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The Morning Watch: John Mulaney' Stories From ‘SNL’, ‘Stranger Things’ In Other Languages & More The Morning Watchis 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,John Mulaneyreminisces about the time he spent atSaturday Night Liveas a writer who made occasional appearances at the Weekend Update desk....

The Movie That Started Guillermo Del Toro’s Love Affair With Monsters It’s relatively safe to say that Guillermo del Toro has a thing for monsters. Virtually every one of the films the director has made has featured some kind of horrifying creature. The obsession spans from the literal, like that of the Pale Man in “Pan’s Labyrinth” and colossal Kaiju of “Pacific Rim, to the metaphorical, as with his first film, “Cronos,” and the newly minted “Nightmare Alley....

Tick, Tick…BOOM! Early Buzz Has Overwhelming Love For Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Jonathan Larson Tribute When “Tick, Tick…BOOM!” was announced, everyone and their mother had an opinion about Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tribute to “Rent” creator Jonathan Larson. I didn’t; I am an outside observer who was friends with the theater kids but wasn’t one herself. If you heard me sing or watched me dance, you’d know I’m better off in the audience, anyway. The last new musical I watched was “Anna and the Apocalypse,” and that was a film festival screening I went into with no information....

Uncle Buck Was A Playground For John Candy And The Cast Few actors seemed to have quite as firm a grasp on John Hughes' approach to comedy as John Candy. The treasured Canadian funnyman could handle slapstick and sentiment with equal grace, which was the key to so many of Hughes' movies as a writer, director, and producer. It’s this skill that allowed Candy to go from busting guts to breaking hearts in a film like 1987’s “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” or even mix pathos with morbid humor during the brief scenes he shares with Catherine O’Hara in 1990’s “Home Alone....

Video Blog Reaction: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ 9 Minute IMAX Prologue If for some crazy reason you forgot why you lovedJ.J. Abrams' 2009 reboot ofStar Trek, you’ll be quickly reminded in the sequelStar Trek Into Darkness. Thefirst nine minutesof the film are visually impressive, exciting, incredibly surprising, and will be playing in front ofselect IMAX printsofThe Hobbitstarting December 14. We were lucky enough to get a sneak peak. The film starts off soft, mysterious, and quickly jumps into a huge, exciting, colorful action scene that reintroduces you not only to all of your favorite Enterprise crew members –Chris Pineas Kirk,Zachary Quintoas Spock,John Choas Sulu,Zoe Saldanaat Uhura,Karl Urbanas Bones, etc – but putsMichael Giacchino’s brilliant score front and center....

Wayne Kramer To Direct ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’ Charles Arthur ‘Pretty Boy’ Floydhasn’t been portrayed in as many movies as some of the most famous real-life gangsters — he’s no Capone — but he’s certainly had his share of turns on the screen. Channing Tatum played him inPublic Enemies; Martin Sheen played him on TV; Steve Kanaly played him inDillinger. (That wasn’t him inO Brother, Where Art Thou?, though — Michael Badalucco played a version of Lester ‘Baby Face’ Nelson....

‘Ant-Man’ Actress Evangeline Lilly Teases Phase Three Wasp Plans (Spoilers forAnt-Manfollow.) The Wasp was conspicuously absent from this summer’sAnt-Man, but the ending of the film suggested a new Wasp might be coming to the MCU in the not-too-distant future. Now Ant-Man actressEvangeline Lillysuggests plans for the superhero’s MCU introduction are well underway, revealing she’s already been fitted for the suit. Read the Evangeline Lilly Wasp suit comments after the jump....

‘Batman V Superman’ Footage Hits Thursday, Trailer Debut In Theaters April 20 [Update: Tickets Now On Sale] The race between Marvel and DC is about to heat up, and the result is that you’re going to see some newBatman v Supermanfootage a lot sooner than expected. The first trailer fromZack Snyder’s film has been reported to be attached toMad Max: Fury Road, which opens on May 15. But in fact Snyder will reportedly drop a few seconds via Twitter this coming Thursday — just an hour before the newStar Warstrailer hits via Star Wars Celebration — and have the entire trailer in theaters on April 20....

‘Blinded By The Light’ Star Viveik Kalra On Taking A Crash Course In Bruce Springsteen [Interview] Viveik Kalrais likely not a name you know, unless you happened to have seen the Sundance TV mini-seriesNext of Kin(he had a supporting role in it) or caught his other seriesBeecham Houseon PBS earlier this summer. But Kalra has been getting a great deal of acclaim since January when his film debutBlinded by the Light, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and quickly became a favorite among critics and audiences....

‘Carnage Park’ Trailer: Two Bank Robbers And A Hostage Walk Into A Sniper’s Playground… My personal jury is still out on directorMickey Keating, but one thing has become increasingly clear over the past two years or so: he’s here to stay. His new film,Carnage Park, rode a wave of generally positive buzz at Sundance and SXSW this year and the first trailer makes this look like the film that could break him out of his current niche....

‘Death On The Nile’: Russell Brand May Board Kenneth Branagh’s Murder Mystery Kenneth Branagh’sDeath on the Nilehas found its latest suspect.Russell Brandis in talks to join theDeath on the Nilecast in the 20th Century Fox adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1937 novel that is being shaped as a sequel to Branagh’s 2017 adaptation of Christie’sMurder on the Orient Express.Colliderbroke the news that Brand is in negotiations to join the cast of Branagh’s latest Agatha Christie mystery adaptation,Death on the Nile....

‘Dumbo’ Has Hidden Easter Eggs For The Original Movie, Disney Parks, And Tim Burton Himself Since the animated musicalDumbohit theaters in 1941, the lovable, big-eared elephant has become an iconic Disney mascot, as recognizable as Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck. That can be partially attributed to Dumbo’s outsized presence at Disney Parks, with the Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride becoming a longtime hallmark of Disneyland, Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland....

‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ TV Show Links To Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ If you’re like me, you have mixed feeling about this upcomingFrom Dusk Till DawnTV series. The factRobert Rodriguezis so involvedis intriguing, but previous attempts to extend the vampire story (i.e. – its two direct to video sequels) have landed far below the bar set by the 1996 original. However, with a cast that includesDJ Cotrona, Robert Patrick, Don JohnsonandWilmer Valderama, the show has lots going for it....