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Theme Park Bits: Snow White’s Scary Refurbishment, Disney World New Year’s Parties, And More By Josh Spiegel/Nov. 17, 2019 10:30 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Snow White’s Scary Adventures is about to be updated. Ring in the new year at Walt Disney World. Knott’s Berry Farm is bringing back an old-favorite dark ride next year. And more! Snow White’s Scary Adventures is a perennial classic at the Disneyland Resort....

There’s An Idea For ‘Harold And Kumar 4’, Says Kal Penn [TCA 2019] By Fred Topel/Aug. 8, 2019 3:00 pm EST Kal Penn was on a Television Critics Association panel today for Sunnyside, the new NBC comedy in which he stars and he co-created. Penn will play a disgraced local politician who finds a purpose helping a group of immigrants pass their citizenship test. After the Sunnyside panel, /Film asked Penn about the possibility of revisiting his movie franchise, Harold and Kumar....

VOTD: ‘Independence Day’ President Bill Pullman Implores You To Wear A Mask For America By Ethan Anderton/July 4, 2020 10:33 am EST “Today we celebrate our Independence Day.” There are few speeches as rousing as the one given in Independence Day by Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore, inspiring a ragtag team of pilots to take down the alien invaders that have wreaked havoc across the globe. But there’s a real threat facing America and the rest of the world today, and it’s not an alien invasion....

VOTD: How Movie Trailers Are Created To Coax Audiences Into Theaters By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 13, 2020 6:00 am EST Nowadays, you’re spending roughly the first few minutes of your movie theater experience watching commercials for mattresses, dental offices, laser eye surgery, or Subway. But the rest of the pre-show is filled with at least a half dozen movie trailers. While we’ve established that there are plenty of tropes in movie trailers to keep an eye out for, each one has a story they’re trying to sell you on....

‘Antebellum’ Clip: “Things Are Not Always What They Appear To Be” By Ben Pearson/Aug. 20, 2020 4:00 pm EST Ever since Antebellum came out of nowhere and surprised us with its first trailer in November, we’ve been eager to find out what exactly is happening in this mysterious new horror film. Now that we’re just under a month away from its newly-slated VOD release, Lionsgate is ramping up the movie’s marketing campaign with a new clip which seems to serve as a meta-commentary about the film’s mysterious premise....

‘Borat 2’ Trailer: Kazakhstan’s Famous Reporter Is Back In America, And His Daughter Came Too By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 1, 2020 7:25 am EST The existence of a new Borat movie took everyone off guard, and now the full trailer for the mockumentary sequel starring Sacha Bron Cohen has arrived, and it’s exactly as hilariously shocking and inappropriate as you could have imagined. The full title for the new sequel has officially been revealed, and it doesn’t say anything about a pornographic monkey or Vice President Mike Pence....

‘Devs’, ‘Mrs. America’ & More Move To Hulu, Now The Exclusive Streaming Home For FX Shows By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 8, 2019 8:30 am EST During a fourth quarter earnings call on Thursday, Disney CEO Bob Iger laid out the company’s plan to create “FX on Hulu” starting in March. Along with the library content of old and current shows, “FX on Hulu” will also see upcoming shows moved from airing on FX to debuting only through streaming by way of this new deal between the cable channel and streaming service....

‘Honeydew’ Review: An Unforgettable Horror Movie Score Helps Serve Up One Uniquely Sinister Experience [Nightstream] By Marisa Mirabal/Oct. 15, 2020 11:00 am EST Science and religion unite in an unconditional manner with writer/director Devereux Milburn’s Honeydew. Making its world premiere at Nightstream Festival, Honeydew is as auditorily savory as it is visually sadistic. A blend of horror sub-genres, Milburn proves that he has a talent (and an appetite) for serving audiences a disturbing new take at an exploration in the countryside gone wrong....

‘Landscape With Invisible Hand’: Tiffany Haddish To Star In Sci-Fi Film With ‘Truman Show’ Similarities By Ben Pearson/Jan. 4, 2021 5:30 pm EST Tiffany Haddish has been incredibly busy since her big breakout role in Girls Trip from 2017. Since becoming an instant star in that film, she’s been in more than a dozen movies and appeared in dozens of episodes of television, but now the bombastic comedian is poised to appear in a genre in which she hasn’t done much work yet: science fiction....

‘Mindhunter’ Spoiler Review: A Deep Dive Into David Fincher’s New Netflix Series By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 16, 2017 8:00 am EST (In our Spoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: Netflix’s new serial killer drama Mindhunter.)“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones....

‘Mortal’ Trailer: Nat Wolff Discovers He Has Powers Of A Norse God By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 6, 2020 1:30 pm EST Not since Chronicle has a movie made having god-like powers seem so horrifying. Nat Wolff (Death Note) stars in Mortal as Eric, an American backpacker traveling through a sleepy Norwegian town when a mysterious fire leads to his arrest. As police converge on the panicked backpacker, it’s revealed that Eric has somehow been imbued with powers like those of the Norse gods....

‘On The Basis Of Sex’ And ‘RBG’ Documentary Returning To Theaters In Honor Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 23, 2020 1:30 pm EST Even though it may not be the best time to head back to movie theaters, Focus Features and Magnolia Pictures are paying tribute to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by re-releasing two movies about the inspiring, fiery woman’s life back into theaters. On the Basis of Sex, the 2018 drama starring Felicity Jones as a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg making her way through law school and taking on a groundbreaking case, and RBG, a documentary about the inspiring and personal story of Ginsburg’s rise to the nation’s highest court and her emergence as a pop culture icon, are both coming back to theaters starting this weekend....

‘Resident Evil’ Reboot Will Be “Super, Super Scary”, Unlike The Previous Film Franchise By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 20, 2019 4:00 pm EST While you might be hard-pressed to find anyone whose favorite movie comes from the Resident Evil film franchise, it’s hard to argue with the success of a film series that was somehow able to last six installments despite always getting middling to terrible reviews. The loyal fanbase kept throwing enough money at each movie to make them profitable, and that’s all Screen Gems really cared about....

‘Sound Of Metal’ Review: Riz Ahmed Delivers A Powerhouse Performance In This Jarring Drama [TIFF 2019] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 7, 2019 12:00 pm EST A sensory overload, Sound of Metal is one of the most fascinating films you’ll see all year. Even when Darius Marder’s lengthy character drama isn’t quite working – a problem that persists in the final act – it’s always engaging. Sound of Metal puts you in its main character’s headspace more intensely than most movies, fully drawing us into the psyche of heavy metal drummer Ruben Stone (Riz Ahmed, delivering a powerhouse performance)....

‘The Grey Man’ Will Reunite Ana De Armas With Ryan Gosling And Chris Evans By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 14, 2020 5:30 pm EST Ana de Armas will reunite with former costars Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans for The Grey Man, an upcoming Netflix spy movie that the Russo Brothers hope to turn into an entire franchise. De Armas previously worked with Gosling on Blade Runner 2049 and Evans on Knives Out. The Grey Man is based on the book series by Mark Greaney and follows a freelance assassin being hunted by a former colleague....

‘The Mandalorian’ Star Pedro Pascal Thinks He’ll Be Part Of Announced Spin-Off Shows By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 16, 2020 12:00 pm EST Pedro Pascal is the star of Disney+’s flagship show, The Mandalorian, so why should he not make a few appearances in the recently announced spin-off shows? That’s what Pascal expects at least, saying that he “has to be” a part of The Mandalorian spin-off shows Ahsoka and Rangers of the New Republic....

‘The Marksman’ Trailer: Looks Like We Got Ourselves Another Old Man Liam Neeson Action Movie By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 4, 2020 4:30 pm EST There’s been a long stream of movies featuring Liam Neeson in aging action star mode that began with Taken back in 2008, and the actor is still going strong. The latest in this ongoing career arc is The Marksman, which finds the actor playing an ex-Marine sharpshooter just trying to get by on an isolated stretch of borderland....

‘Westworld’ Season 3 Featurette: Evan Rachel Wood And Aaron Paul Talk About Their Characters By Chris Evangelista/March 7, 2020 12:00 pm EST Westworld season 3 arrives next weekend, and to better prepare us for the mystery box mayhem to come, stars Evan Rachel Wood and Aaron Paul got together to talk about their characters and season 3 in general. It’s a fun, light-hearted, amusing conversation between two very charming people, and it clues you into some of the things in store this season....

‘Wonder Woman’, ‘Jaws’, ‘The Dark Knight’, ‘Spider-Man’ And ‘Batman Beyond’ Get Outstanding New Artwork By Ethan Anderton/July 16, 2020 8:30 am EST Bottleneck Gallery is continuing their big week of pop culture art reveals in honor of the canceled San Diego Comic-Con. Even though the convention will live on virtually next week, there are a bunch of artists who were planning on releasing new prints for sale to the hordes of fans on the show floor....

A Complete List Of /Film’s D23 Coverage: Every Major Announcement From This Weekend’s Event By /Film Staff/Aug. 26, 2019 12:00 pm EST This year’s D23 Expo has come and gone, but the fan convention was practically with news about every aspect of Disney, from its theme parks to movies and TV shows. So here’s a complete roundup of all of /Film’s D23 coverage in one easy-to-access location, marking the best place to visit to make sure you didn’t miss a single major announcement over the weekend....