The Best Movies And Shows Coming To Netflix In February 2017 By Jacob Hall/Jan. 24, 2017 12:30 pm EST If you have a Netflix subscription (and of course you have a Netflix subscription), you’re in luck: a lot of good stuff is arriving on the streaming service in February. Here’s what you should find time to watch. American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson 2016 was, somehow, the year of the O....
The Toy Box: Star Trek, Christmas Vacation, Rocky IV, The Big Lebowski & More By Ethan Anderton/June 17, 2016 9:00 am EST The Toy Box is a weekly feature at /Film that will round up some of the newest and coolest collectibles, decorations, gadgets and other memorabilia that you nerds might want for your shelves. This week, The Toy Box has a variety of new Star Trek and Star Wars goodies along with new figures celebrating the 40th anniversary of Rocky, some San Diego Comic-Con exclusives for The Simpsons, The Twilight Zone and The Big Lebowski, and a figure that will make a great holiday decoration from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation....
TV Bits: $30,000 Iron Throne Replica Is The Ultimate Piece Of ‘Game Of Thrones’ Memorabilia, Plus: ‘Mad Men’, ‘Tron: Uprising’, Jennifer Westfeldt, Rebel Wilson By Angie Han/June 7, 2012 5:00 am EST For the princely (or make that kingly) sum of $30,000 plus shipping and handling, you can spend the next season of Game of Thrones watching from an Iron Throne of your very own. Also after the jump: Bruce Boxleitner says Tron: Uprising is “not a kiddie show” Friends With Kids’ Jennifer Westfeldt goes to HBO Rebel Wilson’s Super Fun Night could be headed to ABC Is a Mad Men star leaving the show for good?...
What Drove Han And Leia Apart Between ‘Return Of The Jedi’ And ‘The Force Awakens’? By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 15, 2017 9:30 am EST Next week brings the arrival of Aftermath: Empire’s End, the third book in a new trilogy of Star Wars stories that help fill in the gap between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The book series has done a fine job of giving us some details about what happened between the end of the last Star Wars trilogy and the beginning of a new one, introducing us to new characters while also revealing what characters like Han Solo, Leia Organa, and Chewbacca have been up to, and the latest book is no exception....
WTF: David Lynch Directing Live Webcast Featuring Duran Duran By Russ Fischer/March 14, 2011 10:45 am EST We’ve seen a few instances of big directors making a couple bucks directing live webstreams, the most high-profile probably being Terry Gilliam’s collaboration with Arcade Fire last year. But I did a triple-take when a press release landed on top of the inbox this afternoon, because it proudly announced that David Lynch will, on March 23, direct a livestream webcast featuring a performance by ’80s synth-pop chart-toppers Duran Duran....
‘Black Panther’ Set Visit: Everything We Learned On Set By Angie Han/Jan. 24, 2018 9:00 am EST Wakanda doesn’t actually exist, and if it did, it’d be located somewhere in Africa. But for a several weeks last winter, it actually set up shop right in Atlanta. More specifically, it was situated in Pinewood Studios, which is where I and several other journalists found ourselves in February 2017. We’d come to visit the set of Black Panther, which even then felt like one of the most hotly anticipated movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s decade-long history....
‘Fargo’ Review: Who Made The Biggest Mistake In ‘The Law Of Inevitability’? By Jack Giroux/June 1, 2017 7:30 am EST (Every week, we’re going to kick off a discussion about Fargo season 3 by answering one simple question: who f*cked up the most this week?) The blue streak continues on Fargo. Life has never been worse for Sy Feltz (Michael Stuhlbarg), Emmit Stussy (Ewan McGregor), and maybe Nikki Swango (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), who’s mysterious and world-weary enough to indicate season 3 of Fargo is far from her first bad time in Minnesota....
/Film Previews Universal Florida’s New Superstar Parade And Cinematic Spectacular - 100 Years Of Movie Memories By Peter Sciretta/May 11, 2012 5:00 am EST Over the weekend, I visited Orlando Florida to preview Universal Studios Orlando’s two new entertainment options, the new Superstar Parade and nighttime watershow Cinematic Spectacular – 100 Years of Movie Memories. I also found the time to ride the new renovated version of Island of Adventure’s The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man ride....
‘Rogue One’ Early Buzz: The ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off Exceeds Expectations By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 11, 2016 7:00 am EST Last night, the world premiere of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hit Los Angeles, and even though the embargo on full reviews won’t be lifted until December 13th, the first reactions from those attending the star-studded debut of the movie (including our own Peter Sciretta) have hit the web. The result is tons of praise, many saying that it exceeded their already high expectations with incredible action and some brand new memorable characters that Star Wars fans are going to fall in love with....
‘Skull Island: Reign Of Kong’ Photos/Video Revealed In Universal Orlando First Look By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 25, 2016 11:00 am EST Universal Orlando will soon be adding a Skull Island: Reign of Kong ride to Universal’s Islands of Adventure. The theme park revealed some concept art for the upcoming attraction this past Summer, and now construction on Skull Island in Orlando has progressed to a point where Universal is showing us a first look at the actual attraction, while giving us a behind the scenes look at the ride’s creation and the story behind the new park experience....
‘Star Wars’: Denis Villeneuve Interested In Directing A Standalone Film; New Look At Benicio Del Toro’s DJ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 30, 2017 9:30 am EST The Star Wars franchise is rife with possibilities. With a new trilogy helmed by Rian Johnson on the way, the door is open for even more enterprising directors to play in the cosmic sandbox in the form of standalone anthology or prequel films. And the latest visionary sci-fi director to impact Hollywood may be eyeing the galaxy far, far away....
5 Things That Bothered Me About ‘Iron Man 3’ By David Chen/May 4, 2013 3:00 pm EST I saw Iron Man 3 this past week, and I enjoyed the film well enough. Shane Black injects some pretty hilarious moments into the franchise and the action beats were more impressive than those in the second film. But this film is as dumb as a bag of door knobs. It does not rise above the level of popcorn entertainment, and I don’t get film critics who can overlook its myriad of issues....
Fantastic Fest Day 6: ‘Destroyer’ Offers Nicole Kidman The Role Of A Lifetime, ‘May The Devil Take You’ Is The ‘Evil Dead’ Cover We Need, And ‘The Wind’ Crafts A Feminist Horror Western By Jacob Hall/Sept. 26, 2018 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Fantastic Fest Diaries, where we will be chronicling every single movie we see at the United States’ largest genre film festival.) Welcome to Fantastic Fest, day six....
Fantastic Fest Day 8: ‘Bad Times At The El Royale’ Offers Slick Thrills, ‘Lords Of Chaos’ Blends Metal And True Crime, And ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Finally Arrives By Jacob Hall/Oct. 1, 2018 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Fantastic Fest Diaries, where we will be chronicling every single movie we see at the United States’ largest genre film festival.) Welcome to Fantastic Fest, day eight. In this final diary entry: Terry Gilliam’s latest film finally arrives, a grisly true crime story set in the world of Norwegian black metal, and the long-awaited new film from the director of The Cabin in the Woods....
Frightfest Report: Darren Lynn Bousman, Lesbian Vampire Killers And Ozploitationn By Brendon Connelly/March 7, 2009 11:40 pm EST As well as the UK premieres of Embodiment of Evil, Shuttle, and Repo! The Genetic Opera, the fest also featured the world premiere of Lesbian Vampire Killers and a special double bill of Not Quite Hollywood and Turkey Shoot. There’s something brief on each of those, as well as news bits from or about Darren Lynn Bousman, Dario Argento, Terrance Zdunich, Phil Claydon and MyAnna Buring after the break....
Geek Deals: Ghostbusters Video Game For $20, LG Blu-Ray Player For $104, And More Cyber Monday Deals By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 30, 2009 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Updates: for $148 for $229.99 for 50% off Blu-Rays Under $10: 7.99 Blow [Blu-ray] (2001) 7.99 Full Metal Jacket (Deluxe Edition) [Blu-ray] (1987) 7.99 Robocop [Blu-ray] (1987) 7.99 Scanner Darkly, A [Blu-ray] (2006) 7.99 Searchers, The [Blu-ray] (1956)...
How Starz Turned Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Girlfriend Experience’ Into A TV Series: “Take The Title And Start Over” By Fred Topel/Jan. 8, 2016 11:00 am EST Starz presented a panel on The Girlfriend Experience today for the Television Critics Association. Steven Soderbergh, who directed the film on which the series is based, is producing the limited series written and directed by Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz. Riley Keough stars as Christine Reade, a law student making extra money providing transactional relationships, giving customers a girlfriend experience including sex and emotional intimacy....
How The New Movie Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘It’ Is Responsible For ‘Stranger Things’ By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 9, 2016 8:00 am EST If Stranger Things reminds you of Stephen King’s It, it’s certainly no coincidence. And it’s not just because the Netflix television series is inspired by (and an homage to) It and the author’s other ’70s and ’80s movie adaptations. You might be surprised to learn the show itself is a result of the upcoming It movie....
Lets Over-Analyze The Third ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Trailer By Peter Sciretta/March 4, 2015 1:13 pm EST This morning, Walt Disney Pictures released the third trailer for Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. You can watch the third Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer here, in case you haven’t seen it already. For those of you who really want to take in all of the visuals revealed in the new Avengers 2 trailer, we have compiled a batch of 65 high resolution screenshot images from the film to let you take in all the goodness one shot at a time, complete with an image by image analysis by Russ Fischer and myself (we also did this indepth over analysis with the second Avengers trailer)....
Mark Hamill Confirms That Crazy ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Alternate Opening By Jacob Hall/May 5, 2016 7:30 am EST About a year and a half before Star Wars: The Force Awakens hit theaters, months before the arrival of the first trailer, a pretty wild rumor stampeded across the internet. According to a report, the film would feature an oddly macabre opening shot, with the camera panning away from the table-setting crawl to reveal the severed hand of Luke Skywalker, still clutching the lightsaber he lost in his duel with Darth Vader on Bespin, floating through space....
