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‘Extra Ordinary’ Trailer: A Lighthearted Horror Rom-Com Co-Starring Will Forte By Ben Pearson/July 14, 2019 11:00 am EST Looking for an unconventional romantic comedy? Extra Ordinary has you covered. It’s a low-budget indie set in Ireland which tells the story of a lonely woman with supernatural abilities who finds a lonely man whose daughter is possessed – all while a fame-hungry Satanist played by Will Forte schemes his way through the background....

/Filmcast Ep. 581 - Boys State (GUEST: Roxana Hadadi) By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 26, 2020 8:00 pm EST David weighs the risk and reward to see Tenent in theater while Jeff raves about #SLASHTAG, the hashtag used to recommend movies to the whole gang. For the feature of the week, David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by Roxana Hadadi to review Boys State. See what this winner of Sundance Documentary Grand Jury, directed and produced by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, has to says about our politics today....

‘Hanna’ Season 2 Teaser Introduces Dermot Mulroney As The New Big Bad By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 29, 2020 1:00 pm EST Hanna Season 2 Teaser The second season of Hanna follows the diminutive assassin as she continues to evade “the relentless pursuit of a sinister government agency and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.” And it looks like she’s got her hands on some hair dye! But a new bleach blonde ‘do won’t hide her for long, as Dermot Mulroney plays the Big Bad on the hunt for everyone’s favorite teen assassin....

Hunter Creator’s Response to Auschwitz Memorial’s Criticism Years ago I visited Auschwitz and I saw the gates my grandmother was forced to enter decades earlier and the barracks she was forced to live in as a prisoner. I saw vestiges of the nightmarish world she had survived. It was an experience that forever altered the course of my life. It was the moment consecrated in time and memory that I sought to make good on doing my part – however big or however small – to ensure the promise of “Never Again....

‘Limetown’ Trailer: Jessica Biel Unravels The Mysterious Disappearance Of Over 300 People By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 23, 2019 5:30 pm EST Facebook Watch keeps expanding their original programming as the streaming wars rage on, and next month brings a new series that could only have been created in the 21st century. Limetown is a new mystery thriller starring Jessica Biel based on the popular podcast of the same name. Named one of the best podcasts of 2015 with over 10 million downloads, the series follows a journalist (Biel) with American Public Radio as she tries to figure out how 300 people disappeared with no explanation at a neuroscience research community in Tennessee....

‘Resident Evil’ Reboot Will Star Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Amell, And More Playing Characters From The First Three Video Games By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 6, 2020 10:00 am EST Resident Evil adaptations will never die. While the Paul W.S. Anderson film series seems to have come to an end, all-new takes on the video game franchise are on our way. Netflix is developing a Resident Evil TV series, and now, a new Resident Evil movie is in the works, too....

‘She-Hulk’ TV Series On Disney+ Finds Its Director: Kat Coiro By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 15, 2020 11:30 am EST The Disney+ She-Hulk series has found a director: Kat Coiro. Coiro’s credits include episodes of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Dead to Me, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and more, as well as the upcoming feature Marry Me. Coiro is in negotiations to helm the pilot of the She-Hulk series, as well as several other episodes while also serving as executive producer....

‘Sweetheart’ Clip: Kiersey Clemons Makes An Ominous Discovery By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 10, 2019 3:30 pm EST When Tom Hanks got stranded on an island in Cast Away, all he had to deal with was finding food and shelter. But when Kiersey Clemons gets marooned on an island in the upcoming horror movie Sweetheart, there’s something much more terrifying waiting for her. Sweetheart finds a young girl forced to reckon with a hungry monster on a deserted island, and a new clip reveals how she starts to make this discovery when she stumbles upon a makeshift graveyard of those who have perished on this island before her....

‘The New Pope’ Behind-The-Scenes Featurette Reminds You That The HBO Sequel Series Is Streaming Now By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 16, 2020 5:30 pm EST It’s been a while since HBO debuted The Young Pope in 2016. But it’s also been a while since HBO debuted the limited series The New Pope, Paolo Sorrentino’s follow-up season to his outrageous papacy drama. So why are we talking about The New Pope again, four months after the series premiered on HBO in January this year?...

‘The Shrink Next Door’ TV Series Books An Appointment With Apple TV+ By Chris Evangelista/April 23, 2020 2:15 pm EST The Shrink Next Door is the latest buzz-worthy podcast to find itself turned into a TV series, and now that TV adaptation has a home. Apple TV+ just won a bidding war to land the show, which will reunite Anchorman cast members Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd. The true story follows a psychiatrist who slowly takes over the life of his unsuspecting patient....

31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘Always Shine’ Explores The Horrors Of Jealousy And Self-Doubt By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 23, 2019 7:00 am EST Welcome to 31 Days of Streaming Horror. Every day this October, we’ll be highlighting a different streaming horror movie to help you get into the Halloween spirit. Today’s entry: Always Shine (2016). Always Shine 31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘Always Shine’ Explores The Horrors Of Jealousy And Self-Doubt...

Alamo Drafthouse Hosting ‘Tommy Boy’ 25th Anniversary Movie Party Screenings, If You Dare By Ethan Anderton/March 15, 2020 10:00 am EST Things are getting scary out there right now as the coronavirus spreads across the United States. While it’s probably best to stay at home and practice social distancing to slow the spread of this pandemic, obviously people can get a little stir crazy, and maybe you need a little comedic relief from this stressful situation....

Daily Podcast: Green Lantern, Spider-Man, Soul, Wonder Woman 1984, Cleopatra, The Social Network 2 & Space Mountain By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 12, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the October 12, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Green Lantern, Spider-Man, Soul, Wonder Woman 1984, Cleopatra, The Social Network 2, and Space Mountain....

Lionsgate Developing Biopic About Astronaut Sally Ride With Director Jill Soloway At The Helm By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 24, 2019 2:30 pm EST Sally Ride was the first American woman in space, inspiring a whole new generation of girls to become astronauts. Now the story of her life and the mission that put her in the history books will be turned into a movie by Transparent creator Jill Soloway and Lionsgate. Lionsgate sent out a press release announcing the Sally Ride movie today....

New ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Set Photo Reveals Benedict Cumberbatch Wearing Iron Man Armor In A Deleted Scene By Ethan Anderton/April 27, 2020 10:30 am EST Earlier this year, concept art from Avengers: Infinity War emerged online with Benedict Cumerbatch as Doctor Strange wearing Iron Man armor with the Eye of Agamotto replacing an arc reactor in the chest plate. The art depicted a deleted scene in which Tony Stark lent Stephen Strange his armor in order to protect him from the torture needles of Thanos’ Black Order henchman Ebony Maw....

Revisiting ‘Edward Scissorhands’, Tim Burton’s Allegorical Masterpiece About An America In Flux By Alex Arabian/July 3, 2020 12:00 pm EST Edward Scissorhands is more than a gothic fairytale. It’s more than a suburban satire. It’s a complex film about systemic societal and economic change. Writer Caroline Thompson, director Tim Burton, costume designer Colleen Atwood, and production designer Bo Welch convey timely themes of classism, diversity, and suburban vapidity (post-war Suburbia through the Reagan Era suburban revival) through the use of snow, Edward’s (Johnny Depp) peculiar, unchanging outfit, the suburban setting, and a stealthily symbolic mansion....

Rooney Mara Reunites With Cate Blanchett In Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 8, 2019 11:00 am EST Mara had been reported as being in talks for the role since last month, but is now confirmed to star in the film. Joining Nightmare Alley reunites her with Carol co-star Cate Blanchett, who was reportedly in talks to play Stan’s psychologist, a character that may be something of a con artist herself....

Streamers Tried To Buy ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, But Paramount Refused To Sell By Ben Pearson/Jan. 22, 2021 11:00 am EST For the past few years, Paramount Pictures has been selling off projects left and right as the studio struggles to compete with rivals like Disney and Warner Bros. But it’s clear Paramount isn’t willing to roll over and die just yet. Someone there thinks they have a hit on their hands, and like a scene from a movie, they’re hoping an old hero will soon fly in to save the day....

The ‘Star Wars: Resistance’ Post-Mortem: Breaking Down What Worked And What Did Not In The Underrated Series By Caroline Cao/Feb. 13, 2020 10:00 am EST The Disney XD animated Star Wars Resistance requires patience in ways that frustrated while also marveled. Even when it literally launched into the stars in season two, its tests its own range without really transcending it. There are times where Resistance, set before and during The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, takes the path of least resistance....

The Morning Watch: Building A Working ‘Fifth Element’ Gun, ‘The Lion King’ Scene Breakdown & More By Ethan Anderton/July 23, 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, watch as Adam Savage reveals his build of a fully functional version of Zorg’s gun from The Fifth Element....