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The 2,000th Edition Of Superhero Bits: Republicans Loved Senator Kelly In ‘X-Men’, Black Manta Comes To ‘Fortnite’ & More By Ethan Anderton/July 17, 2020 6:00 pm EST Can you guess why Republicans loved Senator Kelly from the original X-Men movie? When can you get the entire TV series run of Wonder Woman on Blu-ray? How is Hot Wheels paying tribute to Avengers: Endgame with their 2020 SDCC exclusive release? Want to play as Aquaman villain Black Manta in Fortnite?...

The Quarantine Stream: Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Primal’ Is Visceral, Vicious, And Visually Stunning By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 3, 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: PrimalWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: When a caveman and a tyrannosaurs rex both experience terrible tragedies, they form an unlikely bond as they join forces to survive in a dangerous prehistoric world full of deadly creatures, mystical beings, and treacherous environments....

The Venice Film Festival Will Not Be Going Digital By Chris Evangelista/April 7, 2020 4:30 pm EST With the coronavirus continuing to upend film festivals across the globe, some are wondering if virtual, online film festivals might be the solution for the time being. And while some fests – SXSW, TIFF – are open to this idea, the Venice Film Festival isn’t having it. Speaking with Variety, a Venice spokesperson said: “The Venice Film Festival cannot be replaced by an online event,” adding that “there is obviously the possibility that we use technology for some initiatives, [but] it’s too early for this to be decided....

TV Bits: ‘Black Monday’, ‘Billions’, ‘The Crown’, ‘Star Trek: Short Treks’, ‘O.J. Made In America’ By Chris Evangelista/March 29, 2020 10:00 am EST In this edition of TV Bits: Showtime has changed the schedule of Black Monday and two other shows. Watch a trailer for Billions season 5. The Crown was able to beat the coronavirus and wrap early. Star Trek: Short Treks coming to Blu-ray in June. ESPN is airing an encore presentation of O....

VOTD: VFX Artists React To Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 10, 2020 6:00 am EST One of the movies nominated for Best Visual Effects at the Academy Awards last night was Avengers: Endgame. It was the only Oscar nomination that the Marvel Studios blockbuster could muster, and considering the fact that nearly every single shot in the movie requires the use of visual effects, they certainly deserved it. But not every movie is perfect, and even though Avengers: Endgame has some truly incredible visual effects throughout, mistakes were made, and one of them is addressed in a new video where VFX Artists React to Avengers: Endgame....

‘American Murder: The Family Next Door’ Trailer: A New Netflix True Crime Story By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 16, 2020 4:30 pm EST In 2018, a mother and her two daughters went missing in Colorado. Did the mother take her children and flee? Or was something more sinister at play? Tragically, the answer probably won’t surprise you – but that doesn’t make the story any less shocking. The case is covered in a new Netflix documentary, American Murder: The Family Next Door....

‘Better Call Saul’ Renewed For Sixth And Final Season [TCA 2020] By Fred Topel/Jan. 17, 2020 8:00 am EST AMC presented a Better Call Saul season five panel for the Television Critics Association yesterday. During the panel, creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould revealed that AMC has renewed them for a sixth season, which will be their final season. Throughout the panel, they elaborated more on the end of the Breaking Bad spinoff....

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Sequel Having Crazy Rich Problems, Writer Adele Lim Leaves Over Pay Disparity By Ben Pearson/Sept. 4, 2019 12:30 pm EST Crazy Rich Asians, last summer’s box office hit that marked a significant touchstone for Asian and Asian-American representation in Hollywood, is currently slated to have two sequels. But the first of those follow-ups will be moving forward without co-writer Adele Lim, who walked away from the sequel after realizing there was a huge pay disparity between Warner Bros....

‘Knives Out’ Casts Daniel Craig And Chris Evans Against Type And The Results Are Magnificent By Josh Spiegel/Nov. 29, 2019 7:00 am EST Martin Scorsese’s comments about the Marvel Cinematic Universe have, by their very nature of being critical of something so popular and dominant, been mostly misconstrued as targeting Marvel, and Marvel only. But his real criticism is not about the MCU, as much as it’s about the franchise nature of all of modern Hollywood....

‘Little Women’ Trailer: Greta Gerwig Puts A Fresh Spin On The Coming-Of-Age Classic By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 13, 2019 9:04 am EST There’s nothing little about the anticipation growing around Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s coming-of-age classic. Little Women has seen many an adaptation, but few as packed with talent as Gerwig’s upcoming feature film, which reunites the Oscar-nominated director with her Lady Bird stars Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet....

‘Loki’ Disney+ Series Brings In Kate Herron To Direct The Time-Hopping God Of Mischief By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 23, 2019 4:18 pm EST Even though Loki may have died at the beginning of Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel Studios isn’t done playing with Thor’s mischievous adopted brother. Loki is one of several new shows coming to the Disney+ streaming service launching later this year, but it won’t arrive until the spring of 2021....

‘Mortal’ Review: No Good Can Come From A Movie That Opens With A Dictionary Definition By Josh Spiegel/Nov. 4, 2020 10:00 am EST Rarely is it a good sign when a feature film opens with a dictionary definition, especially when the word being defined is pretty familiar to most viewers. Perhaps the best that can be said about the new Norwegian-American thriller Mortal is that after defining the eponymous word, the film mostly avoids being quite so thuddingly obvious....

‘Mulan’ Box Office: Disney Remake On Track For $85 Million Domestic Opening By Ben Pearson/March 5, 2020 3:30 pm EST Earlier this week, we learned that Disney has delayed the release of Mulan, its live-action remake of the 1998 animated movie, in “certain foreign markets” due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. But the film is locked in to its March 27, 2020 release date here in the United States, reportedly because the studio has already spent lots of money on advertising for it, and early estimates suggest that advertising may help drive the movie to an $85 million domestic opening weekend....

‘Pain And Glory’ Review: Pedro Almodovar’s Most Autobiographical Film Is A Tender, Beautiful Magic Trick [TIFF 2019] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 12, 2019 9:00 am EST Filmmakers – especially those who auteurs who shape the story of their respective films – often draw on personal experiences. It’s a time-honored tradition, with Federico Fellini’s 8 ½ being perhaps the most famous, respectable example. Pedro Almodovar’s Pain and Glory is yet another prime instance, and there are times when watching the film that one wonders if it’s all too personal – turning the audience into true voyeurs, peering into the furthest recesses of another person’s heart and soul....

‘Raising Dion’ Trailer: Michael B. Jordan’s Son Gets Superpowers In Netflix Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 18, 2019 4:00 pm EST Four years ago, writer Dennis Liu published the comic book Raising Dion, which told the story of a single black mother raising a son who begins to develop superpowers. A year later, Liu turned that comic book into a short film that caught the eye of Michael B. Jordan, himself a silver screen superhero in Fantastic Four (and eventual supervillain in Black Panther)....

‘Relic’ Director Natalie Erika James Shares The Personal Story Behind Her Terrifying New Horror Movie [Interview] By Marisa Mirabal/July 15, 2020 8:00 am EST Drawing from personal family experience and a love of J-horror, Japanese-Australian writer/director Natalie Erika James’ feature debut hits all the emotional and cinematic marks with Relic. James used her 2016 short Creswick as a proof of concept for her debut and clearly has a knack for the horror genre, tapping into the emotional side of terror....

‘Seinfeld’ Cable Rights Land At Viacom, Sending Reruns To Comedy Central And More Channels By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 24, 2019 3:30 pm EST Netflix recently acquired the global streaming rights to the classic NBC sitcom Seinfeld when the show’s current streaming deal with Hulu expires at the end of 2020. But what about the people who want to see Seinfeld on cable? Where will they see Jerry and his New York friends complaining about everything if they don’t have a Netflix subscription?...

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Vinyl Soundtrack Coming From Mondo By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 24, 2020 1:30 pm EST Hey kids, remember Solo: A Star Wars Story? It was the film that effectively killed off the Star Wars anthology films because it didn’t blow up at the box office. But the Ron Howard-directed flick really isn’t as bad as its reputation suggests, and if you’re a fan of the film – and the film’s score, by John Powell – here’s some good news: Mondo is releasing a Solo vinyl soundtrack....

‘The Batman’ Trailer: Robert Pattinson Is The Dark Knight By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 22, 2020 6:02 pm EST The first trailer for The Batman arrived as part of DC FanDome, and folks – it’s fantastic. I’ll confess to being a little skeptical about yet another Batman movie, but everything here works, and works exceedingly well. I’m now even more excited to see what else Matt Reeves has in store for us, and how Robert Pattinson interprets the role of the Caped Crusader....

‘The Boys’ Season 2 Trailer: The Boys Go Up Against An Army Of Supes By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 4, 2020 8:30 am EST The Boys are on the run from the law, but that may be the least of their concerns in The Boys season 2. After Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) and his teammates, including Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Frenchie (Tomer Capon) and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara), have pissed off the most powerful superheroes in the world and found themselves fugitives from the law, a new superhero arrives on the scene to present an even bigger threat....