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The Morning Watch: ‘Queer Eye’ Meets ‘The Babadook’, ‘Toy Story 4’ Creators Address Fan Theories & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 16, 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, find out what happens when the guys from Queer Eye give LGBTQ horror icon The Babadook a little makeover....

The Morning Watch: ‘Tenet’ Costume Design Breakdown, A ‘Jolly’ Good Scary Holiday Short & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 30, 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 to Tenet costume designer Jeffrey Kurland talk about the details that went into the wardrobe to help define each character in the film....

The Morning Watch: How To Make Baby Yoda’s Macarons, Creating Paper Props For Movies & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 4, 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, find out how to make Baby Yoda’s famous blue macarons from The Mandalorian with some help from executive producer Jon Favreau....

The Morning Watch: The Evolution Of Pixar’s Human Characters, Adam Savage’s ‘Kill Bill’ Sword Replica & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 21, 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, see how Pixar’s animation of human characters has evolved from their first feature film Toy Story....

TV Bits: ‘Riverdale’ Time Jump, ‘Altered Carbon’ Canceled, ‘Reno 911’ Renewed, Netflix Shows Resume Production, And More By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 19, 2020 11:00 am EST When Riverdale returns for season 5, things won’t be the same. Because the show is jumping forward seven years. Appearing on The Late Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Riverdale star Lili Reinhart said (via CBR), “Well, so, we’re taking the first few episodes to finish Season 4, technically....

Why ‘The Lodge’ Directors Severin Fiala And Veronika Franz Feel The Need To “Apologize” For Their Dark Horror Movie [Interview] By Rafael Motamayor/Feb. 7, 2020 9:00 am EST /Film’s own Jacob Hall said it best when he described The Lodge as “the feel-bad horror movie of [the year].” Directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz double down on the isolation and bleakness from Goodnight Mommy to create an experience that will fill you with dread as it keeps your head spinning and your jaw on the floor....

‘Better Call Saul’ Season 5 Arrives In February, Watch A Teaser Now By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 20, 2019 9:30 am EST It’s time to LWYRUP – Better Call Saul is back. Well, not right this very second – but soon. The AMC Breaking Bad spin-off has finally announced its season 5 debut for February of next year, and the announcement sets the stage for Bob Odenkirk’s Jimmy McGill to go full Saul Goodman....

‘Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian’ Documentary Series Returning For Season 2 By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 25, 2020 10:00 am EST Along with the excitement of the first live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian arriving last year, fans were treated to a bonus with a full-fledged making-of documentary series called Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian. It sounds like Disney will continue the behind-the-scenes sneak peeks as a second season of the documentary appears to be slated to debut after the second season finale, giving fans a nice little Christmas present....

‘Fast And Furious 9’ Adds More Muscle With UFC Fighter Francis Ngannou By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 15, 2019 10:30 am EST Since Dwayne Johnson won’t be returning for Fast and Furious 9, the sequel needs to find some muscle elsewhere. They’ve already brought in John Cena for a role in the franchise, but instead of reaching back into the world of wrestling for another cast member, they’ve snagged a UFC fighter to get in on the action....

‘Groundhog Day’ TV Series In Development, According To Stephen Tobolowsky By Ben Pearson/July 2, 2020 2:30 pm EST Actor Stephen Tobolowsky, who played Ned Ryerson in Harold Ramis’s 1993 time loop classic film, revealed in a new interview that a Groundhog Day series is in development. Not only that, but Tobolowsky has agreed to reprise the role of Ned Ryerson (AKA Needlenose Ned, AKA Ned the Head) should the series actually make it into production....

‘Helstrom’ Trailer: Wait, This Is A Marvel Show? By Ben Pearson/Sept. 23, 2020 1:45 pm EST Since Black Widow has now officially moved into 2021, Marvel fans will have to take what they can get when it comes to filmed entertainment. All eyes are on WandaVision, which hits Disney+ later this year – but it turns out you don’t have to wait that long to see the next entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

‘Jay And Silent Bob Reboot’ Trailer: The Stoner Duo Is Out To Stop ‘Bluntman V Chronic’ By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2019 11:30 am EST Are you ready for the return of Jay and Silent Bob? Well, whether you like it or not, the stoner duo brought to life by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith are back for Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, one final round for these chuckleheads after debuting 25 years ago in the indie hit Clerks....

‘Little Women’ Review: How I Learned To Stop My Internal Biases And Love Amy March By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 20, 2019 1:00 pm EST Ever since I was a little girl, I hated Amy March. I hated everything the youngest March sister in Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel Little Women represented: from her preening vanity, to her obsession with men, to the way life came so easy to her because of her beauty and youth — and of course, the manuscript-burning incident....

‘Minari’ Director Lee Isaac Chung’s Next Movie Is A Hong Kong-Set Love Story Under MGM And Brad Pitt’s Plan B By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 18, 2020 4:30 pm EST Lee Isaac Chung has found himself with several exciting projects lined up following his acclaimed 2020 film Minari. First he was tapped to direct Paramount, Bad Robot, and Toho’s live-action remake of Your Name, and now — as updates on the Your Name remake have dried up — he’s set to reteam with Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment to direct a Hong Kong-New York love story for MGM....

‘Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend Of Walter Mercado’ Trailer: Meet The Most Famous, Flamboyant Psychic Ever By Ethan Anderton/June 29, 2020 3:00 pm EST Even though you may not have heard of Walter Mercado, millions tuned in to his televised horoscopes around the world. With the flashiness of Liberace and the charm of Mr. Rogers, Walter Mercado raked in over 120 million viewers. And then suddenly he disappeared, but not in a dark, mysterious true crime fashion....

‘Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway’ Trailer: Oh, Right, This Is Still Happening By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 15, 2020 1:30 pm EST Remember Peter Rabbit, the 2018 movie where James Corden voiced a CGI bunny in love with Rose Byrne? Well, there’s a sequel, and that sequel is coming our way this year. Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway has Peter and all his CGI animal pals back, and humans Rose Byrne and Domhnall Gleeson have returned as well....

‘Rebecca’ Posters Double Expose A Troubled Marriage Between Armie Hammer And Lily James By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 2, 2020 2:30 pm EST This fall, Netflix is releasing Rebecca, a bold attempt at following Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film from 1940, based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. But if there’s anyone who can do it, it’s director Ben Wheatley, and his new take on the old story also has the benefit of starring Armie Hammer and Lily James....

‘The Crown’ To End With Season 5, With Imelda Staunton Succeeding Olivia Colman By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 31, 2020 8:30 am EST The monarchy is approaching its final days. Well, on TV, at least. The Crown, Netflix’s lavish drama about the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II, will end with its fifth season. Season 3 of the series dropped on Netflix last year, with Olivia Colman taking over the lead from Claire Foy....

‘The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon’ Movie Will Keep The Stephen King Adaptation Boom Going By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 21, 2019 11:30 am EST As the Stephen King adaptation renaissance continues, more and more of King’s odds and ends are finding themselves snapped-up for production. The latest: King’s 1999 novel The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Legendary horror filmmaker George Romero had been attached to a Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon movie adaptation for years, but the project never got out of the woods, and Romero died in 2017....

‘The Godfather Part III’ Recut Is A “Dream Come True” According To Diane Keaton By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 30, 2020 5:30 pm EST The Godfather and The Godfather Part II are often hailed as two of the best American movies ever made, but the same can’t be said for The Godfather Part III. The sequel actually received fairly good reviews when it opened in 1990. It also did well at the box office and scored seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture....