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Exclusive ‘Come To Daddy’ Clip: Elijah Wood Struggles To Connect With His Father By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 6, 2020 8:00 am EST If it seems like you haven’t seen Elijah Wood much over the past decade, that’s because he’s mostly been keeping busy offscreen. In addition to doing voiceover work for animated projects like TRON Uprising, Over the Garden Wall and Star Wars Resistance, he’s been working tirelessly as a producer. You may have also seen him popping up occasionally in more low-key thrillers, comedies and horror movies in the indie world....

HBO Max Is Somehow Still In A Stalemate With Roku By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 7, 2020 1:00 pm EST Despite the gauntlet that HBO Max laid down with the Warner Bros. 2021 slate, Roku is not budging on the issue of HBO Max launching as its own standalone app. Variety reports: Sources confirm to Variety that WarnerMedia and Roku are in active talks. But both sides have signaled that they are unwilling to budge on their positions: Roku wants to keep HBO/HBO Max as a channel it can sell directly to its own customers, while WarnerMedia is insisting that HBO Max be available as a standalone app....

HBO Max’s New ‘Looney Tunes Cartoons’ Debuts A Full Episode Before Launch By Ethan Anderton/May 25, 2020 6:00 am EST HBO Max arrives in just a few days on May 27, and with it comes dozens of new Looney Tunes Cartoons, the latest attempt by Warner Bros. Animation to reboot the classic cartoon characters from decades ago. Recently we shared our review of a few episodes from an early press preview, and I found myself pleasantly surprised by how well they emulated the timeless spirit and comedy of the original animated shorts....

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘We Are Freestyle Love Supreme’ Documentary Heads To Hulu In June By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 1, 2020 7:30 am EST Before Hamilton became a pop culture phenomenon and before In the Heights first catapulted Lin-Manuel Miranda to fame, there was Freestyle Love Supreme. A hip-hop improv group founded by Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Anthony Veneziale, the group included would-be Hamilton stars like Christopher Jackson and finally made its Broadway debut last year....

Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies To Watch After You See ‘Joker’ By Scott Beggs/Oct. 2, 2019 10:00 am EST Is Joker a brilliant prestige picture worthy of Oscar or a poison pill waiting for film culture to swallow it? Probably, yes. Todd Phillips’ riff starring Joaquin Phoenix as Batman’s BFF is a Trojan horse that sneaks an audacious character study into the studio system by slapping make-up and name recognition on its face....

New ‘Power Rangers’ Connected Story Universe Will Include A New Movie And TV Show By Ben Pearson/Oct. 20, 2020 12:30 pm EST There’s good news and bad news for Power Rangers fans today. Bad news first: if you liked the 2017 Power Rangers movie and hoped for more adventures with that same cast, that ain’t happening. Good news: a new movie and TV show are in the works, as part of a new, cohesive Power Rangers connected story universe which will be overseen by a single creator....

No, Marvel Studios Is Not Debuting Its First Transgender Character “Very Soon” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 3, 2020 10:30 am EST Marvel is taking things one step at a time when it comes to LGBTQ representation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And in one case, that means taking a step back after a misstatement by Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige. A day after Feige appeared to confirm that the MCU would be introducing its first transgender character, Marvel Studios is walking back that statement....

The Best Movies Leaving HBO Max In January 2021 By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 28, 2020 5:00 pm EST As December (and 2020) ends, it’s time to say goodbye to a few titles on HBO Max. The streaming service is chucking a handful of films, some of them quite great. So jump on down below to see the movies leaving HBO Max in January 2021. Before Sunrise A dreamy, swooning, romantic film that kicked off an entire trilogy, Before Sunrise finds Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy meeting on a train from Budapest, and clearly falling head-over-heels for one another....

The First Season Of ‘Into The Dark’ Ends With A “Pure” Whimper By Matt Donato/Sept. 18, 2019 8:00 am EST (Blumhouse Television and Hulu have partnered for a monthly horror anthology series titled Into The Dark, set to release a full holiday-themed feature the first Friday of every month. Horror anthology expert Matt Donato will be tackling the series one-by-one, stacking up the entries as they become streamable.)Into The Dark’s inaugural season concludes with a whimper in Hannah Macpherson’s Pure....

The Morning Watch: ‘Disenchantment’ Easter Eggs, VFX Artists React To ‘Gemini Man’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 22, 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, check out some Easter eggs and references you might have missed in the first season of Disenchantment on Netflix....

The Morning Watch: The Making Of ‘Undone’, ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Film School & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 29, 2019 5:00 am EST Next up, Dolemite Is My Name follows a truly independent production as it was made back in the 1970s with Eddie Murphy playing real life comedian and filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore. Since a big chunk of the movie is about actually making a movie, Netflix created a little makeshift film school that lets you know some terms and information you might not have known, like what a gaffer is or what it means to four-wall a theater....

Theme Park Bits: Rise Of The Resistance Queue At Disneyland, A Celebrity Drink At Epcot, And More By Josh Spiegel/Jan. 2, 2020 1:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: There’s a special margarita at Epcot from a famous source. Disneyland’s planning its queue strategy for Rise of the Resistance. And more! Disneyland’s version of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opened a few months before the one in Disney’s Hollywood Studios did, but the E-Ticket marquee attraction Rise of the Resistance arrived in Orlando first....

This Week In Trailers: This Way Up, Dogs Don’t Wear Pants, Scarborough, Zeroville, Lucy & DiC By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 24, 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?...

Tribeca Summer Screening Series Will Give Drive-In Theaters The IMAX Treatment By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 7, 2020 12:00 pm EST You don’t have to spend your entire summer indoors. While quarantine will stretch into the summer, Tribeca Enterprises is offering one summer activity that will allow you to keep a responsible social distance. Tribeca is teaming up with IMAX and AT&T to launch the Tribeca Drive-In series this summer, which will bring the drive-in experience (in high-def IMAX) to cities and towns across the U....

What Happened This Week On ‘Westworld’ Season 3: “Parce Domine” By Chris Evangelista/March 16, 2020 9:00 am EST Welcome back to Westworld! The third season of HBO’s sci-fi epic kicked-off its premiere episode, “Parce Domine”, with more than a few bangs, in the form of big gunfights. But in between all that action, the series was setting up new storylines – and new characters. But of course, old familiar faces were there, too....

What The Initial Disney+ Line-Up Says About The Streaming Service’s Longterm Goals By Josh Spiegel/Oct. 21, 2019 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Disney Discourse, a recurring feature where Josh Spiegel discusses the latest in Disney news. He goes deep on everything from the animated classics to the theme parks to live-action franchises.)Let it be said that if the Walt Disney Company knows one thing, it knows how to market itself....

‘Bill & Ted Face The Music’ Clip: Bill And Ted Are Totally In Trouble By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 19, 2020 4:00 pm EST After years of waiting, Bill and Ted 3, AKA Bill & Ted Face the Music, is almost upon us. The long-awaited sequel is headed to On Demand next week, and ahead of that digital release, there’s a new clip featuring William “Bill” S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter) and Theodore “Ted” Logan (Keanu Reeves) meeting up with Kristen Schaal, who plays the daughter of Rufus, the helpful futuristic character played by the late George Carlin in the previous two films....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 5, 2019 7:30 am EST Jeff VanderMeer’s novel Annihilation was adapted into an Alex Garland feature film that captivated critics but was largely ignored by major audiences. But perhaps his work will achieve greater success on the small screen. AMC is developing a TV series based on the Borne novels by the Annihilation writer, following a “scavenger in a ruined city of the future destroyed by an evil company [who] discovers a mysterious creature....

/Filmcast Ep. 534 - Slackers (GUEST: Germain Lussier From Io9) By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 16, 2019 6:58 pm EST It’s time for the winner of the Summer Movie Wager to pick a film. This year, Germain Lussier chose a film near and dear to his heart – Slackers – a 2002 gross out comedy directed by Dewey Nicks. Tune in to hear David and Devindra give a million reasons to NOT watch this movie....

/Filmcast Ep. 578 - Relic By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 5, 2020 8:35 pm EST From a pasta-worshiping religion to a speed-cubing competition, it’s a doc-heavy week on the Slashfilmcast. For the feature review, the cast watches the VOD horror Relic, the directorial depute of Natalie Erika James. Check out the movie memorabilia live auction from August 26 – 27, 2020 here.Weekly Plugs: David - Culturally Relevant with Mike Bithell Devindra - Engadget Podcast: Big Tech Goes to Washington...