Posts

The Scariest Scene In The Original ‘Black Christmas’ Maximizes Yuletide Terror With Minimalism And POV By Meagan Navarro/Dec. 11, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror. In this edition: Black Christmas ushers in an exhilarating climax with a minimalist approach to the horror and a peeping eye.)Director Bob Clark helmed not one, but two definitive Christmas classics in his career; A Christmas Story and Black Christmas, two widely varying takes on the holiday....

The Future of Starfox in the MCU Marvel Comics In the comics, Starfox is the brother of Thanos, but he’s usually depicted as being a happier, more well-adjusted hero, with a love for women and without a thought for genocide in his head. Among other things, he has “emotion manipulating powers,” which caused Thanos to seal his mouth off with flesh in the “Infinity Gauntlet” series, not unlike what Agent Smith does to Neo in the interrogation room in “The Matrix....

True Crime Series ‘The Staircase’ Enlists ‘Fear Street’ Director Leigh Janiak By Marisa Mirabal/July 19, 2021 5:12 pm EST Director Leigh Janiak just served audiences a slasher trilogy spanning three different time periods and a hell of a lot of nostalgia with her adaptation of R.L. Stine’s Fear Steet. Now, Janiak is joining another Netflix series, The Staircase, that tackles a high-profile death under very mysterious circumstances. Deadline announced that Leigh Janiak is on board to direct two episodes of HBO Max’s upcoming true-crime series, The Staircase....

Who Are The Timekeepers And What Could Their Comic History Mean For ‘Loki’? By Joshua Meyer/June 8, 2021 8:00 am EST It’s hard to believe it’s been over two years since Avengers: Endgame, but when Loki hits Disney+ on Wednesday, it will mark the long-awaited return of Tom Hiddleston’s character, who teleported out of the movie with the Tesseract in April 2019. Since then, the world has undergone a pandemic and the Marvel Cinematic Universe has pivoted to the small screen, with WandaVision, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, and now, Loki, luring Marvelites to Disney’s streaming service, even as Black Widow revs up to finally lure them back to theaters this summer....

Will There Be A Project Power Sequel? Here’s What We Know Netflix By Ryan Scott/Sept. 17, 2021 8:36 am EST (Welcome to Will There Be a Sequel?, a series where we answer that question and explore what comes next.) “Project Power” was released by Netflix at the tail end of last summer. The summer moviegoing season in 2020, for painfully obvious reasons, was sorely lacking in the typical superhero/comic book movie fare....

You Probably Missed This ‘Coco’ Detail Foreshadowing A Major Plot Point By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 27, 2017 3:00 pm EST Coco is Pixar’s most visually sumptuous movie to date, bathed in vibrant and warm colors that recall the festive decorations of Mexico’s Day of the Dead, and the otherworldly luminescence of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. But amid all the visual splendor are a few plot details that you may have missed upon first, or even second, viewing of this delightful film....

‘Infinite’ Review: This Blah Reincarnation Sci-Fi Action Flick Should Be Sent To Digital Purgatory By Chris Evangelista/June 10, 2021 7:01 am EST “There are among us a people gifted with a perfect memory of all their past lives. They call themselves Infinites!” So says Mark Wahlberg less than a minute into Infinite, the hacky and dreadfully blah sci-fi action pic from director Antoine Fuqua. Wahlberg doesn’t usually do voice-over narration in his movies, and it’s easy to see (or rather, hear) why – he’s very bad at it....

‘Julia’ Trailer: ‘RBG’ Filmmakers Honor Julia Child In A Culinary Documentary By Shania Russell/July 16, 2021 9:38 am EST Julia Child’s impact on the culinary world is immense. She’s one of the world’s most famous chefs for very good reason — she paved the way for the many beloved cooking shows that populate YouTube and Food Network today. More than that, she changed the way people cooked in their own kitchens, fearlessly introducing Americans to French styles and cuisines....

‘Launchpad’ Featurette: The Disney+ Collection Of Short Films Wants You To “Embrace Yourself” By Chris Evangelista/May 11, 2021 3:30 pm EST Launchpad, a new Disney+ series of live-action short films that have nothing to do with the character from DuckTales, has released a new featurette ahead of its premiere. The goal of the series is “to diversify the types of stories that are being told and to give access to those who have historically not had it” based around the theme “Discover....

‘Rebel Moon’: Zack Snyder’s Reworked ‘Star Wars’ Movie Heads To Netflix, Could Launch New Sci-Fi Universe By Joshua Meyer/July 6, 2021 4:24 pm EST It’s been quite a year for Zack Snyder, who has taken streaming services and the hashtag-loving hordes of the Internet by storm. First with his four-hour director’s cut of Justice League on HBO Max, then with his Las Vegas zombie heist Army of the Dead on Netflix....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Runs Into Some Familiar Faces From ‘The Clone Wars’ In “Decommissioned” By Caroline Cao/June 4, 2021 10:00 am EST This article contains spoilers for the Star Wars: The Bad Batch episode “Decommissioned.” There’s never time to rest for the characters on Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Needing the creds and a beneficial working arrangement, the Bad Batch (Dee Bradley Baker) and Omega (Michelle Ang) reluctantly accept an assignment from the shady Cid (Rhea Perlman, again with her acerbic swagger): retrieve the head of a tactical droid at a decommissioning facility that melts Separatist droids for an unrevealed client....

‘The Great’ Season 2: Release Date, Cast And More By Shania Russell/Aug. 17, 2021 4:00 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Revolution is nigh! The Greatest ruler of them all is returning to claim her throne, and she’ll take down anyone — her own husband included — who stands in her way!...

‘The Suicide Squad’ Credits Scene Explained: What’s Next For That Character? By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 6, 2021 8:12 am EST Well over a year after the release of their last in-canon DC Universe installment, Birds of Prey, Warner Bros. has expanded their roster even more with The Suicide Squad. Those able and willing to catch it on the big screen have every opportunity to do so, but fortunately fans can also check it out from the comfort of their own homes through its simultaneous release on HBO Max....

‘The Suicide Squad’ Review: James Gunn Serves A Splatter-Filled Superhero Romp With A Sprinkling Of Sweetness By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 28, 2021 9:00 am EST Warner Bros. has prided itself in making “director-driven” DC superhero movies, and rarely has that directive paid off as gloriously as it has with James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. We’ve read the headlines at this point: Gunn was given free rein to do whatever he wanted with his follow-up (but not a sequel) to David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad, including indulging in R-rated mayhem and hiring Peter Capaldi to wear tracksuits and say “f***” as much as he wants....

Daily Podcast: What Constitutes A Cult Classic? Movies From Black Creators, Spider-Man 3 Title, And More By Ben Pearson/Feb. 24, 2021 2:30 pm EST On the February 24, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including the title for Spider-Man 3, David Fincher’s next movie, some Disney+ release dates, and a couple of cool Netflix projects....

Edgar Wright Directing New ‘The Running Man’ Movie Based On The Stephen King Novel By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 19, 2021 12:35 pm EST The Running Man, Stephen King’s dystopian novel that was very loosely adapted into an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie in the ’80s, is getting a new adaptation from none other than Edgar Wright. Wright’s adaptation will stick more closely to King’s book, which was set in a world where people risked their lives on a deadly game show to earn a billion-dollar jackpot....

Elves Season 1: Release Date, Cast, And More Netflix By Shania Russell/Oct. 7, 2021 4:00 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Elves are coming to Netflix, perfectly timed for the holiday season! There’s just one problem… these aren’t the the red-and-white wearing, toy-obsessed creatures from Santa’s workshop....

H2: Halloween 2 Update: Rob Zombie Clarifies To /Film On The Mask. New Poster By Hunter Stephenson/May 8, 2009 4:47 pm EST We’ll be posting my rather epic interview today with Rob Zombie shortly. In the meantime, here’s an excerpt in which he clears up misconceptions surrounding Michael Myers’ “mask-less ratio” in H2 (Halloween 2). You may recall previous reports that Myers will go mask-less for 70% of the film. But as Zombie emphasized in good humor, the editing process has just started on the sequel, rendering the figure moot…...

Halo Teaser: The Iconic Video Game Becomes A TV Series Microsoft By Ryan Scott/Nov. 15, 2021 1:58 pm EST Today brings a big thing to video game fans, and those who like sci-fi stuff in general, as we finally have a teaser trailer for the “Halo” TV show. This has been a very long time coming, as a big live-action adaptation of the iconic Xbox video game series has been in the works for years now, be it as a movie or TV series....

How ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Changed ‘Star Wars’ History By Germain Lussier/March 3, 2015 9:00 am EST The first season of Star Wars Rebels is now in the books. The Star Wars history books, that is. Rebels was the first new piece of Star Wars content created after Disney bought the company in 2012. That in itself is pretty significant. Beyond that, the show was the first piece of official canon story linking what happened between the Original Trilogy and the Prequel Trilogy....