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Friday Box Office: Bee Movie The Surprise 3-Day Winner? By Steve Mason/Nov. 10, 2007 12:58 pm EST Bee Movie (Dreamworks), the latest flick from the animation house built by Jeffrey Katzenberg, appears to have pulled off a weekend surprise box office win. Ridley Scott’s American Gangster grabbed $7.4M on Friday compared to Bee’s $6.4M to start the weekend. When the kids hit the multiplexes, however, Jerry Seinfeld’s “honey of a movie” should be lifted to an estimated $25....

HBO’s ‘Westworld’ Is Either Arriving This Summer Or Getting Pushed To 2017, So Who Knows? By Jacob Hall/Feb. 24, 2016 1:00 pm EST Sometimes, you just have to take a step back and just wait for the debris to settle. That’s how I feel about HBO’s Westworld, which has been the subject of many weird stories and headlines over the past year. Depending on the given moment, Jonathan Nolan’s upcoming science fiction series is a masterwork or a disaster, the next feather in the network’s cap or a misfire....

HBO’s ‘Winter Is Here’ Exhibit Invites You Into ‘Game Of Thrones’ [Comic-Con 2017] By Jacob Hall/July 20, 2017 8:00 am EST It may be warm and sunny in San Diego, California, but winter is here. Or at least, a Westeros winter is here, a season that promises to be long and deadly and dark (and full of terrors, both literal and metaphorical). At least, that’s the angle of “Winter is Here,” a special Game of Thrones-themed “environment” that HBO has brought to Comic-Con 2017....

IMDb’s Worst Rated Movies Of 2014: From ‘Tammy’ To ‘Saving Christmas’ By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2014 8:00 am EST Last week, we took a look at the highest rated movies of 2014 on IMDb. Today we look at the worst (lowest) rated movies. Again, the movies are rated year round by IMDb users, and provide one of the largest sampling of mainstream public opinion on films. Find out which 40 films are on the IMDB worst movies of 2014 list, after the jump....

Page 2: Arrested Development, Escape From New York, Game Of Thrones, Guillermo Del Toro, Will Smith, Pacific Rim, Ghostbusters, Wreck It Ralph, Voltron By Peter Sciretta/May 29, 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. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Photos: Tom Cruise In Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie By Peter Sciretta/July 19, 2007 1:54 am EST United Artists has released the first images of Tom Cruise as Col. Claus von Stauffenberg in Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie. The film portrays the real life story of a German officers attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Check out the image above which shows a comparison between Col. Claus von Stauffenberg (left); and Tom Cruise (right). And to the right you can seed a photo of Tom Cruise as the heroic German combat veteran Col....

Sequel Bits: ‘The First Purge’, ‘Glass’, ‘Don’t Breathe 2’, ‘Avatar 2’, And More By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 3, 2018 11:00 am EST In this edition of sequel bits: The First Purge teaser capitalizes on how terrifying America is right now. M. Night Shyamalan has screened some Glass footage, and people are happy. Stephen Lang confirms Don’t Breathe 2 (again). Stephen Lang also offers an update on Avatar 2. Tom Cruise is kind of a jerk on the set of Mission: Impossible – Fallout....

Star Wars Bits: New ‘Episode 8’ Location, Great New ‘Star Wars’ Posters, Harrison Ford To Introduce Disney’s Star Wars Land By Jacob Hall/Jan. 28, 2016 12:00 pm EST You may have noticed that Rogue One news stories are becoming common enough that we’ve had to spin them off into their own separate series. Does that mean Star Wars Bits is any less crammed full of cool stuff? Nah. In today’s edition:...

Superhero Bits: Ben Mendelsohn Dodges Captain Marvel Questions, Justice League Credits Scenes & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 10, 2017 5:00 pm EST How does Ben Mendelsohn respond to questions about being cast in Captain Marvel? Could Taika Waititi stage some kind of Jurassic Park reunion in Thor 4? How many credits scenes does Justice League have? What can we expect from the first two episodes of the Arrowverse’s Crisis on Earth X crossover?...

The New Blu-Ray Releases You Should Check Out This Week By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 17, 2017 7:00 am EST (Welcome to Not Dead Yet, a feature dedicated to what’s new on Blu-ray and what special features you should be excited about. Because yes, some of us still like to own physical copies of our movies.) It’s time for another round-up of the best Blu-ray releases you can find this week. While some of you may have made the full switch to digital, I’ll be riding the Blu-ray train until this baby derails!...

The Water Cooler: The Martin Scorsese MasterClass, Pillars Of The Earth, And A Coen Brothers Simulator By /Film Staff/Feb. 7, 2018 1:00 pm EST Welcome to The Water Cooler, a feature where the /Film staff is free to go off-topic and talk about everything except the movies and TV shows they normally write about. In this edition: Chris Evangelista starts the Martin Scorsese MasterClass, Hoai-Tran Bui reads The Pillars of the Earth, Jacob Hall plays Fiasco, and Ben Pearson reads A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms....

This Is A Really Good ‘Game Of Thrones’ Theory And You Should Read It By Jacob Hall/Aug. 3, 2017 2:30 pm EST I tend to be skeptical of Game of Thrones theories, not because they’re not fun, but because the world of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire seemingly goes out of its way to crush them. Fan theories, like prophecies, tend to fall victim to cold, hard reality in Westeros....

This Week In Trailers: The Trip To Spain, All This Panic, Oklahoma City, Attack Of The Lederhosen Zombies, Neal Brennan: 3 Mics By Christopher Stipp/Jan. 14, 2017 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?...

TV Bits: ‘Parks & Recreation’, ‘Justified’, ‘Bates Motel’, ‘Once Upon A Time’, Donald Glover, Bret Easton Ellis, Michael Bay By Angie Han/Sept. 13, 2012 3:30 pm EST Everyone’s got new shows brewing, from Community favorite Donald Glover to Fifty Shades fan Bret Easton Ellis. After the jump: Donald Glover could get his own show at NBC Bret Easton Ellis writes teen monsters for The CW A&E orders an occult drama from Michael Bay Jonathan Mostow will direct TNT’s The Last Ship Breaking Bad’s Mike is Ben’s dad on Parks & Rec Read descriptions for Justified’s new scoundrels A&E reveals the first teaser art for Bates Motel Once Upon a Time warns, “MAGIC IS COMING” Before you start freaking out about what this means for Community’s fate, keep in mind that the new show is “in second position” after Community....

Universal’s ‘Dark Universe’ Films Will Have Wildly Different Budgets; Warner Bros. Considering Legal Action Over The Name By Jacob Hall/May 31, 2017 2:30 pm EST Universal’s Dark Universe feels like gamble. What if audiences don’t embrace The Mummy? What if their burgeoning cinematic universe built around classic monsters like Frankenstein and the Invisible Man dies on the vine? We’ll see which direction the wind blows in the weeks ahead, but with a Bill Condon-directed Bride of Frankenstein waiting in the wings and more movies in the works, Universal seems to be counting on this thing working out....

‘iZombie’ Season Two Trailer: More Brains By Russ Fischer/Sept. 2, 2015 2:30 pm EST The lowest-profile DC comics series on The CW seems to be iZombie, but that doesn’t exactly mean the show is struggling. It just doesn’t get the attention of The Flash or Arrow. That said, iZombie had a healthy audience in its first season thanks in part to a combination of good casting and perfectly-pitched scripts. The series really inspired a solid core fanbase as it also garnered critical acclaim, with praise particularly directed at the show’s comic wit....

‘Man Of Steel’ Review: A Super Film That Delivers On All Levels By Germain Lussier/June 10, 2013 8:00 pm EST Man of Steel is simultaneously bigger and smaller than you are expecting. What’s bigger? The action. Super-sizing even The Avengers, Man of Steel has more action set pieces and devastating destruction than you’ve probably ever imagined. It’s jaw-dropping, heart-pumping stuff. What’s smaller? The story. Most of the film takes places in a very condensed, focused timeline, giving it an urgency and immediacy lacking in other superhero films....

‘Margin Call’ - A Movie About The Financial Disaster That’s A Cinematic Disaster [Sundance Review] By David Chen/Jan. 21, 2011 2:38 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It is safe to say that Margin Call was my most anticipated film of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Having scored a spot on the buzzed-about 2010 Black List, Margin Call has an all-star cast featuring Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci, and Zachary Quinto....

‘Suicide Squad’ Joker’s “Damaged” Tattoo Gets A Backstory; Plus: Do Joker And Harley Quinn Have Kids? By Jack Giroux/Aug. 11, 2016 7:30 am EST Over a year ago, when we got the first look at Jared Leto as The Joker, the reaction was…mixed, to say the least. A lot of people weren’t fond of his grill, the body tats, and the tat on his forehead. It’s a bold look, one that some fans still have a lot to say about since Suicide Squad’s very successful opening weekend at the box office....

‘Westworld’ Showrunners Reveal More Info About Shogun World, Say Most Of Season 2 Takes Place In Westworld By Ben Pearson/April 9, 2018 12:00 pm EST A few days ago, the website for Delos Incorporated – the fictional company that operates the title park in HBO’s hit sci-fi series Westworld – revealed some official details about Shogun World, the second theme park that we’ll be seeing when season 2 arrives later this month....