Hot Toys makes some of the best replicas out there. I have long envied anyone who has a shelf full of them. Today, we have a first look at the upcoming Hot Toys figure for "Moon Knight" from a merchandise preview at Marvel.com, and it's as impressive as anything the company has p … | Continue reading
I recently noticed Paul Thomas Anderson's "Phantom Thread" listed under the romance category on Netflix, and I mean, okay, I guess! But really, when I reflect on this fashionably exquisite film, I'm not really thinking about the apparent love story, so much as I'm thinking about … | Continue reading
While everyone has been pestering "Squid Game" writer, director, and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk about his plans for a second season, he's been off prepping a new way to both fascinate and traumatize the masses: His newest feature film, "Killing Old People Club," which has the workin … | Continue reading
This article contains spoilers, major and minor, for "Morbius." "Morbius" opened last week to modest financial success and shrugs from critics. The adventures of Marvel's Living Vampire didn't inspire quite the same passion as "Spider-Man: No Way Home" -- to which "Morbius" is te … | Continue reading
Following the multi-million-dollar box office success of "The Batman", Warner Bros. released a deleted scene that showed Robert Pattinson's Dark Knight meeting the Joker, played by Barry Keoghan. This new iteration of Gotham's most infamous villain was only vaguely shown in the f … | Continue reading
Harrison Ford is one of our most celebrated actors, a man with a long career with some of the most iconic roles in cinema, known to be picky about his roles. Otherwise, how else would he have chosen to do a role in the acclaimed film "The Secret Life of Pets 2" or "The Call of th … | Continue reading
For better or worse, Sony's Spider-Man Universe is charging forward with "Morbius" as the latest effort in the cinematic experiment. Jared Leto stars as the titular Dr. Michael Morbius, a renowned scientist with a rare blood disease who goes to such extraordinary lengths to cure … | Continue reading
When it comes to "Saw" traps, it's hard to judge exactly how favorable one is over the other. How can anyone really compare and contrast the benefits of being ensnared in a reverse bear trap as opposed to a bottomless pit of used syringes? Yet, in the most recent installment, "Sp … | Continue reading
Horror is often unfairly dismissed as being a less "serious" film genre, but there are more than a few scary movies that prove there's plenty of beauty, hope, and thought-provoking themes to be found amid the gore and ghouls. Such is the case with "You Won't Be Alone," which is c … | Continue reading
The last two years being what they are, I had memory-holed the experience of watching "Sonic the Hedgehog" in the early, pre-COVID days of 2020. But, intrepid critic that I am, I re-read my review of the film, written for this very website, immediately after sitting through the s … | Continue reading
It was a good weekend for superheroes at the box office (what else is new?), albeit one that comes with a couple of caveats for Marvel's latest. But before diving into "Morbius" and how it fared in its global debut, Warner Bros.' "The Batman" passed a big benchmark in its fifth w … | Continue reading
It's April and I kind of like to think of that as pre-summer in the moviegoing world. The years 2020 and 2021 were a bit off given the pandemic, but this year, things are looking a whole lot more normal in comparison. There are a lot of big movies hitting theaters this month that … | Continue reading
Have you seen the newest movie about the new Marvel "legend" that's had tongues wagging and blood, uh, dripping since the debut of "Morbius" this past weekend? Reviews haven't exactly reserved the most glowing praise for the Jared Leto-starring Sony movie about the "living vampir … | Continue reading
There's a challenge inherent in hiring a famous director to helm the first episode of a TV series, whether it's potentially just a limited series or has the legs to run for years on end. If the director has been brought in, they're likely there to bring their distinctive style to … | Continue reading
Sir Daniel Day-Lewis is famous for many things, one of them being how selective he is with his roles. The British actor has only worked with three directors more than once: Jim Sheridan, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Martin Scorsese. However, Scorsese's influence on Day-Lewis began l … | Continue reading
The last episode of "StarTrek" aired in 1969 (or 1974 if you count the animated series) and it took nearly two decades and an aborted attempt at a revival for the next "Star Trek" series to appear. The films starring the original cast were winding down when "Encounter at Farpoint … | Continue reading
Daniel Espinosa is a director who likes what's real. Going back to his directorial debut, the Swedish crime picture "Snabba Cash" (presented by Martin Scorsese), he tends to go for real environments, car crashes, and stunts. Espinosa's first Hollywood action movie, "Safe House," … | Continue reading
Swoops, clouds, and wind bubble. if someone gave you a piece of paper with these words or images on it, could you make a song? Maybe. Would it be any good? Possibly. Would it become iconic and change tv and music forever? Very doubtful. But that's exactly what one woman did and I … | Continue reading
Whovian or not, you must be familiar with the Daleks. These mutated blobs that hide inside mini tanks were created by Davros, a mad scientist type from the planet Skaro, and are very fond of obliterating everything and everyone that came in their way. They're one of the most icon … | Continue reading
Netflix's "The Platform," directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, is a high-concept, single-location thriller with gross-out elements, yet it also manages to be a thought-provoking inquiry into the nature of social hierarchies, consumerism, and altruism. With a Spanish-language scrip … | Continue reading
Wild adventures have landed the Guardians of the Galaxy in prison, sent them to hide out on Knowhere, and once had them spend half a movie wandering around on the surface of Star Lord's dad (Ego, the Living Planet). But none of that compares to the location of their latest chaoti … | Continue reading
The world's best grumpy monster-hunter dad is back on the job! Production has officially begun on "The Witcher" season 3, with Henry Cavill reprising his role as Geralt of Rivia opposite Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra as, respectively, Geralt's "child surprise" Ciri and sorceress … | Continue reading
Sci-fi fans are great at ferreting out Easter eggs in TV shows and films, and as someone who reads (and writes) a lot of Easter egg posts, I thought I'd seen them all. Little did I know that there is a "Firefly" Easter egg hiding in the two-episode "Battlestar Galactica" miniseri … | Continue reading
Many of us were introduced to some of the great works of classical music by the Disney film "Fantasia," or if you're a little younger, "Fantasia 2000." The 1940 film (called "The Concert Feature" while it was being made) was a series of eight animated segments set to pieces of cl … | Continue reading
How did Jimmy McGill become Saul Goodman? That's the question "Better Call Saul" has been asking from the get-go: how did a bumbling, morally grey, but seemingly well-meaning guy become the full-blown criminal attorney (emphasis on the criminal) we first met in "Breaking Bad"? Fo … | Continue reading
Though "Apocalypse Now" is known as one of cinema's finest war epics, it's also well known for having a controversial production that involved actor disputes, near-death experiences, and a deadly hurricane. Director Francis Ford Coppola had invested millions of his own money into … | Continue reading
No one is a bigger fan of Harlan Coben than the folks over at Netflix! In the past four years, the streamer has churned out six different adaptations from the mystery novelist, starting with 2018's "Safe" all the way down to their latest upcoming series, "Hold Tight." As we are n … | Continue reading
"Bob's Burgers" has quietly become one of those animated shows that has been on the air for a ridiculously long time and its characters have just been folded into the lexicon of recognizable figures from pop culture. But this summer, Bob, Linda, Gina, Tina, and Louise will be mak … | Continue reading
Sometimes the most entertaining game shows are the ones we would want to compete in the most, and the upcoming Disney+ fantasy hybrid-reality series, "The Quest," looks like an absolutely incredible experience for each of its eight teenage contestants. The series is a reboot of … | Continue reading
"Star Wars." Indiana Jones. "Blade Runner." Jack Ryan. Harrison Ford has aligned himself with some of the greatest film franchises of all time. Many of his best-known characters are cool and confident — to the point of being cocksure, in the case of Han Solo. Even when these char … | Continue reading
One of the core themes of "Mad Men" is identity. The series explores how people present different versions of their true self depending on their surroundings. Everyone is wearing a mask and no one is who they appear to be. One of the most important elements of a person's individu … | Continue reading
(Welcome to Survey Says, a feature where we conduct a movie-related survey for a random group of people and explain why they're completely right, completely wrong, or somewhere in-between.) Of all of the "Star Trek" series, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" digs the most deeply into t … | Continue reading
Do you ever see the word "representation" and feel your eyes glazing over, even if you genuinely think representation is important? Honestly, same. "Representation" is a useful umbrella word for conveying a very complex concept, but it doesn't get to the heart of what representat … | Continue reading
Thanks to Sidney Lumet's classic 1973 film "Serpico," starring Al Pacino, the Serpico name has become shorthand for a lone honest cop struggling against a corrupt system. This trope of the individual versus the system is a recurring one in Lumet's films, with Pacino's bank robber … | Continue reading
One upcoming release every movie fan should be excited for is Robert Eggers' "The Northman." The film is based on the Scandanavian legend of Amleth, a prince who sets out to avenge his murdered father Aurvandill by killing his treasonous uncle Fjölnir. If this story sounds famili … | Continue reading
Yes, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is vast and can be intimidating to some new fans. I'm sure that it doesn't help that there's a constant flow of promotional material for the next thing coming up before the current thing has ended. And while I don't want to overlook the latest M … | Continue reading
In "Morbius," Sony's Spider-Man Universe (as it's now officially known) gets cluttered with mist trails and swarms of CG bats, and if you squint hard enough through the requisite darkness, you'll see a couple of vampires, played by Jared Leto and Matt Smith. Leto is one of those … | Continue reading
Known for its richly-detailed style and slow, deliberate storytelling, "Mad Men" is one of the greatest television shows to hit the airwaves, with a staggering 116 Emmy Award nominations and 16 wins. For seven magnificent seasons, Matthew Weiner's historical drama explores the cu … | Continue reading
The "Attack on Titan" anime series is gearing up to end its decade-long run next year with Part 3 of its fourth and final season. NHK General TV, which broadcasts the show in Japan, has now made it official with a teaser announcing Part 3, "The Final Arc" of "Attack on Titan" sea … | Continue reading
For fans of professional wrestling, the week surrounding Wrestlemania is the most wonderful time of the year. Touted as World Wrestling Entertainment's flagship event that is essentially the equivalent of the Academy Awards, the Super Bowl, or the World Series, fans and other wre … | 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
The revolution is here, Sassenachs! Well, kinda. This season's fifth episode of "Outlander" has us spend time out of the inter-settler drama happening at Fraser's Ridge and getting into the sticky political machinations of the upcoming American Revolution, especially for the one … | Continue reading
As we move ever closer to the release of "Guardians of the Galaxy 3," Marvel fans are naturally speculating about what the character of Adam Warlock will look like in live-action. The role will be played by Will Poulter, and apparently the man cannot be photographed in costume. I … | Continue reading
Netflix is reportedly backing off development of the upcoming action thriller "Fast and Loose," which was set to star Will Smith, according to THR. To be clear, this particular film had lost some momentum even before the incident at the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony, during which … | Continue reading
Estelle Harris, best known for her role as George Costanza's mother (also named Estelle) on "Seinfeld" and for voicing Mrs. Potatohead in the animated "Toy Story" films, has died at the age of 93. Her son, Glen Harris, confirmed the news to Deadline that she passed away from natu … | Continue reading
If you tuned in to "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, you might have found yourself asking, "Who is Jerrod Carmichael, and why is he hosting the show?" The comedian may have created and starred in his own NBC sitcom, appropriately titled "The Carmichael Show," but it only lasted … | Continue reading
"Morbius," the movie about the day-walking vampire that's not Blade, is finally here after a two-year release delay ... and apparently it wasn't really worth the wait. The film has received abysmal reviews, with /Film's own review declaring that it might put viewers to sleep. But … | 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: "Jackie" Where You Can Stream It: Tubi The Pitch: Imagine losing someone in the most violent way. Someo … | Continue reading