Red-Band Horror: Bloody Trailers For Survival Of The Dead And [REC] 2 Yesterday I riled a few people up with a conversation about red-band trailers. (You guys like them; we get it.) Today we’ll flip to the other side of the coin, asIGNhas new bloody and restricted clips forGeorge Romero’sSurvival of the Deadand a UK trailer for[REC] 2. Check both out after the break. Romero introduces the trailer forSurvival of the Deadas a small group of made-up zombies close in on him....

Robert Downey Jr. Hints At Leaving Marvel And ‘Iron Man’ Behind It’s no secretIron Man 3marks the end ofRobert Downey Jr.’s contract withMarvel. The actorhas been vocal about it, the president of the studio Kevin Feigehas talked about it, but everyone agreed concentrating onIron Man 3was the most important thing. That film is now done and hitting theaters in mere days. So talk once again turns to Downey’s future with Marvel....

Roller Derby Graphic Novel ‘Slam!’ Is Becoming An Animated Series At HBO Max We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If there’s one sport that has been under-served in pop culture, it’s roller derby. There’sRollerball,Whip It,Kansas City Bomber,Unholy Rollers, and that’s about it. But HBO Max will be bringing attention to the brutal skating sport by turning the roller derby graphic novel seriesSlam!into an animated series from WarnerMedia’s Rooster Teeth Studios....

Rumor: Zombieland Writers To Take On Deadpool? Plus, Ryan Reynolds Dreams Of Tarantino Directing As much as I wanted to loveWolverine, I couldn’t get past the horrible dialog, plot, and misuse of iconic Marvel characters. They couldn’t even get Wolverine’s claws right—and it’s not like they haven’t had several other films to perfect such a simple effect. Needless to say, my enthusiasm for the upcomingDeadpoolfilm has been fairly tepid thus far....

Sundance Announces Competition Films For 2010 Sundance Film Festival We’ve just received word from Sundance about its lineups for the U.S. and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic film competitions. Even the selection process is punishing: For the World Cinema Narrative Competition, only 14 films were selected out of 1,022 entrants. That means if you submitted a film to that category, you had less than a 2% chance of getting it accepted....

The Academy Changes Course, Will Present All Categories During Live Broadcast [Update] Update:Deadlinereports that the Academy will now reverse course and present all categories as part of the proper live broadcast. It seems that having the entire industry oppose their plan was a hint that this was the right thing to do. Our original story follows below.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciencesincurred the outrage of dozens of actors, directors, writers and producers when they announced their controversial plan to demote the winners of four categories to accepting their awards during commercial breaks of the2019 Oscarstelecast....

The Morning Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Easter Eggs, An Average Day With Daisy Ridley & 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, check out nearly 100 Easter eggs and comic book references you might have missed inSpider-Man: Far From Home....

The Quarantine Stream: Celebrate The 30th Anniversary Of The ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Movie (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 Movie:Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: A crime wave is sweeping over New York City thanks to an underground criminal organization known as The Foot Clan. Led by a terrifying, mysterious figure known as The Shredder, The Foot is turning teens to a life of crime, and threatening anyone who stands in their way....

The Simpsons Treehouse Of Horror XXXII Clip Teases A Segment Inspired By Edward Gorey With spooky season just around the corner, everyone’s favorite Halloween traditions are coming out in full swing. Costumes are being crafted, lovers of candy corn are defending their favorite treat, and “The Simpsons” are unleashing their annual “Treehouse of Horror” episode for the 32nd consecutive year. This year, for the first time ever, “Treehouse of Horror XXXII” will feature five segments instead of the usual three, parodying properties like “The Ring,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Parasite,” “Bambi,” TikTok, and more....

This Week In Trailers: Timer, Slices Of Life, Cherrybomb, Auf Der Sicheren Seite (On The Safe Side), The Oath 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

‘American Horror Story’ Season 6 Drops A Bunch Of Creepy, Cryptic Teasers Each season of FX’sAmerican Horror Storyrevolves around a theme, whether it’s season 1’s “Murder House,” season 2’s “Asylum,” season 3’s “Coven,” season 4’s “Freak Show,” or season 5’s “Hotel.” But the show likes to toy with its audience whenever possible, and so it’s dragging out the big reveal of the theme for season 6. Of course, if you’re willing to sit back and be patient, FX is bound to unveil the newAmerican Horror Storysubtitle soon....

‘Annihilation’ Review: A Mesmerizing Nightmare That Doesn’t Dig Deep Enough Early inAlex Garland’s adaptation ofAnnihilation, the five women sent to explore the environmental disaster zone known as the Shimmer wake to discover that they’ve lost time. It’s not that they’ve overslept or miscalculated their route through the growth. They’ve simply forgotten. They don’t remember setting up camp, nor how they got to where they are, but their diminished rations suggest that they’ve been traveling for a few days already....

‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 Review: The Dark Anthology Series Returns To Netflix Black Mirror,Charlie Brooker’s dark, twisted, technology-drivenTwilight Zoneriff, is about return to Netflix for yet another season of woe and punishment. There’s a cold cosmic justice at work inBlack Mirror; a sense that any transgression, no matter how mundane, will be met with the bleakest of punishments. It can often make for an unpleasant experience. YetBlack Mirrorexplored exciting new possibilities last season, with the acclaimedSan Junipero– an episode that revealed that hopefulness was also a possibility in theBlack Mirroruniverse....