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Pop Culture Imports: ‘Céline And Julie Go Boating,’ ‘The Artist,’ ‘Cinema Paradiso,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 14, 2020 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) Right now, in another life, the Cannes Film Festival would be showing hundreds of attendees the most prestigious arthouse films in the world. But since we’re not living that life, why not brush up on some international classics from the comfort of your home?...

Pop Culture Imports: ‘I Lost My Body,’ ‘Atlantics,’ ‘Shadow,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 13, 2019 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) We’re almost to the end of the year, which means it’s time to play end-of-year catch-up with the best movies of 2019. And surprisingly, Netflix is supplying a lot of them. The streaming giant has become quite a force at film festivals in recent years, picking up award contenders and indie dramas in hopes of earning a coveted Academy Award statuette....

Ted Danson To Lead New NBC Comedy From ‘30 Rock’ Team Tina Fey And Robert Carlock By Ethan Anderton/July 19, 2019 5:30 pm EST NBC just did something it’s never done before: the network gave a new comedy series starring Ted Denson and created by 30 Rock producers Tina Fey and Robert Carlock a straight-to-series order at the network, marking the first time it has ever done that with any series without seeing a pilot....

The Best Adaptations Of ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ You’ve Never Seen By Rob Hunter/Aug. 22, 2019 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. This week’s column is a response to the recent shelving of a movie that’s been made previously many, many times before.) As you’ve undoubtedly heard, a studio film scheduled for nation-wide release was recently pulled from Universal’s schedule in response to a tweet by the president and a vocal outcry by conservative pundits and followers....

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming To HBO Max In July 2020 By Ben Pearson/June 26, 2020 9:30 am EST There’s been lots of confusion about HBO Max thus far – confusion about its name, what exactly will be on the streaming service, which specific group of subscribers get it, and more. But after about a month of existence, one thing about HBO Max has become very clear: its movie selection is pretty damn great....

Theme Park Bits: A runDisney Club, Disney Villains After Hours Foodie Guide, And More By Josh Spiegel/Jan. 11, 2020 8:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: runDisney has unveiled an exclusive new club. Prepare for Disney Villains After Hours with some special cuisine. And more! It’s rare that Theme Park Bits ever highlights one of arguably the most popular traditions at the Disney theme parks: running events. (That may be due to the fact that this writer is not himself a runner / a person who is in shape....

Theme Park Industry Guidelines For Reopening Include Face Masks On Rides, Sanitized Vending Machines, And Other Fun Stuff By Chris Evangelista/May 15, 2020 2:45 pm EST As the push to reopen intensifies, the theme park industry has released a set of guidelines to deal with the future post-coronavirus world. On top of this, Florida is about to implement a full “Phase 1” reopening, and is encouraging theme parks in the Sunshine State to submit reopening plans for approval....

This Week In Trailers: Crock Of Gold, City So Real, Zappa, Couples Therapy: The COVID Special, Murder On Middle Beach By Christopher Stipp/Oct. 31, 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: Some Kind Of Heaven, Alabama Snake, Little Fish, Sing Me A Song, The Human Factor By Christopher Stipp/Nov. 28, 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?...

Trailer Round-Up: ‘Miss Juneteenth’, ‘The Outpost’, ‘Darkness Falls’, ‘Tell Me I Love You’, And More By Ben Pearson/May 31, 2020 12:00 pm EST It’s that time again…time to round up some stray trailers like they’ve never been rounded up before. We’ve wrangled ’em but good over here at /Film HQ (I broke in a new lasso and everything), and now you can reap the benefits by watching all of these babies in one place....

TV Bits: ‘The Phantom Of The Opera’ Adaptation, ‘Gangs Of London’, ‘Hotel Paranormal’, ‘The Gambler’, And More By Ben Pearson/July 3, 2020 3:00 pm EST Travel Channel has greenlit a new series called Hotel Paranormal, which “follows the terrifying true stories of those who have come face-to-face with otherworldly hotel guests,” and features “spine-tingling stories of paranormal encounters told from stays at grand hotels, highway motels and inns around the world....

VOTD: Larry David And Samuel L. Jackson Implore Americans To Stay Home During Coronavirus Pandemic By Ethan Anderton/April 1, 2020 1:00 pm EST For some reason, there are still some people in the United States who think they don’t need to be cautious about how often they leave their homes when the coronavirus pandemic is spreading across the country. That’s why every week (maybe even every other day), there’s a new PSA from various famous faces providing some sound, valuable advice to Americans about how to behave during this delicate and dangerous time for the world....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 15, 2020 1:00 pm EST Two-time Oscar winning composer Alexandre Desplat, who recently earned a nod for his Little Women score, is lending his particular set of skills to the score of Marvel’s Black Widow. But news of Desplat’s involvement doesn’t come courtesy of an official statement or announcement, but blink-and-you’ll-miss-it text in the latest Black Widow trailer. The latest Black Widow trailer was full of exciting new glimpses of the long-awaited Black Widow solo movie starring Scarlett Johansson....

‘Doom Patrol’ Season 2 Trailer: The Weirdest Superhero TV Show Out There Is Back For Round Two By Ben Pearson/June 10, 2020 2:30 pm EST You know that scene in Toy Story when Woody and Buzz first encounter those toys that Sid has tortured? The ones that seem a little bizarre at first, but actually end up having good intentions and good hearts? The characters at the center of the DC television series Doom Patrol remind me of those toys: they’re a makeshift family of outcasts brought together by traumatic circumstances, and by god, they’re going to make the best of things....

‘Echo Boomers’ Trailer: A Debt-Ridden College Graduate Turns To A Life Of Crime By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 4, 2020 1:00 pm EST Okay, Echo Boomers, are you ready to watch this trailer? This is a real movie, I promise, and it’s really called Echo Boomers, because I guess that was the best thing they could think of. In this film from director Seth Savoy, a college graduate in debt gets together with some friends to rob from the wealthy....

‘Hair Love’ Director Sets King Tut Film At Sony Pictures Animation By Ben Pearson/Oct. 14, 2020 5:00 pm EST Matthew A. Cherry won the Academy Award for Best Original Short for his 2019 short film Hair Love (which he wrote, produced, and directed) and soon he’ll be expanding on that story in a 2D animated series on HBO. But that isn’t the only animated project Cherry will be working on. The NFL player-turned-filmmaker has now lined up a King Tut movie to direct at Sony Pictures Animation, which will mark the first animated feature film of his career....

‘Little Town’: The Disney+ ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Prequel Series Gets A Title By Ben Pearson/July 31, 2020 2:00 pm EST Don’t trust Alan Menken with your secrets. The famed composer, who just joined the rarified group of EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) winners, accidentally revealed the title for the Disney+ Beauty and the Beast prequel series for which he’s composing the music. The series, which stars Luke Evans as Gaston and Josh Gad as LeFou, will be called Little Town, named after the opening line in Beauty and the Beast’s catchy small-town song “Bonjour....

‘Low Tide’ Trailer: A Hunt For Treasure Goes Deadly Wrong In Latest A24 Thriller By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 9, 2019 9:30 am EST What if The Goonies, but one of the spunky teen boys were actually psychotic? That’s the premise of Low Tide, the upcoming A24 thriller starring It star Jaeden Martell. Low Tide follows a group of teenage boys who, to pass the time during the long days of summer, break into vacation homes to steal valuables....

‘Parasite’ Trailer: Bong Joon-Ho’s Pitch-Black Thriller Is One Of The Best Reviewed Films Of The Year By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 2, 2019 10:30 am EST You don’t need to know much going into Parasite. In fact, it’s been recommended that you know as little as possible. And despite the growing hype around Bong Joon-Ho’s Palme D’Or winner, the details around his social thriller’s twists and turns have remained largely a mystery....

‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ Reboot Refuses To Die, Pairs Original Film’s Writer With ‘Chernobyl’ Creator For A New Take By Ben Pearson/Oct. 25, 2019 2:30 pm EST Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has become a ghostly shadow of its former self. But its most recent entry’s disappointing box office haul evidently wasn’t enough to convince The Walt Disney Company to let this one walk the plank for good. Disney has hired two writers to find a fresh take for its Pirates of the Caribbean reboot: Ted Elliot, who co-wrote most of the existing Pirates films, and Craig Mazin, who wrote the Hangover sequels but recently became an Emmy winner for his outstanding HBO series Chernobyl....