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‘Saturday Night Live’ Sets Comedian Bill Burr And ‘Insecure’ Star Issa Rae As Next Two October Hosts By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 3, 2020 12:00 pm EST Saturday Night Live is back this weekend with the show’s 46th season premiere, back in good ole Studio 8H at 30 Rock in New York City. It’s the first of five back-to-back shows in all five weekends in October, the longest run of consecutive new episodes in recent history....

‘The Godfather, Coda: The Death Of Michael Corleone’ Review: Francis Ford Coppola Offers A ‘Godfather III’ Re-Cut You Can’t Refuse By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 1, 2020 7:00 am EST When it comes to Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather trilogy, everyone seems to be in agreement: the first two movies are full-blown masterpieces, and the less said about the third film the better. We shouldn’t cry too hard for The Godfather Part III – despite its modern-day reputation of being a dud, it was actually well-received at the box office and even netted itself seven Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture!...

‘The Goldfinch’ Review: John Crowley Paints A Portrait Of Loss And Longing [TIFF 2019] By Meredith Borders/Sept. 10, 2019 8:00 am EST How do you make a movie out of The Goldfinch? It’s the question book lovers have been asking themselves since John Crowley’s adaptation was announced last year. And it’s true that Donna Tartt’s thoughtful, decades-spanning, continent-hopping story of a boy and a painting doesn’t really lend itself to an action-packed feature film, but if you’re in the bag for a 150-minute meditation on grief, guilt and the power of beauty, then hey, The Goldfinch is for you....

‘The Hate U Give’ Is Available To Rent For Free On Digital Platforms As Protests Supporting Black Lives Matter Continue By Ben Pearson/June 9, 2020 2:30 pm EST As the protests supporting the Black Lives Matter movement continue across the country, more and more people are looking for movies and shows to watch that address the root issues of that movement. (And no, The Help is not exactly the best available option....

‘The Mandalorian’ Character Details Revealed: Learn More About The Main Character, His Allies, And His Enemies By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 26, 2019 7:00 am EST Everyone has Mandalorian fever thanks to the big trailer reveal over the weekend. And the only cure for that fever: character details. New info regarding the fresh additions to the Star Wars universe has trickled in, giving us a better idea of who’s who in the upcoming Disney+ series....

‘The Nest’ Review: Jude Law And Carrie Coon Star In A Smoldering Drama [Sundance 2020] By Ben Pearson/Jan. 27, 2020 11:00 am EST In 2011, writer/director Sean Durkin left his mark on the Sundance Film Festival with Martha Marcy May Marlene, an intense cult drama that introduced the world to Elizabeth Olsen and won Durkin the festival’s U.S. Dramatic Directing Award. It’s been nine years since he’s made a movie, but he hasn’t missed a beat....

‘You’ Has Been Renewed For A Third Season Of Stalking And Murder By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 14, 2020 10:30 am EST You has found a comfortable home at Netflix, as Penn Badgley’s psychopathic romantic relocates to the suburbs. Netflix has just renewed You season 3, with both Badgley and Victoria Pedretti set return for the 10-episode season, expected to premiere sometime in 2021.TVLine reports that Netflix has renewed You for a third season, less than a month after season 2 debuted on Netflix to rave reviews and a buzzy audience reception....

Bounty Hunters, Sad Lawyers, And Football Coaches: Our Favorite Television Of 2020 By /Film Staff/Jan. 4, 2021 9:00 am EST Look, you’re not going to find a human being on this planet who doesn’t want to close the book on 2020. But in that sea of darkness and abject misery, there are silver linings to be found. Silver linings like…well, the television was pretty damn good. Join us, the /Film staff, as we run down the best TV we watched in 2020....

Cool Stuff: Yes, Somehow There Is More Must-Own ‘Star Wars’ Art By Ben Pearson/July 14, 2020 12:30 pm EST Is there a major pop culture property that’s had more artwork devoted to it than Star Wars? You could fill multiple museums with all of the art released since the pop culture art boom that’s been dedicated to a galaxy far, far away, but there are still incredible Star Wars-related pieces being produced on a regular basis....

Crunchyroll Unveils Its First-Ever Slate Of Anime Originals By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 25, 2020 2:30 pm EST Anime is all the rage on streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, which have tapped into an eager streaming audience with both classic and new original offerings alike. But one of the streaming platforms that has been around since anime was but a glimmer in pirating websites’ eyes, Crunchyroll, has now made itself a major player in the anime streaming wars....

Daily Podcast: Emmy Nominations, Universal/AMC Deal, Black Beauty, Star Wars VR, And Comic-Con At Home’s Dismal Numbers By Ben Pearson/July 29, 2020 1:30 pm EST On the July 29, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and TV news, including the 2020 Emmy nominations, Universal and AMC’s historic deal, a new Black Beauty, Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge, and Comic-Con at Home’s disappointing numbers....

Honor Blackman, ‘Goldfinger’ Star And Iconic James Bond Heroine, Dead At 94 By Ben Pearson/April 6, 2020 11:30 am EST Honor Blackman, best known for playing one of the most iconic heroines of the James Bond franchise, has died at the age of 94. She played Pussy Galore in 1964’s Goldfinger, hands down one of the best female characters the long-running film franchise has ever seen. She also starred on the British TV series The Avengers, and appeared in projects like Jason and the Argonauts, The Secret of My Success, Doctor Who, Bridget Jones’s Diary, and more....

Hot Hollywood Gossip! ‘Avatar’ Will Turn David Thewlis Into “A Blue Thing”! By Chris Evangelista/June 1, 2020 5:30 pm EST All of Tinseltown is buzzing about Avatar, baby! The movie on everyone’s lips these days is Avatar 2, a sequel that is really happening and will really be released one day, we swear! James Cameron is currently making 500 Avatar sequels at once, and based on set pics, all the movies take place inside the YMCA swimming pool....

Jennifer Lawrence Will Become A ‘Mob Girl’ For ‘The Young Pope’ Director By Ethan Anderton/July 24, 2019 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Mob Girl is a new film in the works from The Young Pope director Paolo Sorrentino that will adapt the life story of Arlyne Brickman, a woman who became a “mob girlfriend” but then ended up getting in on the criminal action herself....

Marvel Studios’ Most Electrifying Moments At San Diego Comic-Con: A Retrospective By Vanessa Armstrong/July 21, 2019 12:42 pm EST The Marvel Cinematic Universe was back in San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H this year, where president Kevin Feige announced a combination of ten films and Disney+ shows coming out between now and November 2021. There’s a lot to be excited about even beyond the properties that received full presentations (Blade?! Fantastic Four?...

New ‘Star Wars’ Comic Reveals Luke Skywalker Had A Secret Yellow Lightsaber By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 19, 2020 1:30 pm EST Audiences got a first glimpse of the rare yellow lightsaber on the big screen in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, when Rey revealed her own personal lightsaber at the end of the film, emitting a golden-yellow hue. It was a stark contrast to the blue and green lightsabers that Jedi Masters had wielded in the past, or the red lightsabers of the Sith....

New On Blu-Ray And Digital: ‘Jaws’ 4K, ‘Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’, ‘Scorsese Shorts’, ‘The Invisible Man’, ‘Creepshow’ By Chris Evangelista/June 12, 2020 1:00 pm EST Gather round, children, and I shall tell you a tale. A tale of the wonderful world of home media! These are the new Blu-ray releases (and digital releases, too) you should check out this week, and beyond. Jaws 4K I don’t need to tell you how good Jaws is, do I?...

Robert Pattinson On Playing Batman: “[He’s] Not A Hero” By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 17, 2019 1:46 pm EST Robert Pattinson is the new Batman, but if you’re hoping for an overly heroic Caped Crusader, don’t hold your breath. In a new interview, Pattinson opens up about taking on the cape and cowl of the Dark Knight and talks about how morally gray and complicated his Batman will be. Read more about Robert Pattinson on playing Batman below....

Sneak Preview: ‘Ghostbusters’ & ‘Us’ Mazes For Halloween Horror Nights 2019 At Universal Hollywood By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 4, 2019 7:00 am EST On September 3, 2019, I traveled to the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot to get a sneak preview of two of the big houses from Halloween Horror Nights 2019 based on Jordan Peele’s Us and Ghostbusters. Here’s what to expect from these two highly anticipated mazes and how they were created....

The Morning Watch: ‘Star Wars: The Last Stand’ CGI Short, THR’s Writers Roundtable & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 4, 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 an animated short called Star Wars: The Last Stand that makes Stormtroopers a little more skilled as soldiers along with some stylish visuals....