The Morning Watch: The Star-Studded 2019 Super Bowl Commercials 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, we take a look at the line-up of 2019 Super Bowl commercials that features some of our favorite stars from film and television....

This Week In Trailers: Leviathan, Euphonia, A Teacher, I Am Divine, Gimme The Loot, Run For Your Wife Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Tim Burton Could’ve Directed 2002’s Spider-Man, Although It Doesn’t Sound Like He Wanted To It’s interesting how much Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” and Tim Burton’s “Batman” parallel one another. Both were among the top three highest-grossing movies in their year of release, with 1989’s “Batman"coming in secondafter “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” and “Spider-Man” rankingjust behindthe second “Lord of the Rings” and “Harry Potter” films in 2002. They’re also comic book movies from directors who were known for having an anti-blockbuster mentality up until that stage in their careers....

Tim Burton’s Batman Based Gotham On Another Dystopian Sci-Fi City Back in 1989, superheroes were not a sure thing. The special effects required to accurately represent the fantasy action seen on the average comic book page were not yet possible, unless a studio was willing to spend a great deal of money to get it done. Additionally, while characters like Batman and Superman and Spider-Man had a good deal of cultural clout, most of the better-known superheroes of today were deemed too weird and obscure to warrant their own feature films....

Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Line-Up Will Include ‘Dune’ And ‘Last Night In Soho’ TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival, is back this September. Last year, the festival offered a hybrid platform of both limited in-person screenings and digital offerings. A hybrid approach will still be in place this year, but from the looks of things, this year’s TIFF is trying to go back to a format similar to the pre-pandemic era....

Watch The ‘Titanic 3D’ Trailer In 2D On Your Computer James Cameron’sTitanicremains the second biggest domestic box office hit of all time. It earned that status at a time when tickets were much cheaper and 3D wasn’t prominent. That means its $600.8 domestic gross in 1997/1998 is way more impressive thanAvatar’s $760.5 million gross in 2009/2010. As you probably know, though, Cameron has figured out a way to add those 3D dollars to his Best Picture winner by painstakingly reworking the film to pop in the third dimension....

You Can Win A Walk-On Role In Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ (If It Ever Gets Made) We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Martin Scorsese’s next movie – maybe – isKillers of the Flower Moon, starringRobert De NiroandLeonardo DiCaprio. And if you’d like to win yourself a walk-on role in the pic – and honestly, who wouldn’t – De Niro and DiCaprio have some news for you....

‘24: Legacy’ Leaves The Door Open For Kiefer Sutherland To Guest Star As Jack Bauer In January of next year, the midseason brings the debut of24: Legacy, the series reboot of FOX’s action adventure series that once starredKiefer Sutherlandas Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. The original iteration of the series was revealed to be over in 2010 with eyes set on a feature film adaptation, though that never came to fruition....

‘American Made’ Director Doug Liman Talks The Adventure Of The Unknown, Working With Tom Cruise, And More [Interview] FilmmakerDoug Limanand superstarTom Cruisehave a good thing going at the moment. After making one of the most enjoyable popcorn movies in recent memory,Edge of Tomorrow, the two started working together on a few projects, including their latest film,American Made. As he did withEdge of Tomorrow, Liman focused on bringing out more of Cruise’s comedic chops with the rise-and-fall tale that’s based on a true story....

‘Animals’ Season 2 Trailer: HBO’s Bizarre Animated Series Returns Animalsis one of the strangest shows to hit the small screen in the past few years. It imagines what the creatures in and around New York City would do if they had recognizable human problems – insecurity, parenting issues, dealing with bullying, marital struggles, experimenting with drugs…the works. The show was also notable for its all-star cast, which included some of the best comedic actors in the industry....

‘Birds Of Prey’ Is A “Feminist Film” That Offers “A Real Look” At Misogyny, Ewan McGregor Says You can’t spell superhero girl gang movie without “feminist” — figuratively, of course. But it seems obvious that theMargot Robbie-ledBirds of Preywould be a feminist film. It has a mostly female-cast, it is written and directed by women, and it is a movie about a comic book character stepping out from under the shadow of Batman’s most famous rogue....

‘Doctor Strange’ TV Spot Has A New Look At Wong, Who’s There To Make Up For Whitewashing The Ancient One So far,Doctor Strangehas released plenty of footage ofBenedict Cumberbatchas the title character andTilda Swintonas the Ancient One, as well asChiwetel Ejioforas Baron Mordo andMads Mikkelsenas Kaecilius. But what about Wong, played byBenedict Wong? ADoctor Strangeinternational TV spot gives another glimpse at this character. First, here’s theDoctor Strangeinternational TV spot that gives us our first look at Wong....

‘Dora The Explorer’ Movie Casts Benicio Del Toro As The Villain, Swiper The Fox Benicio del Torowill be swiping more than hearts with his new role in theDora the Explorermovie. TheSicario: Day of the Soldadoactor is joining theDora the Explorercast as the villain Swiper the Fox, a fox famous for, well, swiping things.Deadlinereports that Del Toro will provide the voice for the villainous fox who always tries to undermine the titular young explorer....