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The Morning Watch: Kermit The Frog Voice Comparison, ‘Psych 2: Lassie Come Home’ Bloopers & 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, see why fans have had such an adverse reaction to the new voice ofKermit the FrogonMuppets Nowas performed byMatt Vogel....

The Morning Watch: The Choreography Of ‘Mortal Kombat,’ How To Make The Pasta From ‘Luca’ & More (The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, take a look at all the hard work that went into the hard-hitting fights fromMortal Kombatearlier this year....

The Penguin Could Be The Villain Of Matt Reeves' ‘The Batman’ Matt Reeves’The Batmanis apparently still happening, and now we may know who the villain is going to be. Rotten Tomatoes critics! No, I’m kidding. It’s actually The Penguin. The DCEU is in a weird state right now. AfterJustice League, the comic book universe seems to moving in a very different direction.Aquamanis coming later this year, there’s aShazammovie coming later, and aBirds of Prey/Harley Quinnmovie in the works as well....

The Writer Of Point Break Has Written A Sequel Series About Johnny Utah’s Daughter Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 thriller “Point Break” is one of the best action movies of all time, full stop. It’s a perfect blend of character and conflict, captured with beautiful sun-drenched photography and told with a propulsive editing style which always keeps things moving while never falling prey to overly quick cutting. It also features Keanu Reeves screaming the words “I AM AN FBI AGENT!...

This Week In Trailers: Here’s To Life!, After The Storm, Donald Cried, Fittest On Earth: A Decade Of Fitness, Kiki 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 In Trailers: The Last Seven, Dark Souls (Mørke Sjeler), 22nd Of May, Red Nights, Ninjas Vs. Vampires, And An Exclusive Clip From Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Timothée Chalamet To Play Willy Wonka In Chocolatier Origin Story At Warner Bros. If Tim Burton’s dive into the origins of Willy Wonka by way of flashbacks inCharlie and the Chocolate Factorywasn’t a satisfying enough tale for you, Warner Bros. Pictures and the Roald Dahl Story Co. are about to give you more. Wonkais a new movie based on the iconic chcolatier previously played by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp in two very different cinematic adaptations of Roald Dahl’s bookCharlie and the Chocolate Factory....

Todd Phillips' Secret Comedy Project X Is Revealed For a while now we’ve been hearing aboutTodd PhillipsandJoel Silver’s super secret low-budget, hard-R comedy movie which is being referred to asProject X. The project is set-up at Warner Bros with a $12 million budget. Phillips is working as ‘producer and creative godfather’ for commercial turned first time feature film directorNima Nourizadeh, and even the casting process is a bit of a mystery....

Tokyo Disneyland Plans ‘Big Hero 6’ And ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Rides For 2020 you may callDisneymany things, but lazy is not one of them. In addition to theirincreasingly massive film slateand newStar Wars-themed landsat Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida, the company has now announced plans to bring rides based onBig Hero 6andBeauty and the BeasttoTokyo Disneylandin Japan. In other words, theme park fans will have to add a few more days to the Asian vacation they were already planningso they could visit Shanghai Disneyland....

VIDEO: ‘American Horror Story: Asylum’ In 60 Seconds Need a reason to watchAmerican Horror Story? Want to relive its many warped highs and sordid lows? Baffled that it has an audience at all? Wherever you stand onRyan Murphy’s dopey, perverse slice of camp horror bliss, here’s another chance to experience the staggering amount of insane plot turns its second season shamelessly exposed the world to in every episode. In 60 seconds....

Watch Nina Paley’s Ebert-Wowing Animated Masterwork Sita Sings The Blues Online After some scary months in which it seemed nobody much would ever get a chance tolegallyseeNina Paley’s wonderful, wonderfulSita Sings the Blues, the film is now available for free streaming on theReel 13website – and if you don’t fancy a lower-res streaming version, completely legal HD and film resolution torrents are on the way, WNET 13 in New York (the owners of the above site) will be showing the film on TV on March 7th....

Why Patrick Stewart Was Terrified To Take On The Role Of Jean-Luc Picard “Change is the essential process of all existence.” When Spock said that, he was absolutely right — change is absolutely an important part of being alive. However, that doesn’t make change any less scary. Big changes in one’s life can certainly be intimidating for everybody. Even people that are seemingly fearless, like Starfleet officers, can find change to be daunting....

Yorgos Lanthimos 101: Exploring The Brilliant, Deranged Work Of The Director Of ‘The Favourite’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Greek directorYorgos Lanthimosis not the most accessible filmmaker for your average audience. To begin, his characters don’t behave as if they are bound to the same cultural norms that we are. Conversations that would be utterly taboo in our society are discussed with abandon, like Steven (Colin Farrell) inTheKilling of a Sacred Deercasually telling a colleague that his daughter has started her period....