an incredible Ratatouille LEGO set of the final restaurant that Linguini and his little chef Remy start together....

Dave Chappelle Delivered A Powerful, Hilarious Monologue In A Loose, Relieved ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 8, 2020 12:00 pm EST This weekend’s Saturday Night Live likely had to make a dramatic shift when the official news came through that Joe Biden was elected to become the 46th President of the United States of America. That means host Dave Chappelle had a lot of responsibility to react in his monologue as well, especially since four years ago he had to deal with the more somber news of Donald Trump being elected president in November 2016....

Disney’s Old School ‘Aladdin’ And ‘The Lion King’ 16-Bit Video Games Are Getting Remastered By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 29, 2019 9:30 am EST After the success of the remakes of Aladdin and The Lion King this summer, Disney is looking to cash-in even further on the nostalgia of the animated classics by re-releasing the old school video games that were based on them for the SEGA Genesis, Super Nintento and Game Boy....

By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2019 4:30 pm EST If you go to the “Recommended by Humans” website on a desktop computer or mobile browser, you can move around a seemingly endless array of tiles with video recommendations, quotes, tweets and plenty of praise for a wide variety of HBO shows, movies and documentaries that people have enjoyed. Here are all the HBO originals recommended by humans with the first episode (or an entire film in some cases) available to watch for free right now:...

How ‘WandaVision’ Director Matt Shakman Went From Starring In Sitcoms To Helming A Superhero Sitcom Love Letter [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 11, 2021 9:00 am EST Matt Shakman knows his sitcom history. No really, he does. The director of WandaVision, the upcoming Marvel Disney+ series that pays homage to the past five decades of classic American situation comedies, has been on the other side of the camera in numerous shows, acting in the Growing Pains spin-off Just the Ten of Us, and appearing in shows like The Facts of Life, Highway to Heaven, Diff’rent Strokes, and more....

How The ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Soundtrack Helps Quentin Tarantino Shape His Version Of 1969 Los Angeles By Jason Gorber/Aug. 1, 2019 9:00 am EST Whether it worked for you or not, Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film, Once Upon a Time In…Hollywood, has a lot to unpack. Unsurprisingly for a Tarantino film, one of the most impressive elements is the use of source music, a soundtrack littered with tunes from in and around the 1969 Los Angeles milieu....

Michael Chapman, Cinematographer On ‘Taxi Driver’, ‘Raging Bull’, And More, Has Died By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 22, 2020 3:00 pm EST Michael Chapman, a filmmaker and cinematographer responsible for some fo the most memorable imagery in American film history, has died at the age of 84. Chapman’s long, impressive career included serving as Director of Photography on titles such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Lost Boys, Ghostbusters II, The Fugitive, and, yes, even Space Jam....

Netflix Has Done Away With Free Trials By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 13, 2020 5:00 pm EST Sorry, freeloaders. Your days of Netflix free trials are at an end. The streaming giant has officially nixed the option for potential new Netflix subscribers to try out a free trial, and will instead start “looking at different marketing promotions in the US to attract new members.” Most streaming services offer a free trial period to lure in users, but it seems Netflix feels they don’t need that extra bump anymore....

New ‘Hamilton’ Clip Will Leave You Incredibly “Satisfied” By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 30, 2020 8:30 am EST We’ll never be satisfied until we see Hamilton in its entirety on Disney+ on July 3. But a new clip of one of its most beloved songs might help ease the tension a little. Disney+ has released a new Hamilton clip that shows a snippet of the iconic “Satisfied” number, performed by Renée Elise Goldsberry....

New ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Photos Bring Heroes Back Together And Villains In Pursuit By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 19, 2019 7:30 am EST Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is one month away, and it’s time for the publicity blitz to start running on all cylinders. First up, we have a batch of new images from the final chapter of the Skywalker saga. Some of the images unite all of the heroes in the same place, while others show the First Order villains in pursuit....