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Daily Podcast: Mini-Water Cooler: The Last Duel, Ted Lasso Season 2, Chucky, And More 20th Century Studios Opening Banter: What we’ve been Doing: What we’ve been Reading: What we’ve been Watching: Ben watched House (1977), Mortal Kombat (2021), and Ted Lasso season 2. Chris watched Squid Game, The Last Duel, and Free Guy. And also Chucky. What we’ve been Eating: What we’ve been Playing: All the other stuff you need to know:...

Kiss Me Kate MGM To prepare for this list, I watched a lot of ’50s musicals I had never seen that were choreographed by Fosse. I was struck by how, in his earlier work, his choreography was pretty conventional, and comparable to that of other musicals of the time, like “Guys and Dolls” or “Singing in the Rain.” Fosse’s voice and personal style as a dancer and choreographer bleed through in choice moments....

Family Guy Season 20: Release Date, Cast, And More 20th Television By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 31, 2021 8:48 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.) “Family Guy” is back for a landmark 20th season this fall, so grab your gold top hat and cane and get ready to dance on over to Quahog for another round of merriment with the Griffin family....

Here Are Two ‘America: The Motion Picture’ Deleted Scenes That Were Too Expensive And Too Ridiculous For The Movie By Ethan Anderton/July 9, 2021 10:14 am EST America: The Motion Picture offers up a totally insane retelling of the American Revolutionary War and the birth of the United States of America. It’s a movie that gives George Washington chainsaws on his arms, makes him best friends with Abraham Lincoln, turns Benedict Arnold into a werewolf, and features a final battle with a giant Paul Bunyan and a Big Ben that had transformed into a massive robot....

Here’s When You Can Watch Ron’s Gone Wrong At Home 20th Century Studios By Ryan Scott/Dec. 9, 2021 1:31 pm EST Disney scored a critical hit with the animated “Ron’s Gone Wrong” earlier this year. However, the tale of a boy and his charmingly malfunctioning robot, voiced by Zach Galifianakis, didn’t perform all that well at the box office. But those who are interested in seeing what this animated flick has to offer won’t have to wait very long to check it out from the comfort of home....

The Past Often Rhymes Universal PIctures To its credit, “Halloween” telegraphs its Michael Myers problem early on. In one scene shared by the film’s teenage characters, Dave (Miles Robbins) hesitantly questions why Myers has such sway over the Strode family. “All things considered, there’s a lot worse stuff that’s happening today,” he suggests. “And like, I mean, what, a couple of people getting killed by one guy with a knife is not that big of a deal....

Anansi Boys, based on Gaiman’s 2005 fantasy novel, has been ordered to series for a six episode run and will begin production later this year in Scotland after well over a year in development. And despite the source material featuring direct connections, this will have nothing to do with the Starz series American Gods. Via THR, Gaiman will be joined by a familiar face with Douglas Mackinnon, who directed each of the six episodes of Good Omens’ first season and will be sharing co-showrunner duties with Gaiman on Anansi Boys....

Peacemaker Trailer Breakdown: A Sadistic Superhero Seeks Self-Improvement HBO Max By Danielle Ryan/Dec. 3, 2021 2:46 pm EST When we last saw Christopher Smith, aka Peacemaker (John Cena), he was in a hospital bed surrounded by armed guards after the events of “The Suicide Squad.” Now he’s back in action for the HBO Max series “Peacemaker,” dreamed up by writer/director James Gunn during the pandemic lockdown of 2020. The official trailer for this bad boy dropped today, and there are loads of fun hints about where this wild ride might go....

Peacock’s Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Reboot Flips, Turns Things Upside Down With Its Main Cast Warner Bros. Television By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 14, 2021 5:34 pm EST It’s been hard to imagine what a “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” remake would look like with less comedy, a glaringly non-’90s setting, and a distinct lack of Will Smith ever since the project was first announced. But we’re this much closer to finding out anyway!...

Seth Rogen Will Play Steven Spielberg’s Favorite Uncle In The Director’s Self-Inspired Childhood Drama By Ethan Anderton/March 23, 2021 7:30 am EST Not too long ago, news surfaced that director Steven Spielberg was working on a new untitled film that would be loosely based on his childhood. Michelle Williams was attached to play a character inspired by his own mother, and now a rather surprising cast member is joining her. Neighbors and Knocked Up star Seth Rogen has been set to play Steven Spielberg’s favorite uncle....

The Best Movies Leaving HBO Max In February 2021 By Ben Pearson/Jan. 29, 2021 4:30 pm EST We’re about to head into February, which means another vicious cycle of titles will soon be exiting streaming services. Here’s a look at the best movies leaving HBO Max in February 2021 – and some of these disappear in less than a month, so if you want to catch them while they’re still available, you better get to watchin'!...

The Kevin Smith Bio-Documentary ‘Clerk’ Has A Release Date By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 3, 2021 10:25 am EST Snootchie bootchies, Kevin Smith fans. The feature documentary Clerk, about the life and career of the filmmaker, comic creator, and all-around funny guy has a release date. The documentary premiered in March at SXSW, but now we know when the rest of us will get a chance to see it. Clerk has been acquired by 1091 Pictures and will get a digital release on November 23, 2021....

The Morning Watch: ‘Rugrats’ Opening Credits Get A Makeover, The Enemies Of ‘Godzilla’ & More By Ethan Anderton/May 27, 2021 5:00 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, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, see the new opening credits from the Rugrats animated series that makes some changes to the original....

The Movies That Made Us Creator Brian Volk-Weiss On Learning To Love Horror [Interview] cr: Stephanie Kleinman / Nacelle Company By Jeff Ewing/Oct. 18, 2021 1:05 pm EST “The Movies That Made Us” has a new third season now available on Netflix, releasing episodes on quite a few horror classics just in time for Halloween. As always, the mini-doc series promises to bring together the cast and crew behind your favorites to look at the origins, unknown tales, and interesting stories behind a number of beloved films of this spookiest of holiday seasons....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: MacGruber, The Office (Season 6), Solitary Man, And More By Adam Quigley/Sept. 7, 2010 5:36 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Not everyone is going to appreciate MacGruber’s unabashed clever-stupid comedic sensibilities, and those that do will likely be accused of being idiots by those that don’t. It’s a crude, silly movie that works because it knows exactly what it is and embraces it, finding just the right rhythm to deliver its absurdist, knowing slant on ’80s action flicks....

‘Black Widow’ Ending Explained: What Comes Next For The Marvel Cinematic Universe? By Shania Russell/July 9, 2021 11:20 am EST Natasha Romanov’s (Scarlett Johansson) time has finally come — her long-awaited solo adventure is in theaters right now and is also available on Disney+ with Premier Access. This means, whether you opt to return to your local theater or pony up $30 to watch in your living room, you get to enjoy what may be Natasha’s last hurrah and see the first new Marvel film in almost two years....

‘Hawkeye’ Spin-Off Series Starring Deaf Superhero Echo Is In Early Development At Disney+ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 22, 2021 12:30 pm EST Hawkeye may not even be in the can yet, but Marvel may already have a spin-off series in their sights. A Hawkeye spin-off series centered on Echo, a deaf Native American superhero with the power to copy another person’s movements or fighting style, is reportedly in early development at Disney+....

‘Jingle All The Way 2’ Is As Good And Bad As The Original, Just In Different Ways By Rob Hunter/Dec. 11, 2018 7:00 am EST (Welcome to DTV Descent, a series that explores the weird and wild world of direct-to-video sequels to theatrically released movies. In this edition, we go digging for leftover Christmas spirit the sequel to the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led holiday hit Jingle All the Way!) It’s December, and you know what that means....

‘Night Of The Animated Dead’: Release Date, Cast And More By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 7, 2021 8:48 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.) Before there was The Walking Dead or any of its gazillion TV spin-offs, there was Night of the Living Dead. Soon there will be a new animated version of George Romero’s classic, appropriately titled Night of the Animated Dead, and here’s everything we know about it....

‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ First Look: It’s Basically ‘Ready Player One’ Meets ‘Space Jam’ By Ethan Anderton/March 4, 2021 9:30 am EST Thanks to all the endless comparisons between basketball players Michael Jordan and LeBron James, audiences have been demanding to see a sequel to Space Jam featuring the latter NBA champion, especially since his big screen debut in Trainwreck. For better or worse, fans are getting their wish with Space Jam: A New Legacy coming to theaters and HBO Max this summer, and details on the film’s plot, beyond the expected basketball game involving the Looney Tunes, have finally been revealed along with some first look photos....