Roe V. Wade Documentary ‘AKA Jane Roe’ To Debut On FX And Hulu By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 7, 2020 10:00 am EST In 1973, the historic Roe v. Wade case set the precedent that a woman’s right to have an abortion is protected by the U.S. Constitution. The plaintiff at the center of that case was Norma McCorvey, better known by the legal pseudonym “Jane Roe.” But later in her life, McCorvey would do a complete 180....
Superhero Bits: Iron Man VR Delayed Indefinitely, Barbara Gordon Coming To ‘Titans’ Season 3 & More By Ethan Anderton/April 3, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to smell like The Punisher? Would you like to learn how to draw Groot? Where is a Batman cosplayer trying to keep people off the streets with a Batmobile? How is astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson ruining superheroes this time? Want to play as Deadpool in Fortnite?...
The Morning Watch: ‘Coraline’ And Ancient Storytelling, The Williams Of ‘Almost Famous’ Reunite & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 29, 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 a video essay that explores how Coraline uses ancient forms of storytelling like fairy tales and ghost stories to enhance the film’s central themes....
The Morning Watch: James Corden And Josh Gad Are ‘Hobbs & Shaw’, Stuntmen React To More Movie Stunts & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 14, 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....
The Morning Watch: Why Borat Works Better In 2020, ‘Doom Patrol’ Season 1 Comic Comparison & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 11, 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, a video essay looks back at the history of Sacha Baron Cohen’s character Borat and explains why he works better in 2020 than in his first feature film or Da Ali G Show....
UPDATE: Michael Bay’s Pandemic Thriller ‘Songbird’ Has “Do Not Work” Order From SAG-AFTRA Lifted By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 3, 2020 9:30 am EST Michael Bay’s pandemic thriller Songbird may have trouble taking flight. The Songbird production has been hit by a “do not work” order from SAG-AFTRA, which is warning its members that they could be disciplined if they take an acting job on the film. The order comes a little more than a month after it was reported that Songbird filmmakers had screened their production plans by the guilds....
What Will ‘Ozark’ Season 3 Be About? Jason Bateman Teases Details By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 24, 2019 7:30 am EST The ending of Ozark season 2 throws the crafty Byrd family into a completely new storyline. What might season 3 of the hit Netflix series be about? Star/producer Jason Bateman teased some Ozark season 3 details at the Emmy Awards following his win for best director, so read on to find out what’s in store for the next season of the Netflix drama....
‘An American Pickle’ Trailer: Seth Rogen And Seth Rogen Star In A Film About A Man Who Was Pickled For 100 Years By Chris Evangelista/July 3, 2020 9:01 am EST Right about now, we could all use a movie where Seth Rogen falls into a vat of pickles and is brined for 100 years. Thankfully, that movie exists, and it’s called An American Pickle. Rogen pulls double-duty here, playing the man pickled and also the pickled fellow’s great-grandson....
‘Avenue 5’ Trailer: Josh Gad Invites You On A “Luxury” Space Experience By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 16, 2019 5:30 pm EST Josh Gad is not the best billionaire salesman, but he does his awkward, creepy best in the latest Avenue 5 trailer, which plays like a very bad advertisement for Gad’s luxury space cruise. In the new space comedy from Veep creator Armando Ianucci, Gad plays Judd Galaxy’s founder, Herman Judd, who uses stock footage and shots of Hugh Laurie to bring us a vision of the future of space travel....
‘Da 5 Bloods’ And The Strange Ghosts Of Imperialism, The Vietnam War, And ‘Apocalypse Now’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 23, 2020 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything.)Da 5 Bloods is a ghost story. It’s about the ghosts that exist in the minds of Vietnam War veterans — played here with stunning ferocity and pain by Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, and Isiah Whitlock Jr....
‘It Chapter Two’ Posters Put Pennywise Front And Center By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 4, 2019 1:00 pm EST It Chapter Two will terrify audiences next month, and as we get closer and closer to the horror sequel, you can expect to see an increase in publicity material. That includes two creepy new posters which put Pennywise the Dancing Clown right up in your face, ready to give you a slew of nightmares....
‘Jojo Rabbit’ Review: Taika Waititi Expertly Balances Darkness And Light In One Of The Year’s Best Films [TIFF 2019] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 9, 2019 7:00 am EST There’s some sort of strange magic residing in Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit, a film that really shouldn’t work – but does, with remarkable results. Waititi’s World War II satire is both a magic trick and a high-wire act – the filmmaker keeps pulling rabbits out of his hat while balancing comedy, kindness, and often shocking darkness....
One Cut of the Dead Trailer It’s hard to rave about what makes One Cut of the Dead so damn good without giving away its big spoiler, but trust me when I say that this Japanese zombie comedy is much more than its basic premise. One Cut of the Dead follows a filmmaking crew making a low-budget zombie film in an abandoned warehouse who soon discover that zombies are actually coming to life around them....
‘Ratched’ Trailer: Ryan Murphy Retcons ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 8, 2020 1:00 pm EST Call me crazy, but when I watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, I never once thought, “This movie needs a prequel revealing that Louise Fletcher’s Nurse Ratched is actually a crazy serial killer.” But that’s apparently exactly what Ryan Murphy thought, and since no one knows how to say “no” to Ryan Murphy anymore, here we are with Ratched....
‘Soul’ Will Be Pixar’s Most Abstract And Jazziest Film To Date [D23] By Jacob Hall/Aug. 24, 2019 12:02 pm EST Pete Docter isn’t just the Chief Creative Officer at Pixar Animation Studios – he’s also one of the most talented filmmakers in their line-up. Now, the director of Monsters Inc., Up, and Inside Out (the latter two took home Best Animated Film at the Academy Awards) is back with Soul, a mysterious new movie set to open next year....
‘The Eternals’ Eyes ‘Captain Marvel’ Actress Gemma Chan – But Possibly In A Different Role By Ben Pearson/Aug. 5, 2019 3:06 pm EST Marvel Studios has earned a lot of attention for announcing that one of the lead characters of the upcoming The Eternals movie will be LGBTQ, but now it’s turning heads because of a new casting report which indicates the studio may be doing something it’s rarely, if ever, done before....
By Ethan Anderton/April 2, 2020 2:23 pm EST We appreciate our fans’ patience and are working to make the first 19 Seasons (and part of 20) of #TheSimpsons available in 4:3 versions on #DisneyPlus. We expect to accomplish this by the end of May. — Disney+ (@DisneyPlus) April 2, 2020 Our original article from November 2019 follows. Every single season of The Simpsons is available on Disney+ right now, but when it comes to the first 19 seasons of the show, there was an issue....
‘The Weight Of Gold’ Trailer: An HBO Documentary About Mental Health Challenges Facing Olympic Athletes By Chris Evangelista/July 26, 2020 10:00 am EST HBO Sports has a new doc called The Weight of Gold, and it covers a topic you don’t often see brought-up in regards to sports: mental health. Specifically, it focuses on the mental health challenges that Olympic athletes face, and includes interviews with Michael Phelps, Jeremy Bloom, Lolo Jones, Gracie Gold, Bode Miller, Shaun White, and more....
After ‘Cobra Kai’ Cliffhanger, Ralph Macchio Says Daniel Will Turn To Spiritual Side Of Martial Arts [Interview] By Fred Topel/Aug. 28, 2020 12:00 pm EST Cobra Kai flips the script of The Karate Kid by focusing on the protagonist’s rival’s dojo, but The Karate Kid himself is still a major character in the saga. You know the premise by now: years after the events of the movies, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) reopened the notorious Cobra Kai dojo, which brought back painful memories for Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio)....
Christopher McQuarrie Planning R-Rated Movie With Tom Cruise Playing A Character You Wouldn’t Expect By Ethan Anderton/July 5, 2020 11:00 am EST Christopher McQuarrie recently revealed that he’s developing some kind of R-rated movie that would have Tom Cruise playing a character that you wouldn’t expect the global superstar to tackle. Find out more below. Speaking with Empire, McQuarrie vaguely teased their hopes to continue Jack Reacher by veering into darker territory, inspired by the recent wave of success of big R-rated movies....
