Posts

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Penny Dreadful’ Is The Beautiful, Lurid Gothic Horror Show Of Your Dreams By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 16, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Show: Penny DreadfulWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: Gothic horrors from classic literature collide in Victorian England.Why It’s Essential Quarantine Viewing: Gory, sexy, and scary, Penny Dreadful is a show that deserved better....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp’ Reframes And Enriches The Movie By Ben Pearson/July 14, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series: Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of CampWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: 14 years after Wet Hot American Summer became a cult classic, creators David Wain and Michael Showalter got the greenlight from Netflix to make a prequel series which is set weeks before the events of the film....

Two ‘Harry Potter’ Illustrated Guides Are The Perfect Gift For New And Old Potterheads By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 24, 2019 3:00 pm EST The hallowed halls of Hogwarts are both comfortably familiar and frighteningly strange to even the most hardcore Harry Potter fan. The twisting passageways and towering Gothic turrets seem like they’re forever changing and morphing through the seven years that Harry Potter and his friends spent in Hogwarts. And quite literally, they were....

United Kingdom Reveals Extensive Guidelines To Resume Film And TV Production By Ethan Anderton/June 1, 2020 10:30 am EST The spread of coronavirus has been reduced around the world, so the United Kingdom is taking steps to resume film and TV production soon. The British Film Commission, along with the British Film Institute, has revealed the guidelines that will allow entertainment production to resume safely and cautiously in order to avoid a second wave of coronavirus infections....

Watch: ‘Ghostbusters’ Star Dan Aykroyd And Director Ivan Reitman Visit The Ghostbusters Maze At Halloween Horror Nights By Ben Pearson/Oct. 10, 2019 10:00 am EST There’s a Ghostbusters-themed maze at Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights event this year to celebrate the film’s 35th anniversary, and not long ago, there was something strange in that theme park neighborhood: two major players behind the film franchise. Original Ghostbusters co-writer and star Dan Aykroyd and director Ivan Reitman dropped by to experience the spooks and scares for themselves, and a camera crew came along to capture their reactions....

‘Boys State’ Trailer: This Sundance Hit Is A Microcosm Of U.S. Politics By Ben Pearson/June 30, 2020 9:30 am EST Boys State, the new documentary from directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss (The Overnighters), was one of the most talked-about films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It won the Grand Jury Prize for documentary filmmaking, and ended up being acquired by A24 and AppleTV+ for $12 million – the biggest acquisition for any documentary in the festival’s entire history....

‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Featurette Shines A Light On The Real Blaxploitation Icon By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 8, 2019 12:00 pm EST Throughout his long career, Eddie Murphy has played quite the assembly of characters, even going so far as to play about a half dozen of them in a single movie. But one role he’s never taken before is that of a real person. That changes with the upcoming comedic true story Dolemite Is My Name, inspired by comedian Rudy Ray Moore and his rise to fame as a Blaxploitation movie star who paved his own way through Hollywood....

‘Gemini Man’ Review: Ang Lee’s Odd Action Experiment Is More Video Game Than Movie By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 9, 2019 7:00 am EST “I’m having trouble looking in the mirror lately,” says Henry Brogan (Will Smith), one of the world’s best assassins. He’s spent a large chunk of his career bumping off bad guys for the government, but now he wants to hang up his guns and retire at the ripe old age of 51....

‘Genius: Aretha’ Trailer: Cynthia Erivo Is The Queen Of Soul By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 10, 2020 5:30 pm EST The new season of Genius shines the spotlight on Aretha Franklin, with Cynthia Erivo playing the legendary singer. The series is the first of two different dramatized portraits of Franklin’s life, the second being the upcoming movie Respect starring Jennifer Hudson. Genius: Aretha will explore Franklin’s life and career, and has the distinction of being the first-ever authorized story based on Franklin’s life....

‘Hamilton’ Trailer: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway Sensation Comes To Disney+ In July By Ethan Anderton/June 21, 2020 8:11 pm EST Hamilton has been a Broadway hit ever since it debuted at the beginning of 2015. Unfortunately, that has made it difficult for curious audiences to get a glimpse at the hip-hop fueled historical musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda, even as the show travels around the United States. But soon, everyone will be able to see the Broadway show from the comfort of their own home....

‘Into The Dark: Crawlers’ Trailer: Aliens Ruin St. Patrick’s Day By Chris Evangelista/March 3, 2020 3:30 pm EST Blumhouse and Hulu’s Into the Dark is still plugging away, bringing you monthly holiday-themed horror. We’re in March now, which means it’s time for the St. Patrick’s Day-themed Crawlers. And nothing says “St. Patrick’s Day” like…uh…aliens, right? Because aliens are invading a small town in Crawlers, and it’s up to three friends to stop them....

‘It’ Supercut Combining Both Films Would Be 6-Plus Hours; Plans For A Scrapped Post-Credit Scene Revealed By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 3, 2019 4:00 pm EST The prospect of an It supercut combining the first film and the upcoming It Chapter Two has already been teased by director Andy Muschietti, and now Muschietti has offered more info on the potential project. According to the filmmaker, he’s in early talks with the studio to make it happen – and that the end result would run well over six hours....

‘Lupin III: The First’ Trailer: The CG-Animated Caper Reveals Its English Dub Cast By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 28, 2020 4:00 pm EST Lupin The Third is one of the most beloved anime icons in Japan who has been barely heard of in the U.S., apart from being a fun footnote in esteemed director Hayao Miyazaki’s career. The cocky gentleman thief created by Monkey Punch has been the star of manga, anime, feature films, video games, musicals, and many, many TV specials....

‘No Time To Die’ Poster Is On A Mission To Promote A New Trailer This Week By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 1, 2020 3:00 pm EST James Bond is a man on a mission, and Daniel Crag is a star caught mid-pose in the new poster for No Time to Die, which comes to promote the release of a new trailer this week. See the new No Time to Die poster below....

‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ And ‘Charlie Says’ Paint Very Different, But Equally Necessary, Portraits Of The Manson Family By Jamie Righetti/July 30, 2019 10:00 am EST It’s almost easy for modern audiences to forget just how tumultuous the 1960s were. In 1963, Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in the driveway of his own home. Months later, a bomb planted in Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church killed four young girls....

‘Rogue One’ And The War Documentary ‘The Interpreters’ Make For A Powerful Double Feature By Bryan Young/Oct. 2, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Movies That Made Star Wars, a series where we explore the films and television properties that inspired George Lucas’s iconic universe. In this edition: The Interpreters.)If there is one thing certain about the escapism offered by Star Wars, it’s that it hasn’t exactly been escapism. It’s always been inherently political....

‘The Broken Hearts Gallery’ Will Be The First Major Studio Wide Release Of The Summer, Arriving Just Before ‘Tenet’ By Chris Evangelista/June 10, 2020 2:00 pm EST Everyone wants to be first. When it comes to re-opening movie theaters this summer, Warner Bros. has been hogging most of the limelight, with Tenet still poised to open on July 17. But Tenet isn’t going to be the first new movie this summer....

‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Brings Back Sharon Carter And Introduces John Walker [D23] By /Film Staff/Aug. 23, 2019 4:39 pm EST The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is the first Marvel Studios show coming exclusively to Disney+, and during today’s D23 panel, we learned more about what we can expect when Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) reunite on the small screen. Showrunner Malcolm Spellman appeared onstage at the D23 panel to tease more details about The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and reveal the surprise announcement that the series will feature the return of Sharon Carter and the introduction of the mysterious John Walker....

The Mandalorian Vinyl Soundtrack Box Set Originally intended for a release at Comic-Con, all the details for The Mandalorian vinyl box set couldn’t be sorted out in time. But Mondo still hopes to release it before the second season of the show arrives this fall, so we should be getting official word soon on where and when this box set will arrive. The Mandalorian vinyl soundtrack box set for the first season is and 8xLP release, with Ludwig Göransson’s score for each episode having a separate record....

Andy Serkis Has “Very Clear Ideas” Venom 2 will be the biggest film Serkis has directed to date. He previously directed Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, which had plenty of performance capture characters, and the intimate biography Breathe. Between Mowgli and Serkis’ history with performance capture in the Planet of the Apes films, King Kong, and Lord of the Rings, the visuals of Venom will be in his wheelhouse.“I’m right at the beginning stages,” Serkis said....