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The Daily Stream: The Host Is A Monster Movie Whose Emotions Hit As Hard As The Beast (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 may stream it.) The Movie:“The Host” Where You Can Stream It:Hulu The Pitch:Well before Bong Joon-ho conquered the cinematic world with the incredible, history-making “Parasite,” he had already made his international mark in a number of top-tier genre films....

The Surprising Origins Behind Rick And Morty’s Catchphrase “Rick and Morty” fans are known to be loyal and intense, often waiting patiently for years for new episodes of Adult Swim’s edgy animated show to air. For many, their love of the show is imbedded in the strength of its comedic writing. This is understandable, with co-creators Dan Harmon (creator of “Community”) and Justin Roiland at the helm. The comedy often bends genre tropes in on themselves to twist what’s possible in an animated show, but even “Rick and Morty” can’t escape one of the strongest comedic tropes of all: catchphrases....

There’s Something Shady About The ‘Gotti’ Rotten Tomatoes User Reviews Following a dismal critical reception and an even more dismal box office performance,Gottihas released a new ad getting to the alleged heart of the problem: the critics. The bizarre ad for John Travolta’s mob movie attacks the critics that tore downGottiwhile boasting about the rave “user” reviews onRotten Tomatoes. But there’s something fishy about those Gotti Rotten Tomatoes user reviews that the marketing is so proud of....

Tron Legacy Banner #7 Today the seventh billboard in the series was released onHeyuguys, which you can see in full after the jump. The first series of billboards depicted a light cycle race/battle, but the fifth banner switched to a series of disc game images. The latest in the series features actress Olivia Wilde who plays fearless warrior Quorra in the film. I’ve also included the first six billboard images below....

Vincent D’Onofrio Wants To Continue Playing Kingpin In The MCU (Note: This article includesspoilersfor the season finale of “Hawkeye.") Vincent D’Onofrio’s ultra-strong crime lord Kingpin made his debut on “Hawkeye” last week, only to be quickly dispatched in the show’sseason finale. Speaking toScreenRant, D’Onofrio says he’s game to keep playing the bad guy in future Marvel Cinematic Universe projects. Still, D’Onofrio is pretty clear that his potential return to the Kingpin role is more a wish than a promise at this point....

Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer May Direct Danny McBride In 30 Minutes Or Less Ever sinceZombielandwas a massive break-out hit, there has been a lot of talk about what directorRuben Fleischerwill do next. A 3D sequelis in the cards, but he’s been slow to take on any of the many films that have come his way. Now there are reports that say he could well end up directing a comedy called30 Minutes or Less, which is being developed as a star vehicle forDanny McBride....

‘Borderlands’ Villain Edgar Ramirez Teases A Film Adaptation That Matches The Games Borderlandsis batsh*t crazy and that’s why we love it. It’s a heightened post-apocalyptic world where your guns can not only talk to you, they can be reloaded by throwing them like an explosive grenade. There’s a lot of questions about just how all that will translate to the big screen, but now we have some inside intel from one of its stars that suggests the movie isn’t gonna get all serious on us....

‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live-Action Series Officially Makes Gren Nonbinary In theCowboy Bebopanime, Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener, nicknamedGren, was always a character for whom gender was…let’s say, fluid. Basically — in a veryanimetwist on things — an experimental drug causes Gren to grow breasts. Despite the strangeness of Gren’s origins, the character would become informally recognized as an LGBTQ icon in anime. And the Netflix live-action series is taking it one step further: officially making the live-action Gren a nonbinary character....

‘Dumbo’ Soars To Top Spot At The Box Office, ‘Us’ And ‘Captain Marvel’ Keep Flying High Too When Disney brings a new movie based on one of their classics to theaters, you’re able to bet they’re going to take the top spot at the box office. That’s especially true when the only real competition is holdovers from the previous weeks. But in this case, even though Disney’s live-action remake ofDumbosoared to the top spot with $45 million, it didn’t quite match the expectations put forth by the studio and analysts....

‘Exists’ Trailer: ‘Blair Witch’ Director’s Bigfoot Found Footage Movie 1999’sThe Blair Witch Projectwasn’t the first film ever to utilize the found-footage format, but it definitely went a long way toward popularizing it. Since then we’ve had more found-footage horror movies can we can count, and it’s only very recently that the trend has shown any sign of slowing down. All of which means that any film in the format released today is gonna have to work a bit harder to feel fresh....

‘Infinitely Polar Bear’ Trailers: Mark Ruffalo And Zoe Saldana’s Heartwarming Bad Robot Drama There’s aMark RuffaloandZoe SaldanaBad Robot movie that you haven’t seen yet. That’s pretty cool, right? Plus, the movie is great to boot. I’m talking of a film calledInfinitely Polar Bear, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Sony Pictures Classicspicked up the filmsoon after its Sundance debut (which is now over a year ago) but we haven’t heard anything about it since....

‘Jaws’ Returning To Theaters For 40th Anniversary Forty years ago this weekend, no one knew movie history was about about to change. The date was August 02, 2025. A movie calledJaws,by the young filmmakerSteven Spielberg, was about to be released. 260 million dollars later, the era of the blockbuster had been born. To celebrate this landmark anniversary,Fathom Eventsis teaming with Universal Pictures to re-releaseJawsin select theaters for two days only, Sunday, June 21 and Wednesday, June 24....

‘Justice League’ Aimed At Summer 2015 Release After Superman Lawsuit Settled; Other DC Movies To Follow Whether comic book fans knew it or not, Wednesday was the daythey officially got aJustice Leaguemovie. That’s the day a California judge ruled in favor of Warner Bros. in a complex case involving the rights ofSuperman,clearing the waynot only forMan of Steelto hit its August 10, 2025 release, but forJustice Leagueas well. The Los Angeles Timesreports Warner Bros....