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The Squid Game Reference That Made Our Heads Explode Netflix By Ben Pearson/Oct. 11, 2021 3:03 pm EST “Squid Game,” writer/director Hwang Dong-Hyuk’s devilishly clever smash-hit Netflix series, has been compared to plenty of other projects because of its premise – the most frequent of which are probably “Battle Royale” and “The Hunger Games,” two movies that also use the twisted “cram people together and gamify them killing each other” structure....

Watch The Most Inventive Cinematic Music Video You’ll See This Year By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 28, 2016 11:30 am EST Today I wanted to share with you something I watched over the weekend, the music video for OK Go’s “The One Moment,” from their album Hungry Ghosts. We don’t typically cover music videos on /Film, but I thought this one was worth our focus. If you watch one music video this year, make it this one....

Welcome To Earth Trailer: Will Smith Explores The World Without Punching Anything In The Face Disney+ By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 27, 2021 2:04 pm EST Will Smith has teamed up with National Geographic and Disney+ to explore Earth’s greatest wonders with real-life adventurers and explorers, and we’ve got a trailer to prove it. The series, “Welcome to Earth,” brings us to places most people will never have the chance to see in real-life....

What Happened Between Quantum Of Solace And Skyfall? The Missing Missions Of Daniel Craig’s James Bond MGM By Ryan Scott/Oct. 28, 2021 1:38 pm EST With the release of “No Time to Die” several weeks behind us, we can firmly say that the Daniel Craig era of “James Bond” is over. The man had one heck of a run in the iconic shoes of 007, beginning with “Casino Royale” way back in 2006....

‘American Horror Story: Double Feature’ Trailer: Come Up To The Lab And See What’s On The Slab By Ariel Fisher/July 27, 2021 7:34 pm EST The latest installment of American Horror Story, affectionately known as Double Feature, has been shrouded in mystery (per usual). And while creator and showrunner Ryan Murphy is often very secretive about what each season will bring to the table, this season seems to be throwing some curveballs....

‘Amulet’ Review: Atmosphere Can’t Save This Utter Bore [Sundance 2020] By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 28, 2020 5:00 pm EST Amulet is the type of film where you spend more time noticing the production design than you do giving a s*** about the story. A painfully slow slog, this horror film from Romola Garai has plenty of good ideas and a few neat creature effects, but that’s not enough to salvage things. Some may come away thrilled with Amulet’s big finish, which sends a message folks can get behind – especially in this day and age....

‘Department Of Truth’ Comic Book Is Getting Turned Into A TV Series By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 20, 2021 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you’re sick of all the comic book movies about superheroes that dominate the blockbuster market, how about a comic book adaptation about how conspiracy theories that take hold can shape the fabric of reality? Image Comics’ Department of Truth comic book series by James Tynion IV has been picked up to be turned into a TV series by Sister, the production banner co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone....

By Germain Lussier/Feb. 13, 2012 2:00 pm EST Eli Roth is making the earth move. The man behind the Hostel series, co-star of Inglourious Basterds and producer of The Last Exorcism has teamed up with successful Chilean filmmaker Nicolás López to make Aftershock, an English-language action-thriller inspired by the Chilean earthquake. It follows a group of six friends (including Roth, several international movie stars and a cameo by pop superstar Selena Gomez) struggling to survive after a massive earthquake hits their city and society crumbles around them....

‘Harley Quinn’ Trailer: DC Universe’s Foul-Mouthed Animated Series Is For Adults By Ben Pearson/July 22, 2019 9:30 am EST Margot Robbie may have given the acrobatic anti-hero Harley Quinn new life in live-action, but before that, the character was best known for appearing in animated properties. While Harley’s very first animated show, Batman: The Animated Series, was appropriate for kids, her newest series is decidedly not. At San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend, the DC Universe streaming service debuted the first trailer for Harley Quinn, a brand new animated series aimed squarely at adults which stars The Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuoco in the lead role....

‘Lisey’s Story’ Spoiler Review: Maybe Stephen King Is The Wrong Choice To Adapt Stephen King By Joshua Meyer/July 20, 2021 8:56 am EST “Everything the same?” This is how Scott Landon, one of many writer characters in the written works of Stephen King, greets his wife, Lisey, when coming home from a hard day of catatonic gazing by the dream pool. Like many creative people, he’s half in this world and half out....

‘Lost City Of D’ Might Reunite Sandra Bullock And Ryan Reynolds By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 12, 2020 5:30 pm EST The Proposition stars Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds are poised to reunite for The Lost City of D, a new romantic comedy being compared to Romancing the Stone. Adam & Aaron Nee, directors of the surprisingly fun Band of Robbers and the long-gestating upcoming Masters of the Universe reboot, have been tapped to direct the project, which comes from an idea by The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters director Seth Gordon....

‘Modern Love’ Season 2 Trailer: A Snapshot Of Modern Day Romance By Shania Russell/Aug. 17, 2021 8:27 am EST Based on the New York Times column and podcast of the same name, Modern Love puts a fictional spin on true love stories. For a glimpse at what’s coming in season 2, check out the extended trailer below. Modern Love Season 2 Trailer The beauty of Modern Love is that it tells individual stories in stand-alone half-hour episodes....

‘Star Wars: Ronin’ Novel Will Follow A Wandering Samurai Sith From ‘Star Wars: Visions’ By Ethan Anderton/July 8, 2021 9:33 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This fall, Star Wars: Visions will bring a galaxy far, far away to life in a new way with a collection of anime short films offering new interpretations and remixes of Star Wars mythology. Expanding on that storytelling style will also be a new book called Star Wars: Ronin: A Visions Novel....

‘Summertime’ Trailer: ‘Blindspotting’ Director Carlos López Estrada Shows L.A. Through The Eyes Of Teen Poets By Ben Pearson/Feb. 1, 2021 2:30 pm EST Poetry received a high profile boost recently thanks to Amanda Gorman’s fiery, powerful poem she delivered at Joe Biden’s inauguration. So perhaps now is a good time to release the trailer for Summertime, a new film from Blindspotting director Carlos López Estrada. Sort of an anthology movie, the film follows 25 young people as they criss-cross their way across Los Angeles on a hot summer day....

‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Trailer: In Which Emily Blunt Rides A Polar Bear By Jacob Hall/Feb. 11, 2016 10:00 am EST The most important thing to understand about the new The Huntsman: Winter’s War trailer is that there are at least two shots where Emily Blunt, playing a literal ice queen named Freya, rides a polar bear. Now, I’m not sure what you value in life, but Emily Blunt as an ice-blasting sorceress sitting astride a polar is the kind of thing that can get us through a dark and lonely day....

‘The Office’ Intended To Make A Famous Athlete The Father Of Jan’s Baby By Ethan Anderton/May 7, 2021 10:30 am EST If you’re a fan of The Office, you should be listening to the Office Ladies podcast hosted by the series stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, who played Pam Beesley and Angela Martin throughout the entire run of the show. Every episode divulges some interesting stories from behind the scenes, revealing fascinating trivia and details about the show that we never knew....

‘Uncut Gems’ Review: Adam Sandler Makes Bad Choices In The Latest Tense Saga From The Safdie Brothers [TIFF 2019] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 11, 2019 11:00 am EST The Safdie Brothers love to make movies about down-and-out folks making one terrible choice after another. These movies are endurance tests of a sort – narratives that ask: “How long can you put up with what the main character is putting up with?” Uncut Gems, the latest descent into poor choices from the filmmakers, pushes the situation to the limit, setting Adam Sandler on a journey from one terrible idea to the next....

‘WandaVision’ Comes To An Emotional Close With Its Series Finale By Evan Saathoff/March 5, 2021 7:00 am EST Hello all, and welcome to your weekly recap of whatever wildness occurred on the latest episode of WandaVision. These are meant to be read after watching, so they will go deep into spoiler territory. You have been warned! Last Week on WandaVision… In an effort to discover the source of Wanda’s amazing power, Agnes took the character on a tour of the saddest moments in her extraordinarily horrible life, ultimately revealing the origin of Westview in the process....

‘We Own This City’: David Simon And ‘The Wire’ Veterans Return To Baltimore For An HBO Show About Police Corruption By Ben Pearson/March 5, 2021 12:30 pm EST The Wire creator David Simon is not done exploring corruption in Baltimore just yet. A new report says that Simon and fellow The Wire veteran George Pelecanos are teaming up to make a new limited series for HBO called We Own This City, which is based on journalist Justin Fenton’s book of the same name....

15 Must-See Movies About College, Ranked MGM By Audrey Fox/Sept. 21, 2021 12:20 pm EST College is a time to let loose, unfettered by the restraints that make high school such a prison. As a result, movies that revolve around the college experience have a tendency to embrace a wild atmosphere. Despite the general concept of university as a place to get an education, the focus in college movies tends to be on partying first, studying later....