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‘The I-Land’ Trailer: Netflix Tries To Make Its Own Version Of ‘Lost’, Infused With Much More Horror By Ben Pearson/Aug. 20, 2019 2:30 pm EST The ABC drama Lost flirted with horror imagery several times during its network television run, and now Netflix is here to take that concept a step further. The streaming service has just released a trailer for a new limited series event called The I-Land, which features ten people who are tested by the physical and psychological challenges of the mysterious island on which they find themselves....

2019 Was A Peak-Geek Year – Where Do We Go From Here? By Joshua Meyer/Jan. 2, 2020 11:00 am EST In the 21st century, geek properties have come to define our entertainment culture to the point where some say comic book nerds are now our cultural overlords. Despite false alarms of impending genre fatigue, superhero films dominated the 2010s right up until the end of the decade. In 2019, geek-chic gave way to peak-geek, with saga-ending pop culture behemoths like Avengers: Endgame and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker roaming the earth and indeed ruling the worldwide box office....

2020 Oscars Winners BEST PICTUREFord v FerrariThe IrishmanJojo RabbitJokerLittle WomenMarriage Story1917Once Upon a Time in HollywoodParasiteBEST ACTRESS Cynthia Erivo – Harriet Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story Saoirse Ronan – Little Women Charlize Theron – Bombshell Renee Zellweger – JudyBEST ACTOR Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Adam Driver – Marriage Story Joaquin Phoenix – Joker Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes BEST DIRECTORThe Irishman – Martin ScorseseJoker – Todd Phillips1917 – Sam MendesOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin TarantinoParasite – Bong Joon-hoBEST ORIGINAL SONG I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away, Toy Story 4 “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” Rocketman “I’m Standing With You”, Breakthrough “Into the Unknown,” Frozen II “Stand Up,” Harriet BEST ORIGINAL SCOREJokerLittle WomenMarriage Story1917Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerBEST INTERNATIONAL FILMCorpus ChristiHoneylandLes MiserablesPain and GloryParasiteBEST MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLINGBombshellJokerJudyMaleficent: Mistress of Evil1917BEST VISUAL EFFECTSAvengers: EndgameThe IrishmanThe Lion King1917Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerBEST EDITINGFord v FerrariThe IrishmanJojo RabbitJokerParasiteBEST CINEMATOGRAPHYThe IrishmanJokerThe Lighthouse1917Once Upon a Time in HollywoodBEST SOUND MIXINGAd AstraFord vs....

A New ABC Marvel Show Won’t Come Until After The Disney+ Series [TCA 2020] By Fred Topel/Jan. 8, 2020 12:30 pm EST Last year, Marvel Studios announced they were closing the Marvel Television Division which Jeph Loeb ran. They are folding it into the broader Marvel Studios development under Kevin Feige. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Runaways and Cloak & Dagger will end their runs before Marvel launches The Falcon and Winter Soldier and WandaVision on Disney+....

Cool Stuff: Super7’s ‘Back To The Future Part II’ ReAction Figures Are Pretty Heavy By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 27, 2020 6:00 am EST It’s been years since Funko released a Back to the Future line of ReAction Figures, taking the basic approach to action figures with the minimal amount of articulation and the most basic of body and face sculpts. Inspired by the classic 3.75-inch action figures that were popular in the 1980s and 1990s, the ReAction Figures line has given us a lot of the movie characters that we wished we had growing up....

Daily Podcast: Ethan Hawke In The MCU, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Godzilla Vs. Kong, A D&D TV Show, And More By Ben Pearson/Jan. 18, 2021 9:30 am EST On the January 18, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Ethan Hawke joining a Marvel series, a Dungeons & Dragons TV show, Godzilla vs....

How ‘The Rise Of Skywalker’ Draws On Previous Threads To Conclude The 9-Episode ‘Star Wars’ Saga By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 30, 2019 9:00 am EST Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has sent the Internet into an uproar, but amid the ping-ponging hot takes — all of which are right, “from a certain point of view” — it’s worth pausing to remember that this movie brings a close to a saga dating back to 1977....

How The Music Of Elliott Smith Lives On In Film And Television By Alex Arabian/July 3, 2020 2:00 pm EST Aside from “Miss Misery,” Smith and Van Sant use No Name #3" (originally featured on Roman Candle in 1994), “Angeles,” “Say Yes,” and two versions of “Between the Bars,” one new track with Danny Elfman’s orchestra to back Smith’s vocals (the latter three tracks were originally featured on Either/Or in 1997), in Good Will Hunting....

Ian Holm, Star Of ‘Alien’, ‘Lord Of The Rings’, And Much More, Dead At 88 By Chris Evangelista/June 19, 2020 7:45 am EST Ian Holm, a classically trained Shakespearean actor with an intimidating list of credits, has died. Holm’s agent issued a statement saying the actor “died peacefully in the hospital in the company of his family and caregiver,” adding, “Charming, kind and ferociously talented, we will miss him hugely.” Holm was 88....

Jon Favreau Wrote Four Episodes Of ‘The Mandalorian’ Before Disney Approved It By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 21, 2019 10:00 am EST Jon Favreau really wanted in on that Star Wars action. So much so that he went ahead and wrote four episodes of his upcoming Disney+ series The Mandalorian before Disney even approved the show. Favreau wasn’t just jumping the gun – he wanted to ensure that he and Disney were on the same page regarding his specific vision for the Star Wars series....

Listen: ‘Frozen 2’ Soundtrack Brings Panic! At The Disco “Into The Unknown” By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 4, 2019 4:30 pm EST Frozen 2 arrives in theaters in just under three weeks, but a piece of the sequel’s new soundtrack has just become available online. Walt Disney Animation has already previewed one of the catchy new songs that will be featured in the movie, and now the cover from punk pop band Panic!...

Marvel’s ‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ And ‘WandaVision’ Shows Reveal First Official Photos By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 7, 2019 2:00 pm EST Down at Comic-Con Experience 2019 (CCXP) in Brazil, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige was on-hand to get fans excited about the upcoming projects in Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For the first time ever, the new roster of projects include streaming shows from Marvel Studios that directly tie into the events of the movies, and the CCXP panel gave a glimpse at the first official photos from both Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision....

Now Scream This: 10 Great Horror Movies Streaming Right Now By /Film Staff/Jan. 27, 2020 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to Now Scream This, a column where horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato tell you what scary, spooky, and spine-tingling movies are streaming and where you can watch them.)Matt: HOW IS IT ONLY, LIKE, TWO WEEKS INTO 2020 AND I’M ALREADY THIS EXHAUSTED?! Maybe because we’re in the cinematic “Ides of January,” looking at you Dolittle - but that’s poppycock because Underwater rules and none of y’all showed up....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘Honeyland,’ ‘Tomboy,’ ‘My Mister,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 3, 2020 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) As we near the annual Academy Awards, you may be anxious to watch the films nominated for the coveted golden statuette. And while some of them are available to stream now, a fair few are harder to find....

Superhero Bits: New Villain Coming To Superman Comics, SDCC And WonderCon Not Canceled Yet & More By Ethan Anderton/March 11, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see some alternate designs for the time travel suits in Avengers: Endgame? What upcoming Marvel movie star auditioned for a role in Agents of SHIELD? Who is the new villain coming to Superman comics? Who would have played the villain a New Mutants sequel? What is Bloodshot’s Rotten Tomatoes score?...

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Over The Garden Wall’ Is The Perfect Fall-Time Fairy Tale By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 15, 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: Over the Garden WallWhere You Can Stream It: HBO Max, HuluThe Pitch: Brothers Wirt and Greg get lost in the Unknown, a mysterious forest adrift in time where animals talk, ancient creatures lead lost souls astray, and sentient pumpkins engage in creepy cultish rituals....

The Third ‘The Walking Dead’ Series Has A New Trailer Filled With Creepy Concept Art By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 30, 2019 10:30 am EST The Walking Dead universe continues to expand — kind of like an undead plague slowly taking over the Earth. But The Walking Dead’s expansion is a little more innocuous: It comes in the form of a new series: the third The Walking Dead series following the original and Fear the Walking Dead....

Theme Park Bits: Animal Kingdom’s Earth Day Celebration, A Monorail Book, And More By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 18, 2020 2:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Animal Kingdom prepares a multi-day Earth Day celebration. The expansion of Disney monorails may soon pause. And more! Every April means a new Earth Day celebration, but this year will be very special indeed. 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom is going all-out, with a multi-day celebration from April 18 to April 22....

‘Another’ Offers An Intriguing Anime Spin On ‘Final Destination’ By Rafael Motamayor/Nov. 1, 2019 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Ani-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.)A couple weeks ago, I said that horror and anime often don’t mix, and that’s mostly true. In anime, horror mostly deals with gore or “torture porn” and the supernatural. The former mostly deals with characters being constantly tortured or falling to over-exaggerated deaths, while the latter mostly refers to monsters and demons with exaggerated facial features....

‘Boys State’ Review: This Stunning Documentary Is One Of The Best Films You’ll See This Year [Sundance 2020] By Jason Gorber/Jan. 31, 2020 5:00 pm EST One attends a festival in hopes of finding a film that leaves you giddy with how good it is, seeking always for that thrill gained from a sense of discovery, uncovering that gem before it gets to be seen by a larger group of people....