‘Mom And Dad’ Review: Fans Of Nicolas Cage Going Crazy Will Be Pleased Note:ThisMom and Dadreview is as spoiler-free as possible, but some minor spoilers do pop up.At this point in his career,Nicolas Cagehas become meme-ified to the point where it’s hard to know where the real Cage ends and his pop-eyed, shrill-screaming on-screen persona begins. This isn’t to call Cage a bad actor – indeed, he’s a phenomenal actor, and capable of turning in subtle, quiet performances (see:Bringing Out the Dead)....

‘Star Wars’ Series ‘Andor’ Won’t Feature K-2SO, At Least For Now, According To Alan Tudyk What is Cassian Andor without his sarcastic droid buddy K-2SO by his side? It’s a sad thought, but one we’ll have to live with, at least at the beginning ofAndor, the upcoming Disney+ prequel series toRogue One: A Star Wars StorystarringDiego Lunaas the morally gray Rebel Cassian Andor. Alan Tudyk, who voiced and did the motion-capture performance for K-2SO, revealed toColliderthat he isn’t inAndor…yet....

‘The Mandalorian’ Used Practical Miniature Ships, Shot Like The Original ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Jon Favreauis becoming known as a director who loves testing the boundaries of cutting-edge technology and using that to further the limits of filmmaking. But sometimes, even he loves to go old-school. The writer, creator, and showrunner ofThe Mandalorianrevealed that the effects used to shoot the ship of the titular bounty hunter, called the Razorcrest, will be entirely practical....

‘The Toxic Avenger’ Remake Almost Had Kevin Smith As A Director Kevin Smithhas built his career on his indie comedies, with occasional dips into bigger studio fare. TheClerksfilmmaker recently revealed that he came very close to blending his low budget style with a big budget reboot in the form of aToxic Avengerremake. Smith turned the gig down, however, due to disagreements over the material.The Toxic Avenger, the first superhero from New Jersey, has enjoyed cult status since his debut in 1984....

‘Top Gun 2’ Stalls At Paramount Following The Death Of Tony Scott; Paramount Deciding On Future Of ‘Top Gun’ 3D Release In the wake of the tragic suicide of director/producerTony Scott, there was some small murmuring about the future ofTop Gun 2. Scott had been developing the sequel to his 1986 hit along withTom Cruise, David Ellison’s Skydance Productions, and Paramount. And while the news one the film was hitting the web at a slow trickle, there was no doubt that the film was moving forward....

‘Unhinged’ Trailer: Whatever You Do, Don’t Honk At Russell Crowe What happens if you honk at a guy in traffic who’s having the worst day of his life? That’s the question answered inUnhinged, a newRussell Crowethriller which, in the grand tradition of films likeDuel,Joy Ride, andFalling Down, presents a worst case scenario for the protagonist and will maybe make you think twice about slamming on the horn the next time you’re out on the road....

‘Yoga Hosers’ Trailer: Detective Johnny Depp, Nazi Bratwurst, Chatty Teens & Pure Insanity DirectorKevin Smithis back with a movie that just might be his most insane yet. Yes, even though theClerksfilmmaker has done movies with a giant poop monster and Mark Hamill as a villain called Ck Knocker, and a horror movie with a walrus man, his Canadian-set, teenage horror comedyYoga Hosersis the most bat s* crazy movie he’s ever made....

Awkwafina’s Audition For The Farewell Wasn’t What Lulu Wang Was Expecting At the end of 2019, writer/director Lulu Wang’s film “The Farewell” had made its way ontomultiple critics' top-ten lists, and it was even a favorite offormer POTUS Barack Obama. A gentle, sad, sweet film, “The Farewell” tell the story of a young woman named Billi (Awkwafina) who has just been rejected for a Guggenheim Fellowship and finds herself adrift. When she receives news that her grandmother Nai Nai (Zhao Shu-zhen) is dying, she goes to China to say farewell....

Ben Pearson’s Favorite Movies Of All Time What’s up, /Film readers? My name is Ben Pearson, and I’m new here. Talking about movies is clearly a huge part of what we do on the site, so a fitting way for me to introduce myself is to present you with my 15 favorite films of all time so you can either appreciate or scoff at my choices. Let’s get started As with all lists of this sort, a few caveats must be laid out beforehand....

Box Office Tracking: Monsters Vs. Aliens Is The Widest Non-Summer Release Of All Time Jeffrey Katzenberg has been the film industry’s strongest proponent of 3-D over the past few years, and this weekend his advocacy will start paying dividends for Dreamworks Amimation. Monsters Vs. Aliens will debut with 4,104 playdates. That makes it the 13th-widest release in modern film history, and it becomes the biggest non-summer debut of all-time. ALL-TIME WIDEST NON-SUMMER RELEASES with summer defined as May 1 – August 30 - 3/27/09 – Monsters Vs....

Cool Stuff: New Hot Toys Life-Size Baby Groot Is Rockin' Hot Toys and Sideshow Collectibles already debuted an adorably awesome life-size Baby Groot figure not long afterGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2hit theaters. But their new figure of the tiny little plant creature from the Marvel Studios sequel is even better. A new version of Baby Groot from Hot Toys is also life-size, but his body is newly developed so that you can recreate the scene from the opening of the movie where he busts a move to Electric Light Orchestra’s hit song “Mr....

Could A ‘Trainspotting’ Spin-Off Kickstart The ‘Trainspotting’ Cinematic Universe? We could be getting a thirdTrainspottingfilm, though it wouldn’t necessarily be calledT3, nor even be directed byDanny Boyle. But theT2: Trainspottingdirector says there’s potential for aTrainspottingextended universe if volatile, fan-favorite character Begbie (Robert Carlyle) gets a spin-off movie. TheTrainspottingmovies are based on the novels by Irvine Welsh, whose first novel,Trainspotting, was the basis for Boyle’s 1996 cult hit starringEwan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremnerand Carlyle as a group of friends and heroin addicts....

Daily Podcast: Listen/Read Our Rian Johnson ‘Last Jedi’ Spoiler-Filled Interview Last week, after seeingStar Wars: The Last Jedi, I had the pleasure of sitting down with writer/directorRian Johnsonto talk about spoilers. After the jump, you can read that entire conversation or listen to it yourself on today’s episode of the /Film Daily podcast. Naturally,spoilersforStar Wars: The Last Jedifollow. Continue reading at your own risk. On the July 22, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, in our Feature Presentation, Peter Sciretta will play the audio from his interview withStar Wars: The Last Jediwriter/directorRian Johnson....