The Morning Watch: Meet Weta's 'I Am Mother' Robot, Zachary Levi Meets The Tethered & More

The Morning Watch: Meet Weta’s ‘I Am Mother’ Robot, Zachary Levi Meets The Tethered & 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, watch asAdam Savagegoes behind the scene at Weta Workshop to take a closer look at the robot from the Netflix movieI Am Mother....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Kimberly Ritter

There Might Never Be Another Season Of 'Fargo'

There Might Never Be Another Season Of ‘Fargo’ Noah Hawleydoesn’t know if he’ll make another season ofFargo. He’s said so himselfin the past. When he’s working on a season of the acclaimed FX series, he’s not thinking about the future. Hawley is telling one story at a time. If he has another story to tell, he’ll tell it, but he’s in no hurry. To FX’s credit, they’re not already pushing for more....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 497 words · Cynthia Morgan

This Week In Trailers: Kissing Candice, Heroin(e), Infinity Baby, Miami, The Departure

This Week In Trailers: Kissing Candice, Heroin(e), Infinity Baby, Miami, The Departure 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 Ron Swanson talks to us about the future, watch a punk rocker help suicidal strangers, watch how women are affected by opioids, watch ladies cutting loose and getting up to no good in Finland, watch a different lady cut loose in Ireland by going on a little crime spree, and see a trailer that deals with mother!...

July 8, 2025 · 5 min · 971 words · John Harris

This Week In Trailers: Possum, Feminists: What Were They Thinking?, Fightworld, 1985, Chef Flynn

This Week In Trailers: Possum, Feminists: What Were They Thinking?, Fightworld, 1985, Chef Flynn 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 demand equality, have trouble wondering what’s real, travel the globe to fight strangers, revisit the AIDS crisis in its early years, and meet a kid who is already more successful than most of us....

July 8, 2025 · 4 min · 820 words · Joseph Hanna

Tom Hardy Wants Christopher Nolan To Direct James Bond

Tom Hardy Wants Christopher Nolan To Direct James Bond Last fall, there was a lot of buzz regarding whether or notDaniel Craigwould eventually return to the role ofJames Bond. The actor was rather vocal about how exhausting the work onSpectrewas, going so far as to say that he’d rather slash his wrists than do another James Bond movie at that time. Since then,he’s equated his answerto being the same he would give if someone asked him to run a marathon after just finishing another marathon, reiterating that he loves playing James Bond....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Autumn Hopkins

Tom Holland To Star In First Season Of 'The Crowded Room', A New Anthology Series From Akiva Goldsman

Tom Holland To Star In First Season Of ‘The Crowded Room’, A New Anthology Series From Akiva Goldsman Tom Hollandis taking another bite out of Apple. The once and future Spider-Man actor recently worked with the streamer on the Russo Brothers' filmCherry, and now word has arrived that he will play the lead role in a new anthology series for AppleTV+ calledThe Crowded Room, which hails from writer and executive producerAkiva Goldsman....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Nicole Madden

Watch The 'Fear Street' Cast Answer Spoilery Questions In New Video

Watch The ‘Fear Street’ Cast Answer Spoilery Questions In New Video It has been a week since theFear Street Trilogywrapped up and that might as well be a decade in spoiler terms, so naturally, it’s time for the show’s creatorLeigh Janiakand a good chunk of the cast to answer some spoilery questions about the three films. Remember, There are Spoilers! Netflix has released a little Zoom compilation with the cast and creator ofFear Streetto address some spoiler-heavy questions about the films, which is a move that makes me strangely nostalgic for the glory days of DVDs when even the crappiest release had a little mini-doc on it with these kinds of chats....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 510 words · Scott Guerra

What Is The Best 'Star Wars' Movie? The Runner-Up In Our Poll Might Surprise You

What Is The Best ‘Star Wars’ Movie? The Runner-Up In Our Poll Might Surprise You (Welcome toSurvey Says, a feature where we conduct a movie-related survey for a random group of people and explain why they’re completely right, completely wrong, or somewhere in-between.) It’s the question that keeps nerf herders up at night, nibbling their fingernails and perhaps even their toenails. “What’s the bestStar Warsmovie?” Calm down, you big angry Wampa, I’m not saying allStar Warsfans chew their toenails....

July 8, 2025 · 5 min · 973 words · Ashley Morris

Why Ethan Hawke Thinks A Director Like Robert Eggers Is Incredibly Rare

Why Ethan Hawke Thinks A Director Like Robert Eggers Is Incredibly Rare Ethan Hawke played Hamlet in a 2000 film adapted from Shakespeare’s play, where the tragedy unfolded in a contemporary setting, with New York City substituting for Denmark. In"The Northman,“Hawke goes back to the original source material for a sort of Viking “Hamlet” with director Robert Eggers. This time, he’s playing the father of Alexander Skarsgård’s character, Amleth, based on the Scandinavian folk hero who inspired Shakespeare’s brooding prince....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 589 words · Matthew Holt

Why Some Like It Hot Was Shot In Black And White

Why Some Like It Hot Was Shot In Black And White There are some films so classic that it almost feels wrong to imagine them any other way. One of such caliber, without a doubt, is “Some Like It Hot.” The film may end with the infamous line, “Nobody’s perfect,” but Billy Wilder’s 1959 filmgets awfully close to the ideal. The story follows two musicians (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) who, after witnessing a gangland murder in Prohibition-era Chicago, don drag and join an all-girl band to evade the mobsters hunting them....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 453 words · Mr. Nicolas Donovan DVM

Will There Ever Be A Jingle All The Way 3? Here's What We Know

Will There Ever Be A Jingle All The Way 3? Here’s What We Know In “Jingle All The Way,” Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a stereotypical workaholic ’90s dad named Howard on the dreaded Christmas Eve journey trying to track down the hottest toy of the season, the Turbo Man he neglected to buy his son weeks ago like his wife asked. On his toy hunt, he meets another father on a similar pursuit, mailman Myron (Sinbad)....

July 8, 2025 · 4 min · 656 words · Randy Gordon

'Counterpart' Trailer: J.K. Simmons Faces Himself In Starz's New Sci-Fi Series

‘Counterpart’ Trailer: J.K. Simmons Faces Himself In Starz’s New Sci-Fi Series What’s better thanJ.K. Simmons? How aboutanotherJ.K. Simmons? In the wild new Starz seriesCounterpart, Simmons pulls double duty, playing two different characters from literally two different worlds. The newCounterparttrailer teases a show that’s a blend of sci-fi and espionage, and it looks like it has the makings of something great. InCounterpart, Simmons plays Howard Silk, a bored office drone who reports to his imposing workspace every day at a Berlin-based UN spy agency, with no real idea of what his employer does....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 448 words · Tonya Mclaughlin

'Downsizing' First Look: Matt Damon Shrinks Himself For Director Alexander Payne

‘Downsizing’ First Look: Matt Damon Shrinks Himself For Director Alexander Payne In the future,Matt Damoncan become five-inches tall thanks to Norwegian scientists. That’s the premise ofAlexander Payne’s (Nebraska) next film,Downsizing, in which overpopulation has led to people shrinking themselves to live a “bigger” life in a “bigger” home and help the environment while they’re at it. AfterSideways, Payne wrote the script withJim Taylor, but due to its ambition and required visual effects shots, ittook a long timeto get made....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 546 words · Bradley Massey