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The Quarantine Stream: ‘Tokyo Godfathers’ Is Capra-Esque Christmas Movie About Found Family By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 22, 2020 7:00 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: Tokyo GodfathersWhere You Can Stream It: CrackleThe Pitch: Three homeless people discover an abandoned baby in a garbage dump on Christmas Eve, and decide to do anything in their power to find it a home....

The Story Of Quentin Tarantino’s James Bond Movie Pitch To Pierce Brosnan By Chris Evangelista/April 20, 2020 1:30 pm EST Before James Bond found new life in the form of Daniel Craig, Quentin Tarantino really wanted to make his own Bond movie with previous 007 Pierce Brosnan. Tarantino wanted to make his own Casino Royale, set in the ’50s or ’60s, with Brosnan possibly co-starring alongside Uma Thurman. The filmmaker even met with Brosnan about the project– but it never came to be....

This Week In Trailers: Beanpole, Inside The Rain, Goldie, Most Likely To Succeed, Mike Birbiglia: The New One By Christopher Stipp/Nov. 16, 2019 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

VOTD: Sleepy Skunk’s Movie Trailer Mash-Up Of The Decade (2010-2019) By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 31, 2019 6:00 am EST At midnight tonight, it will be the end of 2019, and we will usher in a whole new decade starting with 2020. So it’s only appropriate that after Sleepy Skunk delivered his 2019 Movie Trailer Mash-Up to remember the year in cinema, he reached back 10 years to remember movies as they unfolded from the beginning of 201o to the end of 2019....

Watch: Tom Holland Introduces New Spider-Man Ride Coming To Disneyland By Ben Pearson/Jan. 19, 2021 11:30 am EST Spider-Man has been the subject of an exciting theme park ride at Universal Studios’ Islands of Adventure for more than 20 years now, but Disney has recently been developing a rival ride about the friendly neighborhood wall crawler, and it is finally almost ready to be unveiled. Disney Parks released a new Spider-Man ride featurette today which includes interviews and footage of current Spidey star Tom Holland in action on the upcoming attraction, and you can check it out and get a sense of what’s in store below....

‘Alien’, ‘Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade’, ‘TMNT’, And Harley Quinn Get New Posters From Bottleneck Gallery By Ben Pearson/Oct. 15, 2020 8:30 am EST Bottleneck Gallery, one of the best purveyors of pop culture art in the world, is back with a brand new set of art prints inspired by some of our favorite movies. Check out these pieces depicting interpretations of Ridley Scott’s Alien, Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Steve Barron’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and a mash-up of Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn from Birds of Prey and Heather Graham’s Rollergirl from Boogie Nights....

‘Bad Boys For Life’ Review: Even With The Bayhem Gone, The Franchise Ends On A High Note By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 15, 2020 9:00 am EST Three things are essential to the Bad Boys franchise – or at least, they used to be. One is an often alarming cruelty – a disregard for anyone, and anything, all in the name of a near-sociopathic attempt at coolness. The second is what is commonly referred to as Bayhem – the wild, swirling, often incoherent action beats created by director Michael Bay....

‘Black Adam’ Production Will Begin In July 2020, According To The Rock By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 18, 2019 10:03 am EST Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson agreed to play Black Adam back in 2007 and was confirmed for the project yet again in 2014. But even as Shazam! went into production, the fate of the Black Adam movie remained up in the air. Now, it looks like the project is on the verge of finally getting off the ground....

‘Briarpatch’ Trailer: Rosario Dawson Solves Murders And Pets Giraffes In USA’s Crime Anthology Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 27, 2019 1:30 pm EST Rosario Dawson dons a severe haircut and bright, tailored blazors to solve her sister’s murder in the oh-so-stylish Briarpatch, USA Network’s upcoming mystery-thriller anthology series executive produced by Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail and written and executive produced by Andy Greenwald. The first season, based on the Ross Thomas novel of the same name, comes to USA in 2020....

‘Class Action Park’ Trailer: Dive Into The Story Of The World’s Most Dangerous Amusement Park By Ben Pearson/Aug. 19, 2020 12:30 pm EST In the 1980s and ’90s, New Jersey’s Action Park amusement park was seen by many as a beacon of freedom. The rides were totally nuts – there was literally an enclosed water slide that sent riders blasting through a full loop-de-loop! – and every rule was more like suggestion that could be easily laughed at or brazenly ignored....

‘I’m Thinking Of Ending Things’ Trailer: Charlie Kaufman Invites You To Meet The Parents By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 6, 2020 6:08 am EST Charlie Kaufman is back with I’m Thinking of Ending Things, a creepy story of a young woman who takes a trip to meet her boyfriend’s parents. Sounds harmless enough, right? Well…just wait. The film is an adaptation of the haunting Iain Reid novel of the same name, and features Jessie Buckley, Jesse Plemons, Toni Collette, and David Thewlis....

‘Jay And Silent Bob Reboot’ Brings Back Matt Damon As Loki…But Not The One You Think By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 30, 2019 11:30 am EST Matt Damon is reprising his role as Loki — no, not that one. Though the Good Will Hunting actor’s memorable turn as a theatrical version of Loki in Thor: Ragnarok is fresh in people’s minds, Damon had actually played another character named Loki 20 years ago. Now, Damon will be making a cameo as Dogma’s Loki in Smith’s upcoming Jay and Silent Bob Reboot....

‘Jumbo’ Review: Girl Meets Tilt-A-Whirl In This Uneven Bundle Of Quirks [Sundance 2020] By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 24, 2020 3:00 pm EST Love is confusing in Jumbo, a messy film that wants to have its funnel cake and eat it too. Set mostly at an amusement park, Jumbo follows the awkward and shy Jeanne (Portrait of a Lady on Fire’s Noémie Merlant) who has no social skills to speak of, much to the chagrin of her constantly loud, constantly horny mother Margarette (Emmanuelle Bercot)....

‘Mortal Kombat’ First Look: Lewis Tan, Hiroyuki Sanada Dole Out Some R-Rated Fatalities By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 15, 2021 9:30 am EST Mortal Kombat is getting ready to dole out some R-rated fatalities. Director Simon McQuoid’s new adaptation of the classic video game series is not holding back on the “gore, blood, and fatalities,” the filmmaker said, promising that the upcoming martial arts film is “definitely not gonna get a PG-13 rating....

‘Red, White And Blue’ Trailer: John Boyega Confronts Police Brutality In Steve McQueen’s ‘Small Axe’ Film By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 23, 2020 1:00 pm EST There are few directors that have properly utilized John Boyega to his full, star-powered potential, and Steve McQueen is one of those directors. In the latest of McQueen’s Small Axe films (a collection of interrelated films), Boyega gives one of the best performances of his career as a Black police officer who faces the daunting task of trying to affect change from within a corrupt, racist system....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Novelization Fills Out More Plot Holes About Kylo Ren By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 27, 2020 1:30 pm EST Even three months after its release, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker refuses to leave the national conversation. Perhaps that’s because so much supplementary material keeps coming out after the fact to fill out the plot gaps in the film’s ever-so-complex narrative. The latest from the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker novelization is all about Kylo Ren and his arc form Big Bad to big softie, and how exactly it happened....

‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Is Like A Six-Hour Marvel Movie, Says Anthony Mackie By Ethan Anderton/June 29, 2020 8:30 am EST Whenever The Falcon and the Winter Soldier ends up debuting on Disney+, series star Anthony Mackie says fans will be treated to a show that feels like a six-hour Marvel movie. Although that speaks to the quality of the production matching what is usually seen on the big screen, Mackie also thinks Marvel productions could use some improvement when it comes to diversity behind the scenes....

‘The Postcard Killings’ Trailer: Jeffrey Dean Morgan Tries To Catch A Serial Killer By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 22, 2020 12:00 pm EST Jeffrey Dean Morgan is trading his blood-stained bat for blood-drained murder victims in The Postcard Killings, which adapts James Patterson and Liza Marklund’s #1 New York Times bestselling thriller about a New York detective who joins an international manhunt for a serial killer who had brutally murdered his daughter and son-in-law on their honeymoon in London....

‘The Stand’ Remake Premiere Set For December On CBS All Access By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 25, 2020 3:00 pm EST If the real pandemic hasn’t burned you out on deadly viruses forever, good news! The Stand remake now has a premiere date. Many were wondering if the CBS All Access miniseries adaptation of the Stephen King novel about the end of the world might get delayed, what with the far-too-relevant subject matter....

‘Uncharted’ Adds Antonio Banderas As Ruben Fleischer Confirmed To Direct By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 2, 2020 10:00 am EST Uncharted may be finally be getting back on the map. Fresh off his first Oscar nomination, Antonio Banderas has joined the Uncharted cast to star opposite the long-attached Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg. And in the wake of Banderas’ casting alongside two other cast newcomers, Sony has locked down Venom director Ruben Fleischer to helm the film after going through seven other filmmakers....