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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Reboot: Jonathan Liebesman Explains Bay’s “Alien Race” Comments And More, TMNT Co-Creator Peter Laird Clarifies Pro-Bay Stance By Peter Sciretta/March 23, 2012 1:00 pm EST Controversy errupted when Michael Bay made a small comment about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action reboot he is producing. Bay mentioned that the Turtles in his movie are “from an alien race” which is a big change from the mythology we’ve come to know from the comics, cartoons, and movies released thus far....

‘The Staircase’ Review: Netflix Makes An Old True Crime Doc New Again By Chris Evangelista/June 4, 2018 8:00 am EST Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s fascinating 2004 docu-series gets an update for the Netflix age. But The Staircase is not your typical true crime saga, and anyone searching for answers will only be left with more questions. What Happened to Kathleen Peterson? On December 9, 2001, Kathleen Peterson met a gruesome end. That is the sole fact in this story – something that can’t be disputed, argued about, or theorized over....

‘Unfriended: Dark Web’ Review: It’s All Fun And Games Until Hackers Get Involved [Fantasia Film Festival] By Sarah Foulkes/July 21, 2018 12:00 pm EST Picture this: a group of friends get together for their weekly game night. It’s all fun and games until they get entangled in a mess they can’t get out of and their innocent worlds collide with the dark underbelly of crime. If this sounds like the plot of Game Night, then you’re half right, because it’s also what happens in Unfriended: Dark Web (previously titled Unfriended: Game Night)....

2014 Oscar Winners: ‘12 Years A Slave,’ ‘Gravity’ And ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ By Germain Lussier/March 2, 2014 9:00 pm EST Ellen DeGeneres hosted the big event, which featured one of the tightest Best Picture races in years. In the end 12 Years A Slave took home the big prize, but the rest of the awards were spread between Gravity (which won 7 Oscars total) and Dallas Buyers Club, which took home the two male acting awards....

Boardwalk Empire: 14-Minute Behind The Scenes Featurette By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2010 8:00 am EST HBO has released a thirteen and a half minute behind the scenes featurette for the Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese created Prohibition-era gangster television series Boardwalk Empire. The new series focuses on Steve Buscemi, who plays the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City and town Treasurer, Enoch “Nucky” Thompson, who is described as “a political fixer and backroom dealer who is equal parts politician and gangster and equally comfortable in either role....

Comic Con: Thor Panel Impressions And Footage Description By Russ Fischer/July 24, 2010 8:32 pm EST Marvel finally unveiled moving images from Thor today at the studio’s panel in Hall H at the San Diego Comic Con. Director Kenneth Branagh took the stage with Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings, Clark Gregg and Tom Hiddleston. They didn’t reveal much about the film we didn’t already know, but did twice show a trailer....

How ‘Sorry To Bother You’ Explores The Pitfalls Of Capitalism By Jazmine Joyner/July 14, 2018 12:00 pm EST “An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.” Boots Riley’s film Sorry To Bother You is a film people have been buzzing about for a while, for a good reason....

Interview: ‘Suicide Squad’ Director David Ayer On Assembling The Skwad, Meeting Batman, And Not F**king Up The DC Universe By Angie Han/July 11, 2016 11:00 am EST Amanda Waller may be the mastermind behind the Suicide Squad in the movie, but in real life David Ayer was the one calling the shots on the Suicide Squad set. The director seemed like a bit of a surprising choice for the film, given that most of his past work has been more gritty and grounded....

Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies To Watch With ‘Christopher Robin’ By Scott Beggs/Aug. 1, 2018 1:00 pm EST If you haven’t bought stock in your favorite facial tissue brand, there’s still time because Christopher Robin doesn’t hit theaters until late Thursday night. Better yet, buy a bunch of tissue and resell it outside the theater for people who forgot theirs. You’ll guaranteed make more money than MoviePass. Based on A.A. Milne’s immeasurably popular imaginary bear, the new film from director Marc Forster continues Disney’s new-ish passion for converting beloved properties into live-action while saving a middle-aged guy from forgetting his true spirit....

Nathan Fillion Is Joining ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 2’ As Tony Stark (Kinda) By Ethan Anderton/April 25, 2016 3:00 pm EST Nathan Fillion and James Gunn are good friends, so fans of the Firefly and Castle star were hoping that the director might give the actor a role in Guardians of the Galaxy. However, it appears that neither Gunn nor Fillion wanted to give him a role that would preclude him from having a more significant part in the Marvel cinematic universe, because he ended up having a more secret cameo as the voice of the blue alien who gets his sinuses cleared out by Groot in the Kyln....

Page 2: Indiana Jones, Star Wars, GoT, Hunger Games, New Girl, Divergent, Kill Bill, Harry Potter By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2013 2:00 pm EST Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Page 2: Star Wars May The Fourth Edition And Thoughts On The Apple Watch By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2015 2:00 pm EST Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Page 2 For May 4th By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2008 2:22 pm EST Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2! ComingSoon has the poster for Focus Features’ Hamlet 2. The New York Times has a audio commentary slideshow with Aaron McBride, the visual effects art director for Iron Man, describing how the suit up machine was created for the film, featuring concept art like the photo seen above....

Ridley Scott Talks Space Jockeys, Xenomorphs And H.R. Giger In ‘Prometheus’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 19, 2011 9:00 am EST If you don’t want to know anything more about Ridley Scott’s Prometheus than the trailer(s) will eventually tell you, I’d advise skipping this article. I’ll offer the same warning I have with a few other pieces of coverage we’ve done on the film: nothing after the break here is wildly spoilerish, but it may still be more than you want to know....

Sequel Bits: Anna Faris On ‘Scary Movie 5’, Tony Gilroy On ‘Bourne Legacy’, ‘TRON: Uprising’ Art, More ‘Men In Black 3’ Clips By Angie Han/May 3, 2012 10:30 am EST Yep, Scary Movie 5 is happening, but will its stars return? Anna Faris isn’t sure. Also after the jump: Sony unveils two more clips from Men in Black 3 Tony Gilroy talks balancing old and new in The Bourne Legacy Check out some concept art for TRON: Uprising During a press conference at CinemaCon, Faris gave an ambiguous answer:...

Star Wars Bits: An Alderaan LEGO Set, The Original ‘Star Wars’ Gets A Fan Restoration, And The 2016 Fan Film Awards Begin By Jacob Hall/Feb. 23, 2016 8:00 am EST In today’s edition of Star Wars Bits: That LEGO set for Alderaan looks just about right. Fans restore the original Star Wars and it looks stunning. Peter Mayhew shares more pages from his original Star Wars screenplay. Artist Dan Mumford reveals very cool new The Empire Strikes Back art....

This Week In Trailers: Suck It Up, American Fable, You’re Killing Me Susana, Kuso, 1:54 By Christopher Stipp/Jan. 28, 2017 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?...

This Week In Trailers: Valhalla Rising, Reel Injun, Black Field, Oil City Confidential By Christopher Stipp/Feb. 5, 2010 3:00 pm EST I am not what you would call an audiophile or a connoisseur of music. What I see in the Oil City Confidential trailer is a whole lot of excitement for a sliver in time that I never knew existed. I don’t live under a rock but I’ve never known about the players in this movie or why a movie needed to be made of them....

TIFF Review: ‘The Fifth Estate’ Doesn’t Manage To Rise Above Soap Opera Level By Laremy Legel/Sept. 8, 2013 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Fifth Estate is an extremely strange movie. That’s fitting, perhaps, given the central focus of the film: Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. Star Benedict Cumberbatch is his normal awesome presence, but the story itself should have been redacted. As a story attempting to encapsulate massive cultural questions regarding government secrecy, privacy rights, dictators, and the misuse of power, it would seem that The Fifth Estate had everything teed up to be a vitally important film....

Tron Legacy Featurette: “Vehicles” By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 23, 2010 8:00 am EST Walt Disney Pictures has released yet another new featurette for Tron Legacy titled “Vehicles” which is about, you guessed it, the lightcycles and other transport technology in the world of Tron. Hit the jump to watch the featurette now. Official One Pager: TRON: LEGACY (In Disney Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D) WALT DISNEY PICTURES Website: Disney.com/TRON Like us on Facebook: facebook....