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Sundance 2013 Premiere Lineup Features ‘jOBS,’ ‘Before Midnight,’ ‘Stoker,’ ‘The East,’ ‘The Way Way Back’ And Many More By Germain Lussier/Dec. 3, 2012 2:00 pm EST While the competition and spotlight films at Sundance are usually where the best of the fest reside, the big names are in the premiere categories. 2013 is no exception. Among the highly anticipated films that will premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival are the Ashton Kutcher Steve Jobs biopic jOBS; Richard Linklater’s trilogy-closing love story Before Midnight; Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut Don Jon’s Addiction; the latest film from the team behind Sound of My Voice, The East; Park Chan-Wook’s thriller Stoker; and the star studded film from the writers of The Descendants, called The Way, Way Back....

Superhero Bits: Inhumans Ratings Still Falling, Justice League Tickets On Sale Soon & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 16, 2017 5:00 pm EST How are the ratings for Marvel’s Inhumans doing after a few weeks? When will Justice League tickets go on sale? What did director David Fincher say that disparaged Marvel Studios and other blockbusters? Which Justice League superhero is getting the social media spotlight this week? What does the granddaughter of Wonder Woman creator Professor Marston think of the new biopic?...

Superhero Bits: Spider-Man PS4 Trailer, Black Panther Teaser Views, Wonder Woman Box Office & More By Ethan Anderton/June 13, 2017 5:00 pm EST How does Spider-Man PS4 look in the new trailer from E3? Will any Agents of SHIELD characters resurrected in The Framework come back next season? How many views did the Black Panther teaser get in 24 hours? Could the Fantastic Four ever become part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?...

Superhero Bits: Steppenwolf Secret Origin, Luc Besson Bored With Superheroes, Chris Hemsworth’s Birthday & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 11, 2017 5:00 pm EST Could Steppenwolf have a new secret origin in Justice League? Do you know who is voicing Uncle Ben in Disney XD’s Spider-Man animated series? Why doesn’t Luc Besson enjoy superhero movies, specifically Captain America? Why did director Doug Liman really leave Justice League Dark? What will Deadpool and Cable’s relationship be like in Deadpool 2?...

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, Wolverine, Rogue, Iron Man By Germain Lussier/Nov. 17, 2011 11:00 am EST Which Marvel TV show will take place in the same universe as The Avengers? What’s the update on the Batman targeting child predators? Want to read Alan Silvestri’s quotes about scoring The Avengers? Where is The Amazing Spider-Man shooting this week and what do shish kabobs and Wolverine have in common? Read about all of this, and hot Rogue cosplay, in today’s Superhero Bits....

The Best Movies Coming To Netflix In December 2016 By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 30, 2016 7:00 am EST We’re coming up on the last month of 2016, and Netflix has a great batch of new titles coming to their streaming library to close out the year. There’s a wide variety of nostalgic movies from the 1990s, some great documentaries, new Netflix original programming and stand-up comedy specials, and even a couple movies that hit theaters earlier this year....

The Best Movies Leaving Netflix In October 2016 By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 27, 2016 12:00 pm EST While next month will see a number of great movies arriving on Netflix (in the United States), it will also see more than a few must-see films vanish. Here are the movies leaving Netflix in October 2016 that you need to catch before they’re gone. The Back to the Future Trilogy Listen, you should probably already own the Back to the Future trilogy, since it’s easily one of the best film franchises ever made....

Theme Park Bits: Disney Imagineers Brainstorming Marvel Park In Anaheim, Marvel Adventure Planned For Dubai, Justice League Ride Coming To Australia By Angie Han/July 10, 2012 3:00 pm EST Forget Disney princesses and boy wizards — the most intriguing theme park plans right now all have to do with costumed heroes. After the jump: The Justice League is heading to Australia in the form of a theme-park ride Walt Disney Imagineers are brainstorming a Marvel theme park for Anaheim… … while Dubai’s IMG Group breaks ground on its Marvel Adventure park Marvel Adventure will likely consist of smaller attractions like stores, dining facilities, and “a range of interactive entertainment experiences featuring Marvel characters, rather than larger rides....

This Week In Trailers: Shooting Robert King, No Impact Man, The Chester Kids, Kings Of Pastry By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 20, 2010 4:00 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?...

This Week In Trailers: The Dwarvenaut, Lace Crater, The Hurt Business, For The Love Of Spock, Author: The JT LeRoy Story By Christopher Stipp/July 25, 2016 6:00 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: Wetlands, The Frame, Mega Lo Mania, Listen, Partners In Crime By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 17, 2014 1:26 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?...

Watch Kevin Smith’s Post-‘Red State’ Sundance Speech; Read His Explanation Of The Distro Plan By Russ Fischer/Jan. 24, 2011 2:15 pm EST There’s been a lot of talk in the past twelve hours about Kevin Smith, Red State, ‘four-walling,’ and the way that Mr. Smith’s distribution plans fit into the indie landscape. At the center of all the talk is the speech Mr Smith gave on stage after the debut Sundance screening of Red State....

Why Do The ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Prequel Titles Make Absolutely No Sense? By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 17, 2017 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, and opinionated about something that makes us very happy…or fills us with indescribable rage. In this edition: the titles of the Planet of the Apes movies are in the wrong order and it’s. Driving. Us. Crazy.) The Planet of the Apes reboot franchise is many things — stunning technological achievements, emotionally resonant storytelling, and testaments to genre filmmaking....

WTF: David Fincher To Direct The Facebook Movie? By Peter Sciretta/June 23, 2009 2:51 pm EST We were baffled last Summer when Golden Globe nominated screenwriter/producer Aaron Sorkin had joined Facebook and announced that he was writing a Facebook movie for mega-producer Scott Rudin. Today Variety offers an unbelievable follow-up, filmmaker David Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en, Benjamin Button) is in “advanced talks” with Columbia Pictures to direct the film, which has been titled The Social Network....

/Answers: The Best Talking Animals In The Movies By /Film Staff/July 11, 2017 10:30 am EST Every week in /Answers, we attempt to answer a new pop culture-related question. Tying in with the release of War for the Planet of the Apes, this week’s edition asks “What is your favorite talking animal in the movies?” As always, we have submissions from the /Film writing crew and podcast team. Jack Giroux: Roger Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit...

‘Documentary Now!’ And ‘Another Period’ Get Second Season Orders By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 18, 2015 1:00 pm EST Good news for fans of the two freshman comedy shows Another Period and Documentary Now! has just arrived as both new series have just landed orders for more seasons. Comedy Central just announced a renewal of the 1902-set faux reality series starring Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome while IFC has quickly ordered two more seasons of Documentary Now!...

‘Fate Of The Furious’ Director May Not Return, But Teases Outer Space Future For Franchise By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 10, 2017 7:30 am EST The fate of the Fast and Furious franchise is uncertain. While the once-scrappy street car racing films have turned into globe-trotting action movie phenomenons that rake in billions at the box office, the series may be facing some changes behind the scenes. Director F. Gary Gray, who took the wheel for Fate of the Furious after Justin Lin and James Wan had ushered the series into blockbuster territory, has expressed reservations about returning to the franchise....

/Film Interview: ‘Upstream Color’ Creator Shane Carruth, Using Unique Ideas To Tell A Universal Story By Russ Fischer/April 12, 2013 12:00 pm EST Primer and Upstream Color writer/director/star Shane Carruth is an exceedingly generous interview subject. You might expect the creator of two very thoughtful pieces of genre film to be aloof or overly cerebral. But in conversation he has a tendency to react with exclamations like “wow” and “that’s so great” followed by thoughtful and digressive answers....

‘Interstellar’ Review Roundup: Does Christopher Nolan’s Latest Sink Or Soar? By Angie Han/Oct. 27, 2014 11:00 am EST Without a doubt, Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is one of the most highly anticipated releases of 2014. But whether it’ll deliver on those sky-high expectations is another question altogether. The first Interstellar reviews are in, and they’re really all over the map. One thing’s for sure, though: No one is faulting Nolan for lacking style or ambition....

‘It’ Director Andy Muschietti On Designing Pennywise And What He Changed From The Book [Interview] By Jacob Hall/July 27, 2017 10:45 am EST Andy Muschietti somehow looks both exhausted and indefatigable. It’s very late in the day when the director of Mama is able to peel himself away from the set and join our motley band of film bloggers and journalists for a conversation. We’ve been visiting the set of his new movie, a big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s iconic horror novel It and while we’ve been allowed to walk through the sewers underneath the cursed town of Derry, Maine (or rather, Toronto-based sets made to look like them), he’s been practically living there....