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‘Glass’ Trailer Breakdown: M. Night Shyamalan Reinvents The Superhero Film By Chris Evangelista/July 24, 2018 11:00 am EST Fans have been waiting for a sequel to Unbreakable for 18 years. Now, M. Night Shyamalan is delivering that, and then some. Shyamalan’s Glass serves as both a sequel to Unbreakable and his recent thriller Split, and brings together James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, and Samuel L. Jackson. The Glass trailer dropped during Comic-Con, and it did not disappoint....

‘Star Wars’ Novelist Tries To Explain The Illogical Plan To Rescue Han Solo In ‘Return Of The Jedi’ By Ethan Anderton/March 14, 2018 11:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Most of you Star Wars fans out there have seen Return of the Jedi dozens of times. You can quote your favorite lines, you know the action scenes beat-for-beat, and you can explain exactly what happens to all your friends who haven’t seen it....

‘The Endless’ Is Going To Be One Of Your New Favorite Horror Movies [Tribeca Film Festival] By Jamie Righetti/May 1, 2017 8:00 am EST I could simply begin and end this review with one simple phrase: what are you waiting for? But let me explain. The Endless isn’t just terrific – it’s poised to be that breakout genre hit that It Follows and The Babadook were in past years. This isn’t just hype....

10 Reasons To Watch ‘Final Score’, The “Die-Hard-In-A-Stadium” Movie Starring Dave Bautista By Siddhant Adlakha/Sept. 10, 2018 11:00 am EST Let’s be real. You’ve probably made up your mind about seeing Scott Mann’s Final Score based on the trailer, so nothing I say will likely convince you either way. It does what it says on the tin. Distributed by Saban in the United States, it’s the next in a long line of “Die Hard, but in a _______” movies (see also: Skyscraper, AKA Die Hard in a building), proving that while nobody can do it better than Die Hard, damn near everyone is going to try....

13 Films Never Nominated For Best Picture By Angie Han/Feb. 17, 2015 8:00 am EST Hit the jump for a list of films never nominated for Best Picture. The Dark Knight (2008) Okay, so this one’s not a shocker. Everyone remembers the great Dark Knight snub of the late aughts, if only because it really wasn’t that long ago. But it’s still a solid example of why people are so skeptical about the Oscars....

Ava DuVernay Will Direct Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ By Angie Han/Feb. 23, 2016 11:00 am EST For a brief spell in 2015, it looked like Ava DuVernay could join the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She was looking for a follow-up to Selma, Marvel Studios was looking for a black director to make Black Panther, and the two sides sat down to see if they could work something out. Unfortunately, they couldn’t (the job eventually went to Creed’s Ryan Coogler, another excellent choice), but now Disney’s found another way to bring her into the greater Mouse House family....

Casting Bits: Hope Davis, James Rebhorn And Olga Fonda Join Real Steel, Adam Beach Joins Cowboys And Aliens By Peter Sciretta/June 1, 2010 4:00 pm EST Hope Davis (About Schmidt), James Rebhorn (Independence Day, The Game) and Olga Fonda (Love Hurts) has been cast in Shawn Levy’s futuristic robot boxing movie Real Steel. No word on what roles they will play. Golden Globe nominated actor Adam Beach (Flags of Our Fathers, Windtalkers) has joined the cast of Jon Favreau’s big screen adaptation of the graphic novel Cowboys and Aliens....

Check Out The Stunning MondoCon 2016 Posters Revealed So Far By Jacob Hall/Oct. 20, 2016 7:00 am EST We’re days away from MondoCon 2016, the annual celebration pop culture art organized by the good folks at Mondo, and previews from this year’s show have already been invading the internet. We’ve played our part, having debuted Kevin Tong’s new poster inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s Ran last week and interviewed artist Todd Slater (and showed off his new The Secret of NIMH print) earlier today....

Early Buzz: Julie Taymor’s ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark’ By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 29, 2010 7:00 am EST Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark had its first preview performance on Broadway Sunday night. So how did Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor’s (Titus, Frida, Across the Universe) $65 million big stage comic adaptation hold up? Find out after the jump.Disclaimer: It should be noted that a preview performance is not final, much like a test screening of a feature film....

Eliza Dushku Accuses ‘True Lies’ Stunt Coordinator Of Molestation, James Cameron Responds [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 14, 2018 10:00 am EST This weekend, actress Eliza Dushku took to Facebook with a story alleging that True Lies stunt coordinator Joel Kramer molested her during production when she was just 12 years old. Kramer has denied these allegations, but no one is taking this situation lightly at all. True Lies director James Cameron appeared on a Television Critics Association panel, the day after Dushku revealed this story, for his AMC docuseries James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction....

Exploring The Movie References And Homages In Edgar Wright’s Work By Kristin Hunt/June 30, 2017 9:00 am EST Every director claims to be a movie geek. But there’s movie geeks, and then there’s Edgar Wright. The director, who casually drops lists of his 1000 favorite films when he’s not working, seems to view movie references as a bit of a sport. If you’re not spotting at least a dozen influences or outright homages in his movies, you probably need to rewind – and if you’re watching his earlier films like Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz, just give up trying to count....

Jacob Hall’s Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies Of 2017 By Jacob Hall/Jan. 4, 2017 8:00 am EST Ah, January. A time for reflecting on the year that passed and the year that lies ahead. And more specifically, a time for finishing up those top 10 lists and writing most anticipated movie lists covering the next 12 months. Here are my top 10 most anticipated movies of 2017. I had one rule when making this list: I would only feature movies that already have guaranteed 2017 release dates....

Luke Skywalker Is ‘The Last Jedi’, Mark Hamill Teases A Turn To The Dark Side By Ethan Anderton/April 16, 2017 11:00 am EST Following the release of the teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, there were plenty of details for fans to obsess about in the new footage (check out our trailer breakdown for a closer look). But perhaps the most shocking part of the trailer comes from the end when we hear Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker say, “I only know one truth....

Matthew Weiner Talks Mad Men Finale. An Update On His Film You Are Here. Plus, An Essay On Season Three By Hunter Stephenson/Nov. 10, 2009 1:36 pm EST Since no one on the Internet is discoursing on the season three finale of Mad Men, the show’s creator, Matthew Weiner, has decided to do just that in a new interview. After the jump, we’ll dive into Weiner’s candid explanations for the massive changes that went down last Sunday and how they may or may not bleed into season four....

Netflix’s ‘Making A Murderer’ Season 2 Is In Production By Peter Sciretta/July 19, 2016 9:15 am EST Netflix this morning has announced that executive producers/directors Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos are already in production on new episodes of Making a Murderer. According to Netflix, the new installments will “take fans of the acclaimed documentary series back inside the story of convicted murderer Steven Avery, and his co-defendant, Brendan Dassey, as their respective investigative and legal teams challenge their convictions and the State fights to have the convictions and life sentences upheld....

New ‘Star Wars’ Comic Arc Gives Luke Skywalker A Significant Connection To ‘Rogue One’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 28, 2017 7:00 am EST Even though Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was Lucasfilm’s first attempt at telling a standalone story set in the Star Wars universe, the narrative within is quite integral to what happens in the rest of the saga. Without the actions of the Rebels who sacrificed their lives to obtain the plans to the original Death Star, the Empire might never have suffered such a critical blow....

Page 2: South Park, Source Code, Lost Highway, Scream 4, Green Lantern, Star Wars, Wolverine, Saul Bass By Peter Sciretta/March 22, 2011 7:00 pm EST What is Page 2? 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....

Page 2: Star Wars, Scott Pilgrim, Doctor Who, Snow White, Walking Dead, Game Of Thrones, Nicolas Cage, Star Trek, Godfather, James Bond, The Descent, Alfred Hitchcock, The Simpsons, Lion King By Peter Sciretta/April 18, 2012 8:00 am EST What is Page 2? 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 68 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Park Chan-Wook’s ‘The Handmaiden’ Is A Sexy, Stylish, And Hilariously Perverse Thriller [Fantastic Rest Review] By Jacob Hall/Sept. 25, 2016 10:00 am EST Park Chan-wook has spent much of his career being compared to the great Alfred Hitchock and The Handmaiden isn’t going to stop that. But there’s something to be said for a modern filmmaker being constantly placed side-by-side with one of the greatest directors of all time and there’s something more to be said when that director was known for his range and his willingness to take risks....

Sequel Bits: ‘Bad Boys 3,’ ‘Jurassic World 2,’ ‘Goosebumps 2,’ ‘Ocean’s Eight’ By Jacob Hall/Jan. 23, 2017 5:00 pm EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Bad Boys 3 may in trouble after some drama at Sony. Bryce Dallas Howard talks about preparing for Jurassic World 2. The Goosebumps sequel has a release date. Tremors 6 is set to begin filming next week. Reese Witherspoon would be down for a third Legally Blonde movie....