Daily Podcast: House Of The Dragon Teaser And An Interview With The Rescue Directors HBO By Ben Pearson/Oct. 5, 2021 4:18 pm EST On the October 5, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by senior news editor Jacob Hall to talk about the new House of the Dragon teaser. Then, Ben presents an interview with E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin about their new film, “The Rescue....
Don’t Worry, Quentin Tarantino Didn’t Understand Tenet Either Warner Bros. By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 23, 2021 2:01 pm EST Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” was big, ambitious, and also kind of confusing. It didn’t help that the sound was mixed in such a way that it was difficult to understand what the heck everyone was saying. If you were perplexed by Nolan’s time-bending action pic, don’t fret – you’re in good company. During a recent podcast appearance, Quentin Tarantino revealed that the film confused him and that he would probably be better served by checking it out again....
Hellbound Trailer This “Hellbound” trailer is only a minute long, so it’s really more of a teaser, but it does a good job of setting the mood: putting us in a cafe with a cursed man who has “the executors of Hell” closing in on him. He looks at his phone, counting down the time till he meets his doom. Before you die, you see … the CG cheese? That’s right....
House Of Gucci Review: Lady Gaga Does Her Best Dracula Voice In Ridley Scott’s Wicked Satire Of The Rich And Clueless MGM By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 22, 2021 6:01 pm EST It’s Lifestyles of the Rich and Clueless in Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci,” an odd duck of a film that wants to serve you both a scrumptious gourmet meal and greasy fast food in the same bite. There’s a wobbly, unbalanced quality to the entire thing, as Scott and company try to make something akin to a prestige drama cosplaying as a trashy soap opera....
Jeremy Renner Hopes To See Hawkeye Lead His Own Superhero Team In The MCU Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 25, 2021 12:43 pm EST Jeremy Renner is ready to take on a leadership role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His character, Clint Barton, is finally getting his own solo outing now in the Disney+ series “Hawkeye,” which just dropped its first two episodes this week like a couple of gifts under the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center (one of the New York City locations that makes an appearance in the show)....
Maggie Q Plays The Rare Vietnamese Action Hero In ‘The Protégé,’ And It’s About Time By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 18, 2021 11:48 am EST Vietnam. In Hollywood films, it’s a country of war-torn battlefields and sweaty, booby-trapped jungles and faceless locals who are either victims or violent aggressors. But things are changing, both in and outside of Hollywood. The Vietnamese film industry is taking off with global hits like the Veronica Ngo revenge thriller Furie, while Vietnamese-American stars like Kelly Marie Tran and Lana Condor grace the posters of big-budget blockbusters and beloved Netflix films....
New Spider-Man Trilogy In The Works From Sony And Marvel, Tom Holland To Stick Around Sony Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 29, 2021 9:44 am EST Last night, tickets for “Spider-Man: No Way Home” went on sale ahead of the threequel’s highly anticipated release. Based on how quickly ticketing websites crashed due to overwhelming amounts of traffic and enormous wait times (for those lucky enough to even get that far, of course), the public’s interest in this latest “Spider-Man” outing — which boasts a handful of familiar villains ripped straight out of the multiverse and from two decades of “Spider-Man” cinematic canon – has put “No Way Home” squarely in the realm of a blockbuster event movie....
Operation Mincemeat: Release Date, Cast, And More Netflix By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 7, 2021 11:31 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.) Life makes mincemeat out of our plans, and Colin Firth is about to find out that when you plan to hoodwink Hitler, complications will arise....
Paranormal Activity: Next Of Kin: Release Date, Cast, And More Paramount+ By Ben Pearson/Sept. 17, 2021 5:38 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.) After a six year break, the “Paranormal Activity” film series is (nearly) back to scare the Toby out of you once again. Here’s everything you need to know about “Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin,” including where you can watch it, who is in it, and more....
Pop Culture Imports: ‘Beginning,’ ‘Space Sweepers,’ ‘Promare,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 26, 2021 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) Welcome back to another edition of Pop Culture Imports, where I spotlight international films of both the arthouse and the audience-pleasing variety. And in this week’s column, we’ve got a healthy heaping of both. From Georgia’s hypnotic Oscar contender to South Korea’s first space blockbuster, here are the best foreign movies and TV streaming now....
Sopranos Creator David Chase Reveals Why He Picked That Song For That Scene HBO By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 21, 2021 8:14 am EST “Made in America,” the series finale of “The Sopranos,” delivered one of the more divisive yet memorable endings in the Golden Age of TV. Series creator David Chase recently appeared on the “WTF with Marc Maron” podcast (via THR) to promote his “Sopranos” movie prequel, “The Many Saints of Newark....
Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Andrew Garfield Denies ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Rumors, ‘Sin City’ 30th Anniversary Re-Release & More By Ethan Anderton/May 4, 2021 6:00 pm EST Here’s the trailer for the upcoming X-Men: Hellfire Gala comic book arc, introducing a new mutant line-up. The Mitchells vs. The Machines director Mike Rianda tried to include “disheveled lumpy Spider-Man.” In two weeks, Superman & Lois is returning to The CW, and here’s a tease of what’s coming in the episode....
Ted Lasso Apple TV+ “Ted Lasso” is a natural starting point for anyone coming to Apple TV+ for the first time, and it’s easily the streamer’s most talked-about show. Season 1 garnered seven Emmys and the can-do Lasso way has had such a wide-reaching cultural impact that Hollywood is now looking to follow suit and produce more uplifting content. Even if sports and comedy aren’t your things, Jason Sudeikis may quickly win you over with his character’s viral celebration dance and indefatigable Kansas kindness....
“This Was Our Whole Childhood.” Paramount Pictures Nolan’s love of “2001” is particularly well-documented. Around the same time he oversaw a 70mm “unrestoration” of the film in 2018 (understandably, the movie’s still-living special photographic effects supervisor, Douglas Trumbull, was somewhat “flabbergasted” that Warner Bros. didn’t involve him in this process), Nolan described Kubrick’s space epic as being the perfect movie to show kids. While explaining what he meant by that, he also referenced his own childhood encounter with both “2001” and “Star Wars”:...
Character Vignettes Prime Video The shorts aren’t plotty — they’re very much character-focused. There’s a least one short, however, that has cameos from people we haven’t seen in awhile. The Holden one has at least three cameos, including someone who was in the very first episode of the series. “You see where he came from, I’ll say that. You see where he came from,” teased Steven Strait, who plays Holden. “It’s a really poignant show of just how far he’s come....
The Morning Watch: Why Movie Theaters Aren’t Dead Yet, The Royal Houses Of Dune & More Mihai Borza/Shutterstock By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 15, 2021 8:31 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, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.)...
The Fourth Best Bond EON Productions Towards the end of his life, the typically wry Moore joked that he was the fourth best Bond after Connery, Daniel Craig and … George Lazenby. He took over from the Australian model and actor after Lazenby followed some bad advice from his agent and quit after just one film, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” in 1969. Moore’s name had been in circulation to play Bond since before “Dr....
The Visual and Verbal The multi-faceted characterization of Gary King (and, to a slightly lesser extent, his four friends, Andy, Steven, Oliver, and Peter) is a large part of why The World’s End stands slightly taller than Edgar Wright’s other films. An equally large part is that, as with Shaun, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim, and Baby Driver, the visual and verbal wit of the film is the right mix of clever and hilarious....
TV Bits: ‘Luther’ Movie, Bill Nye Series On Peacock, ‘Rick And Morty’ Season 7, Samara Weaving-Led Playboy Bunny Series, & More By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 7, 2021 9:00 am EST In this edition of TV Bits: Idris Elba confirms a Luther movie will start shooting this year. Samara Weaving to star as a Playboy Bunny in Sony Picture TV’s Down the Rabbit Hole. Bill Nye to host The End is Nye on Peacock....
Wheel Of Time Audiobook Coming From TV Adaptation Star Rosamund Pike By Vanessa Armstrong/Oct. 21, 2021 3:38 pm EST Macmillan Audio announced the news today that Pike will narrate an audiobook version of “The Eye of the World,” the first book in Jordan’s 14-book series that also includes an additional prequel novel. This isn’t the first time Pike has voiced an audiobook. Previous efforts of Pike’s have included “A Slow Fire Burning” by Paula Hawkins and Jane Austen’s “Pride & Prejudice....
