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The Best Island-Set Movies You’ve Never Seen By Rob Hunter/May 16, 2018 9:00 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 take a vacation and explore the best movies you’ve never seen that are set on islands.) It’s the summer movie season, which means it’s the season of big, CG-filled adventures, and one of the biggest (and most CG-filled) of this summer’s offerings is next month’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom....

The Toy Box: Ghostbusters, The Force Awakens, American Psycho, Jaws, Batman 1966, TMNT 2 & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 22, 2016 9:00 am EST The Toy Box is a recurring feature at /Film that rounds up some of the newest and coolest collectibles, decorations, gadgets and other memorabilia that you nerds might want for your shelves. Today we’ve got a set of some of the best Ghostbusters figures I’ve ever seen, a new Hot Toys version of Finn as FN-2187 from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a great collectible version of the Batmobile from the classic 1966 Batman television series and more....

This Week In Trailers: Among Us, Dark Girls, Carré Blanc, The Hedgehog, Headhunters, Eye Of The Storm By Christopher Stipp/Sept. 9, 2011 2:30 pm 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

TV Bits: ‘Ringer’, ‘Prime Suspect’, And ‘Suburgatory’ Get Full Season Orders, HBO Developing ‘Kids Are All Right’ Series, Disney Greenlights Musical Zombie Sitcom, Tricia Helfer Lands K-9 Pilot By Angie Han/Oct. 13, 2011 6:00 pm EST Today’s edition of TV Bits isn’t just a mixed bag, but a jam-packed one. Happily, it’s nothing but good news all around as networks order more episodes of some promising rookie shows and get to work developing other intriguing series for next season....

Watch The First 4 Minutes Of ‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Season 3 Premiere By Angie Han/Sept. 24, 2015 9:30 am EST We really don’t have that long to wait until the return of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – less than a week, in fact, which is nothing compared to the four months we’ve already been waiting. But if you just can’t resist taking a peek at what’s in store, Marvel and ABC have a treat for you today....

Why Is MoviePass Using Scare Tactics On Their Paying Customers? By Ben Pearson/Oct. 31, 2017 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: MoviePass’s latest terms of service updates are ridiculous.) What is going on with MoviePass? Since the service dropped its price to $9.95 per month earlier this summer, subscriptions have skyrocketed. But the company didn’t anticipate the level of demand they’d experience, and that’s resulted in an inundation of requests – far more than they were prepared to process....

Why TV Binge-Watching Is Bad, According To ‘The Leftovers’ Showrunner Damon Lindelof By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 24, 2017 10:30 am EST We may be in the age of Peak TV, but The Leftovers showrunner Damon Lindelof says that’s no reason to engage in bad TV-watching habits. In a tongue-in-cheek letter accompanying preview episodes of HBO’s apocalyptic drama series provided to critics, Lindelof shared his opinion about the rapidly-changing TV business model, and how streaming has negatively affected the viewing experience....

YouTube Red Orders ‘Jumper’ TV Series, Plus Shows From Dwayne Johnson And Dan Harmon By Jack Giroux/Oct. 17, 2016 4:00 pm EST YouTube’s subscription service, YouTube Red ($9.99 a month), has news shows on the way from Dwayne Johnson (Ballers), Dan Harmon (Rick & Morty), and Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow). Johnson is bringing the time travel show Lifeline to Youtube Red; Harmon is collaborating with Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson of Game Grumps on a new comedy series; and Liman is stepping back into the world of Jumper by adapting the third book in Steven Gould’s sci-fi series, Impulse....

‘Archer’ Season 9 Has Lovable A**holes And A Sarcastic Parrot [NYCC 2017] By Candice Frederick/Oct. 8, 2017 1:00 pm EST Two words: Peanut butter. If I remember anything about what went down at the Archer: Danger Island panel at New York Comic Con Saturday evening, it’s that Lucky Yates (Dr. Krieger) was taught how to poop at age 3, when he opened the refrigerator, spied a jar of peanut butter and…success!...

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 7 Will Bring Back A Long-Lost Character, But Where Will They Go Next? By Angie Han/Oct. 21, 2016 10:30 am EST With just two seasons left to go, it’s time for Game of Thrones to start tying up loose ends — including one pretty big one in the form of a certain character we haven’t seen in a while. Though HBO hasn’t yet confirmed this person is returning, the actor has been spotted on set as shooting gets underway in Spain....

/Response: Your Favorite Movie Gunfights By Jacob Hall/April 28, 2017 10:00 am 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 their favorite movie gunfights of all time. We then opened the floor to our readers: what is your favorite cinematic gun battle?...

‘The Perfection’ Review: A Maniacally Crafted Composition Strikes A Crucial Chord [Fantastic Fest] By Marisa Mirabal/Sept. 23, 2018 10:00 am EST Wrinkled and pale, the face of a woman stares into the camera as she lay lifeless on her pillow, her young daughter calmly watching from a chair in the corner. This is the introductory shot of director Richard Shepard’s The Perfection. An immediate glimpse into the twisted and traumatic story that tackles notions of PTSD, Shepard delivers a bold feature that keeps audiences vividly engaged throughout....

Cannes Blog: Arrival In Cannes, Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood By Peter Sciretta/May 12, 2010 10:00 pm EST Photographers try to snap photos of stars on the red carpet at the Palais In this Cannes Blog, I include some photos from my first day in Cannes, give some commentary about my experiences thus far, and provide a mini review of Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood. I arrived in Cannes on Tuesday, and was met at the train station by Eric from Ioncinema (a great site for independent/foreign film coverage)....

Emma Stone And Ryan Gosling Sparkle In Damien Chazelle’s ‘La La Land’ [TIFF Review] By Angie Han/Sept. 13, 2016 6:00 am EST “They don’t make ’em like this anymore” is a frequent lament when it comes to movies, but it couldn’t be truer in the case of La La Land, an unabashedly old-fashioned musical directed by Whiplash’s Damien Chazelle. Set in contemporary Los Angeles — with just enough modern-day flourishes to remind you that this is a movie made and set in the 2010s, not the 1950s — La La Land follows a struggling pianist and an aspiring actress who fall in love but find their separate dreams threatening to pull them apart....

In Conversation With Boots Riley: What We Learned At A ‘Sorry To Bother You’ Soundtrack Listening Party By /Film Staff/Aug. 10, 2018 11:00 am EST (This article was written by Rosie Knight and Jazmine Joyner.) Rosie: On a very hot summer afternoon in July, Jazmine invited me to join her at a listening party for the original soundtrack for Sorry To Bother You. We both adored the film and were incredibly excited to get a chance to hear the soundtrack....

Joss Whedon Says Edgar Wright’s ‘Ant-Man’ Was The Best Marvel Script Ever By Angie Han/April 21, 2015 11:00 am EST Nothing against Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man, but there are always going to be some fans wondering what Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man could have been. His abrupt last-minute departure after years of development signaled irreconcilable creative differences, with many speculating that Wright’s unique sensibility just didn’t fit into the Marvel mold. But Avengers director Joss Whedon suggests Wright’s Ant-Man (which he co-wrote with Joe Cornish) actually would have been perfect for the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Last Tour To Endor By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2010 1:08 pm EST As you know by now, Disneyworld is planning to relaunch the Star Wars ride Star Tours with a new 3D version. LucasFilm has announced a special event to celebrate the end of the original Star Tours ride: “an out of-this-world, first-of-its-kind decommissioning party before Star Tours launches its final flights.” “Taking place on August 14 from 8:00pm – 1:00am at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Fla....

By Germain Lussier/July 11, 2011 10:05 am EST In addition to giving out Oscars every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the world’s largest movie related organization, does its best to preserve the history of cinema. One of the many ways does they do this is by keep an extensive catalog of every movie poster produced by a major studio. They’ve now decided to go a little outside of the studio system though and begin archiving posters from an independent producer: Mondo, the collectable art boutique of the Alamo Drafthouse....

The Best Movies Streaming Right Now Barry Lyndon Now Streaming on FilmStruck Release Date: 1975Genre: Historical epicDirector: Stanley KubrickCast: Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Leonard Rossiter and Hardy Krüger There are ordinary movies, and then there’s Barry Lyndon. Every film nerd has their own personal favorite Stanley Kubrick picture. Mine is Barry Lyndon. A sprawling, painterly epic that’s less a work of entertainment and more a time machine, transporting the viewer wholly back to the 1700s....

Page 2: Underestimating ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Box Office, Will ‘Pixels’ Be The Summer’s Sleeper Hit? By Peter Sciretta/May 19, 2015 1:00 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 36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....