Disney+ Releases List Of Essential ‘Clone Wars’ Episodes Ahead Of Final Season Debut By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 10, 2020 1:30 pm EST As we near the premiere date for the seventh and final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, fans may be scrambling to catch up on episodes on Disney+, where all six seasons are available at the click of a button. But where to start among the series’ 100-plus episodes?...
Eddie Murphy’s Return To ‘Saturday Night Live’ Will (Hopefully) Include Some Of His Classic Characters By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 27, 2019 1:00 pm EST This season of Saturday Night Live is an exciting one because it will finally be bringing back Eddie Murphy as host for the first time since 1984, which was also the last year that he was part of the late night sketch show’s cast. Making it even more special is the fact that it will be the Christmas episode on December 21, and as a little present for all of his longtime fans, Murphy confirmed that he will be bringing back some of his most beloved characters from the time he spent on the show....
J.J. Abrams Responds To George Lucas’ Disappointment With ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 22, 2019 8:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. George Lucas giving up Star Wars in his sale of Lucasfilm to The Walt Disney Company in 2012 was undoubtedly a difficult thing for him to do. It probably got significantly harder when he learned that producer Kathleen Kennedy, director J....
Marvel’s Disney+ Trailer Breakdown: A Closer Look At ‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’, ‘WandaVision’ And ‘Loki’ By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 3, 2020 10:00 am EST Last night during the Super Bowl, fans were treated to the first official look at the first three live-action Marvel Studios shows that will be coming exclusively to Disney+. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision, and Loki all had footage shown in the Marvel Studios Disney+ trailer, but it all went by so fast that it requires a closer look to see exactly what’s going on....
By Ethan Anderton/May 13, 2020 12:30 pm EST The Mission: Impossible franchise had barely begun production on the seventh installment when the coronavirus pandemic shut down movie and TV sets all over the world. Since it’s the first of two back-to-back sequels, the release dates have already been pushed back to give director Christopher McQuarrie and producer/star Tom Cruise to make sure everything is in order when the movie is allowed to resume production....
Superhero Bits: ‘Batwoman’ Crossovers With ‘Supergirl’ And ‘Superman & Lois’ Canceled, ‘X-Men’ Arcade1Up Cabinet & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 15, 2021 6:00 pm EST Want to get Arcade1Up’s new four-player X-Men cabinet with online multiplayer capabilities? What did an issue of Batman #1 recently sell for at auction? Why aren’t Batwoman’s crossovers with Supergirl and Superman & Lois happening anymore? Will Marvel Studios release their Disney+ shows on Blu-ray/DVD? Which Marvel stars popped up to ask questions at the WandaVision launch event?...
The Latest ‘Avatar 2’ Set Photo Shows Off A Safe Crew and…Some Kind Of Jungle Man? By Ben Pearson/June 16, 2020 11:00 am EST Never doubt James Cameron. That’s a lesson Hollywood has had to learn time and time again, and even though I’m legitimately fascinated to see how many people will still care about the Avatar universe more than a decade after the original movie became the highest-grossing film of all time, history has proven that Cameron knows how to silence the haters better than any other writer/director in the modern era....
The Morning Watch: Nick Offerman Plays Everyone In ‘Full House’, ‘Iron Giant’ Book Comparison & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 9, 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, watch the Full House opening credits improved exponentially with Nick Offerman playing every character....
The Morning Watch: Rapping The Career Of Will Smith, ‘Birds Of Prey’ Trailer Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 13, 2020 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, watch as Jimmy Fallon and Will Smith rap through the career of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actor turned international superstar....
Theme Park Bits: Park Reopening Recommendations, Halted Construction, And More By Josh Spiegel/May 8, 2020 4:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: A Florida task force has ideas for how theme parks should reopen. Construction plans at Disneyland Paris have been halted. What could have been with a Monsters, Inc. roller-coaster? And more! Well, we’re all still here, and by “here”, I mean “stuck in our homes”. Not too much has changed since our last Theme Park Bits column, though I very much wish that wasn’t the case....
This Week In Trailers: VHYes, The Age Of A.I., Hillary, The Circle, What She Said: The Art Of Pauline Kael By Christopher Stipp/Dec. 14, 2019 8:00 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?...
Water Cooler: Frozen, Bad Boys For Life, Dolittle, The Witcher, 6 Underground, Killer Inside, Hustlers, Force Majeure & More By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 22, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the January 22, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....
‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Exhibit Coming To Museum Of The Moving Image By Chris Evangelista/July 26, 2019 4:00 pm EST Calling all Kubrick fans: the Museum of the Moving Image will open its pod bay doors next year for a 2001: A Space Odyssey exhibit. The exhibit will contain the most comprehensive look at the film ever put together in a museum. Costumes, concept art, test footage and more from Stanley Kubrick’s iconic sci-fi epic will be on display starting January 2020....
Betty Trailer In 2018, Moselle’s teen skateboarding drama Skate Kitchen made a splash at Sundance, where it was praised for its slice-of-life approach and warmly authentic depiction of female friendships amid the raw New York City subculture of skateboarding. Moselle and her longtime friend and collaborator, Love co-creator Lesley Arfin, are bringing Skate Kitchen’s story of skatergirl sisterhood to TV as a six-episode HBO comedy called Betty. Five actors who starred in the film — Dede Lovelace, Ajani Russell, Moonbear, Rachelle Vinberg, and Nina Moran — have been cast as series regulars in the series, which follows a similar story of a diverse group of young women in New York City “navigating their lives through the predominantly male oriented world of skateboarding....
‘Cats’ Trailer: It’s Time To Let The Digital Fur Fly By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 19, 2019 8:01 am EST Finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for is here. It’s time for a new Cats trailer! When the first trailer for the Tom Hooper-directed musical dropped, everyone stopped what they were doing to marvel at how weird and kind of creepy the movie looked. Rather than dress his cast up in furry cat costumes, Hooper employed digital fur technology to conjure up mutated half-human/half-cat creatures....
‘Creed II’ Spoiler Review: This Rematch Is Not As Great As The First Fight, But Still Packs A Punch By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 26, 2018 9:00 am EST (In our Spoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: Creed II.) Step back into the ring with Creed II, a sequel to Ryan Coogler’s 2015 Rocky spin-off Creed....
‘Death To 2020’ Teaser: ‘Black Mirror’ Creators Made A Mockumentary About This Hellish Year Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kumail Nanjiani And More By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 7, 2020 9:00 am EST We now know even more about Death to 2020, the mysterious new mockumentary from Black Mirror alumni Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones. We already knew that it was going to be a faux doc covering the nightmare year that was 2020, and we also knew that Hugh Grant would be appearing....
/Filmcast Ep. 588 - Ted Lasso By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 14, 2020 8:00 pm EST David, Devindra, and Jeff check in on the state of theaters and direct-to-streaming movies. For the feature review, the cast binges the whole season of Ted Lasso, the Apple TV + series. Tune in to hear how David magically set up a Slashfilmcast Patreon in under 30 seconds. Back the Slashfilmcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/filmpodcast Read Witney Seibold’s thread about the future of movie theaters here....
‘Game Of Thrones’ Directors David Benioff & D.B. Weiss No Longer Making ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 28, 2019 9:05 pm EST Game of Thrones show runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are walking away from the trilogy of Star Wars movies they were going to make for Disney’s Lucasfilm. The films were set to be released in theaters in December 2022, 2024, and 2026, but will no longer be happening....
‘Happy Death Day 3’ Isn’t Happening, And That’s Disappointing By Chris Evangelista/July 17, 2019 4:30 pm EST The Happy Death Day franchise has been a pleasant surprise. What could’ve been a dumb Groundhog Day knock-off has instead turned into a consistently enjoyable, even charming franchise, boasting a killer lead performance from franchise star Jessica Rothe. Happy Death Day was a blast, and this year’s Happy Death Day 2U was even better....
