David, Jeff, and Kristy discuss whether magic specials can work in the modern age, get down with Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, and lament the agita of sitting near jerks in theaters. Be sure to check out Kristy’s review of The Happytime Murders. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave […]
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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Drops Only 5.7% in Second Weekend Box Office, ‘Happytime Murders’ Gets Killed
After topping the box office last weekend, Crazy Rich Asians has achieved quite the feat in its sophomore run in theaters. Box office reports coming in have Crazy Rich Asians dropping a mere 5.7% this past weekend with another $ 25 million coming in for the romantic comedy from director Jon M. Chu. Meanwhile, the […]
Daily Podcast: The Worst Movies We’ve Seen This Year, Death Note 2, Top Gun 2, The Happytime Murders, Wonder Woman & More
On the August 23, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to read some responses in the Mail Bag and talk about the latest film and tv news, including Death Note 2, Top Gun 2, The Happytime Murders, Wonder Woman 1984 composer, […]
‘The Happytime Murders’ Producer Ben Falcone Describes the Difficulties of a Puppet Movie Set [Set Visit Interview]
For our third and final interview from our visit to the set of The Happytime Murders, I bring you a discussion with producer/co-writer and Melissa McCarthy’s close collaborator Ben Falcone. In a roundtable interview, Falcone talked about how good the screenplay was on first read, the strange world-building of the movie, the difficulties in making an […]
‘The Happytime Murders’ Responds to ‘Sesame Street’ Lawsuit Through a Puppet Lawyer
When The Happytime Murders, a comedy about foul-mouthed and sex-crazed puppets who look an awful lot like the ones created by Jim Henson, used the tagline “All Sesame. No Street.” in its marketing campaign, the creators of Sesame Street weren’t thrilled. They planned to sue the film for unauthorized use of the Sesame Street brand, and now […]