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‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ Trailer: Superman As False God By Russ Fischer/April 17, 2015 3:53 pm EST Here’s the first full-length trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and it sees the world of DC’s comic book heroes reeling from the aftereffects of Man of Steel. As humanity struggles to come to terms with the presence of the godlike Superman (Henry Cavill) we hear a clamor of voices discussing the post-Superman world....

‘Edward Scissorhands’ 25th Anniversary: Mark Englert Lithograph And New Blu-Ray Revealed By Ethan Anderton/July 8, 2015 11:00 am EST Here’s Mark Englert’s beautiful lithograph from Entertainment Weekly, along with a preview of the Blu-ray packaging: We don’t have specifics on the new special features for this anniversary release, but it will reportedly have never-before-seen bonus footage. Plus, it comes with everything you see in the image above, which seems to include a heart cookie cutter, some kind of paper art that could have been made by Edward Scissorhands, and bush sculpture air freshener....

‘Finding Dory’ Director Andrew Stanton Wants To Return To Live-Action Filmmaking By Angie Han/June 9, 2016 4:30 pm EST Andrew Stanton had built his entire career on animation, with films like Finding Nemo and Wall-E, before making his live-action debut with 2012’s John Carter. This summer’s Finding Dory brings him back into the Pixar fold, but he’s already looking to mix things up again. In a new interview, Stanton revealed that he wants to take a break from animation and return to live-action....

‘In The Line Of Fire’ TV Series Prepping For Duty At NBC By Russ Fischer/Sept. 18, 2015 1:30 pm EST The 1993 thriller In the Line of Fire is an excellent thriller from director Wolfgang Peterson. The film featured Clint Eastwood, in his first post-Unforgiven role, as a Secret Service agent who had failed to prevent the assassination of JFK, but is given a chance to redeem his own sense of value and responsibility when an assassin (John Malkovich) targets the current US President....

‘Justice League: Part One’ Officially Sets Spring Start Date By Angie Han/Feb. 22, 2016 8:00 am EST Justice won’t dawn on the DC Extended Universe until March 25, but Warner Bros. isn’t wasting any time gearing up for its first full-fledged Justice League movie. The studio announced today that Justice League: Part One is officially set to begin shooting this spring in England and Iceland, under the direction of Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder....

‘Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ Trailer #2: Henry Cavill And Armie Hammer Buddy Up To Save The World By Angie Han/June 11, 2015 2:00 pm EST It’s really a shame that Man of Steel didn’t give Henry Cavill much room to show off his charm, because as the new trailer for Guy Ritchie’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E. shows, he’s got it in spades. The big-screen remake of the ’60s series stars Cavill as CIA agent Napoleon Solo, who’s forced to team with KGB agent Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) to, I don’t know, save the world or something....

‘Narco Sub’ Locks Brian Kirk To Direct, Eyes Liam Neeson To Star By Angie Han/March 24, 2015 6:30 am EST Another year, another new director for Narco Sub. As of now Brian Kirk (Game of Thrones) is set to helm the long-gestating action thriller, which started out as a Tony Scott project back in the day. And now that a director is in place, the film is also closing in on a star....

‘Rebirth’ Trailer: …And That’s Why You Never Join A Cult By Jacob Hall/July 12, 2016 10:30 am EST One of these days, I’d like to the be kind of person who gets a thrill by looking over numbers and spreadsheets. And on that day, I would like to dig into Netflix’s business model, which seems to be focused entirely on acquiring as many original movies and shows as possible, building a library that has been fairly consistent in its quality over the years....

‘Resident Evil’, ‘The Mortal Instruments’, And ‘Perfume’ Will All Be Turned Into TV Shows By Angie Han/Oct. 13, 2014 8:30 am EST If you’re no longer able to make money off of a property on the big screen, why not take it to the small one? Constantin Film announced this weekend it is planning TV shows based on its Resident Evil film series, the 2013 franchise non-starter The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and 2006’s Perfume: The Story of a Murderer....

‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ And Abramsverse Timeline Crossover Announced By Peter Sciretta/July 29, 2016 3:30 pm EST The original Star Trek series crew and the characters from the Abramsverse (i.e., the Kelvin timeline) will collide in a new two-part comic book storyline. This was one of the moire interesting comic book stories we missed during San Diego Comic-Con International 2016. Learn about the Star Trek crossover storyline, after the jump....

‘Ten Thousand Saints’ Trailer: Ethan Hawke Is Back In Cool Dad Mode By Russ Fischer/June 29, 2015 10:30 am EST Ten Thousand Saints, which comes from the American Splendor team of Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, has an incredible cast for a story set at a tense period in New York City history. Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Emile Hirsch and Emily Mortimer play a collection of characters who create an unlikely extended family finding their way through Manhattan in the days of hardcore punk and the Tomkins Square Park riot of 1988....

‘The Other Side Of The Door’ Trailer: Sarah Wayne Callies Fears The Piano-Playing Dead By Angie Han/Nov. 30, 2015 5:00 am EST Sarah Wayne Callies has plenty of experience avoiding the walking dead, but her new film sends her running from dead people of a more spiritual sort. In The Other Side of the Door, she plays a mother who has lost her son in a tragic accident. In grieving desperation, she turns to a supernatural ritual that will allow her to speak to her son through a portal located in an ancient temple....

‘The Reflektor Tapes’ Trailer: Arcade Fire Documentary Goes To TIFF By Russ Fischer/Aug. 12, 2015 1:00 pm EST Arcade Fire is known for intense, theatrical shows, and also for an interest in the integration of film into its presentation. The Reflektor Tapes is a document of the bands 2013 tour, and the film will premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Kahlil Joseph, whose arresting video/short film Until the Quiet Comes won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance 2013, the band has said the film captures the point where “we, Arcade Fire, came the closest in our careers to putting on stage what we imagined in our heads....

‘Tomorrowland’ Character Posters Have A Magic Hour Glow By Russ Fischer/April 20, 2015 11:30 am EST Four new Tomorrowland character posters show off the film’s four major characters in a glowing, idealistic light. Literally — these are pretty magic hour portraits featuring George Clooney as “former boy-genius Frank,” and the girl Casey (Britt Robertson), who finds her way to Frank’s home, and to Tomorrowland. Who are the other two? There are Raffey Cassidy as Athena, and Thomas Robinson as young Frank....

A District Is Shattered In ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1’ Teaser By Russ Fischer/Oct. 15, 2014 5:53 pm EST In The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 things are looking like they’re going from bad to worse for Katniss. The character played by Jennifer Lawrence endured a second round of Games in the last film, but now she has to face the wrath of rulers in The Capitol who won’t stand for even a spark of rebellion to float through the grey haze they call society....

Brad Bird’s ‘The Iron Giant’ Is Finally Coming To Blu-Ray On September 6 By Jacob Hall/March 29, 2016 9:00 am EST Forget about the disappointing Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – a proper Superman movie is finally ready to make its Blu-ray debut later this year. Brad Bird’s animated classic The Iron Giant is officially getting a proper home video release and it looks like it may have been worth the wait....

Clickhole’s Video Essay Will Change The Way You Watch ‘The Dark Knight’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 25, 2015 7:00 am EST Since we’re obsessed with all things cinema, we love stumbling across a good video essay that takes a closer look at a good movie. There’s no better way to examine a movie than in a medium that allows us to actually see clips from the movie being discussed as they’re being explained....

By Germain Lussier/March 31, 2015 2:00 pm EST There’s no arguing Steven Spielberg’s Jaws is a masterpiece. An infinitely rewatchable thriller that’s quotable, entertaining and influential. One of the many places you see that influence today is the pop culture art world. Jaws is regularly one of the most reimagined properties out there. There have been full art shows dedicated to the film as well as innumerable one off pieces here and there....

Cool Stuff: Florey’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Print Features Star-Lord The Flying Imbecile By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 10, 2016 5:00 am EST Undoubtedly the most important thing to Peter Jason Quill is the recorded tape called Awesome Mix Vol. 1, a mixtape of music given to him by his mother on her deathbed. The tape is so important to him that he takes on a prison guard in The Kyln because he won’t just put it away with the rest of his personal effects....

Exclusive: ‘The Dark Horse’ Clip Features Cliff Curtis As A Real-Life Chess Champion By Angie Han/March 31, 2016 9:00 am EST Fear the Walking Dead returns for season 2 in just a couple of weeks, but before we get there, we’ll have the opportunity to see star Cliff Curtis in a very different kind of role, in a very different kind of movie. In the based-on-a-true-story drama The Dark Horse, Curtis plays a former chess prodigy in New Zealand....