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Superhero Bits: Justice League Tickets On Sale, Chris Hemsworth Almost Passed On Thor & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 25, 2017 5:00 pm EST Would X-Men franchise star Anna Paquin be interested in making a cameo on The Gifted as Rogue? Did you know Chris Hemsworth almost passed on playing Thor? Have you bought your Justice League tickets yet? Is Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi interested in returning to the franchise at all?...

The Best & Worst Sketches From Ryan Gosling’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 6, 2015 11:27 am EST Kicking off the final three episodes of Saturday Night Live that we’ll get in 2015, The Notebook and Drive star Ryan Gosling took the stage at Studio 8H for his hosting debut. You never know what you’re going to get with a first-time host from an actor with a career like Gosling’s, but this episode was an absolute delight, helped occasionally by the fact that sometimes he had a hard time keeping a straight face on live television....

The Best Movies Coming To Netflix In March 2017 By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 23, 2017 12:00 pm EST Another month is on the way, so another batch of new content is coming to Netflix. This month will see a slew of Netflix original programming hitting the streaming service, ranging from TV shows like the first season of Marvel’s Iron Fist to a new comedy special from Amy Schumer, and one of the many movies that played at the Sundance Film Festival just last month....

Top 20 Stories Of The Week: Midnight Special, Guardians Of The Galaxy 2, Star Wars: Episode VIII By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 21, 2016 3:39 pm EST The Top 20 Stories of the Week are the stories we think you should check out on /Film from the previous week. This week brought a slew of new trailers for Illumination Entertainment’s Sing, Jeff Nichols’ sci-fi thriller Midnight Special, Netflix’s comedy revival Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday, and next month’s 10 Cloverfield Lane....

WWE Studios Finally Made A Movie About Pro Wrestling, Watch The Trailer By Germain Lussier/Oct. 17, 2014 7:00 am EST When you hear WWE Studios, you probably automatically think of No Holds Barred. It’s fine. The WWE is the premiere pro wrestling company in the world and probably the biggest pro wrestling movie of all time is that Hulk Hogan catastrophe. Funny thing is, the WWE had very little to do with it....

‘American Crime Story’ Review: ‘A Random Killing’ Is Full Of Unsettling Moments By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 1, 2018 8:00 am EST This week’s American Crime Story review takes a look at the latest episode of The Assassination of Gianni Versace, “A Random Killing.” Spoilers follow. The Victims It’s May 1997, and the murder of Gianni Versace is is still three months away. Versace may still be alive in the timeframe of this episode, but he’s absent here – off somewhere living his life, still blissfully unaware that Andrew Cunanan is weeks away from destroying it all....

‘American Horror Story: Cult’ Review: ‘Neighbors From Hell’ Begins To Connect The Dots By Aaron Pruner/Sept. 20, 2017 9:30 am EST (Every week, we’re going to get the discussion going about American Horror Story: Cult by answering one important question: who is the main villain of the episode?) Episode 3 of American Horror Story: Cult, titled “Neighbors From Hell,” began to connect every bloody event that has plagued Ally’s life since the election....

‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’ Hits DVD And Blu-Ray November 9 By Germain Lussier/Sept. 20, 2010 11:39 am EST UPDATE: We’ve got the full press release with the full, official list of extras and a hi-res version of the cover art after the jump. The cover of Monday’s USA Today Life section has some exciting news. They announce that Scott Pilgrim vs. The World will hit DVD and Blu-ray on November 9 with “deleted and alternate scenes, bloopers and commentary from cast members and director....

‘Searching’ Review: An Electrifying Thriller That Unfolds Entirely On Computer Screens [Sundance] By Ben Pearson/Jan. 23, 2018 10:00 am EST When 16-year-old high school student Margot Kim (Michelle La) goes missing, her father (John Cho) mounts a desperate attempt to find her in Searching, a fast-paced, nail-biting mystery that plays out entirely on computer screens. While the 2015 horror movie Unfriended unfolded on one screen, Search expands the gimmick to multiple computers and cell phones, creating an immersive experience that’s instantly engaging....

‘Steve Jobs’ Early Buzz: The Tech Genius Finally Gets A Proper Biopic By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 6, 2015 10:00 am EST The simply titled biopic Steve Jobs premiered at the Telluride Film Festival over the weekend, and the first reviews coming from the mountains of Colorado seem to indicate that we have our first Oscar frontrunner. Michael Fassbender takes the titular role as the Apple co-creator and tech genius who brought us innovations such as the iPod, iPhone and perhaps most importantly, the first mainstream home computer....

‘Stranger Things 2’ Trailer Breakdown: It’s Judgment Day In Hawkins, Indiana By Ben Pearson/Oct. 13, 2017 12:00 pm EST We’re only a few days away from the highly-anticipated debut of Stranger Things 2, and Netflix has dropped one last trailer to promote their supernatural sci-fi hit. You know what that means: it’s time to dive in and try to uncover whatever secrets we can from the new footage…of which there is plenty....

‘The Avengers’ Is The Blockbuster That Transcended Barriers And Changed Everything By Siddhant Adlakha/April 9, 2018 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Road to Infinity War, a new series where we revisit the first 18 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask “How did we get here?” In this edition: The Avengers is a big party of a movie…and a party that may have changed studio movies forever.)The Avengers is the quintessential blockbuster experience....

‘The Avengers’ Review: A High-Octane Superhero Extravaganza By Germain Lussier/April 30, 2012 12:00 pm EST With Joss Whedon’s Marvel movie mashup, The Avengers, the superhero movie finally lives up to its paper and ink counter part. In comic books, crossover events are common. Superheroes appear alongside other superheros all the time but, with a minor exception here and there, that tried and true comic book staple never made it to the big screen....

‘The Batman’ Director Matt Reeves Teases A ‘Noir-Driven, Detective’ Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 28, 2017 9:30 am EST Fresh off the critical acclaim for his stunning War for the Planet of the Apes, director Matt Reeves is set on bringing a visionary take to his next franchise project, The Batman. Contrary to the grim, action-driven versions of Batman we’ve seen lately, Reeves says he wants to bring out the “noir” side in the World’s Greatest Detective....

By Ben Pearson/Dec. 8, 2017 11:00 am EST We’ve written at length about The Disaster Artist, James Franco’s terrific Hollywood tale that recounts the antics of the enigmatic writer/director/producer/star Tommy Wiseau and his 2003 movie The Room, which is a candidate for one of the best worst movies ever made. A couple of weeks ago, I trekked over to Beverly Hills to attend the movie’s press junket and spoke with actor/comedian/writer Paul Scheer, who plays Raphael Smadja, one of four directors of photography who worked on Wiseau’s cult classic....

‘Thor Ragnarok’ Set Visit: Everything We Learned About The Cosmic Sequel By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 7, 2017 6:00 am EST Back on September 14, 2016, myself and a group of online reporters found themselves hopping through space from the golden realm of Asgard to the vibrant, space trash city called Sakaar. No, we didn’t figure out how to traverse the galaxy, but we did make quite the long journey down to Brisbane, Australia to visit the set of the Marvel Studios sequel Thor: Ragnarok....

10 Movies That Influenced ‘Mad Men’, According To Matthew Weiner By Angie Han/March 6, 2015 7:30 am EST As Mad Men prepares to come to an end, Matthew Weiner is taking a moment to look back at its roots. The series creator has offered up a list of 10 films that influenced Mad Men, ranging from Billy Wilder’s The Apartment to David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. Click through to read the list, along with descriptions written by Weiner himself....

A Complete Guide To ‘Ghostbusters’ Easter Eggs And References By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 1, 2016 8:00 am EST Now that the dust has settled around the hotly debated Ghostbusters reboot from director Paul Feig, we wanted to take a look back at all the Easter eggs and references the new film made to the original 1984 classic from director Ivan Reitman. One of the biggest complaints was that the reboot aimed for too much fan service with an abundance of references to the original film, right down to cameos from almost every single key cast member....

Comic-Con 2012 Sunday: Drew Struzan, ‘Doctor Who,’ ‘Sons Of Anarchy,’ ‘Supernatural’ By Germain Lussier/July 1, 2012 11:27 am EST After an incredibly busy Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con 2012, Sunday is a breeze. There are no major movie panels, but there are some huge TV show events in Hall H and plenty of behind the scenes panels to ease you out of one year and start to get ready for 2013....

Degrees Of Uncool: Ranking The Narrative Films Of Cameron Crowe By Germain Lussier/May 29, 2015 8:15 am EST “The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.” – Lester Bangs, Almost Famous With that quote, writer director Cameron Crowe smashed through levels upon levels of truth. He’s talking about art, he’s talking about loss, he’s talking about individuality, basically he’s talking about everything....