The Daily Stream: The Rurouni Kenshin Trilogy Brings The Western-Samurai Dynamic Full Circle (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 Movies:Rurouni Kenshin Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 Where You Can Stream It:Funimation The Pitch:A former assassin nicknamed Hitokiri Battosai lays down his sword after committing countless atrocities during the Bakumatsu war and vows to never kill again....

The Morning Watch: ‘Army Of The Dead’ VFX Breakdown, Lessons From ‘Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’ Screenplay & 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, find out howArmy of the Deadbrought zombie mayhem to Las Vegas by creating a 3D model of the iconic strip....

The Morning Watch: Barry Season 1 & 2 Bloopers, Nicolas Cage Takes The Autocomplete Interview & More (The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, the fine folks at HBO Max shared the blooper reels for the first and second seasons of “Barry” to celebrate thethird season’s upcoming release this weekend....

The Morning Watch: Designing Wolverine’s Suit, Macaulay Culkin Chats With Ellen DeGeneres & 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, find out how Wolverine’s suit fromX2: X-Men Unitedwas designed for the Marvel sequel....

The Morning Watch: Making Slasher Films Look Real, James Wan’s Vision For Malignant & More (The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, find out how slasher movies like “Scream” make the horrific violence look as realistic as possible with a variety of props and special effects....

The Producers Of Lost Say Their New Series, From, Won’t Be As Frustrating (We Don’t Believe Them) Two of the executive producers of “Lost,” Jack Bender and Jeff Pinkner, are reuniting with Harold Perrineau — who played the castaway Michael on the show — for the new Epix series, “From.” The premise of “From” sounds similar to “Wayward Pines” in that it “is set in a nightmarish Midwestern town, where no one can ever leave and terrifying creatures prowl after sunset....

The Purge 6 Already Has A Script, Will Bring Frank Grillo Back To The Franchise The Purge will go on.Despite chatter ahead of the releaseof “The Forever Purge,” which hit theaters this summer, that the fifth installment would end the long-running franchise, plans have changed. Now, we have word that Frank Grillo (“The Grey,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) is set to make his return as Leo Barnes in “The Purge 6,” with franchise creator James DeMonaco back in the saddle....

The Quarantine Stream: Did You Know Zack Snyder’s First Movie Starred Michael Jordan? (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:Michael Jordan’s PlaygroundWhere You Can Stream It: Amazon Prime VideoThe Pitch: A boy named Walt (Tyrin Turner) does not make it onto his high school basketball team. Disappointed in himself and his performance, he retreats to a local court and berates himself…until NBA superstarMichael Jordan– who, in real life, also did not make his high school team during his sophomore year – shows up to inspire Walt to become a better player and make the team the next year....

The Reason Ari Aster Didn’t Pitch Hereditary As A Horror Movie It’s undeniable —“Hereditary"is one of themost unsettling filmsof the last decade. A highly strung family melodrama that hides elements of the supernatural, “Hereditary” goes to great lengths when keeping its hideous secrets just out of sight. And that’s only the beginning. “Hereditary” tells the story of the Graham family, whose matriarch, Ellen Taper Leigh (Kathleen Chalfant), has passed away. Immediately beginning with Ellen’s funeral, the entire film takes an off-kilter turn as the family begins to unravel....

The Well Scenes In Silence Of The Lambs Sometimes Got A Little Too Real There are plenty of unsettling scenes in “Silence of the Lambs” — though it’s probably to be expected that a film containing Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) would be bursting at its visceral seems with disturbing moments. For myself, Buffalo Bill’s nightmarish basement pit takes first place for horrific imagery in the feature. The gruelling experiences of Catherine Martin (Brooke Smith) are made disconcertingly intimate, and are some of the tensest moments in the movie....

This Week In Trailers: Run Hide Fight, Go/Don’t Go, Music, The Night 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? This week, we see the frontrunner for the worst trailer this decade, visit the afterlife and then come back to the real world, hear the echoes of a prescientRobert Downey Jr....

TV Bits: HBO Renews ‘True Blood’ And ‘The Newsroom,’ First Look At The Prison In ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 3 We look ahead to the new seasons of a few popular shows and more in this edition of TV Bits. After the jump read about: With HBO it’s usually pretty simple. They wait about two weeks to see how a new show is doing. If the ratings are okay and people are talking about it, it gets a second season pick up before the first season is even over....

Universal VOD Offerings Will Be “A Complementary Element” To Theatrical Releases NBCUniversalhas been shaking things up in the film industry this week by admitting that premium VOD releases would be part of their future release strategy even after movie theaters are open for business again. In response,AMC Theatressaid they wouldban Universal Pictures moviesfrom playing in their multiplexes, andRegal Cinemassaidthey would not playany movies that break the standard theatrical window. Now NBCUniversalJeff Shellhas offered some clarification on Universal movies theatrical release strategy, where he considered premium VOD to be “a complementary element” to the theatrical model....