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5 Moments In The Batman That Prove Jim Gordon Is The Real MVP Warner Bros. Pictures By Collier Jennings/March 9, 2022 3:00 pm EST “The Batman” is chock full of characters from the Dark Knight’s mythos, from Zoe Kravitz’s Selina Kyle to Paul Dano’s Riddler. However, the standout of them all is Lt. James Gordon, courtesy of Jeffrey Wright’s performance Thanks to Jeffrey Wright’s world-weary (and often bemused) take on the character — especially when he discovers the Riddler’s twisted form of a “thumb drive” — this Gordon may be one of the best yet....

Bradley Cooper’s Long-Awaited A Star Is Born Follow-Up, Maestro, Starts Filming In May MGM By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 25, 2022 1:15 pm EST Four years after “A Star Is Born” took over the Oscars and the airwaves, Bradley Cooper is finally sharing more details about his next directorial project. The film is called “Maestro,” and in an interview with Variety, the actor-director spoke about how it felt to have Steven Spielberg pass him the reins....

Cassandra Peterson’s Role In Rob Zombie’s Munsters Was Decades In The Making The Elvira Movie Company By Witney Seibold/May 17, 2022 12:27 pm EST Rob Zombie has always been a big fan of the 1964 sitcom “The Munsters,” and he details the exact reasons why on a commentary track he recorded for the 1966 feature film spinoff “Munster, Go Home!” It was on that commentary track that Zombie succinctly separated The Munsters from their ghoulish sitcom contemporaries The Addams Family: “The Munsters were people who look like monsters, and the Addams family were monsters who look like people....

Daily Podcast: Mini-Water Cooler: Star Wars Visions, Old Henry, Crashing, Dave, And More Lucasfilm On the September 28, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by senior writer and weekend editor Brad Oman to talk about what they’ve been up to in the virtual water cooler. Opening Banter: At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing: Brad is re-launching his podcast Go Flix Yourself What we’ve been Reading:...

Everything We Know About Oppenheimer So Far Warner Bros. By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 30, 2021 10:21 am EST Christopher Nolan has worked with Cillian Murphy five times (in “Dunkirk,” “Inception,” and all three films in “The Dark Knight” trilogy), and he name-dropped J. Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb, in his most recent film, “Tenet.” For his next movie, Nolan has chosen Oppenheimer as the subject, and he’s teaming with Murphy for a sixth time....

Firestarter Director Keith Thomas On Streamlining Stephen King & Starting Some Fires [Interview] Universal By Jack Giroux/May 15, 2022 6:55 pm EST “Firestarter” is one of Stephen King’s more medium-sized epics. Still, turning the +500 pages family horror drama into 90-minute thriller is a herculean task. To do so, director Keith Thomas and screenwriter Scott Teems focus largely on the central chase, with Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) and Andy McGee (Zac Efron) on the run from shadowy government figures....

Gentle Giant’s New Mace Windu Statue Is A Purple Lightsaber Wielding Mother****** [Exclusive] Gentle Giant Ltd. By Max Evry/March 16, 2022 8:21 am EST Our friends at Diamond Select Toys have provided us with an exclusive first look at the latest 1/7 scale statue from Gentle Giant Ltd.’s Premier Collection: The “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” Mace Windu Statue! You can take a gander at this very cool and lifelike piece below, along with all the info you need to know for pre-ordering this purple lightsaber wielding badass for your very own....

Here Are The Oscar Winners The Academy Decided Weren’t Worth Your Attention Warner Bros. By Valerie Ettenhofer/March 27, 2022 7:59 pm EST Eight Academy Award categories were unceremoniously announced via Twitter ahead of the official ceremony tonight, with Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” picking up several technical awards. The sprawling, gorgeous Frank Herbert adaptation is currently, at the time of publication, a four-time Oscar winner, with wins for Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, and Best Production Design....

Horror Movie Sequels We’re Dying To See Warner Bros. By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 26, 2022 5:00 pm EST Sequels get a bad rap, but in the horror genre, they’re a place where creativity can flourish. Sure, some of them are terrible, especially when franchises run on for decades. But even the bad ones are fun to talk about, and for every lackluster horror sequel, there’s another that’s transgressive, unique, cinematic, and — perhaps most importantly — scary as hell....

Jurassic Park Is Obviously The Best Jurassic Park Movie Universal Pictures By Ryan Scott/June 8, 2022 12:01 pm EST With the release of “Jurassic World Dominion” this week there has been a great deal of discussion regarding the franchise and the movies contained within. The jury is still out on director Colin Trevorrow’s upcoming trilogy capper that will see dinosaurs once again ruling the Earth, but what about the past? What is the best of the best from 1993 to now in terms of the films based on the works of Michael Crichton?...

Moon Knight Directors Benson & Moorhead Have Been Trying To Work With Marvel For A Long Time Disney+ By Rafael Motamayor/March 29, 2022 12:24 pm EST Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead are two of the most exciting filmmakers working today, with their films exuding originality and ideas with very small budgets, even building an extended cinematic universe of its own. Now, they are joining the biggest cinematic universe around with “Moon Knight,” the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe show, which follows a man with dissociative identity disorder who also seems to have the powers of an ancient Egyptian god....

Moon Knight Review: Oscar Isaac Singlehandedly Saves This MCU Show Disney+ By Josh Spiegel/March 29, 2022 9:00 am EST If there is one strength Marvel Studios has flexed in the last 15 years, it’s in shrewd casting throughout the majority of its films and shows. Even when the MCU became, at least on the surface, weirder than what a traditional superhero story seemed to offer, it had its stacked and largely charming ensemble to serve as beacons....

Moonfall Trailer: The Moon Is Out Of Orbit!!! Lionsgate By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 6, 2022 10:13 am EST Ever have one of those mornings where nothing seems to go right? You slept through your alarm, you can’t find your car keys, and then — just to top it all off — you glance out the window and notice that the moon is out of orbit. Allow me to repeat. The moon is out of orbit, folks....

Robert Pattinson Is A Fan Of Every Batman Movie Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/Jan. 31, 2022 3:20 pm EST We’re getting close to the release of “The Batman,” and star Robert Pattinson is talking about the role. In an interview with TotalFilm, the latest Caped Crusader gives a nod of approval to all the previous Batman movies, and doesn’t leave any of them out. He says nothing about “Batman & Robin,” and that’s just so generous of him....

Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne Broods In New Images From The Batman Warner Bros. By Hannah Shaw-Williams/Dec. 18, 2021 3:41 pm EST Batman movies have been embracing the gritty/dark/edgy aesthetic for so long that, at a glance, Matt Reeves’ upcoming movie “The Batman” might just look like more of the same. Everything we’ve seen of Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne so far looks gloriously emo — from the strands of his hair to his smear of black eye make-up....

Superhero Bits: Batgirl May Be Headed To Theaters, A Stylish New Doctor Strange 2 Poster & More Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/April 25, 2022 4:40 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

The Daily Stream: Spy X Family Reinvents Found Family With Espionage, Murder, And Absolute Absurdity Crunchyroll, Inc. By Shania Russell/May 27, 2022 3:00 pm EST (Welcome to The 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 Series: “Spy x Family” Where You Can Stream It: Hulu, Crunchyroll The Pitch: Like many badass spy thrillers before it, “Spy x Family” begins with a cold war: two rival countries (Westalis and Ostania) are waging a war in the shadows....

The Daily Stream: Take This Waltz Dances Around The Ennui Of Romance Mongrel Media By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 7, 2022 4:00 pm EST (Welcome to The 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: “Take This Waltz” Where You Can Stream It: Hulu The Pitch: On a business trip for her job writing tourist pamphlets, Margot (Michelle Williams) has a meet-cute with Daniel (Luke Kirby), a fellow traveler with whom she strikes up an instant connection....

The Flight Attendant Season 2: Release Date, Cast, And More HBO By Kaylee Dugan/March 22, 2022 10:27 am EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Your favorite wild child flight attendant/CIA informant is back for another season of jet-setting mayhem. That’s right, “The Flight Attendant” season 2 will be landing at an HBO Max near you, but before you head for departures and settle down in first class with a mocktail in hand (or a cocktail if you’re skipping the sobriety themes), let’s chart a course and take a look at what’s coming down the runway for the new season....

The French Connection Ending Explained: The Cop Thriller Grows Up And Gets Real By Bill Bria/Feb. 4, 2022 3:16 pm EST Most directors like to end their films with a succinct, direct and conclusive statement. William Friedkin, however, would much rather his audiences leave with lingering, often disturbing unanswered questions in their minds. From the uneasy finale of “The Exorcist” (which has had multiple endings released) to the the haunting conclusion of “Sorcerer,” Friedkin is clearly drawn to ambiguity, making his films mysteries not in a narrative sense but in a thematic one....