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You Don’t Have To Be An Anime Fan To Enjoy Star Wars: Visions Lucasfilm By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 21, 2021 1:29 pm EST This week brings “Star Wars: Visions” to Disney+, taking the sci-fi saga in a completely new direction with a series of standalone stories presented in the style of Japanese anime. While the mere concept might immediately turn off those who couldn’t care less about anime, as both a longtime “Star Wars” fan and someone who doesn’t have a great appreciation for this particular animation style, I can tell you that “Star Wars: Visions” is still worth watching for the masterful visuals, the wild twists on “Star Wars” paraphernalia, and the compelling assembly of tales of heroes who stand up to the face of evil — no matter what the cost....

‘Animorphs’ Creators Exit Movie Adaptation Over Creative Differences By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 30, 2020 1:00 pm EST The Animorphs movie has lost the series’ original creators. Animorphs co-creator Michael Grant, who co-wrote the sci-fi novels with his wife Katherine Applegate (writing together under the name K.A. Applegate), revealed that they are parting ways with the upcoming film adaptation over creative differences. Animorphs co-creator Michael Grant shared that he and Applegate, who write together under the name K....

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ And ‘The Marvels’ Get Official Loglines By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 5, 2021 8:00 am EST Marvel Studios revealed the titles for the sequels to Captain Marvel and Black Panther earlier this week in a jam-packed teaser for its upcoming superhero releases. Now, we have official loglines for The Marvels, the sequel to 2019’s Captain Marvel, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the follow-up to 2018’s Black Panther.Marvel.com revealed the official synopsis for The Marvels, which refers to the group of superpowered characters who take on the mantle of “Marvel” at some point....

‘Blood Brothers: Muhammad Ali And Malcolm X’ Trailer: The Netflix Documentary Explores The Relationship Of Two Icons By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 19, 2021 6:50 pm EST The trailer for Blood Brothers: Muhammad Ali & Malcolm X is here, giving us our first look at Marcus A. Clarke’s upcoming Netflix documentary. It promises to be a revealing examination of the relationship between two icons: the king of the boxing ring, Muhammad Ali, and the slain civil rights activist, Malcolm X....

‘Cells At Work: CODE BLACK’ Is An Anime That Will Scare You Into Taking Better Care Of Yourself By Rafael Motamayor/April 14, 2021 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Ani-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.) Last year, right before the world entered into lockdown, I wrote about the fun and violent Cells at Work!, an anime with tons of monster-killing and also some important biology lessons about the wonderful things your body does to keep you alive....

‘Jungle Cruise’ Sails To Digital This Month, With Blu-Ray Release Set For November By Vanessa Armstrong/Aug. 16, 2021 9:51 am EST Disney’s Jungle Cruise, starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, premiered in theaters and Disney+ Premier Access just a few weeks ago. The feature film based on the popular theme park attraction, however, continues to cruise along to more audiences with a upcoming digital release and a Blu-ray release set for later this year....

‘The Monster Squad’ Was Released 25 Years Ago Today: Fred Dekker Talks About The Film’s Reception And Anniversary By Germain Lussier/Aug. 14, 2012 9:30 am EST The one thing almost everyone knows about The Monster Squad is “Wolfman’s got nards.” What started as a seemingly throwaway line of dialogue struck a chord with audiences and, to this day, remains a must-know geek quote. Outside of that, though, The Monster Squad, directed by Fred Dekker and co-written by he and Shane Black, is a mostly forgotten piece of eighties entertainment....

Star-Lord T’Challa What If…? director Bryan Andrews previously hinted that the episode is less about T’Challa changing due to his new circumstances and more about the Prince reshaping the galaxy around him. No surprise there, since T’Challa has always shone because of his immense strength and influence on everyone around him. His prior appearance in Captain America: Civil War saw him overcoming immense grief just in time to save lives. In Black Panther, his leadership was an integral part of changing the world for the better....

By Joshua Meyer/July 27, 2021 5:59 am EST Fuqua previously directed Pratt in his remake of The Magnificent Seven, and as we reported last year, The Terminal List marks Pratt’s return to television after leaving behind Parks and Recreation for movie stardom years ago. The main cast also includes Taylor Kitsch, Constance Wu, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, and Patrick Schwarzenegger. Plot details are as follows: The Terminal List is a conspiracy thriller that combines elevated action with deep psychological questions about the cost of pushing our nation’s highest trained operators too far....

Daily Podcast: What If…? Episode 5 Spoiler Discussion By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 8, 2021 5:01 pm EST On the September 8, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer and weekend editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler discussion about “What If…?” episode 5 “What If… Zombies!”. Opening Banter: In the Spoiler Discussion: What If season 1 episode 5 “What If… Zombies!” Brief reactions...

Will Smith Surprises Jabari Banks The show’s creative team has selected Jabari Banks, a West Philadelphia local and recent college graduate, to play “Will” in “Bel-Air,” which has a two-season order at Peacock. And as you can see from Banks’ reaction, he’s clearly thrilled and ready for the challenge of stepping into one of the most recognizable characters in TV history. From the story he tells, it sounds like this casting was meant to be: the original series has clearly meant a lot to him over the course of his life, and he even convinced his friends to dress up as “Fresh Prince” characters with him when he was in high school....

J.J. Abrams And Showtime Will Solve This UFO Thing Once And For All With A New Docu-Series By Chris Evangelista/June 16, 2021 2:15 pm EST UFO sightings have been with us for several decades, but in the last few years, talk of UFOs has increased, bolstered by the fact that people in power have been talking more openly about the phenomenon. In fact, this morning CNN reported that Members of the House Intelligence Committee received a classified briefing on UFOs....

Last Night In Soho Review: Edgar Wright Evolves, If Not Improves, His Familiar Form [Venice 2021] Focus Features By Marshall Shaffer/Sept. 4, 2021 4:02 pm EST Take the anti-nostalgic magical realism of “Midnight in Paris,” fuse it with the feminine psychodrama of Ingmar Bergman’s “Persona,” then dip it in a giallo horror color palette. The result would be something like Edgar Wright’s new action thriller “Last Night in Soho.” The British filmmaker tends to riff on the conventions of a single genre or style for each film, exploding and subverting them with his boundless creativity and vast knowledge of the form....

M. Night Shyamalan Explains Why U.S. Critics Didn’t “Get” ‘The Last Airbender’ By Angie Han/Sept. 13, 2013 4:30 pm EST If you were to ask most people why The Last Airbender got so much hate, they’d probably respond with another question: “Where to begin?” Viewers slammed the live-action fantasy for its muddy visuals, its wooden acting, its incoherent plot, its stilted dialogue… and let’s not even get into the whitewashing controversy that surrounded the casting....

New The Batman Image: The Dark Knight Oversees His Domain Warner Bros By Shania Russell/Oct. 14, 2021 2:08 pm EST “The Batman” is the gift that keeps on giving. I mean, sort of. The movie has suffered a few drastic delays and continues to exist just out of our reach… but every time we get the slightest morsel of this movie, all that impatience seems to evaporate. After gifting us another quick taste of Robert Pattinson’s wonderfully growly Batman voice, the team behind the film have offered up another quick look at “The Batman....

Russia And Tom Cruise Are In A New Space Race To Shoot A Movie In Outer Space By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 13, 2021 12:30 pm EST It’s the space race for the new age: who will be the first to shoot a movie in outer space? Tom Cruise already put in his bid, but now Russia has announced its intention to shoot a movie this October. The funniest thing is, they both plan to shoot at the International Space Station....

Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Glover, Elaine May, And More To Receive Honorary Oscars By Ben Pearson/June 24, 2021 2:00 pm EST The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced today that early next year, Honorary Oscars will be presented to actors Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), Liv Ullmann (Cries & Whispers), and writer/director/actor Elaine May (A New Leaf). These honorary awards are intended “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy....

No one goes into a time travel movie expecting all the answers. Time travel films are often filled with unanswerable mysteries, because the idea of moving characters against the normal flow of time creates problems and paradoxes. Bending your mind around the layers and repetition of time travel is part of the fun, even in a bad time travel movie. Writer/director Rian Johnson loves time travel movies too, even the bad ones....

The Morning Watch: ‘WandaVision’ Series Finale Easter Eggs, Tom Felton Reacts To His ‘Harry Potter’ Performance & More By Ethan Anderton/March 8, 2021 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 Original ‘Halloween’ Honest Trailer, Starring Cinema’s Most Deadly Mouth Breather By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 24, 2018 6:00 am EST Now that the new Halloween in theaters, marking the third attempt at making Halloween II, and the third time a movie was called simply Halloween, take a tongue-in-cheek look back at the film that started it all. John Carpenter’s Halloween is the beginning of the slasher trend of movies with masked killers stalking suburban teens, and there’s a reason Michael Myers is still one of the most iconic slashers of all time....