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Star Wars Bits: John Williams Remasters, A Jedi Survives, And Frank Oz Opens Up About Yoda By Rosie Knight/March 29, 2018 4:00 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Some exciting new additions to canon from an unexpected source Frank Oz talks about Yoda’s future in the Star Wars universe Some galactic experts discuss an explosive theory about Kylo Ren Some stunning looks behind the scenes at Star Wars: The Last Jedi And much more!...

Star Wars Bits: Rian Johnson Talks ‘The Last Jedi,’ Donald Glover Talks Lando, And The Death Star Trench By Jacob Hall/Jan. 31, 2017 7:00 am EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Rian Johnson talks about his experience writing and directing Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Woody Harrelson probably won’t start filming the Han Solo movie for a few months. Donald Glover is aware that he has to live to to Billy Dee Williams’ coolness....

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Green Lantern, Powers, Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance By Germain Lussier/Feb. 2, 2012 12:00 pm EST Why shouldn’t The Avengers text? Want to see a bunch of cool toys and costumes from that film? Which starlet was caught wearing a Dark Knight Rises t-shirt? What do you nickname a cat with two-faces? When and where will Spider-Man get a new costume? What did Nicolas Cage look like on the set of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance?...

The Best & Worst Sketches From Benedict Cumberbatch’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 6, 2016 11:00 am EST It’s the last episode of the show before the 2016 election finally comes to an end, and while viewers might have expected Saturday Night Live to pull out all the stops when it comes to skewering the candidates, it was a rather tame episode. Yes, there was political satire to be had, but it just didn’t feel quite as biting as the preceding four episodes of the season....

The Great Porg Merchandise Round-Up That Film Journalism Demands By Ben Pearson/Aug. 31, 2017 1:30 pm EST The Ewoks made their play for cutest creatures in the Star Wars galaxy in Return of the Jedi, but Star Wars: The Last Jedi will introduce a new species that gives the ferocious cub-like critters a run for their money. Porgs, the cuddly new penguin-esque creatures that are native to the island of Ahch-To, are the hot new shit in Star Wars-ville, and a cursory glance through social media shows that people are going nuts for these little things....

The Queer Immigrant Documentary ‘Abu’ Offers Cinema As Self-Portrait [New York Indian Film Festival] By Siddhant Adlakha/May 16, 2018 7:00 am EST Filmmakers are adept at the art of disguise, especially when it comes to their own stories. Sometimes it merely involves a change in name and location – Richard Linklater’s Before Trilogy is premised on the director’s real-world romantic encounter – though sometimes it involves experiences being filtered through a lens of genre....

The Story Of Two Unused Official ‘Super 8’ Posters By Germain Lussier/July 6, 2011 7:00 am EST Much has been said about the posters for J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 and now we’ll continue to say. The first poster was a total tease revealing almost nothing. A later image was thought to possibly give away too much. And, at one point, half the internet was fooled by a Drew Struzan-esque fan poster....

Theme Park Bits: Life-Size ‘Star Wars’ Vehicles, Giant Pixar Ball Action, And Disney Parks On Google Street View By Joshua Meyer/March 10, 2018 10:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: View official drone footage of the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge construction site. See fan-made Star Wars vehicles put together before your very eyes at Disneyland Paris. Florida parkgoers: get your $25,000 upfront membership fee ready for Club 33 at Epcot....

This Week In Trailers: Amer, The Silence (Das Letzte Schweigen), Mesrine: Killer Instinct, If A Tree Falls By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 6, 2010 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: 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?...

Trailer: Syfy’s Cosplay Reality Show ‘Heroes Of Cosplay’ By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2013 4:04 pm EST Syfy will begin airing a six part reality series titled Heroes of Cosplay beginning on August 13th 2013. The show will follow a bunch of cosplayers as they imagine, prepare and create costumes for upcoming cosplay competitions. So if you liked Holly Conrad’s story in Morgan Spurlock’s documentary Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope, this seems to be the small screen tv show version of that....

‘Batman V Superman’ Spoiler-Free Review: A Messy Spectacle By Peter Sciretta/March 22, 2016 9:00 pm EST Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice hits theaters this Friday, an event film that my 10-year-old self wanted but could never have imagined would actually happen. So what did I think of the movie? What did I like? What did I have problems with? After the jump you can read my spoiler-free reaction to the film....

‘Justice League’ Director’s Cut Could Be Coming To Blu-Ray, But It’d Be Joss Whedon’s Director’s Cut By Ben Pearson/Dec. 8, 2017 2:00 pm EST Warner Bros. is so disappointed in the box office performance of Justice League that they’re changing up the way they handle their superhero movies going forward. The movie wasn’t nearly as divisive as Batman v Superman, but even those who appreciated Justice League’s bizarre blend of tones and defend the movie can’t ignore that the movie failed to make the money a blockbuster of that size and cost should make....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Director Taika Waititi Wanted To Strip Down The ‘Thor’ Franchise By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 7, 2017 9:00 am EST It was nearly two years ago that director Taika Waititi was reported to be in talks to direct Thor: Ragnarok, the third film in the god of thunder’s solo franchise. The filmmaker wasn’t the most obvious choice for the blockbuster sequel, having only directed Eagle vs Shark, Boy, and the outstanding mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows....

All The Movies Bill Clinton Watched In The White House: From ‘Coyote Ugly’ To ‘Saving Private Ryan’ By Jack Giroux/Jan. 29, 2016 3:30 pm EST During Bill Clinton’s time in office, the President watched a total of 171 movies, ranging from comedies to dramas to fantasy pictures. The President has eclectic taste in movies, and based on what he watched from 1993 to 2001, he’s got pretty good taste, too. Thanks to some damn fine reporting, you can now discover every single movie Clinton watched as President....

Brad Bird On Why “Video Games Are A Bad Influence For Storytelling” By Peter Sciretta/July 22, 2016 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) came to San Diego Comic-Con International 2016 for a preview of The Giant’s Dream: The Making Of The Iron Giant, which will be included on the upcoming Blu-ray release of the film this fall. The documentary by Anthony Giacchino is a beautiful and heartbreaking look at the Hollywood animation process, a must see....

Capturing The Music Of Mexico For Pixar’s ‘Coco’ With Michael Giacchino [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 29, 2017 10:00 am EST Coco isn’t a musical, but its music is as central to it as the elements of family, memory, life, and death. Music is what carries Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) along on his quest to find his idol Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt) in the Land of the Dead, music is what unites Miguel and his ragamuffin skeleton companion Hector (Gael Garcia Bernal), and what ultimately tears apart and unites his family....

Exclusive Interview: Ash Vs. Evil Dead Show Runner Craig DiGregorio By Fred Topel/Oct. 30, 2015 1:30 pm EST Sam Raimi finally gave us more Evil Dead, and not just another movie but a whole TV series. He even directed the pilot of Ash Vs. Evil Dead, starring Bruce Campbell, but of course Sam Raimi is a movie director. He can’t run a show full time, so he found an experienced show runner....

How ‘The Dark Knight’ Plays With The Theme Of Identity By Jazmine Joyner/July 20, 2018 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Dark Knight Legacy, a series of articles that explore Christopher Nolan’s superhero masterpiece in celebration of its 10th anniversary.) Here we are: 10 years later and we’re all talking about The Dark Knight again. But why is this film so widely regarded? One answer: The Dark Knight weaves its story around the identities of its characters in a way that molds the movie into how we perceive it today....

Hunter Stephenson’s Script Review: Cocaine Cowboys Pilot For HBO By Hunter Stephenson/May 26, 2008 10:41 am EST Earlier this month, we reported on the possibility of a new HBO show based on 2006’s engrossing hit documentary, Cocaine Cowboys, from uber players Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer. Today, Slashfilm gives you an exclusive review of the script for Cocaine Cowboys’ pilot episode written by Billy Corben and David Cypkin of Rakontur, the Miami-based production company behind the doc and its sequel (set for release this July)....

Interview: Christoph Waltz On Playing Hans Landa In Inglourious Basterds, Working With Quentin Tarantino And Brad Pitt, And The Legendary Strudel Scene By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 25, 2009 6:00 am EST The following introduction and interview contain moderate spoilers.When a new film from Quentin Tarantino is released, a film as original and awash in genre-geometry as Inglourious Basterds, the post-viewing sensation that follows remains difficult to describe. In Kill Bill Vol. 1, there is a scene set inside the House of Blue Leaves in which Uma Thurman’s Bride blinks and the film switches from black and white to color....