Meet The New Toy Story 3 Characters: Dolly And Mr. Pricklepants By Peter Sciretta/March 23, 2010 5:17 pm EST As you may have noticed over the past month, Disney has been teasing the release of Pixar’s Toy Story 3 by releasing more information, photos and video of each of the new characters, week by week. We’ve been trying to keep track of all the new characters as they have been revealed....
Mystery Team Finds A Distributor! By Peter Sciretta/May 18, 2009 3:09 pm EST I know I might be stating the obvious, but the bad economic times have hit every industry, including the movie industry. Earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, it was a very different scene than previous years. I don’t have the exact figures but it appeared that a lot fewer films were acquired compared to previous years....
New Footage Analysis: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ International Trailer By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 6, 2015 11:30 am EST This morning, Star Wars fans were surprised like it was Christmas Day with an international trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens that was chock full of new footage from the highly anticipated sci-fi sequel. We’re not just talking about a few tiny shots here and there. The trailer has some very extensive footage that we hadn’t seen at all before....
Page 2: Star Wars, Simpsons, ParaNorman, Hook, Doctor Who, Argo, Harry Potter, Quentin Tarantino, Battlestar Galactica, Blade Runner, Kristen Stewart, Hobbit, Seven Psychopaths, Citizen Kane, Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 25, 2013 12:00 pm EST Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....
Pixar’s ‘Coco’ Is Filled With ‘The Shining’ References/Easter Eggs By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 1, 2018 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What do Coco and The Shining have in common? Not much — aside from The Shining uber-fan and Coco co-director Lee Unkrich. The director has a long-running tradition of placing sly homages to the Stanley Kubrick horror film in all of the Pixar films he has worked on since 1995’s Toy Story....
Rogue One Bits: Character Names, Star Wars Celebration, And Mads Mikkelsen Talks About Those Rehsoots By Jacob Hall/June 13, 2016 2:00 pm EST In this edition of Rogue One Bits: Mads Mikkelsen talks about the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story reshoots. Two new character names may have been revealed. A small story point about the construction of the Death Star. Star Wars Celebration will showcase props and costumes from Rogue One....
Rogue One Bits: The First 20 Minutes Screened, New Aliens Profiled, And All Kinds Of New Collectible Stuff By Jacob Hall/Nov. 29, 2016 8:00 am EST In this edition of Rogue One Bits: Learn about four supporting aliens in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The latest and greatest on Imperial shield generator technology. New images and TV spots and banners and magazine covers have arrived. Mads Mikkelsen still can’t say much about Galen Erso....
See Updated Designs For The George Lucas Museum, Coming To Los Angeles By Peter Sciretta/May 5, 2017 9:45 am EST In January it was revealed that George Lucas had finally found a home for his Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. A presentation to the Los Angeles City Planning Commission has unveiled new renderings for the $1-billion project. See how the project has changed since the proposal, after the jump....
Star Wars Bits: Rogue One X-Wings, Journey To Force Awakens Excerpts, Grand Moff Tarkin And More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 24, 2015 6:30 am EST A Jedi Knight? Jeez, I’m out of it for a little while, everyone gets delusions of Star Wars Bits. This edition of news from a galaxy far, far away includes: Spy set photos revealing X-Wings in Star Wars: Rogue One Some cool fanmade artwork with Obi-Wan Kenobi and more New excerpts from books part of The Journey to The Force Awakens Rumors about the lead role in Star Wars: Episode VIII New paperback covers for Journey to The Force Awakens books Which Star Wars character makes for a popular baby name?...
The Beaver, Paul, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop And More Added To The 2011 SXSW Film Festival By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 13, 2011 12:02 pm EST SXSW announced today that a handful of additional titles were being added to the line-up for the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, including Jodie Foster’s Mel Gibson dramedy The Beaver, Greg Mottola’s sci-fi comedy Paul starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Seth Rogen, and Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, a documentary that follows behind-the-scenes of O’Brien’s summer tour, among others....
The Best Movies About Fatherhood You Probably Haven’t Seen By Jordan Hoffman/June 14, 2012 2:00 pm EST This weekend brings us two opportunities to experience either joy or frustration, depending on what kind of life you lead. That’s My Boy comes out in theaters coinciding with Father’s Day. You can either laugh yourself silly and get the ol’ man a tie, or you can sublimate regret and remorse for another twelve months – it’s up to you....
The Weinstein Company Digital Label Picks Up ‘Only God Forgives,’ From ‘Drive’ Duo Nicolas Winding Refn & Ryan Gosling By Russ Fischer/March 1, 2012 4:30 pm EST The Drive duo of writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn (Pusher, Bronson) and actor Ryan Gosling have joined forces once more to shoot Only God Forgives, a western set in Thailand. The film is in production now, and the bad news is that a distribution deal we assumed was going to come through, with Drive distributor FilmDistrict, has failed....
Theme Park Bits: A New ‘Finding Nemo’ Ride, ‘Stitch’s Great Escape’ Goes Seasonal, And Universal Studios Adds More ‘Simpsons’ Characters By Jacob Hall/Oct. 8, 2016 10:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: The much-maligned Stitch’s Great Escape attraction goes seasonal. Walt Disney World’s Hall of Presidents will shut down in January to prepare for the next audio-animatorinc commander-in-chief. A new proposal sheds more light on the original version of Epcot....
This Week In Trailers: Honeymoon, The Hornet’s Nest, Orion, The Borderlands, Let’s Be Cops, Rolling With Kosha Dillz By Christopher Stipp/March 29, 2014 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. 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: Man Made, Behind The Curve, Far From The Tree, Busted! By Christopher Stipp/April 28, 2018 8:00 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?...
Toronto International Film Festival Docs And Midnight Picks Include Films From Ken Burns, Rob Zombie, And Martin McDonagh By Russ Fischer/July 31, 2012 3:30 pm EST Last week saw the announcement of some of the big films that will be playing the Toronto International Film Festival in September. We’ll have a rundown of images from some of these soon, but in the meantime the lineups for the Documentary program and that always entertianing Midnight Madness have been revealed....
Trailer Round-Up: ‘Elizabeth Harvest,’ ‘Notes On An Appearance,’ ‘I Am Vengeance,’ ‘Hostile,’ And ‘The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 27, 2018 6:00 am EST In today’s trailer round-up, we dive into a suspenseful riff on the Bluebeard fable, Elizabeth Harvest, a surreal anime rom-com The Night is Short, Walk on Girl, a documentary about tennis hothead John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection, the war thriller I Am Vengeance, the apocalyptic survival movie Hostile, the experimental narrative film Notes on an Appearance, and the highly anticipated Dragon Ball Super: Broly anime....
Why Don’t We Just Wait Here For A Little While, See What Happens: Ranking The Films Of John Carpenter By Jacob Hall/June 3, 2016 8:00 am EST For the past month, I’ve been revisiting the filmography of John Carpenter, a filmmaker of extraordinary range and skill who spent a few decades churning out one masterpiece after another. And then, as luck would have it, Carpenter (who has all but retired) started entering the news again....
‘Captain America: Civil War’ Set Visit: Witnessing The Beginning Of A Clash Of Superheroes By Ethan Anderton/March 7, 2016 7:05 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. On June 10th, 2015, in the sweltering heat of Atlanta, Georgia, I found myself on the set of Captain America: Civil War, the third installment in the patriotic superhero’s Marvel Studios franchise that began with Captain America: The First Avenger and continued with Captain America: The Winter Soldier....
‘Doomsday Book’ Review: Thankfully, It’s Not The End Of The World [Fantastic Fest 2012] By Russ Fischer/Sept. 24, 2012 2:45 pm EST It’s the rare genre anthology film that satisfies entirely; at best, we can usually hope for a couple great stories amid the near-misses in any given collection of short stories. Many, however, don’t even achieve that, and the South Korean effort Doomsday Book falls in with that large crowd of mostly unsatisfying story collections....
