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The Quarantine Stream: ‘Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh’ Marks A Hilarious Return To The Comedian’s Musical Roots (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 Special:Adam Sandler: 100% FreshWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: Taking a break from his seemingly never-ending streak of original movies at Netflix, Adam Sandler returned to his comedy roots by heading out on tour to film a new comedy special....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar’ Is An Absurdly Goofy Laugh Riot (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:Barb and Star Go to Vista Del MarWhere You Can Stream It: Available on PVODThe Pitch:Lifelong friends Barb and Star (Annie MumoloandKristen Wiig) embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town for the first time ever and escape to the luscious paradise that is Vista Del Mar....

This Week In Trailers: The Internet’s Own Boy, Burt’s Buzz, We Could Be King, Ivory Tower 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 meditate on the notion of what it means to have an open Internet, get kinky, play some football, befriend some bees, and then faint after seeing our tuition bill for next semester....

This Week In Trailers: Wigger Please, Mortified Nation, Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy?, UnHung Hero, Hush 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?...

TIFF 2020 Plans Include Physical Screenings, Drive-Ins, Digital Screenings And More Today, theToronto International Film Festival(TIFF) has unveiled its plans for the upcoming 2020 festival. As everyone knows, the coronavirus pandemic has left the future of public events like festivals seriously in doubt (at least for this year). The Cannes Film Festival had to cancel its plans, as did SXSW. But TIFF still wants to make something happen this year. As a result, they’ve laid out a plan to create a hybrid festival that blends physical and online screenings, along with digital red carpets, Q&As, and more....

Tom Cruise Offered Supporting Role In Film Version Of Musical ‘Rock Of Ages’ There’s been talk of late about a remake ofThe Rocky Horror Picture Show, the cult film which adapted a stage musical of the same name. Given the current popularity of Glee I can see why studios might be thinking it’s time to dip back into the musical well. But there have to be better options to create a musical hit than trying to replicate and expand upon the cult popularity ofRocky Horror....

Tribeca Movie Review: Bomb It The following movie was reviewed at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival: World Documentary Competition 2007, U.S.A. Dir: John Reiss Coming at you with lightning speed, Bomb It explodes onto the screen, heralding its arrival and offering a heaping dose of invigorating energy surrounding the world of graffiti, and how that world is split up and examined. Globetrotting to some of the most sprawling metropolises on the planet, such as Tokyo, SÃ¥o Paolo, New York, London, Capetown, and Berlin, the film is a nonstop study on what makes graffiti what it is and why it’s still ticking today....

TV Bits: ‘Flintstones’ Reboot Put On Hold; ‘Office’ Reboot And ‘Californication’ Spinoff Being Floated; Donald Glover Returning To ‘30 Rock’ Donald Glover may have lost the campaign to play Spider-Man, but he’ll be set to portray another great American hero: Tracy Jordan. Also after the jump: ThoughThe Officehas long been the anchor of NBC’s Thursday night lineup, the future of the series hasn’t looked so promising lately. WithRainn WilsonandPaul Liebersteindeparting for the Dwight Schrute-centric spin-off,Mindy Kalinglikely headed to work on her Fox pilot, and none of the core cast members (John Krasinski,Ed Helms,Jenna Fischer, andB....

TV Bits: ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’, ‘The Big Bang Theory’, ‘Westworld’, ‘Albedo’, ‘Child’s Play’ In this edition of TV Bits: According to theL.A.Times, Viacom Digital Studios is set to create aSpongeBob SquarePantsgame show, because sure – why not? The show will “feature twoSpongeBobsuper fans competing to win the Golden Pineapple by completing messy stunts, answering trivia questions and competing in SpongeBob-themed games.” This isn’t headed to traditional TV, though. Instead, it’ll be on Facebook and theSpongeBobYouTube channel....

XXXombies, Fear Agent And The Last Days Of American Crime - Three Movies From Rick Remender For the last five months or so,MTV’s Splash Pagehave been all overRick Remenderlike spit on my stubble. First they ran a story that his comic stripFear Agentwas in development as a movie; then that aLast Days of American Crimemovie was also on the cards; and now, finally, that his porn-stars vs. the walking dead seriesXXXombieshas also been tapped for adaptation into a screenplay....

‘21 Jump Street’ Spinoff Gets ‘22 Jump Street’ Scribe To Write & Probably Direct While Schmidt and Jenko are off battling aliens inMiB 23, some of their old Jump Street colleagues will be stepping up into a spotlight of their own. Last year, we got word Sony wasplanning aJump Streetspinoffthat’d center on a couple of female officers.Broad CityscribesLucia AnielloandPaul W. Downswere brought on to try and crack the script,and thenBob’s BurgersproducersLizzieandWendy Molyneux....

‘Anomalisa’ Character Featurettes: Meet The Extraordinary, Ordinary Leads Of Charlie Kaufman’s Stop-Motion Drama Leave it toCharlie Kaufmanto take what sounds like an ill-advised gag and turn it into one of the year’s most affectingly, heartbreakingly human films.Anomalisais a romantic drama shot in stop-motion with a cast of puppets. But this isn’tTeam America: World Police– Kaufman and his co-directorDuke Johnsonplay it completely straight, giving their universe a relatively realistic look. Anchoring this unusual presentation are two extraordinarily ordinary leads, Michael Stone (voiced byDavid Thewlis) and Lisa Hesselman (voiced byJennifer Jason Leigh)....

‘Assembled: The Making Of The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Trailer Goes Beyond The Shield Hot on the heels ofWandaVisiongetting a whole documentary on the making of the series, Marvel Studios is following suit withAssembled: The Making of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. We knew “Assembled” would be the overarching banner used for making-of documentaries for Marvel’s upcoming projects, but we didn’t realize they would all be arriving so quickly....