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Stray Observations: – As I’m pretty sure I’ve said multiple times in this review, this is a sad, heartbreaking episode. But there’s some (darkly) funny stuff, too. The way Criss delivers Andrew’s line, “I’m so glad you decided to come with me!” after he’s virtually kidnapped David is bleakly hilarious.– One subtle but unmissable running motif in the episode: Whenever David and Andrew walk somewhere, Andrew puts his arm over David’s shoulder possessively, like property....

‘Free Guy’ Could Be The Start Of A New Franchise, Director Shawn Levy Hints By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 13, 2021 7:02 am EST Free Guy may have only just blasted its way into theaters, but director Shawn Levy already has one eye on the future of this potential franchise-to-be. The Ryan Reynolds-led movie riffs on video games and even some unbelievable studio notes while proudly carving out its own space as an original story amid this IP-saturated blockbuster landscape....

‘Friends: The Reunion’ Trailer: They Were On A Break, But Now They’re Back By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 19, 2021 12:30 pm EST Friends has been on a break, but they’re finally back, baby! So to speak. The long-awaited Friends reunion special premieres HBO Max later this month, and the official trailer has finally arrived, with cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer returning to the show’s original soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros....

‘It’ Trailer Breakdown: Pennywise Terrorizes The Losers’ Club By Ben Pearson/July 27, 2017 12:30 pm EST Warner Bros. has unleashed a new trailer for Andy Muschietti’s upcoming movie adaptation of Stephen King’s classic horror novel It, and it’s even scarier than the frightening trailer that preceded it. A good portion of the new trailer consists of moments we’ve seen in other marketing materials, but there’s plenty of new footage that’s worth digging into, so check out our latest It trailer breakdown below to find out what some of these moments mean for the story as a whole....

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’: Director Says Mackenzie Davis’s Character Will “Scare The F*** Out Of” Misogynists By Ben Pearson/July 11, 2019 2:30 pm EST Terminator: Dark Fate, the sixth movie in the sci-fi franchise, still has a lot of work to do if it’s going to win people over. Audiences have been burned by Terminator sequels so many times now that it’s going to take something special to get them to engage again....

‘The Continental’ Plot Details: The ‘John Wick’ Prequel Show Will Focus On Young Winston By Ben Pearson/April 23, 2021 12:30 pm EST Ian McShane has said he will not be reprising his role as assassin hotel owner Winston in The Continental, the John Wick TV series that’s been in development for years at Lionsgate and Starz. But though McShane won’t be in it, his character definitely will be. Kevin Beggs, the chairman of Lionsgate TV, has revealed that The Continental is going to be a John Wick prequel that follows a younger version of Winston in the 1970s and explores “the origins of The Continental” hotel itself....

‘The Man With The Iron Fists’ Red-Band Trailer By Russ Fischer/June 28, 2012 5:30 pm EST RZA’s feature film The Man With the Iron Fists has been a long time coming (we wrote about it in ‘08 and ‘09) but the movie, co-written by RZA and Eli Roth, directed by and starring RZA, and presented by Quentin Tarantino, is close on the horizon. We saw the first official image from the film, complete with a flying eyeball, earlier this week, and now we’ve got the first trailer....

‘The President’s Analyst’ Remake Coming From Trevor Noah And Obama White House Deputy Director Of Messaging Pat Cunnane By Chris Evangelista/March 12, 2021 5:30 pm EST The President’s Analyst, a 1967 comedy-thriller about the misadventures of a psychoanalyst to the President of the United States, is getting a remake courtesy of The Daily Show host Trevor Noah. And the script for the remake comes courtesy of an actual Washington insider – Pat Cunnane, who served as President Barack Obama’s Senior Writer and Deputy Director of Messaging at the White House....

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Gives Teasers To Batman, Aquaman, The Flash, And Wonder Woman By /Film Staff/March 8, 2021 9:30 am EST In less than two weeks, hungry fans will finally feed from the trough of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, the long-awaited “Snyder Cut” that will either prove once and for all that Zack Snyder’s preferred version of Justice League was superior, or that no version of this film is particularly good....

12 Movies To Watch If You Loved Halloween Kills Universal Pictures By Chad Collins/Oct. 15, 2021 9:02 am EST “Halloween Kills” is sensational. As our own Marshall Shaffer remarked in his review, the movie “manages to put a playful but petrifying spin on mythology without resorting to cheap self-referentiality,” and he is absolutely right. “Halloween Kills” is stacked to the rafters with gory kills, franchise callbacks, and familiar faces, including Nancy Stephens and Kyle Richards as older versions of the same characters they played in John Carpenter’s original....

Cool Stuff: ‘Seinfeld’ LEGO Set Finally Gives Us A Building Brick Set About Nothing By Ethan Anderton/July 6, 2021 8:57 am EST After LEGO brought the set of Friends and The Big Bang Theory to life with little plastic blocks, they’re turning their sights on the sitcom about nothing with a new Seinfeld LEGO set that recreates comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s apartment in building brick form. LEGO unveiled this new set as the latest LEGO Ideas set designed by fan Brent Waller from Australia, which he created for the show’s 30th anniversary in 2019....

Daily Podcast: Fear Street Cinematic Universe, Batgirl Contenders, We Have A Ghost, And More By Ben Pearson/July 20, 2021 2:00 pm EST On the July 20, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by senior writer and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including the Fear Street Cinematic Universe, Batgirl testing, Game of Thrones animated shows, and We Have a Ghost....

Daily Podcast: Is White Vision’s Fate In ‘WandaVision’ A “Marvel Cheat”? By Ben Pearson/March 11, 2021 1:45 pm EST On the March 11, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and TV news, including whether or not White Vision’s fate on WandaVision is a “Marvel cheat.” Opening Banter: Sorry about yesterday....

Daily Podcast: Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer Discussion Sony Pictures / Marvel Studios On the November 17, 2021, episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer Brad Oman to talk about the new trailer for “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” In The News: Trailer Reaction: “Spider-Man: No Way Home” Trailer: Spidey Versus The Villains Of The Marvel Multiverse Trailer Reactions Plug Ryan’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” Trailer Breakdown: Villains Of The Multiverse, Assemble!...

Don Cheadle To Narrate ABC’s ‘The Wonder Years’ Reboot Pilot By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 26, 2021 3:30 pm EST Don Cheadle is about to take a walk down memory lane. The Avengers: Endgame star has been set as the narrator for ABC’s reboot of The Wonder Years, taking on the role of adult Dean Williams in ABC’s single-camera pilot. Deadline reports that Cheadle has been tapped to narrate ABC’s The Wonder Years reboot pilot, playing the adult Dean Williams in the new take on the classic family comedy-drama....

Doom Patrol Mid-Season Trailer As we can see, the show looks to be wild as ever as we head into the back half of the third season. There is so much going on in this trailer it’s difficult to even put into words. The main thing is, the team does not appear to be toning things down one bit. This is still going to be a bizarre, unique trip within the dense superhero landscape....

Hanna Season 3 Trailer and Synopsis The cast and crew behind the series debuted a teaser trailer for season 3 during New York Comic-Con recently. We’ve included the action-packed look above for you to check out. Additionally, a full plot synopsis for the third season has been revealed, which you can check out below. Season Three of Hanna continues the journey of an extraordinary young woman, played by Esmé Creed-Miles, who was created by the sinister organization Utrax and trained to be an assassin....

Invasion Trailer: Aliens Invade Apple TV+ And Civilization Collapses In Upcoming Sci-Fi Series AppleTV+ By Shania Russell/Sept. 22, 2021 4:03 pm EST In the upcoming Apple TV+ series “Invasion,” we are not alone. Aliens are joining us on Earth, and they’re far from friendly. The globe-trotting sci-fi series sees the collapse of civilization through the eyes of characters based around the world. The story jumps across continents to visit everyone from a soon-to-be retired police sheriff to a member of a Japanese space program....

John Carpenter Says ‘Halloween Kills’ Is Brilliant, And He Knows A Thing Or Two About These Movies By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 3, 2021 3:30 pm EST John Carpenter is a legend, and every time he gives a new interview, he drops enjoyable little quotes that we can all obsess over. Just recently he gave a great interview with The Daily Beast in which he called horrible former President Ronald Reagan an “old piece of s***,” and we all had a good laugh....

Where You Can Stream Jujutsu Kaisen Crunchyroll There’s now a couple places where you can stream “Jujutsu Kaisen” in the U.S. All 24 episodes of season 1 are available on Crunchyroll, a streaming platform that hosts the world’s largest anime collection. A subscription to Crunchyroll costs anywhere from $7.99 a month to $14.99 a month depending on what tier you choose. The entire first season of “Jujutsu Kaisen” is also streaming on HBO Max....