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Alamo Drafthouse Will Open Five New Theaters In The Next Year By Chris Evangelista/June 1, 2021 2:30 pm EST The saga of the Alamo Drafthouse continues. The movie theater chain has received a lot of unwanted attention recently, with both hostile workplace allegations being levied against the company and then an announcement in March that revealed Drafthouse had filed for bankruptcy. But now, things seem to be improving as the Drafthouse has revealed they’ll be opening five new theaters in the coming year....

The Scene Ripley wakes up, immediately noticing two open and empty containers on the floor by the door to the med lab. They used to house live facehuggers. “Newt, wake up,” Ripley gently says to the little girl, nudging her awake. “Be quiet. We’re in trouble.” From behind the bed, Ripley pokes her head up and out to scan the room for danger, only to have a facehugger immediately lunge at her head....

All Eight ‘Harry Potter’ Movies Are Returning To HBO Max In June, But Probably Not For Long By Ethan Anderton/May 20, 2021 8:00 am EST When HBO Max launched, fans had access to all eight of the films in the Harry Potter movie series in the service’s streaming library. However, the Wizarding World movies were only available for a few months due to a separate deal for the streaming and broadcast rights that was struck back in 2016....

Andrew Stanton Reveals The ‘John Carter’ Sequels That Never Were By Angie Han/June 9, 2014 1:30 pm EST Any way you slice it, John Carter was a big fat flop. Which means our chances of ever getting a sequel are essentially zero. But there was a time when Disney was hoping the film would launch a full-fledged franchise. And now, thanks to director Andrew Stanton, we have some idea of where it might have gone....

Controlling Britney Spears: Surprise Documentary Premiering Tonight On Hulu And FX The New York Times / FX / Hulu By Hannah Shaw-Williams/Sept. 24, 2021 11:26 am EST The New York Times, Hulu and FX have announced the surprise premiere of “Controlling Britney Spears,” a feature-length documentary follow-up to “Framing Britney Spears,” which released earlier this year. Back in 2007, a viral plea to “Leave Britney Alone” became the object of gleeful mockery across the internet....

Daily Podcast: What If Episode 8 Spoiler Discussion — “What If… Ultron Won?” Marvel On the September 29, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer and weekend editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler filled discussion about What If Episode 8 “What If… Ultron Won?”. Opening Banter: In The Spoiler Room: What If Episode 8 “What If… Ultron Won?” Feedback Brief reactions...

Employee Picks: What To Watch At Home If You’re Not At Fantastic Fest By Jacob Knight/Sept. 19, 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.) Yes, yes…I know last month I promised to take this column into its more “traditional” territory: offering up alternatives to upcoming theatrical releases....

Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest Promises ‘Star Wars’, ‘Transformers’, ‘Power Rangers’ And Marvel Toy Reveals In April By Ethan Anderton/March 16, 2021 6:00 am EST The coronavirus pandemic may be starting to wind down, but a lot of big pop culture events are still being put off or carrying on virtually. That means toy makers like Hasbro don’t have the usual outlets to unveil their latest toys and collectibles, such as New York Toy Fair or various comic conventions....

Issa Rae And JJ Abrams To Executive Produce HBO’s ‘Fledgling’ Adaptation, Continuing The Season Of Octavia Butler By Danielle Ryan/July 30, 2021 9:40 am EST It’s the season of Octavia Butler, folks. According to new reports, her novel, Fledgling, is getting a television adaptation at HBO. The late author’s work seems to have caught the attention of producers, because there are three separate projects in the works based on her novels....

Mike Flanagan’s Scrapped Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘Revival’ Featured A Terrifying New Set Piece By Eric Vespe/Aug. 12, 2021 6:45 am EST Mike Flanagan has made quite the name for himself as one of the best adaptors of Stephen King stories with Gerald’s Game and the Shining sequel Doctor Sleep. His next King adaptation was supposed to be Revival for Netflix, but sadly, the streamer passed and the project died a quiet death not long after it was announced....

Neil Marshall’s Next Creature Feature ‘The Lair’ Has Begun Filming By Chris Evangelista/July 30, 2021 8:34 am EST Neil Marshall has a new movie on the way, and let’s all hope it’s better than his previous effort, The Reckoning. Marshall’s latest is a monster movie called The Lair, and that’s promising, because Marshall has done well with monster movies before – see Dog Soldiers and The Descent. Production on The Lair has begun in Hungary, and that news comes with info on the film, as well as the behind-the-scenes image above....

Netflix Genre Shows To Look Out For In 2022 Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 30, 2021 1:26 pm EST Holy crud, 2021 is almost over! That seems hard to believe, because it genuinely feels like 2021 just started. At the same exact time, it feels like 2021 has been going on forever. It’s a paradox, I guess. But time marches forward, and we must all accept that 2022 is right around the corner....

Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin Trailer The trailer jumps between what looks like colonial times with the current day, and starts out with a kid from said olden times singing a song that is in no way ominous or creepy. We then cut back and forth between creepy olden times and creepy current day, where Emily Bader opens up a door in the floor to reveal a deep, worm-like hole that certainly doesn’t look at all like there are dangerous and foreboding things living at the bottom of it....

Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City Director Would Love To Adapt Resident Evil 4 Capcom By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 3, 2021 9:24 am EST “Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City” director Johannes Roberts really knows how to get “Resident Evil” fans twisted up in a fantasy booking tizzy. An admitted personal fan of the video game franchise of the same name, Roberts has already discussed at length how the newest installment of the “Resident Evil” cinematic universe will be a faithful adaptation of the games, and now he’s even talking about venturing beyond Raccoon City, and possibly into the world of Los Iluminados....

Robert Downey Jr. Disses The Dark Knight, Tells DC Comics To FO! By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 13, 2008 11:52 am EST Iron Man just bitch slapped The Dark Knight for having a BA in philosophy. To be more precise, a non-blackface Robert Downey Jr. candidly discussed his rabid thoughts about the biggest fanboy movie of all time to MovieHole. Nice. “The Dark Knight. “My whole thing is that that I saw The Dark Knight....

The ‘Roger Rabbit’ Sequel Script Is ‘Wonderful’, Says Robert Zemeckis, But Disney Isn’t Making It By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 28, 2018 2:30 pm EST It’s been 30 years since the ground-breaking Who Framed Roger Rabbit hit theaters, and it might be 30 more before we ever see a sequel. The blend of live-action and animation was a smash-hit at the box office, but despite several attempts, a follow-up never got off the ground....

The 10 Best Romance Movies Of The Last 10 Years A24 By Fiona Underhill/Oct. 15, 2021 2:48 pm EST When we think of romantic movies, our minds most often go straight to rom-coms, the most enduringly popular romance sub-genre. However, romantic stories can be found in fantasies, war movies, historical epics, literary adaptations, and indie dramas, among many other genres. While I do enjoy a cheesy rom-com, my most beloved and re-watched romantic movies are more likely to be dramas or period films....

The Daily Stream: Magic Mike XXL Is A Masterpiece About Women’s Needs Warner Bros. By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 2, 2021 5:43 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: “Magic Mike XXL” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: Three years after giving up stripping to focus on opening his own woodworking business, “Magic” Mike (Channing Tatum) agrees to join his former crew for one last big show at an exotic dancing convention in Myrtle Beach....

The Hand Of God: Release Date, Cast, And More Netflix By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 26, 2021 10:21 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.) “Reality is lousy,” says the young protagonist of Paolo Sorrentino’s new coming-of-age movie, “The Hand of God.” This year, it’s competing for the Golden Lion, the highest award at the Venice International Film Festival, in Sorrentino’s home country of Italy....

The Morning Watch: ‘Coming 2 America’ Scene Breakdown, One-Hour Making Of ‘Godzilla’ Featurette & More By Ethan Anderton/March 9, 2021 5:00 am EST First up, for The New York Times, director Craig Brewer dives into a scene from Coming 2 America where Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and Semi (Arsenio Hall) meet the family of Akeem’s bastard son Lavelle (Jermaine Fowler). The scene also includes Leslie Jones as Lavelle’s mother and Tracy Morgan as his uncle, and Brewer started out just by letting them hang out and riff off each other....