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‘Cars 3’ Footage Reaction: 50 Minutes Screened, Here’s What We Thought By Ethan Anderton/April 26, 2017 10:00 am EST At the end of last month, Pixar Animation invited /Film out to their campus in Emeryville, California to watch footage from Cars 3 and take part in their big press day event with presentations from the filmmakers who are bringing Lightning McQueen to the big screen again this summer. Pixar Animation showed us roughly 50 minutes from Cars 3, essentially half the movie, starting from the race where Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) has his massive crash that we’ve seen in the teaser trailer up through his attempts to train for a comeback, where he meets high-tech trainer Cruz Ramirez, the breakout new character voiced by comedian Cristela Alonzo....

/Film Interview: ‘Room 237’ Director Rodney Ascher By Germain Lussier/March 29, 2013 3:20 pm EST There’s no denying that Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is a film begging for discussion. A story that seems straightforward on the surface is littered with curious scenes and subliminal suggestions, and wraps up with a final shot that is curiously awesome. Even knowing that, though, you may have no idea how deep the discussions about The Shining can possibly go....

/Film Interview: James Wan And Leigh Whannell Talk Secrets And Mysteries Of ‘Insidious Chapter 2’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 13, 2013 11:00 am EST There really is no better title for the sequel to 2010’s Insidious than Insidious Chapter 2. Like a book filled with intense cliffhangers, the final moment of the first movie begged for more, and in this sequel we get that moment and so much more. This is the story of the Lambert family, including Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, and it picks up right at the end of the first film....

‘Rugrats’ Series Reboot In The Works Along With A Live-Action CGI Hybrid Movie With Presumably Horrifying Babies By Ethan Anderton/July 17, 2018 7:30 am EST One of Nickelodeon’s crown jewels from their library of Nicktoons is undoubtedly the quirky animated series Rugrats. The series followed the imaginative antics of a group of toddlers who got into mischief and could talk to each other when their oddball parents weren’t around. Now there’s a Rugrats reboot in the works at Nickelodeon, both in the form of a new movie and a new animated series....

‘The Leftovers’ Creators Explain New Ideas And Religious Expression In Season Two By Fred Topel/July 31, 2015 3:00 pm EST HBO ended their Television Critics Association sessions with a panel on season two of The Leftovers. Damon Lindelof, author and co-creator Tom Perotta, and stars Justin Theroux, Carrie Coon and Regina King were on the panel. As (spoiler) the first season ended with Kevin Garvey (Theroux) leaving town with a new surrogate family, season two finds them in Miracle National Park....

‘The One I Love’ Explores A New Dimension In Couples Therapy [Sundance 2014 Review] By Russ Fischer/Jan. 24, 2014 2:45 pm EST Maybe this is the Twilight Zone, where mundane beginnings lead to extraordinary situations. In The One I Love, a married couple played by Elisabeth Moss and Mark Duplass are having problems. Nothing outlandish, just garden-variety issues such as resentment, boredom, and an erosion of respect. So: off to couples therapy....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Blu-Ray On The Way With Taika Waititi Commentary By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 10, 2018 10:00 am EST The God of Thunder is ready to crash your place as Thor: Ragnarok arrives on Blu-ray and Digital HD very soon. The home video release of the hit Marvel sequel will come loaded with some excellent-sounding features, including a Taika Waititi commentary track that’s sure to be a must-listen. More details on the Thor Ragnarok Blu-ray below....

2013 Emmy Nominations Announced By Angie Han/July 18, 2013 9:30 am EST While most of us on the West Coast were still sleeping, Aaron Paul and Neil Patrick Harris got up at the crack of dawn this morning to announce the nominees for the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. American Horror Story: Asylum and Game of Thrones led the nominations with 17 and 16 each, respectively. Most of the usual suspects, including Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad received recognition as well....

FILM Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture:Captain FantasticFencesHidden FiguresManchester by the SeaMoonlightOutstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge Ryan Gosling – La La Land Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic Denzel Washington - Fences Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Amy Adams – Arrival Emily Blunt – The Girl on the Train Natalie Portman – Jackie Emma Stone – La La Land Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea Dev Patel – Lion Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Viola Davis – Fences Naomie Harris – Moonlight Nicole Kidman – Lion...

5 Reasons Why ‘The Americans’ Is The Best It’s Ever Been This Season By Lindsey Romain/March 30, 2018 9:00 am EST The Americans is one of the most quietly relevant shows on television, but not necessarily on purpose. The series took on a new meta-level importance with the election of Donald Trump, whose tenure has been marred by his ties to Russia, an ever-growing scandal that could eventually be his undoing....

An Opening Fake Out Originally, there was an alternate opening shot after the crawl (which got some grammar assistance from The Hangover sequels writer Craig Mazin), with a pan down to Finn’s medical helmet looking like a planet. But it just took too long for the movie to get moving and it needed to be faster paced. So Finn was brought in later after the opening space battle. Starting with a Joke...

Five Movie Commentaries To Listen To In December 2016 By Jack Giroux/Dec. 9, 2016 10:00 am EST For the past year, editor in chief Peter Sciretta has been asking me to write about my favorite audio commentaries. If I ever recommend one to him, he asks about the list. Compiling a list of only a few must-hear audio commentaries sounded like too much of a challenge. There’s far too many I haven’t heard yet, so writing some “best commentary list” didn’t feel right....

Francis Lawrence Officially Set To Direct ‘The Hunger Games’ Sequel ‘Catching Fire;’ Will Shoot Fall 2012 As Planned By Russ Fischer/May 3, 2012 9:53 am EST Setting a director to make The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire turned out to be a little more complicated for Lionsgate than was originally expected. While Gary Ross was first thought to be fully set to reprise his directorial duties after making the smash first film, he moved on to other jobs....

How ‘Interstellar’ Influenced ‘Westworld’, And Read A Deleted Scene By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2016 12:00 pm EST I hope you’ve been enjoying our coverage of HBO’s Westworld half as much as we’ve been enjoying this show. Earlier today I posted our weekly Westworld theory article, if you haven’t checked it out yet, please do — it’s packed with interesting ideas, analysis, and tidbits. But for now, we should get to some news bits we were unable to cover in Westworld Bits....

Movie Review: Wall-E By Hunter Stephenson/July 10, 2008 12:56 pm EST This review has two spoilers and they are labeled as such in the article. If that twat Leona Helmsley had seen Wall-E she probably would have left $8 billion to an unkempt robot trash compactor. Or by default Pixar. The nonpareil animation studio’s ninth film is arguably their best, a touchstone for the current culture that will outlive us all and make its way into lonely, lonely space one day strapped beside There Will Be Blood....

My Very First Sundance: Ten Lessons Learned By David Chen/Feb. 6, 2010 3:21 pm EST Hopefully you’ve enjoyed our coverage of Sundance 2010. There still may be a few more Sundance-related pieces kicking around in the near future but in the meantime, I thought I might share some of the things I learned from my very first year at Sundance. I’ve always dreamed of going, and for the most part, I can say that it lived up to all my expectations....

Pixar To Release Monsters Inc Sequel And Brave In 2012 By Peter Sciretta/April 22, 2010 4:57 pm EST Disney has announced that Pixar will in fact make a Monsters Inc 2, and we can expect that sequel in theaters on November 16th 2012. The original film was released on November 2nd 2001. Disney has also made it official that The Bear and The Bow has been retitled “Brave”. That film also has a new summer 2012 release date....

Rogue One Bits: Character And Location Details Revealed, An Official Synopsis, And Force Friday Details By Jacob Hall/Aug. 12, 2016 6:30 am EST In this edition of Rogue One Bits: A whole bunch of new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story details have been added to the Star Wars Databank. The official Rogue One synopsis has been revealed. New interviews with Alan Tudyk and Riz Ahmed shed new light on their characters....

Rumor: ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ Might Bring Back Ewan McGregor As Obi-Wan Kenobi By Ethan Anderton/June 25, 2018 9:30 am EST With the future of Star Wars spin-off movies up in the air, some of the legacy characters from the Star Wars saga who were meant to get their own installments in the Star Wars Story banner are left in limbo. However, a new rumor indicates that one of the characters rumored to have his own Star Wars spin-off might make a return to the primary saga....

Sabrina The Teenage Witch Could Appear In ‘Riverdale’ Season One By Jack Giroux/Feb. 6, 2017 12:00 pm EST Josie and the Pussycats appeared in the first episode of The CW’s Riverdale, which is becoming more entertaining. The group is working on their look, and trying to tell their story through their music. Publisher Archie Comics introduced them to comic book readers in 1963. A year earlier, another famous character from Archie Comics, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, made her debut in Archie’s Madhouse #22....