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‘Baby Driver’: 8 Things We Learned From Edgar Wright And Kevin Spacey At The Blu-Ray Release Party By Ben Pearson/Oct. 6, 2017 9:00 am EST On Wednesday night, I visited the Petersen Automotive Museum on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles to attend the Blu-ray release party of Baby Driver, writer/director Edgar Wright’s music-driven car chase film that debuted earlier this year. Sitting next to Baby’s bright red Subaru from the film, Wright showed off some clips from the film’s bonus features and participated in a lengthy Q&A session, during which he revealed a few cool pieces of information we didn’t know about the making of the film....

‘Black Mass’ Early Buzz: A Return To Form For Johnny Depp? By Angie Han/Sept. 4, 2015 10:00 am EST There are plenty of reasons to be intrigued by Black Mass — its fascinating real-life inspiration, that absolutely stellar cast, director Scott Cooper — but the main question on everyone’s minds seems to be what it means for Johnny Depp’s career. While Depp has been on a losing streak since sometime around Dark Shadows, the first trailer for Black Mass suggested a possible return to form....

‘Captain America: Civil War’ Spoiler Review: A Closer Look At Marvel’s Latest Triumph By Jacob Hall/May 9, 2016 7:00 am EST If the box office was any indication, you probably saw Captain America: Civil War over the weekend. And how could you not? The thirteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe officially kicked off the summer movie season with a bang, delivering one of the strongest superhero movies yet (which is saying something, considering how many of these things come out every year)....

‘Draft Day’ Review: A Crowd-Pleasing Sports Drama For Fans And Non-Fans Alike By Germain Lussier/April 11, 2014 5:00 pm EST The NFL is a notoriously cautious company. For years, it has not allowed official logos to be used by Hollywood; the NFL did not feel that a negative representation of football benefited the brand in any way. It makes sense, and also casts an odd light on Ivan Reitman’s Draft Day, the first film ever officially licensed by the NFL....

‘Passengers’ Early Buzz: Do Jennifer Lawrence & Chris Pratt Make The Sci-Fi Spectacle Sizzle? By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 15, 2016 11:30 am EST Just a few days before Christmas, the sci-fi adventure romance Passengers will hit screens, putting Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence at the center of a story that feels like Titanic in space. While we’ll have to wait a little longer to see this one, some members of the press have already seen the movie ahead of time, and the first Passengers reviews have started to hit the web....

‘Rogue One’ International Trailer Breakdown: Is That A Kyber Crystal? By Jacob Hall/Nov. 10, 2016 1:31 pm EST Just when I thought our previous trailer breakdown for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was going to be the last one, a new international trailer has to arrive and give us more to chew on. And you know what that means: I was compelled to go through the whole thing frame-by-frame and see what we could discover....

‘The Happytime Murders’ Writer Todd Berger Tells Us About The PG-13 Draft That Was (Thankfully) Thrown Out [Interview] By Fred Topel/Aug. 22, 2018 2:00 pm EST The Happytime Murders has been a long-rumored film since the beginning of the millennium. For years, it kept on almost getting made. Now, Brian Henson has finally directed The Happytime Murders starring Melissa McCarthy as the human cop in a world of deranged puppets....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Photos: Thor Tries To Figure Out Thanos, Valkyrie Practices Her Swordplay By Angie Han/July 29, 2016 3:00 pm EST Marvel Studios put on a great show in Comic-Con’s Hall H last weekend, sharing new footage from Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Spider-Man: Homecoming, and trotting out the exceptionally talented cast of Black Panther. But they didn’t have a ton to show from Thor: Ragnarok, for the very simple reason that the film had only started shooting a few weeks earlier....

‘Tomb Raider’ First Look Reveals Alicia Vikander’s Lara Croft [Updated] By Jacob Hall/March 28, 2017 8:45 am EST UPDATE: Another new image from the film has been released (along with the official synopsis) and we’ve added it to the gallery below. It was impossible to play video games in the ’90s without being familiar with Lara Croft, the buxom explorer who became one of the industry’s most recognizable mascots. She even got her own movie in 2001, with Angelina Jolie taking on the part....

2016 Indie Spirit Award Winners: ‘Spotlight’ Takes Big Prizes, ‘Beasts Of No Nation’ Gets Some Love By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 27, 2016 5:45 pm EST On Saturday evening, Film Independent revealed the winners for the 2016 Indie Spirit Awards, the much cooler cousin that everyone wishes the Oscars would take some notes from for future reference. Much like last year, one of the Best Picture nominees for the Academy Awards ended up taking the top prize with Spotlight winning Best Feature, not to mention a prize for the film’s director Tom McCarthy, who also got a prize along with Josh Singer for the film’s script....

Christoph Waltz Is Not Returning For James Bond 25 By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 28, 2017 2:33 pm EST Back in August, confirmation finally came that Daniel Craig would return as James Bond from the actor himself. So now everyone is wondering what is in store for 007’s next mission on the big screen. Sadly, for those who enjoyed a certain iconic villain from James Bond history being played by Christoph Waltz, we have some bad news....

Con Of Thrones Recap: Three Days In The Water Gardens Of Tennessee By Lindsey Romain/July 6, 2017 3:00 pm EST Game of Thrones is all about the brutality of war and the bloodthirstiness of familial rivalries – a gore-soaked fest of violence, rape, incest, and any other carnal human unpleasantry. Which is why Con of Thrones – a 3-day convention celebrating the beloved series – is such a conundrum. Under the canopied domes of Nashville’s Gaylord Opryland Resort, among vacationers in flip flops and rhinestones, was nestled a group of people so lovely, loving, and friendly that their blood-soaked cosplay was of no mind....

Dory Was Almost Not In ‘Finding Nemo’; Learn How Ellen’s Talk Show Helped Cast ‘Finding Dory’ By Peter Sciretta/April 12, 2016 8:00 am EST The initial versions of the Finding Nemo story didn’t even feature a fish named Dory. Find out how Ellen DeGeneres’ appearance on television changed everything, and learn how Modern Family and DeGeneres’ talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show has helped with the casting of the sequel Finding Dory....

DVD Review: Caprica By Devindra Hardawar/April 20, 2009 10:20 pm EST If Battlestar Galactica asked the question “How would humanity survive a holocaust led by our most advanced technology?”, Caprica asks “At what point does our need for progress supplant our humanity?” Even though it’s set a mere 58 years before the events of the Galactica series, Caprica has a startlingly different tone. It makes sense, I suppose, since there are no Cylons hunting humans down to extinction (yet)....

Early Buzz: The Rum Diary Test Screens In Huntington Beach, CA By Peter Sciretta/April 22, 2010 2:07 pm EST Bruce Robinson’s big screen adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp test screened last night in Huntington Beach, California, and a few reviews have appeared online. I have compiled a bunch of early thoughts from around the web, message boards, twitter and other websites. Check them out now, after the jump....

Horror-Centric Overlook Film Festival Line-Up Announced By Chris Evangelista/March 28, 2018 4:30 pm EST The Overlook Film Festival, a horror-movie centric fest on the rise, has announced its impressive 2018 line-up. The festival, held this year in New Orleans, will feature 40 films, as well as several events. See the full Overlook Film Festival line-up below. There are too many film festivals to count, but the Overlook Film Festival is something special....

I’m Trying Real Hard To Be The Shepherd: Ranking The Films Of Quentin Tarantino By Jacob Hall/Dec. 30, 2015 7:00 am EST I’ve spent the past few weeks immersing myself in the world of Quentin Tarantino. To prepare for the release of his latest film, The Hateful Eight, I ranked each and every one of his characters. Then I wrote about The Hateful Eight itself, which I saw in its glorious “roadshow” version....

Interview: ‘Daredevil’ Showrunners Marco Ramirez And Doug Petrie On Unleashing The Punisher By Fred Topel/March 17, 2016 8:30 am EST Daredevil season two introduces new characters on screen. Jon Bernthal stars as Frank Castle, Marvel comic’s antihero the Punisher, and Elodie Yung stars as classic Daredevil love interest Elektra. There’s some new blood behind the scenes too, or at least promoted blood. Marco Ramirez and Doug Petrie graduated to showrunners this year, after working as writers and producers on season one....

Mark Duplass On Breaking Into Hollywood, Filming On iPhones, And The Best Advice For Young Filmmakers [Interview] By Kristin Hunt/May 10, 2018 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Mark and Jay Duplass have collaborated on shorts, feature films, television, and, by their account, some cheap childhood remakes of The Blob. (They just threw a beanbag down the stairs.) But they’ve crossed into an entirely new medium with their latest effort: a book, called Like Brothers....

Movies That Should Have Won An Academy Award, But Didn’t By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 20, 2007 6:00 am EST Have you ever seen the movie How Green Was My Valley? Me neither. Have you even heard of the movie? Didn’t think so. Yet John Ford’s film somehow won 5 Oscars including Best Picture. But what’s more shocking: It beat out such classic films as Citizen Kane and The Maltese Falcon for the top honor....