What Was President Obama’s Favorite Movie Of 2014? By Angie Han/Dec. 17, 2014 3:00 pm EST As President of the United States, Barack Obama has enough on his plate without trying to keep up with the latest films. Nevertheless, he makes time for a movie night now and then. As the year draws to a close, he’s revealed his favorite movie of 2014. Hit the jump to find out what the President Obama favorite movie is....
When Will We See A New ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Trailer? Not At Comic Con 2015 By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2015 1:58 pm EST Lucasfilm is coming to San Diego this year for Comic Con to show off their latest Star Wars films, but the Hall H crowd should know they probably won’t be getting a new movie trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The fact there won’t be a Star Wars comic con trailer is something I have known for a while time now (and even mentioned in one of my periscope Q&A’s) but now Entertainment Weekly has also heard the same from their trusted sources....
WTF: ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ Provides Name For Rare Worm Species By Russ Fischer/Oct. 28, 2014 5:30 am EST Now there is a Totoro worm. Maybe you have a dog or a cat named Totoro but did you find and name a species of worm after Hayao Miyazaki’s fan-favorite character? I didn’t think so. Researchers have detailed the discovery and naming of a new species of velvet worm, found in Vietnam. Thanks to some specific physical characteristics, the creature is named after Totoro....
‘10 Cloverfield Lane’ Super Bowl Spot: Hear It Roar By Angie Han/Feb. 7, 2016 3:41 pm EST Last month, Bad Robot cracked open a mystery box we didn’t even know existed. The first teaser trailer for 10 Cloverfield Lane would’ve looked promising under any circumstance, what with its vaguely creepy premise and stellar cast (John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and John Gallagher Jr.). But the title added an extra layer of intrigue....
‘Independence Day 3’: Roland Emmerich Already Has An “Intergalactic Journey” In Mind By Ethan Anderton/June 25, 2016 11:00 am EST But the real juicy piece of information learned from this being is that before the rest of its species was destroyed by the invading aliens, they began working with other aliens from around the universe to assemble on a distant planet to prepare to finally finish what has become a galactic civil war....
‘It Follows’ Director David Robert Mitchell Is Making A Noir With Andrew Garfield By Jacob Hall/May 5, 2016 11:00 am EST I’m in the bag for David Robert Mitchell. His stellar horror film It Follows was one of my ten favorite films of 2015 and I really like his heartfelt (and tragically under-seen) debut, The Myth of the American Sleepover. Despite his first two films existing in completely different genres, his voice is crystal clear in both of them, with each movie exploring the pain of growing up and the fear of facing the world alone....
‘Jurassic World’ Visual Effects Breakdown Shows How The Dinosaurs And Park Came To Life Again By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 31, 2016 11:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Even though some fans of Jurassic Park were disappointed to see that there were less practical dinosaur effects used for last summer’s Jurassic World, that doesn’t mean the visual effects don’t deserve some praise. And if you need convincing that some fantastic work was done in post-production on the movie, a visual effects breakdown shows just how much work went into bringing the operational theme park to life....
‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’ Will End The Series; See The First Images By Russ Fischer/June 22, 2015 3:30 pm EST A new installment in the Paranormal Activity series opens this fall, and the first images from Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension are now online. The film is called the “final installment” of the series, and promises to close the book on the story begun in 2009. You read that right....
‘Riverdale’ First Look: The CW’s Subversive Take On Archie And The Gang By Jack Giroux/May 23, 2016 6:00 am EST The first promo image–a shot of the main cast–was recently released. Below, check out the Riverdale first look. Here’s the Riverdale first look from the Archie Comics Twitter Feed: Coming Soon! #Riverdale pic.twitter.com/UlltJ8KwRr — Archie Comics (@ArchieComics) May 12, 2016 Set in present-day Riverdale, the show has been described as a subversive take on the comic book series....
‘Suicide Squad’ Trailer: The Worst Heroes Ever Rise To The Occasion By Jacob Hall/Jan. 19, 2016 6:59 pm EST We’ll say this much for the burgeoning DC movie universe – it’s already looking a bit unpredictable. We still have no idea what to make of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, a movie that appears to have the plots and characters of a dozen separate film jammed into one package, but we’re certainly intrigued by Suicide Squad....
‘The Ring’ Sequel ‘Rings’ Delayed Again; ‘Everybody Wants Some’ And Universal Monsters Also Get New Dates By Angie Han/Feb. 18, 2016 9:30 am EST 2002’s The Ring was a genuinely unsettling experience, one that slowly dug itself under your skin and lingered there long after the credits had rolled. But its sequel, 2005’s The Ring Two, was nowhere near as effective. And now its threequel, Rings, seems to be struggling even to get to the theater....
‘Whiplash’ Director May Take Emma Stone And Ryan Gosling To ‘La La Land’ By Russ Fischer/April 15, 2015 5:00 am EST Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling have teamed for a film twice before. One was Crazy Stupid Love, and that worked out alright. The second movie was Gangster Squad (above), and the less said about it, the better. But that film’s problems weren’t related to the casting, and we’d be happy to see them work together again....
AMC’s ‘Walking Dead’ Spinoff Gets Oscar-Winning Director By Angie Han/Oct. 28, 2014 11:10 am EST AMC’s The Walking Dead spinoff is shuffling closer to life. The network has just tapped Academy Award-winning director Adam Davidson to helm the pilot episode of the new series, with plans to shoot later this year. Hit the jump for more on the Walking Dead spinoff director. Co-created by The Walking Dead graphic novel writer Robert Kirkman and Sons of Anarchy writer Dave Erickson, the new spinoff explores “what is going on in the zombie apocalypse in other parts of the world....
BBC Theme Park Coming In 2020; ‘Doctor Who’ And ‘Sherlock’ Attractions Likely By Angie Han/Dec. 10, 2014 3:30 pm EST Whovians rejoice: A BBC theme park is coming to the U.K. Attractions based on Doctor Who, Top Gear, and Sherlock are thought likely, though they haven’t yet been confirmed. A Doctor Who ride is not as novel an idea as you might think — Disney considered bringing the sci-fi property to Tomorrowland back in the ’80s....
Christopher Lee Has Died At 93 By Angie Han/June 11, 2015 6:35 am EST The Guardian reports Lee passed away Sunday morning after being hospitalized for respiratory problems and heart failure. His wife of 54 years, Birgit Krøncke, chose to delay the announcement in order to notify family members first. Born in London in 1922, Lee served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He turned to acting soon after the war, but it wasn’t until he joined up with Hammer Films, in the 1950s that he really broke through....
How That Amazing ‘Creed’ Single Shot Boxing Sequence Was Created By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 30, 2015 12:00 pm EST I think most of us can agree that Creed is one of the best movies of this Holiday season, if not the entire year. Its not just a nostalgia sequel/spin-off as some have written it off as, but a great movie. And since seeing the film two weeks ago there is one sequence which I can’t get out of my head, Adonis’s first professional match as a boxer which is presented in one single shot....
Is Marvel’s Phase Three Connected Via A Black Hood Of Death? [Wacky Film Theory] By Peter Sciretta/July 21, 2015 4:00 am EST I love wacky film theories. It doesn’t matter to me that the filmmakers most likely didn’t intend these interpretations, but I find it interesting the connections some people make within the movies they enjoy. It could be as ridiculous as a one line cue which leads some people to believe that Chris Pratt’s character in Jurassic World could be the young boy from Jurassic Park, how all Pixar movies exist within the same universe, that Stan Lee Is Playing the Same Character in All His Marvel Cameos, or even us trying to predict the future with a theory on How The Marvel Cinematic Story Might Connect Through Phase 3....
Jordan Peele To Write And Direct Horror Movie ‘Get Out’ By Angie Han/Oct. 28, 2014 2:00 pm EST For the past three years, Jordan Peele has succeeded in making us laugh as one-half of Comedy Central’s Key and Peele. Now he wants to make us scream. Peele is set to write and direct a horror film called Get Out. While this will be his first attempt at straight-faced horror, it’s not that crazy a leap....
Secrets And Heroes Behind ‘Tomorrowland’ Revealed In New Videos [Updated] By Germain Lussier/May 1, 2015 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Update From Editor Peter Sciretta: Disney has released two new Tomorrowland videos focusing on some of the characters in the upcoming film. The videos profile Casey (Britt Robinson) and Athena (Raffey Cassidy). We have updated this story to include both Tomorrowland character videos after the jump....
Superhero Bits: Agents Of SHIELD, Agent Carter, Ant-Man, Daredevil, Batgirl, X-Men, Suicide Squad By Angie Han/July 6, 2015 3:00 pm EST Has Daredevil Season 2 started shooting? Want to see some X-Men: Apocalypse concept art? Or a new Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 poster? How did the Suicide Squad celebrate Harley Quinn (a.k.a. Margot Robbie)’s birthday? What would Ant-Man look like as a retro monster movie? Will Dominic Cooper return for Agent Carter Season 2?...
