Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Justice League Doom, Beyond Watchmen, Chronicle, Stan Lee, Ultimate Spider-Man What’s the early buzz onThe Avengers? DoesMatthew Goodewant to make aWatchmenprequel movie? Where is the common ground betweenChronicleand a famous 80s TV show? Which controversial topic isArchie Comicstackling next? Want to see a Batman-centric clip fromJustice League: Doom? Read all this and much more in today’s Superhero Bits. Comic Book Movieposted the above,Batman-centric, clip fromJustice League: Doom....

The 80 Greatest Shots In Disney Animation History [Part Eight] (Welcome toThe Greatest Shots in Disney Animation History, a limited series where Disney expert Josh Spiegel selects and ranks the defining moments in one of the greatest, most important, and most influential collection of films ever made.) This final part of the ongoing list covers entries 10 through 1. 10. The Little Mermaid: Woozy with love “Kiss the Girl” is a lovely song courtesy of the late Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, in which the talking crab Sebastian tries his best to get the well-meaning Prince Eric to…well, just read the name of the song....

The Coen Brothers Won’t Ever Revisit ‘The Big Lebowski’ A sequel toThe Big Lebowskinever seemed all that likely to happen, but if you were still holding out hope somehow you might as well stop now.Joel and EthanCoenhave expressed their total lack of desire to make any moreLebowski-related films, including the long-rumored spinoff about Jesus Quintana. For that matter, it doesn’t sound like they have plans to revisit any of their older projects — apparently, they’re just not interested in follow-ups....

The Daily Stream: A Chinese Ghost Story Is Hilarious, Horrifying, And Heartfelt (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:“A Chinese Ghost Story” Where You Can Stream It:Amazon Prime Video The Pitch:Take the exciting action and romance of a Chinese wuxia film, like"Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"or “Dragon Inn.” Mix with it the horror schlock and Looney Tunes hijinx of a later “Evil Dead” movie....

The Harper House Season 1: Release Date, Cast, And More (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.) A new family is coming to town. Meet the Harpers, the animated clan at the center of “The Harper House,” a new comedy premiering this fall. Here’s everything we know about the series so far....

The House Review: A Creepy, Strange, And Ultimately Beautiful Stop-Motion Anthology What lurks in “The House”? This utterly enchanting, frequently disturbing stop-motion anthology arrives on Netflix today, and while the year just started, I think it just might be the first great movie of 2022. Hyperbole? Perhaps. But when a film comes along from seemingly nowhere and bewitches me so, I get excited. Featuring three wholly unique tales from different directors, “The House” exists in some kind of netherworld....

The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To Evolution Of The Hulk, Borat Online Q&A Session, And 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, listen as VFX artists take a look at the evolution of the different big screen versions ofThe Incredible Hulk, fromEric BanainHulkin 2003 toMark RuffaloinAvengers: Endgame....

The Real-Life Inspiration Behind Scrubs The 1954 TV show “Medic” helped set the tone for the medical genre in television, stoically announcing before each episode, “Guardian of birth, healer of the sick, comforter of the aged, to the profession of medicine, to the men and women who labor in its cause, this story is dedicated.” As television narratives grew more complex, so would the characters, settings, and situations. Most medical shows were serious, hourlong serial dramas....

The Specific Reason Justin Benson And Aaron Moorhead Directed Moon Knight Episodes 2 And 4 Say what you will about Kevin Feige (he’s probably heard it all), but he and the other head honchos at Marvel Studios have a knack for pairing directors with the right project. It’s hard to imagine anyone other thanTaika Waititimaking the vibrant, irreverent “Thor: Ragnarok” such a blast, just like it’s hard to envision someone other than Chloé Zhao daring to mess with the Marvel Cinematic Universe formula the way she did with “Eternals....

The Top 5 Kristen Stewart Performances, And Where To Watch Them Here we are, in the year of lord 2021, and I’m still seeing folks on Al Gore’s internet claiming that Kristen Stewart is a bad actress. The entire basis of this opinion seems based around Stewart’s admittedly stiff work in the “Twilight” saga. But the “Twilight” film franchise ended nearly a decade ago, and Stewart has done so much more since then....

Theme Park Bits: Plans Revealed For Harry Potter Expansion In Orlando, Jaws Ride Closes, Transformers Opening Date, Universal Studios Singapore’s Hollywood Dreams Parade The title of this post is “Theme Park Bits,” but it should really be called “Universal Studios Theme Park Bits.” While most of us have been spent the past week alternating between lounging about in our PJs and bickering with our families, the international amusement park division was apparently busy getting new attractions for its Orlando, Hollywood, and Singapore parks on track....

This Week In Trailers: Your Honor, Lost Girls & Love Hotels, Rebuilding Paradise, The Mole Agent, Blood Quantum 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?...

Tracy Morgan Narrates ‘The Night Before’ Opening Scene, Does Not Get It Pregnant It’s safe to say that we all need some laughs, and if this past weekend’sfantastic episode ofSaturday Night Livehosted by Elizabeth Banks wasn’t enough, this week brings the R-rated holiday comedyThe Night Beforeto help out. And if therecent red-band trailerdidn’t convince you to see what looks like a truly hilarious flick for the holidays, the opening scene from the movie has been released, featuring touching narration byTracy Morgan, not longafter he hosted his own episode ofSNL....