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Weeds Session: The Season Five Finale Ends With A Splash! But What Will The Repercussions Be? By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 7, 2009 11:45 am EST Have you recovered from the shocking last scene of Weeds’ season finale yet? In what appeared to us to be a grisly hat tip to Heathers, the show’s entire family/criminal dynamic changed in a flash. It was a series-altering event that positions a certain character front-and-center for the sixth season....

Who’s The Guy At The End Of ‘Thor 2,’ And What Does He Mean For The Marvel Cinematic Universe? By Russ Fischer/Nov. 11, 2013 5:56 pm EST Time for more Thor: The Dark World spoiler talk, specifically with respect to the mid-credits tag in the film. If you saw the movie this weekend and wondered what was going on with that guy in the first tag, all the explanation you need is below, along with some educated guesses about what the scene means for future Marvel films....

‘Captain America: Civil War’ Is Marvel’s Harrowing Longterm Payoff To Years Of Storytelling By Siddhant Adlakha/April 18, 2018 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Road to Infinity War, a new series where we revisit the first 18 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask “How did we get here?” In this edition: Captain America; Civil War pays off years of build-up with a painful bang.) The Marvel Cinematic Universe seems to re-invent itself every couple of years....

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Sets Up Allegiances For ‘The Avengers 2’ By Germain Lussier/April 12, 2013 10:20 am EST You may not know the names Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, but you know their work. They wrote the three Chronicles of Narnia movies, this month’s Michael Bay film Pain & Gain, and also a little film called Captain America: The First Avenger. From there, they went on to not only Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which started production this week, but to do a lot of work on Thor: The Dark World too....

/Film UK - Sherlock Holmes, Sasha Grey, Bunny & The Bull, Wild Things Art And More By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 6, 2009 2:00 am EST Coming to you weekly from my vantage point in good old Blighty, it’s Slashfilm UK. Anglos and Anglophiles rejoice as every Friday – GMT, of course – I’ll be bringing you a round up news, links and coverage specific to the film comings and goings here in the UK....

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Is Spectacular Action Filmmaking By Russ Fischer/May 15, 2015 5:15 pm EST Mad Max: Fury Road is fearless behind the wheel, a vivid collection of action setpieces unified by a dream of upending the very concept of the action hero. In 1981, director and co-writer George Miller used concepts from Jung and Joseph Campbell to supercharge the image of the screen hero for The Road Warrior, a return to the Mad Max character he created with Mel Gibson, but Fury Road’s version of heroism is even more forward-thinking....

/Response: Your Favorite Car Chases In Movie History By Jacob Hall/April 14, 2017 1:30 pm EST (Welcome to /Response, the companion piece to our /Answers series and a space where /Film readers can chime in and offer their two cents on a particular question.) Earlier this week, the /Film team wrote about their favorite car chases in movie history. We then opened the floor to our readers: what is your favorite movie car chase?...

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Set Visit: Everything We Learned By Peter Sciretta/April 3, 2017 9:00 am EST On August 22, 2016, I traveled to Atlanta to visit the set of Spider-man: Homecoming and learned a lot about the first solo adventure of Tom Holland’s wall-crawling superhero. Let’s run through everything you could possibly want to know. Peter Parker Even though this movie is set to come out a year after the release of Captain America: Civil War, the film’s opening takes place during the events of that film....

‘The American Dreamer’ Mondo Poster: A Long Lost Dennis Hopper Documentary Inspires Some One-Of-A-Kind Art By Jacob Hall/Feb. 5, 2016 7:30 am EST Dennis Hopper is one the most fascinating figures in American cinema, a vital artist who rose so fast and fell so hard that his story has taken on a tragic aura. What would have become of the director Easy Rider if his second film wasn’t a failure? Would he still be in the same conversation as the likes of Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, and the rest of their peers?...

‘Wonder Woman,’ Women Of Color, And Building A Diverse Themiscyra By Monique Jones/May 31, 2017 11:00 am EST Wonder Woman is the hero all women can look up to. Or so she’s supposed to be. Wonder Woman was created during a time when not all women were perceived as equal, or even as women. Wonder Woman, historically, has been a hero for white women exclusively. Wonder Woman’s fellow ’40s feminist icon-in-arms, Rosie the Riveter, has also been created by white America for white America, despite the fact that women of all races helped with the war effort....

2008 Golden Globe Winners By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 13, 2008 7:57 pm EST The Golden Globes totally sucked. A few notes: Someone needs to tell the Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight ladies that we don’t care about them, their lame self-absorbed jokes. Most of the films and actors/actresses with foreign film backgrounds took home the gold, most times at the expense of better movies. Aside from nods to Daniel Day Lewis, Javier Bardem and Ratatouille, I completely disagreed with most of the winners....

Anthony Daniels Explains Variable Nature Of New ‘Star Tours’ And More By Germain Lussier/April 14, 2011 12:00 pm EST In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re a little Star Tours obsessed here on /Film. As Star Wars fans, the original ride was usually the highlight of an already awesome trip to Disney and now, the fact that they’re updating it with state of the art 3D effects and 54 variable stories featuring a ton of classic locations and characters, is almost too cool for words....

David Lynch And Mark Frost’s ‘On The Air’ Is Like A Dream Chronicle Of Making ‘Twin Peaks’ [Video] By Russ Fischer/Jan. 3, 2014 7:00 pm EST On the Air, the second show from Twin Peaks creators Mark Frost and David Lynch, barely registered in the public consciousness when it premiered on ABC in 1992. The show’s seven episodes are now available on YouTube, and did the rounds at the very end of last year....

Early Buzz: ‘Big Hero 6’ Is Another Winner For Disney Animation By Germain Lussier/Oct. 17, 2014 11:00 am EST November 7 brings two of the biggest movies of the year. First is Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar and the second is Disney Animation’s Big Hero 6. Interstellar has only screened for a very small selection of people but Big Hero 6 is starting to roll out. Thursday night, the social media embargo on the film broke and the Twitter reactions began....

Greg Berlanti’s ‘Booster Gold’ Movie Won’t Be Part Of The DC Extended Universe By Angie Han/Sept. 8, 2016 8:00 am EST Warner Bros. brought together several of its marquee DC superheroes for this year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and will unite even more of them for next year’s Justice League, including Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, and The Flash. But one DC superhero who won’t be reporting for duty?...

Interview With Grindhouse Directors Quentin Tarantino And Robert Rodriguez By Peter Sciretta/April 5, 2007 5:20 am EST On March 25th, we had the opportunity to talk with most of the stars and directors of Grindhouse. We will be posting the interviews leading up until the film’s release on April 6th 2007. We sat down with Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill) and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, From Dusk Till Dawn) to talk about their upcoming double feature....

Mark Hamill Was Initially Resistant To Return For ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Ethan Anderton/April 16, 2016 2:00 pm EST The end of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is such a big tease for what’s to come in Star Wars: Episode VIII. We’re left with Rey (Daisy Ridley) reaching out to Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) with his father’s old lightsaber in her hand, waiting for some kind of recognition, reaction, anything....

Page 2: Neverending Story, Wes Anderson, Lemony Snicket, Patton Oswalt, Harry Potter, William Friedkin, Girls, Kill Bill By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 9, 2014 1:00 pm EST Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Page 2: Tom Hanks, Star Wars, Totoro, Rise Of The Guardians, Walking Dead, Doctor Who, Hobbit, Neil Patrick Harris, Indiana Jones, Twin Peaks, Life Of Pi By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 28, 2012 8:00 am EST Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Rumor: J.J. Abrams Wants Star Wars 7 Pushed To 2016, Here’s Why It Probably Won’t Happen By Germain Lussier/June 27, 2014 12:00 pm EST The battle over May 2016 is getting more and more interesting. A while back, we thought the Summer of 2015 was the be-all, end-all for summer sequels. Those months were scheduled to include all the movies that are currently being released as well as two of the most anticipated movies ever: Star Wars Episode VII and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice....