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Dave Chappelle Pulls ‘Chappelle’s Show’ Off Netflix, Calls For Boycott On Other Streaming Platforms By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 24, 2020 12:00 pm EST Dave Chappelle is calling his fans to boycott…Chappelle’s Show? The 2003 sketch comedy show which Chappelle co-created and hosted initially ran on Comedy Central, and is now available on several streaming services — which Chappelle isn’t very happy about. See, it comes down to an issue of pay, after he signed a lucrative contract with Comedy Central for which he “never got paid....

Harrison Ford And Ed Helms To Be Lost At Sea Together In ‘The Miserable Adventures Of Burt Squire’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 19, 2020 3:30 pm EST It sounds like a dream to be stuck at sea with Harrison Ford, but it’s more of a comic nightmare for Ed Helms in the new STXfilms movie The Miserable Adventures of Burt Squire Abord the Horn High Yo. That mouthful of a title is for a new seafaring comedy pairing together the unlikely duo of Helms and Ford, as a family man who gets shipwrecked in the Atlantic Ocean, and the unhinged sea captain he is stuck with, respectively....

John Belushi Biopic Will Star Broadway ‘Beetlejuice’ Alex Brightman By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 11, 2019 4:30 pm EST Alex Brightman, who is currently starring as the Ghost with the Most in the Broadway production of Beetlejuice, is set to lead a John Belushi biopic. Brightman will play the legendary comedian famous for Saturday Night Live, The Blues Brothers and more, with David Frankel directing. A new Belushi biopic has been in the works for several years, with numerous actors up for the part, including Emile Hirsch, Adam Devine, Joaquin Phoenix....

Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard To Star In Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘When You Finish Saving The World’ Movie Based On His Audible Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 9, 2020 4:00 pm EST Several naturally curly-haired actors are putting their heads together for a buzzy comedy-drama, When You Finish Saving the World. Based on the Audible drama series written by and starring Jesse Eisenberg, the feature film is set to star Oscar winner Julianne Moore and Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard, with Eisenberg at the helm as writer and director....

Netflix’s ‘Kipo And The Age Of Wonderbeasts’ Is One Of The Most Exciting Animated Shows In Years By Caroline Cao/Jan. 22, 2020 8:00 am EST Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts on Netflix feels like a pastiche of everything recognizable in the last decade of the greatest children’s animation and it achieves a refreshing mix. I sensed the cryptic spirit of Over The Garden Wall and Infinity Train, the post-apocalyptic chill vibes of Adventure Time, and the kick-butt humor like its fellow DreamWorks TV series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, all with their overlapping traits of weird musicality, priceless zingers, life lessons, and optimism....

Revisiting ‘The Reluctant Dragon’, Disney’s Often-Forgotten And Uniquely Controversial Blend Of Animation And Live-Action By Josh Spiegel/Nov. 27, 2019 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Out of the Disney Vault, where we explore the unsung gems and forgotten disasters currently streaming on Disney+.)One of the new titles offered on Disney+ is the six-part documentary The Imagineering Story, directed by Leslie Iwerks. The overall documentary is meant to capture the heft and sweep of decades’ worth of creative pioneering courtesy of the men and women who design the Disney theme parks....

The 10 Biggest, Craziest And Most Important Cinematic Career Reinventions Of The Decade By Marshall Shaffer/Dec. 17, 2019 1:00 pm EST (This article is part of our Best of the Decade series.) A lot can change in a lifetime, so said the meme-able tagline for The Irishman this year. But it doesn’t even take a full life to observe a radical change in the trajectory of a life, as shown by the many artists who changed the course of their careers during the 2010s....

The Best Movies Leaving Hulu In November 2020 By Ben Pearson/Oct. 16, 2020 4:30 pm EST One and a half months. That’s how long you have to watch these movies before they vanish from Hulu – possibly forever. Will these cinematic classics ever return to that specific streaming service? Who can say? Streaming rights are nebulous things. So it’s probably for the best to carve out some time and watch these before you have to fire up a different streaming service – or, worse, re-activate your Netflix by mail DVD plan – in order to see them....

The Morning Watch: ‘Palm Springs’ Anatomy Of A Scene, Kermit & Miss Piggy Take An Autocomplete Interview & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 3, 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 Morning Watch: Animators React To ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’, Modern Gonzo Blockbusters & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 9, 2020 5:00 am EST In this edition, Corridor Crew digs back into animation with a new edition of Animators React, this time focusing on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Fantasia, Spirited Away, and more. Plus, a new video essay from Patrick (H) Willems examines the increasing presence of gonzo blockbusters like Jupiter Ascending and Alita: Battle Angel, and The Karate Kid star Ralph Macchio breaks down his career, which actually is more than The Karate Kid movies....

The Off-Broadway ‘Hercules’ Show Was A Unique And Joyous Disney Musical By Caroline Cao/Sept. 23, 2019 2:00 pm EST For a limited off-Broadway run, The Public Theater slammed together a larger than life production of Disney’s Hercules at the outdoor Delacorte Theater at Central Park. Hercules stands out among its Disney stage-adapted brethren due to its refreshingly scrappy tapestry of communal intimacy laced into a familiar crowd-pleasing tale for 90-minutes of a good family-friendly time....

VOTD: Watch The Entire ‘Cobra Kai’ Episode Of ‘The Netflix Afterparty’ For Free On YouTube By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 14, 2021 6:00 am EST In case you haven’t heard, The Netflix Afterparty is an exercise in synergy for the streaming service featuring David Spade, London Hughes, and Fortune Feimster and another comedian guest sitting down with the creators and stars of some of Netflix’s most popular original shows. Since the third season of Cobra Kai got everybody talking at the beginning of the year, Netflix has made the entirety of The Netflix Afterparty Cobra Kai episode available for free on YouTube....

Why The ‘Star Wars’ Franchise Needs To Revisit The Moon Of Jedha By Donna Dickens/Oct. 11, 2019 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to A Different Point of View, a column where we explore the supporting characters, planets and objects of the Star Wars universe and discuss why they deserve more time in the spotlight.)Despite a stubborn fascination with the Skywalker legacy, Star Wars is a smorgasbord of narrative hooks just waiting for their moment in the twin suns....

‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Release Date Officially Delayed Worldwide [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 12, 2020 8:00 am EST Update: Shortly after director John Krasinksi took to social media to suggest the domestic release for A Quiet Place Part II will be delayed, Paramount announced that the horror film’s release date will be delayed worldwide.A Quiet Place Part II is the latest film to be affected by the coronavirus. Reports confirm that the worldwide release of the film is being delayed, with U....

‘Brahms: The Boy II’ Trailer: Brahms Was Never Just A Doll By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 11, 2020 10:05 am EST In just under two weeks, Brahms: The Boy II brings back that creepy doll who ended up having a twisted secret in The Boy back in 2016. But perhaps there’s more to Brahms than we know. The final Brahms: The Boy II trailer has arrived online just in time for National Make a Friend Day....

‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ Set To Replace Johnny Depp With Mads Mikkelsen As Grindelwald By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 11, 2020 7:00 am EST Mads Mikkelsen might be the new Gellert Grindelwald. The Hannibal and Rogue One actor is in early talks to replace Johnny Depp as the villain in the upcoming David Yates-directed Fantastic Beasts 3 following Depp’s exit last week. Mikkelsen is reportedly at the top of Yates’ list to play Grindelwald, and could join the currently-shooting Fantastic Beasts sequel soon enough for the film to make its summer 2022 release date....

‘Freaky’ Trailer: What Happens When Teenage Girl Gets Trapped In The Body Of A Serial Killer? By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 10, 2020 1:30 pm EST The body swap formula never seems to get old, with comedies like Vice Versa, Freaky Friday, Hot Chick and The Change-Up giving us different variations on the familiar trope. But take that premise and apply it to the horror genre, and you get something totally fresh....

‘Guns Akimbo’ Review: A Gaming Satire That Indulges In What It Critiques [TIFF] By Marshall Shaffer/Sept. 16, 2019 8:00 am EST “You like this?!” asks Daniel Radcliffe’s Miles to a covert camera live streaming his misfortunate adventures as he fights for his life. It’s a breaking point for him as a character in Guns Akimbo, and he launches into quite the screed about the cowardice of the viewers who cheer on imperiling people from behind the remove of their screen but could never face a similar situation in their own lives....

One Day at a Time Canceled…Again Deadline reports that Pop TV, the network which saved One Day at a Time after Netflix gave it the boot, has decided not to order any more episodes. Season 4 was truncated because of the coronavirus pandemic – the show is typically recorded in front of a live studio audience, but its fourth season came to an end with an unconventional animated episode which directly addressed the 2020 presidential election....

‘Peninsula’ Director Is Already Working On The Next (Animated) ‘Train To Busan’ Sequel By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 21, 2020 11:30 am EST Yeon is already working on an animated prequel to Peninsula, his highly anticipated follow-up to 2016’s smash hit Train to Busan, the filmmaker revealed to Polygon. Yeon said: “A prequel to Peninsula: we are currently in talks about making a cartoon about the relationship between Unit 631 and Min-jung. I am hopeful that the story can be further expanded upon through the less inhibited cartoon medium....