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The Quarantine Stream: ‘John Mayer: Someday I’ll Fly’ Takes You Behind The Scenes Of His Career By Ben Pearson/Dec. 21, 2020 11:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: John Mayer: Someday I’ll FlyWhere You Can Stream It: YouTubeThe Pitch: This hour-long documentary tracks the rise of singer/songwriter/guitar virtuoso John Mayer, taking you behind the scenes of each of his studio albums from 1999 until 2014....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Mortal Kombat’ Is An Awesomely Bad Bargain Bin Blockbuster By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 21, 2020 8:00 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: Mortal KombatWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: Based on the controversial and wildly popular fighting video game series of the same name, Mortal Kombat brings together bad actors, cheesy dialogue, dated special effects, and a poor excuse for a plot to create one of the most fascinatingly terrible attempts to adapt a video game....

The Young Stars Of ‘Good Boys’ On Getting To Play R-Rated Comedy And Who’s The Best At Fortnite [Interview] By Eric Vespe/Aug. 15, 2019 12:00 pm EST Most interviews are a little nerve-racking. If you do enough of them, the butterflies in the tummy tend to only pop up on special occasions, but you’re always just a tad on edge because there’s a lot of uncertainty. What if the interview subjects are tired?...

Theme Park Bits: Disney World Menu Changes, Make A Dole Whip At Home, And More By Josh Spiegel/April 19, 2020 10:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: The Disneyland mobile app has been updated for at-home options. Walt Disney World is making…menu changes now. Try a favorite recipe to make at home. And more! So, we’re all at home. No one can go to the Disney theme parks, hotels, or restaurants right now....

Zack Snyder Promises “Insane Zombie Mayhem” With ‘Army Of The Dead’ By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 17, 2020 3:30 pm EST Zack Snyder made his feature debut with the surprisingly good Dawn of the Dead remake, and now he’s returning to the world of zombies with Army of the Dead. Starring Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Garret Dillahunt, Raul Castillo, Omari Hardwick, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro, and Matthias Schweighöfer, the upcoming film follows a group of mercenaries trying to rob a Las Vegas casino during a zombie outbreak....

‘1917’ Featurette Teases A War Epic Told In One Continuous Shot By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 30, 2019 12:00 pm EST Cinephiles and casual movie-goers alike often go gaga over the idea of scenes, and even entire movies told in one continuous shot. Not only is it a technical achievement, but it also looks pretty darn cool, too. Sam Mendes’ World War I film 1917 is the latest piece of entertainment to rely on this trick, tellings its entire story in one continuous shot....

‘Birds Of Prey’ Clips And Featurette: See Life From The Perspective Of Harley Quinn By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 3, 2020 5:00 pm EST This week sees the release of Birds of Prey, a spin-off of Suicide Squad that brings back Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. But this time, she’s not desperate to get back in the arms of The Joker. Instead. she’s just broken up with the madman, and that has some of Gotham’s deadliest criminals after her, including none other than Roman Sionis, aka Black Mask (Ewan McGregor)....

‘Color Out Of Space’ Trailer: Nicolas Cage And Richard Stanley Take On H.P. Lovecraft By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 6, 2019 2:00 pm EST Get ready to get weird with Color Out of Space, a film that pairs director Richard Stanley with Nicolas Cage. Stanely has been absent from the world of feature filmmaking ever since his disastrous misadventures trying to make The Island of Dr. Moreau, but now he’s back with Nic Cage doing his Nic Cage thing, and adapting H....

‘Happy Death Day 2U’ Review: Jessica Rothe Delivers Another Killer Performance In This Pitch-Perfect Sequel By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 12, 2019 10:00 am EST Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. An unlucky person finds themselves living the same day, over and over again, in a continual loop. If they happen to die, they have to start the day all over again. And things are exactly the same…except when they aren’t....

‘His Dark Materials’ Drums Up Some Sympathy For The Devil With “The Scholar” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 15, 2020 10:00 am EST What makes a good villain tick? His Dark Materials is full of morally gray baddies, the most interesting of which is Ruth Wilson’s Mrs. Coulter, a fiercely intelligent and ruthless opponent for Lyra, ever since our young heroine was taken under the wing of the woman she would learn was her mother....

‘Hunt A Killer Horror: Blair Witch’ Tabletop Role-Playing Game Takes You Deep Into The Woods By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 29, 2020 4:30 pm EST The mystery of The Blair Witch Project is maybe one left buried deep in the Black Hills Forest, but you’ll get a chance to return to those dark woods and investigate the mystery of the titular witch with the new Hunt a Killer Horror: Blair Witch tabletop game....

‘Locke & Key’ Vs ‘Locke & Key’: How The Netflix Series Compares To The Original Comic By Rafael Motamayor/Feb. 10, 2020 9:00 am EST Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez’s Locke & Key is one of the most celebrated horror comics of recent years, a story that’s equal parts gruesome terror and an emotional tale of grief and coming to terms with your legacy. It is also a story that has gone through multiple attempts at adaptation for the screen before finally landing on Netflix....

‘Queer Eye’ Season 5 Trailer: The Fab Five Lift Our Spirits From The City Of Brotherly Love By Ethan Anderton/May 21, 2020 4:00 pm EST After taking Kansas City and Atlanta by storm in the first four seasons of Queer Eye, the fifth season of the heartwarming, uplifting makeover show is taking the Fab Five to Philadelphia. Making the City of Brotherly Love even more lovely, Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, and Jonathan Van Ness are bringing their respective expertise on interior design, culture, fashion, food, and grooming to 10 individuals who deserve a little bit of self-care....

‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Spoiler Review: A Gateway Drug For Budding Young Horror Fans By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 12, 2019 8:00 am EST In 1981, Harper published Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and decades of nightmares followed. The books were aimed at young readers, but the often disturbing stories accompanied by terrifying illustrations both traumatized – and thrilled – generations. Now, Scary Stories comes to the big screen, thanks to Guillermo del Toro and André Øvredal....

‘Spinning Out’ Trailer: Kaya Scodelario Is The Icy Star Of Netflix’s Intense Figure Skating Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 12, 2019 2:00 pm EST After impressing in this year’s sleeper horror hit Crawl, Kaya Scodelario is on her way to being the next rising Hollywood star. And that means getting a Netflix series under her belt. Scodelario replaced Emma Roberts in Netflix’s figure skating series Spinning Out, a tense drama about a former Olympic skater whose career is threatened after suffering a serious injury....

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 First Look Photos: Baby Yoda And The Bounty Hunters Are Back By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 8, 2020 8:00 am EST The second season of the live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian will be arriving on Disney+ in October. Fans are getting hungry for the first trailer for the new episodes, but in the meantime, a batch of first look photos have arrived and executive producers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni have teased some new details about what to expect from the new season of The Mandalorian....

‘Watchmen’ Pilot First Reactions Are Vague But Overwhelmingly Positive By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 4, 2019 2:59 pm EST The Watchmen pilot has screened at New York Comic-Con, and even though everyone was told to not tweet about it, everyone is tweeting about it anyway. So there are two common threads here: people saying, “I’m not allowed to talk about this!”, followed by those same people saying, “…but, wow!” In other words: the pilot is apparently great, but that’s all you’re going to get out of people for now....

AMC Theatres Refuses To Show Universal Movies After ‘Trolls World Tour’ VOD Release, Universal And Theater Owners Respond By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 29, 2020 7:30 am EST AMC Theatres has declared war against Universal Studios. And Trolls World Tour, of all films, is the inciting gunshot. AMC Theatres has announced that it will no longer screen Universal’s movies following comments by NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell that the studio plans to release more films day-and-date both theatrically and on VOD following the unprecedented digital success of Trolls World Tour....

Cinemark Hopes To Start Reopening Movie Theaters In July By Chris Evangelista/April 15, 2020 11:00 am EST Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for movie theaters? The coronavirus has shut down theaters across the globe, leaving the future of the theatrical experience up in the air. Now, Cinemark has revealed they have plans to start slowly re-opening their closed theaters starting July 1. But is this a good idea?...

Daily Podcast: The Hunt, Clue Remake, Parasite, And Mission: Impossible Sequels By Ben Pearson/Feb. 11, 2020 12:15 pm EST On the February 11, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and TV news, including Parasite expanding into more theaters, the Parasite TV series may have a new lead, the Clue remake finds a director, Chris McQuarrie teases Mission: Impossible sequel stunts, and The Hunt is back on track for a theatrical release....