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The Morning Watch: ‘Star Wars’ Edition - ABCs Of ‘The Last Jedi’, Answering Kids’ Questions & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 14, 2017 5:00 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, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this special Star Wars: The Last Jedi edition, the cast of the latest sequel answers questions from some adorable kids....

The Morning Watch: John Cena Cosplays As Bumblebee, The White Voices Of ‘Sorry To Bother You’ & More By Ethan Anderton/July 24, 2018 5:00 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, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

The Morning Watch: Mark Hamill’s Walk Of Fame Ceremony, The Art Of Method Acting & More By Ethan Anderton/March 9, 2018 5:00 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, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, watch Star Wars saga cast member Mark Hamill receive his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....

VOTD: ‘The Shallows’ VFX Breakdown Reveals Seamless Shark And Ocean Effects By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 13, 2017 6:00 am EST While blockbusters tend to throw visual effects in your face, the best use of the advanced technology we have to create computer generated imagery is used to enhance what was shot on set. The hardest thing to do is use extensive visual effects that fill in for reality, but when it comes to recreating an isolated ocean cove and a deadly shark patrolling the waters, two visual effects houses did an incredible job....

VOTD: Adam Savage Tours Peter Jackson’s Unbelievable Movie Prop Collection By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 23, 2016 6:00 am EST It’s no secret that Adam Savage loves movies just as much if not more than he loves busting myths. Before he became the co-host of Mythbusters, he was known for working behind the scenes of movies, building props and scale models. Even in his spare time, he spends hours building things like a model of the shrubbery maze from The Shining, or takes years to craft the perfect prop replica of a certain gun from The Fifth Element....

By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 29, 2017 11:30 am EST Tommy Wiseau and his cult favorite The Room are about to become even more popular thanks to James Franco’s The Disaster Artist, which chronicles the making of the 2003 film. Early buzz on The Disaster Artist has been very positive, with /Film’s own Jacob Hall calling it a “hilarious and sincere tribute to one of the worst movies ever made.” But there’s one review that probably takes precedence over the rest: Tommy Wiseau’s....

‘78/52’ Trailer: A Gloriously Detailed Breakdown Of The Most Iconic Scene From ‘Pyscho’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 30, 2017 2:30 pm EST Psycho is one of the most acclaimed thrillers ever made. In fact, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 classic is one of the best films of all time, regardless of genre. It’s been studied endlessly by scholars, cinephiles and film critics alike, and now a new documentary breaks down the film’s most iconic scene, pouring over every significant detail to find a deeper meaning....

‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Adds Jennifer Connelly To The Cast By Jacob Hall/Feb. 7, 2017 1:00 pm EST Alita: Battle Angel has one of the most unique pedigrees of any major motion picture on the horizon: this is an adaptation of a Japanese manga developed by James Cameron and directed by Robert Rodriguez. That’s a recipe for something very interesting and I’m curious to see what that combination of names will deliver, especially since they’re filming the whole thing far from Hollywood, in Rodriguez’s home turf of Austin, Texas....

‘Anna And The Apocalypse’ Trailer: A Zombie Comedy That Is Also A Christmas Musical By Jacob Hall/Sept. 21, 2017 11:30 am EST Zombies and comedies go together like peanut butter and chocolate. Christmas and musicals go together like peppermint and, well, chocolate. But what happens when you take all of those seemingly disparate elements and cram them together into a single movie? You get the new zombie comedy Christmas musical Anna and the Apocalypse, which features characters singing and dancing their way through an undead uprising during the holiday season....

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Will Be Full Screen IMAX For The Entire Film By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 31, 2017 12:30 pm EST IMAX has revealed that Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast will be specially formatted to fit the full digital IMAX screen for the entirety of the movie. http://i.imgur.com/6VrWDBr.gifv Today IMAX announced that the entire new Beauty and the Beast will be specially formatted and presented in an expanded 1.9:1 aspect ratio....

‘BoJack Horseman’ Season 5 To Bring You More Hilarious Misery By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 21, 2017 2:00 pm EST BoJack Horseman, the funniest show about self-loathing you’ll ever see, is one of the best original shows on Netflix. Somehow able to combine extremely sharp, often obscure jokes with crushing yet keen reflections on depressing, it’s a truly remarkable piece of pop entertainment. And Netflix isn’t horsing around about it, either. Per BoJack Horseman’s own Twitter account, straight from the horse’s mouth, comes word that Netflix has greenlit Bojack Horseman Season 5....

‘Fantastic Beasts 2’ Casts Jude Law As Young Albus Dumbledore By Jacob Hall/April 12, 2017 10:05 am EST When we first meet Albus Dumbledore, the eccentric headmaster at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter series, he is a wizened old man with a complex past and a powerful reputation. We’ve known that the upcoming sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which takes place decades before Harry and his friends went to Hogwarts, would introduce a young Dumbledore....

‘Get Out 2’: Jordan Peele Is “Flirting With The Idea” Of A Sequel To His Horror Hit By Ben Pearson/June 22, 2018 3:30 pm EST Jordan Peele shocked the world in 2017 with Get Out, his feature directorial debut that became a cultural phenomenon and launched a million memes. Producer Jason Blum says Peele is still thinking about possibly making a sequel. But what could a potential Get Out 2 be about?...

‘Justice League’ Deleted Scene Storyboard Reveals Darkseid By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 14, 2018 8:30 am EST Darkseid, a fan favorite DC big bad, failed to appear in Justice League. Instead, audiences were left with the giant cartoon that was Steppenwolf. But a newly surfaced storyboard reveals a Justice League deleted scene featuring Darkseid in all his glory. See it below. Justice League wasn’t the huge hit that Warner Bros. was hoping for, but here we are, still talking about it, so maybe they did something right....

‘Mary Magdalene’ Trailer: Rooney Mara Meets Jesus By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 16, 2018 6:30 am EST In Mary Magdalene, Rooney Mara portrays one of the most prominent women in the New Testament as she meets Jesus H. Christ himself, played by Joaquin Phoenix. In a new pull-quote heavy Mary Magdalene trailer, Mara and Phoenix ratchet up the emotion and intensity to sell Garth Davis’ spiritual drama. I remain curious about Mary Magdalene....

‘Master And Commander’ Sequel Still A Possibility, Says Russell Crowe By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 27, 2017 12:30 pm EST On his Twitter account, Master and Commander star Russell Crowe teased a possible Master and Commander sequel, and urged fans to voice their desire for further films to 20th Century Fox. For the Aubrey Maturin lovers , I do hear whispers indeed that a second voyage is perhaps potentially pre-proposed a possibility ....

‘Mindhunter’ Teaser Trailer: David Fincher’s New Netflix Series By Jack Giroux/Aug. 29, 2017 3:31 pm EST Director David Fincher helped Netflix make a splash with one of their earliest hits, House of Cards. The filmmaker behind Gone Girl and The Social Network is now making a crime series for the streaming service called Mindhunters, which is about two FBI agents trying to understand the psyche of serial killers. Fincher, who produced the series with actress Charlize Theron, directed the first three episodes of the 10-episode season....

‘Nightwing’ Casting: ‘Stranger Things 2’ Actor Hints At Possible Involvement By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 6, 2017 1:00 pm EST Nightwing, former Batman sidekick turned solo superhero, is getting his own movie, and a Stranger Things 2 actor may have just revealed his possible involvement. Or maybe not! Take this with a grain of salt for the moment, but Stranger Things 2 and Power Rangers actor Dacre Montgomery dropped a not-so-subtle hint on his Twitter teasing his potential Nightwing casting, only to quickly delete it....

‘Star Wars Resistance’ Featurette: Meet Your New Heroes, Team Fireball By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 29, 2018 10:30 am EST The best part of any new Star Wars series is the plethora of colorful characters they introduce, many of whom become fan-favorite badasses who cross over into comic books and novels. And it looks like the scrappy characters of Star Wars Resistance are no different. A new Star Wars Resistance featurette introduces us to Team Fireball, the main characters who will headline the Disney Channel animated series....

‘Tangled Before Ever After’: Disney Debuts The First Five Minutes Of The TV Movie Sequel By Ethan Anderton/March 5, 2017 12:00 pm EST Instead of giving Tangled a feature film sequel, Disney has opted to continue the story of Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) and her new husband Eugene (Zachary Levi) by way of a TV movie, followed by an animated series. Tangled Before Ever After is a Disney Channel Original Movie that will act as an extended pilot for Tangled: The Series....