/Film Interview: James Wan Talks ‘Furious 7’ Expectations, Scope And The Rock Bottom By Germain Lussier/April 3, 2015 9:39 am EST James Wan is a big time director, but that wasn’t by design. Wan directed six movies before taking the wheel for this weekend’s Furious 7 and while many of them were huge hits, none of them compared to this. Furious 7 is a big budget blockbuster with six films preceding it....
‘Goodnight Mommy’ Review: A Deeply Uncomfortable, Deeply Rewarding Experience By Angie Han/Sept. 28, 2015 4:00 am EST Note: While the first page of this review is spoiler-free, the second goes deep into spoiler territory. We ask that you mark spoilers in the comments, but proceed into the comments at your own risk. To the best of my memory, I’ve only ever walked out on three movies in my life. Twice, it was at the behest of other people; once, I was simply bored....
‘Rogue One’ Footage Reaction Round-Up: Explosive Action, Praise For K-2SO & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 4, 2016 4:30 pm EST This weekend, our own Jacob Hall went to Skywalker Ranch for a special press event showing 28 minutes of footage from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. You can check out his full, spoiler-free reaction over here. But since there were several more reporters and critics on hand, we thought we’d provide you a variety of reactions after the footage screened....
‘The Departed’ Scribe William Monahan Offers Updates On The ‘Evel Knievel’ Project And More By Jack Giroux/Jan. 18, 2016 8:00 am EST Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan’s latest film, Mojave, a rough and mean meta thriller, opens in theaters next week. The writer is known for such films as The Departed and Kingdom of Heaven, but in 2000 he had a novel published that couldn’t be more different from those pictures. “Light House: A Trifle” is a wild story – a farce with writers, criminals, a prostitute, and an unhappy married couple running an inn....
2010 Academy Awards Winners By Peter Sciretta/March 7, 2010 4:25 pm EST The 82nd Academy Awards have begun. We’ll begin to update our live blog of the award ceremony after the jump. Leave your thoughts, commentary, and predictions in the comments below! The award show has begun… Samsung is all over the commercial breaks, pushing their new 3D televisions. All because of Avatar.The show opened with an on stage introduction of all the Actors and Actors nominated for Best Leading Role....
Alamo Drafthouse Finally Opens Doors In Downtown Brooklyn: Get Your First Look By Angie Han/Oct. 28, 2016 12:00 pm EST It’s been about six years since we first got word of the Alamo Drafthouse’s plans to expand to New York. They technically succeeded in 2013, if you count Yonkers as part of New York; most New Yorkers do not, and so this week we’re celebrating the fact that the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn is finally, at long last, in business....
Alex Kurtzman On ‘The Mummy’: The Tone, Tom Cruise, The PG-13 Rating & More By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 5, 2016 6:00 am EST Last week I got an opportunity to talk to filmmaker Alex Kurtzman about his upcoming film The Mummy. During our roundtable chat, Kurtzman explained the reason for remaking The Mummy today, what the tone of the movie will be, how to get Tom Cruise to scream in terror, why we see Tom Cruise in a body bag in the trailer, the evolution of The Mummy’s appearance, if this film will feature a romance like the original and how the film’s PG-13 rating affects the story....
Alexander Payne Calls Next Film ‘Nebraska’ “A Nice Little Comedy” By Russ Fischer/Jan. 11, 2012 12:30 pm EST It was seven years between Alexander Payne’s films Sideways and The Descendants, but the director has a couple new projects in the works. He probably won’t have to wait nearly as long before getting another film off the ground. We know, for one, that he’s working on Wilson, an adaptation of Daniel Clowes’ comic story....
Believe It Or Not, One Of The Direct-To-Video ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ Sequels Is Actually Pretty Good By Rob Hunter/Aug. 30, 2018 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to DTV Descent, a series that explores the weird and wild world of direct-to-video sequels to theatrically released movies. In this edition, we bite down hard on two sequels to Robert Rodriguez’s vampire/crime genre mash-up From Dusk Till Dawn.) The ’90s were a wild time in Hollywood, and few production companies embodied that like Miramax....
Box Office: Halloween Huge $10.5M Friday, Headed For $35M 4-Day Weekend By Steve Mason/Sept. 1, 2007 12:25 am EST Michael Myers has returned from the dead to slaughter all box office competition. The all-new MGM/Weinstein version of HALLOWEEN has exploded for an estimated $10.5M on Friday, and it’s headed for a 3-day of $30M and a spectacular 4-day Labor Day weekend of $35.775M. The success isn’t a complete surprise. Director Rob Zombie has scored successes with low budget slasher flicks HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES ($12....
Christopher Nolan Gives Small Updates On Batman 3 And Superman By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2010 9:00 am EST While making the press rounds for Inception, director Christopher Nolan hasn’t said much about the planned Batman Begins/The Dark Knight sequel (due out in Summer 2012) or the Superman film he’s attached to produce. Part of that reason is that Nolan doesn’t do interviews with online websites, which are more likely to ask about the upcoming comic book sequel....
David Ayer Wishes He Had A Time Machine To Fix ‘Suicide Squad’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 23, 2017 7:30 am EST It’s no secret that Suicide Squad received some pretty harsh reviews. Even people who enjoyed the film had some problems with key parts in it, especially when it comes to the logic of the story and how some characters were mishandled. But hey, no film is perfect. Thankfully, director David Ayer has come forth and admitted that Suicide Squad does indeed have flaws....
Find Out What Happened To Doug And Patti Mayonnaise In The ‘Doug’ Sequel That Will Sadly Never Be Made By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 9, 2016 1:00 pm EST If you were a kid growing up during the 1990s, there’s a big chance that the Nickelodeon animated television series Doug holds a special place in your heart. The kid’s network now airs some of their more classic series in a nighttime programming block called The Splat, which doesn’t include Doug....
Focus Features Partners With Laika For Three More Films By Russ Fischer/Oct. 6, 2014 6:00 am EST Released just over a week ago, The Boxtrolls had the best-ever opening for Laika, and going into this weekend had a global take sitting at $38m. Those are good numbers, and all the more remarkable because The Boxtrolls isn’t a smooth and sanitized picture. Rather it is idiosyncratic and unusual, especially for today’s animation landscape....
If The ‘Magicians’ Comic-Con Panel Is Any Indication, Season 4 Is Going To Be Crazy And Lots Of Fun [Comic-Con 2018] By Vanessa Armstrong/July 22, 2018 11:00 am EST “Can you tell we were drinking tequila in the green room?” showrunner Sera Gamble asked at one point during The Magicians panel at San Diego Comic-Con. The answer to Gamble’s question was yes, but it was a wonderful thing to see Gamble, her fellow executive producer John McNamara and cast members Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman and Summer Bishil enjoying each other’s company and having a rowdy time on stage....
Interview: B.D. Wong Talks Returning To ‘Jurassic World’ as Dr. Henry Wu By Peter Sciretta/June 13, 2015 9:00 am EST The following interview comes from Courtney Howard: Actor B.D. Wong has played an assistant to a flamboyant wedding planner (Father of The Bride), a mobster (Mystery Date), and, for eleven years, a psychologist (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit). He also won many awards, including a Tony, for his breakout role in the play M....
Interview: Jerry Seinfeld By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 3, 2007 12:31 am EST Last month we had the opportunity to sit down with Jerry Seinfeld and talk about his new film, Bee Movie. Here is a transcript of that round table interview. Q: Do you find there’s a big difference in the kind of comedy you have to invent? A: There’s a big difference. Sometimes you can do certain things on stage, or even in a TV series, and people see the look on your face and they know what you mean, so you can get away with certain things....
Official Green Lantern Movie Logo Revealed By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2010 11:33 pm EST Warner Bros. Consumer Products has revealed the first official logo/promotional art for the Green Lantern live-action movie. Check it out now, after the jump. Press Release: Warner Bros. Consumer Products, DC Comics and Mattel “Ring” in Intergalactic Offerings for Green Lantern Batman: The Brave and the Bold, DC Super Friends and Young Justice Round Out DC Super Hero Line-Up BURBANK, Calif....
Posters: Jason Statham Swaggers In ‘Parker,’ Plus ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ ‘Frankenweenie,’ And Great ‘Killing Them Softly’ One-Sheets By Russ Fischer/Oct. 1, 2012 3:00 pm EST Loads of new posters have hit today, and the one that you see above is the fairly disappointing first image for Parker, which, as the pic suggests, stars Jason Statham as the title character. It’s a movie I’ve held some hope for, as it follows in a line of films (Point Blank, Full Contact, Ransom) that all adapt the same source material from crime novelist Donald E....
Roger Deakins Will Shoot ‘Blade Runner 2’ For Denis Villeneuve By Germain Lussier/May 20, 2015 11:25 am EST Ridley Scott’s original Blade Runner is a film that’s revered for its look. However, cinematographer Jordan Cronenweth rarely gets the credit. Instead, it usually goes to his director, production designer, set designer and others. With director Denis Villeneuve’s sequel now in the works, fans were certainly wondering if the look of the new film could live up to that universal praise....
