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This Week In Trailers: Summer Of Blood, Korengal, Amanda F***ing Palmer On The Rocks, Misconception, Healing By Christopher Stipp/April 18, 2014 3:30 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?...

Vibrant New ‘Black Panther’ Photos Give A Majestic Peek Into A Secret Society By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 12, 2017 8:30 am EST The cast of the anticipated new Marvel film Black Panther graced the cover of Entertainment Weekly this morning and it already looks like nothing we’ve ever seen from Marvel. The lush, rich colors, the immaculate costume detailing — how could it get any better? Well, it’s just about to. We just got a slew of new stills from the movie, as well as a cast shot from the magazine, as seen above....

Westworld Bits: Jeffrey Wright On That Big Twist, Timeline Explored, And A Few Easter Eggs By Jacob Hall/Dec. 1, 2016 12:00 pm EST In this edition of Westworld Bits: Watch HBO’s featurette on “The Well-Tempered Clavier.” Jeffrey Wright talks about the surprising developments surrounding his character. Director Michelle MacLaren talks about making those big plot twists happen. Jimmi Simpson pays coy about his involvement in season 2. Ben Barnes promises a terrifying season finale....

‘Dark’ Review: Netflix Introduces You To The German ‘Stranger Things’ By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 23, 2017 7:00 am EST Kids on bikes. A small town with a dark secret. An underbelly of supernatural forces threatening the town at large. A government building conducting experiments that will lead to further problems. No, it’s not Stranger Things, it’s Netflix’s first German-language original series Dark.Note: This Dark review attempts to be as spoiler-free as possible, but some minor spoilers were inevitable....

‘It’ Producer Promises An R-Rating, Can’t Confirm If Everything Down There Floats By Jacob Hall/Feb. 19, 2016 11:30 am EST The past year has been a roller coaster of emotions for Stephen King fans. The oft-promised adaptation of The Dark Tower series has finally found momentum under director Nikolaj Arcel after years spend crawling around the development wasteland. The long-gestating adaptation of The Stand revved and stalled and revved before stalling once again – leading director Josh Boone to jump over to a film version of Revival, a completely separate King novel....

‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Trailers Spoiled The Ending And The Filmmakers Aren’t Happy About It By Chris Evangelista/June 26, 2018 4:30 pm EST Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has a few big surprises. But perhaps the biggest surprise was the revelation that trailers and TV spots spoiled the ending of the film. This was ultimately a marketing department decision, and it definitely did not sit well with the Fallen Kingdom filmmakers.Major spoilers for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom follow....

2017 PGA Awards Winners: ‘La La Land’ Keeps Going Strong, ‘Stranger Things’ Gets Some Love By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 29, 2017 12:00 pm EST With the Academy Awards less than a month away, we’re in the heart of awards season. The nominations for the Oscars were just announced last week, but the various guilds are already handing out their awards leading up to Hollywood’s big night. Tonight will see the announcement of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, but before that, we already have the winners of this year’s Producers Guild of America Awards....

A ‘Star Wars’ Without Skywalkers: Where Should The Galaxy Go After ‘Episode 9’? By Siddhant Adlakha/Aug. 9, 2018 10:00 am EST The final shot of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, a Force-sensitive stable boy gazing up at the stars, echoes Luke Skywalker watching the dual sunset on Tatooine. Separated from the original film by 40 years and an ever-widening mythology — one that’s focused largely on a single lineage — the closing moments of Episode VIII brought the saga back to its roots, in a way....

Episode 8 Bits: The Latest Benicio Del Toro Rumors, Set Pictures From Dubrovnik, And An “Intense” Chase Scene By Jacob Hall/Feb. 26, 2016 12:30 pm EST With Star Wars: Episode 8 about to move from London to Dubrovnik, the news and rumors have begun to pile up. In today’s edition of Episode 8 Bits: Week two of filming on Episode 8 begins. The Dubrovnik, Croatia sets have begun to take shape....

Full ‘Spider-Man Homecoming’ Cast List Reveals A Few Surprising Details By Ethan Anderton/June 25, 2017 10:00 am EST Spider-Man: Homecoming doesn’t hit theaters until July 7, but the early buzz has already started after the social media embargo was lifted Friday night, revealing the first reactions from critics who have already seen the movie. Full reviews will arrive sometime next week. In the meantime, the full cast list for Spider-Man: Homecoming that was given out in press notes to critics seeing the movie have revealed a few interesting details....

Guillermo Del Toro Speaks On The Set Of ‘Mama’ - The State Of Horror, Overextending Himself, Battling The MPAA, Frankenstein And Much More By Germain Lussier/Oct. 24, 2012 3:00 pm EST In October of 2011, I was flown to Toronto, Canada to visit the set of Mama. Directed by Andy Muschietti (above left) and starring Jessica Chastain, the film promises to be a creepy, frightening story about two girls haunted by the ghost of their dead mother....

Nerding Out: How Pixar “Monsterized” The World Of ‘Monsters University’ By Peter Sciretta/April 25, 2013 9:00 am EST A couple weeks ago I visited Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, CA to learn about the five year process of creating Monsters University. The clever folks at Pixar organized the day into a series of classroom environments, each with a teacher who served as a department head on the film. One of the coolest classes explained how Pixar’s art directors created the “monsterfied” college world of MU....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 10, 2011 8:30 am EST Yes, Page 2 has returned. For a while the excess bits were not enough to build a regular Page 2 column, but I’ve recently been noticing items piling up that I wished that we had gotten to post on the site, but just didn’t have time. I’m not sure how regular this column will be published (and we’ll most likely take a break during the Sundance Film Festival)....

Russ’s Avatar Review: A Grand, Colorful World With Lessons Writ In Blazing Neon By Russ Fischer/Dec. 17, 2009 8:00 pm EST [Editor’s Note: Last week we published David Chen’s and Brendon Connelly’s reviews of Avatar. Here is a different take on the film from Russ Fischer.] James Cameron sure can build a world. His obsessive, detail-oriented approach to filmmaking is particularly suited to inventing alternate environments; in another life he might have been a magnificent city planner....

Star Wars Bits: Celebration Europe, Disney Infinity 3.0, Star Wars Rebels, Battlefront, More Force Friday By Angie Han/Aug. 28, 2015 12:30 pm EST This week isn’t done quite yet, and neither is the steady stream of Star Wars news. After the jump: Star Wars Celebration Europe is already sold out for Saturday Disney Infinity 3.0 developer on bringing Star Wars Rebels characters to life Star Wars Rebels may have finally set a return date Get details on the rest of the Disney Store’s plans for Force Friday Just how much money is Star Wars: The Force Awakens gonna make?...

Superhero Bits: Hellboy 3, Kick Ass 3, Dark Knight Rises, Man Of Steel By Germain Lussier/Sept. 22, 2011 12:30 pm EST Note: Superhero Bits will likely be sporadic over the next week because I’m at Fantastic Fest. Please, don’t weep for me. Want to watch the first clip from Batman: Year One? Why is George R.R. Martin such a big Marvel fan? What does Ron Perlman have to say about the possibility of Hellboy 3?...

This Week In Trailers: Trigger, Night Of The Demons, Bloodrape, Idiots And Angels, Picture Me By Christopher Stipp/Sept. 17, 2010 6:00 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

TV Bits: ‘Mad Men’, ‘Vikings’, ‘Bates Motel’, ‘Girls’, ‘Happy Endings’, ‘Jonathan Strange’, ‘The Bridge’ By Angie Han/April 9, 2013 8:00 am EST Whether you’re scrambling to catch up on the Mad Men Season 6 premiere or you just want to experience it again, AMC’s got the entire episode online right now. Also after the jump: Vikings and Bates Motel get renewed Paul Reuben heads to Wonderland HBO’s Girls loses one of its boys Will USA pick up Happy Endings?...

Tyrese Gibson Confirms Meeting With Warner Bros. About ‘Green Lantern Corps’ By Ethan Anderton/July 24, 2015 11:00 am EST Grammy winner turned actor Tyrese Gibson already counts two big franchises in his career with Transformers and Fast and Furious, but early this year we learned the actor was campaigning hard to be the new Green Lantern for the developing DC Comics cinematic universe. Gibson seemed to hint that a big announcement was coming at Comic-Con, but the only thing we learned in San Diego was that the reboot of the aforementioned DC Comics property was called Green Lantern Corps....

‘American Horror Story: Cult’ Review: The Frustrating Flashbacks And Confusing Cult Revelations Of ‘11/9’ By Aaron Pruner/Sept. 27, 2017 9:00 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? Let’s dive into our American Horror Story 11/9 review…) Four episodes into American Horror Story: Cult and we finally got a break from the running, screaming, tearful force that is Ally Mayfair-Richards (Sarah Paulson)....