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Exclusive ‘Yesterday’ Clip: Himesh Patel Plays Beatles Songs For Real; Plus, Win A Record Player And Vinyl Copy Of The Soundtrack By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 23, 2019 12:30 pm EST Push your troubles a little farther away with this exclusive clip and giveaway from Danny Boyle’s new musical Yesterday. The musical rom-com penned by Richard Curtis and directed by Boyle arrives on 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD tomorrow, and you have a chance to win a new record player and vinyl copy of the soundtrack....

How Phil Lord And Chris Miller Inspired ‘Green Eggs And Ham’ For Netflix [TCA 2019] By Fred Topel/Aug. 1, 2019 4:00 pm EST Netflix gave the Television Critics Association the first preview of their Green Eggs and Ham animated series. They showed how one scene was realized from script through storyboards to rough animation and final, but did not show a full episode just yet. Series creator Jared Stern was there to talk through more of how Dr....

Mark Ruffalo Plays Peacemaker To The Marvel/Scorsese Situation, Offers A Potential Conclusion To This Never-Ending Conversation By Ben Pearson/Nov. 13, 2019 1:00 pm EST The fight between diehard Marvel Studios fans and Martin Scorsese stans is starting to feel like if the climactic battle in Avengers: Endgame had lasted for months instead of minutes. At this point, both sides are tired and just waiting for something to end this once and for all, finally putting everyone out of their misery....

Mickey And Minnie’s Runaway Railway Reveals New Concept Art And Behind-The-Scenes Photos [D23] By Jacob Hall/Aug. 25, 2019 11:03 am EST While he’s been a mascot for the parks for decades, neither Walt Disney World or Disneyland have had a Mickey Mouse-themed attraction. That changes with Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway, coming to Disney World’s Hollywood Studios park and Disneyland next year. New details about the ride were revealed at the D23 convention today and here’s what you need to know....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 17, 2020 12:30 pm EST Making Quibi available to watch on TV was always part of the plan, according to CEO Meg Whitman, but the pandemic has clearly accelerated those plans as the service’s original billing as the “on-the-go” streaming app wasn’t going to happen. Quibi added support for Apple’s Airplay in late May, while Google’s Chromecast and Chromecast-integrated TVs were supported with an app update in early June....

Skydance Animation’s First Movies, ‘Luck’ And ‘Spellbound’, Slated For Release In 2022 By Ethan Anderton/July 21, 2020 10:30 am EST Skydance Media has found plenty of success on the big screen with the modern Star Trek franchise, the Mission: Impossible film series, Jack Reacher, and World War Z. Plus, they’ve started to create a big presence on Netflix with action movies like 6 Underground and the recently released The Old Guard....

Spoiler Discussion: The Mandalorian Chapter 13 “The Jedi” By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 27, 2020 12:45 pm EST On the November 27, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film Editor-in-Chief Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman and special guest Bryan Young (from Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com and Full of Sith podcast) for a spoiler-filled conversation about the fifth episode of Disney+’s The Mandalorian season two, entitled “The Jedi.” In Our Feature Presentation: A spoiler discussion of The Mandalorian Chapter 13 “The Jedi” Feedback and updates from last weeks episode....

The Morning Watch: Examining The Props Of ‘Hamilton’, Breaking Down More Animal Scenes In Movies & More By Ethan Anderton/April 1, 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, watch as Adam Savage explores the props of the San Francisco stage production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical Hamilton....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Dororo’ Is A Feudal Bloodbath With A Sweet, Beating Heart By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 26, 2020 7:00 am EST Coupled with the strong sibling bond between Dororo, who ends up acting as Hyakkimaru’s eyes and mouthpiece for much of the 24-episode series, you get an intriguing spin on the feudal era action series, with bits of comedy thrown in to give some breathing room to the drama, as well as examinations of gender roles and the devastation of war....

Theme Park Bits: Racial Discrimination At Disney, Reservation Dates Shifted, And More By Josh Spiegel/June 5, 2020 3:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: A former Disneyland Cast Member details the racial discrimination he received. Disneyland hotel reservations have been pushed back again. And more! The world right now is the garbage fire to end all garbage fires, and I’m sure you’ve clicked through on this post in the hopes to get a temporary reprieve from the heat of those flames....

By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 11, 2020 12:00 pm EST In this edition of TV Bits: The Saved by the Bell revival has found its star. Netflix has revealed The Witcher timeline, in case you’re confused. Patricia Arquette has joined the Apple TV+ series Severance. Rick and Morty co-creator now has a claymation series at Quibi. Check out the trailer for Diary of a Future President. Did you know there’s going to be a Saved by the Bell revival?...

VOTD: ‘Star Wars: Origins’ Finds Ancient Artifacts From A Galaxy Actually Not So Far, Far Away By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 13, 2019 6:00 am EST As every single Star Wars movie has told us since 1977, the space opera adventure takes place “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.” But what if that galaxy wasn’t so far, far away? What if the adventures of Star Wars actually happened in proximity to Earth?...

By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 12, 2019 6:00 am EST Back in February of 2017, when we were all still in the dark about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, actor Josh Gad and some of his famous friends did the best they could to get any answers they could from star Daisy Ridley. Now the Frozen star is at it again with a whole new array of actors and actresses who want to know who Rey’s parents are and so much more....

You Need To Watch ‘Brick’ Before Seeing Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ By Kalyn Corrigan/Nov. 26, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Knives In, a series about the movies to watch before Rian Johnson’s Knives Out arrives in theaters.)Put on your murder-solving hat, because /Film has given me jurisdiction to dive deep into one film a day in preparation for the release of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, which hits theaters tomorrow. Each film relates to Johnson’s “whodunit” in its own unique way, and each picture should hopefully be viewed prior to patrons watching the new movie on the big screen....

‘#Alive’ Trailer: ‘Burning’ Star Yoo Ah-In Fights To Survive During A Zombie Apocalypse By Ben Pearson/May 27, 2020 4:00 pm EST After starring in director Lee Chang-Dong’s international hit Burning in 2018, actor Yoo Ah-in starred in a Korean financial thriller called Default, but his next movie may well be another crossover success. He’s the star of a new genre thriller called #Alive, in which he plays a guy who finds himself seemingly trapped in a high rise during a zombie apocalypse....

‘Back To The Future’ Writer Explains Away A Long-Standing Issue Fans Have Questioned Over The Years By Ethan Anderton/April 23, 2020 11:30 am EST The original Back to the Future is largely considered to be a perfect movie. It’s a tight, clever, and fun screenplay that pays off everything it sets up in a very satisfying way, and Robert Zemeckis directed and co-wrote the hell out of it with Bob Gale....

“Cool” Stuff: ‘Back To The Future’ Joins The Chia Pet Line-Up With A Doc Brown Planter By Ethan Anderton/July 29, 2020 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Though Chia Pets feel like a relic of the 1980s and 1990s, they’ve consistently sold hundreds of thousands of different decorative planters each and every year. More recently, Chia Pets have really started to lean into pop culture themed planters, including Groot, Predator, Dustin from Stranger Things, and even all four of the Golden Girls....

‘Devilman Crybaby’ Is An Anime For Those Who Recognize 2020 As A Bleak And Grotesque Apocalyptic Hellscape By Rafael Motamayor/Nov. 3, 2020 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Ani-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.)It isn’t controversial to say 2020 has been a hellish year, and you don’t need us to explain why. But given all the awful things that have and continue to happen this year, it finally felt like the right time to explore Netflix’s first anime masterpiece on this column....

‘Doctor Who’ Upgrades Its Mysteries In The Action-Packed ‘Ascension Of The Cybermen’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 24, 2020 9:00 am EST In a series that so frequently contradicts and corrects itself like Doctor Who, can there be any such thing as canon? Even the question of character development is up in the air, as a time-traveling protagonist who has been on and off the air for upwards of 50 years can only change so much before the story becomes untenable....

‘Earthquake Bird’ Trailer: Alicia Vikander Has A Creepy Fixation In Netflix’s Noir Thriller By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 9, 2019 1:30 pm EST Alicia Vikander has been a bit MIA since her starring role in 2018’s Tomb Raider, but she’s back with a vengeance in Wash Westmoreland’s upcoming noir thriller Earthquake Bird. Perhaps too much of a vengeance: Vikander stars as a young expat who comes under investigation for her best friend’s disappearance — and suspected murder — after a tumultuous love triangle takes a turn for the paranoid....