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Fandango Buys Vudu – What Could This Mean For The Future Of The Service? By Ben Pearson/April 20, 2020 3:30 pm EST We’re quarantined for the foreseeable future, and since many people are now spending more time than ever watching things at home, we’re paying extra attention to an acquisition announced today which might end up affecting how your digital library of movies and television operates. Fandango has just entered into an agreement to purchase Vudu from Walmart, which presents a number of interesting possibilities for the future....

House Of Gucci Teaser: Lady Gaga Wants It All Universal Pictures By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 27, 2021 1:56 pm EST “House of Gucci” follows the true story surrounding the Gucci fashion empire, which includes the murder of Maurizio Gucci, an Italian businessman and the head of the Gucci fashion house. Based on the non-fiction book “The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed” by Sara Gay Forden, the film from director Ridley Scott looks like a tantalizing family affair full of betrayal and greed....

How Regina King Earned More Screen Time In The Harder They Fall [Exclusive] Netflix By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 11, 2021 9:00 pm EST In “The Harder They Fall,” Regina King’s character, Trudy Smith, plays lieutenant to the cowboy gang leader Rufus Buck, played by Idris Elba. She’s one member of an ensemble cast that also includes LaKeith Stanfield, Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, and Delroy Lindo. The film juggles numerous characters, and editor Tom Eagle had his work laid out for him in the cutting room....

Netflix’s ‘Pet Stars’ Trailer Is Full Of Good Doggos And All Kinds Of Talented Pets By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 23, 2021 9:30 am EST Welcome to the wild and cuddly world of famous pets. Or rather, will-be famous pets, once the pet talent agency Pets on Q is through with them. Netflix’s newest reality series, Pet Stars, follows talent management agency Pets on Q as they find the next big pet star, from good doggos to weird reptiles and everything in-between....

New Hawkeye Episode 5 Footage Features [Spoiler] In Action Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Dec. 9, 2021 2:32 pm EST We’ve got just two episodes left of “Hawkeye” with the Disney+ show entering its third act. While the fourth episode felt largely like the calm before the storm, it certainly concluded with a big fat bang that has major implications for what’s to come. Particularly because [redacted] has come for Clint Barton’s head....

Now Scream This: The Best Fantastic Fest Horror Movies Streaming Right Now By /Film Staff/Sept. 20, 2019 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Now Scream This, a column where horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato tell you what scary, spooky, and spine-tingling movies are streaming and where you can watch them.)Matt: Every September, there exists a genre film festival mecca called Fantastic Fest. I’ve been lucky enough to attend for four of the last five years, soon to be five of the last six....

Paul Thomas Anderson Doesn’t Care If You Stream His Movies Gary Miller / Getty Images By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 10, 2021 7:48 pm EST Filmmakers and film-lovers often encourage people to see movies on the biggest screen possible. It’s become a common refrain that accompanies the release of movies like Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” all the more so as the pandemic has sapped away business from theaters. Two years ago, when Martin Scorsese was making the promotional rounds for his Netflix film, “The Irishman,” he said to people via Popcorn with Peter Travers: “Please don’t look at it on a phone, please....

Rosaline First Look: Kaitlyn Dever Is Romeo’s Ex-Girlfriend In Hulu Comedy 20th Century Studios By Ben Pearson/Nov. 12, 2021 2:29 pm EST If it’s been a few years since you’ve read William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” you may not remember the character of Rosaline. She’s the girl Romeo is obsessing over at the beginning of the story: he and his friends infiltrate a costume party hosted by the Capulets partly so Romeo can try to see Rosaline, but instead, the smitten young man meets Rosaline’s cousin Juliet, and the rest is history....

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2: Release Date, Cast And More By Ben Pearson/June 15, 2021 12:02 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 first season of the animated comedy series Star Trek: Lower Decks was one of the funniest shows of 2020, and thankfully it won’t be long until the second season arrives....

That’s Not The Blair Witch At The End Of ‘Blair Witch’ By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 28, 2016 12:10 pm EST Unfortunately, Blair Witch was not quite the hit sequel that Lionsgate was hoping it would be. The film has only pulled in $16.5 million domestically and another $11.5 million internationally. That’s a bummer, because it’s actually quite the scary sequel that expands the mythology of The Blair Witch Project without ruining anything or revealing too much....

Siberia Vivo Film Abel Ferrara is one of the most distinguished voices in the thriller genre, and while he may not crank out a classic like “Bad Lieutenant” or “The King of New York” every time he steps behind the camera, it’s commendable that the older filmmaker continues to work on new films. Ferrara also released the thriller “Zeroes and Ones” this year, but his summer film, “Siberia,” had been sitting on the shelf for a while....

The 15 Best Horror TV Shows Of All Time AMC By Audrey Fox/Oct. 29, 2021 4:40 pm EST Up until fairly recently, horror on television has been a tame affair. With the main networks, there was always a limitation on how far a show could go with gore or violence (although interestingly enough, police procedures have traditionally been given carte blanche to push the envelope and play up the gritty factor)....

The Addams Family 2 Trailer: Prepare To Get Creepy And Kooky In Theaters And On VOD In October MGM By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 7, 2021 12:33 pm EST “The Addams Family” — the animated version at least — is back for a second movie, and we’ve got a trailer to celebrate it. Check out what the creepiest and kookiest family is up to in the new MGM feature, which has the Addams family members hitting the road on a family vacation....

The Sixth Sense The Sixth Sense isn’t M. Night Shyamalan’s first movie, but it is the movie that put him on the map. And all these years later, after all the hype, and after everyone surely knows the twist ending, the film still holds up. Bruce Willis is a child psychologist working with a patient (Haley Joel Osment) who can see dead people. Creepy, incredibly well-acted, and featuring just the right amount of melancholy, we can go ahead and start calling this one a classic (it came out 22 years ago, just in case you want to feel extra old)....

The Daily Stream: The Beautiful Brutality Of ‘Enemy At The Gates’ By Eric Vespe/Aug. 17, 2021 6:00 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: Enemy at the GatesWhere You Can Stream It: Hulu, Paramount+The Pitch: A Russian sniper faces off against Germany’s top marksman in a tense and deadly game of cat and mouse during the height of the Nazis’ power....

The Morning Watch: The Horror Of Doc Ock In Spider-Man 2, Daniel Craig Answers 007 Questions & More Sony Pictures By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 1, 2021 8:02 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....

Jacob Hall: Force Majeure I’ve seen things projected on screen that have burned my psyche like an acid bath. Hideous acts of violence committed by all manner of man and beast. Sex acts as envisioned by Lars Von Trier. Profound revelations about the nature of the human animal that have left me shaken to my core. And yet, when I think back on movies that have made me uncomfortable, movies that have made my skin crawl, movies that have forced me to avert my eyes because looking at the screen felt nothing short of unbearable, I think of Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure....

The Quarantine Stream: Did You Know Zack Snyder’s First Movie Starred Michael Jordan? By Ben Pearson/March 22, 2021 7:00 am EST Snyder has spent the better part of his career depicting larger-than-life heroes on screen: the Spartans in 300, the superheroes of the DCEU, even the owls of Ga’Hoole. But it turns out that throughline goes all the way back to 1990, when he directed the biggest basketball player in the world in Michael Jordan’s Playground....

Unwelcome: Release Date, Cast, And More Warner Bros By Natalia Keogan/Nov. 12, 2021 3:50 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.) Those interested in terrifying folk takes need not look further than the plethora of national Irish superstitions, whether they be the banshee’s death knell, nettlesome fae, or the now-defunct (and supposedly demonically infested) Magdalene Laundries....

The Last Duel 20th Century Studios Part of the responsibilities that come with being a serious actor is the fearlessness to look a little silly on occasion, if that’s what the role calls for. We’re not entirely sure what’s happening with Affleck’s facial hair and hair style in “The Last Duel” (not to mention that Affleck has a face that looks like it knows what a cell phone is), but the latest historical epic from acclaimed director Ridley Scott looks to be a must-watch anyway....