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Midnight Mass Star Kate Siegel On Performing That Monologue And Embracing Obsession [Interview] Netflix By Jack Giroux/Oct. 18, 2021 9:04 am EST Erin’s faith in “Midnight Mass” is complicated yet pure. She’s someone seeking community and peace, but at the same time, that respectful desire was born out of hardship and tragedy. She escaped her home and her mother, who called her a “godless heathen,” only to return and continue to struggle with the past....

Squid Game Is Officially Netflix’s Biggest Series Launch Ever, According To Statistics They Won’t Share Netflix By Shania Russell/Oct. 14, 2021 12:35 pm EST Step aside, “Bridgerton,” there’s a new Netflix obsession in town. “Squid Game” has officially become the streamer’s biggest series launch of all time, with 111 million global viewers since its September 17 release. Given the very loud hype and the fact that people are already planning their Halloween costumes around this show, the news shouldn’t come as a surprise....

Superhero Bits: Avengers 5 Plans, Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy Launch Trailer & More Marvel By Ryan Scott/Oct. 12, 2021 5:06 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

The Changeling Will Let LaKeith Stanfield Navigate A Modern Horror Fairy Tale On Apple TV+ Annapurna Pictures By Vanessa Armstrong/Aug. 25, 2021 4:06 pm EST “The Changeling,” a series based on the award-winning novel by Victor LaValle, is heading to Apple TV+. The story follows Apollo Kagwa, a New York City antiquarian book dealer and a father whose wife comes to believe their baby boy has been stolen and replaced with an inhuman doppelganger....

The City Of Boston Declares March 26 To Be Leonard Nimoy Day By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 23, 2021 4:00 pm EST Honestly, we should be thankful every day that Leonard Nimoy existed and brought to life an iconic (beautiful, wonderful, magnificent, handsome) character like Spock. But the city of Boston is going one step further and dedicating a whole day to the Star Trek actor, declaring March 26 to be Leonard Nimoy Day....

The Daily Stream: ‘Hulk’ Is Like A Glimpse At An Alternate Universe Where Superhero Movies Are Weird And More Interesting By Chris Evangelista/June 23, 2021 11:00 am 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: HulkWhere You Can Stream It: FuboTVThe Pitch: Ang Lee takes the story of the Incredible Hulk and turns it into a big, weird, inventive comic book movie that the world just wasn’t ready for....

Why It’s Essential Viewing XYZ Films Unless you’re a narcissist or a complete sociopath, there is a strong chance that you can relate to Ruth’s character. You may not have been robbed before, but even just experiencing someone cutting you off in traffic or not covering their mouth when they sneeze can be an act of disgusting selfishness. Working as a nursing assistant, Ruth is used to helping people but is constantly disregarded, taken advantage of, and used....

Why It’s Essential Viewing Paramount Pictures Let’s run with this “Ted Lasso” comparison for a minute, shall we? It might be a liiiiittle bit of a stretch, but hear me out. Both stories are about a guy coming in to coach a team he’s ill-equipped to handle and while Buttermaker and Lasso are complete opposites as people (one a grouchy drunk, the other an eternal optimist) their coaching style isn’t all that different in that they both end up caring more about bringing the best out of their players than winning their games....

The King’s Man Red Band Trailer: The Super-Spy Prequel Gets Bloody 20th Century Studios By Eric Vespe/Aug. 26, 2021 9:00 am EST The long-awaited new addition to “The Kingsman” franchise is finally upon us. Well, almost. After nearly two years of delays due in no small part to that pesky pandemic, Matthew Vaughn’s third installment in the series looks locked into place for a December 2021 release, and we have a new trailer on deck to prove it....

Dante’s Peak Getty Images Pierce Brosnan, between a couple of his James Bond adventures, found time to try and save a small town from a volcano long thought to be dormant. Spoiler alert: It’s no longer dormant! And who better to be teamed up with than Sarah Connor herself, Linda Hamilton, who plays the mayor of the movie’s titular Washington town. This was one of two competing volcano-based action thrillers released in 1997, the other being the aptly titled “Volcano,” which featured an eruption in the heart of Los Angeles and a cast that included Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, and Don Cheadle....

Warped & Faded Exclusive Excerpt Mondo The excerpt, below, gives a great window into the initial thoughts and discussions behind Weird Wednesday alongside memories of the early days. The idea for the mid-week series began with Tim League and his steadfast acquisition of a massive haul of overlooked gems, loaded in the back of a massive rental truck en route to Texas. One snag perplexed the hopeful exhibitors: they found that the promotion of these films was somewhat hampered by their niche appeal....

Water Cooler: Black Widow, Lucas, In The Heights, Bo Burnham’s Inside, Enter The Dragon, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, VelociCoaster By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2021 12:40 pm EST On the June 18, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film Editorial Director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

‘Assembled: The Making Of Loki’ Trailer: See How Marvel’s Mischief Was Managed By Ethan Anderton/July 21, 2021 7:55 am EST Now that Loki has wrapped up the show’s first season, it’s time for the traditional follow-up in the form of a documentary about the Marvel Studios production with a new installment of Assembled. Assembled: The Making of Loki takes us behind the scenes of Marvel’s latest show on Disney+ to reveal how all the mischief was managed with Loki (Tom Hiddleston), Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), Mobius (Owen Wilson), and the rest of the show’s cast and crew....

‘Bag Man’: Ben Stiller Producing Movie Adaptation Of Rachel Maddow Podcast About Spiro Agnew Scandal By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 5, 2021 1:30 pm EST Podcasts are increasingly becoming source material for films and TV shows, and the latest is Bag Man, which is now being developed as a movie by Ben Stiller and Focus Features. The Bag Man podcast comes from Rachel Maddow and MSNBC and focuses on the “true story of one of the most brazen political bribery scandals in American history....

‘Cry Macho’ Trailer: Clint Eastwood Hits The Road With His Rooster By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 5, 2021 4:29 pm EST He’s at it again, folks. Clint Eastwood is back directing, producing, and starring in a new drama called Cry Macho. The film stars Eastwood as a washed-up rodeo star and horse breeder who takes a possibly dangerous job to bring a former boss’s young son home from Mexico. Of Cowboys and Cockfights...

‘Peacemaker’ Wraps Filming On Season 1, James Gunn Reveals Directors For HBO Max Series By Chris Evangelista/July 13, 2021 7:54 am EST Peacemaker, the Suicide Squad spin-off headed to HBO Max, has wrapped filming – and this news comes with info on who will be directing the series. We already knew that The Suicide Squad filmmaker James Gunn directed five of the show’s eight episodes, and now we know who will be sharing directorial duties....

‘Snowpiercer’ Season 4 Greenlit Ahead Of Season 3 Premiere By Ben Pearson/July 29, 2021 2:56 pm EST After a famously bumpy development period, TNT’s Snowpiercer will continue to chug along for a while longer: the network has handed the series a fresh renewal, continuing its tradition of giving a greenlight to an advance season before the impending season’s premiere even hits the airwaves. Actually, I guess “airwaves” aren’t technically involved since TNT is a cable network....

‘The Purge Forever’ Producer Jason Blum On Returning To Theaters And Planning Five Years Ahead [Interview] By Jack Giroux/July 1, 2021 7:20 am EST Jason Blum isn’t done with The Purge. Although The Forever Purge was once billed as the fifth and final installment in the series, the producer isn’t ready to let the hit series go. And based on the ending of the latest installment, there are still more stories to tell....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 9, 2021 1:30 pm EST Published in 2009, The Summer I Turned Pretty is the first in a trilogy of books that tells the multigenerational story of a love triangle between one girl and two brothers. The first book is followed by It’s Not Summer Without You (2010), and We’ll Always Have Summer (2011), and touches on everything from coming-of-age drama to first love and first heartbreak. It’s the kind of hit series that you’d expect from the writer behind the very sweet To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before....

5 Things We Loved About ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 1 (And 3 Things We Hated) By Andrew Todd/March 30, 2020 9:00 am EST The first season of Star Trek: Picard was as frustratingly mixed as any first Trek season. As thrilling as it was to see Jean-Luc Picard return, its great ideas and story elements are tantalising moments amid a show that’s merely pretty good. The central story is solid. It’s the best-shot Star Trek show to date, shying away from shiny sci-fi precision in favour of earthy tones and messy spills of light....