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‘Shirley’ Review: Elisabeth Moss Is Phenomenal In Josephine Decker’s Stellar Portrait Of Shirley Jackson [Sundance 2020] By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 26, 2020 10:00 am EST No mere biopic, Shirley is a haunting portrait of author Shirley Jackson, telling a tale that didn’t actually happen. This is a fictional biography, and yet every moment rings true. Director Josephine Decker and screenwriter Sarah Gubbins have captured Jackson’s literary voice, while Elisabeth Moss has captured the late author’s very essence itself....

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 May Reveal More About Greef Carga’s Backstory, Says Carl Weathers By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 4, 2019 1:30 pm EST The live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian is right in the middle of its first season, but executive producer Jon Favreau is already hard at work on the second season. Favreau will be directing at least one episode in the second season after letting some other filmmakers get behind the camera the first time around....

By Jacob Hall/July 24, 2020 4:30 pm EST Unlike other X-Men movies, which tend to take place all over the world (and sometimes in space), The New Mutants is mostly confined to a single location: a psychiatric hospital where a crew of young mutants are being held. Considering the film’s horror tone, that’s certainly appropriate. Creepy hospitals are as common in horror films as bladed weapons and scary masks. In a recent interview, director Josh Boone told us about the decision to set his X-Men film in one creepy location and how the choice was informed by a couple of classic movies....

‘Watchmen’ Season Finale Trailer: What Exactly Is The Millennium Tower Going To Do, Anyway? By Ben Pearson/Dec. 9, 2019 12:30 pm EST “The end is nigh.” That phrase has been used in the marketing for HBO’s Watchmen since it first began to ramp up, but now it’s true on a meta level: the final episode of the exceptional first season (and maybe even the series as a whole) airs this coming Sunday night, and HBO has dropped one last trailer to get us hyped....

Andrew Lincoln Trades Zombies For Ghosts As Star Of Live-Stream Production Of ‘A Christmas Carol’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 4, 2020 4:00 pm EST Andrew Lincoln is trading zombies for ghosts. In Lincoln’s his first role since he left his 10-year gig on The Walking Dead, the actor is set to star as Ebenezer Scrooge in the stage production of A Christmas Carol at the famed Old Vic Theatre in London, which is set to be live-streamed to audiences worldwide....

Ewan McGregor Confirms Role In Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi Series, Which Takes Place During ‘Solo’ [Updated] By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 23, 2019 5:45 pm EST Update 8/23: Ewan McGregor confirmed at D23 that he will be starring in the Obi-Wan series. The episode scripts are all finished and the show will begin shooting next year. See more below.Update: Deadline has confirmed that Ewan McGregor is set to reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a yet-to-be-titled Disney+ series....

By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 7, 2019 2:30 pm EST SpectreVision is about to release Color Out of Space, a big, weird H.P. Lovecraft adaptation starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Richard Stanley. But it might not be the last Lovecraft film the production company unleashes. According to founders Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah, a Lovecraft trilogy is being planned, with hopes for a Dunwich Horror movie next. During an interview with Coming Soon, SpectreVision’s Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah revealed tentative plans for a Lovecraft trilogy, adding that Color Out of Space director Richard Stanely might be involved as well....

Listen To An Exclusive Track From The ‘Knives Out’ Soundtrack By David Chen/Nov. 21, 2019 12:30 pm EST Composer Nathan Johnson’s work spans a wide variety of genres, from low-budget film noir to high-budget sci-fi. He’s played in many different types of media (and with many types of instruments, as when he invented new ones to write the innovative score for Brick), so I was excited to see him try something more conventional by tackling the score for Rian Johnson’s new murder mystery, Knives Out....

By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2019 9:30 am EST Do you remember Barney & Friends? The educational children’s series ran from 1992 to 2009 and focused on a group of kids who learned valuable lessons in sing-song from a big purple tyrannosaurs rex named Barney, who was really just part of their imagination. The show has been off the air for a decade, but Mattel Films is keen on bringing Barney back into the pop culture scene with an all-new live-action movie, and for some reason, Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya is producing it with them....

Performance Capture Is Done On ‘Avatar 2’ And ‘Avatar 3’, James Cameron Says By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 19, 2019 12:30 pm EST Speaking with Variety on the 10th anniversary of Avatar this week, director James Cameron provided an update on where they stand with completing the four sequels planned for release every other year starting in 2021 and ending in 2027. Cameron said: The crew recently celebrated the last day of live-action production for 2019 by posting a new photo from behind the scenes of the sequel....

Reese Witherspoon To Star In Not One, But Two Netflix Rom-Coms By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 13, 2020 2:00 pm EST The rom-com queen is coming back to take her crown. Reese Witherspoon has been busy earning acclaim and Emmy nods for her roles in prestige television lately, but she’s heading to Netflix to teach the teen heartthrobs a thing or two about romantic-comedies. Witherspoon is set to star in not one, but two Netflix rom-coms, including the feature directorial debut of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend co-creator Aline Brosh McKenna....

The 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets Are Getting A Multi-Part ‘30 For 30’ Documentary At ESPN By Ethan Anderton/July 11, 2020 12:00 pm EST Sports fans can’t get enough of ESPN’s 30 for 30 sports documentaries. While the series was already popular before, there’s been a surge in interest recently due to the lack of new sports due to the coronavirus pandemic. The success of the 10-part documentary series The Last Dance about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls certainly helped boost the network’s sports documentary profile, and ESPN Films is planning another multi-part sports documentary, this time looking to the 1986 New York Mets baseball team and their amazing comeback to win the World Series against the Boston Red Sox....

The CW’s New ‘Batwoman’ Gets A New Suit: See Javicia Leslie In The Redesigned Batsuit By Ben Pearson/Oct. 26, 2020 1:30 pm EST Back in September, we got a first look at Batwoman series star Javicia Leslie suited up in costume for the first time. But it turns out that her character, Ryan Wilder, was actually wearing previous Batwoman Kate Kane’s old suit in that image. Now we have a couple of new looks at the new Batwoman suit from The CW TV series, which has been redesigned to better fit Ryan Wilder’s personality....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 6, 2020 1:30 pm EST While major studios have the resources to debut their theatrical releases early on digital and streaming platforms amid the nationwide shutdown of movie theaters due to coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns, indie filmmakers are being left without an audience for their small films. Typically, film festivals give these indie films the exposure they need to build up an audience or critical acclaim. But with film festivals cancelling left and right, indie films are the ones that suffer the most....

The Morning Watch: ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Car Chase Breakdown, Edward Norton Career Retrospective & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 11, 2019 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, Terminator: Dark Fate director Tim Miller breaks down a big car chase from the sci-fi sequel....

The Morning Watch: ‘Toy Story 4’ Storyboard Comparison’, ‘Westworld’ Season 3 Premiere Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/March 18, 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, see how the storyboards for a Toy Story 4 sequence with Ducky and Bunny compare to the final cut in the movie....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Battlebots’ Is A Joyous Ringside Seat At The Exciting World Of Combat Robotics By Jacob Hall/Jan. 8, 2021 7:30 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series: Battlebots and Battlebots: Bounty HuntersWhere You Can Stream It: Discovery+The Pitch: Ladies and gentlemen…it’s robot fighting time! Folks from around the world gather for one purpose and one purpose only: to see if they can best opponents in the ring using 250-pound robots they built specifically to fight other robots....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ Is A Rockin’ Good Time By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 21, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: Bill and Ted’s Excellent AdventureWhere You Can Stream It: Hulu, CrackleThe Pitch: Two bodacious dudes (Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves) are in danger of flunking most heinously out of high school, unless they can complete their final history class presentation with flying colors....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘La Haine’ Is A Racially Charged Classic More Relevant Now Than Ever By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 31, 2020 11:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: La HaineWhere You Can Stream It: KanopyThe Pitch: A a trio of friends wander aimlessly through the French suburbs, distracting themselves from the cycles of poverty and discrimation that entrap them by debating their favorite movies and posturing as Robert de Niro-inspired gangsters....

Dazzling comic book visuals Disney Starting with the visuals, the hyper-stylized array of colors seen in the cinematography, production design, wardrobe and art direction brought to life the art of the original comic strip in a way that’s even more impressive than if it was done today. Produced back in the late 1980s, all of this vibrant color and unique set design needed to be done practically. Throughout “Dick Tracy” are some of the most stunning matte paintings you’ve ever seen, perfectly executed by Disney matte painter Michael Lloyd and fellow matte painter and visual effects supervisor Harrison Ellenshaw, not to mention his father, the legendary artist Peter Ellenshaw, as well as a handful of other artists....