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The 50 Greatest Movie Moments Of 2020 By /Film Staff/Jan. 13, 2021 8:00 am EST Every year, the /Film team gathers to do what all websites must: make a big list about the previous year in cinema. And while 2020 offered its fair share of numbing, painful roadblocks, the movies were as good as ever, even as we watched them at home instead of at a movie theater. So compiling a list of the 50 Greatest Movie Moments of 2020 was hard not because there weren’t any great moments, but because there were so many....

The Daily Stream: If You Miss Live Music, ‘Summer Of Soul’ Is The Answer By Shania Russell/July 8, 2021 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: Summer of Soul (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)Where You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: This is your chance to journey back in time, to 1969 and attend the Harlem Cultural Festival....

Timo Tjahjanto’s Mysterious Project With Scott Derrickson And Robert Cargill Is A “Christmas Story” Titled ‘The Handover’ By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 10, 2021 7:31 am EST 2018’s The Night Comes For Us almost seems like the perfect example of a movie that bridges the genre gap between “horror” and “action,” serving up plentiful gore and spectacular deaths with an intensity that would make many a horror filmmaker jealous. In that light, it perhaps wasn’t much of a surprise at all to see writer/director Timo Tjahjanto take yet another big step into the horror scene by joining filmmakers Scott Derrickson and Robert C....

Zack Snyder Reveals An Image Of The Scrapped Green Lantern Costume From ‘Justice League’ By Chris Evangelista/May 14, 2021 11:00 am EST Believe it or not, we’re still talking about Zack Snyder’s Justice League. As you probably know by now if you’ve been keeping with the news regarding the film, Snyder wanted to have Green Lantern show up at the very end. Snyder shot his Green Lantern scene with Wayne T....

‘All My Children’ Fired Chadwick Boseman When He Complained About His Stereotypical Character (And Replaced Him With Michael B. Jordan) By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 4, 2019 2:30 pm EST Black Panther co-stars Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan already had a connection before appearing in the Marvel film: they once both played the same role. Boseman worked for a week on the soap opera All My Children, only to be fired after he voiced objections to the racial stereotypes inherent to his character....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Asked The Ultimate Question: What If Vision Is Actually A Wimp? By Evan Saathoff/Feb. 2, 2021 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Great Moments in MCU History, where we fondly recall great little bits that made us fall in love with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.)It is hard to quantify power levels in the MCU. Everyone seems a little bit invincible and capable of handling whatever’s in front of them....

‘Awake’ Trailer: A Post-Apocalyptic Movie Where No One Can Fall Asleep By Chris Evangelista/May 5, 2021 5:30 pm EST In A Quiet Place, people need to remain silent. In Birdbox, people need to keep their eyes shut. Now here comes Awake, where everyone somehow loses the ability to sleep. This latest post-apocalyptic thriller looks like a mishmash of Children of Men and The Last of Us video game series, with a little Bird Box and A Quiet Place thrown in for good measure....

‘Captain Marvel’ Won’t Be Your Typical Superhero Origin Story By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 17, 2018 10:00 am EST Origin movies are the bread and butter of the superhero movie genre. But while every superhero needs one, not all audiences want one. It may be because we’ve seen Peter Parker get bitten by a spider twice in the past two decades. Or because we’ve seen Bruce Wayne’s parents shot in an alley about 80 million times — even in movies that aren’t even about his origin....

‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve Calls The Film “The Toughest Thing I’ve Done” By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 18, 2021 5:49 am EST Fear is the mind-killer, so although adapting Dune was a daunting prospect for director Denis Villeneuve, he decided to face his fear and take the project on. It’s not the first time he’s shepherded a beloved science-fiction property back to the big screen. Four years ago, Blade Runner 2049 showed that he was capable of doing at least one classic justice with a new interpretation....

/Filmcast Ep. 620 - Army Of The Dead (GUEST: Ariel Fisher) By Slashfilmcast/May 26, 2021 8:00 pm EST David, Devindra, and Jeff are joined by Ariel Fisher to talk about movie adaptions of video games. For the feature review, the cast dives into Army of the Dead, the new Zack Snyder zombie movie on Netflix. Does the stylish director add more to the zombie genre? Follow Ariel Fisher on Twitter! The Slashfilmcast is launching a Patreon!...

The Great Debate When asked which side of that original versus sequel/reboot argument he comes down on, Levy responds: “Well, I’d like to think there’s a place for both. It was very fun to write Antwan, mocking the value of an original story, even as we are making an original story. It’s so rare that studios will give you a big budget to make a blockbuster movie, that isn’t a sequel, that isn’t based on any existing IP....

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Director Adam Wingard On That Neon Action Scene, Bringing Out Emotion In The Monsters, And More [Interview] By Ben Pearson/March 29, 2021 9:00 am EST While beating each other to a pulp, Godzilla and King Kong – two titans who find themselves at odds with each other in the new Legendary/Warner Bros. MonsterVerse movie Godzilla vs. Kong – roar directly in each other’s faces. It’s a moment that makes director Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest, Blair Witch) “teary-eyed,” though he acknowledges it’s an odd moment in the film to get emotional....

‘Loki’ Season 2 Confirmed: Let’s Talk About What Could Happen Next By Jeremy Mathai/July 14, 2021 7:14 am EST Just like that, we’ve reached the end of the (time)line with Loki as another Disney+ MCU series has come and gone. This particular finale, titled “For All Time. Always,” may have left viewers wondering just how the various loose ends would be wrapped up in the future. Is that it for the series?...

‘Paddington 3’ Is Officially In Active Development, StudioCanal Is “Working Very Hard On Film 3” By Ben Pearson/Feb. 17, 2021 2:30 pm EST If you’re in need of a small burst of joy today, StudioCanal is here to deliver. The company has confirmed that Paddington 3 is officially in the works, four years after the second Paddington film charmed its way into the hearts of movie lovers everywhere. After years of missing our favorite marmalade-loving mammal, it seems like Paddington 3 might finally happen after all....

‘Resident Evil’ Reboot Movie Will Arrive In September By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 4, 2021 3:00 pm EST The Resident Evil reboot movie is now set for a September 2021 release date. This latest big-screen film based on the popular video game series sounds like it’s going to be much more faithful to its source material than the film franchise that started with 2002’s Resident Evil, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. This new version comes from director Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down) and stars Crawl actress Kaya Scodelario....

‘Short Circuit’ Season 2 Trailer: Disney Is Getting Weird, Experimental And Barbaric With 5 New Shorts By Shania Russell/Aug. 2, 2021 3:50 pm EST Animation is ripe for experimentation and Disney is capitalizing on the medium’s potential. The studio is bringing back its experimental short film program, Short Circuit, with season 2 premiering later this week. The series allows creatives to put together a team of animators and create an original short, with no other guidelines restricting them....

‘The Flash’ Adds Ron Livingston As Barry Allen’s Dad, Replacing Billy Crudup By Chris Evangelista/March 24, 2021 2:30 pm EST Earlier this month, word broke that Billy Crudup would not be returning as Barry Allen’s dad in The Flash due to scheduling conflicts. Now, the role has been recast, with Ron Livingston on board to play Henry Allen. The character first appeared in Justice League, and then again in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, where he was shown behind bars for the murder of his wife – a crime his son is sure he didn’t commit....

‘The Guest’ Trailer #2: Dan Stevens Fights Expectations In Slick Thriller By Germain Lussier/Aug. 6, 2014 10:40 am EST There’s a fun, exciting, kinetic action movie opening next month called The Guest. Written by Simon Barrett and directed by Adam Wingard (the guys behind You’re Next), The Guest stars Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) as a recently discharged soldier who visits the family of one of his fallen comrades. It’s a nice gesture and things start off well enough....

‘The Menu’ Will Pair Nicholas Hoult With Anya Taylor-Joy For A Shocking Dining Experience By Danielle Ryan/July 30, 2021 11:16 am EST Today, in casting news that seems tailored specifically for me, Nicholas Hoult is joining Anya Taylor-Joy for a new movie from some of the folks behind HBO’s Succession. The movie, The Menu, is a dark comedy thriller about a shocking dining experience. Be still, my creepy heart. A Comedy of Culinary Curiousities...

‘The Mother’: Jennifer Lopez Will Play An Assassin In Netflix Movie From ‘Mulan’ Director Niki Caro And ‘Lovecraft Country’ Writer Misha Green By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 1, 2021 1:30 pm EST Jennifer Lopez will play an assassin who gets back in the game to protect the child she gave up years ago in The Mother. The Netflix movie comes from director Niki Caro, who helmed the live-action Mulan remake, and writer Misha Green, who created Lovecraft Country and who was recently announced as the writer and director of the Tomb Raider sequel....