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Superhero Bits: Iron Man Starts Fresh With New Alex Ross Design, Swarovski Made A Black Crystal Batmobile & More By Ethan Anderton/June 12, 2020 6:00 pm EST Ready for a fresh start with Iron Man featuring artwork by Alex Ross? Want to pick up some new X-Men arcade cabinets? Why did Swarovski make a black crystal Batmobile? Is there a new Batman Arkham game coming out soon? Is DC Entertainment planning their own virtual convention?...

Superhero Bits: Zack Snyder Reacts To ‘The Batman’ Trailer, ‘New Mutants’ Director Interested In Spider-Man & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 25, 2020 6:00 pm EST How much space will Marvel’s Avengers take up on your console? What did Zack Snyder think about The Batman trailer? Is it possible for The Batman and Joker to exist in the same universe? Which superhero as Keanu Reeves always dreamed up playing? Could The Flash’s new suit possible be a spoiler?...

TBS Running Frank Costanza ‘Seinfeld’ Marathon On Saturday In Memory Of Jerry Stiller By Chris Evangelista/May 15, 2020 12:00 pm EST To honor the late Jerry Stiller, TBS will run a Frank Costanza marathon this Saturday. Which means you can expect to see a whole bunch of Stiller’s iconic moments all on one day, stretched over the course of a few hours. Stiller, the father of Ben Stiller, and a comedy legend with over 65 years in the business, died on Monday at the age of 92....

The Farewell One of my first pieces here at /Film was an article lamenting what Legends of Tomorrow would lose by saying goodbye to Ray Palmer and Nora Darhk. One is a constant beacon of hope and optimism, even in the darkest of times, the other a symbol insisting that your trauma doesn’t get to define you. The idea of losing them has been heart-wrenching since it was announced. While the writers did their best to give a good reason for the departure and a solid farewell episode, it did little to make the farewell any easier....

The Morning Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ VFX, ‘Mean Girls’ Costume Design Breakdown & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 4, 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, get a breakdown of some of the Spider-Man: Far From Home VFX, including the trippy Mysterio nightmare sequence....

The Morning Watch: ‘The Mandalorian’ Trailer Easter Eggs, 2019 Disney Legends Induction Ceremony & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 26, 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, take a much closer look at the first trailer for The Mandalorian to scour for Easter eggs referencing other parts of the Star Wars galaxy....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Lighthouse’ Is The Perfect Claustrophobic Cautionary Tale For Our Times By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 26, 2020 11:00 am EST There isn’t a movie that I’ve referred to or thought of more during this quarantine than The Lighthouse. Robert Eggers’ twisted gothic thriller that tackles Jean-Paul Sartre’s most bleak sentiment — hell is other people — seemed a far-too accurate a representation of the our own situtations. We’re trapped in our homes, impossibly horny, and far too sensitive to our roommates/families/spouses’ every cough, every open-mouthed chew, every fart....

This Week In Trailers: And She Could Be Next, Max Richter’s Sleep, Circus Of Books, Eating Up Easter, 499 By Christopher Stipp/April 18, 2020 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?...

This Week In Trailers: Three Christs, Joe Pera Talks With You Season 2, Invisible Life, Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show, Redoubt By Christopher Stipp/Nov. 30, 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?...

Tim Robbins And Victor Garber Offer Opposing Portrayals Of Real People In ‘Dark Waters’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 5, 2019 8:00 am EST In any other whistleblower drama, Tim Robbins’ Tom Terp would be a villain. The supervising partner to Mark Ruffalo’s corporate environmental defense attorney Rob Bilott in Todd Haynes legal drama Dark Waters (opening wide this weekend), Terp is initially skeptical about Bilott’s budding crusade against the big chemical corporation DuPont....

Virtual Cannes Market Reveals New Movies With Bruce Willis, Liam Neeson, And Chris Pine By Chris Evangelista/June 28, 2020 9:00 am EST The Virtual Cannes Market is currently in full swing, which means we’re learning about a whole slew of new movies. These films are hoping to find backing so they can eventually find their way to audiences. Dream big, Cannes Market movies. Dream big. Three new titles announced include films featuring Bruce Willis, Liam Neeson, and Chris Pine....

The Truth About Movie Test Screenings Sandberg discusses how seeing the film that he’s been working on for months with an audience can help him see it in a fresh light. It helps determine if jokes or scares are working. An audience, whether it’s a couple people or a couple hundred people, can help you see problems with the story or missing pieces that might not be so obvious to the person who has already known the story for months, maybe even years....

Water Cooler: The Boys, Veronica Mars, Jackie Brown, Buffy, 1st Summoning, Apollo 11, Serenity, Ghost Town Alive, Shedd Aquarium, The Need, Fire Emblem: Three Houses By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2019 12:45 pm EST On the July 30, 2019 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....

‘Aladdin’ Exclusive Clip: How Guy Ritchie Stayed One Jump Ahead Of The Stunts By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 12, 2019 7:30 am EST Before Aladdin was released theaters earlier this year to the tune of $1 billion worldwide, it seemed odd to pair director Guy Ritchie with the remake of the Middle Eastern-set Disney animated classic. But once the star Mena Massoud started crooning the lines to “One Jump Ahead,” it all immediately became clear....

‘Batman Beyond’ Is Finally Getting A Remastered Blu-Ray Release This October [Comic-Con 2019] By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 18, 2019 2:00 pm EST When Batman Beyond debuted on Kids’ WB in 1999, it shattered expectations for what a sequel series to the classic, critically acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series would be like. A dark, weird cyberpunk continuation to the landmark animated noir series, Batman Beyond became a beloved classic in its own right that was both a radical departure from the storied history of the Caped Crusader while feeling like a loving homage....

‘Cats’ Featurette Goes Behind The Scenes Of The Stage-To-Screen Adaptation By Chris Evangelista/July 17, 2019 8:26 am EST Cats is going to be big. It will either be a big stage-to-screen musical beloved by audiences, or the type of strange train-wreck that we can’t look away from. In either case, I’m excited. The film brings the hit Broadway musical to life in a whole new way, featuring a cast that includes James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, and Rebel Wilson as digitally-enhanced cats....

‘Connected’ Trailer: It’s Kind Of Like ‘Maximum Overdrive’ For The Whole Family! By Chris Evangelista/March 3, 2020 6:05 am EST Remember Maximum Overdrive? The Stephen King-directed film where trucks and other machines come to life to attack us foolish humans? Well, now imagine that same plot – but applied to an animated film produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. That film exists, friends, and it’s called Connected. This comedy follows a family who suddenly discovers cell phones, appliances, and other electronic devices are suddenly sentient – and out to take over the world....

‘El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie’ Teaser Announces The Movie Coming To Netflix This October By Jacob Hall/Aug. 24, 2019 3:17 pm EST The last time we saw Jesse Pinkman, he was finally a free man, albeit one with enough baggage and damage to last several lifetimes. But the series finale of Breaking Bad left what came next for the show’s most tragic character deliberately ambiguous – what happened after he drove into the darkness, away from Walter White’s final bloodbath?...

/Filmcast 541 - Terminator: Dark Fate (Matt Singer From ScreenCrush) By Slashfilmcast/Nov. 5, 2019 9:41 pm EST David, Devindra, and Jeff chat about the perks of being a podcaster. For the feature review, the cast are joined by Matt Singer of ScreenCrush.com to discuss Terminator: Dark Fate, the sixth installment in the Terminator franchise. Tune in to hear the debate over this futuristic “legacyquel” Check out Matt Singer’s new book on the history of Spider-man Marvel’s Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectacular....

‘I’ll Be Gone In The Dark’ Trailer: The Hunt For The Golden State Killer Becomes An HBO True Crime Series By Chris Evangelista/May 4, 2020 3:00 pm EST I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara’s chilling true crime book about the Golden State Killer, is now the subject of an HBO docu-series. Directed by Liz Garbus, the six-part series covers both the crimes of the killer, which took place in California in the 1970s and ’80s, but also McNamara’s obsessive investigation before her sudden death....