‘Turbo Kid’ Is An Insane Post-Apocalyptic Adventure [Sundance 2015 Review] By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 28, 2015 10:00 am EST Turbo Kid is insane. It’s remarkable that a film like this was produced at all. Imagine what a movie might look like if it came from the mind of a ten-year old kid from the ’80s who is obsessed with Mega Man, and who just saw the Mad Max movies for the first time....
Anthony Mackie Will Be The MLK To Bryan Cranston’s LBJ In ‘All The Way’ By Angie Han/July 1, 2015 6:00 am EST Captain America’s big-screen buddy is set to portray another, even greater, American icon. Anthony Mackie will play Martin Luther King Jr. in HBO Films’ All the Way, opposite Bryan Cranston as U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson. More details on the Anthony Mackie Martin Luther King Jr. casting after the jump....
Christopher Nolan Talks ‘Interstellar’ Ending And That Big Third-Act Twist By Angie Han/Nov. 21, 2014 7:30 am EST Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar features a pretty powerful message about love, but it’s not all sweetness and light. It doesn’t shy away from the darker side of humanity, particularly in a third-act twist that puts our heroes in jeopardy. In a new interview, Nolan discusses that divisive scene, laying out the logic and motivations that led to the big moment....
By Angie Han/Dec. 1, 2015 12:00 pm EST With the debut of Star Wars: The Force Awakens just two and a half weeks away (!!!), now seems like as good a time as any to look back at the films that got us here. Our friends at Fandango have commissioned a series of posters inspired by each of the Star Wars films, by various artists from all over the web. We’re excited to help premiere Episode IV: A New Hope by Chito Arellano, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back by Ale Giorgini, and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi by Brian Miller, topped off by Episode VII: The Force Awakens by Jeff Delgado....
Female Director Wanted For ‘Wonder Woman;’ Here Are 5 Great Choices By Germain Lussier/Oct. 23, 2014 6:00 pm EST Warner Bros.’ news of the full DC Comics movie slate was big for many reasons. It showed a commitment to a brand fans know and love. It showed the scope of the company’s plan. And buried under all those names and dates, it showed a commitment to diversity. Among the films, Warner Bros....
Here’s When You’ll See Another ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Trailer By Germain Lussier/Dec. 2, 2014 7:00 am EST J.J. Abrams, Lucasfilm and Disney didn’t have to give us a glimpse at Star Wars: The Force Awakens just yet. The movie is still over a year away; no one would have blamed them if we didn’t see something until six months out from release. That’s always been the schedule. But they were kind, and gave us seven scenes to dissect and discuss after almost two years of wild speculation....
J.J. Abrams Explains R2-D2’s Key Role In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 20, 2015 11:00 am EST Stop reading right now if you haven’t seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens. What follows is director J.J. Abrams and screenwriter Michael Arndt talking about the key role that R2-D2 plays in the film. The little astromech droid is one of many returning characters from the original trilogy, but the role of R2-D2 in The Force Awakens in the story has very close ties to the mystery of Luke Skywalker’s whereabouts....
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Developing ‘Sandman’ As Spectacular Action Without Cliches By Russ Fischer/June 9, 2015 6:00 am EST Anyone who has ever read Sandman, the comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and drawn by a variety of artists from ‘89 to ‘96 knows that a movie adaptation is tricky business. Gaiman wove together myth and legend, horror and family drama, and a a superb cast of characters to tell stories that were powerful on an individual level, and pleasantly overwhelming when read in toto....
Margot Robbie To Star In And Produce Sci-Fi Psychological Thriller ‘Bad Monkeys’ By Jacob Hall/July 24, 2016 10:00 am EST 2016 is looking to be a banner year for Margot Robbie, who is currently in the process of transitioning from “rising star” to “bonafide movie star.” With roles in Suicide Squad, The Legend of Tarzan, and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (not to mention her breakout roles in The Wolf of Wall Street, Focus, and Z For Zachariah), Robbie has shown the kind of range and charisma that you’d want in an actor headlining several films a year....
New ‘Warcraft’ Trailer: How Does A Realm Deal With An Orc Infestation? By Jacob Hall/April 19, 2016 8:30 am EST When I say that Warcraft looks like the John Carter or Jupiter Ascending of 2016, I say that as someone who unabashedly adores both of those films and finds their singular, off-kilter, and frequently oddball worlds fascinating, charming, and drunk on imagination. However, both of those films were too weird to attract mainstream audiences and died painful, ugly, public deaths at the box office....
Nicole Kidman Joins Colin Farrell In ‘The Killing Of A Sacred Deer’, From ‘The Lobster’ Director By Jacob Hall/June 16, 2016 8:30 am EST Hollywood often doesn’t seem to know what to do with Nicole Kidman and that’s shame. When paired with the right material, she’s one of the most interesting actresses out there and she only gets more fearless with each passing year. And since it takes that special kind of fearlessness to appear in a Yorgos Lanthimos film, it makes perfect sense that she has joined the cast of The Killing of a Sacred Deer....
Page 2: BTTF, Star Wars, Pixar, Ghostbusters, Walking Dead, Disneyland, Gone Girl, Indiana Jones, Bill Murray, Star Trek, Predator By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2014 12:00 pm EST Header Photo: We Don’t Need Roads t-shirt 18 Things We Learned From the ‘Frankenhooker’ CommentaryDefinitive Proof That Nostradamus Predicted Star Wars THIS FRIDAY, Gallery1988 will release 12 Tom Whalen one-of-a-kind metal prints to celebrate the closing of his successful solo show. Interview: Director Jason Reitman on His Passion for Honest StoriesREAD AN EXCERPT FROM STEPHEN KING’S NEW BOOK REVIVAL...
Poster Posse Feels All The Feelings With Artwork Tribute To Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ By Ethan Anderton/June 25, 2015 4:00 am EST Last weekend, Pixar’s Inside Out took audiences inside the mind of a young girl named Riley, and if you haven’t had the chance to see it yet, just know that the film will certainly pull at your heartstrings in the best way possible. Pixar’s visualization of the voices in our head is full of charm, wit and tenderness, and Poster Posse has brought them to life in another way with a gallery of artwork honoring Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Anger (Lewis Black)....
Review: ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Shoots For The Moon, Lands In Crazytown By Ethan Anderton/June 24, 2016 2:00 pm EST Read our full Independence Day Resurgence review after the jump. The sequel picks up 20 years after what is dubbed the War of 1996, when aliens devastated the planet, killing billions, destroying our iconic cities and landmarks. In that time, we’ve utilized the alien technology left behind to advance our own weapons, vehicles and more....
See New Footage From ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 5, Which Returns February 8 By Germain Lussier/Jan. 20, 2015 2:30 pm EST Fans are eagerly awaiting the return of The Walking Dead on February 8 and AMC is happy to give them a little taste of the upcoming season. The channel has revealed a new Walking Dead “trailer,” which is really just a 30 second TV spot, teasing some of the violence and action fans have come to expect from the hit show....
Steven Spielberg Couldn’t Even Get The Rights To Remake ‘The Last Starfighter’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 24, 2014 6:30 am EST The Last Starfighter has seen a nice little bump in nostalgic recognition over the past few days. The reason? This awesome “Modern Trailer,” which /Film was among the first to post. Many fans have been watch the trailer and wondering the same thing I wondered in the text of the piece....
Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Agents Of SHIELD, Aquaman, Flash, Age Of Ultron By Germain Lussier/March 26, 2015 4:24 pm EST Want to see the comic book frames Christopher Nolan used as inspiration for The Dark Knight Trilogy? How will Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman connect? How many Mark Millar comics are being turned into movie at the moment? Do you want to see a GIF of the movie Batmobiles morphing into one another?...
The ‘Preacher’ Team Is Bringing ‘The Boys’ To Cinemax By Jacob Hall/April 7, 2016 9:30 am EST The Boys is a big middle finger to superheroes and all they stand far. It’s a gruesome, immature, often very good, and often cringe-worthy comic series that finds writer Garth Ennis indulging his worst habits while also finding opportunities to remind us that there’s a rockstar of a storyteller underneath all of the gore and dick jokes....
VOTD: Here Are Six Big Movies That Recycled Footage From Other Movies By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 6, 2015 5:00 am EST Did you know that not every single shot in a movie is overseen by any given film’s primary director? There’s an entire crew of people called the second unit whose responsibility it is to shoot supplementary footage such as establishing shots, stunts, inserts and cutaways. The director still has to approve that footage, but he’s not on set to actually shoot it....
‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ Final Trailer Is All About Batman By Angie Han/Feb. 11, 2016 8:00 am EST With enemies like these, who needs friends, right? The final Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer shows Batman (Ben Affleck) basically preparing to go to war with Superman (Henry Cavill). And to be sure, Batman makes a pretty solid argument in favor of taking down the Man of Steel. “He has the power to wipe out the entire human race,” says Bruce....
