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The Quarantine Stream: ‘Invincible’ Is The Latest Brutal Reimagining Of Superheroes That Avoids Shock For Edginess’ Sake By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 18, 2021 10:00 am EST I’ll admit being a little skeptical of Invincible going into it. Despite receiving plenty of critical praise when it first premiered, I’ve been wary of any hyper-violent shows or movies that seem too “edgelord” to me: falling prey to being shocking for shock’s sake. And while the gore comes as a surprise in Invincible — tacked on after the credits of the first episode — it’s no more gruesome than what you’ll find in many an adult animated show, or even an anime....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Summertime’ Is David Lean’s Love Letter To Venice By Ben Pearson/May 24, 2021 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: SummertimeWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: The great Katharine Hepburn plays Jane Hudson, a middle-aged single woman from Akron, Ohio who travels to Venice, Italy for a lengthy summer vacation....

Upcoming Pixar Movies To Keep On Your Radar By Shania Russell/Aug. 9, 2021 11:43 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.) Since 2006, Pixar has found a comfortable pace for releasing their films: each year we get one or, occasionally, two. Most recently, the past year gave us the adorable, friendship-focused Luca, while 2020 had both the sweet family tale Onward and the jazzy, existential Soul....

What Is The Worst DCEU Movie? The Answer Will Shock You, Unless It Doesn’t By Chris Evangelista/July 14, 2021 7:00 am EST (Welcome to Survey Says, a feature where we conduct a movie-related survey for a random group of people and explain why they’re completely right, completely wrong, or somewhere in-between.) This is it, the 100% official, unquestionable and infallible answer to the ancient question: what is the worst DCEU movie?...

Why That Proposed L.A. Confidential Sequel Never Happened Warner Bros. By Jeff Ewing/Oct. 4, 2021 3:13 pm EST Curtis Hanson’s 1997 film “L.A. Confidential” is a sprawling, multifaceted thriller that still stands as one of the best American movies of its decade (and as a stunning neo-noir to boot). Based on the novel by James Ellroy, the film follows a set of LAPD officers in 1953 with complex, intersecting motives who combine forces to investigate an unsolved murder....

Wonka: Release Date, Cast, And More Sony Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 3, 2021 3:44 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.) Prequels to classic stories are nothing new in Hollywood, but there has been a noticeable uptick of late in the number of movies about iconic characters whose origins most people, frankly, never really wondered about....

‘Borat Supplemental Reportings’ Trailer: Extra ‘Borat 2’ Footage Being Released As A Multi-Part Special By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 15, 2021 2:00 pm EST Borat Supplemental Recordings Trailer In the interim, we get a full-fledged trailer for this extra footage, which features extended sequences of Borat in his lockdown house, more scenes of Tutar in her journey toward Rudy Giuilani, and one rather frightening scene which featured one of the rare occasions where Baron Cohen broke character....

‘Fear Street’ Director Leigh Janiak On Picking Perfect Needledrops, Crafting Kills, And Writing A Queer Love Story [Interview] By Danielle Ryan/July 16, 2021 11:18 am EST Despite being set in three very different time periods, there’s a cohesiveness to the trilogy that truly makes it feel like one big story. A big part of that comes from director Leigh Janiak, who also co-wrote the scripts for the trilogy with Phil Graziadei....

‘Hawkeye’ And ‘Ms. Marvel’ Will Premiere On Disney+ Before The End Of The Year By Jeremy Mathai/July 21, 2021 7:27 am EST Marvel’s Vice President of film production, Victoria Alonso, recently gave us the news of the studio’s grand ambitions for expanding into the world of animation…and she’s not stopping there. Marvel still has plenty of irons in the fire when it comes to live action, not the least of which are some upcoming Disney+ shows that longtime fans have been waiting to see realized....

‘Jupiter’s Legacy’ Trailer: Josh Duhamel’s Aging Superhero Passes The Torch In Mark Millar’s Netflix Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 7, 2021 7:30 am EST In the summer of 2018, comic book writer Mark Millar, who is behind titles like Kingsman and Kick-Ass, struck a deal with Netflix to create his own “Millarworld” — a brand of movies and TV shows for the streaming service based on his work. And finally, we’re about to see the first one....

‘Loki’ Will Have “Wide-Reaching Ramifications” Across The MCU, Writer Michael Waldron Says By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 1, 2021 1:30 pm EST Loki writer Michael Waldron has been burdened with glorious purpose — and it’s to tease how the upcoming Disney+ series may or may not be connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe without giving too much away. To his credit, he does a good job, revealing that Loki will have “wide-reaching” ramifications on the MCU at large, though remaining coy on whether those effects would reach Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, on which Waldron is also a writer....

‘Real Steel 2’: Shawn Levy Has Talked To Hugh Jackman About A Possible Sequel (Again) By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2021 12:35 pm EST Real Steel became a hot topic of discussion last year when it appeared in Netflix’s library and become one of their most popular titles. The movie starred Hugh Jackman as down-on-his-luck former boxer Charlie Kenton, who is barely scraping by with a career as a robot boxing controller....

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Featurette: James Cameron Says It’s Grim, Gritty, Fast And Intense By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2019 4:01 pm EST Terminator 2: Judgment Day seemed like it had a happy ending. Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and John Connor (Edward Furlong) destroyed the materials that would have led to Cyberdyne creating a Terminator and eventually the artificial intelligence military system known as Skynet. But apparently changing the future will have drastic consequences, and a new Terminator: Dark Fate featurette shows Deadpool director Tim Miller is trying to bring the spirit of the first two Terminator movies to this sequel....

5 Marvel Characters We’d Love To See Jamie Dornan Play In The MCU Chuck Zlotnick - Focus Features By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Nov. 24, 2021 9:25 am EST This is not a drill! Jamie Dornan has officially met with Kevin Feige! The actor met up with the Marvel Studios boss to discuss a potential role in the MCU … and I’m unafraid to admit I might be slightly excited. Dornan is a great actor, he is more than just the star from “50 Shades of Grey,” and he’d make an excellent addition to the film universe!...

By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 7, 2021 11:33 am EST Wanted: A New Mrs. Smith YouTube Glover is still involved with the show. He serves as co-creator along with Francesca Sloane (“Atlanta,” “Fargo”), who will also serve as showrunner. Yariv Milchan, Michael Schaefer, and Jenny Robins are on board as executive produces. Released in 2005, the “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” film featured the following synopsis: John (Brad Pitt) and Jane Smith (Angelina Jolie), a couple in a stagnating marriage, live a deceptively mundane existence....

Andrew Garfield Says Playing Spider-Man Was Kind Of Heartbreaking Sony Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 5, 2021 4:41 pm EST Let me take you back to the olden times of, ah, 2012 through 2014. After Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” trilogy fizzled out, the highly anticipated reboot promised to tell the “untold story” of the beloved hero’s origin. With director Marc Webb behind the wheel, the new series was pitched, essentially, as “Twilight” meets superheroes....

Clifford The Big Red Dog Review: He’s Big, He’s Red, He’s Forgettable Paramount Pictures By Josh Spiegel/Nov. 10, 2021 12:33 pm EST You know what movie was an absolute miracle? “Paddington.” Consider how easy it would have been for a feature-length adaptation of the Michael Bond character and its exploits to fail. You have a beloved character from children’s picture books, one that doesn’t automatically lend itself to a 90-minute story, set in a modern world, with a CG version of said beloved character....

Daily Podcast: Our Favorite Alternative Christmas Movies Warner Bros. By Ben Pearson/Dec. 9, 2021 5:29 pm EST On the December 9, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by senior writer and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to discuss some of our favorite alternative Christmas movies. Opening Banter: In Our Feature Presentation: 29 Alternative Christmas Movies That Aren’t Die Hard Chris’s Top 5 Eyes Wide Shut, Carol, Catch Me If You Can, Black Christmas, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang...

By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 14, 2021 4:30 pm EST Written and directed by Hugo Blick (The Honourable Woman, Black Earth Rising, The Shadow Line), The English is a Western revenge series that consists of six hour-long episodes and follows Blunt’s Englishwoman who arrives in the West in 1890 to seek revenge on the man who she sees as responsible for the death of her son. Here is the synopsis for The English:...

Everything We Know About Batgirl So Far Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 3, 2021 9:08 am EST It’s hard to believe in light of the character’s immense popularity over the years, but Batgirl has yet to make the leap from her comic book origins, small screen iterations, and even video game appearances to DC Universe feature films just yet … in terms of live action, that is. At the very least, “The Lego Batman Movie” managed to do the character some modicum of justice!...