The Best Satanic Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen By Jordan Hoffman/Feb. 17, 2012 10:00 am EST Well fire and damnation, this week we’re all going to hell. Nicolas Cage is riding to your local theater on a motorbike fueled by Satan and there’s little anyone can do to stop it. I’ve seen Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and, quite frankly, it ain’t good. That said, if I hadn’t seen it yet and twenty-five people told me it stunk, I’d still go....
The Force Awakens Bits: Darth Vader’s Post-Funeral Helmet, Samurai, Impressive Vines By Jacob Hall/Jan. 28, 2016 3:00 pm EST Welcome back to The Force Awakens Bits, your ongoing source of assorted Star Wars: The Force Awakens news items. In today’s edition: David Prowse reveals Darth Vader’s actual helmet 30 years later. You can now pre-order Captain Phasma’s replica helmet. The secret voices of The Force Awakens. Wall-E joins the Star Wars universe....
The Unpopular Opinion: ‘The Matrix Reloaded’ Is The Great Misunderstood Sequel Of The 2000s By Joshua Meyer/May 15, 2018 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly beloved by all. In this edition: we go to bat for The Matrix Reloaded on its 15th anniversary.) If the burden of a sequel is to equal or better its predecessor, then few movie sequels have inherited as great a burden as The Matrix Reloaded did when it first hit theaters 15 years ago today on May 15, 2003....
This Week In Trailers: Undefeated, Pink Ribbons, Inc., The Adopted (Les Adoptes), How Do You Write A Joe Schermann Song, On The Ice By Christopher Stipp/Feb. 11, 2012 10:00 am 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?...
Three Great David Fincher Audio Commentaries By Jack Giroux/May 21, 2018 7:00 am EST The start of a David Fincher commentary is kind of like the start of a David Fincher movie: you know you’re in store for something good. Sometimes after listening to hours upon hours of commentary tracks, I question how I spend my time, but listening to Fincher’s commentaries is always time well spent. He’s concise and candid, he’s as funny as his movies, and he’s a great storyteller....
TV Bits: Cord Cutting, ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Seth MacFarlane’s ‘Flintstones’, And More By Ben Pearson/Sept. 24, 2017 11:00 am EST In this edition of TV Bits: Cord cutting has reached new heights Seth MacFarlane’s The Flintstones show probably isn’t happening Sabrina, a Riverdale spin-off, is currently in the works New photos from The Walking Dead season 8 The Exorcist season 2 debuts a new featurette And more! Variety cites a research report that says the rate of cord cutting – aka canceling cable or satellite TV – has exploded in recent months and 2017 could see as many as 22....
/Film Interview: ‘The Lone Ranger’ Star Armie Hammer On Leading A Franchise, Guy Ritchie, And Batman By Germain Lussier/July 1, 2013 5:58 pm EST For actor Armie Hammer, things are going pretty damn well right about now. He broke out in an Oscar-nominated film, worked with one of the best directors of all time, and is now the title character in a big budget Disney blockbuster. That last one is, of course, Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger, a brand-new take on the classic radio and TV character featuring Hammer as the Ranger and Johnny Depp as his sidekick, Tonto....
/Film Interview: IMAX Executives Talk ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ And IMAX Misconceptions By Germain Lussier/Dec. 2, 2013 12:00 pm EST There are many misconceptions about IMAX. What films are shot in the format? What films are exhibited in the format? Why are some screens certain sizes and others so much smaller? One fact is, with The Hunger Games: Catching Fire now in theaters, it’s officially the first time two studio features shot in IMAX have been released in the same year....
/Film Set Interview: ‘The Avengers’ Stars Robert Downey Jr And Chris Evans By Peter Sciretta/April 4, 2012 7:00 am EST In June 2011, Marvel invited a handfull of journalists to the set of The Avengers. /Film was a part of this amazing visit to Albuquerque Studios (which you can read about here). While on set we participated in round table interviews with the cast and crew of the film. After the jump you will be able to read our interview with Robert Downey Jr and Chris Evans, who play Iron Man and Captain America in The Avengers...
‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot Marketing Confusingly Hints At Original Franchise Connection By Ethan Anderton/April 1, 2016 11:00 am EST When the first trailer for the Ghostbusters reboot was released, the reference to the original storyline of four scientists friends saving New York City over 30 years ago confused some fans, leading them to believe that this new movie existed in the same universe. However, everything that director Paul Feig and writer Katie Dippold have said indicates that this is a hard reboot where people don’t know ghosts exist and therefore there has been no need for the Ghostbusters....
‘Ghostbusters’ Trailer Breakdown: We Ain’t Afraid Of Going Through This New Footage Frame-By-Frame By Jacob Hall/May 18, 2016 9:00 am EST And like the previous trailer, this one begs for a frame-by-frame breakdown. Let’s dive into this thing. The original Ghostbusters is, first and foremost, a comedy. This fact seems to have escaped a certain angry and loud portion of the film’s fandom, but never mind that. However, the film works because its ghosts are meticulously designed and genuinely frightening....
‘Justice League’ Trailer Breakdown: Let’s Go All In On The DC Comics Superhero Union By Ethan Anderton/July 27, 2017 7:00 am EST As the new Justice League poster points out, you can’t save the world alone, and we certainly can’t let the new trailer go by without taking a cue from Aquaman and making a deep dive into what this footage tells us about the first big screen union of these DC Comics superheroes....
‘Stranger Things’ Producers Shawn Levy And Dan Cohen On Making Season 2 Of The Hit Series [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Oct. 31, 2017 10:00 am EST If demodogs, telekinesis, and all the mystery were removed from Stranger Things, the Duffer brothers’ show would still have plenty going for it. “The rule of law for season two was characters first, characters last, characters all the way,” producer and director Shawn Levy recently told us, while speaking with him and his 21 Laps Entertainment producing partner, Dan Cohen....
Alfre Woodard Has A Role In ‘Captain America: Civil War’ But It’s Not Tied To ‘Luke Cage’ By Ethan Anderton/April 6, 2016 9:00 am EST The release of Captain America: Civil War is just one month away, and that means the star-studded red carpet premiere iseven closer. The cast of the comic book sequel is already massive with a whole slew of The Avengers appearing in the movie and squaring off against each other as they disagree over the Sokovia Accords, which dictates that the superhero team needs some kind of oversight....
Are The Disney Animated Movies Of The Late ’90s Any Good? By Dalin Rowell/July 5, 2017 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Nostalgia Bomb, a series where we take a look back on beloved childhood favorites and discern whether or not they’re actually any good. In this edition: a look back at Disney’s post-rennaisance animated output, including The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, and Hercules.)When people think of Disney, they often jump to the classics – Bambi, Dumbo, Snow White, and so on....
Comedian Garry Shandling Has Died At 66 By Ethan Anderton/March 24, 2016 3:00 pm EST Some sad news comes out of nowhere today as influential comedian and writer Garry Shandling, star of The Larry Sanders Show, has passed away at 66 years old. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that Garry Shandling died at a Los Angeles hospital but the exact cause of death has not been revealed at this time, though it is known he had some sort of medical emergency today which led to his death....
David Lynch’s Next Film Is A Documentary On Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Updates On Snootworld. By Hunter Stephenson/Nov. 18, 2009 11:40 am EST Everyone I know is compiling a list of the best films of the aughts, and 2001’s Mulholland Drive seems to be a lock on most (and if it’s not, 2006’s Inland Empire is the more pretentious substitute). But as the decade closes out, I do wish we had seen more “Lynchian” films from David Lynch, who seems occupied with experimental video, his son’s ambitious documentary projects, the advent of Twitter, and exposing as many people/fans to Transcendental Meditation as possible....
Drake Doremus Talks ‘Like Crazy’ Trailer, Post-Sundance Expectations, A New PG-13 Rating And The Film’s Darker Cousin By Germain Lussier/Aug. 2, 2011 9:00 am EST Writer/director Drake Doremus knows that the sound on Monday’s trailer premiere of his award-winning Sundance romance Like Crazy was bad and he takes full responsibility. You see, he was in New York working on his next movie starring Guy Pierce, Amy Ryan and Like Crazy co-star Felicity Jones and was forced to mix the sound over the phone and e-mail....
Early Buzz: Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2009 7:18 pm EST Paramount Pictures has begun to screen Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Lovely Bones, and reviews have begun to appear online. Lets take a look at some quotes from the early reviews: Todd McCarthy at Variety: “Peter Jackson’s infatuation with fancy visual effects mortally wounds The Lovely Bones.” …. “Jackson undermines solid work from a good cast with show-offy celestial evocations that severely disrupt the emotional connections with the characters....
First Look: Is Johnny Depp A Ghoulish King Of Pop In ‘Dark Shadows’? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 13, 2011 5:00 pm EST [No photo] Prognosticators of doom and gloom for Tim Burton’s latest effort, here’s your biggest opening to date. These are the first set pics of Johnny Depp on the set of Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, and at the very best, he looks like a dandied-up zombie version of Michael Jackson as he might exist in Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy....
