I'm going to level with you all: I'm just petty enough to advocate the idea that people should only ever be allowed to be exceptional at one thing at a time. Professional athletes making millions of dollars as the most talented in the world within their area of expertise? That's … | Continue reading
Got a wild idea you want to make into a feature-length film? Turn it into a short movie first! Thats what Damien Chazelle did with "Whiplash," and it worked out pretty well for him. Jennifer Kent was similarly able to land the backing she need to make "The Babadook" after using h … | Continue reading
Daniel Radcliffe hasn't had an easygoing career. The English actor is most prominently known for his breakout role in the "Harry Potter" franchise, and his transition from a major child star to an adult actor has been somewhat challenging. Radcliffe headlined one of the biggest m … | Continue reading
Ahead of the Cannes premiere of David Cronenberg's "Crimes of the Future," three brand-new clips from the upcoming body horror film have been released for your pleasure. The official trailer allowed a glimpse into the world of performance artist Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), and … | Continue reading
The 1980s was a time of excess. Neon color schemes splashed storefronts in malls across the country. You weren't cool unless you had the latest gadget, car, or fashion. Some might say it was driven by greed. And "greed, for lack of a better word, is good." At least that what Gord … | Continue reading
Before superhero films became the dominant form of entertainment, not everyone looked at them the same way. Costumes that were often created to pop on the page didn't necessarily translate to live action. Think about the green Hulk with the purple shorts that, no matter how hard … | Continue reading
Steven Spielberg movies grab us by the collar, pop us into a world of wonder, and make us forget we're grown-ups with responsibilities. In his world, we're all curious children. After laying eyes on Spielberg's prehistoric creatures in "Jurassic Park," we all become that precocio … | Continue reading
(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.) In … | Continue reading
This post contains spoilers for episode 3 of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" is, even more so than most of the recent "Trek" shows, a legacy program. While "Star Trek: Picard" steers into nostalgia like a raft caught in a current and "Star Trek: L … | Continue reading
Maybe the real war after all had nothing to do with the UNSC and the Covenant, John and Makee, or Dr. Halsey and the Spartans' fight for their very humanity. At the end of the day, "Halo" and its continued struggle to forge its own identity wound up becoming the last, bitter tast … | Continue reading
"Bass Reeves" was originally a standalone limited series that was coming to Paramount+ with Taylor Sheridan, but it's morphed a bit. Now, according to the MTV Entertainment Studios upfront presentation (via Deadline), it's going to be a new chapter in the "Yellowstone" prequel "1 … | Continue reading
Season 3 of Netflix's "Love, Death + Robots" doesn't drop until this Friday, May 20, 2022, but it seems the folks at the massive streamer couldn't help but drop an episode early. Surely, you know about "Love, Death + Robots" by now, but on the off chance you've missed out, it's a … | Continue reading
The reimagining of "Queer as Folk" will hit Peacock in a few short weeks, and we've finally been blessed with a trailer that gives us a better look at our soon-to-be favorites, giving us a stronger idea of just what these new folks will be tackling this season. The original serie … | Continue reading
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is filled with unique characters. There are gods, wizards, super spies, ninjas, and robots running around all over the place, causing all sorts of trouble. Now, with the multiverse in play, the possibilities for weird and wild individuals to pop up a … | Continue reading
Movies are good. Sorry. Ahem. We can do better than that. Movies are not only good, movies are enriching, nourishing, rejuvenating, beautiful, weird, funny, exhilarating, terrifying, discombobulating, and any other adjective you care to throw at them. The bad ones melt away. The … | Continue reading
In the not-so-grand tradition of "The Vanishing," "The Grudge," and "Delivery Man," German filmmaker Stephan Rick has opted to step behind the camera for the English-language remake of his foreign-language original film. Fortunately for Rick, his 2011 thriller, "Unter Nachbarn," … | Continue reading
Fans of the Prime Video series "Reacher" can add the 11th book in the Jack Reacher series to their summer reading list, because the book basis for the second season of "Reacher" has finally been announced. Star Alan Ritchson took to Twitter today first with an image showing a pai … | Continue reading
David Cronenberg's newest film, "Crimes of the Future," is due to debut at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23 of this year, with a North American release set for on June 3, 2022. To be clear, it is not a remake of his 1970 film with the same title. "Crime of the Future," in-keepi … | Continue reading
The legacy of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films is ... complicated. The two post-Gore Verbinski sequels "On Stranger Tides" and "Dead Men Tell No Tales" were quite bad. Our perception of Johnny Depp has taken some major hits, both as a human and an actor. Disney is looking to … | Continue reading
I guess if you're going to spend $30 million per episode on season 4 of "Stranger Things," it's good that some of the episodes are long ones. According to an interview The Wrap did with the Duffer Brothers, two of the new episodes are going to be over two hours each. That's the l … | Continue reading
(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 … | Continue reading
I never would've believed that a show about football, or any sport really, would resonate with me on the level that "Friday Night Lights" did. There is little in this world that matters to me less than sports, and yet somehow this drama revolving around a high school football tea … | Continue reading
(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: "The Last Waltz" Where You Can Stream It: Prime Video, Criterion Channel, Pluto TV, Tubi The Pitch: Whi … | Continue reading
Cannes feels the need — the need to show heaping amounts of love and appreciation for actor Tom Cruise, that is. The fancy Cannes Film Festival has officially commenced in the quaint European city, where professional film fans from all over have flocked to check out some of the y … | Continue reading
"The Wonder Twins" movie has been officially scrapped, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as new CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslav is changing things up, post-merger. This film is a casualty of the shakeup, despite the fact that it was ripe for a comic … | Continue reading
Daniel Day-Lewis is widely regarded as one of the best actors of all time. Famously choosy with roles, he has only been in 11 feature films in the last 30 years, and 2017's "Phantom Thread" really is (devastatingly) supposed to be his last. Known for his rigorous preparation for … | Continue reading
Despite the fact that the two "Yellowstone" prequels are named after the year they're set in -- "1883" and "1932" though the later is still a working title -- the upcoming spin-off "6666" isn't set in the future. Not that I wouldn't watch a show about space cowboys. I've done it … | Continue reading
Netflix has been home to some incredible animated feature films as of late, including "Klaus," "Vivo," "Over the Moon," and "The Mitchells vs. The Machines." In their latest, wholly original production, Disney alum Chris Williams takes audiences on a nautical adventure sailing th … | Continue reading
I am a sucker for a story about a clever and innovative young woman in a time when young women were supposed to be quiet and submissive. I firmly reject the idea of time travel, as I love flushing toilets and equal rights (such as they are), but even as a little girl, I loved thi … | Continue reading
The new Netflix original animated feature "The Sea Beast" won't set sail until later this summer, but the more I learn about the new project from Chris Williams, the more excited I am to see the adventures of sea monster hunter, Jacob Holland. A 25-year Disney veteran, Williams m … | Continue reading
John Woo is perhaps one of the greatest Hong Kong directors and, depending on your tastes, the best one to ever bless the silver screen. However, whether you are an action movie aficionado or not, his influence on cinema cannot be overstated, as his films such as "A Better Tomorr … | Continue reading
Ah, "Air Force One." That fine bit of '90s pulp escapism, complete with across-the-board actioner performances (Glenn Close! Paul Guilfoyle! Dean Stockwell! William H. Macy!) punctuated by Gary Oldman's neo-Soviet baddie Egor Korshunov -- chronologically performed back-to-back wi … | Continue reading
As someone who has cultivated a relatively disparate group of friends, I am always wary of throwing together different people for board game nights. Then again, if every game was as well-designed to foster new friendships as Spenser Starke's "Alice Is Missing," maybe I wouldn't b … | Continue reading
A new animated adventure from the co-director of "Big Hero 6" and "Moana" is set to arrive on Netflix this July in the form of "The Sea Beast." The sea-faring flick is anchored (see what I did there?) by the voice talent of Dan Stevens, Karl Urban, Jared Harris, and Zaris-Angel H … | Continue reading
John Carpenter's 1982 film "The Thing" is considered one of the best horror movies ever made. Notable for its intense practical effects and strong performances, the movie depicts a group of American researchers brought together by pilot MacReady (Kurt Russell) after discovering a … | Continue reading
With the release of "Obi-Wan Kenobi" just around the corner, Disney and Lucasfilm are giving "Star Wars" fans a little something to help hold them over in the form of a new featurette which takes a behind the scenes look at the Disney+ series. Specifically, Ewan McGregor, who ret … | Continue reading
"Ex Machina" director Alex Garland's newest film, "Men," had an unexpected source of inspiration. This will be the filmmaker's first venture into folk horror. As expected, the film pays tribute to staples of the genre like "Wicker Man" (1973). The terrifying conclusion of "Men," … | Continue reading
Michael Mann is a perfectionist. Many geniuses are. Decades after the release of his masterpiece, "Heat," he was still tinkering with the lighting scheme. Meanwhile, he was also re-editing "Ali' and even trying to salvage his least-loved film, "Blackhat." Mann's exacting standard … | Continue reading
On the May 18, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by news writer Ryan Scott here to talk about the latest film and TV news, Stan Lee's postmortem Marvel return, lessons learned from Solo, She-Hulk trailer, and the future of Star Wars. O … | Continue reading
They may not want to admit it, but men are absolutely obsessed with their own appearance. That obsession manifests itself in a litany of different ways. Sometimes, it is pure vanity. We all know those movie stars who wanted to be framed and lit a certain way to best accentuate th … | Continue reading
"Downton Abbey" has endured in the pop culture landscape for well over a decade now, and has managed to keep itself relevant years after the show went off the air in no small part to the movie that was released in 2019. Well, now we're getting a sequel in the form of "Downton Abb … | Continue reading
Alex Garland is no stranger to adapting a novel into a screenplay -- before his directorial debut with "Ex Machina," Garland was a novelist himself. He got his first screenwriting credit adapting his debut novel, "The Beach," for the Danny Boyle-directed film of the same name. He … | Continue reading
Lynne Ramsay, known for directing intense bangers like "We Need to Talk About Kevin" and "You Were Never Really Here," will be taking up a Margaret Atwood adaptation with Julianne Moore and Sandra Oh set to star (via The Hollywood Reporter). Ramsay will be adapting a particular t … | Continue reading
For over a decade, the animated series "Bob's Burgers" has stolen the hearts of viewers all across the world, with Bob (H. Jon Benjamin), Linda (John Roberts), Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman), and Louise Belcher (Kristen Schaal) becoming pop culture icons. As the 12th seas … | Continue reading
Folks, this is very much not a drill. Acclaimed director George Miller's next feature might not have been three thousand years in the making, but it sure feels like it. Movie fans have been anxiously awaiting our first look at "Three Thousand Years of Longing," a sweeping epic in … | Continue reading
After a three-year break that feels much longer, "Stranger Things" is finally coming back. Season 4 of the Duffer brothers' love letter to the 1980s is going heavier on the horror than seasons past, bringing seemingly haunted houses and nods to "A Nightmare on Elm Street" into th … | Continue reading
Brad Pitt is one of the most famous celebrities in Hollywood. His name has appeared in tabloid headlines for almost 30 years. Not every actor can be as reclusive as Daniel Day-Lewis. Even though Pitt is incredibly popular, he is one of the best actors of his generation. It's rare … | Continue reading
The 1980s have become coalesced in America's cultural memory as a decade of excess above all else. Sure, the era produced a number of notably kooky, how-did-that-ever-happen trends in fashion, music, and pop culture, but permeating just about everything is the sense of largesse, … | Continue reading