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12 Movies To Watch If You Loved Tenet By Billie Gagné-LeBel/Oct. 18, 2021 8:44 pm EST Christopher Nolan, known for movies like “Inception” and “The Dark Knight” trilogy, has become an influential director not only for his sleek and stylish filmmaking, his groundbreaking visuals, and his movies’ larger-than-life soundscapes, but also for his love of conceptual ideas like time travel, the shifting nature of reality, the transitory properties of memories, and the power of dreams....

Blocks from the Ghostbusters Firehouse Slaven Vlasic / Getty Images for Alamo Drafthouse The Alamo Drafthouse opened its new Lower Manhattan location last month at the 28 Liberty building in New York’s Financial District. That’s about an 8-minute drive from the Firehouse, Hook & Ladder Company 8, the New York City Fire Department station that provided the exterior for the headquarters of the Ghostbusters in 1984. Ivan Reitman acknowledged its proximity in his own remarks, saying:...

Alexis Louder Did Her Clint Eastwood Homework To Star In Copshop [Interview] Open Road Films By Jack Giroux/Sept. 17, 2021 10:26 am EST Alexis Louder is a lone gunslinger in Joe Carnahan’s “Copshop.” It’s not surprising that Carnahan asked to Louder to watch a few Clint Eastwood classics before tackling the role of Valerie Young, a gun-twirling and dedicated police officer. She’s surrounded by cops and criminals in a station, but can’t trust anyone but herself....

AMC Reaches Deal With Warner Bros For 45 Day Theatrical Window In 2022 By Eric Vespe/Aug. 9, 2021 4:46 pm EST It’s a scary, uncertain time for the entire movie industry, and for theater owners in particular. Covid variants coupled with vaccine hesitance is proving unpredictable for an industry built on bringing people together in enclosed spaces, but it seems that AMC and Warner Bros are banking on 2022 being better....

“There is a Roadmap” AppleTV+ We’ve had the chance to see the first few episodes of “Foundation” season 1, and /Film’s Jacob Hall noticed dialogue which confirms several other Asimov stories happened in this universe. (Remember “I, Robot”? That’s one of ’em.) In a recent interview with Goyer, the showrunner acknowledged there are easter eggs present in “Foundation” for those who care to search for them, but he shifted the conversation to make sure audiences know there is an overarching plan in place for this show:...

Channing Tatum And Steven Soderbergh Return For Magic Mike’s Last Dance Warner Bros. By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 29, 2021 1:12 pm EST Great news — Channing Tatum hasn’t hung up his rip-away track pants just yet. The actor, who starred as “Magic” Mike Lane in “Magic Mike” and “Magic Mike XXL,” is going to reprise the role one more time for “Magic Mike’s Last Dance.” Better yet, franchise creator Steven Soderbergh is returning to the director’s chair....

Cool Stuff: New ‘The Office’ Funko POPs Include Lazy Scranton, Michael Scarn, Jan Levinson & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 14, 2020 7:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are already plenty of Funko POPs inspired by the beloved NBC comedy series The Office. Not only have the primary cast members been given generic regular vinyl figures, but Funko has started to dig into specific episodes to give us variations on characters, such as Meredith with her pixelated boob peeking out, Kelly in casual Friday clothing, the Florida version of Stanley, and tons of different versions of Dwight....

Doctor Who: Flux Doubles Down On Spectacle And Set-Up With A Tricky Premiere, The Halloween Apocalypse BBC By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 1, 2021 10:00 am EST “Doctor Who” has returned, and this time, it’s trying something new. Though, that’s part of the whole appeal of “Doctor Who,” isn’t it, that it’s always changing and experimenting with new genres and tones? But “Doctor Who: Flux” is probably one of the show’s flashiest experiments: one long multi-episode story that will serve as the final season for Jodie Whittaker’s historic Thirteenth Doctor, before she regenerates in a series of specials ahead of the show’s 60th anniversary....

Dune Production Designer Patrice Vermette Dreams Without Limitations [Interview] Warner Bros. By Jack Giroux/Nov. 14, 2021 11:09 am EST Production designer Patrice Vermette and director Denis Villeneuve go way back. They’ve been working together for close to a decade now, starting with “Prisoners” and most recently reuniting for “Dune.” Over the years they’ve brought a variety of worlds to life, including south of the border, Pennsylvania, and the interior of an alien spaceship in “Arrival....

When and Where to Watch I Am Groot Disney “I Am Groot” will stream on Disney+ as one of the many Marvel television shows coming to the company’s streaming platform. When it will premiere, however, remains unknown. We do know that there will be other “Guardians of the Galaxy” content in the not-so-distant future, however. We’ll be getting a James Gunn-directed “Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” on Disney+ sometime in 2022 (around the holiday season, one assumes), which will soon be followed by “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Henry Cavill Gives DC’s Black Superman Movie His Blessing: ‘Far More Than Skin Color’ Warner Bros. / DC Comics By Hannah Shaw-Williams/Nov. 13, 2021 3:48 pm EST Even as Henry Cavill prepares to swing into battle in a blond wig for “The Witcher” season 2, he’s still got a soft spot for another of his heroic characters: Superman. Cavill has said he’d still love to return as Clark Kent, but he’s also supportive of seeing other versions of the character — including a Black Superman....

Kevin Smith And A ‘Star Wars’ Icon Confirm Two More ‘The Rise Of Skywalker’ Cameos By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 28, 2019 11:00 am EST Not long after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was released, we rounded up the biggest cameos made throughout the finale of the Skywalker saga. However, as has become customary with this new trilogy, there are some bonus cameos that weren’t so easily spotted or named during the credits....

Marvel’s Eternals Will Premiere At The Rome Film Festival Marvel Studios By Max Evry/Oct. 5, 2021 9:53 am EST It’ll be superheroes Italian-style when Marvel Studios debuts their forthcoming cosmic epic “Eternals” at this year’s Rome Film Festival. According to Variety, the MCU film directed by recent “Nomadland” double Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao will be the closing film of the festival on Sunday, October 24 as part of the Alice nella città youth films section....

Movie Review: A Prophet (Is The Cannes Fave Really A Godfather-Esque Masterpiece?) By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 23, 2010 12:00 pm EST If a male filmmaker desires to throw up grim truth and reality before the eyes of moviegoers and also swoon critics, many of whom subsist on darker themes, he will at some point consider making a film about war or prison. There are no greater immediate settings for tapping perennial sentiments of a mad world, or for demystifying masculinity by scraping it and reducing it to a primal essence....

Movies Like No Country For Old Men That You Really Need To Watch Miramax Films By Liam Gaughan/Nov. 9, 2021 6:30 pm EST There’s an argument to be made that Joel and Ethan Coen are not only the most consistently interesting filmmakers of the past several decades, but have transcended any generational comparisons to rank among the greatest filmmakers of all time. Across 18 films, the Coens have created countless memorable characters, reinvigorated old genres, experimented with musical selections, and invented dialogue that is still quoted by film buffs....

New ‘Loki’ Teaser Introduces An Adorable TVA Mascot, Showcases Naked Tom Hiddleston By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 19, 2021 9:00 am EST There are a lot of questions floating around Loki, the upcoming Marvel series on Disney+ that will likely be one of the stranger things to come out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But chief among them is: who is that adorable little clock thing in the latest Loki poster and how can she be my friend?...

New Blu-Ray Releases You Should Check Out: ‘Indiana Jones’ 4K Box Set, ‘Super 8’, ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’, ‘In The Line Of Fire’ By Chris Evangelista/June 17, 2021 9:00 am EST Welcome back, Blu-ray fans. It’s time for another round-up of new Blu-ray releases you should check out, including the must-have Indiana Jones 4K box set, the 4K 10th anniversary release of Super 8, MonsterVerse entry Godzilla vs. Kong, and the excellent ’90s thriller In the Line of Fire, which is also dropping on 4K for the first time....

Saturday Night Live Director Don Roy King Leaving The Series After 15 Seasons Saturday Night Live By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 29, 2021 1:33 pm EST This week we learned “Saturday Night Live” will be missing a beloved cast member when season 47 begins this weekend. Beck Bennett has departed the late night sketch show after eight seasons, but “SNL” will be missing another key talent from behind the scenes of Studio 8H in 30 Rockefeller Plaza....

Scariest Scene Ever: ‘47 Meters Down’ And A Flare In The Depths By Meagan Navarro/Aug. 14, 2019 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror. In this edition: 47 Meters Down has one of the most terrifying horror movie moments in recent memory.)Two summers ago, director/co-writer Johannes Roberts’ small budget shark survival thriller 47 Meters Down quietly released into theaters and became one of the highest-grossing indie films of 2017....

Spoiler Discussion: Zack Snyder’s ‘Justice League’ By Peter Sciretta/March 22, 2021 1:45 pm EST On the March 21, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to have a spoiler discussion about Zack Snyder’s Justice League. In The Spoiler Room: The Snyder Cut Brief Reactions from Peter Cyborg Steppenwolf Darkseid Martian Manhunter Superman Flash scene Revamped Climactic Action Scene The Knightmare Sequence What works better in each version?...