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‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Composer Henry Jackman Shares His Creative Process For Writing A Superhero Score [Interview] By Jacob Hall/May 6, 2021 12:00 pm EST If you want to track the evolution of the Hollywood blockbuster over the past decade, just scroll through the filmography of composer Henry Jackman. It represents an impressive slice of varied films (dramas, action films, animated adventures, comedies, monster movies), all of them unified in being expensive wide releases seen by millions of people....

‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ TV Spot Tries To Discern The Difference Between A Sorcerer And A Wizard By Ben Pearson/March 9, 2021 1:30 pm EST After more than a year with no Marvel Studios content due to the pandemic, the fire hose is now slowly opening up again. WandaVision has wrapped up its run on Disney+, and in just a few weeks, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will take the baton and attempt to generate the same level of discussion and engagement....

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Tests Audiences’ Patience With “Heroic,” A Hospital-Set Bottle Episode By Caroline Cao/July 18, 2019 4:30 pm EST After The Handmaid’s Tale’s arguably most scattered and exasperating episode in last week’s “Unfit,” “Heroic” is straightforward with tracing its narrative goals while also testing its audience’s patience. “Heroic” opens on boredom and the tune of “Heaven is a Place on Earth.” After the shopping incident, June (Elisabeth Moss) is forced to keep vigil for a comatose Ofmatthew/Natalie (Ashleigh LaThrop) for weeks, maybe a few months on end – “until there’s a baby,” according to Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd)....

‘The Magicians’ Taps The Brakes With “Marry F–ck Kill” And “Escape From The Happy Place” By Vanessa Armstrong/Feb. 28, 2019 3:30 pm EST The fourth and fifth episodes of The Magicians are slower paced than the beginning of the season, allowing viewers to marinate in some under-explored relationships and to circle back to some dangling storylines. The results are mixed, but the show’s quick dialogue and unexpectedly poignant character moments make both episodes—especially Episode 5—rich fodder that fans will enjoy....

‘The Staircase’ Series Casts Toni Collette As Kathleen Peterson By Chris Evangelista/April 29, 2021 4:15 pm EST The Staircase has found its Kathleen Peterson in Toni Collette. Collette joins Colin Firth in the HBO Max limited series, which is based on the true crime docuseries of the same name. The series tells the story of Michael Peterson, who was convicted of murdering his wife Kathleen. Peterson’s defense team argued that Kathleen’s death was an accident caused when she fell down a narrow, dark staircase in the couple’s home....

‘Wolf Like Me’: Peacock Orders Genre-Bending Romantic Comedy Starring Josh Gad And Isla Fisher By Chris Evangelista/April 28, 2021 4:30 pm EST Peacock has announced a straight-to-series order for Wolf Like Me, described as “a genre-bending romantic comedy” that will star Josh Gad and Isla Fisher. Abe Forsythe (Little Monsters) created the series, which consists of six half-hour episodes that follow Gad and Fisher’s characters as they deal with the baggage of a new relationship....

Anthony Hopkins Gives A Belated Oscars Acceptance Speech, Pays Tribute To Chadwick Boseman By Ethan Anderton/April 26, 2021 8:00 am EST Last night, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony ended with a surprise. Although the late Chadwick Boseman had been receiving many posthumous honors throughout awards season for his final performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the award for Best Actor ended up going to Anthony Hopkins for his turn in The Father....

Ava DuVernay Sheds Some Light On Why Her New Gods Movie Got The Chop Paramount Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 2, 2021 10:23 am EST Although their overall track record isn’t all that different from most other studios currently in the superhero movie game, Warner Bros. has had to work overtime lately to erase the reputation they’ve garnered in recent years for being a little too eager to put the cart before the horse....

Cool Stuff: ‘Avengers: Infinity Saga’ Playing Cards From Theory 11 Are Quite A Handful By Ethan Anderton/April 6, 2021 6:00 am EST Theory 11 previously created a double pack of Star Wars playing cards for the light and dark side of the force, not to mention an entire set dedicated to the Disney+ series The Mandalorian. Now it’s the many movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe getting shuffled up in a stylish new deck of Avengers: Infinity Saga playing cards....

Daily Podcast: Mini-Water Cooler: Red Notice, Encanto, Christine, And More Netflix By Ben Pearson/Nov. 4, 2021 4:02 pm EST On the November 4, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by news editor Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about what they’ve been up to at the virtual water cooler. Opening Banter: At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing: Ben trick-or-treated with his family members. Hoai-Tran toured a spooky Victorian house for Halloween....

Doctor Who New Year’s Special Trailer: Happy Holidays, Have Some Daleks BBC By Hannah Shaw-Williams/Dec. 5, 2021 4:35 pm EST “Doctor Who: Flux” has just come to an end, but there’s no rest for the wicked — or for Time Lords and their companions. After the credits rolled on the season 13 finale, the BBC aired a trailer for “Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks,” the upcoming New Year’s special set to premiere on January 1, 2022....

Exclusive ‘Slasher: Flesh And Blood’ Clip Has Star David Cronenberg Talking About Playing A Horror Villain By Chris Evangelista/July 21, 2021 12:21 pm EST Body horror master David Cronenberg is returning to filmmaking with the upcoming Crimes of the Future, but he also dabbles in acting from time to time. He has a major role in Nightbreed, has had cameo appearances in multiple films, recently guest-starred on Star Trek: Discovery, and now he has a major role in the Shudder series Slasher: Flesh and Blood....

Fantastic Fest Is Back To Let Chaos Reign – And You Can Attend In-Person Or Virtually By Marisa Mirabal/June 21, 2021 5:00 pm EST One of the most beloved film festivals of the year is back in all of its chaos and glory. The Austin-based genre film festival Fantastic Fest has announced its resurgence this fall to entertain fans both in theaters and in their homes, with exciting new virtual components to make films more accessible for all....

How Jeff Bridges Changed Crazy Heart Director Scott Cooper’s Life [Exclusive] Searchlight Pictures By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 28, 2021 2:26 pm EST Talk to anyone who has worked with Jeff Bridges throughout the many decades of his career and you’ll find that the star of “The Big Lebowski” and “TRON” is one of the nicest people in show business. That goes double for “Crazy Heart” director Scott Cooper, who credits Jeff Bridges with changing his entire life....

Lin-Manuel Miranda Learned His Most Important Song-Writing Lessons From A Howard Ashman DVD [Exclusive] Netflix By Ben Pearson/Nov. 23, 2021 2:52 pm EST 2021 is arguably the biggest year of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s career so far. The Tony-winning multi-hyphenate just made his feature film directorial debut with “Tick, Tick…BOOM!”, his musical “In the Heights” was adapted into a movie this past summer, he worked on the music for two animated musicals (Netflix’s “Vivo” and Walt Disney Animation’s “Encanto”), and that’s not even a comprehensive list of all his credits this year....

Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ Arrives Early On Digital Next Month, Blu-Ray And DVD Shortly After By Ethan Anderton/July 26, 2021 8:31 am EST Marvel’s Black Widow can currently be seen in theaters on the big screen or from the comfort of your own home on Disney+ Premier Access. Since the box office numbers dwindled fast for the movie that sends off Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff, Disney and Marvel have decided to release the movie to digital platforms and Blu-ray/DVD much earlier than anticipated....

Milestone Animated Movie Will Unite DC’s Great Black Superheroes DC Comics By Ryan Scott/Oct. 17, 2021 12:00 pm EST Milestone may not be a household name, but for certain comic book fans, it’s an important one. Fortunately, DC is making a huge effort to bring the transformative brand back for modern readers. Beyond that, as revealed at DC FanDome, the company is looking to give Milestone Comics an on-screen presence as well....

New ‘Star Wars: Visions’ Details Reveal The Show’s Place On The Saga’s Timeline By Jeremy Mathai/July 16, 2021 2:06 pm EST Ever since Disney acquired Lucasfilm, we’ve all had to make our peace with the fact that Star Wars would likely dominate the big screen and our television sets until the end of our lives (and almost certainly beyond that, too). Even the most hardcore fan would have to admit that the key to staving off franchise fatigue will be introducing fresh perspectives and original approaches, and that’s where Star Wars: Visions comes in....

On Its Tenth Anniversary, ‘Shutter Island’ Remains One Of Martin Scorsese’s Unsung Masterpieces By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 19, 2020 9:00 am EST “Why you all wet, baby?” This question takes on eerie resonance throughout Martin Scorsese’s masterful 2010 adaptation of Shutter Island, which turns 10 today. It’s uttered both in flashback and in the present, by different characters with different emotional weight each time. It’s also part of the key to unlocking this film’s strange, disturbing pleasures....

Peacemaker Trailer Breakdown: John Cena And James Gunn Are Back With A New Squad Warner Bros. By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 16, 2021 3:06 pm EST The “Suicide Squad” spin-off series “Peacemaker” wrapped filming in July, and now we’ve got our first full-length teaser trailer! Fans who wondered what writer/director James Gunn and star John Cena were going to do with the character following the events of “The Suicide Squad” now have their answer, as the trailer opens with Cena’s Peacemaker waking up in the hospital....