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Donald Glover Talks ‘Han Solo’, Plus New Revelations About ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ And ‘Community’ By Ben Pearson/Aug. 10, 2017 2:00 pm EST In a new profile, the actor speaks about the director switch-up on that film, and we learn some more details about his meeting with original Lando actor Billy Dee Williams. Plus, there are new revelations about Glover’s roles in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Community that fans should find worthwhile. The Hollywood Reporter’s profile on the actor/director/writer/producer is illuminating in many respects, but we’ll keep it focused on the aforementioned properties....

Movies Like American Gangster You Definitely Need To See Universal Pictures By Liam Gaughan/Dec. 13, 2021 10:41 am EST Ridley Scott debuted not just one, but two big-budget, star-studded vehicles this year with “The Last Duel” and “House of Gucci,” both of which were released within a month of each other. Scott is one of the most prolific filmmakers of his generation, and “American Gangster” stands as one of his very best films....

POTD: See The Original Photo From The End Of ‘The Shining,’ Before Jack Nicholson Was Added By Russ Fischer/Oct. 19, 2012 4:30 pm EST Here’s a good bit of trivia appropriate for Halloween: as some people may know, Stanley Kubrick did not create the photo seen at the very end of The Shining. Given the general attention to detail lavished by the director upon his projects, one would assume that the photo was crafted expressly for the film....

Superhero Comic Creators Are Demanding More Money As Their Creations Make Billions For Disney And WB By Joshua Meyer/July 20, 2021 6:23 am EST There’s a long history of comic book writers and artists seeing characters they created turn a considerable profit, most of which never filters back to them personally. Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster, for instance, sold the rights to Superman to Detective Comics (now known as DC) back in 1938 for a scant $130....

The Daily Stream: Contempt Is A Gateway To Godard And The French New Wave Marceau-Cocinor By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 4, 2021 6:04 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: “Contempt” (“Le Mépris”) Where You Can Stream It: The Criterion Channel The Pitch: A French screenwriter, Paul (Michel Piccoli), sees his marriage break down as an American producer enlists him to rewrite a film adaptation of Homer’s “Odyssey....

The Morning Watch: Blue’s Clues Gets A Nostalgic Eiffel 65 Remix, F9 Honest Trailer Revs Up & More Nick Jr. By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 29, 2021 8:12 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘To All The Boys: Always And Forever’ Is A Sweet Conclusion To Netflix’s Trilogy By Ben Pearson/Feb. 15, 2021 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: To All the Boys: Always and ForeverWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: In the third and final entry in the teen-centric To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before rom-com trilogy, Lara Jean Covey and Peter Kavinsky’s relationship is tested when they discover that they’ll be attending different colleges, which throws a wrench into their long-term plans....

The Real Charlie Chaplin: Release Date, Cast, And More Showtime By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 29, 2021 1:47 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.) There’s no question Charlie Chaplin is a vital figure in movie history. Whether they’ve actually seen any of his many silent works or handful of sound films, everyone has surely absorbed the image of him as the slapstick-prone, mustached trouble-maker with a heart of gold known as The Tramp....

Watch: Wong Kar-Wai Directed A Lunar New Year Short Film For Mercedes Benz By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 8, 2021 5:00 pm EST Wong Kar-wai has been relatively quiet since his last feature film, The Grandmaster, was released in 2013. But the renowned Hong Kong director has been ramping things up recently, preparing a new TV series, producing the Thai Sundance film One for the Road, and shooting a Lunar New Year commercial for Mercedes Benz....

‘Bridgerton’ Season 2 Casts Simone Ashley As Its New Leading Lady By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 16, 2021 11:00 am EST It’s a truth universally acknowledged that Bridgerton must stock up on its share of leading ladies. How else will you keep up with the necessary amount of fluttering eyelashes and heaving bosoms for the second season of the hit Netflix period romance series? And now Bridgerton has found its latest female lead with Sex Education’s Simone Ashley, who will play new character Kate Sharma....

‘My Little Pony’ Movie Heading Straight To Netflix Instead Of Playing In Theaters By Ben Pearson/Feb. 12, 2021 10:30 am EST The animated family film was once slated to hit theaters on September 24, 2021, but it will now debut on Netflix instead. It’s unclear if the film will begin streaming on that same date, but the assumption is that it will still arrive on Netflix at some point this year....

Two Very Different Gestures from the Mob McCartt was integral in the film’s production, and there are a couple stories involving her from behind the scenes that have made their way into the trivia of The Godfather. When Ruddy was warned about the mafia following his car (the real Mob really, really didn’t want The Godfather made), he would switch cards with McCartt in an effort to lose them. One night, her car had the windows shot out and a note left behind said, “Shut down the movie or else....

10 Disney Characters Who Deserve Their Own Live-Action Spinoffs By Angie Han/May 27, 2015 9:00 am EST As if all that weren’t enough, just last week Disney announced a Tinker Bell spinoff movie starring Reese Witherspoon. Which got us thinking — what other Disney supporting characters deserve a chance to step into the spotlight? Below are 10 Disney live-action spinoffs we’d love to see. 1. Ursula (The Little Mermaid)Premise: Like Maleficent, but underwater....

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Moon Knight Marvel Comics By Nick Bartlett/Oct. 20, 2021 7:16 pm EST Can a tweet break the discourse? London’s own Sunday Times tried its darnedest in early August, 2021. It postulated that the role of Tony Stark — a.k.a. Iron Man — could have been played by any actor in Jon Faverau’s “Iron Man” and the picture would have still succeeded. Never mind that box-office mainstay Tom Cruise was attached to Iron Man before Robert Downey Jr....

We Crunched the Numbers /Film Frankly, folks, you’d be hard-pressed to find a process that’s more scientifically rigorous than this one: we sent out a SurveyMonkey prompt, and 628 people responded. High tech labs across the world, take note – this is how you get results. If you’re not a fan of bar graphs, here’s the breakdown of their reactions for you: The Terminator 33.12% True Lies 14.49% Terminator 2: Judgment Day 12....

Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions: Release Date, Cast And More By Chris Evangelista/June 30, 2021 9:57 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.) This summer, the surprisingly fun Escape Room gets itself a sequel in the form of Escape Room: Tournament of Champions. Once again, a group of unlucky folks will have to fight their way out of highly deadly escape rooms....

Every Tim Burton Film Ranked From Worst To Best Warner Bros. By Audrey Fox/Aug. 25, 2021 7:45 pm EST Few careers in Hollywood seem as stable, yet somehow still wild, as Tim Burton’s. One of the premier genre filmmakers since the ’80s, Burton has created some of the most iconic and enduring movies of the last few decades. He has also, perhaps, relied on his keen sense of style at the expense of his stories, leading to a run of films that are beautiful to look at but emotionally empty....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 3, 2021 10:00 am EST When Goro Miyazaki returned to Studio Ghibli in 2015, he found the offices to be completely empty. “Nobody was here and it was like storage, very empty,” Miyazaki recalled in an interview with /Film over Zoom ahead of the release of his upcoming movie Earwig and the Witch. “And I thought, ‘Okay, so I won’t be making films anymore.’” But it would be just three years later that Miyazaki would get back in the director’s chair once again, for a kind of film that had never been done at Studio Ghibli before: a CG-animated movie....

No One Gets Out Alive: Release Date, Cast And More Netflix By Shania Russell/Sept. 8, 2021 12:59 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.) The leaves are changing and cold weather is almost upon us, which means its officially the spookiest season of the year. While the rest of us celebrate with bowls of candy and pumpkin pie, Netflix is cracking out all their scariest titles....

President Biden Is Headed To Disney World’s Hall Of Presidents – Check Out The New Audio-Animatronic Figure By Josh Spiegel/July 20, 2021 5:30 am EST Every four or eight years, at least in the last handful of decades, there has been an important passing of the guard in American culture. Yes, of course, there’s the whole “peaceful transfer of power” bit of the American presidential elections (or…y’know…there used to be). But of almost certain equal importance is the transition displayed within Walt Disney World’s theme-park attraction The Hall of Presidents....