A wonderful spooky season surprise.

Barbie's Greta Gerwig explains how a vintage short film from Todd Haynes made investors nervous about her movie.

Spider-Man: No Way Home star Andrew Garfield says he approached the movie like a short film about Spider-Man and his buddies.

The Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit filmmaker used his talents to advocate for animals.

Constantine, Blue Beetle, Kamandi, and The Losers are getting new animated shorts in upcoming DC films.

The director is hoping his live-action short will raise awareness around misperceptions.

I can't look away.

Well, this is different.

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One of my favorite shows of 2019 was Amazon’s The Boys. Based on the comic book series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, the series takes place in a world just like ours except superheroes are real. However, while TV shows and movies portray superheroes as either good or bad, in the world of The Boys, most of them are tragically flawed and often anything but heroic. Trust me, you have never seen a show like The Boys and you’ll be constantly picking your jaw off the floor while watching the eight-episode first season. The series' excellent …

2020 is a big year for the Toy Story franchise. It’s the 25th (!) anniversary of the first film and the 10th anniversary of the third. These are movies that reshaped not only the world of animation, but the way that viewers watch and process computer-generated characters. Up until Toy Story, CGI had mainly been utilized for creatures of some kind – the metallic villain of T2 or the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park. Computer generated images were used to inspire awe or terror. With Toy Story, you could actually understand what the computer-animated characters were feeling. The computer, that …

Pixar has debuted its first gay main character as part of a short film titled "Out," now on Disney Plus as part of the SparkShorts series.

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At this point we've maybe gotten a bit too comfortable calling things a "love letter", but if you want a pure, perfect definition of the phrase look no further than New York, New York, the three-minute short film Spike Lee put together about the city he calls home. Set to that classic Frank Sinatra tune, the short is just a pleasant trip through the Five Boroughs that turns melancholy when it falls on the healthcare workers risking their lives during the COVID outbreak. Man, maybe it's the fact that I'm currently riding out a pandemic 3,…

Even with every production shut down and everyone stuck in their homes, some people are still finding ways to provide us all with some much-needed entertainment. We even got a whole dang Parks and Recreation reunion episode! But I have to admit, I absolutely did not expect At Home with Olaf, a series of Disney short films featuring Frozen’s Olaf that were produced entirely from home. https://twitter.com/DisneyAnimation/status/1256282235562610688?s=20 Animated by Hyrum Osmond and voiced by Josh Gad, the series of 18 short films were released through Disney’s various social media accounts …

Low-budget filmmaking legend Roger Corman has found a way to keep burgeoning directors busy during self-isolation. The director took to Instagram to announce the first “and hopefully last” Corman Quarantine Film Festival, and he’s asking for submissions from anyone with a smartphone and spare time (which is pretty much all of us). https://www.instagram.com/tv/B_Ad1ZUlOLU/?utm_source=ig_embed Corman laid out the rules for the Festival, which are fairly simple. One, you have to film your submission either in your own home or backyard (it is the Quarantine Film Festival, after all). Second, you have …

Doing his part to help out everyone currently isolating to ride out the coronavirus pandemic, Michael Giacchino uploaded his short film Monster Challenge to YouTube, where you can watch it right this second for absolutely free. Giacchino, primarily known for his work as a composer on films like The Incredibles, the Jurassic World series, and the upcoming Matt Reeves film The Batman, announced his intention to release his 2018 comedy short earlier this week on Twitter. https://twitter.com/m_giacchino/status/1240357634315706368?s=20 The short stars Patton Oswalt as a fictional version of himself, who gets roped into filming …

Ay caramba!

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