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Why Diversity In Film Matters More Than Ever By Angie Han/Nov. 17, 2016 8:00 am EST In the wake of this shocking election and in the face of massive uncertainty, the question of diversity in movies may seem trivial. What does it matter what race a new comic book hero or action star is when the next president is taking advice from a proud white nationalist? Who cares whether female characters are well written when the incoming Republican government is drooling over the opportunity to gut Roe v....

‘Alice Through The Looking Glass’ Trailer & Preview: Alice Crosses Oceans Of Time To Save Past, Present, And Future By Jack Giroux/March 29, 2016 10:00 am EST It’s been over six years since our last trip to Underland. In 2010, director Tim Burton reimagined Lewis Carroll’s classic story with his box office hit, which made over a billion dollars worldwide. Burton decided not to return for the upcoming sequel, Alice Through the Looking Glass....

/Answers: The Most American Movies By /Film Staff/July 4, 2017 8:30 am EST Every week in /Answers, we attempt to answer a new pop culture-related question. This week’s edition asks “What is the most American movie?” Each writer was allowed to interpret that question any way they pleased. As always, we have submissions from the /Film writing crew and podcast team. /Film is experimenting with a daily podcast (you can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and rss)....

‘Ash Vs Evil Dead’ Revives Hopes For ‘Evil Dead 4’ [Comic-Con 2016] By Fred Topel/July 25, 2016 3:00 pm EST Starz presented a panel for season two of Ash vs Evil Dead, their series based on the Evil Dead films. Bruce Campbell, Lucy Lawless and producer Robert Tapert spoke with reporters in roundtables, where Tapert stated that the current focus is to produce more seasons of the TV series. However, success means a fourth movie is more likely down the line than it would have been without a TV show....

‘Barry’ Is A Bloody Great Showcase For A Killer Bill Hader [SXSW] By Jacob Hall/March 11, 2018 10:00 am EST On Saturday Night Live, Bill Hader made his name as a ham. And a good one. As the show’s resident master of impressions (maybe the best the long-running series has ever seen), he was a key supporting player, the goofball who could conjure up an iconic figure with seemingly little effort, the wacky spice injected into any ordinary situation to get you giggling....

‘Fantastic Beasts’: Meet Some Of Newt Scamander’s Magical Creatures By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 15, 2016 8:00 am EST This fall brings Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them to theaters, expanding the wizarding world that J.K. Rowling created, complete with a screenplay written by the novel’s author herself. The most recent trailer finally laid out the basic premise of the story for us with some magical creatures escaping from Newt Scamander’s suitcase, leaving the wizard with the task of tracking them down before they wreak havoc on the non-magical world and reveal the wizarding community....

/Film Interview: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Simon Kinberg Talks Daily Schedule, Internet Rumors And Episode VII By Germain Lussier/Aug. 5, 2014 12:00 pm EST And if you learn one thing from our interview, which took place at Comic-Con, it’s warranted. Kinberg is a geek just like you and I. He reads Internet rumors, watches a lot of movies, and takes fan anticipation into consideration when developing his huge body of work....

‘Review’ In Review: How The Series Finale Solidifies Andy Daly’s Show As A Comedy Great By Karen Han/April 3, 2017 11:30 am EST Has there ever been a show that so profoundly plumbed the depths of human delusion and misery like Review? Even before heading into its third and final season, the show (starring Andy Daly as Forrest MacNeil and airing on Comedy Central) had already distinguished itself as a dark comedy of unmatched proportions, if not an outright tragedy — the fact that the predominant theory as to what was going on was that Forrest was in Purgatory had to be debunked by Daly himself says as much....

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Trailer Breakdown: Going Through The New Footage Frame-By-Frame By Jacob Hall/Dec. 9, 2016 9:00 am EST The first two trailers for Spider-Man: Homecoming arrived late last night and they’re wonderful, somehow managing to make another Spider-Man movie look appealing so soon after The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Then again, the debut of Tom Holland’s new webslinger in Captain America: Civil War was a perfect palate cleanser, depicting a version of the character audiences actually wanted to see while finally integrating him into Marvel Studios’ increasingly large universe....

‘Star Wars’ Movie Ideas Aren’t Coming From The Filmmakers; Stories May Enter Other Genres By Germain Lussier/Oct. 2, 2014 1:00 pm EST A great new article offers a peek behind the curtain into the brand-new Lucasfilm. It’s a profile of Kiri Hart, the company’s vice president of development, who is described as the Star Wars version of Kevin Feige. She’s the one primarily responsible for making sure all of the new Star Wars stories connect to each other and are up to the level of quality Star Wars fans expect....

‘The LEGO Movie 2’ Features Chris Pratt In Two Roles And Tiffany Haddish As A Shapeshifting Alien [Comic-Con 2018] By Jacob Hall/July 21, 2018 12:15 pm EST Warner Bros. brought the cast and crew of The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part to Comic-Con for a brisk panel, letting the cast riff before showing off new footage. Anyone hoping that the sequel will maintain the anarchic spirit of the first movie will be very pleased by what was on display here....

‘Westworld’ Spoiler Review: 10 Questions From ‘‘The Well-Tempered Clavier’’ By Jacob Hall/Nov. 28, 2016 9:30 am EST If last week’s episode of Westworld was the show taking in a deep breath, “The Well-Tempered Clavier” is that breath being let out in a hurricane of twists and turns that tore down many of the series’ facades and brought several key characters to their knees. And it isn’t just an avalanche of answers to questions – it’s as rich and thoughtful and weird as the show has ever been....

2015 Emmy Nominations Announced By Angie Han/July 16, 2015 8:31 am EST In a slight break from tradition, the 67th annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced this morning not at the crack of dawn, but at the relatively sane hour of 8:30 AM Pacific. Uzo Aduba and Cat Deeley were on hand to read this year’s list of hopefuls. We’ll be updating this list as names are announced, so follow the 2015 Emmy nominations along with us after the jump....

Benicio Del Toro Reprises His ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Role As The Collector, But For Which Movie? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 15, 2016 1:30 pm EST The Daily Mail spotted Benicio Del Toro sporting what appears to be the hairpiece he wore for his role as Taneleer Tivan aka The Collector from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. According to the British newspaper, Del Toro was filming scenes for James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 in Los Angeles....

Bong Joon-Ho Says His ‘Snowpiercer’ Cut Tested Better Than The Weinsteins’ By Angie Han/Nov. 5, 2013 2:00 pm EST Not only do American audiences not know when we’ll get to see Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer, we don’t even know what form it’ll be in when we do. Back in August, word got out that U.S. distributor The Weinstein Company was cutting 20 minutes out of the film. Bong initially seemed pretty chill about the whole thing, but then other reports indicated that he was actually quite furious in private....

Chinese Theaters Are Shortchanging Hollywood: What Does This Mean For Box Office Numbers? By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 5, 2017 10:30 am EST China’s influence on Hollywood in the past few years is palpable, with major blockbusters inserting storylines and characters to specifically cater to Chinese audiences and studios depending on overseas audiences to save critically slammed blockbusters. But Hollywood may soon find that all that pandering hasn’t paid off. Chinese theaters have been reportedly skimming millions of dollars in ticket revenue from Hollywood studios, with as much as 9% of ticket sales going underreported in 2016....

Comic Con 2014 Friday Schedule Features Marvel Television, [Adult Swim], And Game Of Thrones By Russ Fischer/July 11, 2014 12:30 pm EST The Comic Con 2014 Friday schedule is out, and it’s a huge TV day. Cartoon Network and [Adult Swim] (and Bob’s Burgers and Archer) are over in the Indigo Ballroom in the Hilton Bayfront, while 20th Century Fox, Kevin’s Smith’s Tusk, and Daniel Radcliffe and the film Horns will all appear in Hall H....

First Look: Guy Ritchie’s RockNRolla; Plus Test Screening Review By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 11, 2007 3:10 am EST Warner Bros has released the first two production photos from Guy Ritchie’s RockNRolla, a crime thriller starring Gerard Butler. Click on the images to enlarge. Everyone is hoping that this film might be a return to form for Ritchie, who has had a string of critical bombs and box office failures. We have a reader submitted test screening review below....

How The ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Ending Came To Be By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 8, 2017 8:30 am EST Major spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 lie ahead. Don’t read any further if you haven’t watched the movie! It was a sorrowful ending that reverberated through the galaxy, and cemented Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as a worthy and emotional follow-up to its predecessor. And the ending of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Interview: ‘The Gambler’ Star Brie Larson On ‘Game Of Thrones’ And Marvel By Angie Han/Dec. 23, 2014 10:30 am EST It would have been easy for Amy to get lost in The Gambler. As Mark Wahlberg’s love interest, she’s a quiet woman among big, destructive personalities. But she’s played by Brie Larson, and that means she’s never boring. Larson exudes a wise-beyond-her-years calmness, becoming an oasis of understanding in the desert of Jim’s messed-up life....