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Video: How To Edit The Marvel Cinematic Universe In Chronological Order By Germain Lussier/Dec. 29, 2014 12:40 pm EST One of the many reasons people continue to show up in droves to Marvel movies is they want to see what happens next. With each subsequent film, short or TV show, one cohesive story continues to unfold. It’s serial moviemaking. That means, hypothetically, if you wanted to watch the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe as one movie, you could....

Wesley Snipes or Gene Hackman could have been Al Powell Al Powell (VelJohnson) was John McClane’s man on the outside of Nakatomi Plaza. A desk cop sent to check out the emergency calls McClane sent from Nakatomi, Powell becomes the only man on the LAPD who believes McClane. Through the course of the night, over a walkie talkie, McClane and Powell bond, with Powell even revealing the tragic accident that sent him back to the desk....

What Defines A24’s Slate Of Horror Movies? By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 27, 2018 10:30 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: A24’s unique brand of existential horror.) For years, I was one of the many people who avoided horror. To me, the genre meant grotesque schlock made to play out cheap scares or misogynistic fantasies…plus I’m a grade-A wimp who gets scared of her own shadow....

‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2: Everything We Know, Including Potential Plot Points By Ben Pearson/April 11, 2017 2:00 pm EST When HBO’s limited series Big Little Lies came to an end a little more than a week ago, I was satisfied with the conclusion. But only seven days later, I was conflicted; I appreciated the succinctness of the series’ seven episode run and thought it told a compelling and complete story, but at the same time, I couldn’t help but wish there were more episodes to dive into....

‘Breathe’ Review: Andrew Garfield Astounds In Andy Serkis’ Directorial Debut [TIFF] By Marshall Shaffer/Sept. 14, 2017 3:00 pm EST As an innovator in the field of motion capture technology, Andy Serkis might possess a greater understanding of the nuances and capabilities of the human face than anyone working in cinema. The knowledge shows early on in Breathe, Serkis’ directorial debut, as Andrew Garfield’s protagonist Robin Cavendish begins to succumb to paralysis from polio....

‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’ Character Posters Are Full Of Little Details By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 12, 2016 8:05 am EST Were just over a month away from the expansion of the wizarding world on the big screen with the arrival of the Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The most recent trailer is what finally got me excited about what this franchise starter has to offer, and now a new batch of character posters offer some interesting details that provide some insight into the new characters we’ll be meeting, including Eddie Redmayne as New Scamander....

‘Five Fingers For Marseilles’ Is A Soulful South African Western That Inverts The Genre In Triumphant Fashion By Siddhant Adlakha/Sept. 4, 2018 11:00 am EST There’s an irony to the term “Revisionist Western.” It makes sense within the confines of the genre itself, delving into moral greys and tales of adapting to survive, all while taking the form of cinema once steeped in moral binaries. In a historical context however, it’s essentially re-revisionism — or reclamation, if the term tickles your fancy — taking back a genre built on a mythical cowboy that only existed through a lens of whiteness (most historical cowboys weren’t Caucasian, but I digress)....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Producers Tease Their Best Season And The Biggest TV Battle Ever By Jacob Hall/March 22, 2016 11:00 am EST Think back to the first season of Game of Thrones, when a handful of combatants fighting on a mountain pass was a big action scene and Tyrion Lannister was knocked unconscious just so the show could avoid showing a giant battle it couldn’t afford to film. How things have changed for HBO’s flagship series, which has grow increasingly epic and ambitious with each passing season....

‘Gerald’s Game’ Screenwriter Jeff Howard On Adapting Stephen King And His Upcoming Projects [Interview] By Fred Topel/Sept. 28, 2017 10:00 am EST Howard will also be on the writing staff of Flanagan’s Netflix series adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House. They worked on a proposed reboot of I Know What You Did Last Summer and are next adapting a Joe Hill novella, Snapshot 1988. Howard spoke with /Film by phone this week....

‘Hellboy 3’ Is Officially, Totally, Completely Dead [Updated] By Jacob Hall/Feb. 21, 2017 3:30 pm EST UPDATE: Hellboy creator Mike Mignola has spoken about what went down and why there won’t be a third Hellboy movie. We have added his statement to the article below. Everyone fought the good fight, but the war is over: according to director Guillermo del Toro, Hellboy 3 is officially dead and not going to happen....

‘Silicon Valley’ Review: The Most Awkward Moment In ‘The Keenan Vortex’ By Alex Riviello/June 12, 2017 11:00 am EST (Each week, we’re going to kick off discussion about Silicon Valley season 4 by answering one simple question: what was the most awkward moment of the week?)In any other episode, Richard Hendricks dabbing after delivering a terrible pun at the end of a business pitch would easily be the most cringe-worthy moment....

‘The Incredibles 2’ Teaser Trailer: It’s Finally Time For Something Amazing Again By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 18, 2017 8:30 am EST It’s been 13 years since we last saw The Incredibles. Better known as the Parr family, this tight-knit group of superheroes is finally getting the sequel Pixar fans have been clamoring for ever since the first film ended on an episodic-style cliffhanger. The Incredibles 2 is coming in 2018, and while story details are still under tight wraps by Pixar Animation, we finally get our first official look at the animated sequel thanks to the first teaser trailer that has just been unveiled....

‘Unbroken’ Early Buzz: First Reactions Roll In For Angelina Jolie’s WWII Biopic By Angie Han/Dec. 1, 2014 9:30 am EST Fairly or not, each year a handful of pictures are pegged as probable Academy Awards contenders sight-unseen. Angelina Jolie’s Louis Zamperini biopic Unbroken was one of those for months, but now the picture has come into clearer focus as the first reviews have hit the web. The general consensus so far is that Unbroken is good but not great....

10 Women Who Should Play Captain Marvel By Angie Han/Oct. 30, 2014 9:00 am EST When we offered you our Captain Marvel primer, we left out one important and obvious question: Who should play Captain Marvel? It’s something we’ll be asking ourselves until Marvel officially confirms a lead. Considering Captain Marvel doesn’t arrive until 2018, that may not be for some time yet. In the meantime, here’s who we’d choose if we had our say....

25 Movies To Watch During Thanksgiving Weekend 2014 By Angie Han/Nov. 27, 2014 1:00 pm EST One of the many reasons we’re thankful for Thanksgiving is that it cuts the work week short, giving us twice as much weekend time to spend at the movies. And there’s no shortage of titles right now to spend that time on. The only question is where to start. To help you answer that, we’ve put together a helpful guide that (we hope) covers every base....

Andy Muschietti Plans To Make The ‘It’ Sequel Before ‘Robotech’ By Jacob Hall/Sept. 1, 2017 12:30 pm EST Warner Bros. and New Line must be feeling pretty good about director Andy Muschietti’s big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s It. Box office tracking predicts a blockbuster. The early buzz has been very positive. The trailers are just plain creepy. Since the movie only adapts one half of King’s massive novel, there’s plenty of room for a sequel....

Danny Boyle Hoping To Make ‘Trainspotting 2’ Next By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 7, 2015 11:00 am EST Director Danny Boyle’s latest film, the biopic Steve Jobs starring Michael Fassbender, is getting plenty of early praise after its debut at the Telluride Film Festival this past weekend. And with the film mostly in the can (Telluride hosted a “work-in-progress” screening) and moving towards some potential awards season love, Boyle is already thinking about his next film, and it’s one fans have been wanting for awhile....

Fantastic Fest 2016 Adds ‘Arrival’ And New Films From Paul Verhoeven And Park Chan-Wook [Updated] By Jacob Hall/Aug. 25, 2016 10:00 am EST UPDATE: Fantastic Fest has unveiled the second wave of films in this year’s line-up, including Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival, Paul Verhoeven’s Elle, Park Chan-Wook’s The Handmaiden, and Sadako vs Kayako (which finds the monsters from The Ring and The Grudge battling it out). We have added the complete list of second wave films to the bottom of this post....

Fantastic Fest Day 1: ‘Halloween’ Slays, ‘Luz’ Confounds, And ‘The Perfection’ Rises To Glorious Lows By Jacob Hall/Sept. 21, 2018 3:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Fantastic Fest Diaries, where we will be chronicling every single movie we see at the United States’ largest genre film festival.) It’s raining at Fantastic Fest this year. The forecast says it’ll drizzle all week. And when the skies aren’t opening up, the air is thick with humidity....

Force Awakens Bits: Marvel Comic Adaptation, Behind-The-Scenes With John Williams, And Cool Art By Jacob Hall/Feb. 26, 2016 9:30 am EST I squeezed in another viewing of Star Wars: The Force Awakens last night and guess what? It’s still good! Anyway, in today’s edition of The Force Awakens Bits: Marvel will publish a comic book adaptation of The Force Awakens. Potential The Force Awakens Blu-ray details emerge. BBC goes behind the scenes of ILM’s London branch....