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‘The Post’ Early Buzz: A Timely, Important Film, And One Of Steven Spielberg’s Best By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 28, 2017 6:30 am EST The Post could not have come at a better time, if first reactions to Steven Spielberg’s ode to journalism are anything to go by. Set in 1971, The Post recounts the events following the New York Times’ publication of the Pentagon Papers. Determined to follow the Times’ lead, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham (Meryl Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) face the wrath of the U....

Andy Serkis Opens Up About Supreme Leader Snoke, The Big Bad Of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Jacob Hall/Nov. 12, 2015 11:30 am EST Our first and only proper tease of Andy Serkis’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens character, Supreme Leader Snoke, arrived almost a year ago. It was his gravelly croak of a voice that spoke over the first trailer, the same batch of footage that gave us our first glimpse of Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren, John Boyega’s Finn, Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron, and the instantly beloved BB-8....

Baby ‘Moana’ Almost Didn’t Make It Into The Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 20, 2017 4:00 pm EST One of the most magical parts of Moana is the very first scene, in which an infant Moana waddles up to the shore and discovers that the Ocean is actually alive. Wordlessly, she coos and plays with the waves, and the waves playfully toss her about as well, leading her observing grandmother to realize that Moana is the Chosen One....

Black Panther’s Suit In ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Was Created Entirely With Visual Effects By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 19, 2016 1:31 pm EST The creation of the entirely computer generated superhero suit for Green Lantern in the 2011 film was so bad that star Ryan Reynolds mocked it when he played Deadpool earlier this year. However, it turns out that it’s possible to have an entire superhero suit created with visual effects, and you probably didn’t even know that it happened this past summer....

Cool Stuff: Mondo Does Collectible Toys Starting With ‘The Iron Giant,’ Ninja Turtles & Hitchcock By Germain Lussier/July 21, 2014 5:00 pm EST The next few days are going to be filled with more “Cool Stuff” posts than usual because of the awesome items hitting the floor at San Diego Comic-Con. You’ve probably already seen this Jurassic World poster, Marvel’s cool hoodies and more, but we’ve yet to hear much from Mondo....

David Goyer Says His Darth Vader VR Project Will Make You Cry By Peter Sciretta/July 19, 2016 1:00 pm EST ILMxLab has been doing a lot of interesting experimental work. The company hopes to develop the future of storytelling experiences using new technologies like Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. At the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, the geniuses behind the new Industrial Light & Magic company told me that Lucasfilm Story Group had mapped out the next half dozen years of Star Wars stories and beyond, and they are already developing experiences — some which will be available in VR, others in other platforms — which will be created by big-name filmmakers and top screenwriters and intersect with the stories we will see on screen....

From Fanboy Fanatic To Writer: A Deeply Personal History With ‘The Dark Knight’ By Joshua Meyer/July 19, 2018 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Dark Knight Legacy, a series of articles that explore Christopher Nolan’s superhero masterpiece in celebration of its 10th anniversary.) Seeing Heath Ledger in real life on a Manhattan talk show stage. Dressing up as the Joker for Halloween. Receiving a text from a friend in a parked car the night news of Ledger’s death broke....

How A Hotel Guest Book Prank Inspired The Creator Of ‘My Name Is Earl’ To Create His New Comedy [Interview] By Fred Topel/Aug. 16, 2017 4:30 pm EST It’s not too late to catch up on TBS’s new comedy The Guest Book. This week brings the third episode, and even though it’s an anthology series, you’ll want to keep up. Set at the Froggy Cottage cabin, each week sees a new guest check in with a new story....

How Much Of ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Was Reshot? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2017 2:00 pm EST Now that Solo: A Star Wars Story is in post-production, a lot of questions are starting to emerge as to just how much of Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s original film was reshot by Ron Howard. New unsubstantiated reports have come out claiming that at least 80% of the spin-off film was reshot for possibly twice the budget....

Interview: ‘Arrow’ Showrunner Wendy Mericle On Dolph Lundgren, Metahumans, And What’s Ahead In Season 5 By Fred Topel/Oct. 5, 2016 11:00 am EST During The CW’s panel for the Television Critics Association on their four DC superhero shows, producers announced that Dolph Lundgren had been cast in the fifth season of Arrow. We’d previously reported plans for Arrow to return to the format of the first season. We got to speak with current Arrow showrunner Wendy Mericle about the fifth season....

MoviePass Refunding Annual Memberships, Switching Users To Limited Monthly Plans, Needs To Give Up By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 24, 2018 2:30 pm EST MoviePass didn’t create any problems for customers last weekend, but they’re definitely making up for that fluke with their latest decision to screw over their members. The movie ticket subscription service that has been struggling for weeks to stay afloat sent out an e-mail to their annual subscription holders with some bad news....

Sanjay’s Super Team’ Is Pixar’s Most Personal Film [Comic Con 2015] By Peter Sciretta/July 9, 2015 2:00 pm EST The next computer animated short film from Pixar Animation Studios is Sanjay’s Super Team, which will be attached to The Good Dinosaur when that feature hits theaters on November 25th 2015. Thursday at Comic Con, Pixar held a presentation called The Super Story Behind the Pixar Short Sanjay’s Super Team, which also served as the North American premiere of the short....

Sequel Bits: ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 5,’ ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4,’ ‘Mrs. Doubtfire,’ ‘Leprechaun’ By Russ Fischer/April 17, 2014 3:30 pm EST In this edition of Sequel Bits, comments from Jerry Bruckheimer address the stalled Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and the possibly less-stalled Beverly Hills Cop 4. In addition, we’ve got the following after the break: Mara Wilson talks about Mrs. Doubtfire 2, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For seems to be using Frank Miller’s comics as storyboards, There’s a poster for Leprechaun: Origins, And a trailer for Dolphin Tale 2....

Stanley Kubrick’s Lost Film Debut ‘Fear And Desire’ Coming To Blu-Ray By Germain Lussier/Aug. 7, 2012 4:00 pm EST Stanley Kubrick never wanted you to see Fear and Desire. The 1953 film was his feature debut, but the director took prints out of circulation and fought a constant battle against it screening in any form for decades afterward. This self-censorship by one of the greatest filmmakers of all time gave the film an underground cult status, making it a must-see for film fans lucky enough to get their hands on a bootleg version....

The ‘Three Billboards Against Ebbing, Missouri’ Backlash, Explained By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 26, 2018 11:30 am EST Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has all the makings of an Oscar frontrunner. The festival favorite boasts a riveting turn from lead Frances McDormand, a deliciously sharp screenplay from director Martin McDonagh, and a tour-de-force performance from Sam Rockwell as a self-loathing corrupt cop. It received near-universal praise at the Venice and Toronto film festivals....

The Other ‘Deadpool’ Post-Credits Sequence Teases A Major Addition To The X-Men Universe By Angie Han/Feb. 10, 2016 2:30 pm EST Despite the fact that Deadpool doesn’t officially open for another two days, plenty of people have already seen it. Critics began posting their reviews over the weekend, and fans treated to sneak previews were sharing their excited reactions even before that. Still, as we reported earlier this week, there was one major detail missing from those early screenings: the second post-credits sequence....

This Week In Trailers: Silent Night, Summer League, Duck Beach: Mormon Spring Break, Inocente By Christopher Stipp/Nov. 9, 2012 5:00 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: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

This Week In Trailers: The Thinning, Officer Downe, National Bird, Green Is Gold, Evolution By Christopher Stipp/Oct. 8, 2016 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?...

Trailer Round-Up: ‘Down A Dark Hall’, ‘The King’, ‘Dallas And Robo’, ‘Damsel’ And More By Chris Evangelista/May 28, 2018 5:00 pm EST You wan’t trailers? You’ve got trailers, baby. Here’s a movie trailer round-up featuring the latest coming attractions you may have missed. And if you didn’t miss them, just pretend you did and watch them anyway. Please, humor me. Below you’ll see trailers for the Uma Thurman film Down A Dark Hall, the documentary The King, the YouTube original Dallas and Robo, the HBO doc John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls, the Robert Pattinson flick Damsel, the Imagine Dragons documentary Believer, the new series Strange Angel, and the animated film Fireworks....

TV Bits: Is Chevy Chase Leaving ‘Community’?, Plus: ‘Magic City’, ‘The Daily Show’, ‘Boardwalk Empire’, Rosario Dawson, And More By Angie Han/April 2, 2012 3:30 pm EST Today’s TV Bits starts on a bit of a downer, as Community’s Chevy Chase and Dan Harmon bicker and Two and a Half Men’s Lee Arohnson makes some obnoxious comments sure to piss people off. But don’t worry, there’s some sunnier stuff in here too....