The Daily Stream: Steven Spielberg’s War Of The Worlds Remains A Complex, Atypical Blockbuster (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie:“War of the Worlds” (2005) Where You Can Stream It:Netflix The Pitch:Steven Spielberg’s aliens have historically been friendly. E.T. and the little grey dudes from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” were sometimes sad and mysterious, but always family-friendly....

The International ‘Black Panther’ Trailer Offers Up New Footage A new, exciting internationalBlack Panthertrailer has arrived and bestowed upon us a wealth of new footage. This might be the best trailer for the film yet, even better than that jaw-dropping teaser that got everyone very excited in the first place.Black Panthermay just end up being one of the best Marvel movies in a recent memory. The initialteaser trailer forBlack Panther, the one with “Legend Has It” by Run The Jewels blasting, was one of my favorite trailers of 2017....

The Next ‘Men In Black’ Movie Will Feature A Woman In Black The final moments of the firstMen in Blackteased a new partnership betweenWill Smith’s Agent Jay andLinda Fiorentino’s newly recruited Laurel Weaver, with the former rookie and the former mortician stepping up to protect the Earth from the scum of the universe. This was not-so-elegantly sidestepped in the sequel, where Fiorentino was nowhere to be found while the movie bent over backwards to bringTommy Lee Jones' Agent Kay back into the mix....

The Toy Box: Game Of Thrones, Star Trek, The Force Awakens, Nightmare Before Christmas & Aliens The Toy Boxis a recurring feature at/Filmthat rounds up some of the newest and coolest collectibles, decorations, gadgets and other memorabilia that you nerds might want for your shelves. In this edition, we’ve got an incredibly detailed figure of the fan favorite character The Hound fromGame of Thrones, a new Hot Toys figure of Rey from the end ofStar Wars: The Force Awakens, a two-pack of Ripley and Newt fromAliensand more....

The Twilight Zone Movie Curse Explained We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. “Warning: this article contains material about the death of children. Please be cautious.” Everyone has heard of movie curses before. Bad things happen on set and boom, everyone calls it a curse. (It’s happened on stage as well. There is a reason people don’t say “Macbeth” in a theater.) One of the most famous movie curses is the one attached to “The Twilight Zone” movie....

This Week In DVD: The Bank Job, Birds Of Prey, Step Up 2, And More This Week in DVD is a column that compiles all of the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s.THE BANK JOB(Available as single-disc and 2-Disc Special Editions) Inspired by the infamous 1971 robbery, The Bank Job is a gritty and fun-filled British caper flick that’s sure to keep audiences smiling....

TIFF 2015 Lineup Includes ‘The Martian’, ‘Black Mass’, ‘Sicario’, And More With the summer movie season starting to wind down, it’s time to look ahead to the more serious-minded films of fall. The Toronto International Film Festival has just announced its 2015 slate, featuring such buzzy highlights asRidley Scott’sThe Martian,Denis Villeneuve’sSicario,Scott Cooper’sBlack Mass,Cary Fukunaga’sBeasts of No Nation, and much, much more. Get the TIFF 2015 lineup announced so far after the jump....

Tim Burton Originally Wanted This Rat Pack Member To Play Beetlejuice We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After the smashing success of “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure,” Warner Bros. looked to Tim Burton for his next big movie. His original plan was to make “Batman,” but the studio was a little nervous to greenlight the massive film as his next project and wanted him to make another feature while he worked on the script to prove “Pee-Wee” wasn’t a fluke....

TV Bits: Karen Gillan And Arthur Darvill Leaving ‘Doctor Who’, Plus: ‘Animal Kingdom’, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda, And More It’s a sad day for Whovians as news breaks that Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill will be leavingDoctor Whoin the next series, with a “heartbreaking end” planned for the couple. Thankfully, we’ve got some other bits that should help cheer everyone up, including a longer preview for30 Rockand a peek at HBO’s new comedyVeep....

Unproduced ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Screenplay By Rod Serling Becoming A Graphic Novel Over the past decade we’ve been lucky enough to experience one of the best sci-fi trilogies in recent memory in the form of thePlanet of the Apesprequel franchise that began withRise of the Planet of the Apes, continued withDawn of the Planet of the Apesand recently concluded (at least for the time being) withWar for the Planet of the Apes....

V/H/S/94 Trailer: The Found Footage Horror Series Is Back And Going After Your ’90s Nostalgia Just when you thought it was safe to throw out that old VHS player in the attic, the trailer for “V/H/S/94” is here to win you back with another gruesome collection of found footage horror stories. Jane Austen didn’t quite have it right: it is a truth universally acknowledged that a horror fan in October must be in want of an anthology to watch....

Watch: Sundance Coming-Of-Age Pic ‘Dope’ Gets An Energetic First Trailer With the Sundance Film Festival slated to kick off tomorrow, we have a fun first look at one of this year’s under-the-radar treats.DopestarsShameik Mooreas a teenage geek named Malcolm growing up in a rough neighborhood in Inglewood, California. He winds up in a sticky situation after attending a party where a drug deal goes sour. Also starring areZoë Kravitz,Tony Revolori(The Grand Budapest Hotel),Blake Anderson(Workaholics)Keith Stanfield(Short Term 12), and rapperA$AP Rocky....

WB Has Two Competing ‘Birds Of Prey’ Scripts In The Works Ever sinceSuicide Squadmade $745 million in theaters, Warner Bros. has been searching for a way to getMargot Robbieback in her Harley Quinn costume for another movie. They’ve seemingly found it: word came outearlier this weekthat up-and-coming filmmakerCathy Yan(Dead Pigs) would direct Robbie in a film that sounded like a mix ofBirds of PreyandGotham City Sirens. A new follow-up report says WB has two differentBirds of Preyscripts in the works right now, and in addition to Harley Quinn, there’s only one other character who appears in both scripts....