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Pixar’s ‘Brave’ Easter Eggs Revealed By Peter Sciretta/July 3, 2012 2:00 pm EST We love discovering the hidden easter eggs that Pixar hides within their movies. We’ve been collecting the easter eggs for some time now, having extensive write-ups of all the hidden secrets in Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up, Toy Story 3, Cars 2, and even the short film Day & Night. When it was announced that Pixar would be released a film set in the highlands of 10th century Scotland, many fans wondered how they’d be able to sneak in some of the contemporary staples like the Pizza Planet truck or a character from their next film (in this case, Monsters University)....

Read About The Filmed But Deleted ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Alternate Ending By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2014 8:30 am EST Weeks before the release of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, director Matt Reeves decided to change the ending. They had shot a completely different alternate ending sequence, but he wanted to go for something different. Find out what happened in the deleted Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ending, and why it was changed only weeks before release, after the jump....

See Blade Runner: The Final Cut On The Big Screen By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 25, 2007 5:58 pm EST I live a one hour plane ride from Los Angeles and was actually considering making a trip to Hollywood to catch the new cut of Blade Runner on the big screen. Blade Runner: The Final Cut will hit DVD store shelves on December 18th, and Warner Bros is showing the film on two screens, one in Los Angeles, and the other in New York City....

Sequel Bits: Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston, And Martin Short Sign On For ‘Madagascar 3’, Plus: ‘Tintin 2’, ‘Puss In Boots 2’, ‘Grown Ups 2’ By Angie Han/Jan. 16, 2012 10:00 am EST Technically, I guess the PG-13 Grown Ups doesn’t really qualify as a kids’ film, so its sequel probably won’t either. But since that movie centered around five grown men acting like children, I’ll say that that this Sequel Bits is all about the young’uns....

Superhero Bits: Gotham City Sirens Update, Spider-Man Possibly Appearing In Venom & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 23, 2017 8:00 am EST Which This Is Us star has joined the cast of Shazam? When does LEGO DC Super Heroes: The Flash get released? Will Avengers 4 be a riff on the story from Back to the Future? Is there a chance Spider-Man will make an appearance in the Venom movie? Is Gotham City Sirens still in development?...

Superhero Bits: Spider-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Suicide Squad, The Avengers, The Flash By Germain Lussier/May 20, 2015 5:00 pm EST Is that really David Letterman on the cover of The Avengers? Which tiny superhero is now on the set of Captain America: Civil War? How does Killer Croc and Scott Eastwood’s character look on the set of Suicide Squad? Did a real life Captain America do something heroic? What would a Rick Baker designed Joker look like?...

Theme Park Bits: The Great Lego Race VR Coaster Video, Halloween Horror Nights Early Buy One, Get One Special By Joshua Meyer/April 2, 2018 5:30 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: See video of the virtual reality animation for the new Great Lego Race coaster at Legoland Florida. What does it mean if you hear a Cast Member say “Code H” at the Magic Kingdom? Millennial pink isn’t just for millennials … soon everyone can show their Disney pride with it....

This Week In Trailers: Bones Brigade, Hecho En Mexico, High Ground, Stitches, Midnight’s Children By Christopher Stipp/Oct. 26, 2012 3:00 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: Nitro Circus, Sister, Walk Away Renee, Reportero, An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty By Christopher Stipp/July 13, 2012 3:00 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: ‘American Horror Story’, ‘Hannibal’, ‘The Newsroom’, ‘Game Of Thrones’, ‘30 Rock’, Guillermo Del Toro, Bear McCreary, Michael Bay By Angie Han/Nov. 15, 2012 2:32 pm EST Get ready for another year of serious (and often seriously enjoyable) WTF-ery, because FX has renewed American Horror Story for a third season. Also after the jump: Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain starts casting to shoot in 2013 Da Vinci’s Demons hires Walking Dead composer Bear McCreary Michael Cera is an Arrested Development writer; Lupe returns Bryan Fuller casts Mockingbird Lane’s Eddie Izzard in Hannibal Michael Bay books a guest role as himself on ABC’s The Neighbors Meryl Streep’s daughter Grace Gummer joins HBO’s The Newsroom Aaron Sorkin is sad The Newsroom won’t cover the Petraeus scandal HBO unveils its first teaser poster for Game of Thrones Season 3 See a save the date for Liz Lemon’s likely trainwreck of a wedding...

What Hollywood Should Learn From ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ By Scott Beggs/July 11, 2017 9:30 am EST Spider-Man should be the very symbol of franchise fatigue. It’s a 55-year-old character who has been played by three different actors in six films within 15 years. The last three Spider-Man films were bloated messes largely devoid of super-fun dance sequences. Yet Spider-Man: Homecoming has brought freshness and joy to summer, and to a genre still trying to find its feet....

‘Agent Carter’ Moving To LA For Season 2; ‘SHIELD’ Spinoff Still A Possibility By Angie Han/May 12, 2015 12:00 pm EST Some exciting updates from the small-screen corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: ABC has revealed an intriguing official synopsis for the recently announced second season of Agent Carter. Among other things, it reveals that our titular heroine will be ditching NY for LA. Meanwhile, it turns out that the scrapped Agents of S....

/Answers: Our Favorite Sundance Movies By /Film Staff/Jan. 17, 2018 11:00 am EST Every week in /Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this week’s edition, we celebrate the start of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival by asking “What is your favorite movie to have come out of Sundance?” Peter Sciretta: Clerks Clerks isn’t the best film to ever premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and it’s not even technically my favorite Sundance film (despite the title of this edition of /Answers), but to me, it is the film that most represents the festival to me....

‘Deadpool 2’ Mid-Credits Scenes Are The Best Gag Of The Franchise, But They Also Raise Some Questions By Ethan Anderton/May 18, 2018 10:30 am EST Deadpool 2 is in theaters right now, and thankfully the trailers and marketing haven’t spoiled all of the surprises in store for fans heading to see the irreverent superhero comedy this weekend. One of the biggest surprises comes from the sequel’s two mid-credits scenes. Since this is Deadpool we’re talking about, they’re not really trying to blow fans’ minds by setting up future sequels, but rather delivering more meta gags as the Merc with a Mouth is wont to do....

‘Harry Potter And The Escape From Gringotts’ Photos And Details Revealed By Peter Sciretta/May 12, 2014 11:50 pm EST Universal Orlando has finally confirmed details of the new signature ride at the upcoming Diagon Alley expansion of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts ride will feature vehicles that seat 12 people and will take park visitors “through a Harry Potter story featuring villains, dragons and goblins....

‘Iron Fist’ Season 2 Seems To Have Learned From The Mistakes Of Season 1 [Comic-Con 2018] By Vanessa Armstrong/July 20, 2018 10:00 am EST Jeph Loeb, Marvel’s Head of Television, opened the Iron Fist season 2 panel at San Diego Comic-Con International with carefully crafted phrasing: “How do we top the martial arts from Season 1 in Season 2?” The question politely encapsulates a major criticism that many had with the first season of Iron Fist: the fighting (and the story) sucked....

‘Only The Brave’ Trailer: Joseph Kosinski Tells The Story Of The Granite Mountain Hotshots By Jack Giroux/July 21, 2017 2:00 pm EST Joseph Kosinski’s first two films, Tron: Legacy and Oblivion, lived in fantasy land. Both science-fiction movies showed what a precise eye he has, with smooth camerawork and stunning compositions. He’s crafted two lavish, visually appealing films, which, dramatically, sometimes leave more to be desired. The director is taking on more dramatic material with his next feature, Only the Brave, based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots....

‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ Early Buzz: First It’s Boring, Then It’s Totally Bonkers With Mixed Results By Ethan Anderton/March 21, 2018 8:30 am EST After five years of waiting, Pacific Rim Uprising is finally hitting theaters. The sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 sci-fi action extravaganza brings Star Wars lead John Boyega into the mix as Jake Pentecost, the son of Idris Elba’s deceased character from the first film. This time, the humans are prepared for the return of the giant, city-demolishing monsters known as kaiju, but are critics prepared for a sequel that is out of the hands of monster master Guillermo del Toro?...

‘Pacific Rim Uprising’ Review: At First It’s Dull, And Then It’s Kind Of Amazing By Karen Han/March 23, 2018 6:30 am EST Somewhere around the halfway mark of director Steven S. DeKnight’s Pacific Rim Uprising, my groans of exasperation turned into gasps of delight. I can pinpoint the exact moment in which my opinion of the movie changed, but so as not to spoil what is genuinely one of the strangest scenes in a blockbuster in recent memory, let me just say that once Pacific Rim Uprising really starts drinking its own Kool-Aid, it’s an absolute joy....

‘The Thing’ Review: Hopelessly Devoted To John Carpenter By Russ Fischer/Oct. 16, 2011 5:00 pm EST The word ‘uninspired’ is an easy shortcut to communicate an impression of unpleasant mediocrity, and so it gets thrown around a lot. It is also the perfect term for The Thing, the new film by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. that acts as a prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 film of the same name. Uninspired, right off the bat: no one could even bother to tack a subtitle onto this movie, much less an entirely new name....