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The Weinstein Co Announces They Now Control The Weather By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 20, 2007 1:29 pm EST I got the weirdest press release in my email today. It was from the publicity company that handles The Weinstein Co’s releases stating that “Los Angeles was covered in a dense foggy mist last night,” joking that it might be a “publicity stunt” for Stephen King’s The Mist which hits theaters on Thanksgiving. So apparently now The Weinstein Co has found a way to control the weather....

This Week In Trailers: Be Here Now, Omar, The Wait, Tbilisi, I Love You, What Difference Does It Make?, Anita By Christopher Stipp/Feb. 1, 2014 10:00 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: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

This Week In Trailers: Deli Man, R100, The Taking Of Tiger Mountain, Stand, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel By Christopher Stipp/Dec. 20, 2014 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: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

VOTD: Watch The Short Unaired Pilot For ‘The Real Ghostbusters’ Animated Series By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 2, 2015 6:30 am EST If you can remember the late 80s and early 90s, then you’re likely familiar with The Real Ghostbusters, an animated series adaptation of the hit supernatural comedy classic, Ghostbusters. The series continued the adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz and Winston Zeddemore, along with their secretary Janine Melnitz and bad ghost turned mascot, Slimer....

/Film Interview: James Ponsoldt Talks Sex, Booze, And Nostalgia In ‘The Spectacular Now’ By Angie Han/Dec. 18, 2013 1:00 pm EST In an age when the phrase “teen drama” suggests hardscrabble dystopias or lovelorn werewolves, what’s extraordinary about The Spectacular Now is how ordinary it is. The leads are two kids that could be from any town in America, and their romance is neither epic nor star-crossed. Stories like this one surely play out dozens of times a day all over the world....

/Film Talks To Brad Bird About ‘Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol,’ ‘1906,’ IMAX And More By Germain Lussier/Dec. 21, 2011 9:00 am EST Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol is Brad Bird’s first live-action movie. Think about that for a second. In the film community he’s easily one of the most exciting and respected directors out there but he’s never released a movie with a flesh and blood person in it. It’s fairly mind-boggling....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Has A Jon Snow Problem By Angie Han/June 29, 2016 7:00 am EST Forget the Red Wedding or the Battle of Hardhome: Game of Thrones’ defining moment came in the penultimate episode of season one, when poor Ned lost his head. With the swing of Ilyn Payne’s sword, Game of Thrones declared that it was not like other shows. This wouldn’t be your typical adventure, where heroes are protected by plot armor and villains suffer from bad guy aim and everything ends in happily ever after....

‘Happy!’ Creator Grant Morrison On The First TV Adaptation Of His Work And Why ‘Wonder Woman’ Works [Interview] By Fred Topel/Dec. 5, 2017 12:00 pm EST Happy! stars Chris Meloni as Nick Sax, a grizzled detective who is already a strung out has-been when he almost dies. After the near-death experience, he can see Happy, an animated horse with the voice of Patton Oswalt. Happy is the imaginary friend of a kidnapped girl, so Sax teams up with him to find her....

‘Jurassic World’ Smashes The Box Office, Chris Pratt Already Signed For Inevitable Sequels By Ethan Anderton/June 14, 2015 11:00 am EST As if there were any doubt, Jurassic World dominated the box office this past weekend. However, the film has actually over-performed beyond what experts predicted. Initially, the Jurassic Park sequel was predicted to land $155 million for the weekend. But the latest update pegs Colin Trevorrow’s nostalgic dinosaur romp as grabbing over $204 million by the end of the weekend, making it the 2nd highest domestic box office debut of all-time, just behind The Avengers at $207....

‘Lean On Pete’ Review: A Striking, Shattering And Altogether Sensational Journey By Marshall Shaffer/April 6, 2018 10:00 am EST (This review originally ran during our coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival. Lean on Pete is in theaters today.)Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete is a social realist drama of the highest order, combining the gentle pastoral touch of David Lynch’s The Straight Story with a probing sympathy for individuals on the edge of society recalling the best of the Dardenne brothers....

‘Logan’ Director James Mangold Warns Against Extreme Fan Backlash By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 8, 2018 10:00 am EST The fan outrage around Rian Johnson’s direction of Star Wars: The Last Jedi has become so torrid that directors who have nothing to do with Star Wars are starting to get roped in. Or, perhaps out of some noble Jedi instinct, they’re stepping in to defend the director from the fan backlash that has been going on for more than six (!...

‘Stranger Things’ Bits: Eleven’s Haircut, SURVIVE’s Music, Praise For ‘Stranger Things’ Moms, And More Cool T-Shirts By Angie Han/Aug. 23, 2016 3:00 pm EST It’s been over a month since Netflix dropped Stranger Things on an unsuspecting public, and we still can’t stop talking about our new obsession. After the jump: Watch Millie Bobby Brown get her Eleven haircut. Cast members take on the 22 Pushup Challenge. How did Stranger Things get its distinct sound?...

‘White House Down’ Set Visit: Channing Tatum And Roland Emmerich Make Quick Work Of The Summer Blockbuster By Germain Lussier/April 10, 2013 9:00 am EST That dirty wifebeater Channing Tatum is wearing is no coincidence. “I’ve always wanted to do a Die Hard” admitted the actor and in his upcoming action film White House Down, he’s getting that chance. Director Roland Emmerich will once again reign havoc on the White House, this time with the help of John Cale (Tatum), a Secret Service agent who is separated from his daughter when the White House is invaded by a group of mercenaries....

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Spoiler Review: How Is This Movie Worse Than ‘Batman V Superman’? By Jacob Hall/May 31, 2016 8:15 am EST Here’s a sentence I never thought I would write: X-Men: Apocalypse may be a worse movie than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, a film that I haven’t been shy about disliking in a public setting. And yet, the latest film in the increasingly convoluted X-Men series forced me to consider a big question – do I prefer the awful movie that shoots for big ideas and belly flops on the pavement or the awful movie that tries nothing, risks nothing, and is content to just exist without even trying to try something special?...

A Horror Newbie Watches ‘Night Of The Living Dead’ For The First Time By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 6, 2018 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Final Girl, a regular feature from someone who has steered clear of horror and is ready to finally embrace the genre that goes bump in the night. Next on the list: George Romero’s zombie classic Night of the Living Dead.) This may come as a shock, but I kind of love zombie movies....

Aaron Sorkin Reflects On Working With David Fincher And The Opening Of ‘The Social Network’ By Jack Giroux/March 30, 2016 2:00 pm EST Aaron Sorkin has collaborated with some of the best filmmakers working today. Bennett Miller (Moneyball), Danny Boyle (Steve Jobs), and David Fincher (The Social Network) – all of them made first-rate films out of Sorkin’s first-rate writing. The acclaimed screenwriter is finally tackling one of his own scripts as a director, an adaptation of Molly’s Game....

Battlefield Earth Screenwriter Apologizes For Battlefield Earth; Blames His Penis For The “Suckiest Movie Ever” By David Chen/March 28, 2010 9:30 am EST This month, Roger Christian’s Battlefield Earth won the Razzie for “Worst Movie of the Decade,” an award that screenwriter J.D. Shapiro (Robin Hood: Men in Tights) accepted in person. Today in the New York Post, Shapiro offered a mea culpa, explaining how it is he got involved with the “suckiest movie ever” and what it’s been like for him to deal with that legacy....

Examining 10 Great Motion Capture Characters By Dalin Rowell/July 12, 2017 10:30 am EST Motion capture is quite the filmmaking tool these days. It takes us to new and extraordinary worlds of fantasy and adventure, introducing us to characters we thought the world of movies could never allow us to meet. So in celebration of War for the Planet of the Apes, let’s explore some incredible protagonists and antagonists who proved how amazing mo-cap can be....

How ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Changes The Character’s Movie And Comics History By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 8, 2017 12:00 pm EST Thor: Ragnarok has been a rousing success for Marvel Studios. Commercially, the film cleaned up at the box office on its opening weekend. Critically, it stands as one of the best-reviewed movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with only the original Iron Man rating one percent higher on Rotten Tomatoes. I grew up reading Thor and other Marvel Comics — I even had a fan letter printed in the back of Thor, Vol....

Meet The Guy Who’s Seen ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ More Than 20 Times In Theaters By David Chen/March 18, 2016 8:00 am EST I enjoyed The Force Awakens myself when it was first released, but I can’t quite imagine seeing any movie that many times in theaters, let alone that specific one. I needed to understand the depths and purpose of this obsession, so King agreed to let me interview him....