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‘Superintelligence’ Featurette Touts An Apocalyptic Love Story With Melissa McCarthy Just last week, the underwhelming first trailer forMelissa McCarthy’s new comedySuperintelligencearrived with a whimper. The movie from directorBen Falconewas intended to be released in theaters in December 2019, but it has now been relegated to a release on HBO Max during Thanksgiving weekend. Perhaps that’s because the movie looks like a strange mesh of sci-fi and romance that doesn’t make much sense, and not even a newSuperintelligencefeaturette can sell it properly....

‘Ted Lasso’ Season 2 Trailer: Jason Sudeikis And The Gang Return To AppleTV+ This July As coronavirus vaccines continue to roll out in full force in the United States, hope is finally on the horizon after a long, dark year.Ted Lasso, the AppleTV+ comedy series starringJason Sudeikis, preached the gospel of hope, and the charming, hilarious, and incrediblyniceshow was one of thefew high notesfrom 2020. Good news: the second season arrives this summer and AppleTV+ has dropped a brand new trailer, which looks just as delightful as we were hoping it would....

‘The Farewell’ Director Lulu Wang Turned Down A Nearly $15 Million Deal From A Streaming Company For A24’s Theatrical Rollout After a rapturous reception at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year,Lulu Wang’sThe Farewellshot to the top of the most anticipated indies of the year and sold to A24 for a deal estimated between $6 million and $7 million. But it turns out that this wasn’t the only deal that Wang was considering....

‘The House’ First Look: Will Ferrell And Amy Poehler Start An Underground Casino Will FerrellandAmy Poehlergot their start in show business at the late night comedy institution known asSaturday Night Live. Since then the two have gone on to become two of the biggest comedy starts working today. However, despite their history together, they’ve only been seen inBlades of GloryandAnchorman 2: The Legend Continueswith each other, and neither had them sharing much screen time....

‘The LEGO Movie 2’ TV Spot: LEGO Batman Is Such A Humble Hero The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Partrevealed a new international trailernot too long ago, showing off the return of the LEGO Justice League. Now a new TV spot brings the DC Comics superhero team back in the minifigure form, but of course, the real superhero star is none other than LEGO Batman making a return, and it looks like he’s even carrying some Oscars in this movie, even thoughThe LEGO Batman Moviegot snubbed for a Best Animated Feature nomination last year....

‘WandaVision’ Was Designed To Be A Love Letter To Sitcoms – And Act As A Test Run For Marvel’s Long-Form Storytelling What do Urkel,Full House,The Twilight Zone, andThe Mandalorianall have in common? They all paved the way, in some fashion, forWandaVision, the upcoming Marvel series on Disney+ and the unlikely first entry in Marvel’s Phase 4. The cast and creative team behindWandaVisiongathered for a virtual press conference moderated by Jaleel White ofFamily Mattersfame to dive into Marvel’s big TV experiment — a love letter to sitcoms that will act as a test run for Marvel’s foray into long-form storytelling....

/Answers: Our Favorite Young Adult And Children’s Book Adaptations Every week in/Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this week’s edition, we celebrate the release of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials by asking"What is your favorite young adult or children’s book adaptation?" Ethan Anderton: Hugo It doesn’t get much better than Martin Scorsese writing a love letter to cinema by adapting Brian Selznick’s bookThe Invention of Hugo Cabret. What starts off as a boy named Hugo’s (Asa Butterfield) desperate attempts to keep the memories of his father alive through an automaton they were rebuilding turns into a mystery that leads to the resurgence of filmmaker Georges Méliès (Ben Kingsley), who has been living in hiding after being forced into bankruptcy following World War I, closing his motion picture studio and selling his films to be turned into raw materials....

/Film Welcomes A New Blogger: Russ Fischer /Film is proud to announce that we’re adding another blogger to our ranks:Russ Fischer. Those of you who read movie news and opinion online may have seen Russ’s work over atCHUD, but he’s also written for a myriad of other sites and publications, including the prestigiousAV Club.In addition, Russ has previously appeared on /Film’smovie podcast, to rave reviews. Russ’s work is of the highest quality and his breadth of film knowledge is both intimidating and unmatched....

20 Years Ago, ‘Galaxy Quest’ Offered One Of Cinema’s Most Positive Portrayals Of Dedicated Fandom The nascent days of the Internet brought with it a recognizable and often critical depiction of fandom in popular culture. The most familiar representation of the modern fan comes courtesy ofThe Simpsons, with its obese Comic Book Guy character. Arguably, that’s also one of the more insulting depictions of fans, as the otherwise unnamed Comic Book Guy is unnecessarily obsessive, snide, immature, lonely, and virginal....

A Guide To All The Stephen King Easter Eggs In ‘The Dark Tower’ [Updated] Update: Now thatThe Dark Toweris out, we’ve updated our handy guide to the Stephen King easter eggs hidden in the movie. With the release ofThe Dark Tower, it marks the (hopefully) first film adaptation ofStephen King’s multi-novel magnum opus. Our own Jacob Hall will have a full interview with directorNikolaj Arcelhere on the site in the coming days, but during their Comic-Con chat, ArcelteasedthatThe Dark Towerwill contain easter eggs reference King’s 1975 novelSalem’s Lot, and we’ve seen in previous trailers that there are references toThe Shining,It, and more....

Accio Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore Soundtrack! (It’s Streaming Now) Enter the magical alleyways of the Wizarding World with the freshly dropped “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” soundtrack, which is currently available for streaming! John Williams' “Hedwig’s Theme,” which was featured throughout the “Harry Potter” films is synonymous with childhood nostalgia for hardcore Potter fans, and the “Secrets of Dumbledore” soundtrack is here to plunge you back into a place that feels vaguely familiar....

Adam Sandler Is Taking His Netflix Stand-Up Special On Tour This Summer We knowAdam Sandler’s film career over the past couple decades has left a lot to be desired. When he dabbles in drama likeThe Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), Reign Over Me, Spanglish, orPunch-Drunk Love,we get a glimmer of his true skill as an actor. But on the comedy side, it’s been 10 years since Adam Sandler was truly great in a movie....

Barry Jenkins Explores The “Black Gaze” In Supplementary ‘The Underground Railroad’ Video Tableau The “Male Gaze” and the “Female Gaze” have been discussed to death in film circles, but what about the “Black Gaze”? That’s something that evenBarry Jenkins, Oscar-winning director ofMoonlightand the upcoming Amazon seriesThe Underground Railroad, has rarely been asked about, despite the prevalence of Black talent and Black perspectives in his works. And sensing the dearth in that subject, he decided to explore it himself....