‘Clerks III’ Will Be Partially In Black And White; Jay And Silent Bob Will Return On the latest episode ofSmodcast, writer/directorKevin Smithoffered up a significantClerks IIIupdate. One bit of news was that Smith’s podcast guest,Jeff Anderson, will return to play Randal in the film. The pair also discussed the entire trilogy. Anderson talked about his thoughts upon reading the script, Smith discussed the eventual tone of the film, and he revealed the first ten minutes will be shot in black and white....

‘Deadwood: The Movie’: Molly Parker Talks Alma’s Return, Addiction, And David Milch [Interview] If you watch television with any regularity, you’ve seenMolly Parker. She’s been onHouse of Cards, the newLost in Space,Goliath,Dexter,Shattered,and so much more, vanishing into her characters with a chameleon quality that allows someone as talented as her to be called underrated. But like so many other veterans of HBO’s greatest show, she’s probably best known for her work onDeadwood....

‘Gurren Lagann’ Is A Hype Machine Of An Action Anime That Encapsulates Everything Great About Saturday Morning Cartoons (Welcome toAni-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.)The mecha genre, where giant robots that can combine and form even bigger robots punch other giant robots or monsters in the face in epic fights, is one of the pillars of anime. Yet the genre also has enough space to allow for a subgenre dedicated to poignant explorations of war and the effect of piloting giant weapons of mass destruction on the human psyche....

‘House Of Cards’ Season 4 Teaser & Premiere Date: Frank Underwood Is Only Getting Started American voters have a whole lot of potential presidential candidates to choose from right now – too many, really, even if the field has narrowed a bit in the past several weeks. The last thing we need is yet another scheming politician vying for our attention and trying to claw his way to power. Unless, that is, that scheming politician is Frank Underwood....

‘Howard’ Review: A Soulful Tribute To The Man Behind Disney’s Most Beloved Animated Classics “To our friend Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul, we will be forever grateful.” The dedication to the lyricist behind some of Disney’s most beloved animated hits that runs in the closing credits ofBeauty and the Beastis brief but beautiful — which is a fitting description of the life ofHoward Ashman, whose amazing life was cut short by AIDS in 1991, right on the cusp of what would be his greatest and most lasting achievement....

‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ Review: Often Fun, But A Big Step Down From The First One The 2017 filmJumanji: Welcome to the Jungleended quite definitively for a brand extension. A quartet of teenage heroes, having survived the experience of being sucked into the video-game version of the mysterious and malevolent Jumanji, take a bowling ball to the 90s-era game cartridge in the hopes of ensuring that it never bothers them again....

‘Mavis’ Trailer: Gospel & Soul Legend Mavis Staples Gets Her Own HBO Documentary We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This year, gospel and soul singing legendMavis Stapleshas a new album coming out called “Livin' on a High Note” with songs written by the likes of revered songwriters such as Nick Cave, Justin Vernon, tUnE-yArds, Neko Case, Aloe Blacc, and others. The album will be available in February, just before a new HBO documentary shines a light on the life and career of the woman who not only made waves in music, but also fought for civil rights in the 1960s....

‘Memoria’ Trailer: Tilda Swinton Experiences A Mysterious Sensory Syndrome In The New Film From Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the acclaimed Thai filmmaker behindUncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,Cemetery of Splendour, and more, is back withMemoria. The movie is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, and we now have a mysterious, intriguing trailer that’s bound to make this shoot up to the top of your “must-see” list (if it wasn’t already there to begin with)....

‘Modern Love’ Trailer: Anne Hathaway And Tina Fey Star In Amazon Rom-Com Series From The Director Of ‘Sing Street’ Romantic-comedies are happily seeing a resurgence lately, though they’re mostly relegated to the small screen. But when you’ve got charismatic heavy-hitters likeAnne HathawayandTina Feystarring in your Amazon rom-com anthology series created bySing StreetdirectorJohn Carney, any screen is worth it. Hathaway and Fey are part of a sprawling cast forModern Love, an upcoming anthology series based on the weekly New York Times column of the same name....

‘Narcos’ Trailer: Netflix Tells Pablo Escobar’s Bloody Story Narcosis the Netflix series that tells the bloody story of Pablo Escobar, the Medellin cartel, and the law agents who sought to control the flow of cocaine and money in and out of Escobar’s organization. This newNarcostrailer features voiceover fromBoyd Holbrook, who plays one of the feds on Escobar’s trail, explaining just how messed up the situation was. It also shows offWagner Mouraas Escobar, andPedro Pascalas the partner of Holbrook’s agent....

‘Outlaw King’ Trailer: Chris Pine Gets His ‘Braveheart’-Style Speech David Mackenzie’sOutlaw Kingmay be a bit shorter when it hits Netflix next month, but it’s still just as epic. Following lukewarm reactions at TIFF, Mackenzie trimmed the Scottish war epic by 20 minutes, and now that recut version has a new trailer from Netflix. This time, Mackenzie’sHell or High WaterstarChris Pinegets to give way more inspiring speeches. Outlaw King Trailer Less than a month beforeOutlaw Kingpremieres on Netflix, the streaming service has released a new trailer for the Scottish war epic that reunitesHell or High Waterduo David Mackenzie and Chris Pine....

‘Roma’ Becomes The First Netflix Film To Join The Criterion Collection While a few original Netflix shows have received Blu-ray releases, Netflix movies tend not to get the same treatment. But that’s about to change – in a big way.Roma, the Netflix movie that scored several Oscar nominations and took home Best Foreign Language Film, is getting a Blu-ray release – and not just any old Blu-ray release, either. We’re talking The Criterion Collection here, which is about as fancy as you can get in the Blu-ray world....

‘The Afterparty’ Is A Murder-Mystery Comedy From Chris Miller And Phil Lord Apple is still hoping you’ll pay attention to their original programming, and they might have just found the title to get you to do just that. The company just won the rights toThe Afterparty, a comedy series about a murder mystery, created by none other thanPhil LordandChris Miller. The eight-episode series will focus on the events of a single night, with each episode retelling the same story from a different perspective....