Shazam! Fury Of The Gods Footage Breakdown: Lucy Liu And Helen Mirren Menace The Shazam Family Much like last year’s inaugural edition of DC FanDome, this year’s virtual event did not disappoint and came loaded with surprises. Among them was a first look at the highly-anticipated sequel “Shazam! Fury of the Gods.” While it’s not a full-on trailer, we were treated toa behind-the-scenes featurettethat showcases much of what we can expect from director David F....

Star Wars Predictions: We Handicap Some Burning Questions About ‘The Force Awakens’ Concrete information about the newStar Warsmovies is a rare commodity. Right now, wedon’tknow way more than wedoknow and that lack of definitive knowledge leads to debate, discussion and arguments. These are happening every day amongstStar Warsfans and will continue untilStar Wars: The Force Awakensopens on December 18. Probably beyond, too, since the story won’t end with that film....

Steven Spielberg And George Lucas Predicted Variable Movie Ticket Prices In 2013 AMC, the largest theater chain in the U.S., recently made some big waves by revealing that it will begin experimenting with variable ticket pricing. Essentially, this means viewerswill pay more to see “The Batman"this weekend, as it is the most desirable new release by a wide margin. This caused quite a bit of chatter on social media, with many people irritated and others arguing this is the logical conclusion, given that superhero movies are virtually the only sure thing in terms of drawing big crowds anymore....

Sylvester Stallone Wants To Make ‘Tango & Cash 2’, But Kurt Russell Has Doubts In 1989,Sylvester StalloneandKurt Russelljoined forces in a buddy cop action film calledTango & Cash, in which they played a pair of police officers who were framed for murder. The film was excessive, frequently ridiculous, and totally over the top – a last gasp of the macho 1980s action era before we transitioned into the (slightly) more reasonable ’90s....

Telluride 2008 Wrap-Up There is no reason why I shouldn’t have loved the Telluride Film Festival. Heck, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every film festival I’ve ever attended, even including my first – The Boston Film Festival, which was very lame in retrospect. I’ve attended Sundance for five years, today I will be heading to Toronto for my second time. I love film festivals. So why is it that I didn’t love Telluride?...

The 2018 Razzie Nominations Are A Reminder That The Razzies Are Useless Ugh, here we go. The “funny” Razzie Nominations have been announced, and as usual, they’re bad. Since 1981, the Golden Raspberry Awards have been leading the way in nominating movies they consider to be the worst of the worst Hollywood has to offer. These nominations are meant to be both tongue-in-cheek and “reward” bad films and bad performances, but often, they target movies that are misunderstood or simply bold....

The Heartfelt Movie Bob Saget Made For His Late Sister The late, great Bob Sagetwas a man who wore many hats and wore them well: rude and raucous R-rated comedian, beloved and chaste TV sitcom dad, hilarious host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” — the list goes on. But one of his more selfless turns in the entertainment industry has gone largely unnoticed over the years, and hell, what better time than now to highlight it, right?...

The Morning Watch: Animating ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’, Creating ‘Wandering Earth’ Space Suits & 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, watch how Adobe gave the filmmakers behindSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse(in theaters again this weekend) the tools they needed to get the job done....

The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To ‘Honey, I Shrunk The Kids’, ‘F9’ Minefield Scene Breakdown & More (The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, see what the visual effects artists at Corridor Crew think of shrunken scenes in movies likeHoney, Shrunk the KidsandAnt-Man....

The Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Will Feature The Jedi-Hunting Inquisitors — Here’s What You Need To Know One of the most highly anticipated “Star Wars” shows coming to Disney+ is the live-action"Obi-Wan Kenobi" series, in which Ewan McGregor will reprise his role as Obi-Wan from the prequel trilogy. As the sequel trilogy bears the brunt of current fan criticism, we have boomeranged back around to the point where there is now nostalgia for the prequels....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Friends’ Is My Go-To Sitcom Comfort Show (Welcome toThe Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series:FriendsWhere You Can Stream It:HBO MaxThe Pitch:Six attractive twenty-somethings struggle through life and love in New York City.Why It’s Essential Quarantine Viewing:Like many millennials growing up in the ’90s, I learned about sex throughFriends. I didn’t quite understand all of their racy jokes or cheeky one-liners, but I thought it was so cool, so hip, sogrown-up....

The Thief Collector: Did A Seemingly Normal Married Couple Pull Off A Major Art Heist? [SXSW] In 2017, antique dealer David Van Auker purchased a house and all its contents at an estate auction. Van Auker and his team headed out to the extremely secluded home, located in the ultra-small town of Cliff, New Mexico, and began to take inventory. The domicile was filled with what appeared to be a random assortment of art, varying in style, but all of it paled to what the group ultimately discovered: “Woman-Ochre,” a painting by expressionist artist Willem de Kooning....

There’s A New Cheech And Chong Movie On The Way Tommy Chongsays a newCheech and Chongmovie is on the way. Speaking toCelebStoner.com, because why not, one half the legendary comedy duo saidJay Chandrasekhar, one of the members of Broken Lizard and director ofSuper Troopers and Beerfest, is currently writing the script that will send Chong and partnerCheech Marinto a pot festival. News of the new Cheech and Chong Movie broke onCelebStoner....