The 12 Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk,’ ‘Aquaman’

In the four-plus years we’ve been doing our Tuesday round-up of what to buy and rent, we’ve rarely had a week as jam-packed as this one – which includes everything from this year’s Oscar favorites to a superhero smash to a classic Spaghetti Western, and everything imaginable in between. Let’s get to work: ON AMAZON […]

Aquaman SHOCK: Jason Momoa was in Baywatch – amazing pictures of young actor

The superhero star played Jason Ioane for three years on Baywatch Hawaii, between 1999 and 2001; reprising the part for the TV film Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding in 2003. It sparked a career that took him to Game of Thrones, Stargate Atlantis and Frontier before he landed the role of Arthur Curry – aka Aquaman in […]

Aquaman end credit scene: Did you spot THIS Justice League and FLASHPOINT teaser?

Aquaman isn’t just ruling the waves, he is the current king of the worldwide box office. The latest DC movie has passed $ 640million and some are predicting it could be the first Warner Bros DC Extended Universe release to pass one billion. No wonder confident talk is already focussed on the inevitable sequel. The single end credit […]

Aquaman deleted scenes: Why THIS major Arthur moment was cut – ‘It sounds important’

The DC blockbuster already clocks in at over 2 hours and 20 minutes, so it’s understandable that James Wan wanted to make trims wherever he could. And it seems there’s one sequence in particular that didn’t make the cut, but would have provided some more interesting insight to Arthur’s backstory. Speaking to Comic Book, Wan […]

/Filmcast Ep. 498 – Aquaman

David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss James Wan’s Aquaman and rank the DCEU films thus far. Check out Hoai-Tran Bui’s review of Aquaman, Matt Zoller Seitz’s review of Aquaman, and Nate Jones spoiler-y write-up of what Julie Andrews does in this film. Listen to David’s other podcast Write Along with writer C. Robert Cargill and Devindra’s […]

‘Aquaman’ director James Wan explains why he thought it was a safe superhero movie choice. And why he was wrong.

Warner Bros. Director James Wan chose to make “Aquaman” because he thought it was the superhero “everyone makes fun of,” so he’d get to make it under the radar. It backfired as “Justice League” bombing at the box office put more pressure on “Aquaman” to succeed.  Wan told Business Insider why making “Furious 7” helped […]

Aquaman end credit scene reveals SEQUEL plans – Did you spot the ONLY Justice League link?

The hillbilly king of Atlantis has finally splashed onto US cinema screens. After making massive waves around the world American audiences can finally see what all the fuss is about. Jason Momoa’s first solo outing has already been a spectacular success at the global box office, banking over $ 332million before it even opens in […]

Superhero Bits: ‘Young Justice’ Synopses, ‘Entourage’ Helps Promote ‘Aquaman’ & More

How should the Avengers: Endgame trailer have ended? Which comic book movies are the most anticipated of 2019? What’s going on in the first few episodes of Young Justice: Outsiders? What scene was too weird for James Wan to leave in Aquaman? Which supporting characters will we see in Stargirl? All that and more in […]

Aquaman box office SMASHES records: Aquaman has already taken more than THIS superhero

There were raised eyebrows when Warner Bros announced Aquaman would open first in China, one week ahead of anywhere else in the world. Traditionally, Hollywood movies open there last. It is a tricky and unpredictable market where major franchises like Star Wars have dramatically underperformed. Aquaman’s unusual strategy was seen as a possible sign of […]

Water Cooler: Spider-Man, Venom, Birdbox, Love Simon, Aquaman, Ben Is Back, Bumblebee, Destroyer, Free Solo, Love Actually & Happy as Lazzaro

On the December 17, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what they’ve been watching at the Water Cooler. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on […]