On the May 17, 2022, episode of /Film Daily, /Film news writer Ryan Scott talks about the latest film and TV news, which today is all about a galaxy far, far away, and the wealth of "Star Wars" news that recently dropped. In The News: Ryan: Kevin Feige's And Rian Johnson's Star W … | Continue reading
A brand new trailer has dropped for the HBO limited series, "Irma Vep," which is a modern-day rendition of Olivier Assayas' seminal 1996 film of the same name. The HBO series is being helmed by Assayas himself, with the titular role being played by Alicia Vikander ("Ex Machina," … | Continue reading
New details have emerged regarding the ad-supported version of Disney+ that is set to arrive later this year in the U.S., as well as in international markets next year. Yes, this will be a cheaper option — but at what cost? How much time will viewers have to spend watching commer … | Continue reading
There are many kinds of strength, but seeing the physical representation of it in the human form is always a little inspiring. Sculptors and artists who depict humans often highlight those in peak physical condition — Michelangelo's "David" doesn't look like he's ever missed leg … | Continue reading
Welcome back to /Film Showdown, wherein we pit a pair of genre giants against each other in a hypothetical Thunderdome to see who would triumph. So far we've seen Leatherface go up against the Priest of the "Hellraiser" films, Obi-Wan Kenobi face-off against Spock, and Magneto vs … | Continue reading
Rob Zombie has always been a big fan of the 1964 sitcom "The Munsters," and he details the exact reasons why on a commentary track he recorded for the 1966 feature film spinoff "Munster, Go Home!" It was on that commentary track that Zombie succinctly separated The Munsters from … | Continue reading
The dinosaurs will be infiltrating the world soon in the upcoming, highly-anticipated "Jurassic World Dominion," which has managed to secure a China release date (via Deadline). "Jurassic World Dominion" is one of the few films whose China release date is in sync with its North A … | Continue reading
There's a new smug master manipulator in town, played by none other than Chris Hemsworth. When I first saw Hemsworth as a villain in "Bad Times at the El Royale," I ended up appreciating him more as an actor, given his delicious performance as Billy the cult leader, which effecti … | Continue reading
Almost all of the remakes of Disney classics — those retreads of recent years like "The Lion King" with Donald Glover; "Beauty and the Beast" with Emma Watson; and "Dumbo" with Colin Farrell — have been ungainly and often painful to watch. If nothing else, they're disjointed and … | Continue reading
In 1986, director Oliver Stone pulverized moviegoers with his landmark Vietnam War drama, "Platoon." Released just eleven years after the fall of Saigon, the Best Picture-winner stars Charlie Sheen as Chris Taylor, an idealistic young U.S. Army volunteer who finds himself caught … | Continue reading
Marvel president Kevin Feige's efforts to expand the Marvel Cinematic Universe onto streaming have to be considered a thorough success, even if the specific shows have been somewhat hit or miss to this point. One recent highlight, however, turned out to be the Hailee Steinfeld-st … | Continue reading
Ryan Gosling is taking a detour from Barbie world to take a trip down under. Per Variety, the actor is set to star in "The Fall Guy," a feature film adaptation of the 1980s TV series of the same name, that will shoot in Sydney, Australia. The original series starring Lee Majors r … | Continue reading
We finally have some firm plot details regarding the long-in-the-works "Star Wars" series "Andor," which will bring back Diego Luna as Cassian Andor, who we first met in 2016's "Rogue One." The show will arrive later this summer on Disney+ and will show us how the man went from c … | Continue reading
In 2002, "Fast & Furious" filmmaker Justin Lin made his Sundance debut with the bombastic "Better Luck Tomorrow." The film takes loose inspiration from the Southern California-set "Honor Roll Murder" of the early '90s, following the exploits of an Asian-American gang who juggle t … | Continue reading
By the time Milla Jovovich returns to the video game adaptation realm to reprise her role as Alice in "Resident Evil: Apocalypse," her character has already gone toe to toe with the undead. Paul W.S. Anderson's "Resident Evil" sees Alice throwing elbows, snapping necks with her t … | Continue reading
When cinephiles think Dracula, there are any number of actors whose faces might come to mind, from Bela Lugosi to Gary Oldman or even the more recent Claes Bang, who ushered in the 2020s with a three-episode miniseries on Netflix and BBC One. Bang certainly wasn't the first gent … | Continue reading
You heard them prior to the second season of "The Leftovers," which first aired in October of 2015. A moody cover of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran" wailed plaintively in the previews. You might have heard them in the preview for the 2015 ABC series "The Whispers." That was Mike + t … | Continue reading
Some say getting away from it all is a great way to recover from stress, and no one does it quite like Daniel Day-Lewis. For his next film role after his very public breakdown on stage during a performance of "Hamlet," the famously intense actor took himself off to the wilderness … | Continue reading
Brett Easton Ellis's 1991 novel, "American Psycho," about a deranged businessman-turned-serial killer, offers up brilliant commentary on the consumer-driven world of the privileged and wealthy in New York City. Made into a film in 2000 that was written and directed by Mary Harron … | Continue reading
The premise of Seth Rogen's and Evan Goldberg's 2013 comedy "This Is the End" was ambitious. A group of Hollywood actors, all playing exaggerated versions of themselves, are merrily whiling the night away at a depraved mansion-bound party when the Biblical rapture takes place. Th … | Continue reading
One of the greatest novels of the 21st century so far, Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Namesake" nearly defies adaptation. Spanning multiple decades, languages, and metropolises, Lahiri's novel follows the life of Gogol Ganguli, a first-generation Indian American, and his oft-contentious re … | Continue reading
Jeff Bridges may be forever identified with the role of Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski in "The Big Lebowski," but he's had plenty of other roles that didn't involve puttering around in his bathrobe and jelly sandals, sniffing half-and-half creamer cartons in the supermarket. Bridges … | Continue reading
Before "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," we thought we knew who Ang Lee was as a filmmaker. This was a man who made low-key dramas and comedies about repressed emotions, usually within the context of a family. Films like "Eat Drink Man Woman" and "The Ice Storm" were stories abou … | Continue reading
When thinking about the career of Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, "creepy" is likely not the first word that comes to mind. Known for his incredible collaborative efforts in Richard Linklater's "Before" trilogy and dramatic roles in films like "Gattaca" and "Training Day," Haw … | Continue reading
The "Star Wars" sequel trilogy has come and gone, "The Mandalorian" spearheaded the franchise's shift towards streaming, and now the future of stories set in that galaxy far, far away somehow seems both bright and oddly murky at the same time. As much as Jon Favreau and Dave Filo … | Continue reading
Prepare to be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of "Star Wars" projects that Lucasfilm has planned for the next few years. Just because we aren't in the middle of an ongoing trilogy doesn't mean there will be any shortage of lightsabers and space adventures to marvel at — in additi … | Continue reading
Where do you go after directing three "Spider-Man" movies in a row? If you're Sam Raimi, you step away from the world of superheroes entirely to go off and make "Drag Me to Hell," the gleefully gross 2009 horror-comedy that acted as a balm for the filmmaker after his frustrations … | Continue reading
When talking about the best movies and the best movie endings of all time, David Fincher's "Seven" (or "Se7en," if you prefer) is right up there. It has been 27 years since the film was released in theaters worldwide, but just because all that time has passed, it doesn't mean our … | Continue reading
Two brooding bloodsuckers enter, but can they both survive? Edward Cullen burst onto the scene back in Stephanie Meyer's 2005 novel "Twilight." He was turned into a vampire in 1918 after contracting a nasty case of influenza. The doctor who non-consensually sired him, treated him … | Continue reading
Park Chan-wook earned worldwide acclaim for his 2003 thriller "Oldboy," but with each new film the director proves his commitment to centering well-developed female characters in his stories. His 2022 Cannes entry, "Decision to Leave," features a female lead as the primary suspec … | Continue reading
The "Star Wars" franchise is an ever-evolving one, and current developments including "Obi-Wan Kenobi" warrant a grander plan in terms of future direction. And there seems to be a solid plan already in motion: Taika Waititi's own "Star Wars" project, which was under the wraps for … | Continue reading
The oddest things inspire us sometimes. A chance remark could inspire a film. The color of a leaf could inspire a painting. The passing of a friend can inspire you to take a job you might not have considered before. According to The Guardian, the last is the reason we have Neil G … | Continue reading
Oscar-winning actress Jessica Chastain has nearly made her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut twice. The actor was presented with roles in two prominent MCU films: back when the superhero film universe was setting its foundations with the third "Iron Man" movie featuring Robert Down … | Continue reading
The very first film produced under the Studio Ghibli banner was Hayao Miyazaki's "Castle in the Sky" in 1986. Miyazaki's screenplay was based partly on Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel "Gulliver's Travels," which featured a floating island called Laputa populated by a people known as … | Continue reading
At this point, it feels like there have already been 13 movies made about the 2018 Thai cave rescue, with "The Cave," "The Rescue," and now Ron Howard's "Thirteen Lives" flooding the market — not unlike the cave system where 12 boys and their soccer coach were once trapped and in … | Continue reading
Who says romantic comedies are dead? Not Jon M. Chu. In 2018, Chu directed "Crazy Rich Asians," a movie that lives up to the extravagance implied by its title. The film stars Constance Wu as Rachel Chu, a Chinese American economics professor who travels with her boyfriend, Nick Y … | 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
While it's certainly painful to watch Anne (Suranne Jones) dive back into her past, unraveling her feelings for Mariana (Lydia Leonard) was always an inevitability. By all accounts (aka the thriving lesbian inner circle they have yet to welcome Miss Walker into), Mariana was the … | Continue reading
We're in the home stretch now when it comes to Jimmy and Kim's plot against Howard. While bits and pieces of info have been dished out over the last few episodes, "Better Call Saul" has also played things extremely close to the chest. Just when you think you've figured out what K … | Continue reading
Hollywood has gone through so many Stephen King films that it's circling back to remake King movies that have already been adapted for the silver screen (see "It" and also "Pet Sematary"), but can you blame them? The man knows how to craft a terrifying story. The most recent King … | Continue reading
Many people dream of winning the lottery, but few have ever managed to score big and change their lives forever. In the newest Paramount+ film, Bryan Cranston and Annette Bening are going to tell the story of a couple who did exactly that. "Jerry and Marge Go Large" is a comedic … | Continue reading
Crunchyroll has nabbed the streaming rights to "Chainsaw Man," the upcoming anime series adaptation of the popular manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto. The streamer plans to simulcast the series from Japan later this year, subtitled and dubbed, in over 200 countries and territories across … | Continue reading
Six months after the shooting on the "Rust" set that claimed the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza, "Rust" producers Alec Baldwin and Anjul Nigam have announced that they will be bringing a new movie to the Cannes market under their Persona E … | Continue reading
Body horror master David Cronenberg is having a busy year. His latest film, "Crimes of the Future," is set to debut at Cannes this month. He also has a movie called "The Shrouds" in the works, with Vincent Cassel set to star. But in an interview with Variety ahead of Cannes, the … | Continue reading
Director Alex Garland is venturing into the genre of folk horror for the first time with his 2022 film "Men." The highly anticipated project is a new direction for the filmmaker but will still bear many tonal similarities to his acclaimed sci-fi films, "Ex Machina" (2014) and "An … | Continue reading
It's been an awfully long time since Academy Award-winning writer/director Michel Gondry ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind") made a full-length film. The last ones were "Green Hornet" in 2011, "Mood Indigo" in 2013, "Microbe & Gasoline" in 2015, and a lot of shorts and musi … | Continue reading
La la la la la ... the "Daria" spin-off series, "Jodie," is going to be a movie instead. The animated spin-off to the cult MTV series "Daria" has been in the works for some time, but now MTV Entertainment Studios has announced that it will be a feature film instead of a series, a … | Continue reading
Every great filmmaker will take inspiration from those who came before them. Quentin Tarantino serves as a great example of someone who is clearly inspired by the work of many artists, yet uses lessons of other masters of cinema to make something that feels entirely unique. Alex … | Continue reading