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The Daily Stream: The Changeling Channels The Terror Of Grief (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:“The Changeling” Where You Can Stream It:Shudder The Pitch:Composer John Russell (George C. Scott) is left devastated after the death of his young daughter and wife in a tragic roadside accident. Four months later, he uproots what’s left of his life in New York and moves to Seattle for a teaching position at the local college....

The Differences Between The Real-Life Mulan And Disney’s Adaptation Disney’s “Mulan,” the 1998 animated film about a young, fearless girl who impersonates a man to enlist into the Chinese military, is a story that has been told and retold for over 1,500 years. It earned a controversiallive-action adaptation in 2020, with several story elements changed to accommodate a new generation of audiences. But at its heart, Disney’s “Mulan” is a story about a young girl who rejects traditional femininity and aims at breaking the status quo within her society....

The Morning Watch: ‘Joker’ Cinematography Explained, VFX Artists React To ‘Children Of Men’ & 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, learn about the creative decisions behind the cinematography for the box office sensationJoker....

The Offer Star Dan Fogler On Preparing To Play Francis Ford Coppola [Interview] Francis Ford Coppola can’t be an easy role to play. He’s not only one of the greatest directors ever to live, but any movie fan likely has an idea of how the famed director expresses himself and his general presence. It’s a daunting role for a variety of reasons in the new miniseries “The Offer,” which is about the making of “The Godfather....

The Snyder Cut Of ‘Justice League’ Is Coming To HBO Max Fans demanded it – frequently and vocally – and now it’s happening. The long-awaited “Snyder Cut” ofJustice Leaguewill finally see the light of day on HBO Max. I know – I can’t believe it either. But here we are! We’ll probably never know the whole story about what happened behind-the-scenes – and anyone who tells you they know it is probably lying....

This Week In DVD: Quantum Of Solace, Bolt, Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter, And More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they’re meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the general thoughts and ramblings of a twice-committed DVD addict....

TV Bits: ‘Bored To Death’ Cancelled, ‘Enlightened’ Renewed; Plus: ‘Shameless’, ‘Dexter’, ‘Homeland’, ‘Terra Nova’, And More Plenty of offices around the country have already begun winding down for the holidays, but apparently Showtime and HBO had a few things to get out of the way first. Meanwhile, Fox is still holding out on a decision onTerra Novatil the new year — though the producers are apparently feeling optimistic. After the jump:...

Watch A Short Tease Of The ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Trailer In case there hadn’t been enoughStar Warsshot into your eyeballs this week, we haven’t even hit the grand finale. That will take place on Sunday May 4, otherwise known asStar Wars Day. Surely nothing on “May the 4th Be With You” could beatTuesday’s announcement, right? But there could be more info onStar Wars Episode VII.And we will, for sure, see a full trailer forStar Wars Rebels....

Watch The First Two Minutes Of ‘Rio’ 20th Century Fox has released the first two minutes of their upcoming computer animated featureRioonline. Directed byCarlos Saldanha(Ice Age, Robots, Ice Age: Meltdown, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs), and starringJesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris, Rodrigo Santoro, George LopezandJake T. Austin, the story follows “a nerdy macaw who leaves the comforts of his cage in small town Minnesota and heads to Rio de Janeiro....

We Watched The Opening Scenes Of ‘Mortal Kombat’ And Spoke To The Director – Here’s What We Learned The first thing you’re going to notice about the newMortal Kombatmovie is that it’sbloody. When the originalMortal Kombatgame arrived on home entertainment systems in the 1990s, fears of an overabundance of violence in video games resulted in a censored version that took out all the blood and gore that made the arcade version famous....

Weekend Box Office: Audiences Stay Out Of ‘The Kitchen’, Embrace ‘Scary Stories’ The weekend box office results are in, and things didn’t turn out so well forThe Kitchen. The Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, and Tiffany Haddish comic adaptation flopped, as the paltry summer movie season keeps on devouring non-franchise films whole. The only new title to do well over the weekend was the horror adaptationScary Stories to Tell in the Dark, which came in second to reigning box office champHobbs and Shaw....

WETA’s Wind In The Willows: First Concept Images And Promo Teaser Trailer Back in June, it wasannouncedthat Peter Jackson’s WETA (Lord of the Rings, District 9) was developing a live-action and animatronics adaptation ofKenneth Grahame’s classic bookThe Wind in the Willows. The story follows four anthropomorphized characters in a classic pastoral English countryside, an yes, it has been adapted to the screen many times before. But this time around they are using WETA to provide a suite of animatronic effects to bring the animal characters to life....

What We Do In The Shadows Season 4: Everything We Know So Far Ever think about how far we’ve come from such a scrapped-together, low-budget, and quintessentially New Zealand-specific goodness that Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement gave us with their “What We Do in the Shadows” film? Waititi and Clement have gone on to much bigger things since 2014, with the former garnering Oscar love for “Jojo Rabbit” after making his mark on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, of all things, and Clement doubling down on even more paranormal hilarity with FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” series....