Superhero Bits: Arrow, The Flash, Batman: The Animated Series, Green Lantern By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 6, 2015 4:30 pm EST What would Spider-Man in feudal Japan look like? How terrifying is Zoom on The Flash? What’s Livewire doing on Supergirl? Does a new set video from Doctor Strange provide any new details? Is there a Stan Lee Museum of Art & Comics on the way? Why is the new Vision comic book so unsettling?...
This Week In Trailers: Blind, Wild City, Get Outta Here, The Decent One, Peace Officer By Christopher Stipp/March 29, 2015 9:00 am EST There is just something about Norwegian director Eskil Vogt’s aesthetic that feels very personal. Not that he’s necessarily making movies that are intrinsically important to him, but that these movies have a sensation of something intimate. With Oslo, August 31st he crafted a world like Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy but cut slightly deeper with into the emotional core of his characters....
Video Essay: Experimenting With Non-Traditional Aspect Ratios In Modern Cinema By Angie Han/Sept. 30, 2015 6:30 am EST The aspect ratio of any given movie literally frames our experience of the entire work. Whereas real-life exists in 360 degrees in all directions, filmmakers must make very conscious decisions about what to put inside that box, what to exclude from it, and how to present it all to the audience. For the most part, movies stick to a few standard widescreen aspect ratios, or, if the filmmaker is feeling a bit daring, the less common 4:3 aspect ratio....
VOTD: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ Gets A James Bond-Style Opening Credits Sequence By Ethan Anderton/May 9, 2016 6:00 am EST Due to the rules of how a Star Wars movie is supposed to begin and end, none of the movies in the saga have ever been given a stylish opening or closing credits sequence. Sadly, we’ll probably never see that happen unless the spin-off films decide to have a little style all their own....
Walt Disney World’s ‘Star Wars’ Weekends 2015 Dates Revealed By Germain Lussier/Dec. 3, 2014 1:00 pm EST 2015 is kind of a big year for Star Wars. I heard there might be a movie coming out? Maybe even a convention, too? Well, another huge event on the Star Wars calendar takes place in Orlando, Florida. It’s the annual Star Wars Weekends at Walt Disney World resort, and the new dates have just been announced....
Watch: A Child Went To Disney World Dressed As Kylo Ren And THIS Happened By Peter Sciretta/July 28, 2016 2:00 pm EST Sure, Disney theme parks can be expensive, a day of long lines and fun rides. But for me, the Disney theme parks are a magical place where, yes, an enormous big megacorporation, provides wonderfully immersive experiences for both young and old. In fact, Disney cast members are encouraged to create magical moments for their guests on a daily basis, and we typically don’t hear about or witness many of these experiences....
Watch A VFX Breakdown From Marvel’s ‘Agents Of SHIELD’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 31, 2015 4:00 am EST With state of the art technology at our disposal, we know that visual effects in feature films are pretty much always going to look good. That’s why the bad special effects seem to stick out even more like a sore thumb nowadays. But in the world of television, smaller budgets still make it a little difficult to create convincing special effects, even on bigger budget, sci-fi shows that require effects to immerse the audience in the story properly....
Watch Tom McCarthy Explain The Construction Of A ‘Spotlight’ Scene By Jack Giroux/Dec. 23, 2015 2:00 pm EST Writer-director Tom McCarthy has had one bizarre year. He wrote and directed one of the year’s finest films, Spotlight, and also The Cobbler – a movie so strange and tonally troubled you must watch it. McCarthy, to my surprise, also had a role in this summer’s Pixels. The man keeps busy. But Spotlight is the movie everyone keeps talking about, and for good reason....
‘Behind Enemy Lines’ Inspires A New TV Series By Russ Fischer/Sept. 15, 2015 4:00 pm EST Didn’t see the movie? Saw it but barely remember that Tuesday night? Maybe you can’t distinguish it from one of the three direct-to-video sequels that followed? Here’s the recap: A Navy navigator is shot down over enemy territory and is ruthlessly pursued by a secret police enforcer and the opposing troops. Meanwhile his commanding officer goes against orders in an attempt to rescue him....
‘Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee’ Season 7 Trailer: Will Ferrell, Steve Martin, And Some Guy Named Barack Obama Guest Star By Jacob Hall/Dec. 29, 2015 11:30 am EST Jerry Seinfeld’s popular web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee has been quietly chugging along since 2012, producing six seasons in four years and amassing a murderer’s row of special guests. The trailer for the seventh season has arrived and it very much resembles what we’ve seen before: Seinfeld gets in a classic car of some kind, picks up a beloved comedian or actor, and chats with them while they drive to a coffee shop or restaurant....
‘Gleason’ Trailer: The Sad But Uplifting Story Of One NFL Player’s Struggle With ALS By Ethan Anderton/June 19, 2016 11:30 am EST Steve Gleason was once a professional NFL defensive back for the New Orleans Saints, credited with kickstarting the beginning of a huge comeback for the once-struggling football team, something that the city desperately needed. But at age 34, his whole world went into upheaval when he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease....
‘Roots’ Remake Adds Laurence Fishburne As Alex Haley By Angie Han/July 2, 2015 11:00 am EST The Roots remake has found its first big star. Laurence Fishburne will portray author Alex Haley in A&E’s upcoming event series, based on the 1976 book by the real-life Haley. James Earl Jones played the role in ABC’s 1977 adaptation. More on the Laurence Fishburne Roots casting after the jump. The new Roots is described as an “original, contemporary production” which supplements Haley’s original novel with new historical research....
‘The Nice Guys’ Trailer: Shane Black Throws Ryan Gosling And Russell Crowe Off The Deep End By Angie Han/March 22, 2016 4:04 pm EST We’re as excited as anyone for the long-awaited release of Warner Bros.’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which pits the two superheroes against each other before bringing them back around to the same side to form the Justice League. (Not a spoiler; it’s right there in the title....
‘Trash’ Trailer: Stephen Daldry Embarks An Adventure In The Slums Of Rio By Angie Han/Aug. 26, 2015 1:30 pm EST Perennial Oscar nominee Stephen Daldry is back this year with Trash, an adventure set in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Though it features some well known, well regarded faces like Martin Sheen, Rooney Mara, and Wagner Moura, the real stars of the film are a trio of young unknowns....
‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Adds Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, And Alexandra Shipp By Angie Han/Jan. 22, 2015 6:05 pm EST Move over, Halle Berry. You too, Famke Janssen and James Marsden. There’s a new trio of mutants in town. X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer has just announced that Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones), Tye Sheridan (Tree of Life), and Alexandra Shipp (Drumline: A New Beat) have joined the comic book prequel as the younger versions of Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Storm, respectively....
By Angie Han/Oct. 9, 2014 3:30 pm EST Hit the jump for more details on the Transparent renewal. Created by Jill Soloway, Transparent stars Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman. She’s only now coming out as transgender after spending most of her life as Mort Pfefferman, patriarch of a loving if dysfunctional family that includes ex-wife Shelly (Judith Light) and children Sarah (Amy Landecker), Josh (Jay Duplass), and Ali (Gaby Hoffman). Maura’s reveal prompts a whole bunch of other family secrets to come to the surface as everyone adjusts to the new information....
Cool Stuff: ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ 1/9 Scale Dragon Model Statues By Germain Lussier/Jan. 14, 2015 5:00 am EST These days, if you really love a movie, it’s pretty easy to relive it. Sure you can just watch the movie again, but in most cases someone, somewhere has made some piece of merchandise about it. In the case of the bigger movies – movies like Avengers: Age of Ultron – there’s a lot of merchandise....
Cool Stuff: Joe Dunn’s ‘Tomorrowland’ Print Is Filled With Disneyland Easter Eggs By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 16, 2015 7:00 am EST Cyclops Print Works will be releasing a new screen printed poster today by artist Joe Dunn for Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland. I know a lot of you weren’t fans of Tomorrowland, but as a Disneyland fanatic I really enjoyed much of the first half of the film. And this poster is stunning, and filled with a ton of Disneyland Easter eggs – can you spot them?...
Emma Stone Returns To Play Billie Jean King In ‘Battle Of The Sexes’ By Jack Giroux/Nov. 19, 2015 3:30 pm EST This tennis match is one of the most famous “battle of the sexes.” Bobby Riggs, a 55-year-old Wimbledon champion in retirement and well past his prime, faced off against two female tennis players. First, he defeated Margaret Court, but the 29-year-old Billie Jean King, the #1 ranked female tennis star, outmatched him....
Exclusive: ‘April And The Extraordinary World’ Clip Features A Dangerous Chase Through Steampunk Paris By Jacob Hall/March 29, 2016 9:30 am EST Last week, the trailer for the American release of April and the Extraordinary World arrived and it wasn’t a particularly impressive piece of marketing. However, having seen this animated science fiction adventure at Fantastic Fest last year, I noted that the preview doesn’t fully represent the oddball joys of this imaginative and thoroughly entertaining movie....
