‘Wet Hot American Summer’ Live Read And ‘Veep’ Reunion Set For October By Ben Pearson/Oct. 1, 2020 5:00 pm EST Are you ready to head back to Camp Firewood? No, Wet Hot American Summer director David Wain has not announced a third Netflix series set in that universe, but instead, here’s something that’s arguably even better: Wain and many of the film’s cast members are getting together for a live read of the script....
Alexander Payne’s New Movie With Mads Mikkelsen Canceled After Sudden Rights Issue By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2019 1:30 pm EST Just one week before production was slated to begin, Nebraska director Alexander Payne’s new untitled film has been canceled by Netflix. The film would have followed Mads Mikkelsen as a Danish journalist who goes on a road trip with his teenage daughter across America while he works on a story for a newspaper....
Exclusive: Mondo Unleashes New Marvel Tiki Mugs And ‘Masters Of The Universe’ Mer-Man Figure For Comic-Con At Home By Ethan Anderton/July 20, 2020 11:00 am EST San Diego Comic-Con is nearly upon us, albeit in the form of a virtual convention dubbed Comic-Con at Home. There won’t be a show floor for fans to pick up merchandise from their favorite vendor booths, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to fight against hordes of fans trying to get their hands on the latest exclusive collectibles created just for Comic-Con....
HBO Max’s New ‘Looney Tunes Cartoons’ Capture The Comedic Spirit And Style Of The Classic Animated Shorts By Ethan Anderton/May 21, 2020 8:00 am EST There have been several different iterations of Looney Tunes (and by association Merrie Melodies) in recent years that have tried to update the classic cartoon characters with contemporary animation styles and modern day storylines. Unfortunately, the likes of The Looney Tunes Show, New Looney Tunes, and even Tiny Toon Adventures from the 1990s failed to really tap into what was special about the classic animated shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Marvin the Martian, Road Runner, and more....
Here’s How Darth Vader Could Fit Into The ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ TV Series – And Why It Makes Sense In Canon By Bryan Young/Dec. 14, 2020 9:00 am EST During the massive, four-hour Disney Investor presentation last week, Lucasfilm was able to present its upcoming slate of projects. During that time, they were able to make a number of announcements. So many announcements were made that we’re still sifting through the ramifications of them....
Hong Kong Disneyland To Reopen This Week After Two Coronavirus Closures By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 22, 2020 9:30 am EST Here’s hoping second time’s the charm for Hong Kong Disneyland. Following two closures for coronavirus (COVID-19) control reasons, Hong Kong Disneyland is set to reopen this week — again. The Hong Kong Disneyland reopening has been set for this Friday and will operate five days per week. Variety reports that the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park is set to reopen this week following two closures to curb potential coronavirus outbreaks....
Vin Diesel’s ‘Bloodshot’ Revealed In Action Figure Form By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 3, 2019 10:00 am EST We have no idea what’s happening with the Bloodshot movie starring Vin Diesel. There has been very little info on the project since its announcement, and we haven’t seen a single official image of Diesel in character. We did get a glimpse of some concept art a while back though, and now, we have our best look yet…in action figure form....
‘A Place Further Than The Universe’ Is An Anime That Will Melt Your Heart And Inspire You To Do Something With Your Life By Rafael Motamayor/Feb. 26, 2020 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Ani-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.)So far in this column, we’ve explored some of the more genre-heavy shows anime has to offer. But the beauty of this medium is its malleability....
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Concept Art: Doctor Strange Nearly Wore Iron Man’s Suit By Ben Pearson/Feb. 7, 2020 2:47 pm EST Have you ever wondered what the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of Doctor Strange might look like wearing Tony Stark’s Iron Man suit? That almost happened in Avengers: Infinity War, and now one of that movie’s concept artists has shared some photos on Instagram which give us a good look at what Benedict Cumberbatch would have looked like suited up in the “Iron Strange” armor....
‘Breaking Bad’ Movie Has Already Been Filmed, Bob Odenkirk Says By Ben Pearson/Aug. 22, 2019 11:30 am EST Earlier this summer, Breaking Bad stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul had the internet aflutter when they began posting pictures of two donkeys, and then the two actors hanging out together, sparking speculation that they could be shooting the upcoming Breaking Bad movie. It turned out to be a false alarm – the photos were to promote their new mezcal company....
‘Dracula’ Trailer: All You Have To Do Is Invite Him In By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 3, 2020 12:30 pm EST A new Dracula remake never gets old, and the upcoming BBC/Netflix series from the creators of Sherlock gives the bloodthirsty vampire a freshly modern, and appropriately bloody, coat. Ahead of the series premiere on Netflix this weekend, a final Dracula trailer has been released, giving us a glimpse of Claes Bang’s seductive take on the Count....
‘Erased’ Is A Supernatural Murder Mystery Anime That Demands To Be Binged By Rafael Motamayor/July 2, 2020 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Ani-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.)Everyone wishes they could rewind time and fix their mistakes, hoping that by fixing just one thing, your entire life would be better. What if you could actually do it? What if you could pinpoint the exact moment things started to go wrong for you and your friends, and you could go back and prevent it all from happening?...
‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile’ Review: Zac Efron Gives The Best Performance Of His Career As Ted Bundy [Sundance] By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 27, 2019 8:00 am EST What if someone you loved, someone you thought you knew, someone who seemed so charming and caring, turned out to be an absolute monster? Would you immediately believe it – or would you deny the horrible truth with every fiber of your being?...
/Filmcast Ep. 566 - Bad Education By Slashfilmcast/May 6, 2020 6:30 pm EST As shelter-in-place order extends, David, Devindra, and Jeff continue watching streaming content. David praises the brilliance of Dave, the FX Hulu original while Devindra loves Never Have I Ever, the new Netflix show created by Mindy Kaling. For the feature review, he cast talk about one of the few releases this year – HBO’s Bad Education. Thanks to our sponsors this week: Quip, Feals, StoryWorth....
‘Miss Americana’ Review: Taylor Swift Grows Up In This Sweet, Funny, Emotional Crowd-Pleaser [Sundance 2020] By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 24, 2020 9:00 am EST This is how Miss Americana begins, and we don’t know it yet, but it’s setting the stage for the story as a whole. This isn’t so much a documentary about Taylor Swift as it is a documentary about Taylor Swift growing up – letting go of childish things and realizing she’s much more than some “good girl....
‘Nailed It!’ Season 4 Trailer: Distract Yourself From The Scary Real World With Some Terrible Baking By Chris Evangelista/March 18, 2020 5:30 pm EST In case you hadn’t noticed, everything is very…intense right now. Even people who aren’t traditionally prone to stress are likely feeling the pressure as our daily lives become a constant stream of news about quarantines, shut-downs, and viruses. We could all use a light-hearted distraction, and thankfully, a new season of Nailed It!...
‘Palmer’, A Fisher Stevens Film Starring Justin Timberlake, Heads To AppleTV+ By Ben Pearson/July 15, 2020 4:30 pm EST I suspect that for a lot of people, Fisher Stevens is still best known as the white guy who wore brownface to portray an Indian character in the Short Circuit movies. But while he’s still acting (you may have seen him recently on Succession or The Blacklist), he’s also an Oscar-winning filmmaker who has produced and/or directed a handful of big documentaries over the past couple of decades....
‘The Forty-Year Old Version’ Trailer: A Struggling Playwright Tries To Reinvent Herself As A Rapper By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 26, 2020 9:30 am EST There’s always been a lot of pressure that comes with turning 40 years old. It’s the birthday that pushes you “over the hill,” and it can be the start of a midlife crisis, especially if you feel like you haven’t lived up to your full potential. That’s exactly where protagonist Radha Blank finds herself in a new Sundance selected indie, which she also wrote and directed....
20 Years Later, ‘The Iron Giant’ Matters More Than Ever By Amelia Emberwing/Aug. 12, 2019 1:00 pm EST “The Iron Giant just turned twenty” is a weird sentence to write, considering that the film feels more important now than it did two decades ago. That’s not to say it didn’t matter then. Far from it, in fact. Though the animated film didn’t see much success in the box office, it was both a critical success and a fan favorite whose cult following is completely earned....
A New ‘Indiana Jones’ Video Game Is Coming From Bethesda And Machine Games, The Developer Of ‘Wolfenstein’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 12, 2021 8:51 am EST A new Indiana Jones video game is on its way. Bethesda, the video game developer and publisher behind such hit games as Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, has announced a new Indiana Jones being made by their studio Machine Games, whose recent Wolfenstein games brought punching Nazis back into the zeitgeist....
