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Superhero Bits: Boss Logic’s Snyder Cut Poster, ‘Morbius’ Set Photos Tease Spider-Man Connections & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 10, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see Boss Logic’s awesome poster for The Snyder Cut of Justice League? Want to learn how to draw Harley Quinn? Will Lady Sif return for the Loki series on Disney+? What award did Anthony & Joe Russo receive for Avengers: Endgame? Will there be flashback scenes in Black Widow?...

Superhero Bits: Watch A Documentary About The Joker, Why ‘The Flash’ Was Canceled In The 1990s & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 25, 2020 6:00 pm EST What’s in store for the Spider-Man: Maximum Venom season finale in October? What did The Flash series from the 1990s get canceled? What are some of the most over-powered attacks in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Will you rewatch Man of Steel when it hits HBO Max next month?...

The 20 Best Performances In Paul Thomas Anderson Movies By Josh Spiegel/Dec. 27, 2019 11:00 am EST Over nearly 25 years, Paul Thomas Anderson has established himself as one of the great artists of modern American cinema. His earlier works were defined by the style of filmmakers who inspired him, from Martin Scorsese to Robert Altman. As he’s grown, though, it’s become clear that Anderson is also an incredibly skilled director of actors, not just content to populate his films with recognizable faces and sit back to let them do the work....

The Best Movies & TV Shows Coming To Netflix In January 2021 By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 18, 2020 5:00 pm EST As I’m sure you know, 2020 is almost over. Congratulations, you’ve made it through (most of) this hell year! And as December ends, January begins – and brings with it new titles on Netflix. So here are the best TV shows and movies coming to Netflix in January 2021. GoodFellas...

The Morning Watch: Computer Animated ‘ThunderCats’ Opening, The Science Of Superpowers & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 19, 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 computer animated remake of the opening of the ThunderCats animated series....

The Morning Watch: Maisie Williams Belts ‘Let It Go’ For Audi, Michael Douglas Teaches Acting & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 31, 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 the Audi commercial made for the Super Bowl with Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams singing the hit Frozen song “Let It Go....

The New ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Movie Won’t Be A Reboot, So Please Don’t Go Bananas By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 20, 2020 7:30 am EST Last week, an unconfirmed rumor started going around claiming that Ball’s new Apes movie was going to be a reboot. But that’s not true – at least according to Ball himself: It’s never been easier for film journalists to actually get in touch with the actual people who actually know… but maybe it’s the point to NOT fact-check these days?...

Trailer Round-Up: ‘Fire In Paradise’, ‘Holiday In The Wild’, ‘The Man Without Gravity’, ‘Cold Brook’, ‘The Apollo’, ‘Atypical’, ‘The Laundromat’ By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 18, 2019 6:30 am EST Whenever a trailer arrives for a smaller movie, or a documentary headed straight to streaming, we tend to avoid giving it its own specific post. But that doesn’t mean we want to ignore those films. That’s where a trailer round-up comes in handy....

Trailer Round-Up: ‘Hunter’s Moon’, ‘Hillary’, ‘Waiting For Anya’, ‘Once Were Brothers’, And More By Ben Pearson/Jan. 20, 2020 2:30 pm EST We cast a pretty wide net for trailers here at /Film, but there are always a few that seem to evade us. But they can’t hide forever – it’s only a matter of time before they make their way into one of our trailer round-up posts. Continue on to check out the trailers for Once Were Brothers, Hillary, Waiting For Anya, Hope Gap, and many more....

Watch ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 2 Opening Scene Right Now By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 29, 2020 8:00 am EST The Hargreeves children are going to do things their way, the effects that has on time and reality be damned. The Umbrella Academy season 2 picks up with the superpowered family as they find themselves “blasted back in time to 1960s Dallas” and separated from each other. Now, “the scattered siblings build new lives for themselves — until a new doomsday threat pulls them back together....

Water Cooler: Disney World, Devs, Bloodshot, Onward, The Hunt, Better Call Saul, Overlord, The Way Back, The Invisible Man, Incident In A Ghostland By Peter Sciretta/March 12, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the March 12, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

Will Yoda (Or Maybe Even Baby Yodas) Be A Part Of ‘Star Wars: The High Republic’? By Ben Pearson/Feb. 27, 2020 8:30 am EST Earlier this week, Lucasfilm announced Star Wars: The High Republic, a new publishing program featuring interconnected stories told across multiple platforms and set 200 years before the events of the Skywalker Saga. The company released a trailer that gave us a behind-the-scenes look at story sessions with various writers involved the program, and now some concept art in that video has fans wondering if Yoda is going to play a role in these stories....

By Ben Pearson/July 27, 2020 2:00 pm EST Zack Snyder wants to make one thing crystal clear: when audiences tune in for his “Snyder Cut” of Justice League when it debuts on HBO Max, there won’t be a single shot in there that was composed by Joss Whedon, who stepped in to take over production after Snyder left the movie back in 2017. According to Snyder, every single shot in the Snyder Cut will be photographed by Snyder himself....

‘Bad Trip’: Hidden Camera Prank Film Skips Theaters, Goes Straight To Netflix By Ben Pearson/May 13, 2020 3:15 pm EST Bad Trip, a movie which stars Eric Andre, Lil Rel Howery, and Tiffany Haddish and features a mixture of traditional narrative and hidden camera pranks, was originally set to hit theaters last October. It got delayed to April 2020, and later it was moved up one week by the resurrected Orion Pictures....

‘Fargo’ Season 4 Trailer Teases A Wild Crime War And An Even Wilder Cast By Jacob Hall/July 31, 2020 10:30 am EST The films of the Coen brothers have always been flexible in tone and genre, so it’s no surprise that FX’s Fargo television series has followed suit. Noah Hawley’s oddball continuation/expansion of the Oscar-winning film has shifted over the years, dabbling in dark drama, screwball comedy, grand tragedy, and violent action....

/Filmcast Ep. 549 - The Top 10 Films Of 2019 By Slashfilmcast/Jan. 7, 2020 10:00 am EST Happy New Year! Dave, Devindra, and Jeff rank their top ten movies of 2019. Stay tuned, Jeff’s number 5 will shock you! Check out some important film data in 2019 here. Thanks to our sponsor this week: Feals. Become a member today by going to Feals.com/FILMCAST get 50% off your first order with free shipping....

‘Hamilton’ Featurette Gives You A Crash-Course On The Broadway Hit Becoming A Cultural Phenomenon By Chris Evangelista/July 2, 2020 1:00 pm EST At this point, everyone knows about Hamilton. Even if you’ve somehow managed to never hear any of the songs, you’re well-aware of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster, award-winning Broadway show that reinvents the founding of America through a modern lens. Blending several styles of music and featuring a cast almost entirely made up of people of color, Hamilton swiftly went from being just another musical to a full-blown cultural phenomenon....

‘Little Demon’: Danny DeVito, Aubrey Plaza, And Dan Harmon Team Up For FX Animated Comedy Pilot By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 23, 2020 12:00 pm EST Can Danny DeVito offer you a new animated series in these trying times? Or at least just a pilot for an animated comedy starring him, his daughter Lucy DeVito, and Aubrey Plaza that is executive produced by Rick & Morty creator Dan Harmon? FX is answering your prayers for the latter, giving a formal green light to the pilot for the animated comedy Little Demon, a half-hour series which will star DeVito as the Devil and Plaza as a reluctant mother who gives birth to the Antichrist....

‘Lost’ Was Only Supposed To Last Three Seasons, And Damon Lindelof And Carlton Cuse Almost Left As Showrunners By Ben Pearson/June 30, 2020 2:00 pm EST Even though the hit ABC mystery drama Lost came to an end ten years ago, we’re still slightly obsessed with the show here at /Film. Showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse became superstars during the show’s run, and behind the scenes stories were devoured by fans almost as rabidly as new episodes of the show itself....

‘Manhunt’ Review: Back To The Basics For John Woo, But Not A Return To Form [TIFF] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 10, 2017 10:00 am EST John Woo made a career creating operatic, ultra-violent crime films peppered with shoot-outs, stand-offs, morally ambiguous characters, and lots and lots of slow-motion doves. Woo eventually made the leap from Hong Kong cinema to Hollywood and created one of the greatest action movies of all time, Face/Off....