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The Morning Watch: ‘The Office’ Audition Tapes, John Ratzenberger Breaks Down His Pixar Cameos & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 22, 2021 5:00 am EST In this edition, watch The Office audition tapes featuring familiar faces like Seth Rogen, Bob Odenkirk, Kathryn Hahn, Patton Oswalt, and more auditioning for Michael Scott, Jim Halpert, Pam Beesly, and Dwight Schrute. Listen as John Ratzenberger breaks down his cameos throughout the films of Pixar Animation....

The Morning Watch: Living In The Michael Myers House From ‘Halloween’, All The References In ‘Scream’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 31, 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....

The Morning Watch: The Same Fake Cigarettes In Movies & TV, ‘Trolls: World Tour’ Scene Breakdown & More By Ethan Anderton/April 23, 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....

The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’, Stories From ‘SNL At Home’ & More By Ethan Anderton/June 5, 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, the visual effects artists at Corridor Crew take a look at impressive work from Terminator: Dark Fate and flashback to a flaming scene from Reign of Fire....

Theme Park Bits: ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Land At Universal’s Epic Universe, “Magic Happens” Sneak Peek, New Disneyland Paris Parades, And More By Josh Spiegel/Jan. 25, 2020 1:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Take a look at Disneyland’s new parade. See the site plan for a How to Train Your Dragon-themed area at Universal Studios. And more! 2020 will bring with it lots of new attractions and entertainment at the Disney theme parks....

This Week In Trailers: Castle In The Ground, Coronavirus, Explained, Big Fur By Christopher Stipp/April 26, 2020 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Why Making ‘Birds Of Prey’ R-Rated Was “Liberating,” According To Margot Robbie By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 9, 2019 9:30 am EST Even as superhero movies became more and more prominent and popular, the idea of an R-rated superhero flick seemed impossible. These were movies marketed to the widest possible audience, after all. But little by little, R-rated comic book adaptations have been trickling in. Deadpool was a smash-hit, followed by Logan, which earned itself an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay....

‘Archer’ Season 11 Brings In Jamie Lee Curtis And Simon Pegg As Guest Stars [Comic-Con 2020] By Ben Pearson/July 25, 2020 10:00 am EST For the past three seasons of the FXX animated comedy series Archer, the dashing dolt and lead character Sterling Archer has been in a coma. That allowed the show to change up its style, shifting from a slick spy comedy to completely imagined adventures taking place in Archer’s subconscious, inspired by film noir, pulpy Pacific island stories, and science fiction movies....

‘Cherry’ Trailer: Tom Holland Is A Drug-Addicted Bank Robber In The New Film From The Russo Brothers By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 14, 2021 10:30 am EST Tom Holland is ready for his most challenging role yet in Cherry, a very dark comedy-drama based on the book by Nico Walker. A far cry from his Spider-Man performance, Cherry finds Holland getting dark and gritty, playing a drug-addicted bank robber. But it also has him re-teaming with the Russo Brothers, marking their first post-Marvel Cinematic Universe excursion....

‘Clarice’ Trailer: The ‘Silence Of The Lambs’ Story Continues On CBS By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 11, 2021 1:30 pm EST The Silence of the Lambs now has a direct sequel – in TV show form. The upcoming CBS series Clarice hopes to be an immediate follow-up to Jonathan Demme’s Oscar-winning thriller, which means it will have absolutely nothing to do with Hannibal Lecter. As you’ll recall, Hannibal escapes at the end of Silence, and goes into hiding for years....

‘Dead To Me’ Season 2 Teaser: We’re In ‘Scarface’, Not ‘Snow White’ By Chris Evangelista/April 10, 2020 5:30 pm EST Dead to Me is one of Netflix’s best original shows – a darkly comedic series filled with twists that you definitely won’t see coming, and two great lead performances courtesy of Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini. Netflix gave the show a second season, and now we finally know when we’ll be able to see it: next month....

‘Demon Slayer’ Is A Visually Remarkable Action Anime About Not Losing Your Humanity, And Also Killing Monsters By Rafael Motamayor/Oct. 22, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Ani-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.)Because battle shonen anime is arguably the most popular anime genre there is, it is bound to become a bit formulaic. Just like superhero movies can at times feel like they’re just following a series of checklists, too many battle shonen anime feel like a repeat of things you’ve already seen....

‘Greyhound’ Shift From Theaters To AppleTV+ Is “An Absolute Heartbreak” To Writer And Star Tom Hanks By Ben Pearson/July 6, 2020 2:30 pm EST Elsewhere in that same interview, Hanks shed some light on a strange policy Apple implemented for video interviews in the coronavirus era. Apparently, the company demanded that Hanks participate in interviews with nothing but a blank white wall behind him, presumably to keep the focus on the movie instead of having people analyze his bookshelves or decor or whatever might be in the background....

‘His Dark Materials’ Announces Voice Cast For Its Talking Animals By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 30, 2019 4:30 pm EST You can’t have your epic atheist fantasy series without your requisite talking animals. And the His Dark Materials voice cast for its furry friends, and a few furry enemies, is quite impressive. HBO and BBC announced the voice cast for animal counterparts, or daemons, of His Dark Materials which include the likes of Helen McCrory, David Suchet, and more....

‘His Dark Materials’ Author Philip Pullman To Release Unseen Lyra Novella In October By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 9, 2020 2:30 pm EST When The Amber Spyglass brought Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy to an end in 2000, that seemed like the end of the story of its protagonist. But 20 years later, and we’re still following the bullish heroine on adventures in her parallel-world Oxford — both on screen in the excellent HBO/BBC TV series adaptation, and in new books published by Pullman....

‘Hunting Season’: James Wan And ‘John Wick’ Writer Derek Kolstad Are Making A Time Travel Movie By Chris Evangelista/May 1, 2020 2:58 pm EST James Wan, John Wick writer Derek Kolstad, and Transformers producer Don Murphy are combining their talents for Hunting Season, a new time travel movie based on a short story by late author Frank M. Robinson. The story is reminiscent of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, in that it’s set in a totalitarian society....

‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Set Photo Teases Tom Cruise’s Latest Death-Defying Stunt By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 5, 2020 7:30 am EST Tom Cruise has hung out of ascending airplanes, jumped out of helicopters, and scaled the world’s tallest building in the Mission: Impossible series, AKA the lone franchise that will let him spit in death’s face and laugh. So what could he possibly do next? Well, Mission: Impossible 7 already teased a motorcycle stunt for the gods, but director Christopher McQuarrie and Cruise are going back to an old cinematic tradition for the next death-defying Mission: Impossible 7 stunt: a fight on top of a speeding train....

‘Save Yourselves!’ Trailer: An Alien Apocalypse For The Social Media Age By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 10, 2020 5:30 pm EST What if you were taking a peaceful, phone-free getaway in an idyllic cabin in the woods, only to be interrupted by an alien invasion? That’s the wacky premise of the indie comedy Save Yourselves! which imagines an apocalypse for the social media age — and to an extent, the social distancing age....

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Deleted Scene Features A Sweet Moment Between Peter And MJ (And Also Some Bagels) By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 28, 2019 12:00 pm EST The Spider-Man franchise is full of big action beats, explosions, and other special effects. But sometimes there are quiet moments, too. Like this Spider-Man: Far From Home deleted scene. This scene isn’t exactly what you’d call essential to the plot, but it is rather sweet in its simplicity....

By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 4, 2020 12:30 pm EST Like many film and television productions that were meant to film earlier this year, Stranger Things season 4 was delayed significantly. Though this has created many hurdles for studios and networks, in some cases, the delay is actually helping creators refine these projects so that they might turn out better than they otherwise would have under a more strict timetable. Executive producer and director Shawn Levy says Stranger Things season 4 was fortunate enough to benefit from the delay and the results could benefit the fans in a big way....