‘Chewbacca’ Comic Book Clears Up A Decades-Old Mystery About The End Of ‘A New Hope’ By Angie Han/Dec. 31, 2015 11:00 am EST It’s a question that’s haunted Star Wars fans for almost four decades now: why the hell doesn’t Chewbacca get a medal at the end of A New Hope? Luke gets one, and Han gets one, but Chewie, despite having been present for just as much of the action, gets overlooked....
‘Dunkirk’ In IMAX Is Like Nothing You’ve Seen Before, Says Christopher Nolan By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 31, 2017 8:30 am EST Christopher Nolan has had a long-standing love affair with IMAX, using the grandiose cinematic format in many of his films — but he promises that Dunkirk will push the boundaries of the technology beyond anything you’ve ever seen. It’s going to “give the audience the most visceral experiential two hours that they can hope for,” Nolan said of his World War II epic, which is based on the true story of the thousands of Allied soldiers who were trapped and surrounded by the German army on the beach of Dunkirk....
‘It’ Producers Seth Grahame-Smith And David Katzenberg On The Pressure Of Adapting A Classic [Interview] By Ben Pearson/Sept. 5, 2017 10:00 am EST Last week, I attended the press junket for Warner Bros. new film adaptation of Stephen King’s It, the horror story about an ancient entity that terrorizes and feeds on the children of Derry, Maine and often takes the form of a menacing clown named Pennywise. Along with a handful of other writers, I spoke with producers Seth Grahame-Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) and David Katzenberg (The Goldbergs) about the challenges of bringing such a classic book to the big screen, Bill Skarsgard’s intense performance, a possible sequel, and more....
‘Unsane’ Review: Steven Soderbergh’s iPhone-Shot Horror Film Is A Disaster By Josh Spiegel/March 22, 2018 9:00 am EST Five years ago, Steven Soderbergh directed what he’d said would be his cinematic swan song. Side Effects, ostensibly about a woman who reacts quite poorly to some medication she was prescribed by a sweaty British doctor, was a nasty piece of work that featured one of Jude Law’s more underrated performances. If Side Effects was really Soderbergh’s last feature, it would’ve been a fine note on which to exit....
10 Gateway Anime Movies For Studio Ghibli Fans By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 18, 2018 7:00 am EST (Welcome to Let’s Get Animated!, a column that spotlights the best of film animation. In this edition: the best anime movies to watch if you’re a fan of Studio Ghibli movies.) It felt like a big, gaping hole was left in the animation industry when Studio Ghibli temporarily shuttered its doors in 2014. The game-changing studio’s co-founder and the greatest animation director of this generation, Hayao Miyazaki, had just retired (again)....
2009 Golden Globe Nominations Announced By David Chen/Dec. 11, 2008 7:20 am EST This morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the 2009 Golden Globe Nominees for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards will take place on Sunday, January 11th, 2009 and will air live on NBC at 8 PM EST. A few observations: Tom Cruise picked up what I think is a well-deserved nomination for his role in Tropic Thunder....
Cool Stuff: Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box Limited Edition Set By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 5, 2010 9:00 am EST Warner Bros has announced the release of the Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box, a limited edition set which celebrates 25 years of creative collaboration between the duo. The box set features more than 19 hours of music, including fan-requested expansions of 13 film scores (in CD cases featuring artwork created by Burton), plus seven hours of previously unreleased music, a Tim Burton-designed USB skeleton Flash Drive containing MP3s of the whole collection, and a bonus DVD featuring an exclusive conversation between Elfman and Burton....
Early Buzz: Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’ Draws Varying Levels Of Admiration By Germain Lussier/Nov. 14, 2014 4:45 pm EST I’m sure I’m not the only one who kind of forgot there’s a new Tim Burton movie coming out this year. That movie is called Big Eyes, and it tells the true story of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), who becomes famous as a painter, for his images of people with big eyes....
Harry Potter Through Fresh Eyes: Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone By David Chen/July 14, 2009 4:00 am EST [This is part one of a four-part series. You can also read part two, part three, and part four.] While discussing which movie to review for next week’s /Filmcast, my co-hosts instantly gravitated towards David Yates’ newest take on the Harry Potter universe, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Having seen the wonderful and thrilling trailer for this film (in IMAX no less), I wasn’t opposed to this, but I was forced to make an uncomfortable confession: I had never watched a Harry Potter film or read a Harry Potter book in my life....
How ‘The OA’ Is The Next Evolution In Television Storytelling By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 5, 2017 8:00 am EST Netflix’s new series The OA is one of the most interesting television shows of 2016. And while I’ll agree that the series is not for everyone, it’s hard to deny that the show is pushing the boundaries of television storytelling. In fact, I believe The OA is an example of how television storytelling will evolve in the world of cord-cutting and premium streaming services....
In Defense Of Anakin Skywalker, The Most Unjustly Maligned ‘Star Wars’ Character By Allyson Gronowitz/March 2, 2018 9:00 am EST Even though Emo Kylo Ren is still making a mockery of the character on Twitter, Star Wars fans have actually begun to embrace the tortured, complicated character of Kylo Ren/Ben Solo as an antagonist to be reckoned with. Credit Rian Johnson and Adam Driver for taking the cartoonish Ren from The Force Awakens (remember Matt the Radar Technician?...
Interview: Michael Bay Talks ‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon’ By Peter Sciretta/April 15, 2011 1:00 pm EST On Thursday, April 14th 2011, I had the opportunity to participate in a roundtable conversation with Michael Bay, to talk about his upcoming film, Transformers: Dark of the Moon. You can read my report about the footage we screened in another article. After the jump, I’ve included the complete massive 7,200 word transcript....
Joseph Kahn’s ‘Power/Rangers’ Copyright Debate Settled; Original Rangers Offer Opinions By Germain Lussier/Feb. 28, 2015 10:30 am EST UPDATE: The copyright debate over Power/Rangers has been settled and the film is back on YouTube and Vimeo. Click there to see both. Original story follows with the update after. One of the biggest movie stories this week was the release of Power/Rangers, a professionally made, R-rated fan film based on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers....
Leaves Of Grass Movie Trailer (Pot Thriller Comedy With Ed Norton As Twins) By Hunter Stephenson/Nov. 15, 2009 7:32 pm EST We were beginning to wonder if Leaves of Grass, a pot comedy thriller starring Edward Norton in the role(s) of identical twins, had hit a buzz or release snag. Or worse: try to recall the actor’s Pride and Glory from last year. But judging by this new, rapid-clip trailer, complete with Norton pronouncing “crystal meth” in a thick country accent, Leaves might have yielded a nice return on a visual gag so infamously exploited by Van Damme actioners....
Lets Talk About The ‘Deadpool 2’ Cameos You May Have Missed By Chris Evangelista/May 18, 2018 8:00 am EST Deadpool 2 is now playing in theaters everywhere, so let’s talk about some of the surprising cameos that pop up in the film. There’s one group of Deadpool 2 cameos you definitely noticed, one cameo you might have missed, and one I’m almost positive most people didn’t catch at all. The cameos are revealed below....
Marvel’s Phase Three Quietly Started In The ‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D’ Winter Finale By Germain Lussier/Dec. 10, 2014 9:00 am EST Marvel Studios’ massive Phase Three announcement earlier this year laid out an incredibly ambitious and huge multi-year story that will cross numerous films, through franchises new and old, all culminating in the two-part film Avengers: Infinity War. Well, on Tuesday’s Winter finale of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, that story quietly began....
Page 2: Alien, Simpsons, Avatar, Ghostbusters, Star Trek, The Shining, Indiana Jones, Ira Glass, Nightmare On Elm Street, Breaking Bad, Jurassic Park, Karate Kid, Wes Anderson, Princess Bride By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 1, 2012 8:00 am EST What is Page 2? 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 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....
Precious Sweeps The 25th Independent Spirit Awards By David Chen/March 6, 2010 5:19 am EST The Independent Spirit Awards might not be as popular as other awards ceremonies such as the Golden Globes and the Oscars, but I’m a huge fan of nonetheless. One of the key elements of eligibility for the Spirit Awards is that nominated films don’t have to have played in a theater; they just need to have been screened at either the Telluride, Toronto, Sundance, New York, New/Directors/New Films, or the Los Angeles Film Fesitval....
President Obama Says Sony Made A Mistake Pulling ‘The Interview;’ Sony Responds, Still Plans Release By Russ Fischer/Dec. 19, 2014 1:45 pm EST The irony of social and political tension is that it can be created not just by large and important actions, but by anything at all. And so, today, we heard President Barack Obama deadpanning “I think it says something about North Korea” that the country would “mount an all-out attack over a satirical film… starring Seth Rogen....
Small-Screen Stream: ‘Sharp Objects’ And Other Complex Women On TV By Lindsey Romain/July 10, 2018 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Small-Screen Stream, a feature where we share the best television shows streaming and where you can watch them.) The premiere of Sharp Objects inspired me to do something a little different with this week’s streaming column. Watching Amy Adams in HBO’s incredible new miniseries made me yearn for other complex, layered, broken female characters, ones who don’t fit into the neat little boxes where women in media so often reside....
