Posts

Weekend Weirdness Review And Trailer: Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo (Premiering This Week At Film Forum NYC) By Hunter Stephenson/May 9, 2010 1:13 pm EST It’s a crazy, mixed up world and we are thankful for movies that offer proof. Slashfilm’s Weekend Weirdness examines such flicks, whether in the form of a premiere for a provocative indie, a mini review, or…GAH, bugs! When I learned of Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo, a documentary on the profitable Japanese subculture and love of insect collecting, my inner capitalist gave a high five to my slouching indie purist....

/Answers: Our Favorite Childhood TV Shows By /Film Staff/June 8, 2018 3:00 pm EST Every week in /Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this edition, tying in with the release of Won’t You Be My Neighbor, we ask, “What are your favorite childhood TV shows?” Ethan Anderton - Doug You won’t find a better coming of age cartoon for kids coming into their teenage years than Nickelodeon’s original iteration of Doug (not ABC’s version that completely ruined the spirit of the show, not to mention gave the characters unnecessary makeovers)....

‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Clip Features A Pint-Sized Paul Rudd By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 24, 2018 2:00 pm EST Ant-Man and the Wasp is definitely a movie that came out this year, and soon it will be finding its way to digital and Blu-ray. Ahead of the impending home video release, a new Ant-Man and the Wasp clip shows you one of the film’s funniest scenes, featuring Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang dealing with a wardrobe malfunction....

/Film LA: Hero Complex Film Festival Features ‘Dick Tracy’ With Warren Beatty, ‘Superman’ With Richard Donner, ‘Iron Man’ With Jon Favreau And More By Germain Lussier/May 4, 2011 1:00 pm EST Dick Tracy, Iron Man, Captain Kirk, Superman and the Incredibles will all be represented at the upcoming Hero Complex Film Festival. Presented by the Los Angeles Times Hero Complex, it’ll not only feature screenings but in depth Q&A’s with several important and influential filmmakers....

‘How To Train Your Dragon 3’ Title Revealed, Will Be Final Movie In The Franchise By Ben Pearson/April 17, 2018 10:30 am EST DreamWorks Animation has unveiled the How to Train Your Dragon 3 title, giving us the name of what is supposed to be the final film in the dragon-riding trilogy. It’s called How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, and a conflict may be brewing between best buds Hiccup and Toothless....

Andy Serkis’ ‘Mowgli’ To Premiere On Netflix, Warner Bros. Drops Film From Theatrical Release [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 27, 2018 11:00 am EST In the survival of the fittest Jungle Book adaptation, it looks like Mowgli may have lost. Netflix has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Andy Serkis’ long-gestating film from Warner Bros., which dropped the film from its planned October theatrical release. Deadline reports that Netflix will distribute Mowgli on its streaming service with a planned release date in 2019....

Idris Elba’s ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Character Krall Revealed, Justin Lin Gives Us The Details By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2015 1:00 pm EST The Star Trek Beyond teaser trailer leaked online on Monday right before I was set to have lunch with director Justin Lin. The new Trek filmmaker confirmed that Idris Elba’s character is indeed in the teaser trailer, even though most of you probably didn’t notice him. In the film Elba plays the new villain, a character that Lin says is named Krall....

Interview: George Hardy On Best Worst Movie, Auditioning For Troll 2’s Cocksure Italians, The Status Of Troll 2: Part 2, And Dentists On Film! By Hunter Stephenson/June 15, 2009 4:00 am EST Not familiar with George Hardy’s work as an actor? Click here to watch a packed audience reacting to him on screen . It’s totally worth it. About a week ago, while drinking slushies on a beach, I attempted to brainstorm a hyperbolic-geek intro for this interview that was impossibly cheesy and awful, yet aptly expressed my sentiments about the subject....

On Set Interview: Danny McBride & Nick Swardson Talk ‘30 Minutes Or Less’ By Adam Quigley/May 12, 2011 3:00 pm EST Back in August of last year, I was flown out (along with a number of other press members) to Grand Rapids, Michigan to spend a day on the set of 30 Minutes or Less and talk with director Ruben Fleischer (Zomebieland) and cast members Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson, and Dilshad Vadsaria....

Sequel Bits: ‘Clerks III’, ‘Nut Job 2’, ‘300: Rise Of An Empire’, ‘Horrible Bosses 2’ By Angie Han/Jan. 24, 2014 8:00 am EST If the first ninety or so 300: Rise of an Empire posters didn’t draw you in, maybe this one will change your mind. (It won’t.) Also after the jump: Open Road has another Nut Job planned for 2016 Jennifer Aniston has just four scenes in Horrible Bosses 2 Rosario Dawson is definitely coming back for Clerks III Tyra Banks promises a Life-Size sequel in 2014 or 2015 Peter Farrelly wants Dumb and Dumber To out earlier Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?...

Sequel Bits: ‘Wayne’s World 3’, ‘Paranormal Activity 5’, ‘Journey 3’, ‘Machete Kills’, ‘The Host 2’ By Angie Han/Nov. 21, 2012 11:42 am EST Robert Rodriguez’s Machete has gotten himself into some hairy situations and lived to tell the tale, but now a lawsuit could shut him down for good. Also after the jump: No, Mike Myers has not written Wayne’s World 3 Paranormal Activity 5 gets a fall 2013 release date Josh Hutcherson confirms his return for Journey 3 See a goateed Mirror Spock from IDW’s Star Trek comics The sequel to Bong Joon-ho’s The Host reveals footage A representative for Myers broke the bad news: “This is completely false....

Star Wars Bits: ILM History, Force Awakens Costumes, Video Gameplay, Hasbro Toys By Germain Lussier/May 19, 2015 2:30 pm EST Star Wars Bits is back with a good hodgepodge of the past, present and future. Below, read about the following: The Star Wars Episode VIII script makes the cover of Wired, along with George Lucas, Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson. See a new photo of Oscar Isaac dressed as Poe Dameron....

Superhero Bits: Ben Affleck Hates Daredevil, Aquaman Budget, LEGO Batman Holiday Card & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 15, 2016 5:00 pm EST How much is Aquaman’s estimated budget for shooting in Australia next spring? What did Andrew Garfield think of the Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer? What prop is being teased by Anthony and Joe Russo for The Avengers: Infinity War? How did Ben Affleck’s hate for Daredevil lead him to make Batman v Superman?...

Superhero Bits: Thanos Is Coming To Fortnite, Deadpool Invades 7-Eleven & More By Ethan Anderton/May 7, 2018 6:00 pm EST Did you hear Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet are coming to the video game Fortnite? Are you ready for Deadpool to take over 7-Eleven? What romantic comedy with Ryan Reynolds convinced Josh Brolin to star in Deadpool 2? Want to pick up a limited edition Spider-Man PS4? Are you interested in an Avengers: Infinity War review written by someone who hasn’t seen any Marvel movies?...

Thank & Blame Roland Emmerich’s ‘Independence Day’ For Destruction In Marvel And DC Movies By Ethan Anderton/June 26, 2016 1:00 pm EST Back in 1996, the film Independence Day was an impressive piece of blockbuster spectacle. The amount of destruction on display done with outstanding visual effects for the time was a sight that demanded to be seen on the big screen. However, 20 years later, that destruction isn’t nearly as captivating in Independence Day: Resurgence, and it’s just one of the many problems the sequel has that keep it from measuring up to the original....

‘American Animals’ Review: A Quasi-True Story Of An Audacious Art Heist By Ben Pearson/June 1, 2018 10:00 am EST (This review originally ran during our coverage of the Sundance Film Festival. American Animals is in select theaters today.) Heist movies are all about setting up the illusion of clockwork precision, but every good heist film features at least one scene where the job goes horribly wrong – and the great ones often dive into the bitter consequences of crossing the line....

/Answers: Our Favorite Summer Movie Memories By /Film Staff/May 11, 2018 2:00 pm EST Every week in /Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this edition, we ask “What is your favorite summer movie memory?” Matt Donato: Seeing Independence Day When I Totally Wasn’t Allowed to See Independence Day My most prominent summer movie memory dates back to the red, white and blue weekend of July 3, 1996. The movie?...

Who is Terry Crews? When the X-Force was first teased in the previous Deadpool 2 trailer, we tried to figure out who Terry Crews might be playing. We had no idea he was even in the movie until that trailer debuted, so we poured through Marvel Comics mythology to figure it out. The most popular theory was G.W. Bridge (you can find out more about him over here if you want), but the trailer confirms that Terry Crews is playing Bedlam....

‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ Trailer: Vampire Slaying South Of The Border With Robert Rodriguez By Germain Lussier/Jan. 30, 2014 8:00 am EST Robert Rodriguez’s new TV series, From Dusk Till Dawn, flying towards your eyeballs like a bat out of hell. It feels like just days ago when we heard the director would be adapting his 1996 vampire movie into the TV show, and now here we are with the March 11 premiere date on the horizon and a brand new trailer to enjoy....

‘Ghost In The Shell’: So Is Scarlett Johansson’s Character Japanese Or What? By Angie Han/July 8, 2016 1:30 pm EST Ghost in the Shell has already come under fire from fans unhappy that the Japanese tale is getting remade with a white lead. So far, the production’s strategy has seemingly to try and downplay the property’s Japanese roots, with producer Steven Paul defending his “international approach” and Scarlett Johansson’s character simply being called “the Major” (as opposed to Motoko Kusanagi, which is her name in the source material)....