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SIFF 2016 Mini-Reviews: ‘Tower,’ ‘The Intervention,’ And ‘Transpecos’ By David Chen/June 6, 2016 4:00 am EST After a few intense weeks, the 2016 Seattle International Film Festival is finally winding down. While the breadth of the festival always impresses me, this year I’ve been even more taken with how much the local filmmaking community comes together to support the festival. After the jump, read a few more mini-reviews of some films I was able to catch this year, including an extraordinary new documentary that won the Grand Jury prize at SXSW....

Spoilers Are Good For You, Says Study By Germain Lussier/Aug. 10, 2011 4:00 pm EST In the world of film blogging, spoilers are an everyday battle. When you’re reading, or writing, about movies that won’t be released for months, sometimes years, there’s a thin line between feeding your frenzy but also preserving the final experience. The general consensus is that spoilers are bad and most of us do everything we can to avoid them....

Superhero Bits: Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Knight Rises, Man Of Steel, The Avengers, Wolverine By Germain Lussier/July 14, 2011 11:00 am EST Where can you see Captain America: The First Avenger a day early and exactly how powerful is the character? Curious how you can be an extra in The Avengers? Want to see brand new images of Spider-Man in real life and animated form? When is that trailer coming out? Are you interested in seeing a new S....

SXSW Movie Review: Run, Fat Boy, Run By Mel Valentin/March 10, 2008 11:07 am EST In just three films, actor/comedian/screenwriter Simon Pegg has gone from playing a lovable, if clueless, slacker fighting off a zombie apocalypse and saving his girlfriend, his best friend, and a pint of beer (not necessarily in that order) in Shaun of the Dead to an anti-slacker/overachiever/cop exiled to a small sleepy town experiencing a rash of mysterious deaths in Hot Fuzz and now, in Run, Fat Boy, Run, another slacker, maybe not quite as lovable this time, trying to win back the woman he left at their wedding ceremony five years ago....

The Best Asian Action Movies From The Past Decade You’ve Probably Never Seen By Rob Hunter/Aug. 23, 2017 9:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. (Welcome to The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. In this edition we take a look at some underseen Asian action films from the past ten years....

The Best Films And Shows Leaving Netflix In December 2015 By Jacob Hall/Nov. 25, 2015 11:00 am EST It’s time for our monthly tragedy. It’s time to take a deep breath and see what movies and television shows are departing Netflix in December, so we can throw together a must-watch-now list and try to see everything before it goes. The films leaving Netflix this month include a few bonafide cinematic classics, a vital superhero movie, two Jim Henson favorites, and two of the best horror movies ever made....

Theme Park Bits: #HappyBirthdayMickey, Disney Ride Music Picture Discs, Three Kings Day Spreads To SeaWorld By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 5, 2017 11:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Disney has launched a new line of collectible picture disc vinyl releases with ride music. Mickey Mouse is 88 years young, going on 89. Get details on his birthday celebration this year. See the full LA Comic-Con panel with the man behind all your favorite Disneyland ride vehicles....

TIFF 2015 Lineup Includes ‘The Martian’, ‘Black Mass’, ‘Sicario’, And More By Angie Han/July 28, 2015 9:30 am EST With the summer movie season starting to wind down, it’s time to look ahead to the more serious-minded films of fall. The Toronto International Film Festival has just announced its 2015 slate, featuring such buzzy highlights as Ridley Scott’s The Martian, Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, Scott Cooper’s Black Mass, Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation, and much, much more....

Watch An Exclusive ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’ Deleted Scene By Chris Evangelista/June 18, 2018 3:00 pm EST Pacific Rim Uprising smashes onto Blu-ray this week, and we have an exclusive deleted scene from the monster-sized sequel. Watch the Pacific Rim Uprising deleted scene, and learn more details about the Blu-ray release, below. Pacific Rim Uprising Deleted Scene Pacific Rim Uprising is set 10 years after Guillermo del Toro’s original film, and finds humanity banding together once again to take on monstrous Kaiju with the aid of big, ass-kicking robots....

What You Need To Know About The Characters Of ‘Mortal Engines’ [Set Visit] By Jacob Hall/June 5, 2018 10:00 am EST A scarred woman out for revenge. A young historian who learns the awful truth about his home. A swashbuckling archeologist with a checkered past. A badass air-pirate with a sweet airship. A mummified cyborg assassin on a violent mission. The world of Mortal Engines is packed with colorful characters, perfect for a distant future where cities are mobile and devour each other for resources....

Why Do We Choose The Movies We See? By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2016 7:00 am EST Chatting with /Film Managing Editor Angie Han, I recently came to the conclusion that she chooses the movies she wants to see based on a much different criteria than me. What follows is a chat transcript between us, exploring why we choose the movies we do. We would love to hear your thoughts and what goes into your movie decisions....

‘Indiana Jones 5’ Set For Summer 2019; Harrison Ford And Steven Spielberg Returning By Angie Han/March 15, 2016 10:38 am EST Harrison Ford will crack that whip again. Disney officially announced today that Indiana Jones 5 is coming in summer 2019, with Ford back as the world’s coolest archaeologist and Steven Spielberg, who helmed all four previous installments of the franchise, returning to direct.Indiana Jones 5 has officially been set for July 19, 2019....

‘Kong: Skull Island’ TV Spots: Samuel L. Jackson Is All The Cavalry You Need By Jack Giroux/Jan. 24, 2017 4:00 pm EST In less than two months, a new King Kong movie with Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, Brie Larson, Shea Whigham, Tom Hiddleston, and Jason Mitchell comes out. Let’s hope the movie is as good as that sounds, and that it’s as good as it looks because Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ follow-up to The Kings of Summer looks like one big, intense popcorn movie....

‘Lincoln’ And ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Lead 2012 Screen Actors Guild Nominations By Germain Lussier/Dec. 12, 2012 8:30 am EST This year, the Screen Actors Guild has nominated actors from Argo, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Les Misérables, Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook for its top award, Best Ensemble, with those last two leading all other films with four nominations each. Noticeably absent? Zero Dark Thirty, the current Oscar front-runner. Does this hurt its chances?...

‘Star Trek 4’ Director Is S.J. Clarkson – The First Woman To Helm A ‘Trek’ Movie By Chris Evangelista/April 26, 2018 2:21 pm EST Star Trek 4 has found a director: S.J. Clarkson, who will be the first woman to helm a Trek film. Paramount is developing two different Star Trek films: the Quentin Tarantino R-Rated Trek, and Star Trek 4, which will serve as a sequel to the rebooted Star Trek film franchise....

‘Star Wars’ Board Games Every Fan Should Play, Episode I [Cardboard Cinema] By Jacob Hall/Oct. 22, 2015 11:00 am EST We are living in the golden age of board games. Really! Whether you realize it or not, the days of Monopoly and Risk are far behind us. Sure, those games still exist, primarily lining the edge of the toy section at your local big box retailer, but there is no reason for you to ever play them again....

‘The Flash’ Pilot Review: The CW Scores With A Breezy ‘Arrow’ Spin-Off [Comic Con 2014] By Russ Fischer/July 24, 2014 12:45 pm EST The CW’s pilot for The Flash roars to life in a way that announces a show that has found its feet even before airing. Perhaps that’s because this is a spin-off from the increasingly popular Arrow, and The Flash inherits some of Arrow’s sensibility and DNA, despite being clearly intended as a brighter and more easy-going companion to that show....

‘The Lion King’ And ‘The Breakfast Club’ Among 2016 Additions To The National Film Registry By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 14, 2016 12:00 pm EST Every year since 1989, the National Film Registry has added films to its roll that “represent important cultural, artistic and historic achievements in filmmaking” and will be preserved in the Library of Congress. They’ve announced their picks from this year, including staples from John Hughes, Wes Anderson, Alfred Hitchcock, Rob Reiner, Robert Zemeckis and much more....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Trailer Breakdown: Analyzing The Cosmic, Comic Sequel Frame-By-Frame By Ethan Anderton/July 25, 2017 8:00 am EST Now that the dust has settled on all the big San Diego Comic-Con news that broke throughout last week and weekend, we wanted to take a deep dive into one of the big trailers that hit the web shortly after debuting during the Marvel Studios panel in Hall H. Thor: Ragnarok was one of the prominently featured films during the panel, and it’s the only Marvel Studios movie teased that released footage shown at Comic-Con immediately after it....

2008 Oscar Foreign-Language Shortlist Leaves Off Gomorra And Let The Right One In, Sparks Outrage By David Chen/Jan. 14, 2009 9:03 am EST Yesterday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released their shortlist of nine foreign-language films, which will be whittled down to five Oscar nominees on January 22: Revanche – Gotz Spielmann, AustriaThe Necessities of Life – Benoit Pilon, CanadaThe Class – Laurent Cantet, FranceThe Baader Meinhof Complex – Uli Edel, GermanyWaltz with Bashir – Ari Folman, IsraelDepartures – Yojiro Takita, JapanTear This Heart Out – Roberto Sneider, MexicoEverlasting Moments – Jan Troell, Sweden3 Monkeys – Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey...