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‘Waves’ Spoiler Interview: Writer/Director Trey Edward Shults On The Film’s Startling Second Half By Marshall Shaffer/Nov. 29, 2019 2:00 pm EST It’s been difficult for me to describe what exactly happens in Waves to friends of mine who know that I love the film but want to know why. Trey Edward Shults’ third film, which is now playing in select theaters and will expand over the coming weeks, finds moving and deeply human drama in the twinned stories of teenaged siblings Tyler (Kelvin Harrison, Jr....

‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Season 2 First Look: Haley Joel Osment Sees Dead People, Again By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 2, 2020 10:30 am EST Haley Joel Osment is doing more than seeing dead people — he will be one of them in season 2 of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows. The supernatural mockumentary series has debuted its first look at the new season, and Osment is front and center as one of the undead who proves himself a hit at the Staten Island house where the vampires live, and becomes Nadja (Natalie Demetriou) and Laszlo (Matt Berry)’s choice for familiar....

Andy Muschietti Confirms He’s Directing Ezra Miller’s ‘The Flash,’ Teases “A Beautiful Human Story” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 29, 2019 12:30 pm EST Andy Muschietti may be busy promoting IT Chapter Two at the moment, but the filmmaker was quick to confirm that he is officially the new The Flash director. Muschietti had been reported to be in talks to helm the film last month, but the It director has now confirmed his involvement in the Ezra Miller-led superhero movie....

Composer Michael Giacchino Shares The Genesis Of His Debut Album And Why He Leans On Hope [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Oct. 30, 2020 12:00 pm EST Academy-award winning composer Michael Giacchino has finally made his debut album. Travelogue Volume 1 by Michael Giacchino and his Nouvelle Modernica Orchestra tells the story of an alien’s journey on Earth. Each song opens with a narration of the alien describing her experience before Giacchino and his orchestra launch into snappy, melancholic, or adventurous foot-tapping and finger-snapping tunes....

Cool Stuff: Mesmerizing Harry Potter Wallpaper Includes The Marauder’s Map, Black Family Tree & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 3, 2019 6:00 am EST If you get bummed every now and then that you weren’t able to ship off to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry when you turned 11 years old, we’ve got something that might soften the blow a little bit. Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima are the artists responsible for creating the graphic style of all the Harry Potter movies....

Daily Podcast: Mulan, Onward, Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, The Curse, Halloween Kills & The Falcon And The Winter Soldier By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2020 12:15 pm EST On the February 19, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and TV news, including Mulan’s PG-13 rating, Onward’s early buzz, the blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Curse, Halloween Kills and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier....

Edgar Wright’s ‘Last Night In Soho’ Delayed To Sometime In 2021 By Ethan Anderton/May 16, 2020 11:00 am EST Another day, another disappointing update about movies intended to be released this year getting delayed to sometime in the unknown future. This time it’s Edgar Wright’s horror thriller Last Night in Soho, the film starring Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch), Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Diana Rigg (Game of Thrones), and Terence Stamp (recently seen in Murder Mystery)....

Hear An Exclusive From The ‘Dark Waters’ Soundtrack By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 14, 2019 5:30 pm EST Composer Marcelo Zarvos (Fences, The Affair) teams with director Todd Haynes for Dark Waters, a legal thriller about an attorney (Mark Ruffalo) who ties one of the world’s largest corporations to a series of unexplained deaths. The film opens this month, and ahead of the release, we’re debuting an exclusive from Zarvos’ Dark Waters soundtrack....

Mondo Has Released A Vinyl Version Of The ‘Sorry To Bother You’ Soundtrack By Ben Pearson/March 25, 2020 4:30 pm EST Boots Riley – the director of 2018’s sharp, funny, indie hit Sorry to Bother You – also serves as the frontman for a radical band called The Coup, a simmering blend of musical styles and revolutionary politics. That group has been releasing albums since the early 1990s, and they also provided the soundtrack for Riley’s movie....

Rocketman Biopics are a time-honored Hollywood tradition. And biopics about musicians are all the rage lately – just look at the popularity of the Oscar-nominated Bohemian Rhapsody. The problem is that most musician biopics are painfully formulaic, and in some cases, downright bad – again, just look at the Oscar-nominated Bohemian Rhapsody, an awful film that still managed to scoop up awards. If you’re burned out on bad biopics, you might be hesitant to check out Rocketman, which on the surface is a biopic of Elton John....

New Stephen King Movies In The Works From Ben Stiller, Darren Aronofsky By Chris Evangelista/July 13, 2020 4:00 pm EST Sooner or later, someone might want to consider launching a Stephen King streaming service. Because there are already a plethora of King adaptations out there, and it seems that every day, something new gets announced. Just last week, a new adaptation based on a short story from King’s recent collection If It Bleeds was announced....

Regal Cinemas And Cinemark Know What Movie Lovers Want: More Commercials Before Trailers! By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 17, 2019 3:30 pm EST Regal Cinemas and Cinemark have struck a new deal with National CineMedia to add more in-theater advertising that will play on the big screen before the attached trailers play. Thankfully, it won’t be nearly as long of an advertisement as the entire line-up of trailers that traditionally play before a movie....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Italianamerican’ Invites You To Spend Some Quality Time With The Scorsese Family By Chris Evangelista/June 7, 2020 10:00 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: ItalianamericanWhere You Can Stream It: The Criterion ChannelThe Pitch: In 1974, Martin Scorsese sat down with his parents, Catherine and Charles, and encouraged them to talk about their experiences as Italian immigrants in New York City....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘My Man Godfrey’ Is A Winning Screwball Comedy With A Conscience By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 13, 2020 7:00 am EST The premise of My Man Godfrey is embedded deep in Depression-era issues: the “forgotten man” was a commonly used term for those at the bottom of the social ladder, often veterans of World War I who ended up homeless and living in Hoovervilles. Powell’s down-on-his-luck homeless man appears to fit this mold when Lombard’s flighty heiress Irene stumbles upon him while she and her sister are looking for a “forgotten man” for their scavenger hunt....

Video: Let’s Explore The Comic-Con 2019 Show Floor By Peter Sciretta/July 18, 2019 9:50 am EST Peter explores the show floor of San Diego Comic-Con International 2019, and goes on the lookout for the coolest film geek collectibles and show floor displays. He takes a look at the booths for Slideshow, Marvel, Star Wars, Mondo, Insight Editions, and more. What are the coolest things he found during preview night at Comic-Con 2019?...

Watch ‘The Mandalorian’ Q&A Session As The Show Gets Nominated For Best Publicity Campaign By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 14, 2019 1:30 pm EST The Mandalorian has been buzzed about all week since the debut of the first episode on Disney+. While we have to wait until tomorrow to see how the story continues with the second episode, a crowd in Los Angeles was treated to a screening of the first three episodes of the series on the big screen at Disney’s El Capitan theater right in the heart of Hollywood....

Zack Snyder Admits His Cut Of ‘Justice League’ Is Not 100% Complete, But What Does That Mean? By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 29, 2019 9:00 am EST Ever since Justice League was released in theaters, there has been an immense amount of curiosity about what the movie would have been like if director Zack Snyder was allowed to deliver his vision for the movie. As time has gone on, the question of whether or not The Snyder Cut of Justice League actually exists has been hotly debated....

‘Coffee & Kareem’ Trailer: Ed Helms’ New Raunchy Buddy Cop Comedy Is No ‘Cop And A Half’ By Ethan Anderton/March 24, 2020 5:30 pm EST Coffee and Kareem appeared on the Black List in 2014, a collection of the best unproduced screenplays that are kicking around Hollywood and looking to get made. Thankfully, Netflix picked up the script not too long ago and brought in Ed Helms and Taraji P. Henson to star in it....

‘Conan’ Gets A ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Makeover For This Week’s ConanCon Episodes By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2019 3:30 pm EST Conan O’Brien is back at Comic-Con this week with a whole line-up of new episodes featuring special guests who are over at the big pop culture convention in San Diego. And to mark the occasion, Conan got a whole new animated opening last night created in the style of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse....

‘Critters Attack!’ Review: Longtime ‘Critters’ Fans Will Get What They Want [Fantasia Film Festival] By Matt Donato/July 22, 2019 2:00 pm EST Bobby Miller’s Critters Attack! honors its meager franchise traditions, and your interpretation of that statement depends on your level of adoration of low-budget puppeteering. My reaction to the Crites’ latest feeding frenzy is similar to my reaction to Phantasm: Ravager: it has minuscule funding, blatant attempts at nostalgia recreation, and purposeful “so bad it’s good” vibes which prove you cannot force cult acclaim....