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Interview: ‘War Horse’ Star Jeremy Irvine Talks Steven Spielberg, ‘Great Expectations’, And His Dream Role By Angie Han/Dec. 14, 2011 3:00 pm EST Unknown Brit actor Jeremy Irvine got the kind of big-screen debut you generally only see on, well, the big screen when Steven Spielberg plucked him out of hundreds of applicants to lead the cast of his sweeping epic War Horse. But it’s plain hard work that’s already allowed the young star to spin that high-profile start into an enviable career....

Sequel Bits: ‘Spectre’, ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’, ‘Star Trek’, ‘xXx 3’, ‘Bad Boys 3’ By Angie Han/Oct. 6, 2015 3:30 pm EST Are there too many sequels? Brad Bird kinda thinks so, and he’s the one working on The Incredibles 2. Also after the jump: Vin Diesel has quietly revealed the title of xXx 3 Will Smith says Bad Boys 3 is coming in the next 12-16 years Simon Pegg never plans to direct a Star Trek movie Jason Segel is writing, not directing, the Lego Movie spinoff Christoph Waltz has had it with those Blofeld rumors Katniss joins her “star squad” in a new Mockingjay Part 2 clip...

Set Visit Interviews: Nightmare On Elm Street Stars Rooney Mara And Kyle Gallner By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 24, 2010 10:00 am EST Back in June, I had a chance to visit the set of Platinum Dunes remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street with a group of online journalists. This week we will be publishing the interviews we conducted on the set of the movie. After the jump you can read our interviews with the kids in this new remake: Rooney Mara and Kyle Gallner....

Star Wars Bits: ‘Star Wars Rebels’, ‘The Clone Wars’, And The Top 10 Moments Of 2013 By Angie Han/Jan. 10, 2014 1:30 pm EST No, the header image isn’t from an impending Star Wars-Disney crossover — it’s just a fun bit of fan art. You can see the full image, plus the artist’s takes on Darth Vader and Princess Leia, after the jump. Also: Clone Wars’ Darth Maul will get a proper sendoff — in comics....

Star Wars Bits: JJ Abrams Talks Trek Comparisons, LEGO Recalls A Playset, And Peter Jackson Makes A Joke By Germain Lussier/April 3, 2013 5:00 pm EST Disney shutting down Lucasarts is certainly the biggest Star Wars news of the day, but there’s plenty more where that came from. After the jump read about the following: J.J. Abrams talks about the comparisons between his 2009 Star Trek and Star Wars. Read Eli Roth’s scathing review of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, written in 1999....

Superhero Bits: ‘Spider-Man’ PS4 Gameplay Footage, Stan Lee And Mark Hamill Hang Out & More By Ethan Anderton/June 14, 2018 4:00 pm EST What is Henry Cavill’s favorite Superman comic? What Rotten Tomatoes score did Incredibles 2 end up with? Which comic book TV shows got nominated for Teen Choice Awards? Which cast member on The Flash got upgraded to a series regular for the fifth season? Want to see a bunch of gameplay footage from Spider-Man PS4?...

The Best Movies Loosely-Based On Fairy Tales You Probably Haven’t Seen By Jordan Hoffman/March 30, 2012 8:00 am EST In college I was assigned to read something that argued all stories can be boiled down to a handful of classic texts. I never actually did the assignment, but when I explained to the professor I was sure the crux of the argument was merely a variation on essential lessons I’d already learned I was swiftly given an A....

The Universal Monster Universe Isn’t Going To Be Like The MCU Or The DCEU By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 11, 2017 8:30 am EST Cinematic universes are all the rage right now. Which is why it was met with little surprise — but much chagrin — when Universal Studios announced their plans to create a movie franchise out of classic monster movie reboots. Another cinematic universe? Haven’t we had enough interconnected franchises, with Marvel and DC at each other’s throats over superhero sequels, Warner Bros creating their own MonsterVerse with Godzilla and King Kong, and whatever the heck is going on with that Man in Black/21 Jump Street crossover?...

This Week In Trailers: Rigor Mortis, Hawking, Personal Demons, I Want Your Love, Discopath, The Battle Of The Sexes By Christopher Stipp/July 9, 2013 2:00 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: Sweetpea, A Lonely Place To Die, Que Pena Tu Boda (F*ck My Wedding), Littlerock, Nuclear Family, Albatross By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 19, 2011 5:00 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?...

Veteran Actor Rance Howard, Father Of Director Ron Howard, Has Died At 89 By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 26, 2017 10:00 am EST Today Ron Howard is an accomplished director who first got his start in show business as a child actor on classic television shows like The Andy Griffith Show. But we never would have seen the Happy Days star turn into the Oscar-winning director of A Beautiful Mind if it wasn’t for the career of his father, Rance Howard....

Watch Trailers For CBS’s New 2015-2016 TV Series Line-Up By Ethan Anderton/May 14, 2015 4:00 am EST We’ve already seen an extended trailer for Supergirl (which we’ve included again below in case you missed it), but there’s also a new comedy with Jane Lynch called Angel from Hell as well as the series adaptation of Limitless, which we just learned will see Bradley Cooper guest star from time to time. Watch CBS’s new 2015-2016 TV series trailers after the jump....

‘A Futile And Stupid Gesture’ Director David Wain On Telling The Story Of National Lampoon [Sundance Interview] By Steven Prokopy/Jan. 26, 2018 4:00 pm EST Director and sometime performer David Wain has a long and successful history of directing beloved comedies with large ensemble casts, going back to his earliest days with sketch-comedy team The State and such feature films as Wet Hot American Summer, Role Models, Wanderlust, and They Came Together....

Happily Never After You remember the end of Return of the Jedi. The second Death Star has been destroyed, the Emperor is dead, Darth Vader has been redeemed, Han Solo and Leia are finally ready to get it on, and everyone is all smiles. Their victory over the Empire is presented as an absolute. It’s time to relax in a treehouse city and sing Yub Nub with a bunch of flesh-eating, droid-worshipping teddy bears who aren’t that bad once you get to know ’em....

‘Juliet, Naked’ Review: Apatow-Produced Crowd-Pleaser Scores With Notes On Music Fandom, Second Chances [Sundance] By Steven Prokopy/Jan. 21, 2018 2:22 pm EST If there’s one popular writer who knows his way around stories of shaky romance and an almost unhealthy obsession with music, it’s Nick Hornby. So it should come as no surprise that Juliet, Naked – the latest film adaptation from the author of the source material behind High Fidelity and About A Boy – is replete with heartbreak, missed romantic opportunities, longing for connection and more in-depth analysis of music than you could ever want or need....

‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows’ Trailer #2 By Russ Fischer/Oct. 19, 2011 6:30 am EST As we’re already halfway through October, we’ll soon see a deluge of new marketing materials for films being released in the coveted holiday window. Kicking things off is a new trailer for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. This one uses all the same light comedy and heavy speed ramping that was in the first trailer, and confirms that Rachel McAdams returns for at least a cameo....

‘Star Wars’ Bits: Timothy Zahn’s Thoughts, Mark Hamill’s Old Predictions, George Lucas’s Plans, Rumored Director Short List By Germain Lussier/Nov. 5, 2012 9:00 am EST Less than a week after the bombshell that a new Star Wars movie is two and a half years away, the Internet has shifted into full on minutia-examination mode. Every single quote, angle and rumor is being overanalyzed. While the film world still tries to gets its head around this news, here are just a few of the most recent bits of news, rumors and more....

‘The Defenders’: First Official Photo Brings Together Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, And Iron Fist By Angie Han/Jan. 12, 2017 11:30 am EST First announced over three years ago, Marvel’s The Defenders is finally coming to Netflix this summer. And we’ve got the first look to prove it. A new promo image brings together Luke Cage (Mike Colter), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Daredevil (Charlie Cox), and Iron Fist (Finn Jones) for the very first time in their beloved hometown of New York City....

‘Transformers 4’ May Happen Without Michael Bay, ‘Transformers 3’ To Feature Mulleted Robot By Angie Han/Feb. 28, 2011 8:00 am EST A couple pieces of Transformers news today: In news that will surprise absolutely no one, Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner hinted in a recent interview that Michael Bay’s third and last Transformers film, the upcoming Transformers: Dark of the Moon, might not be the end of the film series. And in news that might surprise and upset a few people, Dark of the Moon may involve a robot with a mullet....

‘Westworld’ Review: ‘Vanishing Point’ Sets The Stage For The Grand Finale By Chris Evangelista/June 18, 2018 7:00 am EST Welcome to our weekly recaps of HBO’s Westworld. This Westworld review takes a look at the ninth episode of season 2, “Vanishing Point”. Be warned: spoilers follow. Here Comes The Man In Black After last week’s series-best episode focusing almost entirely on Akecheta, this week’s Westworld – “Vanishing Point” – zeroes-in on another character: William, the Man In Black....