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VOTD: How ‘When Harry Met Sally’ Breaks Genre Conventions [Video Essay] By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 16, 2017 5:00 am EST Romantic comedies where a man and a woman who are at odds eventually fall in love are a dime a dozen. That’s a story that has been kicked around Hollywood for decades, but audiences keep eating it up. More often than not, nothing new is brought to the table in these movies, but in the case of When Harry Met Sally in 1989, director Rob Reiner and writer Nora Ephron crafted a romantic comedy that adhered to the conventions of the genre but also played with them in a new way....

X-Men Probably Won’t Appear In ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2016 1:00 pm EST But is it possible? Yes. Will it happen? Probably not. Co-director Joe Russo explains why we shouldn’t expect an X-Men Infinity War appearance. The Avengers: Infinity War co-director Joe Russo tells ComicBook.com that if Marvel has had discussions to bring the X-Men to the MCU, he hasn’t heard anything about it: As for whether or not the X-Men were considered for Captain America: Civil War, Russo admitted it was never on the table:...

‘Akira’ Remake Casting: Taika Waititi Confirms He Would Cast Asian Leads By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 11, 2017 6:30 am EST Taika Waititi is about to become a bonafide blockbuster director when Thor: Ragnarok hits theaters in a few weeks. With this newfound fame often comes talk of even bigger projects. One film that Waititi has been rumored to be involved with is the inevitable live-action Akira remake. The filmmaker recently revealed some details on the project, and even addressed the whitewashing casting concerns that swirl around the Akira remake....

‘Bad Times At The El Royale’ Trailer: Drew Goddard’s New Movie Takes Hotel Horror Stories To Another Level By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 28, 2018 8:23 am EST Drew Goddard gives new meaning to the term “hotel horror stories” with the trailer for his stylish new thriller, Bad Times at the El Royale. The Cabin in the Woods director’s latest film features a frequently shirtless, sometimes wet, Chris Hemsworth as a cult leader who descends upon a strange novelty hotel and its unsuspecting guests, played by Jon Hamm, Jeff Bridges, Dakota Johnson, and Cynthia Erivo....

‘Ingrid Goes West’ Trailer: Aubrey Plaza’s Obsession Gets Out Of Control By Ben Pearson/June 28, 2017 3:30 pm EST Here’s the second trailer for Ingrid Goes West, a satire of Instagram culture and obsession that marks the directorial debut of filmmaker Matt Spicer. Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation) plays Ingrid, a pathetic stalker who develops an obsession of an Insta-celeb named Taylor (Elizabeth Olsen). When Ingrid heads across the country to ingratiate herself into Taylor’s life, things seem to go well before they quickly go off the rails....

‘Logan’ Black & White Screening Locations Announced, Most Of America Is Screwed By Ethan Anderton/May 2, 2017 11:30 am EST Now we have the official details on where you can see Logan in black and white, or Logan Noir as it’s being dubbed, and the bad news is that most of the country won’t even have an opportunity to see this alternate version of the movie on the big screen....

‘Paddington 2’ Trailer: The Adorable Bear Scales New Heights Of Adventure By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 30, 2017 8:30 am EST Mysterious things are happening all over London, but Paddington is busy getting involved in his own shenanigans in the eye-popping and adorable trailer for Paddington 2. The sequel to the 2014 fantasy-comedy Paddington, Paddington 2 takes the rollicking adventures of the marmalade-loving bear voiced by Ben Whishaw to new heights, as he must face a dastardly new villain played by Hugh Grant....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Tracking For A Sky-High $425 Million Worldwide Opening By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 12, 2017 11:30 am EST Even a half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder could predict that Star Wars: The Last Jedi will make a ton of money. It’s the highly anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which shattered box office records as the highest-grossing movie in U.S. theaters. Whether The Last Jedi can beat those records is another question....

‘Summer Of 84’ Trailer: A Serial Killer Terrorizes Suburbia In This Riff On Classic ’80s Movies By Ben Pearson/June 29, 2018 3:30 pm EST You may not recognize the name RKSS, but the filmmaking collective comprised of François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell made some waves with their futuristic feature debut Turbo Kid, which was a cult favorite on the indie circuit a few years ago. Now they’re back with a new film called Summer of ‘84 that takes a deep dive into the nostalgia of the 1980s....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Featurette: Meet The Revengers By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 25, 2017 10:00 am EST The Avengers? Over. Guardians of the Galaxy. So last season. This fall, it’s all about the Revengers, the ace team that Thor definitely did not pull together at the last minute in a desperate attempt to reclaim Asgard from the conquering Goddess of Death, Hela. A new Thor: Ragnarok featurette gracefully introduces us to each of the members of the so-called Revengers (they’re not changing their name), who team up when Thor finds himself exiled on the other side of the universe after his home dimension is destroyed....

‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Tracking For $65 Million Opening, New Featurettes Recap The Series So Far By Jacob Hall/July 5, 2017 3:00 pm EST Let’s start with the box office tracking. According to Variety, War for the Planet of the Apes is eyeing an opening weekend of $55 million to $65 million, which puts it on similar ground with the previous two movies in the series. Rise of the Planet of the Apes opened to $54 million back in 2011 while Dawn of the Planet of the Apes opened to $72 million back in 2014....

‘You’re The Worst’ Season 3 Trailer: Now With More Samira Wiley By Angie Han/Aug. 22, 2016 2:00 pm EST This summer may have been kind of a stinker movie-wise, but TV-wise there’s been a lot to love. Just in the past few weeks we’ve been obsessing over HBO’s The Night Of and USA’s Mr. Robot, sampling Netflix’s The Get Down and catching upon their Stranger Things and BoJack Horseman. And next week brings the season 3 premiere of FXX’s You’re the Worst, to close out the summer and carry us into fall....

An ‘American Made’ Plane Stunt Had Tom Cruise Climb Out Of An Aircraft In Midair By Jack Giroux/June 7, 2017 2:00 pm EST Actor Tom Cruise has been flying for over 20 years. Literally. After Top Gun, he embraced flying as a hobby and worked towards getting his pilot’s license in 1994. He’s flown some incredible planes, including a World War II fighter jet and a Gulfstream IV with a screening room....

Bellbottoms! Watch The Entire Opening Chase From ‘Baby Driver’ Right Now By Ethan Anderton/July 14, 2017 9:30 am EST It’s no secret that the /Film crew loves Baby Driver. The musically charged action thriller from director Edgar Wright made it onto every single one of our staff’s list of the Top 10 Movies of 2017 So Far, and our own Jacob Hall gave it a glowing review after catching it way early at SXSW earlier this year....

By Ben Pearson/Feb. 1, 2018 9:00 am EST Confession time: I don’t handle ghost stories very well. I lost my damn mind during The Conjuring, and I still remember emerging into a dark and foggy street after seeing the first Paranormal Activity and being jumpy for a few hours. But I may have to psyche myself into seeing Winchester, the new horror film starring Helen Mirren and Jason Clarke, when it comes out on Friday....

Cool Stuff: ‘Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm’ Is Finally Coming To Blu-Ray By Ethan Anderton/June 20, 2017 6:00 am EST As a continuation of Batman: The Animated Series, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year like Batman Returns, the animated film didn’t spark much interest at the box office, pulling in only $5.6 million in its entire domestic run. Still, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm has become a favorite among Batman fans, especially with all the love that they have for the animated series that inspired it....

Could A Rey And Poe Romance Happen In ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’? Daisy Ridley Hopes Not By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 10, 2018 12:30 pm EST There are plenty of delusional Star Wars fans out there, and I like to think that I’m not one of them. But — and don’t judge me — I kind of ship Rey and Poe. Yes, I know they shared barely more than 10 seconds together in Star Wars: The Last Jedi!...

Here’s A Round-Up Of All Of The DC Comics TV Show Trailers From Comic-Con By Ben Pearson/July 25, 2017 7:30 am EST We covered a ton of stuff out of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con (read it all here), but some things were bound to slip through the cracks. Such was the case with all of the DC Comics TV show trailers, but now we’ve gathered them all in one convenient place so you can see the latest from Black Lightning, Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and Gotham below....

LOL: Aziz Ansari Didn’t Love ‘La La Land’, Pissing Off Some Cops On ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 23, 2017 5:30 am EST Every weekend that there’s a new episode of Saturday Night Live, we have a recap and review of every sketch from the show from yours truly. However, since I’m currently in Park City, Utah with our own Peter Sciretta and Angie Han covering the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, it just wasn’t possible to make it happen this weekend....

Muppet Babies Reboot Coming, See What It Will Look Like By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 26, 2016 10:00 am EST Ranked #1 in our top 20 Saturday morning cartoons of all time, Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies was truly a special television series to an entire generation of children growing up in 1980’s and 1990’s. I’m very happy to tell you that Disney Junior will be reviving the show as a CG-animated series, set to debut in early 2018....