Posts

2021 Academy Awards Nominations Announced: ‘Mank’ Leads With 10 Nods By /Film Staff/March 15, 2021 5:44 am EST The nominations for the 93rd annual Academy Awards have announced, revealing which films will contend to take home little golden statuettes for one of the strangest years in cinema history. While the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on movie theaters and the film industry, you know the saying: the show must go on. And due to rules tweaks that allow for more eligibility (we’re looking at you, streaming releases), the results look unlike many other Oscar line-ups....

A New Tina Turner Documentary Is Coming To HBO In March By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 10, 2021 4:00 pm EST HBO announced that Tina, which will be a “revealing and intimate look at the life and career of musical icon Tina Turner, charting her improbable rise to early fame, her personal and professional struggles throughout her life and her even more improbable resurgence as a global phenomenon in the 1980s,” is set to premiere on HBO on March 27....

Celebrating Spooky Season in Theaters Universal Pictures With AMC’s new spooky surprise inviting us back, it might be time to mask up and venture out to a theater. If you dare to accept AMC’s challenge, the mysterious horror movies won’t reveal themselves until the lights go down and the theater doors shut behind you — so enter only if you dare. But if that all sounds just a tad too scary, plenty of other chilling options await you this October....

Doctor Who: Flux Gets Divinely Gothic In The Season-Best Village Of The Angels BBC By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 22, 2021 11:00 am EST The great tragedy of the most beloved episode of “Doctor Who” is that it introduced a monster so good, so primally terrifying and so fiendishly efficient, that any following appearances could only be diminishing returns for them. I’m talking, of course, about “Blink” and the Weeping Angels. The Weeping Angels are easily the most famous monsters to come out of Nu Who, but their conceit — that they can only move when they’re not seen — and their incredible abstract powers — that they zap people back in time and feast on the potential energy of their unlived lives — made it hard to adapt them to any scenario beyond a time-bending urban horror story like “Blink....

Dune Part Two: Who Are The New Characters And Who Should Play Them? Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 27, 2021 1:09 pm EST Major Spoilers follow for “Dune: Part One,” as well as some light spoilers for the novel. Rejoice, spice addicts! “Dune Part Two” has officially received the green light and now all eyes, blue or otherwise, can turn towards what comes next. Though “Dune” seemed to be a big hit among both general audiences and fans (give or take a cynical killjoy here and there), this news hardly seemed like a guarantee after the depressed box office earnings experienced this year and the ongoing debate surrounding the day-and-date release with HBO Max....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 17, 2021 7:00 am EST “I find it bizarre that they’re calling it Lord Of The Rings as a shorthand, because it’s not Lord Of The Rings! It takes place in the Second Age of Middle-earth. I am fascinated by what they’re doing with the show. They’re calling it The Lord Of The Rings, but I think that’s slightly misleading. From what I understand, the material they are working on exists chronologically further back in history in lore of Lord Of The Rings or Middle Earth than any characters represented in Lord Of The Rings....

Every King Kong Movie Ranked From Worst To Best Warner Bros./Legendary By Dalin Rowell/Oct. 5, 2021 7:45 pm EST Considered by many to be one of cinema’s greatest icons, King Kong has undoubtedly left his mark on the world of pop culture. From his groundbreaking introduction in 1933 all the way to his most recent monster rumble, Kong continues to inspire filmgoers across the globe. And with his impressive height, signature skyscraper-busting moves, and a stare that can cut most adversaries down to size, Kong proves that even if you’re a creature of few words, you can still leave a memorable impact....

In From The Cold: Release Date, Cast, And More Netflix By Kaylee Dugan/Dec. 7, 2021 11:22 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.) Netflix has a stranglehold on all of our lives and at this point, and it feels like we’re all pretty much fine with it....

Let’s Talk About Why The Original ‘Predator’ Is So Great By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 14, 2018 1:00 pm EST It’s a stew of meatheads and monster menace. The word “testosterone” is one you’ll hear tossed around a lot in reference to Predator, the original 1987 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. With the way the camera luxuriates in Schwarzenegger’s bulging bicep as he clasps hands with Weathers and flexes, it’s easy to see why....

Maya And The Three Trailer: Netflix Delivers An Epic Animated Fantasy Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 24, 2021 12:11 pm EST Described as “An Animated Event Told in 9 Chapters,” “Maya and the Three” is a new animated miniseries from Netflix that features the voices of Zoe Saldaña, Gabriel Iglesias, Allen Maldonado, Stephanie Beatriz, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, Alfred Molina, and many more. Created and directed by “The Book of Life” filmmaker Jorge R....

No Man Of God Star Elijah Wood On What It Was Like To Play Ted Bundy’s ‘Best Friend’ [Interview] RLJE Films By Jack Giroux/Sept. 10, 2021 10:42 am EST Elijah Wood has an elaborate dance to perform in Amber Sealey’s “No Man of God.” The actor and producer plays FBI agent Bill Hagmaier, who goes toe-to-toe with serial killer Ted Bundy (Luke Kirby) before his execution. The two engage in long conversations without revealing all their cards to each other....

No Time To Die Passes $300 Million At Global Box Office As Shang-Chi Hits $400 Million Disney / United Artists By Hannah Shaw-Williams/Oct. 10, 2021 3:58 pm EST After 18 months of lockdowns and delays, movie theaters are in need of a hero — and now they’ve got quite a few to choose from. Though “No Time To Die” came in slightly under expectations in its domestic opening weekend, a $56 million debut at the North American box office has tipped it past the $300 million worldwide mark....

Quentin Tarantino Has Written A ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Stage Play, Teases A Scene That Isn’t In The Movie By Ben Pearson/June 29, 2021 12:36 pm EST Writer/director Quentin Tarantino has nine films under his belt, but he’s just done something he’s never done in his 30-plus year career: written a novelization of one of his own films. But it turns out his new novelization of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood isn’t the only new way he wants audiences to experience the story of Sharon Tate, Rick Dalton, and stunt double Cliff Booth....

Rare 1938 Superman Comic Sells For Record $3.25 Million By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 9, 2021 4:00 pm EST It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a sky-high record set by an iconic Superman comic. The very first, in fact. In 1938, Action Comics #1 would change pop culture history, introducing the Man of Steel to the world. And now, a rare issue of Action Comics #1 has made its own mark on history, setting an all-time record for a comic book sale....

Saturday Night Live Lets Kim Kardashian West Try To Be Funny With Help From Family & Celebrity Cameos NBC By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 10, 2021 4:15 pm EST This weekend, Kim Kardashian West made her hosting debut on “Saturday Night Live.” This felt like an episode to be dreaded, and all signs pointed to something akin to the disastrous series of sketches when Paris Hilton hosted “SNL” in 2005, at the height of her reality show fame....

By Ethan Anderton/May 8, 2021 11:00 am EST In this new take on Cinderella, singer Camila Cabello takes the title role while the cast is filled with some surprisingly great and even perplexing stars. Idina Menzel plays the wicked stepmother while Billy Porter takes the role of the fairy godmother. Then there are also roles for Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver, John Mulaney, James Corden, and hip hop artist Missy Elliot. What the hell is this movie?...

Spider-Sense Sony Pictures For once, Tom Holland is (mostly) keeping his lips sealed. The famously spoiler-prone Avenger isn’t giving away all the details just yet, but perhaps he’s finally mastered the art of “the tease” now that he’s over five years into his MCU tenure. How’s that for character growth? In a sit-down with Empire, Holland nimbly avoided those dastardly Marvel snipers and revealed just enough to whet appetites regarding the upcoming multiverse extravaganza of “No Way Home....

Spoiler Discussion: WandaVision Episode 8 “Previously On” By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 26, 2021 1:45 pm EST On the February 26, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler-filled discussion about WandaVision Episode 8 “Previously On.” In The Spoiler Room: WandaVision Episode 8 “Previously On” Feedback WandaVision takes visual influence from Contact Brief reactions Breakdown Speculation All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....

Taika Waititi’s ‘Flash Gordon’ Movie Is Now Live-Action By Shania Russell/July 30, 2021 2:55 pm EST Two years ago, Taika Waititi signed on to helm a Flash Gordon movie about the space opera comic hero who debuted back in 1934. The film was initially planned to be an animated feature but recent reports prove that’s no longer the case, and the project is now being developed as a live-action film....

Thandiwe Newton May Join The Cast Of The Next Magic Mike HBO By Kaylee Dugan/Dec. 7, 2021 9:11 pm EST The cast of the upcoming (and if the title is to be believed, final) “Magic Mike” movie has been growing (and/or showing) and it’s making us feel a certain kind of way. When we first reported on “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” there was no word on who would be joining the cast outside of Channing Tatum, who has been gyrating and thrusting as “Magic” Mike Lane since the first film debuted in 2012....