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Star Wars Celebration Will Live Stream All Weekend, Including ‘The Force Awakens’ Panel [UPDATED] By Germain Lussier/April 14, 2015 11:28 am EST Can’t make it to Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim this weekend? You have two options. You can keep your eyes locked on /Film for our extensive coverage, or you can just go to StarWars.com and live stream 30 hours of content including the Star Wars: The Force Awakens panel on Thursday morning....

The 13-Ish Best Edgar Wright Movie Characters By Rob Hunter/June 27, 2017 11:00 am EST Edgar Wright’s latest feature film hits theaters this week, and by all accounts Baby Driver is another winner blending action, laughs, and Wright’s own unique sensibilities. (Don’t take my assumption for it though, check out Jacob Hall’s review out of SXSW.) Wright has yet to deliver anything less than a very good time at the movies, and while a lot of factors go into an acclaimed film, one of his many strengths as a filmmaker is in the variety of fun and fun-loving characters he packs into his work....

The Crazy (And Stupid) Ways Weather Tries To Kill Humankind In The Movies By Rob Hunter/Oct. 20, 2017 8:00 am EST As you undoubtedly already know by now (because you have been counting down the days!), today is the day Gerard Butler’s Geostorm finally hits theaters. The blockbuster-to-be is about weather satellites – not ones to measure weather, but ones that control it – that are turned against us and used to create massive storms that wreak havoc on humanity until Butler decides it’s time to start fighting back....

The Future And The Past: How ‘Hail, Caesar!’ Fits In The Coen Canon By Jacob Hall/Feb. 8, 2016 8:00 am EST With Hail, Caesar!, Joel and Ethan Coen have crafted a movie that’s amusing but baffling, challenging but easygoing, and frivolous but about everything. It’s a film that wears its frustration on its sleeve like a badge of honor, inviting you to engage with it even as it tries to hard to keep you at a distance....

This Week In Trailers: Father’s Day, The Trip, Life 2.0, Monster Brawl, Point Blank, You’ve Been Trumped By Christopher Stipp/June 17, 2011 5:00 pm EST It’s this time of year when escapism reigns supreme. While I haven’t really found anything that satisfies my need for Crank level kind of amusement this one looks pretty close. Director/writer Fred Cavayé may not have scored any real awareness with his film The Next Three Days it was the nonetheless a breezy dramatic action vehicle that felt reminiscent of The Fugitive....

Universal Studios Reportedly Planning Fourth Florida Park, Could Include ‘Lord Of The Rings’ And More Harry Potter By Jacob Hall/April 2, 2018 1:30 pm EST For years, the narrative has remained consistent. Walt Disney World, with available real estate roughly the size of Manhattan, had all the Florida swampland in the world to expand and grow. And a few minutes away, Universal Studios was boxed in and had to make do with its very limited amount of space....

William Friedkin Reflects On ‘Exorcist’ Sequels, Says He Liked ‘It’ By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 27, 2017 4:00 pm EST With The Exorcist, William Friedkin directed one of the most iconic horror films of all time, the tale of a young girl possessed by a demon with a potty mouth. Despite Friedkin’s success with The Exorcist, the filmmaker had nothing to do with the multiple sequels that followed. While some of the sequels (Exorcist II: The Heretic) are downright dreadful, Exorcist III is surprisingly very good....

Writers Strike Narrowly Averted After ‘Tentative Deal’ Is Reached By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 2, 2017 8:30 am EST There won’t be a writers strike, thanks to a tentative new deal reached by Writers Guild negotiators and representatives from the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Hollywood (and film and TV viewers) can breathe a sigh of relief, as writers return to work as usual Tuesday, allowing productions to continue uninterrupted. But more importantly, the writers themselves have hopefully earned what they deserve....

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ First Look: See ‘Mr. Robot’ Star Rami Malek As Freddie Mercury By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 5, 2017 4:30 pm EST Rami Malek carries the burden of portraying the first silver screen depiction of Freddie Mercury, and it looks like the Mr. Robot actor may just pull it off. The first look at Bryan Singer’s Bohemian Rhapsody biopic was released on what would have been the Queen frontman’s 71st birthday, showing Malek donning Mercury’s signature white tank top and mustache....

‘Bojack Horseman’ Showrunner Talks Season 4 (And How Jessica Biel Asked Him To Be Meaner) [Interview] By Fred Topel/Sept. 5, 2017 1:30 pm EST “Where’s Bojack” is the mystery of Bojack Horseman’s fourth season, and also the feeling of fans who’ve been waiting since they binge-watched season 3 last summer. Last season featured the landmark episode “Fish Out of Water” in which Bojack (Will Arnett) attended an underwater film festival, featured Bojack finding out he had a long lost daughter, and introduced Mr....

‘Cars 3’ Ending: Brian Fee Reveals The Film’s Alternate Conclusions By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2017 8:30 am EST The ending of Cars 3 makes the movie, but as with all Pixar films, it was a work in progress for many years. Last week, I spoke with director Brian Fee about how the Cars 3 ending evolved over the development and production of the film. While talking with Fee about how they resurrected Paul Newman’s character Doc Hudson for the movie using unused audio clips from the recording of the first movie, he revealed that originally Doc had an even larger role in the story that would have required them to use a sound-alike:...

/Film Interview: Director Roland Emmerich On The Set Of ‘White House Down’ By Germain Lussier/April 12, 2013 10:00 am EST Everyone thought Roland Emmerich’s next movie was going to be Singularity. But there we were, last year, on the Montreal set of White House Down, where even Emmerich himself is surprised. What happened? It’s a simple story of Hollywood going a little old school. A studio buys what they feel is a great script, and executives bend over backwards to get a huge star and director on board so audiences can see the movie as soon as possible....

‘Gremlins 3’ May Pull A ‘Jurassic World’ And Follow The Same Story 30 Years Later By Jacob Hall/Nov. 27, 2015 10:00 am EST We’ve been hearing rumors of Gremlins reboot for quite some time now and while a significant portion of movie fandom would rather the Powers That Be leave this one alone, the massive success of Jurassic World seems to have galvanized everyone involved. “If one beloved franchise can get away with a sequel that is also a reboot set decades after the original film, why not Gremlins?...

‘I’m Not Ashamed’ Trailer: You Won’t Believe This Latest Faith-Based Movie Exists By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 5, 2016 4:00 pm EST Today I want to share with you a trailer for one of the latest faith-based movies, I’m Not Ashamed. Masey McLain stars as Rachel Joy Scott, a Colorado high school student whose “life and testimony changed the world for God.” I don’t want to spoil this trailer, and urge you to watch the whole thing for yourself....

‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ Review: Chris Pine Can’t Elevate This Generic Thriller By Angie Han/Jan. 17, 2014 7:00 am EST The best that can be said about Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is that it’s mostly competent. The worst that can be said about it is that it’s nothing more than that. This is a slick, shiny film without an ounce of personality or depth. Its protagonist may hold a doctorate degree from the London School of Economics, but the film around him is the cinematic equivalent of the preppy frat boy who does just enough homework to pull a C- average....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ May Set Up ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ In A Big Way; Marvel Wants To Get More Intimate After That By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 3, 2016 2:30 pm EST Every single year from here to the end of time will have Marvel movies for fans to look forward to. However, the stakes have been rising ever since Thanos was first teased in a credits scene from The Avengers, followed by the gradual introduction of various Infinity Stones and the golden gauntlet that can turn whoever is wielding them into an unstoppable force....

2016 Star Wars Spin-Off Movie Plot Revealed By Germain Lussier/Nov. 24, 2014 8:00 am EST This morning, our scoop about the theatrical placement of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer was confirmed. Now, we have another Star Wars scoop for you. Recently, we learned a juicy rumor about the plot to Gareth Edwards and Gary Whitta’s 2016 Star Wars spin off movie. The information came second hand from a single good source, so we began to dig....

7 Things We Learned About Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge From The Galactic Nights Panel By Ben Pearson/May 28, 2018 11:30 am EST Last night, Disney held a panel called “Inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge” at the Walt Disney World resort in Florida as part of an event called Star Wars: Galactic Nights. Tons of new Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge details were released for the first time, and we’ve gathered the most interesting revelations about the upcoming Star Wars-themed land below, including new experiences, familiar characters, the name of the village within the land, and much more....

ABC Will Consider LucasFilm TV Options Including Live-Action ‘Star Wars’ Series By Germain Lussier/Jan. 10, 2013 4:47 pm EST When a company as large as Disney buys a company as large as LucasFilm, the possibilities for new projects are endless. Movies, merchandise, theme parks, anything under the sun is possibly when you’re talking about Mickey Mouse and Darth Vader. We know for sure that new Star Wars movies are in the works, but at the recent Television Critics Association press event the president of ABC Entertainment Paul Lee was asked about LucasFilm being incorporated on the TV side....

Adam Driver And Michael Palin Will Star In Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ By Jack Giroux/May 17, 2016 6:30 am EST Terry Gilliam is like the human punching bag of filmmakers. No matter how many hits he takes — which has been far too many throughout his bumpy career — he remains passionate, persistent, and unwilling to let go of dream projects, such as The Man Who Killed Don Quixote....