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Working From Home 101: Useful Tips And Advice From The /Film Staff By /Film Staff/March 26, 2020 9:00 am EST With much of the world under unprecedented lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), a lot of people find themselves working from home for the first time ever. This may very well include you, loyal /Film reader. You may find it odd. You may find it uncomfortable. You may find yourself unmotivated and tired and anxious....

‘A Quiet Place’ Writers Team With Sam Raimi For New Sci-Fi Thriller By Chris Evangelista/May 5, 2020 4:00 pm EST Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the duo that penned A Quiet Place, just sold their latest project to Sony Pictures. The untitled, mysterious script is a sci-fi thriller, and Beck and Woods will be producing with none other than the legendary Sam Raimi. The writing team previously worked with Raimi on the Quibi series 50 States of Fright....

‘At Home With Olaf’: Disney Launches New ‘Frozen’ Digital Series, Made Completely From Home By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 6, 2020 10:00 am EST The frequently circulated fun fact during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been that Shakespeare wrote King Lear during a plague. It’s a piece of trivia that has become both a source of inspiration and a source of mockery, because who really wants to be productive during a pandemic?...

‘Enter The Fat Dragon’ Trailer: Legendary Martial Artist Donnie Yen Puts On A Fat Suit By Ben Pearson/June 5, 2020 5:30 pm EST Ever wanted to see martial arts superstar Donnie Yen lead a movie wearing a fat suit? Enter the Fat Dragon has you covered. The chaotic first trailer for this inexplicable action film has arrived, and if this isn’t the weirdest trailer you organically find today, please send me whatever is weirder....

‘Fantasy Island’ Trailer: Blumhouse Offers A Dark Twist On The TV Series By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 11, 2019 9:03 am EST Fantasy Island, the 1970s TV series that starred Ricardo Montalbán and Hervé Villechaize, is headed to the big screen – with a twist. The folks at Blumhouse are behind the movie, and their involvement should give you a hint as to what type of adaptation this is going to be. Yes, that’s right: it’s a Fantasy Island horror movie....

/Filmcast Ep. 526 - Midsommar (GUEST: Valerie Complex) By Slashfilmcast/July 17, 2019 10:08 pm EST Devindra witnesses Face/Off live on stage while David discusses the HBO documentary I Love You, Now Die. For the feature review, the cast is joined by Valerie Complex to review Midsommar, the latest film by director Ari Aster. Tune in to hear how sun-soaked imageries can manage to be completely terrifying. Read Valerie’s writing on overused queer movie troupes and on harmful LGBTQ representations in film....

‘Inconvenient Indian’ Review: An Illuminating Documentary About Cultures Often Ignored [TIFF] By Jason Gorber/Sept. 25, 2020 2:00 pm EST In 2012 Thomas King published The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, a compendium of his writings about what it means to be Native, and the types of stories both ascribed to, and told by, the various individuals broadly contained within the aboriginal rubric. Michelle Latimer’s documentary, simply titled Inconvenient Indian, takes the themes of King’s work, narrated in part by his own words, and showcases a kaleidoscopic vision beyond the stereotype, showcasing the actuality rather than the empty costumes secured in museum cabinets that so often speak silently to what it means to be part of these communities....

‘Invincible’ Animated Series Adds Mahershala Ali, Jon Hamm, Ezra Miller, Djimon Hounsou & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 7, 2020 11:30 am EST The first Invincible trailer arrived earlier this year along with an impressive roster of voice talent. But not all of the cast members had been revealed, because Brazil’s 2020 CCXP virtual convention revealed a handful of new cast members, including Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption), Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator) and more....

‘Karate Kid’ Sequel Series ‘Cobra Kai’ Is Heading To Netflix For Season 3 By Ethan Anderton/June 22, 2020 10:00 am EST For two seasons, the Karate Kid sequel series Cobra Kai has been streaming on YouTube. The series was the highest profile YouTube Premium project, but with the online video site pulling back spending on original scripted programming, it has been looking for a new home. Now, it has officially found one at Netflix, which will debut the third season....

‘Onward’ Trailer: Pixar’s Latest Takes You On An Adventure By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 26, 2019 8:30 am EST Pixar built up an impressive filmography by asking questions. “What if your toys came to life when you weren’t around?”; “What do your emotions get up to inside of your head?”; “What if you died?”; “What if cars could talk?” And so on. Their latest, Onward, asks: “What if there was a world where magic and fantasy were considered boring and normal?...

‘Peaky Blinders’ Season 5 Trailer: You Could Be The King But Watch Tommy Shelby Conquer By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 19, 2019 5:00 pm EST Cillian Murphy has played crime lord Tommy Shelby for four seasons now, but in Peaky Blinders season 5, he’s going to have to defend his crown. The BBC/Netflix series has documented Tommy Shelby’s rise from crime lord to member of Parliament, but with the aftermath of the great financial crash of 1929, the former crime lord is thrust into a world in chaos....

‘Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels’ Trailer: Nazis, Murder, And Shape-Shifting Natalie Dormer Plague 1930s Los Angeles By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 13, 2020 2:30 pm EST Victorian England is out and 1930s LA is in here in the trailer for Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. The new series isn’t so much a sequel to the previous Penny Dreadful, but rather something of a spiritual successor. The new show deals with grisly murders in 1938 Los Angeles, and how they tie into plots involving Nazis and a shape-shifting demon played by Natalie Dormer....

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Gag Reel Clips: Jake Gyllenhaal And Tom Holland Ruin So Many Takes By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 19, 2019 4:00 pm EST Spider-Man: Far From Home arrives on digital and Blu-ray next month, and even though there’s a good chance you’re already sold on picking up this movie to complete your collection of The Infinity Saga (at least until the new massive box set comes later this year), Sony Pictures still wants to show off the supplemental materials you’ll get along with the movie....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Images Give New Look At Rey’s Reforged Lightsaber By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 27, 2019 12:30 pm EST Rey is not about to let the past die. As Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker brings an end to the Skywalker Saga, a familiar weapon is brought back to the forefront. Luke’s old lightsaber, itself passed down from Anakin Skywalker, was broken in half during Rey and Kylo Ren’s battle in Star Wars: The Last Jedi....

‘Steven Universe Future’ Is Approaching Its Conclusion And Everything Is Heating Up Fast By Caroline Cao/March 24, 2020 9:00 am EST Steven Universe Future is racing toward the finish line. It’s difficult to watch how much Steven (Zach Callison) has grown out of his chipper childhood state, but the overwhelming hindsight of trauma has caught up with him. It doesn’t help that last week’s Future featured Steven at his first doctor’s appointment and reckoning that his childhood trauma—“trauma” was very much a new word for Steven and something rarely discussed in children’s cartoon—has ruined his function....

‘The Batman’ Casts Paul Dano As The Riddler By Jacob Hall/Oct. 17, 2019 11:05 am EST Just one day after Jonah Hill exited negotiations for the role, The Batman has found its new Riddler. Paul Dano, best known for his work in movies like Little Miss Sunshine and There Will Be Blood, has taken on the role. And you know what? We can totally see his lanky frame filling the hell out of a green suit covered in question marks....

‘The Black Belt’: Chris Pratt To Play The Sensei Of A Karate Kid By Ben Pearson/Dec. 9, 2020 4:00 pm EST Chris Pratt may have to bust out some of his old “Johnny Karate” skills from his Parks and Recreation days, because he’s been cast as one of the stars of The Black Belt, a new indie comedy in which he will play a karate sensei to a shy teenager. The Hollywood Reporter says Pratt will both star in and produce Monarch Media’s upcoming independent film comedy The Black Belt, which “is described as a comedic coming-of-age story about a shy, unassuming teen boy on a quest for an expertise in karate, and the unorthodox uncle who guides him along the way....

‘The Last Thing He Told Me’: Julia Roberts Will Star In New Apple TV+ Limited Series By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 10, 2020 1:00 pm EST When Apple TV+ was announced and revealed its initial lineup, people mostly shrugged. Sure, they had big names, but nothing seemed particularly memorable. But the service has pressed on and built itself an interesting amount of programming including fan favorites like Ted Lasso and upcoming movies like Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon....

‘The Stand’ Miniseries Will Be ’70s Steven Spielberg Meets ’90s Oliver Stone, Will Embrace R-Rated Content By Jacob Hall/July 23, 2020 3:00 pm EST Director Josh Boone loves Stephen King. In addition to giving the prolific horror author a small role in his first film, Stuck in Love, Boone has dedicated the past half decade to adapting King’s work. One of those adaptations, a film version of the novel Revival, didn’t come together....

Adele Annoys The Cast Of ‘The Bachelor’ And Can’t Stop Laughing In A Decent ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 25, 2020 11:00 am EST After a lackluster episode that didn’t take full advantage of the comedic skills of Issa Rae, the latest episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Adele brought some life back to the late night sketch series. The chart-topping Grammy winner hosted for the first time and didn’t pull double duty as musical guest, but that didn’t stop her from belting out some of her signature tunes in one of the best sketches of the night....