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VOTD: Thirty Minutes Of ‘Return Of The Jedi’ Outtakes From Lost Laserdisc By Germain Lussier/Nov. 8, 2013 10:30 am EST Over the past few weeks, we’ve posted snippets of new footage from the production of Return of the Jedi. Which is odd considering the film turned 30 years old this year. In 1983, Lucasfilm was promoting a new edit system called EditDroid, which would have used laserdiscs as the storage media in an early digital editing system....

Watch The Best And Worst Moments Of The 2015 Academy Awards By Germain Lussier/Feb. 23, 2015 10:00 am EST The instant the 87th Annual Academy Awards ended, the dissection began. What was good? What was bad? Was anything offensive? How about inspirational? This year’s event, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, had all of that and more. Let’s not delay, below you can see the best and worst 2015 Oscar moments....

What We Learned From The Final ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Poster By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 19, 2015 12:00 pm EST Over the weekend, Lucasfilm and Disney released the final poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The poster had a few reveals, some of which you might have noticed (is that a third Death Star?) and others which were hidden in the fine print and subtext. Before the last trailer gets unleashed later today, let’s take a look at what we learned from this new poster....

‘Christopher Robin’ Director Marc Forster Isn’t Worried About ‘Paddington’ Comparisons, Explains The Film’s ‘Gladiator’ Reference, And More [Interview] By Ben Pearson/Aug. 3, 2018 11:00 am EST Marc Forster has one of the most varied resumes of any director in Hollywood. It’s not often you find someone who’s helmed a James Bond movie (Quantum of Solace), quiet dramas (Finding Neverland), an unconventional comedy (Stranger Than Fiction), a full-fledged zombie movie (World War Z), and a live-action/CG Disney hybrid....

‘Geostorm’ Reviews Quotes Make This Disaster Movie Sound Like A Must-See By Ben Pearson/Oct. 20, 2017 2:30 pm EST Geostorm has had a rough road to the big screen. The Dean Devlin-directed disaster movie was shot back in 2014 but after some reportedly awful test screenings, the film underwent massive and expensive reshoots and was delayed all the way until today, when it finally stumbled into theaters without press screenings or even Thursday night showings in most markets....

‘Never Goin’ Back’ Director Augustine Frizzell On Making Her Joyful Stoner Comedy [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Aug. 9, 2018 1:00 pm EST Never Goin’ Back is a movie bursting with life. Even when the film’s two teenage best friends (played by Maia Mitchell and Camila Morrone) are just tolerating another mundane shift at the diner, there’s still a feeling of joyfulness in Augustine Frizzell’s feature directorial debut. Even in the story’s most dire or ridiculous situations, the characters manage to keep the good times going, thanks to each other....

‘The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs’ Early Buzz: The Coen Brothers Western Is Hilarious And Uneven By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 31, 2018 3:00 pm EST The Coen Brothers are back with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Originally planned as an anthology TV series, the Coens re-edited Buster into a film, which just debuted at the Venice Film Festival. Reviews of the Western comedy are flooding in, and they hint at a movie that will wow Coen Brothers fans, and possibly perplex everyone else....

‘The Predator’ Footage Reveals Surprising Amount Of Comedy And A Badass Mega Predator [Comic-Con 2018] By Ethan Anderton/July 19, 2018 12:30 pm EST At San Diego Comic-Con, director Shane Black brought a new sneak peek of the latest entry in the Predator franchise that he was part of all the way back in the 1980s. But rather than slinging some inappropriate jokes in the jungle as a supporting star, this time he’s behind the camera for The Predator, bringing the galaxy’s most dangerous hunter to a new generation of audiences....

‘The Witcher’ Netflix Series Primer: What You Need To Know About Geralt Being Adapted (Again) By Alex Riviello/May 24, 2017 9:30 am EST Netflix has announced that they’re adapting The Witcher into a new series and gamers around the world rejoiced. But The Witcher was a series of fantasy books written by Andrzej Sapkowskit long before it was a game! With five novels and two short story collections (none of which, humorously, are called The Witcher) set in this world of monsters and monster hunters, there is a ton of material to mine for a TV series....

A Conversation With Peter Jackson And Steven Spielberg: The Temptation To Stop Making Live-Action Films [Part 2] By David Chen/Aug. 2, 2011 12:15 pm EST Last week, I was fortunate enough to visit Weta in New Zealand and receive a tour of their facilities as they were in the middle of making The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Unquestionably, the highlight of the day was an hour-long Q&A session featuring Jackson in-person and Steven Spielberg via video in LA....

Director Lee Unkrich On How Pixar’s ‘Coco’ Came To Life [Interview] By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 22, 2017 9:00 am EST Pixar’s latest film Coco hits theaters this week and I sat down with director Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3), producer Darla K. Anderson and writer/co-director Adrian Molina to talk about how the story came about. Along the way, we touch on the abandoned film project that Lee was working on with screenwriter Michael Arndt, how The Book Of Life affected this production, the evolution of the idea from the initial spark to the finished film, how Adrian Molina got involved in the project, how Lee Unkrich went from editor to director and how he edits his own films, how Darla got a credit as “Digital Angel” on the original Toy Story, hiding easter eggs in an international setting, and working with Michael Giacchino....

Jason Reitman Pushes Rian Johnson’s ‘Looper’ For Best Original Screenplay Nod By Angie Han/Dec. 21, 2012 3:41 pm EST It’s practically tradition among geeks at this point to bemoan the lack of recognition for genre movie come Oscar season each year. Even within the screenplay categories, which often give recognition some of the year’s more offbeat offerings, sci-fi films rarely seem to make the cut. And Jason Reitman thinks that’s just not fair....

Rogue One Bits: Mark Hamill’s Reaction, Alan Tudyk’s K-2SO Audition, And Many Of Your Story Questions Get Answers By Jacob Hall/Dec. 19, 2016 1:00 pm EST In this, the first post-release (and thus, full of spoilers) edition of Rogue One Bits: Mark Hamill has high praise for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. As expected, Rogue One made a ton of money over the weekend. Composer Michael Giacchino provides alternate track titles and discusses his process....

Sequel Bits: ‘Fifty Shades’, ‘Furious 7’, ‘Zoolander 2’, ‘Sharknado 3’, ‘The Walking Dead’ By Angie Han/Feb. 18, 2015 1:30 pm EST After the jump: Sam Taylor-Johnson might not do more Fifty Shades Tony Hale gets sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks 4 Cassie Scerbo will be terrorized by Sharknado again Zoolander 2 is jetting off to Rome this spring The Walking Dead spinoff pilot finishes shooting AMC is skeptical about the Crouching Dragon sequel See some new footage in a Furious 7 music video The abrupt ending of Fifty Shades of Grey left audiences begging for more (or, in some cases, really angry), but it seems Sam Taylor-Johnson won’t be the one to give it to them....

Star Wars Bits: Toshiro Mifune Turned Down Obi-Wan Kenobi And Darth Vader, J.J. Abrams Wants Ava DuVernay To Direct A Star Wars Movie By Jacob Hall/Dec. 10, 2015 11:00 am EST Welcome back to Star Wars Bits, your regular dose of Star Wars news that won’t quite fit anywhere else! In today’s edition: The great Toshiro Mifune turned down two roles in Star Wars. J.J. Abrams wants Ava DuVernay to direct a Star Wars movie....

Superhero Bits: Justice League, Dark Knight Rises, Amazing Spider-Man, Dredd, The Riddler By Germain Lussier/June 6, 2012 1:00 pm EST Is there a way you can try and see The Riddler in Christopher Nolan’s Batman universe? What does Mark Millar have to say about the newly scripted Justice League movie? Want to see a new TV spot from The Dark Knight Rises and a new clip from The Amazing Spider-Man? Where can you go to get some Dark Knight Rises spoilers?...

Theme Park Bits: The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter May Get A Yule Ball And Universal Studios Japan Gets A Super Mario World By Jacob Hall/March 7, 2016 3:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Universal Studios Florida has big plans for their Wizarding World of Harry Potter. A Mario Bros. land is heading to Universal Studios Japan. Universal Studios Hollywood’s Harry Potter attractions are making a some guests sick....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, Public Enemies, Lost (Season 5), And More By Adam Quigley/Dec. 8, 2009 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Harry Potter franchise has marked a rare occasion in cinema, or perhaps even a first. To my knowledge, there is no other long-running, self-contained film series in history where the later entries have improved considerably on their predecessors....

This Week In Trailers: Before I Disappear, Remote Area Medical, Timbuktu, Banksy Does New York By Christopher Stipp/Nov. 1, 2014 9:00 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?...

TIFF Review: Lymelife By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 11, 2008 9:33 pm EST At every film festival, I try to pack in as many screenings as humanly possible (At TIFF this year, I’ve been rather unsuccessful…). This leads to seeing a lot of films you wouldn’t normally watch just because it fits nicely on the schedule between two other films. I call these movies the “nothing better to see movies”. I’ve had a lot of conversations over the years about the value of a movie critic’s opinion....