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New ‘Nymphomaniac’ Image, Film Opens Christmas Day In Denmark By Russ Fischer/May 16, 2013 5:15 pm EST Lars von Trier may have been banned (or “banned”) from Cannes two years ago for statements made while promoting Melancholia, but that hasn’t stopped him from having a presence at the fest this year. His new film(s), the two-part Nymphomaniac, weren’t finished in time for the fest, but the release of a new image (above) and a press release are keeping Trier in the global cinema conversation as Cannes kicks off this year....

Rotten Tomatoes Is The Destruction Of Hollywood, Says Director Of Bad Movies Brett Ratner By Peter Sciretta/March 23, 2017 11:00 am EST Director/producer Brett Ratner believes that the film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes is the worst thing we have in today’s movie culture. Is Rotten Tomatoes to blame for the destruction of Hollywood’s movie business as Ratner suggests? Of course not. Ratner made the statements while speaking at the Sun Valley Film Festival last weekend, and EW relayed the following quote from that talk:...

Star Wars Bits: Dave Filoni Answers More ‘Star Wars Rebels Questions, ‘Star Wars’ Video Game Updates, And The Return Of A ‘Clone Wars’ Character By Jacob Hall/Sept. 15, 2016 9:00 am EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Turner has acquired the broadcasting rights to all current (and a few future) Star Wars movies. Showrunner Dave Filoni goes in-depth on the Star Wars Rebels season 2 finale. Katee Sackhoff’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars character is returning....

Star Wars Bits: Phil Tippett Provides Old-School Revival For ‘The Force Awakens,’ Plus New Art, ‘Rogue One’ Rumor, And A Charity Auction By Russ Fischer/July 21, 2015 5:00 pm EST In a video interview from Comic Con, Mythbuster Adam Savage teased having had the opportunity to watch part of The Force Awakens filming that calls back to the original trilogy, and the details will probably excite fans. In addition to that video, this edition of Star Wars Bits features the following:...

Stephen King And Nikolaj Arcel Talk ‘The Dark Tower’ As Production Looms By Jacob Hall/March 1, 2016 7:30 am EST It’s happening. After years of false starts and rumors and tales from development hell and being juggled between movie studios like a hot shell casing, the adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower is finally and officially about to go before cameras. For real. Here’s how official it is: King and director Nikolaj Arcel actually did the thing where they sit down with Entertainment Weekly and discuss the project at length....

Superhero Bits: ‘Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay’ Trailer, Captain America Going Nomad & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 18, 2018 5:00 pm EST Will Captain America be going into full Nomad mode in Avengers: Infinity War? What other Marvel Cinematic Universe cast member did Chris Hemsworth confirm for Avengers: Infinity War? Are Marvel’s current animated shows soon to be canceled? How did Black Lightning perform in the ratings for the series premiere?...

Superhero Bits: ‘Venom’ Trailer Coming Soon, New ‘Black Panther’ Soundtrack Single & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 2, 2018 5:00 pm EST Could Ra’s Al Ghul be coming to the live-action Titans series? Want to hear a new single off Kendrick Lamar’s Black Panther soundtrack? When can we expect to see the first trailer for Venom? What’s the latest opening weekend box office prediction for Black Panther? Want to see a new Batman: Gotham by Gaslight clip with Selina Kyle?...

The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen Featuring Unexpected Swordplay By Rob Hunter/March 21, 2018 8:00 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 unsheathe a handful of good to great movies that feature unexpected scenes of swordplay.) This week’s biggest new release in theaters is Pacific Rim Uprising, the sequel to 2013’s Pacific Rim....

The Water Cooler: A Great Vigilante Comic, Ian Fleming’s 007, And Your New K-Pop Obsession By /Film Staff/June 29, 2017 10:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Welcome to The Water Cooler, a weekly 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: a terrific new comic series from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, a ’90s TV classic revisited, a journey into the literary James Bond, and your new Korean pop star obsession....

Theme Park Bits: Blueprints For Possible Interactive ‘Star Wars’ Dogfight Roller Coaster, $1 Billion ‘Star Trek’ Theme Park Coming, Two ‘Green Lantern’ Coasters Open By Germain Lussier/May 24, 2011 12:00 pm EST On the topic of movie themed theme park rides, most of the chatter as of late has been about Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. The new 3D ride opened over the weekend at Walt Disney World in Orlando and had its soft opening at Disneyland in Anaheim too, leading up to its June 3 opening there....

This Week In Trailers: I Am For Peace, Foodies, Faraway, Shooting For Socrates, Midlake: Live In Denton, TX By Christopher Stipp/May 30, 2015 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?...

‘Altered Carbon’ Director Miguel Sapochnik On His Influences, Imagining The Future, And ‘Blade Runner’ [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Feb. 16, 2018 2:00 pm EST Over the past few years, Miguel Sapochnik has been directing some of the most exciting episodes on television. Sapochnik’s Game of Thrones episodes, “Hardhome” and “Battle of the Bastards,” are unforgettable and earned him a well-deserved Emmy. Before returning for the final season of that HBO series, the director (who has also helmed episodes of House and True Detective) worked on one of Netflix’s newest and biggest shows, Altered Carbon, an adaptation from showrunner Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island)....

‘Dogman’ Review: A Morality Tale We Deserve [TIFF] By Marshall Shaffer/Sept. 16, 2018 10:00 am EST Italian director Matteo Garrone has risen to international stardom with lightning speed, especially since his 2008 film Gomorrah took the second-highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Yet, for all his acclaim, I have tended to find his work remote and slightly inaccessible. Garrone’s latest film, Dogman, is a film worthy of his stature and the first time his bite has been as strong as his bark....

/Film Interview: Channing Tatum On The Set Of ‘White House Down’ By Germain Lussier/April 11, 2013 10:00 am EST Channing Tatum doesn’t act like he’s famous. Even on the set of his upcoming movie, White House Down, the star of G.I. Joe, Magic Mike, Step Up and 21 Jump Street is humble, down to Earth and honest about his career. We spoke to the actor in Montreal last September. He said, after he next few movies, he wasn’t going to make another movie until he could direct himself, though a list of great directors could change his mind....

/Film Interview: Martin McDonagh, Writer And Director Of ‘Seven Psychopaths’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 10, 2012 1:15 pm EST Just when you think Seven Psychopaths is going to be a simple quirky comedy about crazy people, it hits you with the truth. The film is actually love letter to movies and a meta blend of Adaptation and Pulp Fiction. Those two films were the sophomore efforts of filmmakers we’ve since come to revere and Seven Psychopaths is the work of another man now on that path: writer/director Martin McDonagh....

‘Manifesto’ Review: Cate Blanchett Gives 13 Astonishing Performances In A Mixed Bag Of A Movie By Jamie Righetti/April 27, 2017 3:00 pm EST It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what Manifesto really is. A collaborative art project? A chance to marvel at the majesty of Cate Blanchett for 90 minutes? A history lesson on the many movements that have swept through art and politics over the decades? This is all true. But is it unmissable?...

‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Reshoot Details Revealed, Opening Crawl Still Up In The Air By Jacob Hall/June 24, 2016 8:30 am EST A few weeks ago, news that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was set to undergo five weeks of reshoots this summer arrived online and the internet reacted as it often does: with mass panic. This surely meant that the movie was in trouble! This surely meant that the movie was doomed!...

Jonathan Kasdan 52 Solo Factoids and Tid-bits for Anyone Who’s Interested LK conceived of the notion of a Dickensian-type childhood for Han, and the character of Qi’ra (originally Kura), before I, or anybody else, was involved. The name the White Worms is an homage to a throughly mediocre Bram Stoker novel, The Lair of the White Worm. In the original script they were not worms at all but described as “well-dressed, vampiric albino aliens a la David Bowie in The Hunger....

‘The Grey’ Review: Faith And Death In A Frozen Hell By Russ Fischer/Jan. 28, 2012 3:38 pm EST In another time, The Grey would have been considered a b-movie, but it would have been the best sort of b-movie: one made with a clever craftman’s skill, pulsing with an insistent tension and featuring familiar characters that grow beyond stock types as they reveal their true personalities. The temptation now is to simply refer to The Grey as an action movie....

‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ HFR 3D Review: Peter Jackson’s Latest Is Rousing Yet Repetitive By Germain Lussier/Dec. 3, 2012 8:59 pm EST When The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is good, it’s really good. Throughout Peter Jackson’s first film in the Hobbit trilogy, his camera sweeps through an epic battle, and Howard Shore’s score crescendos through the speakers as thirteen dwarves, one wizard and a hobbit fight for their lives. That’s what most audiences are paying to see, and the film provides that on a grand scale, again and again....