The Morning Watch: 'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker' Easter Eggs, Pro Driver Reviews Driving Scenes & More

The Morning Watch: ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Easter Eggs, Pro Driver Reviews Driving Scenes & 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, check out over 100Star Warsand references you might have missed while watchingThe Rise of Skywalker....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 288 words · Mary Cole

The Morning Watch: 'WandaVision' Premiere Easter Eggs, 'Wonder Woman 1984' Fight Breakdown & More

The Morning Watch: ‘WandaVision’ Premiere Easter Eggs, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Fight Breakdown & 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, check out someWandaVisionEaster eggs and comic references from the first two episodes that you might have missed....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 293 words · Matthew Martinez

The Straw Dogs Controversy Explained: The Trouble With Amy

The Straw Dogs Controversy Explained: The Trouble With Amy Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault/Rape The last film class I took in college was titled “Violence in American Cinema,” and the curriculum provided by the remarkable Roberta Di Carmine, Ph.D. included two films by “Bloody"Sam Peckinpah, “The Wild Bunch” and “Straw Dogs.” While every class inspired heated discussions — imagine Midwest college kids debating Quentin Tarantino — none were as passionate as the ones that surrounded “Straw Dogs....

June 21, 2025 · 5 min · 1026 words · Mrs. April Perez

Theme Park Bits: Fox World In South Korea, SyFy's Face Off Horror Nights Maze, Disneyland's 60th Anniversary

Theme Park Bits: Fox World In South Korea, SyFy’s Face Off Horror Nights Maze, Disneyland’s 60th Anniversary Today in Theme Park Bits, we look at the following: Read about all of these things after the jump. 20th Century Fox Consumer Products isexpectedto sign an agreement to discuss plans to build a new Fox World theme park in South Korea. The 75-acre park would be located in the province of South Gyeongsang as part of a larger 700-acre development known as the Undong Entertainment Complex....

June 21, 2025 · 3 min · 497 words · Natalie Martin

Theme Park Bits: Rise Of The Resistance Queue Changes, Galaxy's Edge Wins A Grammy, And More

Theme Park Bits: Rise Of The Resistance Queue Changes, Galaxy’s Edge Wins A Grammy, And More In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Now that both coasts' versions ofStar Wars:Galaxy’s Edge are up and running, it’s not time for Walt Disney Imagineering to sit on their laurels and let things unfold without making some tweaks. Over at Walt Disney World, one of the biggest changes will be coming on February 19....

June 21, 2025 · 3 min · 563 words · Garrett Hernandez

This Week In Trailers: Netflix Vs The World, Snowflake, Song Of Back And Neck, The Party's Just Beginning, The Truth About Killer Robots

This Week In Trailers: Netflix Vs The World, Snowflake, Song Of Back And Neck, The Party’s Just Beginning, The Truth About Killer Robots 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?...

June 21, 2025 · 4 min · 793 words · Steven Thomas

Up In The Air Deleted Scene: Ryan Bingham Goes To Space

Up In The Air Deleted Scene: Ryan Bingham Goes To Space We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. During the filming ofJason Reitman’sUp in the Air, I saw a set photo whereGeorge Clooneywas dressed in a full-on NASA space suit, walking in an airport. That scene didn’t make the final film, and I’ve always wondered what it was about, and where it fit. Up in the Air hits DVD and Blu-Ray on March 9th (On Amazon:$27 for Blu-ray,$17 on DVD), and we’ve been given a look at the deleted scene in question, in which Ryan Bingham goes about his disconnected routine in a spacesuit....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Robert Zuniga

Watch Eight Minutes From Quentin Tarantino's Western 'The Hateful Eight'

Watch Eight Minutes From Quentin Tarantino’s Western ‘The Hateful Eight’ Even though plenty of people are anxious to seeStar Wars: The Force Awakensin 12 days, let’s not forget that one week later we’ll get to see another of the highly anticipated films of 2015.Quentin Tarantinohas his eighth film getting a unique release beginning onDecember 25thwithThe Hateful Eightgetting a 70mm roadshow release (with specific location details yet to be officially revealed) thatincludes extra footage and an intermission....

June 21, 2025 · 3 min · 544 words · Haley Stafford

Watch: The 'Beetlejuice' Musical Cast Sings You A Medley About Death At The Tony's

Watch: The ‘Beetlejuice’ Musical Cast Sings You A Medley About Death At The Tony’s Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Chanting those three words and hoping for tickets to magically appear is probably the closest you’ll get to seeing the hit Broadway adaptation of the Tim Burton classic, though thisBeetlejuiceTony performance is the next best thing. The cast of the Tony Award-nominated musical put on a medley about death on Sunday night, and listening to it will make you never wanna go home....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 407 words · Stephanie Evans

What To Read And Watch After Seeing 'Black Panther'

What To Read And Watch After Seeing ‘Black Panther’ Like most of the waking world, you’ve probably been counting down to the release of Marvel’sBlack Panthermovie, which hits theaters today.Black Pantherhas struck a unique chord with culture right now; coming not only at a time when there’s a deeper, unrelenting discussion about Hollywood’s diversity issues, but also against a wider backdrop around the political and social climate for Blacks in America....

June 21, 2025 · 5 min · 1037 words · Scott Miller

What's The Word On Synecdoche, New York? How About "Obscuritanist"?

What’s The Word On Synecdoche, New York? How About “Obscuritanist”? Charlie Kaufman’sSynecdoche, New YorkakaIf You Can’t Pronounce My Title, You’re an Effin' Plebe!!!showed at Cannes and the reviews are hitting the Web like steaming intellectual veg patties. We’ll include the plot synopsis at the bottom, but for now just imagine it’s about a former disgruntled employee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) of Rockstar Games who spirals into an existential crisis and rebuilds New York Cityin pixelsas a set, and you should be okay....

June 21, 2025 · 3 min · 631 words · Emily Nelson

YouTube Deepfake Expert Who Adjusted 'Mandalorian' VFX Hired By ILM

YouTube Deepfake Expert Who Adjusted ‘Mandalorian’ VFX Hired By ILM You’d think that a huge company like ILM would bristle at a YouTuber “correcting” their work, but it turns out it’s quite the opposite. Instead of being angry at a content creator who deep-faked a better version ofLuke Skywalker’s surprise return at the end of Season 2 ofThe Mandalorianthey hired them. Shamookhas made a name for himself for implementing deepfake technology in his videos, with the Luke glow-up being one of the bigger hits, racking up over 2 million views....

June 21, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Tyler Schneider

'Dopesick' Trailer: Micheal Keaton Leads A Hulu Miniseries About The Opioid Crisis

‘Dopesick’ Trailer: Micheal Keaton Leads A Hulu Miniseries About The Opioid Crisis The origins of the opioid crisis are exploded inDopesick, a new Hulu series based on the non-fiction book by Beth Macy. In the 1990s, all the way up until today, America has been seized by an epidemic involving OxyContin, a so-called “miracle drug” designed to release Oxycodone at dangerous levels. When Purdue Pharma first introduced the drug onto the market, they blatantly downplayed the addictive qualities and had their sales force go out and aggressively push the pills on doctors, who would then hand them out to patients....

June 20, 2025 · 4 min · 740 words · Jennifer Salas