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‘Vox Lux’ Finds Natalie Portman Grappling With The Dark Side Of Pop Music [TIFF] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 9, 2018 11:00 am EST Brady Corbet teams with Natalie Portman for Vox Lux, a strange saga split into two, showing the youth and adult life of a troubled pop star. Hard to decipher and loaded with omens and symbols, Vox Lux doesn’t quite work, but it makes one hell of an impression.The anti-A Star Is Born, Vox Lux is the latest from actor-turned-director Brady Corbet, a beautiful dark twisted fantasy about the price of fame....

‘Watchmen’ Soundtrack From Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross Being Released In Three Volumes By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 21, 2019 2:00 pm EST Everyone’s talking about Watchmen, and rightfully so. The HBO adaptation of the iconic graphic novel is fantastic and lives up to the hype. It also features a killer score courtesy of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. The score will be streaming at some point, but if you want to get your hands on a vinyl release, you’re in luck....

‘Westworld’ Season 3 Trailer Breakdown: We’ll Meet Again By Chris Evangelista/July 22, 2019 11:00 am EST Westworld is ready to introduce us to a whole new world (or two) with its new season 3 trailer. While the previously-released teaser was almost entirely focused on Aaron Paul’s new character, this one brings back a whole slew of familiar faces. But as is the Westworld tradition, things are pretty damn mysterious. In our Westworld season 3 trailer breakdown below, we try to solve some of the new season’s puzzles....

21st Century Spielberg Ranked From Worst To Best By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 29, 2020 8:00 am EST Now that the 21st Century Spielberg column/podcast has come to a close (at least until West Side Story arrives in December 2021), it’s time to look back at Steven Spielberg’s films from the 2000s and 2010s and see how they all stack up. Overall, the 21st century has produced some of Spielberg’s most interesting, challenging, and rewarding work – but not all of it worked....

Cool Stuff: ‘Unbreakable’, ‘Split’, And ‘Glass’ Get A Deluxe Vinyl Soundtrack Box Set From Waxwork Records By Ethan Anderton/June 29, 2020 6:00 am EST When Split arrived in 2016, audiences were blown away by one of M.Night Shyamalan’s biggest surprise endings yet. The thriller starring James McCavoy as a kidnapper with dissociative identity disorder was revealed to exist within the same universe as Unbreakable, the gritty superhero drama starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L....

Get An Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Look At The Making Of ‘The Sunlit Night’ Score By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 6, 2020 4:00 pm EST Sometimes the music can make or break the movie, and Jenny Slate-starring comedy-drama The Sunlit Night certainly has great music behind it. Directed by David Wnendt and scored by Enis Rotthoff, The Sunlit Night premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year and finally received a VOD release last month....

Hulu Will Offer Disney+ As An Add-On – Here’s What That Means For Current Subscribers [TCA 2019] By Fred Topel/July 26, 2019 10:55 am EST During his opening remarks to the Television Critics Association, Hulu’s SVP of Originals Craig Erwich dropped a pretty significant piece of information in a passing comment about subscribers. He attributed Hulu’s growth in subscribers to the quality of Hulu’s offerings, including add-ons like Live TV and premium services that include HBO andCBS All Access....

James Marsden Almost Played Burt Reynolds In ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ By Chris Evangelista/July 23, 2019 5:30 pm EST Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has a huge cast. As the film entered production, we reached a point where daily casting news would add yet another name to an ever-growing list. One of those names was James Marsden – but Marsden didn’t make it into the final film....

LOL: Netflix Checks In With Adam Sandler, Kevin Hart, John Mulaney, Tiffany Haddish, Steve Martin & Tons More Comedians By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 24, 2020 6:00 am EST Plenty of industries are hurting because of the coronavirus pandemic, and that includes entertainment. But while movies and TV shows are starting to get back into production, live stand-up comedy shows are still mostly non-existent because gathering a bunch of people in a single room to open their mouths and guffaw incessantly isn’t the smartest movie when there’s a contagious virus kicking around....

Masks Will Be Mandatory In All U.K. Movie Theaters By Ethan Anderton/July 31, 2020 12:30 pm EST The United Kingdom has been having a little more trouble controlling the spread of the coronavirus pandemic than other European nations. Though the spread isn’t nearly as worrisome as the United States, the government is concerned enough that they’ve created a mandate that face masks must be worn in public areas such as movie theaters, museums, art galleries, places of worship and more starting on August 8....

New ‘Avatar 2’ Image Reveals Edie Falco’s New Character, Who Certainly Sounds Like A Villain By Jacob Hall/Oct. 19, 2020 12:30 pm EST The /Film staff has a bit of a running joke when it comes to Avatar 2 news: is the publicity team going out their way to release only the most boring images imaginable? But that’s the problem you face when the world of a film is largely digital and won’t be ready for primetime until long after the cameras have finished rolling....

Olivia Wilde’s ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ And ‘Charmed’ Temporarily Halt Productions Due To COVID-19 Tests By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 5, 2020 9:00 am EST Another week, another couple of film and TV sets that have to temporarily shut down due to coronavirus (COVID-19). But that’s fast becoming the occupational hazard with productions resuming amid a pandemic. Deadline reports that Olivia Wilde’s feature follow-up to her hit debut film Booksmart, Don’t Worry Darling, has temporarily shut down after a member of the production tested positive for COVID-19....

The Morning Watch: The Accuracy Of Car Scenes In Movies, Building A Thermal Detonator Prop Replica & More By Ethan Anderton/March 19, 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 ‘The Irishman, THR’s Actress Roundtable & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 14, 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, VFX artists react to the de-aging technology used in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects, and a few more movies....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘How To With John Wilson’ Is More Than Just Oddball Observations By Ben Pearson/Nov. 30, 2020 10:00 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: How To With John WilsonWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: Independent filmmaker John Wilson takes his camera all over New York City and beyond in an attempt to “teach” the audience one thing per episode....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Killer Klowns From Outer Space’ Makes Good On Its Title By Chris Evangelista/April 21, 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 Movie: Killer Klowns From Outer SpaceWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: It’s about killer clowns. From outer space.Why It’s Essential Quarantine Viewing: As Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “Sometimes you just need to forget the world outside and cuddle up with a good movie about space alien clowns who turn people into cotton candy....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘New Girl’ Is Like Hanging Out With Friends While Social Distancing By Jacob Hall/April 6, 2020 7:00 am EST Honestly, it was that basic concept that kept me away from New Girl for a long time, even as my significant other insisted I watch it. And damn it, they were right. Now that the entire series is finished and streaming on Netflix, I’m hooked. While I certainly would’ve been hooked during another time, the show feels especially right for this given moment....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Shoulders The Impossible Task Of Making ‘Trek’ Relevant For A New Generation By Jacob Hall/Dec. 4, 2020 8:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series: Star Trek: DiscoveryWhere You Can Stream It: CBS All AccessThe Pitch: Initially set 10 years before the events of the original Star Trek series, Star Trek: Discovery offers a shot in the arm for a science fiction series that has seemingly done it all over the past 50-plus years....

This Week In Trailers: Make Up, Clapboard Jungle, Martin Margiela: In His Own Words, Tiny Creatures, Broken Law By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 1, 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?...

Trailer Round-Up: ‘How To Build A Girl’, ‘Screened Out’, ‘Outback’, ‘Intrigo: Dear Agnes’, ‘The Last OG’ Season 3, ‘Walkaway Joe’, ‘Betty’ By Chris Evangelista/April 17, 2020 5:00 pm EST Let’s round-up some trailers, shall we? Trailers are at a bit of a stand-still for the moment, since so many movies have been delayed due to the coronavirus. But there are still a bunch of smaller indie titles that have VOD or digital releases, and that’s where a trailer round-up comes in handy, folks....