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Star Wars Bits: Star Wars Canon, Star Wars Day, And ‘Star Wars Rebels’ By Angie Han/May 1, 2014 7:00 am EST Everyone’s making plans for Star Wars Day on May the 4th. After the jump: Future Star Wars games will be canon, says Lucasfilm Timothy Zahn weighs in on the EU and official canon Chris Miller points out his own contribution to the canon See a promo for The Big Bang Theory’s Star Wars episode Browse some Star Wars Day prints from Dark Ink Get details on Disney’s Stormtrooper-centric art exhibit Watch the first full Star Wars Rebels trailer on May 4 In the meantime, flip through some Star Wars Rebels pics … and read a lengthy interview with Rebels’ Dave Filoni That may explain why the highly anticipated Star Wars 1313 was cancelled, but it does’t explain why the latest expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic was delayed....

Sundance: The Groundlings By Sundance Spy/Jan. 22, 2007 6:08 am EST The following Sundance blog was sent in from Jill Adler, a special /Film correspondent. Sundance is off and running. The streets of Park City, Utah, are a nightmare to navigate, parking non-existent, theater lines inconvenient, and ticket prices ridiculous (if not sold-out). This is a festival by and for independent filmmakers – actors, writers, directors, all hoping to land a big project based on what they show of themselves at this event....

Superhero Bits: Teen Titans Go! Throws Shade At Green Lantern, Venom Rumors & More By Ethan Anderton/March 26, 2018 5:30 pm EST What does Tom Hardy say about recent rumors regarding when the Venom suit appears in the movie? What jab does the Teen Titans Go! movie take at Green Lantern in a new TV spot? What are the first reactions to Batman Ninja from WonderCon? Want to know about a deleted scene between The Joker and Enchantress in Suicide Squad?...

Telluride: Hunger, Helen And A Slumdog Video Blog By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2008 7:00 pm EST Sunday has been dark and dreary at the 35th Telluride Film Festival. The rain stops for a few minutes, and only a few minutes. For the most part, festival-goers can be seen hiding under umbrellas or the make-shift tents set up outside the festival venues. It’s one of those days where you can see everyone would just rather be in their beds, sleeping in....

Test Screening Review: G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra By Peter Sciretta/June 14, 2009 8:00 pm EST Last week a post appeared on producer Don Murphy’s message board claiming that director Stephen Sommers had been fired from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura later provided damage control, calling the accusation “ridiculous,” refuting claims that the movie is a disaster by saying that “The movie tested very well…” I had also heard from a couple friends that Sommers had been thrown out of the editing room, but was unable to find anyone who would go on record....

The Best WWII Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen By Jordan Hoffman/Feb. 10, 2012 8:30 am EST This friday Agnieszka Holland’s In Darkness opens in New York and Los Angeles. It ought to have a decent run at art houses in select cities after that, particularly if it wins the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film this year. (If anything is poised to upset A Separation, it’s this one.) In In Darkness, Holland, director of Europa, Europa and a few key episodes of The Wire, tells a fascinating true story of a group of Polish Jews who survived for over one year in a city’s sewer system....

‘A Wrinkle In Time’ Spoiler Review: A Heartbreaking Misfire With A Powerful Burden By Monique Jones/March 12, 2018 10:00 am EST (In our Spoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time.) I’m going to start this A Wrinkle in Time spoiler review a little differently than normal....

/Answers: The Best Steven Spielberg Scenes By /Film Staff/Aug. 29, 2017 11:30 am EST Every week in /Answers, we attempt to answer a new pop culture-related question. Tying in with the upcoming re-release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, this week’s edition asks “What is your favorite scene from a Steven Spielberg movie?” Hoai-Tran Bui: The Flying Bicycle Scene from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial There’s no scene that better captures Steven Spielberg’s particular brand of childhood wonder than the flying bikes scene in E....

‘Assassin’s Creed’ Trailer Breakdown: Going Through The First Footage Frame-By-Frame By Jacob Hall/May 12, 2016 10:00 am EST The first trailer for Assassin’s Creed arrived late last night, so you know what that means – it’s time for a trailer breakdown, where we go through this whole batch of footage frame-by-frame and talk about what we find. I’m approaching this as a casual fan of the video game franchise. I’ve played a few and I’ve enjoyed them....

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Panel Recap: Falcon Flies, Cap Fights The Modern World [Comic Con 2013] By Russ Fischer/July 20, 2013 9:44 pm EST Marvel Studios just unveiled the first footage from Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and it looked unlike anything else the company has released. We’ve heard that the film, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, would be something like a thriller, but this footage really showed off a movie that deeply integrates current interests and fears about how we’re managing national security....

‘Ghostbusters’ Spoiler Review: How Does The New Version Stack Up Against The Original? By Jacob Hall/July 18, 2016 11:00 am EST If you had told me two years ago that the new Ghostbusters movie would be the source of so much bitter, angry contention, I would have called you a liar. But here we are. The movie has been out for a few days. You’ve had a chance to see it....

‘Green Room’ Red Band Trailer: This Is The Punks Versus Neo-Nazis Thriller You’re Looking For By Jacob Hall/Feb. 2, 2016 6:00 am EST A24 is on a roll. A day after they release a new trailer for The Witch, an early frontrunner for one of the best films of 2016, they go ahead and reveal the first full trailer for Green Room, another early frontrunner for one of the year’s top films....

‘Operation Avalanche’: Faking The Moon Landing Is An Absolute Blast [Sundance Review] By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 23, 2016 1:00 pm EST People don’t seem to be all that impressed with found footage movies anymore, especially in the horror genre. But director Matt Johnson has done something clever with the narrative style in his Sundance selected comedic conspiracy theory thriller Operation Avalanche. We all know that the United States was the first country to step foot on the moon after Russia beat us to space with Sputnik....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’: More Details About Benicio Del Toro’s Mysterious Character Revealed By Ben Pearson/Aug. 10, 2017 12:34 pm EST Benicio del Toro is staying in the Disney family, moving from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to a galaxy far, far away. The Oscar-winning actor, who does a fine job of balancing dramatic fare like Sicario with appearances in blockbusters like Guardians of the Galaxy, was cast in Star Wars: The Last Jedi a long time ago…but we still don’t know who he’s playing....

‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Review: David Fincher’s Frostbitten, Dispassionate Thriller By Russ Fischer/Dec. 20, 2011 3:30 pm EST (This review originally ran last week when Sony lifted the review embargo, but we’re running it again today to coincide with the film’s wide opening.) Something at the center of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium novels has captured the attention of millions. Actually, make that ‘someone.’ The first novel, Män som hatar kvinnor (Men Who Hate Women, softened to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo in many countries) spins around an unlikely nucleus: counterculture heroine Lisbeth Salander, a determined outsider possessed of keen investigative skills, a vengeful spirit and a strong sense of fairness....

‘The Punisher’ Trailer: Jon Bernthal Is Here To Kick Ass And Shoot You In The Face By Jacob Hall/Sept. 20, 2017 7:54 am EST Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle was the highlight of the uneven Daredevil season 2. Marvel’s unhinged vigilante can be a tough nut to crack (and incredibly boring when cracked incorrectly), but this take on the character, deranged and broken and terrifying, felt like a home run. At least it felt like a home run during his limited screen time in a show about another Marvel hero....

‘The Shining’ Sequel ‘Doctor Sleep’ Adds ‘Mission: Impossible’ Star Rebecca Ferguson By Chris Evangelista/June 28, 2018 2:00 pm EST The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep is adding Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star Rebecca Ferguson to the cast. Ferguson will join co-star Ewan McGregor in the film based on the novel by Stephen King.Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep continues to attract exciting cast members. Variety is reporting that Rebecca Ferguson, who stole the show in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and will next be seen in Mission: Impossible – Fallout, has joined the cast of the horror film....

‘The Terror’ Review: ‘Horrible From Supper’ Is A Nasty Piece Of Business By Chris Evangelista/May 1, 2018 11:00 am EST Welcome to our weekly recaps of AMC’s historical horror show The Terror. This The Terror review takes a look at the seventh extra-sharp episode, “Horrible From Supper.” Spoilers follow. In this week’s episode: The ships get left behind! A whole bunch of severed heads! Mutiny is in the air! Will the real Cornelius Hickey please stand up?...

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Clip: Watch Director Taika Waititi Play A Giant Rock Monster By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 11, 2017 8:30 am EST Before he was an acclaimed film director and fashion icon, Taika Waititi was an actor. And getting behind the camera doesn’t mean he’s lost the acting bug. The director of Thor: Ragnarok has made an appearance in all of the films he’s directed, and far be it for him to pass up a chance to star in a superhero blockbuster....

Comic Con: Saturday And Sunday Panels Announced; Tron Legacy Director Outlines What He’ll Present By Russ Fischer/July 11, 2010 2:57 pm EST The Saturday and Sunday schedules for this year’s San Diego Comic Con have been released, so now the full Con lineup is available. I’ve excerpted the most pertinent film and TV highlights below. Sunday is fairly slow, with most of the panels oriented around family fare. (There’s good stuff, just not much big-ticket film stuff....