‘Sweetheart’ Trailer: Kiersey Clemons Is Trapped On A Deserted Island With A Monster By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 24, 2019 12:30 pm EST It’s a survival tale we’ve all seen before: lone survivor ends up stranded on an island and is forced to fish, break open coconuts, and scavenge for supplies and shelter. But add in a monster and a magnetic turn by star Kiersey Clemons, and you’ve got a new kind of monster movie....
‘Tenet’ Rakes In $53 Million Overseas, Exceeding Low Box Office Expectations By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 31, 2020 11:30 am EST Tenet just pulled off the most impossible heist yet: a decent box office haul during a pandemic. The Christopher Nolan-directed blockbuster opened overseas this past weekend to a $53 million box office haul — surpassing the timid $40 million international box office estimates made ahead ahead of its release. It’s a silver lining on a very dark and stormy cloud, as Warner Bros....
‘The Eddy’ Trailer: André Holland’s Jazz Club Is In Danger In Damien Chazelle’s Netflix Series By Ben Pearson/April 14, 2020 12:00 pm EST When he was only 32 years old, Damien Chazelle became the youngest person to ever win the Academy Award for Best Director. After winning that prize for La La Land, he directed the Neil Armstrong-centric First Man and then did what most high-profile filmmakers seem to be doing these days: took a trip to the world of streaming....
‘The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air’ Is Getting A Reboot As A Serious Drama Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 11, 2020 10:00 am EST Now this is a story all about how the sitcom premise of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air got flipped-turned upside down. Yes, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is getting the inevitable reboot, but it won’t be as a sitcom again — this time, things are taking a turn for the dramatic....
‘The Gatekeeper’ Would’ve Been A Cartoon Where Rick Moranis Is The “Gatekeeper Between Our World And Hell Itself” By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 16, 2020 2:15 pm EST We all miss Rick Moranis. We miss him so much, in fact, that when he randomly pops up in a commercial for a Canadian phone company – as he did last week – we all lose our damn minds. Moranis has been on hiatus from live-action movies for 23 years – his wife, Ann Belsky, died in 1991, and Moranis decided to take time off to raise his family in the wake....
‘Watchmen’ Uses Superheroes To Remind Us That American History Erases Black Accomplishments By Monique Jones/Dec. 6, 2019 1:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s been over a week since I watched the Watchmen episode, “This Extraordinary Being.” I’m glad I took that time to digest what I watched before I sat down to write this piece, because this episode is, without a doubt, one of the best television episodes of this year....
‘What If…?’ Trailer Breakdown: A Journey Through Vast New Realities Of The Marvel Universe By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 11, 2020 2:00 pm EST Let’s dive into the trailer and see what we can decipher. Part of the fun of this trailer is that it starts off with shots designed to trick you. Sure, it’s all animated, but the imagery we’re seeing is familiar. There’s Nick Fury (designed to resemble Samuel L. Jackson) uncovering Captain America’s frozen shield, presumably after Cap ended up frozen at the end of The First Avenger....
‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Season 2 Will Guest Star Mark Hamill [TCA 2020] By Fred Topel/Jan. 10, 2020 12:30 pm EST Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s vampire comedy What We Do In the Shadows became a hit FX series last year. It’s back for a second season and FX presented a panel for the Television Critics Association to preview it. Cast members Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillen and Mark Proksch were on the panel with Clement and executive producer/writer Stefani Robinson....
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s New Spy Series From ‘Scorpion’ Creator Lands At Netflix By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 12, 2020 7:30 am EST Deadline has word on the Arnold Schwarzegger spy series landing at Netflix. Though the deal is still being worked out, Netflix would give the project a script-to-series order, which means the streaming service would skip the pilot stage and start making a full season for the series if they like the script enough....
Disney+ Watch Party Option Might Roll Out In Time For ‘Mulan’ This Friday By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 31, 2020 3:30 pm EST Gizmodo says a reader clued them into “some source code on the Disney+ website that seems to point to a forthcoming feature titled Group Watch.” Gizmodo adds that the “groupwatch” appears “hundreds of times in javascript…on the landing page for the live-action Mulan.” This certainly sounds like Disney+ is going to roll out a watch party feature in time for the live-action Mulan, which is headed to the streaming service (for an extra premium price) this Friday, September 4....
Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ Series Eyeing Tom Sturridge For Morpheus By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 30, 2020 10:00 am EST Netflix has found its Dream choice for the lead of its highly anticipated adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman. Velvet Buzzsaw and Far From the Madding Crowd actor Tom Sturridge is reportedly in talks to star as Morpheus, the title character and the anthropomorphic personification of Dream in Netflix’s The Sandman series, based on Gaiman’s groundbreaking graphic novel series....
Netflix Western ‘The Harder They Fall’ Halting Production After A Positive COVID-19 Test By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 19, 2020 2:30 pm EST Along with a slew of enhanced safety protocols, it appears the new normal for Hollywood may be intermittent production delays due to the contagiousness of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite a number of extra precautions in place to help prevent the spread of coronavirus on the sets of movies and TV shows that are making their way back to production, it appears that studios may just have to accept that some people will still end up with coronavirus....
Superhero Bits: Frank Grillo Back As Crossbones For ‘What If…?’, Kevin Feige Chats MCU Future & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 12, 2021 6:00 pm EST How many damn clips from Batman: Year of the Dragon will we see before the movie comes out? Ready to see Crossbones again on Marvel’s What If…? animated series? When will Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe end? Does Kevin Feige read fan theories on the web?...
Superhero Bits: New Joker Rumored For ‘The Batman,’ Hercules May Make MCU Debut & More By Ethan Anderton/June 8, 2020 6:00 pm EST Why Is Mile High Comics having a “DC Sucks” comic book sale? Why has The Flash suddenly fired Elongated Man actor Hartley Sawyer? Will The Batman give us yet another version of The Joker? Want to see a custom figure of Thomas Wayne as Batman in Flashpoint? Could Hercules be coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe?...
The Bruce Lee Fight In ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Almost Ended Very Differently By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 5, 2019 4:30 pm EST As soon as Once Upon a Time in Hollywood hit theaters, it predictably became a lightning rod for controversy — a time-honored tradition for nearly every film directed by Quentin Tarantino. Some controversies were less valid than others, but one that hit particularly hard was a flashback sequence to a fight between Brad Pitt’s aging stuntman Cliff Booth and martial arts icon Bruce Lee (Mike Moh)....
The Morning Watch: ‘Little Women’ Scene Breakdown, Looking Back At ‘Street Fighter’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 2, 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, listen as director Greta Gerwig breaks down a scene from her outstanding new adaptation of the classic novel Little Women....
The Morning Watch: Building A ‘Ghostbusters’ Firehouse Playhouse, Behind The Scenes Of ‘300’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 14, 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, take a look at a throwback featurette looking at the making of Zack Snyder’s adaptation of the 300 graphic novel....
The Quarantine Stream: ‘Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind’ Is Either Bleak Or Hopeful, But It’s A Masterpiece Either Way By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 12, 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: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: Joel (Jim Carrey) is stunned to discover that his girlfriend, Clementine (Kate Winslet), has had their tumultuous relationship erased from her mind....
Theme Park Bits: Regal Eagle Menu, Moana Dole Whip, And More By Josh Spiegel/Jan. 20, 2020 4:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: The Regal Eagle Smokehouse has revealed its menu. A Moana-themed Dole Whip is making permanent residence in Adventureland. And more! After the recent announcement that Walt Disney World will soon be home to a Sam the Eagle-themed barbecue counter-service restaurant in the World Showcase at Epcot, we’re now getting a quick peek at the menu for that restaurant, the Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue....
Tokyo 2020 Olympics Rescheduled For Late Summer 2021 By Ethan Anderton/March 30, 2020 7:30 am EST The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are just one of the many major events being delayed in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak across the world. Since gathering hundreds of thousands of people together for athletic events isn’t wise during a time of widespread illness, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were pushed to an undetermined time. But now the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has set new dates for late summer in 2021, giving everyone “the maximum time to deal with the constantly changing landscape and the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic....
