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It’s Got A Death Curse: Ranking All 181 ‘Friday The 13th’ Kills (Part One) By Jacob Hall/Jan. 12, 2017 12:00 pm EST At my count, 181 people are killed during the course of the Friday the 13th movie series. I know this because I’ve spent the past week or so revisiting this iconic slasher horror series, which stars Jason Voorhees, the unstoppable hillbilly serial killer who usually wears a hockey mask, is sometimes a zombie, and always leaves a trail of corpses wherever he goes....

Jason Reitman Uses His Own Cast For ‘American Beauty’ Live Read With Gorgeous Results By Germain Lussier/Oct. 17, 2014 11:30 am EST It’s a shame only 600 people got to see Jason Reitman’s Live Read of American Beauty on Thursday. If more people saw it, they’d be lining up to see Men, Women and Children this weekend. The cast proved they are wonderful together. As the kickoff to the 4th season of Live Reads at LACMA, Reitman presented Alan Ball’s Oscar-winning 1999 script....

Joseph Kosinski The Frontrunner To Direct Tom Cruise In ‘Top Gun 2’ By Ben Pearson/May 24, 2017 12:00 pm EST The idea of a Top Gun 2 has been floating around Hollywood for nearly a decade. It flew through a rough patch of air following the 2012 suicide of original Top Gun director Tony Scott, but a couple of years later, Paramount and producer Jerry Bruckheimer hired The Jungle Book writer Justin Marks to rewrite the script....

Mark Hamill Shaved His Beard, So ‘Star Wars Episode 9’ Speculation Is Off The Charts By Ethan Anderton/July 12, 2018 3:00 pm EST Production on Star Wars: Episode 9 is gearing up across the pond as J.J. Abrams prepares to shoot the latest installment of the Skywalker saga that began all the way back in 1977. Of course, details on what the Force Awakens director has in store for the end of the primary Star Wars storyline are under tight wraps, so that leaves fans wildly speculating about facial hair....

New Footage From ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ Screened; Chris Pine Talks Going Small By Angie Han/Nov. 26, 2013 7:00 am EST Jack Ryan isn’t a new character by any means. Between 1990 and 2002, he was played by three different actors across four separate movies. So to keep him fresh, the next installment of the series is going back to the character’s early days, when he was just a CIA analyst who got in way over his head....

Star Wars Bits: Damon Lindelof Could Eventually Work On ‘Star Wars;’ Plus J.J. Abrams And Episode VII’s Costume Designer By Germain Lussier/May 21, 2013 4:19 pm EST Two Star Trek writers don’t think they’ll work on Star Wars, while another one does. Plus the director himself talks all about his fandom. Read about the following in this edition of Star Wars Bits: Who does J.J. Abrams think shot first, Han Solo or Greedo?...

Star Wars Bits: Harrison Ford Done Filming ‘Episode VII,’ Plus ‘Star Wars Rebels,’ Brad Bird, Adam Driver By Germain Lussier/Oct. 13, 2014 5:30 pm EST Updates from the set of Episode VII, some awesome Rebels clips and lots of other odds and ends are in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following: A fire evacuates the set of Star Wars Episode VII, and Harrison Ford has reportedly finished filming....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Up, Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut, And More By Adam Quigley/Nov. 10, 2009 12:33 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Pixar is not a boon to cinematic originality. Their formulas are just as heavily recycled as any simple-minded rom-com, or any trashy horror flick. Pixar’s success lies not in the bare story arcs of their films, but in the way they tell the story....

This Week In Trailers: A Girl And A Gun, Welcome To Pine Hill, Museum Hours, Hot Flashes, The Comedian By Christopher Stipp/June 7, 2013 3:00 pm EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

This Week In Trailers: From Vegas To Macau II, Thanksgiving: The Movie, Punk’s Dead, Farewell To Hollywood, Above And Beyond By Christopher Stipp/Jan. 3, 2015 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Video Interview: M. Night Shyamalan On The Last Airbender By Devindra Hardawar/July 1, 2010 9:24 am EST M. Night Shyamalan is a nice guy, which makes the fact that he directed one of the worst films of the year all the more painful. I got a chance to sit down and chat with The Last Airbender director after viewing the film, and it’s clear that he’s passionate about the material, and that he’s very conscious of the racebending controversy....

‘Akira’ Director Reportedly Down To Two Front-Runners For Live-Action Adaptation By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 27, 2017 9:00 am EST There are many cautionary tales of Hollywood’s “development hell,” but none perhaps quite as storied as the attempts to adapt a live-action adaptation of the groundbreaking anime classic, Akira. Now Warner Bros. has appeared to narrow down their shortlist to two directors, one of which has just released a movie this weekend....

‘An American Werewolf In London’ Comes To Halloween Horror Nights, John Landis Explains Details By Russ Fischer/Aug. 15, 2013 9:01 pm EST This seems like the year that Universal is pulling out all the stops for the Halloween Horror Nights experience at Universal Studios Orlando on select nights from Sept. 20 to Nov. 2.. The first announced attraction, based on Cabin in the Woods, made the event a must-visit for some horror fans....

‘Blockers’ Review: A Charming, Sex-Positive Adventure In Raunchy Comedy By Karen Han/April 5, 2018 7:00 am EST If I tried to explain the premise of Blockers and then followed it up with, “I liked it,” you’d probably think I’d gone a little crazy. After all, there’s nothing about Blockers — from its trailers to its title (the shortened and clean version of “cockblockers”) — that would suggest it’s as good as it is....

The history of the Divine Pairing, turned on its head Throughout the episode, we’re treated to Auntie Chantelle’s recount of New Orleans’ past and its relationship with the Divine Pairing. As she tells us (and as the episode visually tells us via flashback), every Divine Pairing has had to sacrifice one of its own. It’s expected that the new Divine Pairing, Tyrone and Tandy, will have to do the same – one will have to die in order to bring peace to New Orleans....

/Film Interview: ‘Skyfall’ Producers Barbara Broccoli And Michael G. Wilson Chat About Sam Mendes, Christopher Nolan, And That Jaw-Dropping Ending By Angie Han/Nov. 9, 2012 4:00 pm EST Director Sam Mendes and star Daniel Craig may be the big marquee names of Skyfall, but the real driving forces behind the Bond franchise have long been Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. The half-siblings are the daughter and stepson, respectively, of late producer Albert R....

/Film Interview: Spike Lee Talks ‘Oldboy,’ ‘The Sweet Blood Of Jesus’ And (Obviously) The New York Knicks By Germain Lussier/Nov. 19, 2013 3:00 pm EST With almost every film Spike Lee makes, he’s trying something different. From college comedy through racial drama, coming-of-age stories, the historical biopic, murder mystery, Hollywood blockbuster, sequel, war film, and sports movie, he rarely attempts the same genre twice. It’s part of the reason he’s remained influential and relevant for so many years....

/Film Visits The Editing Room Of ‘John Carter’ By Peter Sciretta/July 11, 2011 8:00 am EST On June 20th, I flew to San Francisco to visit Barsoom Studios, in an office building minutes sown the road from Pixar Animation Studios, to see the first footage from John Carter, a big screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic sci-fi novel A Princess of Mars. In a screening room, Finding Nemo/Wall-E director Andrew Stanton gave us a powerpoint presentation explaining why and how he became involved in the project, and the unique methods they used to “shoot” the film (you can read a transcript of Andrew’s complete presentation and Q&A elsewhere on /Film)....

‘Godzilla’ Trailer Roars At Comic Con 2013 By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2013 12:06 pm EST Last year at Comoc Con, Legendary Entertainment surprised the crowd with a very early teaser trailer for Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla. The test footage kicked Hall H’s ass and was one of the most talked about things of that year’s Con. Warner Bros has returned a year later with Edwards, alongside cast members Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor Johnson and Bryan Cranston to premiere a new teaser trailer, our first look at actual footage from the film....

‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ Cast Announced, Includes Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill And Billy Dee Williams [Updated] By Chris Evangelista/July 27, 2018 2:25 pm EST Update: Actress Keri Russell was added to the official press release a few hours after the cast announcement. Our original article follows, along with a brief update about Russell’s involvement. The cast of Star Wars: Episode 9 has just been announced, and it includes some big surprises....