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Cool Stuff: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Life-Size Bust Of Thanos Will Snap Your Bank Account Into Oblivion By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 21, 2021 6:00 am EST Thanos may have been snapped to dust at the end of Avengers: Endgame, but he’s the only villain who ever really got the best of The Avengers, at least for five years. That means the villain who harnessed the power of all the Infinity Stones is worthy of a life-size bust from Queen Studios, complete with one of his massive arms wielding the Infinity Gauntlet that he used to get rid of the universe....

Cool Stuff: Ben Harman’s ‘Indiana Jones’ Trilogy Print Set Explores The Tombs And Temples By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 7, 2021 8:30 am EST Having kept up with the pop culture art scene for a long time, we’ve seen countless artwork paying tribute to the Indiana Jones franchise. So when a new set honoring the entire adventure trilogy comes along, it has to be something really special to convince us to grab our wallets....

Here’s Where TNT’s ‘Snowpiercer’ Series Falls On The Official Snowpiercer Timeline By Ben Pearson/April 28, 2020 12:30 pm EST TNT’s Snowpiercer series has been torturously making its way to the small screen for five years, barreling through losing its original showrunner, the director of its pilot, and bouncing across networks like a pinball. So you’d be forgiven if, among all of that chaos, you completely forgot that this show is not a remake of Bong Joon-ho’s 2013 movie, but is in fact set in the same universe as that film....

Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi’ Will Be Tonally Similar To ‘The Matrix’, According To Director Destin Daniel Cretton By Ben Pearson/Oct. 14, 2019 3:30 pm EST At this past summer’s San Diego Comic-Con, filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton took the stage in Hall H to introduce Simu Liu, the star of his upcoming superhero movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the first Marvel Studios film with an Asian protagonist. The presence of the organization in the film’s title – the Ten Rings, the terrorist group that captured Iron Man in the very first Marvel Cinematic Universe movie – is essentially all we know about the movie up to this point....

Marvel’s Kevin Feige Thinks Scarlet Witch Could Have Taken Down Thanos Single-Handedly By Ben Pearson/July 31, 2019 3:00 pm EST In Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos (Josh Brolin) put Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) through the emotional wringer. The Mad Titan portals over to Wakanda and essentially forces Scarlet Witch to kill Vision, the man (android) she loves in order to ensure that Thanos doesn’t get the Mind Stone from his forehead. Thanos watches as she goes through an emotionally devastating decision…only to then spin back the clock and kill Vision anyway, taking the stone and ultimately completing his mission of destroying half of all life in the universe....

Marvel Studios Ends Overall TV Deals With ‘The Punisher’ And ‘Helstrom’ Showrunners By Ethan Anderton/April 21, 2020 12:00 pm EST Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic effectively shutting down nearly all film and television production, Hollywood studios and networks are losing millions of dollars, and they’re continuing to tighten their belts. Many employees have been furloughed while others still employed are taking paycuts. Now, two showrunners at Marvel Studios are having their overall deals terminated in an effort to cut costs....

Taxi Driver (With Commentary) Now Streaming on The Criterion Channel Release Date: 1976Genre: DramaDirector: Martin ScorseseCast: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, Albert Brooks Even if you’ve seen Taxi Driver – the film where Robert De Niro plays a cab driver who slowly comes unhinged in dirty, filthy New York City – countless times (as I have), the version now streaming on The Criterion Channel is a big deal....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘Cold War,’ ‘One-Punch Man,’ A Stunning Ghanian Fable, And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 5, 2019 7:00 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) We’re 25% of the way through 2019 now. Which means you have 75% of the year left to brush up on your foreign movies and impress your friends. You’re in luck with this week’s Pop Culture Imports, as the collection of best foreign movies and TV streaming now is led by Cold War, the achingly beautiful Polish Best Foreign Picture nominee that wowed at this year’s Oscars....

Superhero Bits: Wonder Woman Tie-In Comes To ‘Roblox’, Tig Notaro Was Almost In ‘Spider-Man’ & More By Ethan Anderton/July 13, 2020 6:00 pm EST Will you watch Joss Whedon’s panel that will be released for Comic-Con at Home? Want to see photos from rehearsals for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2? Did you see Roblox is getting a special Wonder Woman tie-in event? Will we see Giancarlo Esposito appearing in a Marvel Studios movie?...

The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To ‘TRON’ And ‘TRON Legacy’, All The ‘Cobra Kai’ Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 28, 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....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Batman: The Animated Series’ Is A Timeless Classic By Ben Pearson/Jan. 4, 2021 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 Series: Batman: The Animated SeriesWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: So there’s this guy, see. Name’s Bruce Wayne. After his parents were murdered in front of him (you might have heard of his mother – her name was Martha), he swears to protect the streets of Gotham City and decides the best way to do that is to dress up like a bat to strike fear into the hearts of criminals....

The Quarantine Stream: Take An Imaginary Trip To Italy With ‘Roman Holiday’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 27, 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: Roman HolidayWhere You Can Stream It: Crackle, TubiThe Pitch: The 1953 romantic-comedy, directed by William Wyler, stars Audrey Hepburn in her Oscar-winning role as a princess touring Europe, who finally has had enough of her suffocating lifestyle and runs away in the middle of the night while in Rome....

Win ‘Tommy Boy’ On Blu-Ray Steelbook Or Digital By Chris Evangelista/April 2, 2020 2:00 pm EST Believe it or not, Tommy Boy is turning 25, which means if you saw when you were young – like me – you are now old. But if you’re my age, you remember Tommy Boy with fondness. Is it the smartest comedy ever made? Oh, lord no. But there’s something special about watching Chris Farley make a complete fool of himself while David Spade acts like a complete jerk....

Big Bucks, Bucks, Bucks! In March of 1997, Disney announced that it was producing a sequel to Toy Story, even though the story elements were just coming together. Some of the aspects of the story were cobbled together from earlier versions of the original film, dating back to when Pixar simply had aspirations of making a 30-minute TV special called A Tin Toy Christmas, not a feature film about toys. Where Toy Story was all about Woody having to rescue Buzz, the latter of whom needs to appreciate that he’s just a toy, Toy Story 2 flipped the script....

‘A Quiet Place Part 2’ TV Spot And Featurette Both Want You To Keep Your Voice Down, Please By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 24, 2020 10:00 am EST A Quiet Place Part 2 is almost upon us, which means its time for the marketing to kick into overdrive. Two new videos for the horror sequel are here for your viewing pleasure – one is essentially the same thing as the current trailer, with some new footage; the other is a behind-the-scenes featurette that helpfully recaps just what the heck is going on in the world of the films....

‘An Accidental Studio’ Giveaway: Find Out How Former Beatle George Harrison’s Production Company Left Its Mark On Film History By Ben Pearson/July 15, 2020 12:30 pm EST What does the irreverent comedy Monty Python’s Life of Brian have in common with the deadly serious Bob Hoskins thriller The Long Good Friday? Both movies were produced by HandMade Films, the production company of former Beatles superstar George Harrison. A new documentary called An Accidental Studio details the company’s early days, how it took chances few other companies were taking in the 1970s and ’80s, and more, all through unreleased archived interviews with Harrison and people like Hoskins, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Richard E....

‘Black Widow’ And ‘West Side Story’ Delayed Until 2021 As Disney Shuffles Release Dates Once Again By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 23, 2020 10:42 am EST Disney has pushed back its entire fall theatrical release schedule by several months, moving films like Marvel’s Black Widow and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story to 2021. Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile, originally set to premiere in theaters in October 2020, has been pushed back to December, while 2021 films like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Eternals have been moved deeper into 2021....

‘Black Widow’ Movie Is “Very Raw And Very Painful And Very Beautiful,” Says Florence Pugh By Ben Pearson/Nov. 19, 2019 5:00 pm EST While many details about the plot of Marvel Studios’ upcoming Black Widow movie are still under lock and key, one of its stars is giving us some insight into what to expect – and it sounds like fans are in for an emotional experience. Florence Pugh, who plays one of the film’s multiple Black Widows alongside the returning veteran Scarlett Johansson and fellow MCU newcomer Rachel Weisz, recently revealed her thoughts about the upcoming movie, and you can read them below....

‘Bodied’ Director Joseph Kahn On The Value Of Battle Rap And The Difficulty Of Getting A Risky Film Distributed [Interview] By David Chen/Sept. 17, 2019 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I had a chance to chat with Joseph about what he thinks about the value of battle rap is for our society, as well as the challenges he encountered getting Bodied out into the world....

‘Cats’ Review: There Is No Good Or Bad, There Is Only ‘Cats’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 18, 2019 4:00 pm EST There is a thin line between idiocy and genius, and Cats pukes a hairball on it and rubs its ass all over it. This is a movie where a cat version of Rebel Wilson wears a halter top underneath a fur skinsuit that she takes off with a zipper, before leading an army of cockroaches in a song and dance number alongside mice with human baby faces....