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Barack Obama’s Favorite Movies And TV Shows Of 2020 Include ‘Mank,’ ‘Soul,’ ‘The Boys,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 18, 2020 10:00 am EST See Barack Obama’s favorite movies and shows of 2020 below. In a post on his Twitter account, Obama shared his favorite films and shows of 2020 (as he does every year), writing, “Like everyone else, we were stuck inside a lot this year, and with streaming further blurring the lines between theatrical movies and television features, I’ve expanded the list to include visual storytelling that I’ve enjoyed this year, regardless of format....

Box Office Tracking: ‘Joker’ Likely To Beat Both ‘Gemini Man’ And ‘The Addams Family’ By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 9, 2019 3:00 pm EST Two new wide-release movies are headed to theaters this weekend: Ang Lee’s Gemini Man, and the rather terrible-looking animated Addams Family movie. But it looks like the Clown Prince of Crime will continue to reign, as box office tracking indicates that Joker is expected to remain in first place....

Cool Stuff: Edible ‘Ghostbusters’ Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Is Here To Destroy Your Diet By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 17, 2020 6:00 am EST Now that Valentine’s Day is finished, the next holiday that retail stores are getting ready to shove down your throat is Easter, the religious holiday that inexplicably results in endless amounts of candy, ranging from chocolate bunnies to jelly bean eggs. But this season the candy aisle will be getting a big dose of a certain marshmallow destructor from a beloved 1980s classic....

Dave Filoni, Christopher Yost Among Choices To Replace Obi-Wan Kenobi TV Series Writer By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 27, 2020 7:00 am EST Disney is looking within its circle of Lucasfilm regulars for a writer to replace Hossein Amini on the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels creator Dave Filoni and longtime Star Wars TV writer Christopher Yost are among those being eyed by Disney as the new Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series writer....

Homemade ‘The Princess Bride’ Fan Film Gathers Jennifer Garner, Diego Luna, Jack Black, And More For A Good Cause By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 26, 2020 1:00 pm EST Quibi is making one last-ditch effort to bring on subscribers: by making a celebrity fan film of The Princess Bride just as you wish. A handful of celebrities got together (virtually) to recreate the 1987 Rob Reiner comedy-fantasy classic, The Princess Bride, and inconceivably, they got the director on board as well....

How Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Contagion’ Anticipated The Current Coronavirus Outbreak (And What We Can Learn From It) By Joshua Meyer/Jan. 31, 2020 12:00 pm EST If you’ve been paying attention to the news, then you may have heard about the outbreak of a new coronavirus that’s been spreading outward from Wuhan, China since December of last year. As of Thursday, the World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared the virus “a public health emergency of international concern....

Robert Pattinson Was Almost An Evil Ex In ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World,’ And More Trivia Revealed On 10th Anniversary By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 13, 2020 11:00 am EST It’s been a decade since we discovered bread made us fat, but Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’s cult classic status has not dimmed since its release in 2010. Rather, the love for this marvel of star power combined with director Edgar Wright’s video game stylings has only gotten stronger, and that’s not just because it’s given us a few Marvel stars like Chris Evans and Brie Larson....

Sony Responds To The ‘Spider-Man’ Deal Falling Apart, Calls The Whole Situation Disappointing By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 21, 2019 8:30 am EST After reports surfaced that Disney and Sony’s Spider-Man deal (which would keep Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige on as lead creative producer for Sony’s Spider-Man films starring Tom Holland) was collapsing, Sony has issued a statement laying the blame on the House of Mouse. Sony Pictures is committing to continuing the Spider-Man franchise without Marvel Studios’ involvement, but that is the fault of Disney for cutting short a lucrative deal, according to the studio’s response....

Superhero Bits: Frank Grillo Wants A Crossbones Series, New Batman And Suicide Squad Games May Be Coming & More By Ethan Anderton/June 22, 2020 6:00 pm EST Would you be interested in a Crossbones series on Disney+? Are new Batman and Suicide Squad video games in the works? Would you want to hear Christopher Daniel Barnes in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse? Who is responsible for Peter Parker having organic web shooters in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man?...

Alice Comedies (1923-1927) Before there was Mickey Mouse, before there was even Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, there was Alice. Some of the earliest short films that Walt Disney and his brother Roy helped make during a five-year period in the mid-1920s were riffs on Alice in Wonderland, with a live young actor interacting in animated environments and backgrounds. These shorts have been made available on previous DVDs as part of the Walt Disney Treasures collection, and they’re a vital way to look back at how the Disney monolith that now encompasses so much of popular culture had such a modest, humble start....

The Morning Watch: A Bow Hunter Reviews Archery Accuracy In Movies, Big Bird Takes A Lie Detector Test & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 3, 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....

Walt Disney Animation Isn’t Opposed To Hand-Drawn Features, Jennifer Lee Talks About Making Changes After John Lasseter’s Exit [Interview] By Ben Pearson/Sept. 30, 2019 2:00 pm EST Not long ago, we had the chance to speak with directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck along with producer Peter Del Vecho in the Walt Disney Animation building during an early press day for Frozen II. We’ll have an extensive article all about the new sequel very soon, but first, let’s dive into some interesting tidbits from my three-on-one interview with these filmmakers about the future of Walt Disney Animation....

‘Creepshow’ Season 2 Cast Adds Barbara Crampton, Marilyn Manson, And More By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 28, 2020 1:30 pm EST Even more Creepshow season 2 casting has been revealed, pulling together a group of familiar horror faces for Shudder’s streaming series. It was previously announced that Anna Camp, Keith David, Ashley Laurence, Josh McDermitt, and Adam Pally were all on board for the second season. Now, Barbara Crampton, Denise Crosby, Ted Raimi, Marilyn Manson, and many more have signed on to be terrified by whatever horrors showrunner Greg Nicotero is whipping up....

‘End Of Sentence’ Trailer: Logan Lerman And John Hawkes Go On A Life-Changing Road Trip By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 15, 2020 4:30 pm EST John Hawkes and Logan Lerman hit the road in End of Sentence, an indie road trip drama that follows an estranged father and son following the son’s release from prison. End of Sentence marks the feature directorial debut of Icelandic filmmaker Elfar Adalsteins, but is set in Ireland and features two American leads....

/Filmcast Ep. 552 - The Gentlemen By Slashfilmcast/Jan. 29, 2020 8:00 pm EST David corrects a gross mistake he made about the physiology of the Na’vi. The cast feels nostalgic with Star Trek: Picard. For the feature review, David, Devindra, and Jeff takes on The Gentlemen, the latest film by director Guy Ritchie. Read about the life of a Hollywood Boulevard’s Superman here. Read about how The Gentlemen is a safe space for men here....

‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Review Round-Up: Ron Howard’s Shameless Oscar Bait Drama Is Very, Very Bad By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 10, 2020 11:30 am EST In 2016, J.D. Vance published his memoir Hillbilly Elegy, which became a nationwide sensation after the election of Donald Trump, with media pundits scrambling to understand Trump’s influence over the rust belt states, or “Trump country,” as it was dubbed. Four years and one Trump presidential election loss later, Ron Howard’s adaptation of Hillbilly Elegy hits Netflix and the Oscar contender circuit, complete with transformative scenery-chewing performances from Oscar nominees Glenn Close and Amy Adams....

Lost Vinyl Release Details Back in September, Mondo teased the release of a Lost vinyl: accepted 922044:16 SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE #LOST #VINYL #COMINGSOON pic.twitter.com/Tr6oxZdV7z — MONDO (@MondoNews) September 22, 2019 Now we finally have the full details. LOST – We Have to Go Back (Live) 3XLP was recorded live in the summer of 2019 in Dublin, Ireland, where Giacchino conducted a performance by the world-renowned RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra....

‘News Of The World’ Review: Tom Hanks Is Outstanding In Paul Greengrass’ Uneven Western By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 11, 2020 9:00 am EST Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd is a newsman. No, he doesn’t report the news. Nor does he work for a newspaper. Instead, he drifts from town to town on his rickety horse-drawn cart and brings the news to those too weary, too busy, and otherwise unable to read it themselves....

‘Prop Culture’ Is A Delightfully Nerdy Treasure Hunt Through Disney Movie History By Ethan Anderton/April 24, 2020 11:00 am EST In the old days of Hollywood, movie props weren’t cherished or saved. Once a production was finished shooting, a lot of props were either thrown out, repurposed, or lost somewhere along the way. As time went on, people began to hold items from their favorite movies in high regard, and movie props became treasured artifacts....

‘Saint Maud’ Review: Rose Glass Breaks Brains With Her Horror Debut [TIFF 2019] By Meredith Borders/Sept. 11, 2019 1:00 pm EST Have there been studies linking trauma and piety? How many born-again converts came to their faith through suffering, damage and pain? First time feature filmmaker Rose Glass examines just that, following newly devout nurse Maud (Morfydd Clark) and her relationship with her patient, Jennifer Ehle’s Amanda. Maud most recently worked at a public hospital, but after a mysterious tragedy concerning her last patient, she’s now a private nurse for Amanda, a celebrated dancer dying from lymphoma of the spine....