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Movie Review And Discussion: The Runaways (Guest: Marisa Meltzer, Author Of Girl Power) By Hunter Stephenson/March 24, 2010 12:29 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Any straight guy who sees The Runaways will have difficulty standing up to go text outside, what with a 15-year-old Dakota Fanning seducing Japan in a bustier, snorting coke, and tonguing KStew. I mean, what does it all mean? And it’s only moderately less awkward discussing the burgeoning sexuality and punk hedonism of young girls with another guy....

Page 2: The Wonder And Magic Of Movie Marketing Vs. Spoilerphobia By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2015 2:32 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. Header Photo: They See Me Rollin’ t-shirt 16 Things You Didn’t Know About The ‘Mad Max’ Series34 Badass Minor Characters You Ignored In Famous Movies Miyazaki films reimagined as woodblock prints 6 Harry Potter Character Deaths We’re Not Sorry About32 Things We Learned From James Gunn and Nathan Fillion’s Slither Commentary The Vehicles of Star Wars And Back To The Future Will Get Revoltech Toys The 20 Greatest Music Moments In The Films Of Martin Scorsese 6 Crazy New Movies That Slipped Under Audiences’ Radars...

Sequel Bits: ‘Anchorman 2’, ‘Transformers 4’, ‘Night At The Museum 3’, ‘Christmas In A Day’ By Angie Han/Nov. 14, 2013 2:30 pm EST Ron Burgundy now has his own underwear line and his own museum exhibit. Also after the jump: Night at the Museum 3 casts an Amazing Spider-Man actor Kevin Macdonald’s Christmas in a Day will follow Life in a Day Mark Wahlberg reiterates that the new Transformers is “stand alone” Composer Steve Jablonsky talks Transformers: Age of Extinction The 17-year-old’s credits include The Bill Engvall Show, 10 episodes of Psych, The Three Stooges, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, and Four Christmases....

Sequel Bits: ‘Jurassic World’, ‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay’, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2’, ‘Goon 2’ By Angie Han/June 9, 2015 12:30 pm EST Today we have updates on a sequel that definitely isn’t happening, and several more that definitely are. After the jump: Olivia Wilde responds to Tron 3 cancellation TMNT2 will give away a role for charity The 50 Shades stars aren’t set for a spinoff Elisha Cuthbert joins the Goon sequel Jurassic World gets biggest IMAX release ever See Peeta and Gale in new Mockingjay pics Peek behind the scenes of Barbershop 3 ATL star confirms a sequel is in the works Tron fans are pretty broken up about Disney’s recent decision to scrap Tron 3, but actress Olivia Wilde has found the silver lining:...

Star Wars Bits: More ‘Star Wars: Battlefront’ DLC Details, Meet The Newest ‘Rebels’ Character, And More Details On The Sphero Force Band By Jacob Hall/Sept. 19, 2016 4:00 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: New character details are revealed for the new Star Wars: Battlefront Death Star DLC. Explore a beautifully crafted Mos Eisley developed by some game designers in their free time. Meet Bendu, the new Star Wars Rebels character voiced by Tom Baker....

Star Wars Bits: Star Wars Rebels Teases, Quotes And Connections; Marvel Comic Timelines, Carrie Fisher By Germain Lussier/Sept. 26, 2014 8:00 am EST Star Wars Rebels is the focus of this edition of Star Wars Bits, including connections to Episode VII, VIII and IX, but there are rumors, cool Marvel Comics teases and more. Below, read about the following: See three Star Wars Rebels propaganda posters designed by Eric Tan. Disney executives are placing extra special pressure on Star Wars Episode VII....

Starz Greenlights ‘American Gods’ TV Series From Bryan Fuller And Michael Green By Russ Fischer/June 16, 2015 11:30 am EST The Neil Gaiman novel American Gods, about an ex-con named Shadow who, thanks to a powerful and mysterious old man, is drawn into a conflict between gods old and new, has been in development for TV for a long time. Now the American Gods TV series is really going to be a thing, as Starz has given the green light to a series from showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green....

Super 8 To Begin Filming In Late September By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 20, 2010 9:00 am EST Production Weekly is reporting that the Steven Spielberg-produced JJ Abrams-directed super secret project Super 8 will finally begin filming in late September 2010 in Weirton, Virginia. You probably recall that Paramount Pictures released a teaser trailer for the film attached to Iron Man 2. Meanwhile, The AP has confirmed that the mysterious Paramount open casting call which was sent out was not the Little Darlings movie that the studio claimed it to be....

Terrence Malick Documentary ‘Voyage Of Time’ Formally Announced, Will Be Released In Two Cuts By Russ Fischer/Feb. 3, 2015 10:30 am EST For years — since before the release of The Tree of Life — we’ve heard about Terrence Malick’s planned documentary film Voyage of Time, to be released in full IMAX format. But most of what we’ve heard about the film is that it is coming eventually, with little in the way of actual specifics....

The 85th Annual Academy Awards [Live-Blog] By Angie Han/Feb. 24, 2013 5:25 pm EST Two months of nonstop awards ceremonies have led up to this. The 85th Annual Academy Awards are being held tonight at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Seth MacFarlane, of all people, and we’ll be live-blogging the proceedings right here all night. This season, Argo has emerged as the heavy favorite to win Best Picture (despite the lack of a corresponding Best Director nod), as has Anne Hathaway for Best Actress....

The Animated ‘Star Wars’ Shows Owe A Great Debt To A Classic Sonny Chiba Samurai Film By Bryan Young/Aug. 1, 2018 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Movies That Made Star Wars, a series where we explore the films that inspired, or help us better understand, George Lucas’s iconic universe. In this edition: Shogun’s Shadow.) Samurai films have been a strong influence on the Star Wars saga since its very earliest days....

This Week In Trailers: Trash Humpers, It’s A Wonderful Afterlife, Mega Piranha, Peacock, Casino Jack And The United States Of Money By Christopher Stipp/April 9, 2010 2:00 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: 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?...

Ti West Updates On The Innkeepers, His Follow-Up To The House Of The Devil; Starts Filming In April By Hunter Stephenson/March 20, 2010 1:00 pm EST Next month, one of my favorite independent and more outspoken directors of late, Ti West, will begin shooting a follow-up to last year’s breakout hit about Satanic Panic The House of The Devil. Filming on location in Connecticut (where THotD was also shot) and entitled The Innkeepers, the film is said to follow “the last two staffers at a hotel that’s going out of business”—a hotel that may have ghostly occupants....

TV Bits: ‘The Good Shepherd’, ‘American Horror Story’, ‘Parks & Recreation’, ‘Downton Abbey’, Graham Yost, Kyle Killen By Angie Han/Sept. 6, 2012 2:46 pm EST A few new shows in development, a bit of casting, and some new trailers comprise today’s TV Bits. After the jump: Justified creator Graham Yost sells a female spy show to NBC Showtime turns Robert De Niro’s The Good Shepherd into a TV show Lone Star and Awake creator to try again at ABC with Influence William Fichtner and Donald Sutherland are Crossing Lines American Horror Story adds Season 1 alum Frances Conroy… … and yes, of course they’ve released yet another new teaser The Parks & Recreation cast goof off in a charming blooper reel Tears and meaningful glances fill the Downton Abbey trailer This is actually one of two lady-centric espionage shows that Yost has brewing....

‘Alice In Wonderland: Through The Looking Glass’ Starts Shooting; New Cast And Plot Info By Germain Lussier/Aug. 4, 2014 8:45 am EST The sequel to the massive hit Alice in Wonderland is now filming in England. Directed by James Bobin, the film is officially called Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass, and in a press release a few new cast members have been revealed along with some plot details....

‘Annihilation’ Set Photos Tease Another Evocative Science Fiction Tale From Alex Garland By Jacob Hall/July 8, 2016 7:51 am EST Alex Garland’s Annihilation is quietly wrapping up filming and I wish this movie had an official release date so I could start counting down the days until its release. It’s hard to imagine a more perfect marriage of filmmaker and material – Jeff VanderMeer’s 2014 novel is one of the best genre novels I’ve read in a long time and Garland has already proven himself to be adept with small scale, creepy, adult science fiction with last year’s Ex Machina (one of our favorite films of 2015)....

‘Arrival’ Early Buzz: Denis Villeneuve’s Sci-Fi Drama Is Smart, Chilly, And Fantastic By Jacob Hall/Sept. 1, 2016 8:30 am EST Arrival held its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival earlier today and the first wave of reviews for Denis Villeneuve’s new science fiction drama have been nothing short of glowing. It seems that Villeneuve, who has previously directed terrific movies like Enemy, Prisoners, and Sicario, is adept at smart genre filmmaking as he is at intense human drama (which bodes well for that Blade Runner sequel he’s currently filming)....

‘Concussion’ Review: An Admirable But Frustrating True-Life Story [AFI Fest] By Jack Giroux/Nov. 13, 2015 8:00 am EST The last film we saw with director Peter Landesman’s name on it was Kill the Messenger, which he scripted. That drama shares a lot in common with Landesman’s sophomore directorial effort, Concussion. Both follow real-life who heroes are simply trying to speak the truth, and yet are treated as villains. Kill the Messenger is the more successful of the two stories, though....

‘Deadpool 2’ Director David Leitch Discusses The X-Force Gag, Adding More Cable, And Embracing The Comic Book Aesthetic [Interview] By Jack Giroux/May 23, 2018 12:30 pm EST David Leitch, the co-founder of 87Eleven, has just finished directing (and co-directing) three of the most notable American action movies of the last few years. The former stuntman brings his eye for action and visually appealing worlds, as shown by Atomic Blonde and (his uncredited work on) John Wick, to Deadpool 2....

/Film Interview: Kevin Feige, Producer Of ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ By Germain Lussier/April 8, 2014 9:00 am EST Kevin Feige is the man with the plan. The president of Marvel Studios is the person most directly responsible for Marvel movies not only being good, but connecting with one another to tell one big story. His latest success, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, is now in theaters and breaking all kinds of box office records....