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LOL: Watch ‘Saturday Night Live’ Outtakes Of Melissa McCarthy As Sean Spicer In NYC By Ethan Anderton/May 17, 2017 5:00 am EST Before the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live aired this past weekend, we knew that Melissa McCarthy would bring back her hilarious take on Sean Spicer, despite the fact that the White House press secretary wasn’t around much the preceding week. That’s because McCarthy was spotted in full wardrobe as “Spicey” cruising around the streets of New York City afternoon on a motorized podium....

Netflix’s ‘David Brent: Life On The Road’ Trailer Will Make You Cringe (Hopefully In A Good Way) By Angie Han/Jan. 17, 2017 2:00 pm EST It has been well over a decade now since the end of the U.K. Office, which centered around bad boss David Brent and the poor underlings forced to work with him. So what’s the old chap been up to since then? A new Netflix movie promises to answer that question....

One Of The Best Things I Saw At Sundance 2017 Was A TV Pilot By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 23, 2017 6:00 am EST I’ve mostly avoided the television programs at the festival because there are just too many promising films to see, but a small gap in my schedule led me to a screening of these pilots this year. There I came across one of the best things I’ve seen at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival so far: a television pilot called When The Street Lights Go On....

Rian Johnson Discusses Star Wars Episode 8 Plot By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 9, 2017 11:30 am EST Writer/Director Rian Johnson has not said much about his upcoming film Star Wars Episode 8. At Star Wars Celebration Europe, the filmmaker discussed some of the films he watched as inspiration and briefly talked about the opening of the movie, which in a first for the Star Wars film franchise, will take place seconds after the conclusion of Star Wars: The Force Awakens....

Sequel Bits: ‘John Wick: Chapter 3,’ ‘Mallrats 2,’ ‘The Predator,’ ‘Jurassic World 2,’ And ‘Planet Earth 2’ By Jack Giroux/Oct. 14, 2016 5:30 am EST All that and more after the jump. John Wick: Chapter 2 trailer recently planted a big fat smile on (hopefully) all our faces. Before we even see Keanu Reeves back in the titular role, we’re already hearing talks of a third chapter in the Baba Yaga saga....

Superhero Bits: Black Panther’s Ring, Tony Stark’s Parents, Blade V Ghost Rider & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 23, 2016 5:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Who would win in a fight between Blade and Ghost Rider? What does International Iron Man reveal about Tony Stark’s parentage? Want to see how different Yondu could have looked in the first Guardians of the Galaxy? Will Black Panther’s ring have powers in the Marvel cinematic universe?...

Superhero Bits: Logan Breaks Records, Possible Green Lantern Tease, NuHumans & More By Ethan Anderton/March 6, 2017 5:00 pm EST Is Armie Hammer hinting at potentially playing Green Lantern in the DCEU? What would David Harbour look like as Cable? How much did Logan make in its opening weekend? Should Spider-Man get his own LEGO movie? Why did Hugh Jackman almost quit playing Wolverine after X-Men Origins? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: RIP Stan Lee’s Wife Joan Lee, Green Goblin Effects Test, Spider-Man Meme & More By Ethan Anderton/July 10, 2017 5:00 pm EST Tom Holland talks about the science puns on his shirts in Spider-Man: Homecoming and more in a new interview. Listen to the composers from Logan, Black Panther, Avengers: Age of Ultron and more during an SDCC panel....

The International ‘Black Panther’ Trailer Offers Up New Footage By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 11, 2017 2:54 pm EST A new, exciting international Black Panther trailer has arrived and bestowed upon us a wealth of new footage. This might be the best trailer for the film yet, even better than that jaw-dropping teaser that got everyone very excited in the first place. Black Panther may just end up being one of the best Marvel movies in a recent memory....

The Ones Who Knock - ‘Ozymandias’ Episode Commentary Featuring Director Rian Johnson By David Chen/Sept. 17, 2013 4:57 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In this bonus episode of The Ones Who Knock, director Rian Johnson does an episode commentary with Dave and Joanna on the latest episode of Breaking Bad, “Ozymandias”. Rian discusses some of the symbolism and homages behind certain shots, delves into some of the special effects that you may not have noticed, and indulges in his obsession with 5-Hour Energy....

VOTD: Pixar Used To Be All Business In This 1990 Marketing Video & Sample Reel By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 1, 2016 6:00 am EST Today Pixar Animation is known for creating computer animated motion pictures that make us laugh and cry, from their first feature length film Toy Story to this past summer’s Finding Dory. But back in the early 1990s, Pixar’s advanced animation techniques were mostly seen as another way for other companies to use state-of-the-art technology to do boring business more effectively....

‘Deadpool’ Celebrates 10 Years And Two Films Of Moderate Special Effects And Low-Level X-Men By Ethan Anderton/May 17, 2018 8:30 am EST This year, Marvel Studios is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the creation of their Marvel Cinematic Universe that began with Iron Man back in 2008. Avengers: Infinity War has created quite the pomp and circumstance for the milestone anniversary, and leading up to the release of the movie, Marvel unveiled several featurettes looking back at the 10 years that led up to this major blockbuster event....

‘Disobedience’ Trailer: Rachel McAdams And Rachel Weisz Share A Forbidden Love By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 2, 2018 3:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Rachel McAdams once put aside her love for Ryan Gosling in the sappy romance The Notebook for fear of upsetting her parents. Rachel Weisz also once partook in a secret relationship with Colin Farrell in The Lobster. Now, the two actresses face another forbidden love, but this time the relationship is condemned by the religion they were raised with....

‘Doctor Strange’ Upside Down TV Spot: “This Is Just The Beginning” By Jack Giroux/Oct. 27, 2016 2:00 pm EST Next week, you’ll get to see how Marvel and director Scott Derrickson pulled off Doctor Strange. The character is a very different flavor of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The origin story shares obvious similarities to their past films, but in tone and execution, Doctor Strange is a slightly different, trippier, and sometimes more dramatic comic book movie....

‘Game Over, Man!’ Trailer: The Workaholics Team Up Against Terrorists In Netflix Comedy By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 4, 2018 5:00 pm EST Workaholics, the quintessential Comedy Central slacker comedy that helped to launch the careers of Adam Devine, Anders Holm, and Blake Anderson, went off the air last year, but its creator-stars will grace our screens once again in a hilariously dumb Netflix action-comedy. In Game Over, Man! Devine, Holm, and Anderson team up once again — but instead of getting into office-related shenanigans, they’re pitted against bonafide terrorists who threaten a hotel full of hostages, their potential video game benefactor, and worst of all, Jamaican-American musician Shaggy....

‘Gypsy’ Trailer: Naomi Watts Is A Very Bad Therapist By Jacob Hall/May 11, 2017 12:00 pm EST Another day, another look at a new series coming to Netflix. At this point, the streaming service’s modus operandi seems to be all about overwhelming the competition with the sheer amount of stuff they’re putting out on a monthly basis…and it certainly helps that enough of it has been good enough to warrant our continued attention....

‘Ice’ Teaser Trailer: Cam Gigandet And Ray Winstone Star In Antoine Fuqua-Produced Drama By Jack Giroux/Sept. 29, 2016 5:30 am EST Antoine Fuqua is on a roll right now. Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven remake opened strong at the box office this past weekend. The western may be another hit from Fuqua, whose three previous movies – Southpaw, The Equalizer, and Olympus Has Fallen – also performed well. After a few hit-or-miss movies post-Training Day, the director has been connecting with moviegoers again and again lately....

‘Inhumans’ Movie “Will Happen For Sure”, Could Happen In Phase 4 Says Kevin Feige By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 4, 2016 8:00 am EST Marvel Studios’ Inhumans movie was announced at the now infamous El Capitan Phase Three event, only later to be dogged by cancellation rumors before being yanked from Disney’s release calendar altogether. While many fans have assumed that we’ll never see an Inhumans movie, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige says it will eventually happen, it’s just a matter of when....

‘Logan’ Clip Reveals X-23’s Origin Story By Jack Giroux/Feb. 16, 2017 7:00 am EST Over the past couple of months, the marketing for Logan has been consistent and impressive. The red band trailer, the black-and-white photos, the storyboards, and both the official one sheet and IMAX poster all promote a comic book movie with its own attitude and style. Just the other day we saw a black-and-white clip — how many of those do we see to promote superhero movies?...

‘Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return’ Gets A Second Season Order At Netflix By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 25, 2017 1:00 pm EST It was a bit of a miracle that the cult favorite movie mocking series Mystery Science Theater 3000 ended up finding a new home at Netflix after a successful crowdfunding campaign paid for an entire season of new episodes 18 years after the series had ended. The series revival brought comedian Jonah Ray on board as the new human host trapped with a couple of wisecracking robots by a pair of mad scientists who are forcing them to watch some of the worst movies ever made....