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The 11 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Nomad,’ ‘Gone Girl,’ ‘Ghost Dog’ & More

November 18, 2020 11:28 am

Every week, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash...

WTF? ‘Shadow In The Cloud’ Is A Relentlessly Schizophrenic Mess Of A Movie [TIFF Review]

Jason Bailey

September 13, 2020 1:41 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Occasionally, in this line of work, you end up watching a movie bad enough to make you regret taking the assignment. Roseanne Liang's “Shadow In The Cloud” is a movie so bad, it made me regret choosing the pro...

‘The Blues Brothers’ At 40: Why It’s The Rare Successful ‘Saturday Night Live’ Movie

Jason Bailey

June 19, 2020 2:13 pm

Essays, Features, News

When “The Blues Brothers” landed in theaters 40 years ago this week, it was something of a novelty – the first feature film based on characters from “Saturday Night Live,” which had, at tha...

Edgar Wright Reveals Why He Turned Down The Chance To Remake ‘An American Werewolf In London’

Charles Barfield

November 5, 2018 11:08 am

News

Edgar Wright is an accomplished filmmaker that has created some acclaimed films. But besides being the writer-director behind “Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz,” and most recently, “Baby Driver,” Wright is first, ...

John Landis Advised Max Landis Not To Remake ‘An American Werewolf In London’

Kevin Jagernauth

September 15, 2017 4:54 pm

News

Say what you want about Max Landis, but for a guy who takes as many punches online as he does, he's not afraid to lean into a project that's guaranteed to bring him even more scrutiny. Last fall, the internet r...

John Landis Calls Out Lucasfilm For Firing ‘Star Wars’ Filmmakers

Kevin Jagernauth

September 14, 2017 2:41 pm

News

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Lucasfilm's HR department has been pretty busy this summer. Between Phil Lord and Chris Miller exiting the Han Solo spinoff earlier this year over creative differences, while the movie was in the production no ...

John Landis Says He’s “Bored Sh**less” By The Marvel Cinematic Universe, Explains Why Dark Universe Doesn’t Work

Kevin Jagernauth

June 12, 2017 11:38 am

News

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While John Landis may not have directed a film since 2010's "Burke and Hare," his ongoing influence is undeniable. As the director behind "The Blues Brothers," "Trading Places," "Coming To America," "Animal Hou...

Masters Of Horror Discuss Unmade Films In Trailer For Documentary Series ‘Untold Horror’

Tess Bonn

March 3, 2017 5:01 pm

News, Trailers

Former horror magazine editor Dave Alexander has a new gig. Luckily for movie fans, it’s to uncover some of the greatest horror movies that never made it to fruition. Alexander launched multimedia production co...

My Personal Horror: The Playlist Team Picks The Films That Scare Them Most

The Playlist Staff

October 31, 2013 12:19 pm

Features

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The Playlist Team Picks Their 13 Scariest Movies

VIFF ’10: ‘American Grindhouse’ And The Current State Of Midnight Movies

Erik McClanahan

October 11, 2010 5:05 pm

News

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More reviews from the Vancouver International Film Festivalwhich runs September 30 to October 15.Nearly every major festival has a section for midnight movies, those films reserved for the wee-hours in the nigh...

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