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2018 Critics Choice Awards Winners: ‘The Shape Of Water’ Wins Big By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 12, 2018 9:00 am EST Get the full list of 2018 Critics Choice Awards winners below. One thing I love about the Critics Choice Awards is that they have separate categories for genre films such as comedy, action and sci-fi/horror. However, being nominated for one doesn’t necessarily preclude them from being included in the overall Best Picture category, which is unlike the Golden Globes, where a movie can only be a comedy/musical or a drama but not both....

Bad Robot’s ‘Overlord’ May Be A WWII-Set ‘Cloverfield’ Sequel: How Does It Connect? By Ben Pearson/March 20, 2017 2:00 pm EST J.J. Abrams fans love a good mystery, and it looks like we have another one on our hands. Back in February, we heard that Son of a Gun director Julius Avery would be directing a WWII film called Overlord for Paramount and Bad Robot. But now a new piece of information has come to light that may indicate the film is part of the slowly-growing “Clover-verse....

Disney Parks Bits: ‘Up’ Bird Show Coming To Animal Kingdom, Lamplight Lounge Replaces Cove Bar By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 24, 2018 10:00 am EST Walt Disney World and Disneyland always have something new and exciting to offer us. Whether it’s a Star Wars land not so far, far away, or the upcoming 20th anniversary of Animal Kingdom, Disney Parks always has something new a-brewin’. Disney Parks has unleashed a slew of announcements for its theme parks....

Early Buzz: The First Reviews Of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2009 2:02 am EST With the super surprise premiere screening in Austin Texas and the actual gala premiere screening in Sydney Australia, the first reviews of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek have begun to appear online. So what are the critics saying? Lets take a look. Note: I’ve tried not to include any spoilers. Check out the early buzz bits after the jump....

From ‘Bound’ To ‘Jupiter Ascending,’ We Rank The Films Of The Wachowskis By Germain Lussier/Feb. 9, 2015 8:00 am EST No matter how old you are, you remember the moment you were introduced to The Wachowskis. For me, it was February 1999. I was sitting in a screening of what I figured was some dumb new Keanu Reeves movie with about 1,000 of my fellow college students. A girl in black leather started to get into a fight and as she jumped in the air she froze....

Gal Gadot Gets A ‘Saturday Night Live’ Kiss From Kate McKinnon, Watch The Best & Worst Sketches By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 8, 2017 9:00 am EST Gal Gadot dominated the summer box office in Wonder Woman, so that made her a prime candidate to tackle hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time. Taking on the challenge of hosting a live sketch comedy series like SNL is no easy task, even for the most seasoned comedian, so how did the predominantly dramatic actress handle the spotlight in Studio 8H?...

Intro-‘Spectre’-Ion: Where Does James Bond Go From Here? By Jacob Hall/Nov. 9, 2015 11:00 am EST Who the hell is James Bond? That question has been haunting the cinematic landscape for over half a century now, and it’s not easy to answer. Like any character who has had ongoing adventures for decades, the specifics of Agent 007 shift with the times. He collects baggage. He absorbs new traits. He reflects what people want out of him....

Is Michael Rooker In ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Or Not? By Ethan Anderton/May 19, 2017 1:00 pm EST The cast of Avengers: Infinity War will include nearly every major character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. All of the Avengers will be there, obviously, and there are supposed to be some new ones as well, including Brie Larson as Captain Marvel. Joining them will be all the Guardians of the Galaxy. But what about the new members of the team from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Joe Johnston Talks About Making The Wolfman: Indecision Is A Killer By Russ Fischer/Feb. 16, 2010 10:11 am EST Today’s lesson is: indecision will cost you. As the long saga of Universal’s new version of The Wolfman unfolded, it often seemed to outside observers like the studio and producers didn’t know what movie they wanted to make. Original director Mark Romanek walked at the last minute, Joe Johnston was hired to replace him, then the standard shoot was followed up with more reshoots than is usually the case....

LOL: Peter Dinklage Sings About Character Deaths In ‘Game Of Thrones’ Musical [Updated] By Ethan Anderton/May 22, 2015 9:30 am EST Not long after we saw Anna Kendrick star in a teaser for a female-led remake of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, we have some more amusing fun being teased for Red Nose Day. For those who don’t know, Red Nose Day is a comedy fundraiser that started in the United Kingdom and is making its way to the United States for the first time with a primetime special on NBC airing on Thursday, May 21st at 8pm Eastern....

Marvel Comic-Con Posters Revealed: ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 24, 2017 1:00 pm EST Us plebeians may not have gotten the chance to see the buzzy Avengers: Infinity War footage gifted upon Hall H-ers at San Diego Comic-Con and Mouseketeers at the D23 Expo, but we can make up for it by staring at the newly released Infinity War three-part poster for 10 minutes. The three-part poster was revealed at Comic-Con on Sunday and gives us our first look at the meet-up between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Guardians of the Galaxy, as well as the foe they face....

Movie Review And Q&A: Alex Rivera’s Sleep Dealer By Devindra Hardawar/May 2, 2009 10:22 pm EST Filmmaker Alex Rivera stopped by my sleepy little town (Amherst, MA) this past week to screen Sleep Dealer, his insanely ambitious debut feature film which debuted at Sundance ‘08, and was also nominated for the Grand Jury prize. Unbeknownst to me at the time, Rivera attended nearby Hampshire College, so his visit was also a bit of a homecoming as well....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/April 20, 2009 12:42 am EST Gizmodo held a photoshop contest asking readers to ruin JJ Abrams Star Trek. The above photo is my favorite, and the second place winner. Newaberdeenkt has edited together the clips from the trailers and the ShoWest montage to create a full sequence from Transformers 2. [youtube] Director Lee Madden (Hell’s Angels) died of complications resulting from pneumonia on April 9th at age 82....

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Man Of Steel, Captain America The Winter Soldier, Hellboy 3, The Wolverine By Germain Lussier/April 30, 2013 9:00 am EST How much money has Iron Man 3 made internationally and what other record did it set this week? Did Michael Shannon like Man of Steel when he saw it? Did Ron Perlman ask Guillermo del Toro to make Hellboy 3? Which other Marvel movie did Anthony Mackie refer to when describing Captain America: The Winter Soldier?...

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Thor: The Dark World, Dredd 3D, Stan Lee By Germain Lussier/Aug. 27, 2012 11:01 am EST Want to see some new set photos from Thor: The Dark World? How does the score to Dredd 3D sound? Why is Stan Lee posing naked? Where can you get a free graphic novel with your purchase of The Avengers Blu-ray? Are you relationship compatible with Wonder Woman or Superman and how should Batman have defeated Bane in The Dark Knight Rises?...

The 20 Best ‘Parks And Recreation’ Recurring Characters (And The 5 Best Single-Episode Guest Stars) By Angie Han/Feb. 26, 2015 8:00 am EST This week’s Parks & Recreation finale proved a worthy sendoff for the show’s main characters. But as we say goodbye to Leslie, Ron, and the rest of the gang, we also wanted to take a look at some of our favorite side characters through the years. Parks and Recreation has maybe the deepest bench of supporting players this side of The Simpsons — far too many to honor here....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Zombieland, The House Of The Devil, Ong Bak 2, And More By Adam Quigley/Feb. 2, 2010 5:48 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The zombie film’s usual affixation to the horror genre has been broken. Even Shaun of the Dead acknowledged the unfortunate realities of a zombie outbreak, and in turn, its latter half yielded numerous intense and teary scenes....

This Week In Trailers: [REC]³ Génesis, Grabbers, Petit Nicolas, Thursday Till Sunday (De Jueves A Domingo), Berberian Sound Studio By Christopher Stipp/July 20, 2012 9:00 am 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?...

USA’s ‘Falling Water’ Producers On Avoiding Dream Clichés, The Real-Life Power Of Dreams And More [Comic-Con 2016] By Fred Topel/July 23, 2016 11:00 am EST USA Network premiered the pilot episode of their upcoming series Falling Water, from producers Gale Anne Hurd, Blake Masters and the late Henry Bromell, at Comic-Con this year. The show deals with the world of dreams, and select characters who have the power to enter other people’s dreams....

Weekend Weirdness Review: Tony - London Serial Killer By Hunter Stephenson/April 11, 2010 4:28 pm EST It’s a crazy, mixed up world and we are thankful for movies that offer proof. Slashfilm’s Weekend Weirdness examines such flicks, whether in the form of a premiere for a provocative indie, a mini review of a film about a murderous nerd, or an interview. Another week, another serial killer film. The British import, Tony, follows the fictional killer in its title—a Londoner who resembles a malnourished Milton from Office Space—across several days and several murders....