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Copshop Review: Gerard Butler And Frank Grillo Face Off In Joe Carnahan’s Trashy, Fun Actioner Open Road Films By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 14, 2021 9:38 am EST Joe Carnahan made a name for himself with the brutal, intense cop drama “Narc.” He followed that film up with “Smokin’ Aces,” a star-studded, rather messy shoot ’em up that was oozing with style, and far removed from the more serious tone of “Narc.” Since then, Carnahan has occasionally dipped back into seriousness with entries like the criminally underrated “The Grey....

Daily Podcast: Trying To Figure Out What Jordan Peele’s Nope Is About, Also: Kaiju Score, Free Guy, Exorcist & Loki By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2021 12:51 pm EST On the July 23, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer and weekend editor Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Jordan Peele’s Nope, The Kaiju Score, Free Guy, David Gordon Green’s Exorcist and Loki....

Do You Find Me Sadistic: Ranking Every Single Quentin Tarantino Character (Part One) By Jacob Hall/Dec. 22, 2015 7:00 am EST Every single Quentin Tarantino character is full of life. Look to the fringes of his films and you’ll find supporting characters with more personality and spark than leading characters in other movies. Minor characters, who appear for a single scene and vanish forever, are given lines of dialogue that would be the highlight of other films....

HBO Max Will Launch A Cheaper, Ad-Supported Subscription Tier In June By Ethan Anderton/March 12, 2021 8:30 am EST In a recent press release, WarnerMedia announced the cheaper, ad-supported HBO Max subscription tier that will be arriving this June. Since this only served as the announcement of the tier itself, an exact price was not yet provided, but the tier will definitely be cheaper than the current ad-free $14.99 monthly subscription....

How Did This Get Made: A Conversation With The Producer Of ‘The Peanut Butter Solution’ By Blake Harris/July 21, 2020 8:00 am EST This week, the gang at How Did This Get Made? covered The Peanut Butter Solution, a mid-80s children’s fantasy film about a suddenly-bald 11-year-old boy who uses a peanut-butter-powered magic potion to try and grow his hair back The key to understanding The Peanut Butter Solution is Rock Demers—the French-speaking, Canadian producer whose beloved Reading-Rainbow-like “Tales for All” series of films has been captivating children around the world since 1985....

How The Coronavirus Pandemic Influenced The Plot Of ‘Monsters At Work’ By Joshua Meyer/July 2, 2021 7:25 am EST Monsters at Work is set to premiere on Disney+ soon and fans will be happy to know that the series serves as a direct follow-up to Monsters, Inc., the beloved 2001 Pixar film, which has maintained a presence at Disney Parks around the world with attractions like Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor and Monsters Inc....

How To Watch ‘Jungle Cruise’ At Home By Chris Evangelista/July 15, 2021 11:59 am 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.” In this edition: Jungle Cruise.) This summer, Disney hopes to recapture the fun and adventure of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie with yet another flick based on a theme park ride: Jungle Cruise....

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Season 15 Premiere Date Set On FXX FX By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 3, 2021 3:00 pm EST Alright gang, we’ve got news. Big news. The kind of news Channel 5’s Jackie Denardo would break down wearing a tight-fitting top. “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” will return for its record-breaking 15th season on FXX on December 1, 2021. The celebrated comedy about a group of friends who operate “the worst bar in Philadelphia” will set a new record for being the longest-running live-action comedy in television history, bypassing “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” from 1966....

Lars Von Trier’s ‘Nymphomaniac’ Will Feature Real Sex, Says Shia LaBeouf By Germain Lussier/Aug. 17, 2012 3:58 pm EST Lars von Trier has never been a director to shy away from anything. (Except flying.) With his next film, Nymphomaniac, he’s reportedly going all the way. According to actor Shia LaBeouf, everything in the film will be done for real, meaning they’ll be shooting live sex on set. Or at least that what it sounds like....

Mattel And Nickelodeon Team Up To Reboot ‘Monster High’ With A Live-Action Musical And A New Animated Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 24, 2021 4:30 pm EST Mattel and Nickelodeon are looking to make a graveyard smash together. Monster High, Mattel’s toy line centering around the daughters of classic monsters (think Frankie Stein, Draculaura, and Clawdeen Wolf), is returning from the grave with two new projects for television. Deadline reports that Mattel and Nickelodeon are teaming up to develop a two-fold Monster High reboot — both as a live-action TV musical feature film, and a brand new animated series....

Paramount+ Subscription Price Will Cost Less Than CBS All Access, But With A Catch By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 25, 2021 8:30 am EST This summer, CBS All Access will officially make the switch and become Paramount+. The rebranding will come with more than a name change, as the newly bulked-up streaming platform will also come with a cheaper subscription price. But like all good things, it comes with a catch. This summer, when ViacomCBS rebrands its streaming platform CBS All Access to Paramount+, it will be reducing the base, ad-supported tier by one dollar — charging $4....

Rust Shooting Brings To Light Producer Inexperience, Murky Tax Incentives Sam Wasson/Getty Images By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 27, 2021 10:07 am EST Three producers attached to the film “Rust” are the latest figures to come under intense scrutiny in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Prior to their involvement in “Rust,” 36-year-old producer Ryan Smith and 33-year-old executive producer Allen Cheney were both the subject of a dismissed 2017 lawsuit, which described them as “fledgling film producers with virtually no creative or business achievements in the film industry....

The Gilded Age: Release Date, Cast, And More HBO By Shania Russell/Nov. 23, 2021 10:46 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.) Period drama fans, rise up! “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes is keeping busy by bringing the Crawley family to the big screen, but why stop there?...

The Song Is Still The Same This new series stars Elisha Williams as Dean Williams and is set in the same time period as the original show. Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage) didn’t have an easy go of things with a butt-head big brother and the most angsty crush on his best friend that has ever befallen a tween, but Dean Williams will surely have even more stuff to deal with....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: The Hurt Locker, In The Loop, Moon, The Brothers Bloom, Halloween II, And More By Adam Quigley/Jan. 12, 2010 8:46 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There’s a compelling character moment toward the end of The Hurt Locker that takes place in a supermarket, which is startlingly effective in its contrast to prior events. Much of that, I suppose, is due to it being one of the few scenes in the film where somebody’s limbs aren’t as risk of being blown off their torso....

TV Bits: ‘The 4400’ Reboot, ‘Search Party’ Season 5, ‘The Best Man’ Limited Series, ‘In Treatment’ Season 4, And More By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 12, 2021 6:00 pm EST In this edition of TV Bits: The 4400 reboot ordered to series by The CW. Search Party season 5 ordered by HBO Max. The Best Man franchise is becoming a limited Peacock series with the original cast. In Treatment season 4 arrives in May....

Vans Is Getting In The Spooky Spirit With These Killer Sneakers Warner Bros. Pictures By Kaylee Dugan/Sept. 21, 2021 9:43 pm EST I hope you’re ready to take out another line of credit and start selling plasma because Vans is about to take all of your cold hard cash. In a very casual tweet, the sk8r brand announced that they’re dropping a horror movie-themed lineup of sneakers this fall, which will make flaunting your love for slashers and slow burns at the grocery store that much easier....

‘Another Round’ Director Thomas Vinterberg Has “Hope And Curiosity” For The Leonardo DiCaprio-Led Remake By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 27, 2021 4:30 pm EST It’s the fate of nearly every successful foreign-language film — to be remade in English by Hollywood. But the turnaround came remarkably fast for Another Round, the stellar comedy-drama from director Thomas Vinterberg that walked away with the Best International Film Oscar on Sunday night. And less than 24 hours later, Hollywood struck with the news that a remake was in the works with Leonardo DiCaprio potentially taking the role played by Mads Mikkelsen....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 24, 2021 10:45 am EST So it’s no wonder that the two are teaming up to work together again, this time on a cannibal romance, Bones and All. See the Bones and All first look, which shows Chalamet down to skin and bones as a disenfranchised drifter (but not the aforementioned cannibal). Bones and All First Look Penned by his A Bigger Splash writer Dave Kajganich, Bones and All does seem markedly grimier than Guadagnino’s past films, especially in Chalamet’s dirtied portrayal of a drifter....

‘Dark Winds’ Series From George R.R. Martin And Robert Redford Coming To AMC By Chris Evangelista/July 9, 2021 9:22 am EST It’s time for George R.R. Martin to attach himself to a new project so he can have yet another excuse for not finishing the next A Song of Ice and Fire book. That new project is an AMC series called Dark Winds, an adaptation of the Leaphorn & Chee book series by Tony Hillerman....