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Alamo Drafthouse Opening Theaters In Los Angeles And Manhattan In 2019 By Ben Pearson/Sept. 6, 2018 1:00 pm EST The Alamo Drafthouse is coming to Los Angeles in 2019. We’ve previously written about how the Drafthouse was supposed to arrive in the City of Angels in 2015 and in 2018, but construction is now officially underway on its location in Downtown L.A., so it appears that this targeted release date might finally stick....

Another ‘Force Awakens’ Character Confirmed To Return For ‘Star Wars Episode VIII’ By Angie Han/Dec. 4, 2015 1:00 pm EST Much about Star Wars: The Force Awakens remains shrouded in mystery, with just two weeks to go until the film’s release, but even less has been revealed about Star Wars Episode VIII. We know it’s already slotted for summer 2017, and that Rian Johnson will direct it. And as of today, we also know it’ll feature the return of a certain new character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens....

Box Office: Bee Movie With $11.67M Saturday; Fred Claus $18.6M Opening Weekend By Steve Mason/Nov. 11, 2007 12:17 pm EST Bee Movie’s domestic cume will be $72.79M at the end of the weekend, which gives it the 7th-best gross for a Dreamworks animated film after 10 days of release. Jeff and Jerry’s “honey pot” will have likely posted the all-time 21st-best 10-day gross in the history of animation. ALL-TIME TOP 25 DOMESTIC GROSSES FOR ANIMATED FILMS AFTER 10 DAYS OF RELEASE...

Cool Stuff: JLA Trophy Room Replicas By Peter Sciretta/May 8, 2008 3:16 am EST The items featured in today’s Cool Stuff column are more geeky and overpriced than “cool”, but its not like any of the items in Cool Stuff will ever get you laid (outside of SDCC) in the first place. DC Direct has launched a series of Justice League of America Trophy Room Replicas. The JLA Trophy Room is the heart of the Justice League of America headquarters....

DC Entertainment Alters Its Cinematic Universe Plans By Ben Pearson/Sept. 29, 2017 10:56 am EST If you’ve been paying attention to blockbuster movies over the past few years, chances are you’ve asked yourself this question: what the heck is going on with DC Entertainment? It turns out the answer is “quite a lot,” and thanks to a new profile, we’ve learned that DC and Warner Bros. are now rethinking the idea behind their interconnected DC cinematic universe....

Emma Stone Cast As Gwen Stacy In ‘Spider-Man’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 5, 2010 2:22 pm EST Sony/Columbia Pictures has finally confirmed news that has been rumored for a couple weeks now, and reported as an offer over the weekend — Superbad, The House Bunny, and Zombieland star Emma Stone has been cast as the female lead in Spider-Man. But we do have a bit of a shocker — she is not playing the rumored Mary Jane Watson, but instead will play Gwen Stacy!...

Everything Wrong With ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Video; Plus James Gunn Addresses Walkman Issues And Avengers Quotes By Germain Lussier/Dec. 24, 2014 11:00 am EST A filmmaker would be the first to admit that sometimes, there are leaps of logic in their movies. The main response is, “It’s a movie.” The whole point is to show you things that are impossible and exciting, logic be dammed. But that’s not the place CinemaSins lives in....

How The ‘Stranger Things 2’ Ending Sets Up Season 3, According To The Duffer Brothers By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 30, 2017 9:00 am EST Stranger Things 2, the second season of Netflix’s popular original series Stranger Things, dropped on Friday, which means by now everyone has probably burned through the season. Which also means that fans are now clamoring for season 3. We’ll have to wait a while until we get to the third season of Stranger Things, but in the meantime, series creators the Duffer Brothers have just dropped some hints about how the Stranger Things 2 ending sets up season 3....

Joker And Harley Quinn Movie Writers Say Spinoff Is Like ‘Bad Santa’ Meets ‘This Is Us’ By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 24, 2018 10:30 am EST The Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix has everyone talking, but don’t forget: there’s another Joker movie in the works. This film would be set within the current DC Extended Universe as we know it and feature Jared Leto’s Joker and Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn. While this Joker/Harley movie hasn’t begun production yet, we now have an idea of what the film is about, thanks to writers Glenn Ficarra and John Requa....

Kick-Ass To Premiere At 2010 SXSW Film Festival By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2010 4:00 am EST South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced this morning that it will host the official premiere of Matthew Vaughn’s big screen adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic Kick-Ass. Of course, a rough cut of the film secretly sneak previewed in December as part of Butt-num-a-thon. I was there and can tell you — believe the hype, this film is awesome....

New Blu-Ray Releases: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi,’ 2017’s Surprise Blockbuster, And A Horror Cult Classic By Chris Evangelista/March 27, 2018 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Not Dead Yet, a feature dedicated to new Blu-ray releases and what special features you should be excited about. Because yes, some of us still like to own physical copies of our movies.) Hello, physical media fans. This week sees a big Blu-ray release: Star Wars: The Last Jedi....

That ‘Mandy’ Scene With The Macaroni And Cheese Commercial May Be The Greatest Cinematic Moment Of 2018 By Jacob Hall/Sept. 18, 2018 7:00 am EST About an hour into director Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy, something horrible happens. Something so horrible that it breaks Red Miller’s mind. A few scenes later, he is retrieving his long-stashed crossbow from the trailer of a friend, smelting his own homemade battle axe, and driving into a hazy, drug-laced fantasia where the laws of reality have ceased to apply on a mission of vengeance....

The Return Of Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2009 8:42 pm EST There has been so much movie news lately that night after night, there is a bunch of stories that end up on “the cutting room floor”. From time to time on /Film, we’ve had a link blog column called Page 2 which rounds up a bunch of the stuff that didn’t deserve a full post or maybe we just didn’t have enough time to get to....

This Week In Trailers: Rising From Ashes, Birth Of The Living Dead, Wadja, Play, Viramundo By Christopher Stipp/July 27, 2013 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?...

/Answers: Our Favorite Young Adult And Children’s Book Adaptations By /Film Staff/Jan. 25, 2018 12:00 pm EST Every week in /Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this week’s edition, we celebrate the release of Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials by asking “What is your favorite young adult or children’s book adaptation?” Ethan Anderton: Hugo It doesn’t get much better than Martin Scorsese writing a love letter to cinema by adapting Brian Selznick’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret....

‘Fargo’ Season 3 Early Buzz: More Laughs And Deadly Misfortunes By Jack Giroux/April 10, 2017 1:30 pm EST Like the Coen Brothers, Noah Hawley tests his characters in all sorts of challenging, horrific, and comedic ways. Sometimes he’ll let them off the hook, but more often than not, nothing comes easy. Especially if you’re a character in Fargo. There’s always going to be some heartbreak and suffering. According to the early reviews for Fargo season 3, Hawley has created another memorable, hilarious ensemble knee-deep in hot water....

‘Mohawk’ Review: A Low Budget History Lesson Of Violence [Fantasia Film Festival] By Scott Beggs/July 25, 2017 2:00 pm EST Fresh from his ghostly triumph We Are Still Here, writer/director Ted Geoghegan finds himself combing the woods for a different kind of horror with Mohawk. One part revenge thriller, one part historical drama, one part home invasion where the United States is the home being invaded, this ambitious indie project delivers a spark of real-world tragedy yet falls prey to its low budget limitations....

/Response: Your Favorite Movie Vehicles By Jacob Hall/June 16, 2017 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to /Response, the companion piece to our /Answers series and a space where /Film readers can chime in and offer their two cents on a particular question.) Earlier this week, the /Film team wrote about our favorite movie vehicles. We then opened the floor to our readers: what is your favorite cinematic mode of transportation? And you let us know!...

‘Sorry To Bother You’ Red Band Trailer: Destiny Is Calling By Chris Evangelista/May 17, 2018 7:30 am EST If you weren’t already hyped for Sorry To Bother You, this red band trailer should do the trick. Boots Riley’s Sundance hit looks like one of the year’s best films. Watch the Sorry To Bother You red band trailer below. Sorry To Bother You Red Band Trailer Well, this looks great. I’m so excited for Sorry To Bother You that I should probably take a step back and take a chill pill or two....

‘The Nun’ Early Buzz: A Weak Entry In The ‘Conjuring’ Universe Offers Jump Scares And Little Else By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 6, 2018 9:00 am EST This weekend brings The Nun to theaters, adding another origin story to one of the horrors from the Conjuring universe. However, fans looking for any proper explanation as to where this demonic woman of the clergy comes from may walk away disappointed. Instead, you’ll be treated to 90 minutes of jump scares and a lot of smoke and mirrors....