Semi-Pro Red Band Movie Trailer New Line has released a new Red Band (read: R-Rated or uncensored) movie trailer for Will Ferrell’s upcoming comedySemi-Pro, and it actually makes the movie look funny (unlike every piece of advertising that has come before it). Walk Hard suffered from the same problem. Most people were turned off by the film’s advertising. The Red Band trailer was funny but very few people saw it, and even fewer bought a ticket to Dewey Cox this weekend, which is a shame....

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Dark Knight Rises, Avengers, Man Of Steel, Hulk Vs. Superman Who wins in a CG fight betweenHulkandSuperman? Want to see some new merch fromThe Dark Knight RisesandThe Avengers?DoesThe Amazing Spider-Manofficially have a composer? Where can you hear real life psychological breakdowns ofBatman’svillains? What doesThe Avengerstrailer look like recut with footage from old school cartoons? And which summer superhero movie isKevin Smithmost excited for? Read about all of this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

Terrence Malick Still Wants To Make IMAX Film ‘Voyage Of Time’ The past couple years have been slightly confusing with respect toTerrence Malick’s slate of new films. We knew he was makingThe Tree of Life, which opens limited this weekend after premiering last week at Cannes, where it won the Palme d’Or. For some time it also seemed like he had spun someTreeideas off into a separate IMAX film (possibly a documentary) calledVoyage of Time....

The ‘Uncharted’ Movie Needs To Seek Out And Plunder A New Release Date In the least surprising movie news you’ll read this week, Sony has removed the long-gestating film adaptation of the hugely popularUnchartedvideo game from their schedule. ThatJune 30, 2017release date has felt unlikely for some time, so this shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone, especially since new talentwas just brought hired to beat this movie into shape a month ago....

The Best On-Screen Version Of The Joker, According To 36% Of Fans We Polled (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.) I don’t know about you, but I am pretty Joker’d out. In the last 14 years, we have seen five different actors play the Clown Prince of Crime on-screen (two of which won Academy Awards for their performances)....

The Best TV Shows & Movies Leaving Netflix In September 2019 Fall is nearly upon us, and while the colder weather outside will have you wanting to curl up on your couch to watch your favorite movies and TV shows, you might want to get a jump on certain titles before they leave Netflix next month. The next purge of titles on the streaming service isn’t taking away a ton of amazing titles, but there are still some modern hits, a few Disney animated favorites, one of the best sketch comedy shows in recent memory, and one ofStanley Kubrick’s finest leaving the library....

The Daily Stream: Why Do I Still Remember Every Punchline In Dennis The Menace? (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 may stream it.) The Movie:“Dennis The Menace” Where You Can Stream It:Netflix The Pitch:Loosely based on the popular Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name, “Dennis the Menace” tells the goofball story of five-year-old Dennis Mitchell (Mason Gamble), a mischievous little boy who makes the life of his neighbor George Wilson (Walter Matthau) a living hell....

The Troubled Production Of James Cameron’s Piranha II Long before he was an esteemed filmmaker with major titles like"Avatar"and “Titanic” to his name,James Cameronmade his directorial debut with the 1982 indie horror film “Piranha II: The Spawning.” Despite this, Cameron has often acknowledged “The Terminator” as the first film he directed, even though it came out in 1984, two years after the release “Piranha II.” In fact, Cameron spent years disavowing the film, citing a multitude of bizarre production issues — including a literal break-in — as the reason why he wanted little do with the film for so many years....

The Unpopular Opinion: ‘Wayne’s World 2’ Is Better Than The First Movie (Welcome toThe Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly beloved by all. In this edition: the sequel toWayne’s Worldis actually better than the beloved original.)In 1993, just one short year afterWayne’s Worldtransitioned fromSNLfavorite to box office hit, Paramount unleashed the sequel. Despite the fact thatWayne’s World 2received mixed reviews and couldn’t seem to attract as many fans as the first film, it remains a hilarious and highly-underrated sequel – a delightfully silly follow-up that ups the ante while wryly (or obnoxiously, given the behind-the-scenes drama) delivering a formulaic sequel; a sort of self-aware cinematic Mad Libs....

This Week In Trailers: Tim’s Vermeer, Moving The Sun, Free The Nipple, 24 Exposures 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 talk about boobs, get lurid with our Instamatic, give some northerners a taste of sunshine, and set out to explain the ways of Vermeer withTeller....

TIFF Movie Review: John Carpenter’s The Ward John Carpenteris a celebrated filmmaker who frequently has worked in the sci-fi and horror genres. He is one of the brand name filmmakers from the 1970’s-80’s. His filmography includesAssault on Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape From New York, The Thing, Starman, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live, many of which have already been remade or are currently in development for a big screen redo....

Tiffany Haddish Goes From ‘Girl’s Trip’ To ‘Bad Trip’ In A Movie That Features A Mixture Of Traditional Narrative And Actual Pranks As younger viewers continue to spend more time watching YouTube than going to the movies, here’s a depressing thought: what if the movies begin to evolve to seem more like YouTube videos? A new film calledBad Tripis coming out this fall and is seemingly trying out that tactic.Eric Andre,Lil Rel Howery, andTiffany Haddishstar in a film that blends a traditional narrative with a prank format, in which an overarching story unfolds and real people are fooled along the way....

Tom Holland’s Secret Role In ‘A Monster Calls’ Revealed These days,Tom Hollandis best known as the new Spider-Man. But in between his web-slinging exploits inCaptain America: Civil Warand next year’sSpider-Man: Homecoming, you’ll get to catch his work in a very different kind of movie. Only you won’t actually be able to see him or hear him. As revealed by directorJ.A. Bayona, Holland helped out withA Monster Calls, the cancer drama that nearly drowned TIFF in tears....