Q&A: Which Is The Best 3D Format? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2012 8:00 am EST Lets face it, 3D movies are not going away any time soon. Every year we’re seeing more and more films being released and re-released in 3D. So why not experience the 3D in the best way possible? There are several 3D formats. RealD? Dolby 3D? IMAX 3D? XpanD 3D? Which is the best 3D format? I attempt to answer that question in this weeks edition of Q&A....
Sequel Bits: ‘Jurassic World’, ‘The Purge 2’, ‘He Got Game’, ‘True Blood’ By Angie Han/Jan. 11, 2014 10:00 am EST Jurassic World has been picking up a pretty great cast, but one person we shouldn’t expect to see in it is original Jurassic Park star Sam Neill. Also after the jump: The website for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For has launched Zach Gilford slips a few plot details about The Purge 2 Uwe Boll and Brendan Fletcher will go on another Rampage Spike Lee and Ray Allen have discussed a He Got Game sequel Sarah Jessica Parker thinks SATC has “one last chapter to tell” Stephen Moyer hints at a True Blood movie sequel, maybe The Purge 2 has so far been shrouded in mystery, even as the cast fills up with TV and indie film favorites....
Sequel Bits: Joss Whedon Says He’ll Work On ‘Dr. Horrible 2’ This Summer, Plus: ‘Catching Fire’, ‘Riddick’, ‘The Incredibles 2’, ‘Madagascar 3’ By Angie Han/March 15, 2012 10:30 am EST It may be a while before we see the triumphant return of Bob and Helen Parr and their superpowered brood, but if Joss Whedon is to be believed, a rematch between Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer may not be so far off....
Star Wars Bits: Rogue One Filming, Episode VII Concept Art, Battlefront, Jakku And More By Ethan Anderton/July 2, 2015 1:30 pm EST “And these blast points, too accurate for Sandpeople.” Only Star Wars Bits are so precise. Here’s what we have in this edition of updates from a galaxy far, far away: Star Wars: Rogue One rumored to be filming, concept art described Pinewood Studios earnings up thanks to Star Wars Acme Archives to have exclusive Star Wars art at Comic-Con Del Rey eBook sampler reveals more Star Wars novels details Concept art may show Maz Kanata from The Force Awakens New merchandise package shows more The Force Awakens promo art First look at Jakku from space from on Star Wars website?...
The Dark Universe Lumbers On: Bill Condon Talks ‘Bride Of Frankenstein’ Remake By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 3, 2017 3:30 pm EST Boy, they’re really still going to do this, huh? After the less-than-kind reaction to The Mummy, featuring Tom Cruise and nothing even close to a coherent script, it seemed as if Universal’s Dark Universe – an attempt to turn their classic Monsters characters into the stars of their own MCU – might be DOA....
The Force Awakens Bits: A Closer Look At Snoke, The Existence Of More Deleted Scenes, And The Generosity Of J.J. Abrams By Jacob Hall/April 14, 2016 5:00 am EST Eventually, we’ll have to discontinue The Force Awakens Bits, especially since everyone’s focus is shifting to Rogue One as of late. But not yet! In the meantime, here’s all of the recent news regarding Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Our closest look yet at Supreme Leader Snoke....
Ron Howard You have a long legacy with Lucas. I mean, I don’t have to tell you. But you were originally asked to do like one of the Star Wars prequels?Ron: Asked, but I really wanna underline it. It wasn’t like some sort of [formal] offer. It wasn’t like I read the script and had an opinion. [George Lucas] was beginning to get serious about doing the prequels, he reached out to a few people and I was one of them and just sort of dropped in conversation the question, would you wanna do one of these?...
The Water Cooler: Visiting Pixar, Watching ‘La La Land’ On A Rooftop, And Reckoning With Hurricane Harvey By /Film Staff/Aug. 30, 2017 12:30 pm EST Welcome to The Water Cooler, a weekly feature where the /Film staff is free to go off-topic and talk about everything except the movies and TV shows they normally write about. In this edition: Hoai-Tran talks about visiting the Pixar campus, Peter tries to memorize a deck of cards, Jacob implores you to donate to Houston relief, Ben watches La La Land on an L....
This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Star Trek, Bruno, It’s Always Sunny In PA: A Very Sunny X-Mas, And More By Adam Quigley/Nov. 17, 2009 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There’s a reason why this film found success beyond its limited Trekkie fan base: it’s not a Star Trek film. Admitted by J.J. Abrams himself, this reboot of the series is more Star Wars than Trek, and that’s a large part of its appeal....
This Week In Trailers: Hood To Coast, From Bedrooms To Billions, The Tunnel, Thought Of You, Bad Writing By Christopher Stipp/Dec. 17, 2010 6:00 pm EST Yes, it’s like REC. Get past that. What I like about this trailer is that it doesn’t presuppose that “Gee, another movie where it’s about ‘found footage.’” Rather, the setup is that there’s a voiceover and footage from the period in question working in tandem instead of one or the other being the device that moves the plot forward....
This Week In Trailers: Station To Station, Do I Sound Gay?, Second Coming, Hinterland, Every Other Summer By Christopher Stipp/June 15, 2015 4:00 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: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...
Trailer: HBO’s Game Of Thrones By Peter Sciretta/June 13, 2010 10:06 pm EST Last week we posted a new trailer for the highly anticipated Martin Scorsese-directed/produced HBO series Boardwalk Empire. If you haven’t yet watched that trailer, what are you waiting for – click here now. Today we have another trailer from HBO, this time a teaser trailer for their upcoming fantasy series Game of Thrones. The series is based on George R....
‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 Is Already In The Works By Jacob Hall/Oct. 7, 2016 11:30 am EST It’s been an agonizing wait, but we are officially two weeks away from the third season Black Mirror. Charlie Brooker’s science fiction anthology series, which tackles the horrors of the internet age through ambitious and frequently horrifying one-off stories, is set to arrive on Netflix on October 21, 2016. Heck, a new trailer debuted earlier today, and it looks as good as ever....
‘Cloak And Dagger’ Continues To Come Into Its Own In ‘Call/Response’ By Monique Jones/June 22, 2018 11:00 am EST This week’s episode of Cloak & Dagger, “Call/Response,” finally puts us in a room with Tandy and Tyrone talking to each other alone, and in a great surprise, we finally get a glimpse of Tyrone’s superhero costume. The backstory is as rich in New Orleans’ history as it is steeped in emotional anguish....
‘Fantastic Four’ Early Buzz: First Reviews Are Mostly Negative [Update] By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 5, 2015 3:30 pm EST This week brings the release of 20th Century Fox’s reboot of the comic book franchise Fantastic Four from director Josh Trank. We haven’t heard much about the quality of the film as far as audiences are concerned, but some of the buzz behind the scenes had people worried and skeptical about the movie actually delivering a satisfying reboot....
‘Ghostbusters’ Spin-Off With Channing Tatum And Chris Pratt May Still Happen By Ethan Anderton/July 29, 2015 2:00 pm EST This month has been chock full of new details about Paul Feig’s reboot of Ghostbusters. We’ve seen the new proton packs (with added specs to help cosplayers), the new Ecto-1, and a shot of Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones all suited up and ready to bust ghosts, not to mention learning about a cameo from Dan Aykroyd and the character names of the new female paranormal exterminators....
‘Star Wars: Secrets Of The Empire’ Hyper-Reality Experience Coming To Disney Resorts This Year, But What Is It? By Ben Pearson/Aug. 3, 2017 3:30 pm EST We know that the future of Star Wars storytelling is going to be told using virtual reality, and now Lucasfilm has taken another step toward crafting a completely immersive experience that transports the user into a galaxy far, far away. They’ve teamed up with ILMxLAB and a company called The Void and have announced Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, a new multi-sensory, hyper-reality experience that’s set to open later this year at the Disney resorts....
‘Super 8,’ ‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon,’ ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ And ‘The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn’ Get IMAX Releases By Germain Lussier/Jan. 12, 2011 1:00 pm EST Paramount Pictures will be dominating your IMAX screens in the later half of 2011. They’ve just officially announced what many of us had already assumed: Super 8, directed by J.J. Abrams, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, directed by Michael Bay, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, directed by Brad Bird and The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, directed by Steven Spielberg will all be released day and date in IMAX....
The Problem With Frank Miller and Superman The idea of Frank Miller retelling the early days of Superman is both fascinating and horrifying, mainly because he has showcased a genuine antipathy for the character in his past work. Miller is a cynical guy, an artist whose work is steeped in shadows and blood and tragedy. In many ways, he fits the tortured, potentially unbalanced Batman like a glove. He’s noir to the bone....
‘Veronica Mars’ Just Changed The Movie Business By Russ Fischer/March 14, 2013 1:39 pm EST In less than twelve hours, Warner Bros., Rob Thomas, Kristen Bell, and their Veronica Mars movie changed the movie business. Yesterday morning, Thomas and his cast asked fans to donate two million dollars to revive the canceled television series Veronica Mars as a feature film. Fans have hoped for such a movie for several years. Thomas and Bell had previously been unsuccessful in attempts to persuade Warner Bros....
