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‘Fear The Walking Dead’ Is A Whole New Show In The Back Half Of Season 4 [Comic-Con 2018] By Jacob Hall/July 21, 2018 10:00 am EST One thing was made instantly and constantly clear from the Fear the Walking Dead Comic-Con 2018 panel: this is a show in the middle of a serious reinvention. AMC’s spin-off has never been as popular as The Walking Dead, but the most recent changes suggest that the network wants to transform it from second fiddle into “must-see TV....

‘Legion’ Spoiler Review: Thoughts On ‘‘Chapter 6’’ By Jacob Hall/March 17, 2017 10:30 am EST After last week’s barnburner of an episode, it was probably necessary for Legion to tap the brakes with “Chapter 6.” But did FX’s X-Men series tap the brakes just a little too much? Let’s dive right in. A Deep Breath and a Pause After last week’s hour of pure, unrelenting nightmare fuel, Legion decided to pause to take a deep breath this week....

‘Monsters University’ Invades University Of Southern California With Brand New Footage By Germain Lussier/Nov. 26, 2012 11:00 am EST Disney and Pixar’s choices of venue to showcase the first footage from their June release, Monsters University, was incredibly telling. They chose the University of Southern California on Saturday November 24, which just so happened to be the day of the school’s biggest football game of the year, against the #1 team in the country, the University of Notre Dame....

‘Need For Speed’ Trailer; Aaron Paul And Director Scott Waugh Explain The Film’s Hardcore Stunts By Russ Fischer/Nov. 18, 2013 9:32 am EST Need for Speed director Scott Waugh comes from a stunt family; his father was best friends with Hal Needham, the stuntman who directed Smokey and the Bandit and Hooper, and Waugh grew up around some of the most famous stunt work on film. During a visit to Waugh’s Bandito Brothers office to see some footage from his new movie, Waugh explained “My viewpoint is [the time] when car movies were amazing, in the ’70s and ’60s to the ’80s....

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Trailer Breakdown: Going Through The New Footage Frame-By-Frame By Jacob Hall/March 29, 2017 11:00 am EST A new Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer arrived yesterday, so let’s do the sensible thing and go through the trailer and rank every single frame from best to worst. What? Too much. In that case, let’s just do another trailer breakdown, where we pick apart the footage and see what we can find. Naturally, we may uncover some accidental spoilers, so tread cautiously....

‘The Endless’ Directors Share The Films That Inspired Their Crazy Horror Movie [Interview] By Matt Donato/April 13, 2018 9:30 am EST Spoiler alert, we (critics) were wrong…and right? Chalk up mystery of life. In specific, Benson and Moorhead got down to exploring their most recent release, The Endless. With their heady brand of poke-around exhibitionism, it’s anyone’s guess as to where their cult-based universe came from (aside from beaming creativity). Do “Lovecraft and Linklater” play as big a role in their inspirations as critiques make it seem?...

‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ Review: Exploring The Best Moments Of Part 14 By Ben Pearson/Aug. 14, 2017 9:00 am EST (Each week, we’re going to kick off a discussion about Twin Peaks: The Return by answering one question: what was the best scene of the episode?) After despising the past couple of episodes of Twin Peaks, the elusive series connected with me in a big way with last night’s installment, trading narrative tangents and autuer-driven indulgences for a mythology-centric hour that made me breath a sigh of relief....

Behind The Scenes Of Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights 2017 By Aaron Pruner/Sept. 14, 2017 12:30 pm EST For the past 13 years, John Murdy has acted as the Director of Creative Development for Universal Studios in Hollywood, California. And while that title comes with a ton of responsibilities within the park, his main claim to fame is the revitalization and continued success of Universal’s huge Halloween-themed event, Halloween Horror Nights....

Casting Bits: Bradley Cooper Back In ‘Silver Linings Playbook’, Reese Witherspoon In ‘Wish List’, Alden Ehrenreich In ‘Stoker’, Karen Gillian In ‘Not Another Happy Ending’ By Angie Han/Aug. 2, 2011 4:00 pm EST Way back in late 2010, we reported on the potential casting of Bradley Cooper in the lead role for David O. Russell’s The Silver Linings Playbook. At some point, however, Mark Wahlberg emerged as the star of the film, and Cooper was no longer associated with the project....

Horror Clip Round-Up: Douche Brothers, Eli Roth, Survival Of The Dead And Splice By Brendon Connelly/Sept. 10, 2009 2:57 pm EST I’ll tell you up front that the Splice video is not online and I’ll just be telling you about it, though it was rather marvelous and really very exciting and I’ll try and convey that. The others, though, are embedded after the break – An American Douchebag in London part 1, Eli Roth’s commercial for Peta and some Survival of the Dead publicity....

Interview: ‘21 Jump Street’ Directors Phil Lord & Chris Miller Talk ‘Cloudy 2’, ‘Lego’, ‘Bob The Musical’, And More By Angie Han/March 14, 2012 12:00 pm EST Phil Lord and Chris Miller immediately marked themselves as filmmakers to watch with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, a sweet family CG comedy. So naturally, for their sophomore effort, they attempted to something completely different. 21 Jump Street is rowdy and live-action, and yet it retains much of the same heart and humor that made their first go-round such a hit....

Interview: James Mangold Discusses All Things Related To ‘The Wolverine’ By Germain Lussier/June 28, 2013 5:30 pm EST After Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel, audiences might feel superheroed out this summer. However, watching the first 20 minutes of the film, it’s obvious The Wolverine isn’t anything like those massive films. Audiences have already seen the character in X-Men, X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (and to some extent X-Men: First Class) but here Mangold is digging deeper with the character, telling a much more personal story....

Is ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Actually Good? An Investigation By Jamie Righetti/March 23, 2017 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Nostalgia Bomb, a series where we take a look back on beloved childhood favorites and discern whether or not they’re actually any good. In this edition, we revisit the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television series.) I have to admit, I somehow missed the whole Mighty Morphin Power Rangers phenomenon altogether. I was just shy of ten when the show premiered and I felt too old to care about teenagers turning into superheroes....

Look Into The Eyes Of David Tenant’s Purple Man On This New ‘Jessica Jones’ Poster By Jacob Hall/Oct. 29, 2015 7:00 am EST There are many reasons you should have Marvel’s upcoming Netflix series Jessica Jones on your radar, but one of them is the inclusion of David Tennant as Zebediah Kilgrave, a.k.a. the Purple Man. Although not as famous as other comic book villains, he’s one the creepiest foes to ever haunt the pages of the Marvel Universe, using his ability to make anyone obey his commands to frequently unsettling effect....

New ‘The Hateful Eight’ Featurette Explores The Walking, Talking Miracle That Is Samuel L. Jackson By Jacob Hall/Dec. 24, 2015 1:00 pm EST The Hateful Eight is the sixth time Quentin Tarantino and Samuel L. Jackson have collaborated on a film in some capacity and their ongoing partnership is one worth celebrating. Hell, when finished ranking every single Tarantino character, three of Jackson’s performances made it into the top 20. They bring out the best in one another – no one is as good at making Tarantino’s stylized dialogue sing quite like Jackson, who makes lengthy monologues and sudden violence look effortless....

Portrait Of The Joker As A Young Man: 14 Actors Who Could Play The Young Clown Prince Of Crime By /Film Staff/Aug. 25, 2017 10:30 am EST A few days ago, the news broke that Warner Bros. is developing a movie that would explore the origin story for The Joker. And while this Todd Phillips-drected, Martin Scorsese-produced project (!) sounds like a profoundly bad idea on many levels, it got the /Film staff talking....

Review: ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Is A Satisfying Blend Of Classic Trek And Blockbuster Action By Ethan Anderton/July 21, 2016 9:00 am EST After recycling a little too much of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan for the sequel Star Trek Into Darkness, the rebooted franchise based on Gene Roddenberry’s classic sci-fi series needed a new direction to bring some freshness back to the final frontier. Thankfully, with Star Trek Beyond, director Justin Lin has managed to craft a extremely entertaining journey back into space for the USS Enterprise....

Ryan Fleck’s It’s Kind Of A Funny Story Begins Production By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 30, 2009 11:50 am EST Half Nelson writer/directors Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck’s new film It’s Kind of a Funny Story begins production in New York City this week. Keir Gilchrist, who stars as the title character’s son on the hit television series United States of Tara, has the film’s lead role. Costarring are Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover), Emma Roberts (of the upcoming Valentine’s Day), Academy Award nominee Viola Davis (Doubt), Zoe Kravitz (The Brave One), Aasif Mandvi (The Proposal), Lauren Graham (of this winter’s NBC series Parenthood), and Jim Gaffigan (of Focus’ Away We Go)....

Sequel Bits: ‘War For The Planet Of The Apes,’ ‘Toy Story 4,’ ‘Alien: Covenant,’ Bond 25, By Jacob Hall/April 10, 2017 4:00 pm EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Matt Reeves talks about one of the new characters in War For the Planet of the Apes. A weird new poster for Alien: Covenant arrives. Don Rickles had not recorded his lines for Toy Story 4 before he passed away. Mission: Impossible 6 begins filming and adds another actor....

So You’re In The (Cinematic) Post-Apocalypse: A Survivor’s Survival Guide By Alex Riviello/July 14, 2017 10:00 am EST You made it! Welcome to your new life! Not only did you survive the bombs and calamitous climate change, you’ve taken the most important step in your post-apocalyptic life by picking up this guide. This shows that you have the STRENGTH and DETERMINATION to make it in this new world. “But why go on?...