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For Antoine Fuqua And Denzel Washington, It’s All About Trust Sony Pictures By Jack Giroux/Sept. 28, 2021 11:14 am EST Antoine Fuqua and Denzel Washington want audiences to enjoy their movies with popcorn and a coke. It’s as simple as that. The two first collaborated on “Training Day,” and since then, they’ve kept a good thing going with the “Equalizer” films and “The Magnificent Seven.” With talks underway for another “Equalizer” film, thank the Lord, that relationship will only continue to grow....

How To Watch Encanto At Home Disney By Ryan Scott/Dec. 13, 2021 3:03 pm EST (Welcome to How to Watch, where we get down to brass tacks and tell you “Hey, here’s how you can watch this thing.”) Disney partnered with Lin-Manuel Miranda several years back on “Moana,” which proved to be a gigantic hit. As Disney is not one to step away from a good thing, they once again got in the saddle with Miranda for this year’s “Encanto,” yet another enchanting musical directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, with Charise Castro Smith serving as co-director....

Jennifer Lopez Rom-Com Marry Me Will Stream On Peacock On The Same Day It Hits Theaters Universal Studios By Anya Stanley/Dec. 13, 2021 3:57 pm EST In the wake of a global pandemic shuttering theaters (temporarily), studios have taken a second look at simultaneous release models that allow moviegoers to bypass the traditional theatrical window before getting to watch a movie at home. Peacock has done day-and-date releases for David Gordon Green’s “Halloween Kills” sequel, which still tidied up at the box office despite viewers’ ability to stream the film on opening weekend....

Keegan-Michael Key Is Exactly The Kind Of ‘Saturday Night Live’ Host You Love To See By Ethan Anderton/May 16, 2021 11:00 am EST Keegan-Michael Key has decades of experience in improv and sketch comedy, so it should come as no surprise that he excelled stupendously when hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time. This is exactly the kind of host you want to see take the stage, and the result was an episode that was full of mostly fantastic sketches....

Neil Gaiman’s Dead Boy Detectives TV Series Gets Pilot Order At HBO Max Vertigo By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 3, 2021 5:09 pm EST Several of Neil Gaiman’s written works are making it to the screen these days, and it looks like there will be one more to add to that list. HBO Max has ordered a pilot for “Dead Boy Detectives,” a series based on DC Comics characters Gaiman created. Neil Gaiman’s Dead Boy Detectives TV Series Gets Pilot Order At HBO Max...

Scream Directors Promise The Trailer Doesn’t Spoil Anything Paramount Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 13, 2021 7:38 pm EST If you’re anything like me, yesterday marked an important day in which you watched the trailer for 2022’s “Scream” (or is it “5cream?”) no less than 64 times in an attempt to figure out just what we’re in for with the new film. The highly anticipated trailer was the first real look at the fifth installment of an iconic franchise, introducing audiences to the new faces of Woodsboro and reuniting us all with our beloved favorites, Sidney Prescott, Gale Weathers, and Dewey Riley....

Sexy Beasts Season 2 Trailer: Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Watch This Nightmare Fuel Netflix By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 30, 2021 8:52 pm EST Whoever lit the black flame candle, played with a Ouija board, or angered an old witch to hex us all with a second season of “Sexy Beasts,” show yourself now or accept that my current greatest desire is to go full Liam Neeson in “Taken” and track you down....

Studio Ghibli Fest Returns To Theaters For 2021 – Here’s How You Can Watch Some Anime Classics On The Big Screen By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 16, 2021 12:47 pm EST Studio Ghibli Fest is back to spirit you away to the magical worlds of anime titan Hayao Miyazaki. GKIDS has announced the dates of Studio Ghibli Fest 2021, which will return to theaters this fall with a celebratory 20th anniversary screening of Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning Spirited Away....

The Movie: Hocus Pocus Disney Interestingly enough, the story of “Hocus Pocus” goes all the way back to 1984 with horror maestro Mick Garris, known for, among other things, writing “Critters 2” and directing “Sleepwalkers.” It began life as a darker picture under the title “Disney’s Halloween House.” As is often the case, it entered development hell, going through various rewrites and what have you. Another interesting tidbit: Garris and producer David Kirschner apparently pitched it to Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, but Spielberg saw Disney as a competitor to Amblin and, as a result, refused to work with them....

The Best Movies Leaving HBO Max In March 2021 By Ben Pearson/Feb. 28, 2021 11:00 am EST It’s almost March, which will mark one year since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States (or at least the point when this country began taking it seriously). Why not distract yourself from what is sure to be a litany of anniversary articles by watching a few films instead? There are some awfully good movies leaving HBO Max in March 2021, and we’ll highlight several of them and then provide you with the entire list below....

The Cats Movie Was So Bad That It Made Andrew Lloyd Webber Buy A Dog Universal Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 6, 2021 3:29 pm EST I’m not saying the release of “Cats” brought about the end of times, but I’m also not not saying it. The digital-fur-covered fever dream known as Tom Hooper’s film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning musical, “Cats,” is one of the most perplexing things most people have ever seen, and yet here we are still talking about it....

The Daily Stream: Catfight And The Cathartic Benefit Of Punching Someone In The Face Dark Sky Films By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 4, 2021 4:09 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Catfight” Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: After graduation, two former friends from college who now find themselves in extremely different lifestyles cross paths at a boujee cocktail party....

The Sadness Review: One Of The Most Horrifying Movies Of Any Year [Telluride Horror Show 2021] Raven Banner Entertainment By Kalyn Corrigan/Oct. 31, 2021 9:51 am EST Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A rogue virus temporarily halts a speedy nation. A pompous president politicizes a deadly pandemic. Science and facts are ridiculed in favor of returning to some sense of normality before the experts deem it safe. Everyday citizens categorize the crescending mutation as nothing more than a hoax....

Upcoming Adam Sandler Movies You Need To Have On Your Radar By Ben Pearson/Aug. 16, 2021 11:19 am EST (Welcome to On Your Radar, a series where we take a look at what’s next for the biggest actors and filmmakers, and why you should be excited…or not.)Adam Sandler’s two most recent movies are Hubie Halloween and Uncut Gems, projects that represent two poles he likes to vacillate between as an actor: high concept comedies, and more prestige-driven character studies....

Wolf: Release Date, Cast, And More Focus Features By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 15, 2021 10:33 am 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.) If you think “Wolf” is a remake of the 1994 horror romance starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer, you’ve got another thing coming. There’s a condition called species dysphoria whereby certain people self-identify as animals trapped in human bodies....

Encanto Trailer Jaguars! Capybaras! Dancing donkeys! Boy, earlier reports that hinted at a story filled with a sort of magical realism certainly weren’t kidding around. From the trailer, it’s clear that this heightened, Colombian-set plot revolves around the Madrigal family, all of whom boast distinctive magical powers, ranging from super strength to shapeshifting to the gift of healing. Well, everyone except for poor Mirabel, that is, who is voiced by Stephanie Beatriz....

/Filmcast Ep. 605 - The Dig By Slashfilmcast/Feb. 10, 2021 8:00 pm EST David, Devindra, and Jeff chat about what the newest episode of WandaVision means for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For the feature review, the cast jumps into The Dig, a Netflix historic drama starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes. The Slashfilmcast is launching a Patreon! Support us at http://patreon.com/filmpodcast. For 20% off and free shipping of your painting, text FILM to 64-000....

‘I Think You Should Leave’ Season 2 Trailer: Tim Robinson’s Surreal Sketch Show Returns In July By Chris Evangelista/June 22, 2021 9:07 am EST Tim Robinson and company are back for an all-new weird, wonderful season of I Think You Should Leave. The surreal, absurd sketch comedy series returns in July, and it’s bringing hot dogs, ghost tours, Corncob TV, and old grandpas who used to be huge pieces of s***....

‘Paranormal Activity’ Sequel Cast Announced For The New Film Slated To Debut On Paramount+ By Chris Evangelista/March 29, 2021 4:30 pm EST The new Paranormal Activity sequel now has a cast, and in keeping with the franchise’s tradition, it’s made up of actors you probably aren’t very familiar with. Emily Bader, Roland Buck III, Dan Lippert, and Henry Ayres-Brown are all on board the film, which comes from Happy Death Day franchise writer Christopher Landon and Underwater director Will Eubank....

‘The Battersea Poltergeist’ Podcast Is Becoming A Blumhouse Scripted Series And Docuseries By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 25, 2021 5:00 pm EST The haunting of Shirley Hitchings is getting made into not one, but two Blumhouse TV series. BBC Radio 4’s The Battersea Poltergeist, which tells the story of the “strange events focused around Shirley Hitchings in 1956,” will be adapted into both a scripted series and a documentary series by Blumhouse, which is teaming up with Michael Seitzman’s Maniac Productions to adapt the longest documented poltergeist haunting in history....