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David D’Amato, The Villain Of The Must-Watch Documentary ‘Tickled’, Has Died By Peter Sciretta/March 20, 2017 1:00 pm EST David D’Amato, the central “villain” of the popular 2016 documentary film Tickled, has passed away at age 55. The movie was one of David Chen’s best films of 2016 and I recently caught up with it when it hit HBO. I’m not sure Tickled is a great film, but it’s certainly compelling, weird, and a must-watch....

DC’s League Of Super-Pets Adds Marc Maron As Lex Luthor Netflix By Shania Russell/Sept. 13, 2021 10:21 am EST “DC League of Super-Pets” is adding a human to its roster of superpowered animals. Naturally, he won’t be part of the team — he doesn’t match the fuzzy criteria — but Marc Maron will voice Superman’s greatest nemesis, Lex Luthor. This revelation might be a hint at the movie’s plot or, at least, the villain at its center....

Employee Picks: A Wacky Sex Comedy, Deranged Italian Horror, And Psychedelic ’70s Sci-Fi By Jacob Knight/July 11, 2018 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. (Welcome to Employee Picks, a series where Jacob Knight uses his day job expertise as a video store manager to recommend unique and often overlooked alternative options to the big movies hitting theaters and home video.) Hello and welcome back to Employee Picks!...

Fans Of Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Joker’ Can Celebrate With This Nightmare-Inducing Baby Figure By Eric Vespe/Aug. 23, 2021 6:28 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Nope. Don’t like that. Not one bit. There’s a lot to unpack when it comes to the Joaquin Phoenix Joker film. Some love it, some hate it, and we can debate all day long about its merits and where it sits in the modern superhero pantheon....

Halloween Kills Ending Explained: Haddonfield Has Had It With The Boogeyman Universal Pictures By Ryan Scott/Oct. 15, 2021 2:50 pm EST Michael Myers has once again returned to terrorize the citizens of Haddonfield, Illinois in “Halloween Kills.” This latest entry in the iconic horror franchise serves as the sequel to 2018’s smash hit “Halloween,” which completely revamped the series by serving as a direct sequel to John Carpenter’s original 1978 horror masterpiece....

Hasbro Black Series Figures For The Book Of Boba Fett Have Been Revealed Hasbro By Max Evry/Dec. 7, 2021 11:42 am EST A rite of passage for every new “Star Wars” installment is the inevitable toy reveals that are part and parcel of the Lucasfilm industry. As they put it so concisely in “Avatar,” “It’s what pays for the whole party.” Today, we’re getting the first wave of Hasbro’s “The Book of Boba Fett” figures before the new series premieres on Disney+ on December 29, 2021....

Joe Manganiello Teases AMC’s ‘Moonhaven’ And Mysterious ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Project By Vanessa Armstrong/Aug. 3, 2021 10:48 am EST Funko — the company that creates those large-headed figurines you’ve no doubt seen if you’ve attended any pop culture convention recently — is holding their own con this year, a virtual and in-person event appropriately titled FunKon. To kick things off, the company held a press event yesterday at Funko Hollywood, and /Film was among those invited to check out the exclusive Funko products firsthand....

Sandra Bullock Turned Down A Superhero Movie, But Won’t Say Which One Cubankite/Shutterstock By Jenna Busch/Nov. 25, 2021 11:51 am EST Sandra Bullock would make a wonderful superhero. I mean, she helped save a speeding bus full of people in “Speed,” magically saved her own love life in “Practical Magic” (a film I will defend forever), and saved herself — maybe — in “Gravity.” Bullock recently appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!...

Stephen King Novel ‘Rose Madder’ Set For The Screen By Russ Fischer/Nov. 8, 2011 9:00 am EST One of the Stephen King novels to elude the forces of film adaptation has been Rose Madder, which combines phantasmagoric fantasy and spousal abuse in a way that is very characteristically King, and seemingly rather difficult to put on the screen. That is changing now, as the 1995 novel is part of a trio of film projects announced at the American Film Market by Palomar Pictures (Brothers, Killer Elite) and Gosvenor Park....

Superhero Bits: The Batman And Echo Rumors Swirl, James Gunn Trolls Guardians Of The Galaxy Fans & More DC By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 4, 2021 5:55 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

What the Heck, Paramount+? CBS Some people who were planning on using Paramount+ to stream the Emmys were sorely disappointed to find out that they needed a premium subscription in order to watch the awards show live. Anyone who attempted to watch the series via the Paramount+ app without a premium subscription was redirected to either an error message or the football game that just ended. This was Paramount+’s chance to show that they’re capable of running with the big dogs of streaming, but this kind of miscommunication might have seriously hurt those chances....

The Harder They Fall Netflix Now Streaming on Netflix Stylish as hell and featuring an uber-cool performance from Jonathan Majors, “The Harder They Fall” is a Western with a twist: it features historical figures who are predominantly Black. While the story being told here is 100% fiction, the figures who inhabit it all existed – although most people probably haven’t heard of them, since history tends to focus more on the white individuals of the era....

The Hand Of God Trailer: Italy’s Oscar Submission Comes To Netflix Netflix By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 12, 2021 8:39 am EST “The Hand of God” is swooping in with another trailer. It’s been half a decade since Paolo Sorrentino made his first foray into American television, when he served as the creator of HBO’s “The Young Pope” and “The New Pope.” Now, he’s back to filmmaking with a feature inspired by his youth in Naples, Italy....

The King’s Man: Release Date, Cast, And More 20th Century Studios By Ryan Scott/Oct. 13, 2021 3:19 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.) It’s been several years since we last saw the “Kingsman” franchise grace the big screen. Though it hasn’t been for a lack of interest on the studio side of things, as “The King’s Man,” a new entry in the action/spy series, has been ready to go for some time....

The Marvels Director Nia DaCosta Says She Is ‘Marvel Trash,’ Grew Up With The Characters Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Oct. 20, 2021 12:46 pm EST Nia DaCosta, known for her work on this year’s “Candyman,” is currently directing “The Marvels,” the follow-up to 2019’s smash hit “Captain Marvel.” She’s taking a big step up, directing a massive superhero sequel set within the confines of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As it turns out, the filmmaker is prepared for the gig, as she is self-proclaimed “Marvel trash....

The Queen’s Gambit Season 2 Won’t Be Happening: ‘We Would Ruin What We’ve Already Told’ Netflix By Shania Russell/Sept. 20, 2021 4:56 pm EST Creator of “The Queen’s Gambit” Scott Frank just delivered a very hard truth: some limited series are better off not getting renewed. The joy of a single-season show is the promise of a complete story. Knowing the ending from the onset means that when the season concludes, so will the character arcs, leaving the audience with a clear sense of finality....

The Tournament Of Terror Results: Alien Is The Greatest Horror Franchise Ever Disney By SlashFilm Staff/Oct. 31, 2021 10:36 am EST For the past two weeks, we have pitted the greatest horror franchises of all time against each other in /Film’s Tournament of Terrors. And they have fallen one-by-one. A few dark horses were defeated early (R.I.P., “Phantasm”) and a few top contenders lost some very tight races (no one here saw “Halloween” going down so early)....

Why 24% Of MCU Fans Are Wrong About The Worst Phase 2 Movie Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Oct. 21, 2021 8:42 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.) The Marvel Cinematic Universe proved its concept in 2012 when “The Avengers” hit theaters. Multiple standalone franchises were able to successfully crossover into one massive, blockbuster event movie....

Why Movie Dialogue is Difficult to Understand Warner Bros. One thing you won’t find in the original article or this video is an observation made by Mark Mangini, the Oscar-winning sound designer of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Blade Runner 2049,” and “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.” He suggested another possible way to combat the lack of intelligibility in movies is to incorporate questions about dialogue into audience preview screenings....

Why The Room 237 Scene In ‘The Shining’ Is So Damn Terrifying By Meagan Navarro/Aug. 27, 2019 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror. In this edition: The Shining boasts one of horror’s most iconic movie moments of all time.)The Stephen King renaissance that began in earnest with 2017’s It has continued to gain momentum, bearing no signs of slowing down any time soon....